diff --git a/frontend/src/app/boards/[boardId]/page.tsx b/frontend/src/app/boards/[boardId]/page.tsx
index 398b2a7c..3906c1b1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/boards/[boardId]/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/boards/[boardId]/page.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   Plus,
   Pencil,
   Play,
+  RefreshCcw,
   Settings,
   ShieldCheck,
   X,
@@ -1794,6 +1795,12 @@ export default function BoardDetailPage() {
     });
   }, [agents, workingAgentIds]);
 
+  const boardLead = useMemo(
+    () => agents.find((agent) => agent.is_board_lead) ?? null,
+    [agents],
+  );
+  const isBoardLeadProvisioning = boardLead?.status === "provisioning";
+
   const loadComments = useCallback(
     async (taskId: string) => {
       if (!isSignedIn || !boardId) return;
@@ -2347,6 +2354,12 @@ export default function BoardDetailPage() {
                   <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-slate-500">
                     Keep tasks moving through your workflow.
                   </p>
+                  {isBoardLeadProvisioning ? (
+                    <div className="mt-3 inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-amber-200 bg-amber-50 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-amber-800">
+                      <RefreshCcw className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin" />
+                      <span>Provisioning board lead…</span>
+                    </div>
+                  ) : null}
                 </div>
                 <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
                   <div className="flex items-center gap-1 rounded-lg bg-slate-100 p-1">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BoardApprovalsPanel.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/BoardApprovalsPanel.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4cdab87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BoardApprovalsPanel.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+import type { ApprovalRead } from "@/api/generated/model";
+import { BoardApprovalsPanel } from "./BoardApprovalsPanel";
+
+vi.mock("@/auth/clerk", () => ({
+  useAuth: () => ({ isSignedIn: true }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("recharts", () => {
+  type BoxProps = React.PropsWithChildren<{ className?: string }>;
+  const Box = ({ children, className }: BoxProps) => (
+    <div className={className}>{children}</div>
+  );
+  return {
+    ResponsiveContainer: Box,
+    Tooltip: Box,
+    Legend: Box,
+    PieChart: Box,
+    Pie: Box,
+    Cell: Box,
+  };
+});
+
+const renderWithQueryClient = (ui: React.ReactNode) => {
+  const queryClient = new QueryClient({
+    defaultOptions: {
+      queries: { retry: false },
+      mutations: { retry: false },
+    },
+  });
+  return render(
+    <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>{ui}</QueryClientProvider>,
+  );
+};
+
+describe("BoardApprovalsPanel", () => {
+  it("renders nested linked-approval metadata and rubric scores", () => {
+    const approval = {
+      id: "approval-1",
+      board_id: "board-1",
+      action_type: "task.create",
+      confidence: 62,
+      status: "pending",
+      task_id: "task-1",
+      created_at: "2026-02-12T10:00:00Z",
+      resolved_at: null,
+      payload: {
+        linked_request: {
+          tasks: [
+            {
+              title: "Launch onboarding checklist",
+              description: "Create and validate the v1 onboarding checklist.",
+            },
+          ],
+          task_ids: ["task-1", "task-2"],
+        },
+        decision: { reason: "Needs explicit sign-off before rollout." },
+        analytics: {
+          rubric_scores: {
+            clarity: 25,
+            risk: 20,
+            dependencies: 15,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      task_ids: ["task-1", "task-2"],
+      rubric_scores: null,
+    } as ApprovalRead;
+
+    renderWithQueryClient(
+      <BoardApprovalsPanel boardId="board-1" approvals={[approval]} />,
+    );
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getAllByText("Launch onboarding checklist").length,
+    ).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText("Create and validate the v1 onboarding checklist."),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByText("Needs explicit sign-off before rollout."),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/rubric scores/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Clarity")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});