diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/main.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/main.rs
index 2411ead71..4b639e793 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ fn detach_run(args: fabro_workflows::cli::RunArgs) -> Result<()> {
         ))
     });
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&run_dir)?;
+    std::fs::write(run_dir.join("id.txt"), &run_id)?;
+    std::fs::File::create(run_dir.join("progress.jsonl"))?;
 
     let log_file = std::fs::File::create(run_dir.join("detach.log"))?;
 
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-workflows/src/cli/runs.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-workflows/src/cli/runs.rs
index 472684edd..dfd2e1301 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-workflows/src/cli/runs.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-workflows/src/cli/runs.rs
@@ -161,8 +161,12 @@ pub fn scan_runs(base: &Path) -> Result<Vec<RunInfo>> {
                 .map(|t| -> DateTime<Utc> { t.into() });
             let mtime = mtime_dt.map(|dt| dt.to_rfc3339()).unwrap_or_default();
 
+            let run_id = std::fs::read_to_string(path.join("id.txt"))
+                .map(|s| s.trim().to_string())
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| dir_name.clone());
+
             runs.push(RunInfo {
-                run_id: dir_name.clone(),
+                run_id,
                 dir_name,
                 workflow_name: "[no manifest]".to_string(),
                 workflow_slug: None,