diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index 7820ed8..a6d9294 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "name": "agentcomm",
       "source": "./",
       "description": "Multi-agent mailbox CLI — any git remote is a bus (git+ssh/github/sqlite/s3/gcs/postgres). register/send/inbox/wait/claim/log/channels so Claude coordinates with other agents or sessions; auto-selects the repo bus inside a git repo.",
-      "version": "0.14.1",
+      "version": "0.14.2",
       "author": {
         "name": "Yoni Davidson"
       },
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index ff16870..7722b59 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "agentcomm",
   "description": "Multi-agent mailbox CLI — any git remote is a bus (git+ssh/github/sqlite/s3/gcs/postgres). register/send/inbox/wait/claim/log/channels so Claude coordinates with other agents or sessions; auto-selects the repo bus inside a git repo.",
-  "version": "0.14.1",
+  "version": "0.14.2",
   "author": {
     "name": "Yoni Davidson",
     "email": "yonidavidson@tabnine.com"
diff --git a/hooks/prompt-digest.mjs b/hooks/prompt-digest.mjs
index 1446fec..d486eaf 100644
--- a/hooks/prompt-digest.mjs
+++ b/hooks/prompt-digest.mjs
@@ -37,11 +37,25 @@ const pending = Array.isArray(peek?.json) ? peek.json.length : 0;
 const roster = agents && Array.isArray(agents.json) ? agents.json : [];
 const names = roster.map((a) => a.name).sort();
 let known = [];
+let knownStatuses = {};
 try {
-  known = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(rosterFile, 'utf8'));
+  const snap = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(rosterFile, 'utf8'));
+  if (Array.isArray(snap)) known = snap; // pre-0.14.2 snapshot shape
+  else {
+    known = snap.names ?? [];
+    knownStatuses = snap.statuses ?? {};
+  }
 } catch { /* no snapshot yet */ }
-await fs.writeFile(rosterFile, JSON.stringify(names)).catch(() => {});
+const statuses = Object.fromEntries(roster.filter((a) => a.status).map((a) => [a.name, a.status]));
+await fs.writeFile(rosterFile, JSON.stringify({ names, statuses: { ...knownStatuses, ...statuses } })).catch(() => {});
 const joined = known.length ? names.filter((n) => !known.includes(n)) : [];
+// a status CHANGE is news in itself — "X started doing Y" must reach the
+// others within one digest cycle, not wait for unrelated traffic
+const statusChanges = known.length
+  ? roster.filter(
+      (a) => a.status && a.name !== aliasFrom(peek?.stderr) && knownStatuses[a.name] !== a.status,
+    )
+  : [];
 const activeAgents = roster.filter((a) => Date.now() - Date.parse(a.lastSeen) < 10 * 60_000);
 const alias0 = aliasFrom(peek?.stderr);
 // status adoption: an agent with no declared status is invisible to
@@ -79,8 +93,11 @@ if (joined.length)
   );
 const isAsk = (t) => /^(blocked|need|help)\b/i.test(t ?? '');
 const asks = activeAgents.filter((a) => a.name !== aliasFrom(peek?.stderr) && isAsk(a.status));
+const changed = statusChanges.filter((a) => !isAsk(a.status));
+if (changed.length)
+  bits.push(`now working — ${changed.slice(0, 4).map((a) => `${a.name}: ${a.status}`).join(' · ')}`);
 const withStatus = activeAgents
-  .filter((a) => a.status && !isAsk(a.status))
+  .filter((a) => a.status && !isAsk(a.status) && !changed.some((c) => c.name === a.name))
   .map((a) => `${a.name}: ${a.status}`);
 if (withStatus.length) bits.push(`working — ${withStatus.slice(0, 4).join(' · ')}`);
 bits.push(`${activeAgents.length}/${roster.length} agents active`);
@@ -92,7 +109,14 @@ for (const a of asks.slice(0, 3)) {
       'Otherwise continue your own task.',
   );
 }
-if (!pending && joined.length === 0 && ctas.length === 0 && activity.length === 0 && !statusNudge)
+if (
+  !pending &&
+  joined.length === 0 &&
+  ctas.length === 0 &&
+  activity.length === 0 &&
+  statusChanges.length === 0 &&
+  !statusNudge
+)
   process.exit(0); // no news, no noise
 
 process.stdout.write(
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da51585..5715342 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agentcomm",
-  "version": "0.14.1",
+  "version": "0.14.2",
   "description": "A tiny mailbox/message bus for AI agents that shell out to one CLI. Pluggable storage backends behind a single Backend interface.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/test/hooks.e2e.test.ts b/test/hooks.e2e.test.ts
index 58947d3..0cf2e0e 100644
--- a/test/hooks.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/test/hooks.e2e.test.ts
@@ -283,6 +283,17 @@ describe('plugin hooks: bus discipline made mechanical', () => {
     for (const f of await fs.readdir(dir)) {
       if (f.startsWith('agentcomm-digest-') && !f.includes('roster')) await fs.rm(path.join(dir, f));
     }
+    // clearing the ask IS news (the change to plain work is announced, no CTA)
+    const cleared = await runHook('prompt-digest.mjs', { cwd: dir }, dir);
+    const clearedOut = JSON.parse(cleared.stdout) as { hookSpecificOutput: { additionalContext: string } };
+    expect(clearedOut.hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext).toContain('now working — worker-1: building auth');
+    expect(clearedOut.hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext).not.toContain('call to action');
+
+    // and once seen, steady state → silence
+    for (const f of await fs.readdir(dir)) {
+      if (f.startsWith('agentcomm-digest-') && !f.includes('roster') && !f.includes('acts'))
+        await fs.rm(path.join(dir, f));
+    }
     const quiet = await runHook('prompt-digest.mjs', { cwd: dir }, dir);
     expect(quiet.stdout).toBe('');
   });
@@ -429,6 +440,35 @@ describe('plugin hooks: bus discipline made mechanical', () => {
     expect(second.stdout).toBe('');
   });
 
+  it("a status CHANGE alone is news — 'X started doing Y' reaches others in one cycle", async () => {
+    const dir = await markedRepo();
+    cliSync(['register', '--status', 'my own work'], dir);
+    cliSync(['register', '--status', 'idling'], dir, 'schema-worker');
+
+    // prime the snapshot (statuses recorded)
+    await runHook('prompt-digest.mjs', { cwd: dir }, dir);
+
+    // ONLY a status change — no mail, no riders, no asks
+    cliSync(['register', '--status', 'designing the auth schema'], dir, 'schema-worker');
+    for (const f of await fs.readdir(dir)) {
+      if (f.startsWith('agentcomm-digest-') && !f.includes('roster') && !f.includes('acts'))
+        await fs.rm(path.join(dir, f));
+    }
+    const news = await runHook('prompt-digest.mjs', { cwd: dir }, dir);
+    const out = JSON.parse(news.stdout) as { hookSpecificOutput: { additionalContext: string } };
+    expect(out.hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext).toContain(
+      'now working — schema-worker: designing the auth schema',
+    );
+
+    // unchanged next cycle → silence again
+    for (const f of await fs.readdir(dir)) {
+      if (f.startsWith('agentcomm-digest-') && !f.includes('roster') && !f.includes('acts'))
+        await fs.rm(path.join(dir, f));
+    }
+    const quiet = await runHook('prompt-digest.mjs', { cwd: dir }, dir);
+    expect(quiet.stdout).toBe('');
+  });
+
   it('stop guard honors stop_hook_active (no loops) and throttles repeat checks', async () => {
     const dir = await markedRepo();
     cliSync(['register'], dir);