diff --git a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/TuiApp.kt b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/TuiApp.kt
index 4828bd85..4f6a7307 100644
--- a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/TuiApp.kt
+++ b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/TuiApp.kt
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ suspend fun runTuiApp(host: String, port: Int) {
                     },
                 ) {
                     Panel(title = "status") { StatusBar(state) }
-                    Panel(title = "session list") { SessionList(state.sessions.sessions, state.sessions.selectedId) }
+                    Panel(title = "session list") {
+                        SessionList(state.sessions.sessions, state.sessions.selectedId, state.sessions.filter)
+                    }
                     val activeSession = state.sessions.sessions.find { it.id == state.sessions.selectedId }
                     Panel(title = "active session") { ActiveSession(activeSession) }
                     if (state.approval.active != null) {
diff --git a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/components/SessionList.kt b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/components/SessionList.kt
index 8d7d5b3e..1330d27f 100644
--- a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/components/SessionList.kt
+++ b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/components/SessionList.kt
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ private const val SECS_PER_HOUR = 3600L
 
 @Suppress("FunctionNaming")
 @Composable
-fun SessionList(sessions: List<SessionSummary>, selectedId: String?) {
+fun SessionList(sessions: List<SessionSummary>, selectedId: String?, filter: String = "") {
     Column {
-        if (sessions.isEmpty()) {
+        val filtered = if (filter.isEmpty()) {
+            sessions
+        } else {
+            sessions.filter { it.workflowId.contains(filter, ignoreCase = true) }
+        }
+        if (filtered.isEmpty()) {
             Text("(no sessions)")
         } else {
-            sessions.forEach { session ->
+            filtered.forEach { session ->
                 val pointer = if (session.id == selectedId) "▶" else " "
                 val stage = session.currentStage?.let { " stage $it" } ?: ""
                 val ago = formatAgo(session.lastEventAt)
diff --git a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/components/StatusBar.kt b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/components/StatusBar.kt
index 66558962..3e5f5d52 100644
--- a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/components/StatusBar.kt
+++ b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/components/StatusBar.kt
@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import com.correx.apps.tui.state.TuiState
 import com.jakewharton.mosaic.ui.Text
 
+private const val MS_PER_SECOND = 1000L
+
 @Suppress("FunctionNaming")
 @Composable
 fun StatusBar(state: TuiState) {
     val connectionLabel = when {
-        state.connection.reconnecting -> "○ reconnecting..."
+        state.connection.reconnecting -> {
+            val secondsRemaining = if (state.connection.nextRetryAtMs != null) {
+                val now = System.currentTimeMillis()
+                maxOf(0, (state.connection.nextRetryAtMs - now) / MS_PER_SECOND)
+            } else {
+                0
+            }
+            "○ reconnecting (attempt ${state.connection.attempt}, retry in ${secondsRemaining}s)"
+        }
         state.connection.connected -> "● connected"
         else -> "○ disconnected"
     }
diff --git a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/ws/TuiWsClient.kt b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/ws/TuiWsClient.kt
index 6574fe78..c1acd6ee 100644
--- a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/ws/TuiWsClient.kt
+++ b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/ws/TuiWsClient.kt
@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ class TuiWsClient(
 
     suspend fun connect() {
         var delayMs = INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY_MS
+        var attempt = 0
         while (true) {
             runCatching {
                 client.webSocket(method = HttpMethod.Get, host = host, port = port, path = "/stream") {
                     session = this
                     _connection.tryEmit(ConnectionEvent.Connected)
                     delayMs = INITIAL_RETRY_DELAY_MS
+                    attempt = 0
                     for (frame in incoming) {
                         if (frame is Frame.Text) {
                             runCatching {
@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ class TuiWsClient(
             }.onFailure { println("WS connect failed: ${it.message}") }
             session = null
             _connection.tryEmit(ConnectionEvent.Disconnected)
-            // TODO Task 4.3: emit RetryScheduled with attempt count and nextRetryAtMs
+            attempt++
+            val nextRetryAtMs = System.currentTimeMillis() + delayMs
+            _connection.tryEmit(ConnectionEvent.RetryScheduled(attempt = attempt, nextRetryAtMs = nextRetryAtMs))
             delay(delayMs)
             delayMs = minOf(delayMs * 2, MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS)
         }
diff --git a/apps/tui/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/reducer/SessionsReducerTest.kt b/apps/tui/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/reducer/SessionsReducerTest.kt
index e29950ab..13e103f8 100644
--- a/apps/tui/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/reducer/SessionsReducerTest.kt
+++ b/apps/tui/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/reducer/SessionsReducerTest.kt
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ class SessionsReducerTest {
         assertTrue(effects.isEmpty())
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `SubmitInput in Filter mode with empty text clears filter`() {
+        val s = SessionsState(filter = "old")
+        val (state, effects) = reduce(
+            sessions = s, inputMode = InputMode.Filter, inputText = "", action = Action.SubmitInput,
+        )
+        assertEquals("", state.filter)
+        assertTrue(effects.isEmpty())
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `CancelInput in Filter mode clears filter`() {
         val s = SessionsState(filter = "something")
diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-05-17-tui-refactor.progress.md b/docs/plans/2026-05-17-tui-refactor.progress.md
index 5d7d6c09..1dfff345 100644
--- a/docs/plans/2026-05-17-tui-refactor.progress.md
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-05-17-tui-refactor.progress.md
@@ -108,6 +108,22 @@
 [next] 2.3 → 3.1 → 3.2 → 3.3 → {4.1, 4.2, 4.3} → 5.1 → 5.2
 ```
 
+## Renderer evaluation — Mosaic is the floor
+
+Mosaic (jake-wharton/mosaic 0.18) is intentionally minimalist: re-emits plain text lines per frame, no screen-cell buffer, no widget catalog, no built-in borders/modals/scroll regions/mouse, no focus management. We hand-draw `─├┤` in `components/Panel.kt`. That is the entire framing system.
+
+This is fine for a reducer/effect prototype but it caps how polished the TUI can ever look. Compared to Python's Textual we lack: cell-buffer rendering, layout engine, widget library (DataTable / Tree / Input / Modal), focus + mouse, scroll regions, transitions.
+
+**Candidate replacements to evaluate (renderer swap; reducer/Action/Effect core stays):**
+- **tamboui** — user-suggested: https://github.com/tamboui/tamboui (not investigated yet — no web access this session).
+- **Kotter** — Compose-style DSL on JVM, more capable than Mosaic (real text-attribute model, animations, structured input). Closest semantic match to current code.
+- **Lanterna** — Java TUI lib with real `TerminalScreen` buffer, GUI widgets (`Panel`, `Window`, `Table`, `TextBox`), borders, layouts, mouse. Imperative/Swing-style; bigger rewrite of `TuiApp` + `components/` but reducers untouched.
+- **Mordant** — already transitive; only buys nicer ANSI paint, same ceiling as Mosaic.
+
+**Migration cost:** ~all of `apps/tui/src/main/.../TuiApp.kt` and `components/*`. Unchanged: `input/`, `reducer/`, `state/`, `ws/` — the renderer-agnostic core. That's the architectural payoff of Task 2.2/2.3.
+
+**Decision:** deferred. Capture as standalone spec before swapping.
+
 ## Notes for the next session
 - Working tree currently has no commits since `58670a6`; everything is staged-or-modified. Consider committing per task on resume.
 - Kotlin is now 2.2.10 repo-wide; expect occasional `experimental context receivers` warnings (`-Xcontext-receivers`) — future Kotlin will error on this.