diff --git a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/DiagramNode.tsx b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/DiagramNode.tsx
index ec21587b..e4efe737 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/DiagramNode.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/DiagramNode.tsx
@@ -129,16 +129,16 @@ export function DiagramNode({
       {/* Config badges */}
       {config && <ConfigBadge nodeWidth={w} config={config} />}
 
-      {/* Execution overlay: status badge at top-right */}
+      {/* Execution overlay: status badge inside card, top-right corner */}
       {isCompleted && (
         <>
-          <circle cx={w - 8} cy={-8} r={8} fill="#3D7C47" />
+          <circle cx={w - 10} cy={TOP_BAR_HEIGHT + 8} r={6} fill="#3D7C47" />
           <text
-            x={w - 8}
-            y={-4}
+            x={w - 10}
+            y={TOP_BAR_HEIGHT + 11}
             textAnchor="middle"
             fill="white"
-            fontSize={11}
+            fontSize={9}
             fontWeight={700}
           >
             &#x2713;
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ export function DiagramNode({
       )}
       {isFailed && (
         <>
-          <circle cx={w - 8} cy={-8} r={8} fill="#C0392B" />
+          <circle cx={w - 10} cy={TOP_BAR_HEIGHT + 8} r={6} fill="#C0392B" />
           <text
-            x={w - 8}
-            y={-4}
+            x={w - 10}
+            y={TOP_BAR_HEIGHT + 11}
             textAnchor="middle"
             fill="white"
-            fontSize={12}
+            fontSize={9}
             fontWeight={700}
           >
             !
diff --git a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.tsx b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.tsx
index f3cadaac..30fa88f1 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/ProcessDiagram/ProcessDiagram.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import type { ProcessDiagramProps } from './types';
 import type { DiagramNode as DiagramNodeType } from '../../api/queries/diagrams';
 import { useDiagramData } from './useDiagramData';
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export function ProcessDiagram({
   onIterationChange,
 }: ProcessDiagramProps) {
   const overlayActive = !!executionOverlay;
+
   // Route stack for drill-down navigation
   const [routeStack, setRouteStack] = useState<string[]>([routeId]);
 
@@ -72,6 +73,19 @@ export function ProcessDiagram({
     application, currentRouteId, direction, diagramLayout,
   );
 
+  // Collect ENDPOINT node IDs — these are always "traversed" when overlay is active
+  // because the endpoint is the route entry point (not in the processor execution tree).
+  const endpointNodeIds = useMemo(() => {
+    const ids = new Set<string>();
+    if (!overlayActive || !sections.length) return ids;
+    for (const section of sections) {
+      for (const node of section.nodes) {
+        if (node.type === 'ENDPOINT' && node.id) ids.add(node.id);
+      }
+    }
+    return ids;
+  }, [overlayActive, sections]);
+
   const zoom = useZoomPan();
   const toolbar = useToolbarHover();
 
@@ -85,6 +99,23 @@ export function ProcessDiagram({
     }
   }, [totalWidth, totalHeight, currentRouteId]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
+  // Resolve execution state for a node. ENDPOINT nodes (the route's "from:")
+  // don't appear in the processor execution tree, but should be marked as
+  // COMPLETED when the route executed (i.e., overlay has any entries).
+  const getNodeExecutionState = useCallback(
+    (nodeId: string | undefined, nodeType: string | undefined) => {
+      if (!nodeId || !executionOverlay) return undefined;
+      const state = executionOverlay.get(nodeId);
+      if (state) return state;
+      // Synthesize COMPLETED for ENDPOINT nodes when overlay is active
+      if (nodeType === 'ENDPOINT' && executionOverlay.size > 0) {
+        return { status: 'COMPLETED' as const, durationMs: 0, hasTraceData: false };
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    },
+    [executionOverlay],
+  );
+
   const handleNodeClick = useCallback(
     (nodeId: string) => { onNodeSelect?.(nodeId); },
     [onNodeSelect],
@@ -229,8 +260,10 @@ export function ProcessDiagram({
           {/* Main section top-level edges (not inside compounds) */}
           <g className="edges">
             {mainSection.edges.filter(e => topLevelEdge(e, mainSection.nodes)).map((edge, i) => {
+              const sourceHasState = executionOverlay?.has(edge.sourceId) || endpointNodeIds.has(edge.sourceId);
+              const targetHasState = executionOverlay?.has(edge.targetId) || endpointNodeIds.has(edge.targetId);
               const isTraversed = executionOverlay
-                ? (executionOverlay.has(edge.sourceId) && executionOverlay.has(edge.targetId))
+                ? (!!sourceHasState && !!targetHasState)
                 : undefined;
               return (
                 <DiagramEdge key={`${edge.sourceId}-${edge.targetId}-${i}`} edge={edge} traversed={isTraversed} />
@@ -268,7 +301,7 @@ export function ProcessDiagram({
                   isHovered={toolbar.hoveredNodeId === node.id}
                   isSelected={selectedNodeId === node.id}
                   config={node.id ? nodeConfigs?.get(node.id) : undefined}
-                  executionState={executionOverlay?.get(node.id ?? '')}
+                  executionState={getNodeExecutionState(node.id, node.type)}
                   overlayActive={overlayActive}
                   onClick={() => node.id && handleNodeClick(node.id)}
                   onDoubleClick={() => node.id && handleNodeDoubleClick(node.id)}