diff --git a/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD.tsx b/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD.tsx
index 615a48f8..ae1e3c35 100644
--- a/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD.tsx
+++ b/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD.tsx
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ const EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD: React.FC<{ projectId: string }> = ({ project
     const targetGroup = taskGroups.find(g => g.id === targetGroupId);
     if (!sourceGroup || !targetGroup) return;
 
-
     const taskIdx = sourceGroup.tasks.findIndex(t => t.id === draggedTaskId);
     if (taskIdx === -1) return;
 
     const movedTask = sourceGroup.tasks[taskIdx];
+    let didStatusChange = false;
     if (groupBy === 'status' && movedTask.id) {
       if (sourceGroup.id !== targetGroup.id) {
         const canContinue = await checkTaskDependencyStatus(movedTask.id, targetGroupId);
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ const EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD: React.FC<{ projectId: string }> = ({ project
           );
           return;
         }
+        didStatusChange = true;
       }
     }
     let insertIdx = hoveredTaskIdx;
@@ -258,6 +259,18 @@ const EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD: React.FC<{ projectId: string }> = ({ project
         team_id: teamId,
       });
 
+      // Emit progress update if status changed
+      if (didStatusChange) {
+        socket.emit(
+          SocketEvents.TASK_STATUS_CHANGE.toString(),
+          JSON.stringify({
+            task_id: movedTask.id,
+            status_id: targetGroupId,
+            parent_task: movedTask.parent_task_id || null,
+            team_id: teamId,
+          })
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     setDraggedTaskId(null);
diff --git a/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/TaskCard.tsx b/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/TaskCard.tsx
index 335008fa..fa4f0ddb 100644
--- a/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/TaskCard.tsx
+++ b/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/TaskCard.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ const TaskCard: React.FC<TaskCardProps> = memo(({
         const d = selectedDate || new Date();
         return new Date(d.getFullYear(), d.getMonth(), 1);
     });
-    const [showSubtasks, setShowSubtasks] = useState(false);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         setSelectedDate(task.end_date ? new Date(task.end_date) : null);
@@ -205,11 +204,9 @@ const TaskCard: React.FC<TaskCardProps> = memo(({
         <>
             <div className="enhanced-kanban-task-card" style={{ background, color, display: 'block', position: 'relative' }} >
                 {/* Progress circle at top right */}
-                {task.progress > 0 && (
-                    <div style={{ position: 'absolute', top: 6, right: 6, zIndex: 2 }}>
-                        <TaskProgressCircle task={task} size={20} />
-                    </div>
-                )}
+                <div style={{ position: 'absolute', top: 6, right: 6, zIndex: 2 }}>
+                    <TaskProgressCircle task={task} size={20} />
+                </div>
                 <div
                     draggable
                     onDragStart={e => onTaskDragStart(e, task.id!, groupId)}
diff --git a/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/TaskProgressCircle.tsx b/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/TaskProgressCircle.tsx
index ce393ac7..b0303b1a 100644
--- a/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/TaskProgressCircle.tsx
+++ b/worklenz-frontend/src/components/enhanced-kanban/EnhancedKanbanBoardNativeDnD/TaskProgressCircle.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import { IProjectTask } from "@/types/project/projectTasksViewModel.types";
 
 // Add a simple circular progress component
 const TaskProgressCircle: React.FC<{ task: IProjectTask; size?: number }> = ({ task, size = 28 }) => {
-    const progress = task.progress ?? 0;
+    const progress = typeof task.complete_ratio === 'number'
+        ? task.complete_ratio
+        : (typeof task.progress === 'number' ? task.progress : 0);
     const strokeWidth = 1.5;
     const radius = (size - strokeWidth) / 2;
     const circumference = 2 * Math.PI * radius;
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ const TaskProgressCircle: React.FC<{ task: IProjectTask; size?: number }> = ({ t
                 strokeLinecap="round"
                 style={{ transition: 'stroke-dashoffset 0.3s' }}
             />
-            <text
+            {task.complete_ratio && <text
                 x="50%"
                 y="50%"
                 textAnchor="middle"
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ const TaskProgressCircle: React.FC<{ task: IProjectTask; size?: number }> = ({ t
                 fontWeight="bold"
             >
                 {Math.round(progress)}
-            </text>
+            </text>}
         </svg>
     );
 };