diff --git a/apps/admin/src/screens/Live.test.tsx b/apps/admin/src/screens/Live.test.tsx
index bf1fefe..8f0c630 100644
--- a/apps/admin/src/screens/Live.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin/src/screens/Live.test.tsx
@@ -194,4 +194,101 @@ describe('Live', () => {
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2000);
     expect(screen.getByText('00:00:12')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('shows the loading state before the first response resolves', () => {
+    mockApiFetch.mockReturnValue(new Promise(() => {})); // never resolves → stays loading
+
+    renderLive();
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('Laden…')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('shows the error state when the query fails', async () => {
+    mockApiFetch.mockRejectedValue(new Error('boom'));
+
+    renderLive();
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Kon gegevens niet laden.')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Actief nu/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('treats a non-array payload as no active sessions', async () => {
+    mockApiFetch.mockResolvedValue({} as unknown as WorkSession[]);
+
+    renderLive();
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Niemand is nu aan het werk.')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Actief nu (0)')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to placeholder labels and hides the pill when name/activity/type are missing', async () => {
+    mockApiFetch.mockResolvedValue([
+      makeSession({ id: 1, user_name: undefined, activity_name: undefined, insole_type: null }),
+    ]);
+
+    renderLive();
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Onbekend')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Onbekende handeling')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Kurk')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('disables both action buttons while a stop is in flight', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    mockApiFetch.mockImplementation((path: string) => {
+      if (path === '/api/admin/sessions/active') {
+        return Promise.resolve([makeSession({ id: 7, user_name: 'Jan' })]);
+      }
+      return new Promise(() => {}); // stop mutation never resolves → stays pending
+    });
+
+    renderLive();
+
+    await user.click(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Stop' }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Stop' })).toBeDisabled();
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Annuleer' })).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
+  // Lifecycle: active-sessions data renders cards, and a paused session shows the paused treatment.
+  it('lifecycle: renders a running card and a paused card side by side', async () => {
+    const start = Date.now() - 100_000;
+    const pausedAt = Date.now() - 40_000;
+    mockApiFetch.mockResolvedValue([
+      makeSession({
+        id: 1,
+        user_name: 'Jan',
+        activity_name: 'Frezen',
+        insole_type: 'Kurk',
+        pair_count: 4,
+        paused_at: null,
+        paused_seconds: 0,
+      }),
+      makeSession({
+        id: 2,
+        user_name: 'Piet',
+        activity_name: 'Lijmen',
+        insole_type: 'Berk',
+        pair_count: 6,
+        start_time: new Date(start).toISOString(),
+        paused_at: new Date(pausedAt).toISOString(),
+        paused_seconds: 90, // 00:01:30
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    renderLive();
+
+    // Both cards render under the header count.
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Actief nu (2)')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Jan')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Frezen')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Piet')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Lijmen')).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    // Exactly the paused session shows the paused treatment.
+    expect(screen.getAllByText('Gepauzeerd')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(screen.getByText('Pauze 00:01:30')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/docs/reference/domain-test-checklist.md b/docs/reference/domain-test-checklist.md
index d411395..3c7ae69 100644
--- a/docs/reference/domain-test-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/reference/domain-test-checklist.md
@@ -380,3 +380,30 @@ Guaranteed behaviors:
 - Lifecycle (`src/screens/Login.test.tsx`): from the unauthenticated app, worker credentials are
   rejected with the `"Geen toegang — alleen beheerders."` message and the shell never renders; admin
   credentials then flip the gate so the authed shell (Sidebar nav) renders.
+
+## Live view — admin client
+
+Src covered (admin `apps/admin`): `src/screens/Live.tsx` and `src/lib/elapsed.ts` — both at
+100% stmts/branch/funcs/lines. No `c8 ignore`s needed.
+
+Guaranteed behaviors:
+
+- Live renders one `.live-card` per active session under a `Actief nu (<count>)` header, each card
+  showing the worker name, the activity, the pair count, and a running worked-time timer.
+- The per-card worked time is server-authoritative: `worked = (base − start_time) − paused_seconds`,
+  where `base` is `now` while running (a 1s client tick counts it up between the 5s server polls) and
+  the frozen `paused_at` moment while paused, floored at 0. `formatTime` (in `elapsed.ts`) renders it
+  as zero-padded `HH:MM:SS` and never returns a negative time.
+- A running (not-paused) card's timer keeps counting up on the 1s tick; a paused card shows the
+  `Gepauzeerd` badge and its worked timer stays frozen at the pause moment across ticks.
+- The `Pauze <duration>` total line shows only when `paused_seconds > 0` (absent when it is 0).
+- Placeholder fallbacks: a missing `user_name` renders `Onbekend`, a missing `activity_name` renders
+  `Onbekende handeling`, and a null `insole_type` omits the type pill.
+- Each card exposes `Stop` and `Annuleer` buttons that call `POST /api/admin/sessions/:id/stop` and
+  `.../discard` for that session; both buttons are disabled while either mutation is in flight.
+- Loading state renders `Laden…`; the error state renders `Kon gegevens niet laden.` (and no header);
+  the empty state renders `Niemand is nu aan het werk.`; a non-array payload is treated as zero active
+  sessions (defensive `Array.isArray` fallback).
+- Lifecycle (`src/screens/Live.test.tsx`): active-sessions data renders a running card and a paused
+  card side by side, with exactly the paused session showing the `Gepauzeerd` badge and its
+  `Pauze 00:01:30` total.