# AGY-002: Design phase shows "stuck" for users

**Status:** open
**Priority:** P1
**Type:** bug
**Reporter:** @aria (2026-02-13)
**Assignee:** unassigned
**Product:** agency
**Created:** 2026-02-13
**Updated:** 2026-02-13

## Description
Multiple users reporting design phase appears "stuck" with no progress indication:
- Tim (content-creation-1): "this is stuck"
- Marcus (consumer-travel-lifestyle-tech): reported UI shows "results 4/5" but no proceed button
- James (group-fund-manager): "I can still see 1/3 instead"

Root cause unclear — could be:
1. Job processor not picking up design jobs
2. UI not updating after job completes
3. Stage flags not being set correctly
4. Gateway timeouts causing silent failures

## Steps to Reproduce
1. Go to Agency UI → Product → Design phase
2. Approve designs or request changes
3. Wait for generation
4. Observe: sometimes hangs with no feedback

## Context
- Multiple products affected
- Jobs are being created but may timeout
- Real-time SSE might not be firing on completion

## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] Design phase shows clear progress indicator
- [ ] Errors surface to user (not silent failures)
- [ ] Completion triggers UI update reliably

## Updates
### 2026-02-13 — aria
Issue created from pattern of user reports over past 2 days. Need to investigate job processor logs and SSE events.
