diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index 3875421f3..5cdc4130c 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 - Moved compaction, branch summarization, and retry spinners into the editor border alongside the working indicator. Custom editors use the same embedding opt-in for all status spinners.
 - Enabled strict-prefer JSON-schema sampling by default for built-in `read`, `bash`, `powershell`, `edit`, and `write` tools, without requiring `PI_EXPERIMENTAL`. Extensions can re-register tool definitions with `constrainedSampling: false`.
+- Formatted Bash and PowerShell tool durations of at least one minute as minutes and seconds, with hours when needed ([#9628](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/9628)).
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/renderers/bash.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/renderers/bash.ts
index 01e170a82..853db078e 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/renderers/bash.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/renderers/bash.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@ class BashResultRenderComponent extends Container {
 	};
 }
 function formatDuration(ms: number): string {
-	return `${(ms / 1000).toFixed(1)}s`;
+	const seconds = ms / 1000;
+	if (seconds < 60) return `${seconds.toFixed(1)}s`;
+
+	const totalSeconds = Math.floor(seconds);
+	const minutes = Math.floor(totalSeconds / 60);
+	const remainder = totalSeconds % 60;
+	if (minutes < 60) return `${minutes}m ${remainder}s`;
+
+	return `${Math.floor(minutes / 60)}h ${minutes % 60}m ${remainder}s`;
 }
 function formatShellCall(args: { command?: string; timeout?: number } | undefined, prompt: string): string {
 	const command = str(args?.command);
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/tool-execution-component.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/tool-execution-component.test.ts
index 5ebec2e8a..a8d06350e 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/tool-execution-component.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/tool-execution-component.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { join, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { Text, type TUI, type TuiMouseEvent } from "@earendil-works/pi-tui";
 import { Type } from "typebox";
-import { beforeAll, describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { getReadmePath } from "../src/config.ts";
 import type { ToolDefinition } from "../src/core/extensions/types.ts";
 import { type BashOperations, createBashToolDefinition } from "../src/core/tools/bash.ts";
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ describe("ToolExecutionComponent parity", () => {
 		initTheme("dark");
 	});
 
+	afterEach(() => {
+		vi.useRealTimers();
+	});
+
 	test("stacks custom call and result renderers like the old implementation", () => {
 		const toolDefinition: ToolDefinition = {
 			...createBaseToolDefinition(),
@@ -192,6 +196,47 @@ describe("ToolExecutionComponent parity", () => {
 		expect(rendered).not.toContain("[Showing lines 2001-4000 of 4000. Full output:");
 	});
 
+	// Issue #9628: keep short durations precise and make long shell durations readable.
+	test.each([
+		{ ms: 0, formatted: "0.0s" },
+		{ ms: 4_200, formatted: "4.2s" },
+		{ ms: 59_900, formatted: "59.9s" },
+		{ ms: 59_999, formatted: "60.0s" },
+		{ ms: 60_000, formatted: "1m 0s" },
+		{ ms: 90_900, formatted: "1m 30s" },
+		{ ms: 1_592_200, formatted: "26m 32s" },
+		{ ms: 3_599_999, formatted: "59m 59s" },
+		{ ms: 3_600_000, formatted: "1h 0m 0s" },
+		{ ms: 7_384_900, formatted: "2h 3m 4s" },
+	])("bash renderer formats $ms ms as $formatted while running and after completion", ({ ms, formatted }) => {
+		vi.useFakeTimers();
+		vi.setSystemTime(0);
+		const component = new ToolExecutionComponent(
+			"bash",
+			"tool-bash-duration",
+			{ command: "long-running-command" },
+			{},
+			createBashToolDefinition(process.cwd(), { exposeSessionEnvironment: false }),
+			createFakeTui(),
+			process.cwd(),
+		);
+		component.markExecutionStarted();
+		component.updateResult({ content: [], isError: false }, true);
+
+		vi.advanceTimersByTime(ms);
+		component.invalidate();
+		const running = stripAnsi(component.render(120).join("\n"));
+
+		component.updateResult({ content: [], isError: false }, false);
+		const completed = stripAnsi(component.render(120).join("\n"));
+
+		vi.advanceTimersByTime(1_000);
+		component.invalidate();
+		expect(stripAnsi(component.render(120).join("\n"))).toBe(completed);
+		expect(running).toContain(`Elapsed ${formatted}`);
+		expect(completed).toContain(`Took ${formatted}`);
+	});
+
 	test("does not duplicate built-in headers when passed the active built-in definition", () => {
 		const component = new ToolExecutionComponent(
 			"read",