diff --git a/packages/core/src/PageAgentCore.ts b/packages/core/src/PageAgentCore.ts
index 3f78f19..2077544 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/PageAgentCore.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/PageAgentCore.ts
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ export class PageAgentCore extends EventTarget {
 			this.emitActivity({ type: 'retrying', attempt, maxAttempts })
 			// Also push to history for panel rendering
 			this.history.push({
-				type: 'error',
-				errorType: 'retry',
+				type: 'retry',
 				message: `LLM retry attempt ${attempt} of ${maxAttempts}`,
 				attempt,
 				maxAttempts,
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ export class PageAgentCore extends EventTarget {
 			// Also push to history for panel rendering
 			this.history.push({
 				type: 'error',
-				errorType: 'error',
 				message,
 				rawResponse: (error as InvokeError).rawResponse,
 			})
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types.ts b/packages/core/src/types.ts
index b44fb43..9672878 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types.ts
@@ -69,14 +69,21 @@ export interface UserTakeoverEvent {
 }
 
 /**
- * Error event (retry or error from LLM)
+ * Retry event - LLM call is being retried
+ */
+export interface RetryEvent {
+	type: 'retry'
+	message: string
+	attempt: number
+	maxAttempts: number
+}
+
+/**
+ * Error event - fatal error from LLM or execution
  */
 export interface AgentErrorEvent {
 	type: 'error'
-	errorType: 'retry' | 'error'
 	message: string
-	attempt?: number
-	maxAttempts?: number
 	rawResponse?: unknown
 }
 
@@ -87,6 +94,7 @@ export type HistoricalEvent =
 	| AgentStepEvent
 	| ObservationEvent
 	| UserTakeoverEvent
+	| RetryEvent
 	| AgentErrorEvent
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/panel/Panel.ts b/packages/ui/src/panel/Panel.ts
index 8f8446f..8a37f9a 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/panel/Panel.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/panel/Panel.ts
@@ -608,6 +608,13 @@ export class Panel {
 			)
 		} else if (event.type === 'user_takeover') {
 			cards.push(createCard({ icon: '👤', content: 'User takeover', meta, type: 'input' }))
+		} else if (event.type === 'retry') {
+			const retryInfo = `${event.message || 'Retrying'} (${event.attempt}/${event.maxAttempts})`
+			cards.push(createCard({ icon: '🔄', content: retryInfo, meta, type: 'observation' }))
+		} else if (event.type === 'error') {
+			cards.push(
+				createCard({ icon: '❌', content: event.message || 'Error', meta, type: 'observation' })
+			)
 		}
 
 		return cards
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/panel/types.ts b/packages/ui/src/panel/types.ts
index 75af53e..a8dc14b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/panel/types.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/panel/types.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export interface PanelAgentAdapter extends EventTarget {
 
 	/** History of agent events */
 	readonly history: readonly {
-		type: 'step' | 'observation' | 'user_takeover' | 'error'
+		type: 'step' | 'observation' | 'user_takeover' | 'retry' | 'error'
 		stepIndex?: number
 		/** For 'step' type */
 		reflection?: {
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ export interface PanelAgentAdapter extends EventTarget {
 		}
 		/** For 'observation' type */
 		content?: string
+		/** For 'retry' type */
+		attempt?: number
+		maxAttempts?: number
+		/** For 'retry' and 'error' types */
+		message?: string
 	}[]
 
 	/** Current task being executed */