diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/BackgroundJobProgress.tsx b/packages/frontend/src/components/BackgroundJobProgress.tsx
index 0d08576..810fe6f 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/BackgroundJobProgress.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/BackgroundJobProgress.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const BackgroundJobProgress: React.FC<BackgroundJobProgressProps> = ({
       clearInterval(intervalRef.current);
     }
 
-    intervalRef.current = setInterval(async () => {
+    const tick = async () => {
       try {
         // Always reload job list to detect newly started jobs
         const jobsData = await api.getAllJobs();
@@ -116,13 +116,23 @@ export const BackgroundJobProgress: React.FC<BackgroundJobProgressProps> = ({
       } catch (err) {
         // ignore transient polling errors
       }
-    }, 2000);
+    };
+
+    // Adaptive interval: 2s if active jobs, else 10s
+    const schedule = async () => {
+      await tick();
+      const hasActive = (jobs || []).some(j => j.status === 'running');
+      const delay = hasActive ? 2000 : 10000;
+      intervalRef.current = setTimeout(schedule, delay) as any;
+    };
+
+    schedule();
   };
 
   // Stop polling
   const stopPolling = () => {
     if (intervalRef.current) {
-      clearInterval(intervalRef.current);
+      clearTimeout(intervalRef.current as any);
       intervalRef.current = null;
     }
   };