diff --git a/server/reflector/app.py b/server/reflector/app.py
index 609474a2..8c8724a6 100644
--- a/server/reflector/app.py
+++ b/server/reflector/app.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from reflector.views.transcripts_upload import router as transcripts_upload_rout
 from reflector.views.transcripts_webrtc import router as transcripts_webrtc_router
 from reflector.views.transcripts_websocket import router as transcripts_websocket_router
 from reflector.views.user import router as user_router
+from reflector.views.user_websocket import router as user_ws_router
 from reflector.views.whereby import router as whereby_router
 from reflector.views.zulip import router as zulip_router
 
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ app.include_router(transcripts_websocket_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(transcripts_webrtc_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(transcripts_process_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(user_router, prefix="/v1")
+app.include_router(user_ws_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(zulip_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(whereby_router, prefix="/v1")
 add_pagination(app)
diff --git a/server/reflector/pipelines/main_file_pipeline.py b/server/reflector/pipelines/main_file_pipeline.py
index ce9d000e..bbf23e7b 100644
--- a/server/reflector/pipelines/main_file_pipeline.py
+++ b/server/reflector/pipelines/main_file_pipeline.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class PipelineMainFile(PipelineMainBase):
 
         self.logger.info("File pipeline complete")
 
-        await transcripts_controller.set_status(transcript.id, "ended")
+        await self.set_status(transcript.id, "ended")
 
     async def extract_and_write_audio(
         self, file_path: Path, transcript: Transcript
diff --git a/server/reflector/pipelines/main_live_pipeline.py b/server/reflector/pipelines/main_live_pipeline.py
index 64904952..f6fe6a83 100644
--- a/server/reflector/pipelines/main_live_pipeline.py
+++ b/server/reflector/pipelines/main_live_pipeline.py
@@ -85,6 +85,20 @@ def broadcast_to_sockets(func):
             message=resp.model_dump(mode="json"),
         )
 
+        transcript = await transcripts_controller.get_by_id(self.transcript_id)
+        if transcript and transcript.user_id:
+            # Emit only relevant events to the user room to avoid noisy updates.
+            # Allowed: STATUS, FINAL_TITLE, DURATION. All are prefixed with TRANSCRIPT_
+            allowed_user_events = {"STATUS", "FINAL_TITLE", "DURATION"}
+            if resp.event in allowed_user_events:
+                await self.ws_manager.send_json(
+                    room_id=f"user:{transcript.user_id}",
+                    message={
+                        "event": f"TRANSCRIPT_{resp.event}",
+                        "data": {"id": self.transcript_id, **resp.data},
+                    },
+                )
+
     return wrapper
 
 
diff --git a/server/reflector/views/transcripts.py b/server/reflector/views/transcripts.py
index 839c6cdb..04d27e1a 100644
--- a/server/reflector/views/transcripts.py
+++ b/server/reflector/views/transcripts.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from reflector.db.transcripts import (
 from reflector.processors.types import Transcript as ProcessorTranscript
 from reflector.processors.types import Word
 from reflector.settings import settings
+from reflector.ws_manager import get_ws_manager
 from reflector.zulip import (
     InvalidMessageError,
     get_zulip_message,
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ async def transcripts_create(
     user: Annotated[Optional[auth.UserInfo], Depends(auth.current_user_optional)],
 ):
     user_id = user["sub"] if user else None
-    return await transcripts_controller.add(
+    transcript = await transcripts_controller.add(
         info.name,
         source_kind=info.source_kind or SourceKind.LIVE,
         source_language=info.source_language,
@@ -219,6 +220,14 @@ async def transcripts_create(
         user_id=user_id,
     )
 
+    if user_id:
+        await get_ws_manager().send_json(
+            room_id=f"user:{user_id}",
+            message={"event": "TRANSCRIPT_CREATED", "data": {"id": transcript.id}},
+        )
+
+    return transcript
+
 
 # ==============================================================
 # Single transcript
@@ -368,6 +377,10 @@ async def transcript_delete(
         raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Not authorized")
 
     await transcripts_controller.remove_by_id(transcript.id, user_id=user_id)
+    await get_ws_manager().send_json(
+        room_id=f"user:{user_id}",
+        message={"event": "TRANSCRIPT_DELETED", "data": {"id": transcript.id}},
+    )
     return DeletionStatus(status="ok")
 
 
diff --git a/server/reflector/views/user_websocket.py b/server/reflector/views/user_websocket.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26d3c8ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/reflector/views/user_websocket.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, WebSocket
+
+from reflector.auth.auth_jwt import JWTAuth  # type: ignore
+from reflector.ws_manager import get_ws_manager
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+# Close code for unauthorized WebSocket connections
+UNAUTHORISED = 4401
+
+
+@router.websocket("/events")
+async def user_events_websocket(websocket: WebSocket):
+    # Browser can't send Authorization header for WS; use subprotocol: ["bearer", token]
+    raw_subprotocol = websocket.headers.get("sec-websocket-protocol") or ""
+    parts = [p.strip() for p in raw_subprotocol.split(",") if p.strip()]
+    token: Optional[str] = None
+    negotiated_subprotocol: Optional[str] = None
+    if len(parts) >= 2 and parts[0].lower() == "bearer":
+        negotiated_subprotocol = "bearer"
+        token = parts[1]
+
+    user_id: Optional[str] = None
+    if not token:
+        await websocket.close(code=UNAUTHORISED)
+        return
+
+    try:
+        payload = JWTAuth().verify_token(token)
+        user_id = payload.get("sub")
+    except Exception:
+        await websocket.close(code=UNAUTHORISED)
+        return
+
+    if not user_id:
+        await websocket.close(code=UNAUTHORISED)
+        return
+
+    room_id = f"user:{user_id}"
+    ws_manager = get_ws_manager()
+
+    await ws_manager.add_user_to_room(
+        room_id, websocket, subprotocol=negotiated_subprotocol
+    )
+
+    try:
+        while True:
+            await websocket.receive()
+    finally:
+        if room_id:
+            await ws_manager.remove_user_from_room(room_id, websocket)
diff --git a/server/reflector/ws_manager.py b/server/reflector/ws_manager.py
index 07790e09..a1f620c4 100644
--- a/server/reflector/ws_manager.py
+++ b/server/reflector/ws_manager.py
@@ -65,8 +65,13 @@ class WebsocketManager:
         self.tasks: dict = {}
         self.pubsub_client = pubsub_client
 
-    async def add_user_to_room(self, room_id: str, websocket: WebSocket) -> None:
-        await websocket.accept()
+    async def add_user_to_room(
+        self, room_id: str, websocket: WebSocket, subprotocol: str | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        if subprotocol:
+            await websocket.accept(subprotocol=subprotocol)
+        else:
+            await websocket.accept()
 
         if room_id in self.rooms:
             self.rooms[room_id].append(websocket)
diff --git a/server/tests/conftest.py b/server/tests/conftest.py
index 8271d1ad..a70604ae 100644
--- a/server/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/server/tests/conftest.py
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ async def ws_manager_in_memory(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(
         "reflector.views.transcripts_websocket.get_ws_manager", _get_ws_manager
     )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "reflector.views.user_websocket.get_ws_manager", _get_ws_manager
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr("reflector.views.transcripts.get_ws_manager", _get_ws_manager)
 
     # Websocket auth: avoid OAuth2 on websocket dependencies; allow anonymous
     import reflector.auth as auth
diff --git a/server/tests/test_user_websocket_auth.py b/server/tests/test_user_websocket_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be1a2816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/test_user_websocket_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+import asyncio
+import threading
+import time
+
+import pytest
+from httpx_ws import aconnect_ws
+from uvicorn import Config, Server
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def appserver_ws_user(setup_database):
+    from reflector.app import app
+    from reflector.db import get_database
+
+    host = "127.0.0.1"
+    port = 1257
+    server_started = threading.Event()
+    server_exception = None
+    server_instance = None
+
+    def run_server():
+        nonlocal server_exception, server_instance
+        try:
+            loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+            asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+
+            config = Config(app=app, host=host, port=port, loop=loop)
+            server_instance = Server(config)
+
+            async def start_server():
+                database = get_database()
+                await database.connect()
+                try:
+                    await server_instance.serve()
+                finally:
+                    await database.disconnect()
+
+            server_started.set()
+            loop.run_until_complete(start_server())
+        except Exception as e:
+            server_exception = e
+            server_started.set()
+        finally:
+            loop.close()
+
+    server_thread = threading.Thread(target=run_server, daemon=True)
+    server_thread.start()
+
+    server_started.wait(timeout=30)
+    if server_exception:
+        raise server_exception
+
+    time.sleep(0.5)
+
+    yield host, port
+
+    if server_instance:
+        server_instance.should_exit = True
+        server_thread.join(timeout=30)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def patch_jwt_verification(monkeypatch):
+    """Patch JWT verification to accept HS256 tokens signed with SECRET_KEY for tests."""
+    from jose import jwt
+
+    from reflector.settings import settings
+
+    def _verify_token(self, token: str):
+        # Do not validate audience in tests
+        return jwt.decode(token, settings.SECRET_KEY, algorithms=["HS256"])  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "reflector.auth.auth_jwt.JWTAuth.verify_token", _verify_token, raising=True
+    )
+
+
+def _make_dummy_jwt(sub: str = "user123") -> str:
+    # Create a short HS256 JWT using the app secret to pass verification in tests
+    from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+    from jose import jwt
+
+    from reflector.settings import settings
+
+    payload = {
+        "sub": sub,
+        "email": f"{sub}@example.com",
+        "exp": datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(minutes=5),
+    }
+    # Note: production uses RS256 public key verification; tests can sign with SECRET_KEY
+    return jwt.encode(payload, settings.SECRET_KEY, algorithm="HS256")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_user_ws_rejects_missing_subprotocol(appserver_ws_user):
+    host, port = appserver_ws_user
+    base_ws = f"http://{host}:{port}/v1/events"
+    # No subprotocol/header with token
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        async with aconnect_ws(base_ws) as ws:  # type: ignore
+            # Should close during handshake; if not, close explicitly
+            await ws.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_user_ws_rejects_invalid_token(appserver_ws_user):
+    host, port = appserver_ws_user
+    base_ws = f"http://{host}:{port}/v1/events"
+
+    # Send wrong token via WebSocket subprotocols
+    protocols = ["bearer", "totally-invalid-token"]
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        async with aconnect_ws(base_ws, subprotocols=protocols) as ws:  # type: ignore
+            await ws.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_user_ws_accepts_valid_token_and_receives_events(appserver_ws_user):
+    host, port = appserver_ws_user
+    base_ws = f"http://{host}:{port}/v1/events"
+
+    token = _make_dummy_jwt("user-abc")
+    subprotocols = ["bearer", token]
+
+    # Connect and then trigger an event via HTTP create
+    async with aconnect_ws(base_ws, subprotocols=subprotocols) as ws:
+        # Emit an event to the user's room via a standard HTTP action
+        from httpx import AsyncClient
+
+        from reflector.app import app
+        from reflector.auth import current_user, current_user_optional
+
+        # Override auth dependencies so HTTP request is performed as the same user
+        app.dependency_overrides[current_user] = lambda: {
+            "sub": "user-abc",
+            "email": "user-abc@example.com",
+        }
+        app.dependency_overrides[current_user_optional] = lambda: {
+            "sub": "user-abc",
+            "email": "user-abc@example.com",
+        }
+
+        async with AsyncClient(app=app, base_url=f"http://{host}:{port}/v1") as ac:
+            # Create a transcript as this user so that the server publishes TRANSCRIPT_CREATED to user room
+            resp = await ac.post("/transcripts", json={"name": "WS Test"})
+            assert resp.status_code == 200
+
+        # Receive the published event
+        msg = await ws.receive_json()
+        assert msg["event"] == "TRANSCRIPT_CREATED"
+        assert "id" in msg["data"]
+
+        # Clean overrides
+        del app.dependency_overrides[current_user]
+        del app.dependency_overrides[current_user_optional]
diff --git a/www/app/lib/UserEventsProvider.tsx b/www/app/lib/UserEventsProvider.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89ec5a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/app/lib/UserEventsProvider.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+"use client";
+
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { WEBSOCKET_URL } from "./apiClient";
+import { useAuth } from "./AuthProvider";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { invalidateTranscriptLists, TRANSCRIPT_SEARCH_URL } from "./apiHooks";
+
+const UserEvent = z.object({
+  event: z.string(),
+});
+
+type UserEvent = z.TypeOf<typeof UserEvent>;
+
+class UserEventsStore {
+  private socket: WebSocket | null = null;
+  private listeners: Set<(event: MessageEvent) => void> = new Set();
+  private closeTimeoutId: number | null = null;
+  private isConnecting = false;
+
+  ensureConnection(url: string, subprotocols?: string[]) {
+    if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
+    if (this.closeTimeoutId !== null) {
+      clearTimeout(this.closeTimeoutId);
+      this.closeTimeoutId = null;
+    }
+    if (this.isConnecting) return;
+    if (
+      this.socket &&
+      (this.socket.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN ||
+        this.socket.readyState === WebSocket.CONNECTING)
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.isConnecting = true;
+    const ws = new WebSocket(url, subprotocols || []);
+    this.socket = ws;
+    ws.onmessage = (event: MessageEvent) => {
+      this.listeners.forEach((listener) => {
+        try {
+          listener(event);
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.error("UserEvents listener error", err);
+        }
+      });
+    };
+    ws.onopen = () => {
+      if (this.socket === ws) this.isConnecting = false;
+    };
+    ws.onclose = () => {
+      if (this.socket === ws) {
+        this.socket = null;
+        this.isConnecting = false;
+      }
+    };
+    ws.onerror = () => {
+      if (this.socket === ws) this.isConnecting = false;
+    };
+  }
+
+  subscribe(listener: (event: MessageEvent) => void): () => void {
+    this.listeners.add(listener);
+    if (this.closeTimeoutId !== null) {
+      clearTimeout(this.closeTimeoutId);
+      this.closeTimeoutId = null;
+    }
+    return () => {
+      this.listeners.delete(listener);
+      if (this.listeners.size === 0) {
+        this.closeTimeoutId = window.setTimeout(() => {
+          if (this.socket) {
+            try {
+              this.socket.close();
+            } catch (err) {
+              console.warn("Error closing user events socket", err);
+            }
+          }
+          this.socket = null;
+          this.closeTimeoutId = null;
+        }, 1000);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+const sharedStore = new UserEventsStore();
+
+export function UserEventsProvider({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
+  const auth = useAuth();
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const tokenRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  const detachRef = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Only tear down when the user is truly unauthenticated
+    if (auth.status === "unauthenticated") {
+      if (detachRef.current) {
+        try {
+          detachRef.current();
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.warn("Error detaching UserEvents listener", err);
+        }
+        detachRef.current = null;
+      }
+      tokenRef.current = null;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // During loading/refreshing, keep the existing connection intact
+    if (auth.status !== "authenticated") {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Authenticated: pin the initial token for the lifetime of this WS connection
+    if (!tokenRef.current && auth.accessToken) {
+      tokenRef.current = auth.accessToken;
+    }
+    const pinnedToken = tokenRef.current;
+    const url = `${WEBSOCKET_URL}/v1/events`;
+
+    // Ensure a single shared connection
+    sharedStore.ensureConnection(
+      url,
+      pinnedToken ? ["bearer", pinnedToken] : undefined,
+    );
+
+    // Subscribe once; avoid re-subscribing during transient status changes
+    if (!detachRef.current) {
+      const onMessage = (event: MessageEvent) => {
+        try {
+          const msg = UserEvent.parse(JSON.parse(event.data));
+          const eventName = msg.event;
+
+          const invalidateList = () => invalidateTranscriptLists(queryClient);
+
+          switch (eventName) {
+            case "TRANSCRIPT_CREATED":
+            case "TRANSCRIPT_DELETED":
+            case "TRANSCRIPT_STATUS":
+            case "TRANSCRIPT_FINAL_TITLE":
+            case "TRANSCRIPT_DURATION":
+              invalidateList().then(() => {});
+              break;
+
+            default:
+              // Ignore other content events for list updates
+              break;
+          }
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.warn("Invalid user event message", event.data);
+        }
+      };
+
+      const unsubscribe = sharedStore.subscribe(onMessage);
+      detachRef.current = unsubscribe;
+    }
+  }, [auth.status, queryClient]);
+
+  // On unmount, detach the listener and clear the pinned token
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      if (detachRef.current) {
+        try {
+          detachRef.current();
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.warn("Error detaching UserEvents listener on unmount", err);
+        }
+        detachRef.current = null;
+      }
+      tokenRef.current = null;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return <>{children}</>;
+}
diff --git a/www/app/lib/apiHooks.ts b/www/app/lib/apiHooks.ts
index c5b4f9b9..726e5441 100644
--- a/www/app/lib/apiHooks.ts
+++ b/www/app/lib/apiHooks.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { $api } from "./apiClient";
 import { useError } from "../(errors)/errorContext";
-import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { QueryClient, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import type { components } from "../reflector-api";
 import { useAuth } from "./AuthProvider";
 
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ export function useRoomsList(page: number = 1) {
 
 type SourceKind = components["schemas"]["SourceKind"];
 
+export const TRANSCRIPT_SEARCH_URL = "/v1/transcripts/search" as const;
+
+export const invalidateTranscriptLists = (queryClient: QueryClient) =>
+  queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+    queryKey: ["get", TRANSCRIPT_SEARCH_URL],
+  });
+
 export function useTranscriptsSearch(
   q: string = "",
   options: {
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ export function useTranscriptsSearch(
 ) {
   return $api.useQuery(
     "get",
-    "/v1/transcripts/search",
+    TRANSCRIPT_SEARCH_URL,
     {
       params: {
         query: {
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ export function useTranscriptDelete() {
   return $api.useMutation("delete", "/v1/transcripts/{transcript_id}", {
     onSuccess: () => {
       return queryClient.invalidateQueries({
-        queryKey: ["get", "/v1/transcripts/search"],
+        queryKey: ["get", TRANSCRIPT_SEARCH_URL],
       });
     },
     onError: (error) => {
@@ -613,7 +620,7 @@ export function useTranscriptCreate() {
   return $api.useMutation("post", "/v1/transcripts", {
     onSuccess: () => {
       return queryClient.invalidateQueries({
-        queryKey: ["get", "/v1/transcripts/search"],
+        queryKey: ["get", TRANSCRIPT_SEARCH_URL],
       });
     },
     onError: (error) => {
diff --git a/www/app/providers.tsx b/www/app/providers.tsx
index 37b37a0e..6e689812 100644
--- a/www/app/providers.tsx
+++ b/www/app/providers.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { queryClient } from "./lib/queryClient";
 import { AuthProvider } from "./lib/AuthProvider";
 import { SessionProvider as SessionProviderNextAuth } from "next-auth/react";
 import { RecordingConsentProvider } from "./recordingConsentContext";
+import { UserEventsProvider } from "./lib/UserEventsProvider";
 
 const WherebyProvider = dynamic(
   () =>
@@ -28,10 +29,12 @@ export function Providers({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
           <AuthProvider>
             <ChakraProvider value={system}>
               <RecordingConsentProvider>
-                <WherebyProvider>
-                  {children}
-                  <Toaster />
-                </WherebyProvider>
+                <UserEventsProvider>
+                  <WherebyProvider>
+                    {children}
+                    <Toaster />
+                  </WherebyProvider>
+                </UserEventsProvider>
               </RecordingConsentProvider>
             </ChakraProvider>
           </AuthProvider>