diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/push/execution.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/push/execution.ts
index 8a9d943cfa1..398281e03c9 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/push/execution.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/push/execution.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export type SubworkflowExecutionStarted = {
 		parentNodeName: string;
 		/** Child sub-execution id. */
 		executionId: string;
-		/** Total nodes in the child workflow — used to render "X / Y". */
+		/** Upper bound on the child nodes that can run. Branches make it an over-estimate. */
 		totalNodes: number;
 	};
 };
@@ -169,8 +169,12 @@ export type SubworkflowNodeProgress = {
 		executionId: string;
 		/** Currently-running node name in the child workflow. */
 		currentNodeName: string;
-		/** 1-based index of the node in the child workflow's execution order. */
+		/**
+		 * Count of distinct child nodes reached so far, not an execution-order index.
+		 * A loop re-runs the same nodes, so the count parks while it iterates.
+		 */
 		currentNodeIndex: number;
+		/** Upper bound on the child nodes that can run. Branches make it an over-estimate. */
 		totalNodes: number;
 		/** 'running' on nodeExecuteBefore; 'success' | 'error' on nodeExecuteAfter. */
 		phase: 'running' | 'success' | 'error';
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/elements/nodes/render-types/_canvasNodeStyles.scss b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/elements/nodes/render-types/_canvasNodeStyles.scss
index 79f058a8f32..92295d774b4 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/elements/nodes/render-types/_canvasNodeStyles.scss
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/features/workflows/canvas/components/elements/nodes/render-types/_canvasNodeStyles.scss
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ $status-shimmer-gradient: conic-gradient(
 	inset: 0;
 	// Follows the node's shape, so per-variant radius overrides aren't repeated here.
 	border-radius: inherit;
-	padding: 2px; // arc thickness
+	padding: var(--spacing--5xs); // arc thickness
 	// A conic gradient's 0deg is already at 12 o'clock and advances clockwise, so
 	// no `from` offset — adding one would start the arc off the top edge.
 	background: conic-gradient(