diff --git a/.changeset/easy-zoos-hunt.md b/.changeset/easy-zoos-hunt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e56a9a31f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/easy-zoos-hunt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"roo-cline": patch
+---
+
+Always show the code indexing dot
diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatTextArea.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatTextArea.tsx
index a3e1cc790d..b522b43ecc 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatTextArea.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatTextArea.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ const ChatTextArea = forwardRef<HTMLTextAreaElement, ChatTextAreaProps>(
 			togglePinnedApiConfig,
 			taskHistory,
 			clineMessages,
-			codebaseIndexConfig,
 		} = useExtensionState()
 
 		// Find the ID and display text for the currently selected API configuration
@@ -1146,7 +1145,7 @@ const ChatTextArea = forwardRef<HTMLTextAreaElement, ChatTextAreaProps>(
 					</div>
 
 					<div className={cn("flex", "items-center", "gap-0.5", "shrink-0")}>
-						{codebaseIndexConfig?.codebaseIndexEnabled && <IndexingStatusDot />}
+						<IndexingStatusDot />
 						<IconButton
 							iconClass="codicon-device-camera"
 							title={t("chat:addImages")}