diff --git a/go/cmd/compass/agent.go b/go/cmd/compass/agent.go
index 5b5c5655..2da262ea 100644
--- a/go/cmd/compass/agent.go
+++ b/go/cmd/compass/agent.go
@@ -69,15 +69,17 @@ func runAgentStatus(ctx context.Context, client compassv1connect.CompassServiceC
 	return renderAgentStatuses(out, statuses)
 }
 
-// renderAgentStatuses prints a session-id + state column for each status. The
-// state renders as the short operator-facing token (the enum name minus the
-// AGENT_SESSION_STATE_ prefix, lowercased), so a WORKING session reads "working".
+// renderAgentStatuses prints a session-id, state, runtime-tier, and egress-posture
+// column for each status. Each enum renders as its short operator-facing token (the
+// enum name minus its prefix, lowercased), so a WORKING host session with an armed
+// posture reads "working host armed".
 func renderAgentStatuses(out io.Writer, statuses []*compassv1.AgentSessionStatus) error {
-	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-40s %s\n", "SESSION", "STATE"); err != nil {
+	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-40s %-14s %-16s %s\n", "SESSION", "STATE", "TIER", "EGRESS"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, s := range statuses {
-		if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-40s %s\n", s.GetSessionId(), stateLabel(s.GetState())); err != nil {
+		if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(out, "%-40s %-14s %-16s %s\n",
+			s.GetSessionId(), stateLabel(s.GetState()), tierLabel(s.GetRuntimeTier()), egressLabel(s.GetEgressPosture())); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -94,3 +96,39 @@ func stateLabel(state compassv1.AgentSessionState) string {
 	}
 	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "AGENT_SESSION_STATE_"))
 }
+
+// tierLabel renders a RuntimeTier as the token the --backend flag accepts, so a
+// tier a reader sees here is one they can select. That makes the mapping
+// explicit rather than derived: stripping the enum prefix would print
+// "apple_container", which the flag rejects. Unknown renders as unknown, never
+// a tier a reader could mistake for containment.
+func tierLabel(tier compassv1.RuntimeTier) string {
+	switch tier {
+	case compassv1.RuntimeTier_RUNTIME_TIER_PODMAN:
+		return "podman"
+	case compassv1.RuntimeTier_RUNTIME_TIER_MICROVM:
+		return "microvm"
+	case compassv1.RuntimeTier_RUNTIME_TIER_APPLE_CONTAINER:
+		return "apple-container"
+	case compassv1.RuntimeTier_RUNTIME_TIER_HOST:
+		return "host"
+	default:
+		return unspecifiedLabel
+	}
+}
+
+// egressLabel renders an EgressPosture as the short operator-facing token: the
+// enum name with the EGRESS_POSTURE_ prefix stripped and lowercased (ARMED →
+// "armed", UNENFORCED → "unenforced"). The unspecified/unknown value renders as
+// the shared unknown token — a user must never read an unknown posture as armed,
+// which would show an uncontained session as contained.
+func egressLabel(posture compassv1.EgressPosture) string {
+	if posture == compassv1.EgressPosture_EGRESS_POSTURE_UNSPECIFIED {
+		return unspecifiedLabel
+	}
+	name, ok := compassv1.EgressPosture_name[int32(posture)]
+	if !ok {
+		return unspecifiedLabel
+	}
+	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "EGRESS_POSTURE_"))
+}
diff --git a/go/cmd/compass/agent_test.go b/go/cmd/compass/agent_test.go
index c3601ff8..509dd153 100644
--- a/go/cmd/compass/agent_test.go
+++ b/go/cmd/compass/agent_test.go
@@ -115,3 +115,83 @@ func TestStateLabel(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestRenderAgentStatusesTierEgress asserts the tier and egress columns render
+// the short operator-facing token a user reads. The zero-value case is
+// load-bearing: an unset posture must read as unknown, never "armed", because a
+// client that renders an unknown posture as armed would show an uncontained
+// session as contained.
+func TestRenderAgentStatusesTierEgress(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		status   *compassv1.AgentSessionStatus
+		wantTier string
+		wantEg   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "host unenforced",
+			status: &compassv1.AgentSessionStatus{
+				SessionId:     "s-host",
+				State:         compassv1.AgentSessionState_AGENT_SESSION_STATE_WORKING,
+				RuntimeTier:   compassv1.RuntimeTier_RUNTIME_TIER_HOST,
+				EgressPosture: compassv1.EgressPosture_EGRESS_POSTURE_UNENFORCED,
+			},
+			wantTier: "host",
+			wantEg:   "unenforced",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "podman armed",
+			status: &compassv1.AgentSessionStatus{
+				SessionId:     "s-podman",
+				State:         compassv1.AgentSessionState_AGENT_SESSION_STATE_WORKING,
+				RuntimeTier:   compassv1.RuntimeTier_RUNTIME_TIER_PODMAN,
+				EgressPosture: compassv1.EgressPosture_EGRESS_POSTURE_ARMED,
+			},
+			wantTier: "podman",
+			wantEg:   "armed",
+		},
+		{
+			// The rendered tier must be a token --backend accepts; a derived
+			// label would print "apple_container", which the flag rejects.
+			name: "apple-container renders the hyphenated flag token",
+			status: &compassv1.AgentSessionStatus{
+				SessionId:     "s-apple",
+				State:         compassv1.AgentSessionState_AGENT_SESSION_STATE_WORKING,
+				RuntimeTier:   compassv1.RuntimeTier_RUNTIME_TIER_APPLE_CONTAINER,
+				EgressPosture: compassv1.EgressPosture_EGRESS_POSTURE_ARMED,
+			},
+			wantTier: "apple-container",
+			wantEg:   "armed",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "zero value renders unknown",
+			status: &compassv1.AgentSessionStatus{
+				SessionId: "s-zero",
+				State:     compassv1.AgentSessionState_AGENT_SESSION_STATE_WORKING,
+			},
+			wantTier: unspecifiedLabel,
+			wantEg:   unspecifiedLabel,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var out strings.Builder
+			if err := renderAgentStatuses(&out, []*compassv1.AgentSessionStatus{tc.status}); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("renderAgentStatuses: %v", err)
+			}
+			got := out.String()
+			for _, want := range []string{"TIER", "EGRESS", tc.status.GetSessionId(), tc.wantTier, tc.wantEg} {
+				if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+					t.Errorf("rendered output %q missing %q", got, want)
+				}
+			}
+			if tc.name == "zero value renders unknown" {
+				for _, forbidden := range []string{"armed", "contained"} {
+					if strings.Contains(got, forbidden) {
+						t.Errorf("zero-value output %q must not contain %q", got, forbidden)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}