diff --git a/src/utils/task-progress.ts b/src/utils/task-progress.ts
index a14b866f0..bf13b0cf2 100644
--- a/src/utils/task-progress.ts
+++ b/src/utils/task-progress.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,45 @@ export function countTasksFromContent(content: string): TaskProgress {
   return { total, completed };
 }
 
-export async function getTaskProgressForChange(changesDir: string, changeName: string): Promise<TaskProgress> {
-  const tasksPath = path.join(changesDir, changeName, 'tasks.md');
+async function collectTaskFiles(dir: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  let entries;
   try {
-    const content = await fs.readFile(tasksPath, 'utf-8');
-    return countTasksFromContent(content);
+    entries = await fs.readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
   } catch {
-    return { total: 0, completed: 0 };
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const taskFiles: string[] = [];
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    const entryPath = path.join(dir, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      taskFiles.push(...await collectTaskFiles(entryPath));
+    } else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name === 'tasks.md') {
+      taskFiles.push(entryPath);
+    }
+  }
+  return taskFiles;
+}
+
+export async function getTaskProgressForChange(changesDir: string, changeName: string): Promise<TaskProgress> {
+  const changeDir = path.join(changesDir, changeName);
+  const taskFiles = await collectTaskFiles(changeDir);
+
+  let total = 0;
+  let completed = 0;
+  for (const tasksPath of taskFiles.sort()) {
+    let content;
+    try {
+      content = await fs.readFile(tasksPath, 'utf-8');
+    } catch {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const progress = countTasksFromContent(content);
+    total += progress.total;
+    completed += progress.completed;
   }
+
+  return { total, completed };
 }
 
 export function formatTaskStatus(progress: TaskProgress): string {
diff --git a/test/core/view.test.ts b/test/core/view.test.ts
index b8b56df1e..1eb2af483 100644
--- a/test/core/view.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/view.test.ts
@@ -125,5 +125,31 @@ describe('ViewCommand', () => {
       'gamma-change'
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('uses nested tasks.md files when classifying change progress', async () => {
+    const changesDir = path.join(tempDir, 'openspec', 'changes');
+    const changeDir = path.join(changesDir, 'layered-change');
+    await fs.mkdir(path.join(changeDir, 'backend'), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.mkdir(path.join(changeDir, 'frontend'), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(changeDir, 'backend', 'tasks.md'),
+      '- [x] Backend task\n- [ ] Backend follow-up\n'
+    );
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(changeDir, 'frontend', 'tasks.md'),
+      '- [ ] Frontend task\n'
+    );
+
+    const viewCommand = new ViewCommand();
+    await viewCommand.execute(tempDir);
+
+    const output = logOutput.map(stripAnsi).join('\n');
+    expect(output).toContain('Active Changes');
+    expect(output).toContain('layered-change');
+    expect(output).toContain('33%');
+
+    const draftSection = output.split('Draft Changes')[1]?.split('Active Changes')[0] ?? '';
+    expect(draftSection).not.toContain('layered-change');
+  });
 });