diff --git a/server/src/wled_controller/static/css/cards.css b/server/src/wled_controller/static/css/cards.css
index 8ebc505..59670dc 100644
--- a/server/src/wled_controller/static/css/cards.css
+++ b/server/src/wled_controller/static/css/cards.css
@@ -99,6 +99,68 @@ section {
     );
 }
 
+/* ── Running target: rotating gradient border ── */
+@property --border-angle {
+    syntax: '<angle>';
+    initial-value: 0deg;
+    inherits: false;
+}
+
+.card-running {
+    border-color: transparent;
+}
+
+/* When card has a custom color stripe, keep it and shift the animated border away from the left edge */
+.card-running[data-has-color]::before {
+    inset: 0 0 0 3px;
+    border-left: none;
+    border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;
+}
+
+.card-running::before {
+    content: '';
+    position: absolute;
+    inset: 0;
+    border-radius: inherit;
+    border: 2px solid transparent;
+    background:
+        conic-gradient(
+            from var(--border-angle),
+            var(--primary-color),
+            rgba(255,255,255,0.1) 25%,
+            var(--primary-color) 50%,
+            rgba(255,255,255,0.1) 75%,
+            var(--primary-color)
+        ) border-box;
+    -webkit-mask:
+        linear-gradient(#fff 0 0) padding-box,
+        linear-gradient(#fff 0 0);
+    -webkit-mask-composite: xor;
+    mask:
+        linear-gradient(#fff 0 0) padding-box,
+        linear-gradient(#fff 0 0);
+    mask-composite: exclude;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    z-index: 2;
+    animation: rotateBorder 4s linear infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes rotateBorder {
+    to { --border-angle: 360deg; }
+}
+
+[data-theme="light"] .card-running::before {
+    background:
+        conic-gradient(
+            from var(--border-angle),
+            var(--primary-color),
+            rgba(0,0,0,0.05) 25%,
+            var(--primary-color) 50%,
+            rgba(0,0,0,0.05) 75%,
+            var(--primary-color)
+        ) border-box;
+}
+
 /* ── Card entrance animation ── */
 @keyframes cardEnter {
     from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(12px); }
diff --git a/server/src/wled_controller/static/js/core/card-colors.js b/server/src/wled_controller/static/js/core/card-colors.js
index 38a441b..65f4ed3 100644
--- a/server/src/wled_controller/static/js/core/card-colors.js
+++ b/server/src/wled_controller/static/js/core/card-colors.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function wrapCard({
     const actionsClass = type === 'template-card' ? 'template-card-actions' : 'card-actions';
     const colorStyle = cardColorStyle(id);
     return `
-        <div class="${type}${classes ? ' ' + classes : ''}" ${dataAttr}="${id}"${colorStyle ? ` style="${colorStyle}"` : ''}>
+        <div class="${type}${classes ? ' ' + classes : ''}" ${dataAttr}="${id}"${colorStyle ? ` style="${colorStyle}" data-has-color="1"` : ''}>
             <div class="card-top-actions">
                 ${topButtons}
                 <button class="card-remove-btn" onclick="${removeOnclick}" title="${removeTitle}">&#x2715;</button>
diff --git a/server/src/wled_controller/static/js/features/targets.js b/server/src/wled_controller/static/js/features/targets.js
index 84c3b93..3679e72 100644
--- a/server/src/wled_controller/static/js/features/targets.js
+++ b/server/src/wled_controller/static/js/features/targets.js
@@ -978,6 +978,7 @@ export function createTargetCard(target, deviceMap, colorStripSourceMap, valueSo
     return wrapCard({
         dataAttr: 'data-target-id',
         id: target.id,
+        classes: isProcessing ? 'card-running' : '',
         removeOnclick: `deleteTarget('${target.id}')`,
         removeTitle: t('common.delete'),
         content: `