diff --git a/src/components/HighlightItem.tsx b/src/components/HighlightItem.tsx
index 04f2bc06..093efb47 100644
--- a/src/components/HighlightItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/HighlightItem.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome'
-import { faQuoteLeft, faExternalLinkAlt, faHouseSignal, faPlane } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
+import { faQuoteLeft, faExternalLinkAlt, faHouseSignal, faPlane, faSpinner } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
 import { Highlight } from '../types/highlights'
 import { formatDistanceToNow } from 'date-fns'
 import { useEventModel } from 'applesauce-react/hooks'
 import { Models } from 'applesauce-core'
+import { onSyncStateChange, isEventSyncing } from '../services/offlineSyncService'
 
 interface HighlightWithLevel extends Highlight {
   level?: 'mine' | 'friends' | 'nostrverse'
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ interface HighlightItemProps {
 
 export const HighlightItem: React.FC<HighlightItemProps> = ({ highlight, onSelectUrl, isSelected, onHighlightClick }) => {
   const itemRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  const [isSyncing, setIsSyncing] = useState(() => isEventSyncing(highlight.id))
+  const [showOfflineIndicator, setShowOfflineIndicator] = useState(() => highlight.isOfflineCreated && !isSyncing)
   
   // Resolve the profile of the user who made the highlight
   const profile = useEventModel(Models.ProfileModel, [highlight.pubkey])
@@ -30,6 +33,21 @@ export const HighlightItem: React.FC<HighlightItemProps> = ({ highlight, onSelec
     return `${highlight.pubkey.slice(0, 8)}...` // fallback to short pubkey
   }
   
+  // Listen to sync state changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const unsubscribe = onSyncStateChange((eventId, syncingState) => {
+      if (eventId === highlight.id) {
+        setIsSyncing(syncingState)
+        // Hide offline indicator when sync completes successfully
+        if (!syncingState) {
+          setShowOfflineIndicator(false)
+        }
+      }
+    })
+    
+    return unsubscribe
+  }, [highlight.id])
+  
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isSelected && itemRef.current) {
       itemRef.current.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'center' })
@@ -101,7 +119,16 @@ export const HighlightItem: React.FC<HighlightItemProps> = ({ highlight, onSelec
             </>
           )}
           
-          {highlight.isOfflineCreated && (
+          {isSyncing && (
+            <>
+              <span className="highlight-meta-separator">•</span>
+              <span className="highlight-syncing-indicator" title="Syncing to remote relays...">
+                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faSpinner} spin />
+              </span>
+            </>
+          )}
+          
+          {!isSyncing && showOfflineIndicator && (
             <>
               <span className="highlight-meta-separator">•</span>
               <span className="highlight-offline-indicator" title="Created while in flight mode">
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index 6cd79096..f629cafa 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -1631,6 +1631,14 @@ body {
   opacity: 0.8;
 }
 
+.highlight-syncing-indicator {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  color: #3b82f6;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  opacity: 0.9;
+}
+
 .highlight-local-text {
   font-size: 0.75rem;
   text-transform: uppercase;
diff --git a/src/services/offlineSyncService.ts b/src/services/offlineSyncService.ts
index de563ffb..36d5db4b 100644
--- a/src/services/offlineSyncService.ts
+++ b/src/services/offlineSyncService.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ let isSyncing = false
 // Track events created during offline period
 const offlineCreatedEvents = new Set<string>()
 
+// Track events currently being synced
+const syncingEvents = new Set<string>()
+
+// Callbacks to notify when sync state changes
+const syncStateListeners: Array<(eventId: string, isSyncing: boolean) => void> = []
+
 /**
  * Marks an event as created during offline period
  */
@@ -17,6 +23,31 @@ export function markEventAsOfflineCreated(eventId: string): void {
   console.log(`📝 Marked event ${eventId.slice(0, 8)} as offline-created. Total: ${offlineCreatedEvents.size}`)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if an event is currently being synced
+ */
+export function isEventSyncing(eventId: string): boolean {
+  return syncingEvents.has(eventId)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Subscribe to sync state changes
+ */
+export function onSyncStateChange(callback: (eventId: string, isSyncing: boolean) => void): () => void {
+  syncStateListeners.push(callback)
+  return () => {
+    const index = syncStateListeners.indexOf(callback)
+    if (index > -1) syncStateListeners.splice(index, 1)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Notify listeners of sync state change
+ */
+function notifySyncStateChange(eventId: string, isSyncing: boolean): void {
+  syncStateListeners.forEach(listener => listener(eventId, isSyncing))
+}
+
 /**
  * Syncs local-only events to remote relays when coming back online
  * Now uses applesauce EventStore instead of querying relays
@@ -82,12 +113,22 @@ export async function syncLocalEventsToRemote(
 
     console.log(`📤 Syncing ${uniqueEvents.length} event(s) to remote relays...`)
 
+    // Mark all events as syncing
+    uniqueEvents.forEach(event => {
+      syncingEvents.add(event.id)
+      notifySyncStateChange(event.id, true)
+    })
+
     // Publish to remote relays
     let successCount = 0
+    const successfulIds: string[] = []
+    
     for (const event of uniqueEvents) {
       try {
         await relayPool.publish(remoteRelays, event)
         successCount++
+        successfulIds.push(event.id)
+        console.log(`✅ Synced event ${event.id.slice(0, 8)}`)
       } catch (error) {
         console.warn(`⚠️ Failed to sync event ${event.id.slice(0, 8)}:`, error)
       }
@@ -95,8 +136,20 @@ export async function syncLocalEventsToRemote(
 
     console.log(`✅ Synced ${successCount}/${uniqueEvents.length} events to remote relays`)
     
-    // Clear offline events tracking after successful sync
-    offlineCreatedEvents.clear()
+    // Clear syncing state and offline tracking for successful events
+    successfulIds.forEach(eventId => {
+      syncingEvents.delete(eventId)
+      offlineCreatedEvents.delete(eventId)
+      notifySyncStateChange(eventId, false)
+    })
+    
+    // Clear syncing state for failed events
+    uniqueEvents.forEach(event => {
+      if (!successfulIds.includes(event.id)) {
+        syncingEvents.delete(event.id)
+        notifySyncStateChange(event.id, false)
+      }
+    })
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('❌ Error during offline sync:', error)
   } finally {
diff --git a/src/types/highlights.ts b/src/types/highlights.ts
index f13e3be1..2f576fb7 100644
--- a/src/types/highlights.ts
+++ b/src/types/highlights.ts
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ export interface Highlight {
   publishedRelays?: string[] // URLs of relays that acknowledged this event
   isLocalOnly?: boolean // true if only published to local relays
   isOfflineCreated?: boolean // true if created while in flight mode (offline)
+  isSyncing?: boolean // true if currently being synced to remote relays
 }