diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/action/StatusLine.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/action/StatusLine.java
index 0c022794320..4fe5b5bed7c 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/action/StatusLine.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/action/StatusLine.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
 	/** name of the task */
 	protected volatile String fTaskName;
 
+	/** name of the task without sub-tasks */
+	protected volatile String fBaseTaskName;
+
 	/** is the task is cancled */
 	protected volatile boolean fIsCanceled;
 
@@ -580,6 +583,7 @@ public void setTaskName(String name) {
 		boolean changed = !Objects.equals(fTaskName, s);
 		if (changed) {
 			fTaskName = s;
+			fBaseTaskName = s;
 			updateMessageLabel();
 		}
 	}
@@ -650,9 +654,13 @@ public void subTask(String name) {
 		if (fTaskName == null || fTaskName.isEmpty()) {
 			text = newName;
 		} else {
-			text = JFaceResources.format("Set_SubTask", fTaskName, newName);//$NON-NLS-1$
+			text = JFaceResources.format("Set_SubTask", fBaseTaskName, newName);//$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
+		boolean changed = !Objects.equals(fTaskName, text);
+		if (changed) {
+			fTaskName = text;
+			updateMessageLabel();
 		}
-		setMessage(text);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/api/IWorkbenchWindowTest.java b/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/api/IWorkbenchWindowTest.java
index 82c7c480b54..8a9de3f6d2a 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/api/IWorkbenchWindowTest.java	
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/api/IWorkbenchWindowTest.java	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@
 package org.eclipse.ui.tests.api;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.jface.action.StatusLineManager;
+import org.eclipse.swt.custom.CLabel;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchActionConstants;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchWindow;
 import org.eclipse.ui.WorkbenchException;
+import org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow;
 import org.eclipse.ui.tests.harness.util.ArrayUtil;
 import org.eclipse.ui.tests.harness.util.EmptyPerspective;
 import org.eclipse.ui.tests.harness.util.UITestCase;
@@ -197,4 +201,33 @@ public void testIsApplicationMenu() {
 			assertEquals(fWin.isApplicationMenu(id), false);
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testRunJobInStatusLine() throws Throwable {
+		fWin.run(false, false, monitor -> {
+			monitor.beginTask("Task", 1);
+			assertStatusText("Task");
+		});
+		assertStatusText("");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testRunJobInStatusLineWithSubtasks() throws Throwable{
+		fWin.run(false, false, monitor -> {
+			monitor.beginTask("Task", 1);
+			assertStatusText("Task");
+			monitor.subTask("SubTask");
+			assertStatusText("Task: SubTask");
+			monitor.subTask("OtherSubTask");
+			assertStatusText("Task: OtherSubTask");
+		});
+		assertStatusText("");
+	}
+
+	private void assertStatusText(String text) {
+		StatusLineManager statusManager = ((WorkbenchWindow) fWin).getStatusLineManager();
+		Composite statusLine = (Composite) statusManager.getControl();
+		CLabel statusLabel = (CLabel) statusLine.getChildren()[0];
+		assertEquals("Status line was not updated.", text, statusLabel.getText());
+	}
 }