diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-components/src/palettes/Color.tsx b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-components/src/palettes/Color.tsx
index 535e02bfb1ad8..d24b096aec83b 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-components/src/palettes/Color.tsx
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-components/src/palettes/Color.tsx
@@ -116,4 +116,5 @@ export {
   colorDataVizVioletAlt as dataVizVioletAlt,
   colorDataVizYellow as dataVizYellow,
   colorDataVizYellowAlt as dataVizYellowAlt,
+  replaceAlpha,
 } from '../theme/color';
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-components/src/theme/color.tsx b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-components/src/theme/color.tsx
index 742ae56f8fb27..24cecc2a4746d 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-components/src/theme/color.tsx
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-components/src/theme/color.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,29 @@ const getColor = memoize((semanticName: ColorName): string => {
   return palette[semanticName];
 });
 
+export function replaceAlpha(rgbaString: string, newAlpha: number) {
+  // Check if the input string is in the correct format
+  const rgbaRegex = /^rgba?\((\s*\d+\s*),(\s*\d+\s*),(\s*\d+\s*),(\s*[\d.]+\s*)\)$/;
+  const match = rgbaString.match(rgbaRegex);
+  if (!match) {
+    console.error('Invalid RGBA string format.');
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  // Extract RGB values
+  const red = parseInt(match[1]!.trim(), 10);
+  const green = parseInt(match[2]!.trim(), 10);
+  const blue = parseInt(match[3]!.trim(), 10);
+
+  // Ensure alpha value is within the range [0, 1]
+  const clampedAlpha = Math.max(0, Math.min(newAlpha, 1));
+
+  // Construct the new RGBA string with the updated alpha value
+  const newRgbaString = `rgba(${red},${green},${blue},${clampedAlpha})`;
+
+  return newRgbaString;
+}
+
 export const browserColorScheme = () => getColor(ColorName.BrowserColorScheme);
 export const colorKeylineDefault = () => getColor(ColorName.KeylineDefault);
 export const colorLinkDefault = () => getColor(ColorName.LinkDefault);
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/asset-graph/AssetNode.tsx b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/asset-graph/AssetNode.tsx
index 2148119e451cf..009c015246377 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/asset-graph/AssetNode.tsx
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/asset-graph/AssetNode.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import styled, {CSSObject} from 'styled-components';
 
 import {AssetNodeMenuProps, useAssetNodeMenu} from './AssetNodeMenu';
 import {buildAssetNodeStatusContent} from './AssetNodeStatusContent';
-import {AssetLatestRunSpinner} from './AssetRunLinking';
 import {ContextMenuWrapper} from './ContextMenuWrapper';
 import {LiveDataForNode} from './Utils';
 import {ASSET_NODE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH} from './layout';
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ export const AssetNode = React.memo(({definition, selected}: Props) => {
   const isSource = definition.isSource;
 
   const {liveData} = useAssetLiveData(definition.assetKey);
-
   return (
     <AssetInsetForHoverEffect>
       <Box flex={{direction: 'row', justifyContent: 'space-between', alignItems: 'center'}}>
@@ -179,6 +177,9 @@ export const AssetNodeMinimal = ({
   const isChanged = definition.changedReasons.length;
   const isStale = isAssetStale(assetKey, liveData, 'upstream');
 
+  const queuedRuns = liveData?.unstartedRunIds.length;
+  const inProgressRuns = liveData?.inProgressRunIds.length;
+
   return (
     <AssetInsetForHoverEffect>
       <MinimalAssetNodeContainer $selected={selected} style={{paddingTop: height / 2 - 50}}>
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ export const AssetNodeMinimal = ({
             $isSource={isSource}
             $background={background}
             $border={border}
+            $inProgress={!!inProgressRuns}
+            $isQueued={!!queuedRuns}
           >
             {isChanged ? (
               <MinimalNodeChangedDot
@@ -203,9 +206,6 @@ export const AssetNodeMinimal = ({
             {isStale ? (
               <MinimalNodeStaleDot assetKey={assetKey} liveData={liveData} include="upstream" />
             ) : null}
-            <AssetNodeSpinnerContainer>
-              <AssetLatestRunSpinner liveData={liveData} purpose="section" />
-            </AssetNodeSpinnerContainer>
             <MinimalName style={{fontSize: 28}} $isSource={isSource}>
               {withMiddleTruncation(displayName, {maxLength: 20})}
             </MinimalName>
@@ -323,12 +323,6 @@ const AssetName = styled.div<{$isSource: boolean}>`
   border-top-right-radius: 8px;
 `;
 
-const AssetNodeSpinnerContainer = styled.div`
-  top: 50%;
-  position: absolute;
-  transform: translate(8px, -16px);
-`;
-
 const MinimalAssetNodeContainer = styled(AssetNodeContainer)`
   height: 100%;
 `;
@@ -338,13 +332,61 @@ const MinimalAssetNodeBox = styled.div<{
   $selected: boolean;
   $background: string;
   $border: string;
+  $inProgress: boolean;
+  $isQueued: boolean;
 }>`
   background: ${(p) => p.$background};
+  overflow: hidden;
   ${(p) =>
     p.$isSource
       ? `border: 4px dashed ${p.$selected ? Colors.accentGray() : p.$border}`
       : `border: 4px solid ${p.$selected ? Colors.lineageNodeBorderSelected() : p.$border}`};
-
+  ${(p) =>
+    p.$inProgress
+      ? `
+      background-color: ${p.$background};
+      &::after {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 0;
+        right: 0;
+        bottom: 0;
+        left: 0;
+        transform: translateX(-100%);
+        background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, ${Colors.replaceAlpha(
+          p.$background,
+          0,
+        )} 0, ${Colors.replaceAlpha(p.$background, 0)} 0%, ${Colors.replaceAlpha(
+          p.$background,
+          0.2,
+        )});
+        animation: shimmer 1.5s infinite;
+        content: '';
+      }
+
+      @keyframes shimmer {
+        100% {
+          transform: translateX(100%);
+        }
+      }
+  `
+      : ''}
+
+  ${(p) => {
+    if (p.$isQueued) {
+      return `
+        animation: pulse 0.5s infinite alternate; 
+        @keyframes pulse {
+          0% {
+            border-color: ${Colors.replaceAlpha(p.$border, 0.2)};
+          }
+          100% {
+            border-color: ${Colors.replaceAlpha(p.$border, 1)};
+          }
+        }
+      `;
+    }
+    return '';
+  }}
   border-radius: 16px;
   position: relative;
   padding: 2px;