diff --git a/crates/engine/src/analysis/roto.rs b/crates/engine/src/analysis/roto.rs
index 286b95095..9cc950e07 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/analysis/roto.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/analysis/roto.rs
@@ -838,6 +838,25 @@ impl Session {
         changed
     }
 
+    /// How far to trust the frames a tracker followed (SAM 2), by layer frame: its confidence and
+    /// whether the object was absent. Frames the classic engine made have no entry.
+    pub fn roto_trust(&self, comp: ItemId, layer: LayerId, effect: Uid) -> BTreeMap<i64, fx::FrameTrust> {
+        let mut out = BTreeMap::new();
+        let Some(c) = self.project.comp(comp) else { return out };
+        let Some(l) = c.layer(layer) else { return out };
+        let Some(g) = l.props.find_group(effect) else { return out };
+        if is_object_matte(g) {
+            return out;
+        }
+        let ch = fx::Chain::new(&params_static(g), layer_size(&self.project, c, l), c.frame_rate.as_f64(), 1.0);
+        for f in ch.keys.keys() {
+            if let Some(t) = ch.trust_at(*f) {
+                out.insert(*f, t);
+            }
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
     /// The computed frames of an instance (full resolution), by layer frame.
     pub fn roto_computed(&self, comp: ItemId, layer: LayerId, effect: Uid) -> BTreeMap<i64, bool> {
         let mut out = BTreeMap::new();
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/roto.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/roto.rs
index 7d18e5c98..66baee148 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/roto.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/roto.rs
@@ -977,7 +977,9 @@ impl effectcraft_segment::ObjectTracker for Recorder {
 /// corrected frame; the frames before it keep their tracked results.
 #[test]
 fn a_correction_re_tracks_only_the_frames_it_changes() {
-    let (mut s, clip, _) = painted(center, "disk-retrack.mov");
+    let (mut s, clip, uid) = painted(center, "disk-retrack.mov");
+    let cid = s.active_comp_id().unwrap();
+    assert!(s.roto_trust(cid, clip, uid).is_empty(), "no tracker data before tracking");
     let rec = std::sync::Arc::new(Recorder::default());
     effectcraft_effects::roto::set_model(Some(rec.clone()));
     let run = |s: &mut Session| s.execute_checked("roto.propagate", json!({"layer": clip.0, "direction": "forward", "wait": true}));
@@ -1000,4 +1002,8 @@ fn a_correction_re_tracks_only_the_frames_it_changes() {
     let st = s.execute("roto.status", json!({"layer": clip.0, "frame": 3})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(st["source"], "tracker", "{st}");
     assert_eq!(st["tracker"]["frames"].as_object().unwrap().len(), 21, "{st}");
+    // The span bar's data: the tracker's confidence for every tracked frame.
+    let trust = s.roto_trust(cid, clip, uid);
+    assert_eq!(trust.len(), 21);
+    assert!(trust.values().all(|t| t.confidence > 0.9 && !t.occluded));
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/roto_tool.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/roto_tool.rs
index ca3c56ac5..f8cd383c6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/roto_tool.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/roto_tool.rs
@@ -243,6 +243,20 @@ fn run_stroke(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, layer: u64, kind: &str, points: &[[f64;
     }
 }
 
+/// The span bar's colour for a frame a tracker followed: green when it is sure, amber when it is
+/// doubtful, red when it is not, slate when the object was absent.
+pub(crate) fn trust_color(confidence: f32, occluded: bool) -> Color32 {
+    if occluded {
+        Color32::from_rgb(110, 118, 150)
+    } else if confidence >= 0.85 {
+        Color32::from_rgb(70, 200, 90)
+    } else if confidence >= 0.5 {
+        Color32::from_rgb(230, 180, 50)
+    } else {
+        Color32::from_rgb(220, 70, 60)
+    }
+}
+
 /// The segmentation span bar (above the panel's bottom bar): the layer's frames, the span, the
 /// base frame (yellow), computed frames (green) and stroke frames. Click to go to a frame; drag
 /// the span's ends to change it.
@@ -264,10 +278,17 @@ pub fn span_bar(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &egui::Painter,
         let sp = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(x_of(d.span[0] as f64), track.min.y), pos2(x_of(d.span[1] as f64 + 1.0), track.max.y));
         let frozen = fx::is_frozen(&params);
         p.rect_filled(sp, 2.0, if frozen { Color32::from_rgb(60, 110, 190) } else { Color32::from_rgb(90, 90, 96) });
+        // Computed frames: green, or (frames a tracker followed) coloured by its confidence, with
+        // frames where the object was absent in slate.
+        let trust = app.session.roto_trust(cid, layer.id, uid);
         for (f, done) in app.session.roto_computed(cid, layer.id, uid) {
             if done {
-                let cr = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(x_of(f as f64), track.max.y - 4.0), pos2(x_of(f as f64 + 1.0), track.max.y));
-                p.rect_filled(cr, 0.0, Color32::from_rgb(70, 200, 90));
+                let (color, h) = match trust.get(&f) {
+                    Some(t) => (trust_color(t.confidence, t.occluded), 6.0),
+                    None => (Color32::from_rgb(70, 200, 90), 4.0),
+                };
+                let cr = Rect::from_min_max(pos2(x_of(f as f64), track.max.y - h), pos2(x_of(f as f64 + 1.0), track.max.y));
+                p.rect_filled(cr, 0.0, color);
             }
         }
         for f in d.stroke_frames() {
@@ -363,3 +384,21 @@ pub fn bar_buttons(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &egui::Painte
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn confidence_colours_run_from_green_to_red_and_absent_is_slate() {
+        let (g, a, r, s) = (trust_color(0.99, false), trust_color(0.6, false), trust_color(0.1, false), trust_color(0.99, true));
+        assert_eq!(g, Color32::from_rgb(70, 200, 90));
+        assert_eq!(a, Color32::from_rgb(230, 180, 50));
+        assert_eq!(r, Color32::from_rgb(220, 70, 60));
+        assert_eq!(s, Color32::from_rgb(110, 118, 150));
+        // the boundaries
+        assert_eq!(trust_color(0.85, false), g);
+        assert_eq!(trust_color(0.5, false), a);
+        assert_eq!(trust_color(f32::NAN, false), r);
+    }
+}