diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift
index d0689a223..9a5fb0b76 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ struct RootCanvas: View {
     @Environment(\.scenePhase) private var scenePhase
     @AppStorage(VoiceWakePreferences.enabledKey) private var voiceWakeEnabled: Bool = false
     @AppStorage("screen.preventSleep") private var preventSleep: Bool = true
+    @AppStorage("canvas.debugStatusEnabled") private var canvasDebugStatusEnabled: Bool = false
     @State private var presentedSheet: PresentedSheet?
     @State private var voiceWakeToastText: String?
     @State private var toastDismissTask: Task<Void, Never>?
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ struct RootCanvas: View {
         .onAppear { self.updateIdleTimer() }
         .onChange(of: self.preventSleep) { _, _ in self.updateIdleTimer() }
         .onChange(of: self.scenePhase) { _, _ in self.updateIdleTimer() }
+        .onAppear { self.updateCanvasDebugStatus() }
+        .onChange(of: self.canvasDebugStatusEnabled) { _, _ in self.updateCanvasDebugStatus() }
+        .onChange(of: self.appModel.bridgeStatusText) { _, _ in self.updateCanvasDebugStatus() }
+        .onChange(of: self.appModel.bridgeServerName) { _, _ in self.updateCanvasDebugStatus() }
+        .onChange(of: self.appModel.bridgeRemoteAddress) { _, _ in self.updateCanvasDebugStatus() }
         .onChange(of: self.voiceWake.lastTriggeredCommand) { _, newValue in
             guard let newValue else { return }
             let trimmed = newValue.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
@@ -102,6 +108,14 @@ struct RootCanvas: View {
     private func updateIdleTimer() {
         UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = (self.scenePhase == .active && self.preventSleep)
     }
+
+    private func updateCanvasDebugStatus() {
+        self.appModel.screen.setDebugStatusEnabled(self.canvasDebugStatusEnabled)
+        guard self.canvasDebugStatusEnabled else { return }
+        let title = self.appModel.bridgeStatusText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let subtitle = self.appModel.bridgeServerName ?? self.appModel.bridgeRemoteAddress
+        self.appModel.screen.updateDebugStatus(title: title, subtitle: subtitle)
+    }
 }
 
 private struct CanvasContent: View {
diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/Screen/ScreenController.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/Screen/ScreenController.swift
index e808bab9a..e61be9a6e 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Sources/Screen/ScreenController.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Sources/Screen/ScreenController.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ final class ScreenController {
     /// Callback invoked when the user clicks an A2UI action (e.g. button) inside the canvas web UI.
     var onA2UIAction: (([String: Any]) -> Void)?
 
+    private var debugStatusEnabled: Bool = false
+    private var debugStatusTitle: String?
+    private var debugStatusSubtitle: String?
+
     init() {
         let config = WKWebViewConfiguration()
         config.websiteDataStore = .nonPersistent()
@@ -80,6 +84,39 @@ final class ScreenController {
         self.reload()
     }
 
+    func setDebugStatusEnabled(_ enabled: Bool) {
+        self.debugStatusEnabled = enabled
+        self.applyDebugStatusIfNeeded()
+    }
+
+    func updateDebugStatus(title: String?, subtitle: String?) {
+        self.debugStatusTitle = title
+        self.debugStatusSubtitle = subtitle
+        self.applyDebugStatusIfNeeded()
+    }
+
+    fileprivate func applyDebugStatusIfNeeded() {
+        let enabled = self.debugStatusEnabled
+        let title = self.debugStatusTitle
+        let subtitle = self.debugStatusSubtitle
+        let js = """
+        (() => {
+          try {
+            const api = globalThis.__clawdis;
+            if (!api) return;
+            if (typeof api.setDebugStatusEnabled === 'function') {
+              api.setDebugStatusEnabled(\(enabled ? "true" : "false"));
+            }
+            if (!\(enabled ? "true" : "false")) return;
+            if (typeof api.setStatus === 'function') {
+              api.setStatus(\(Self.jsValue(title)), \(Self.jsValue(subtitle)));
+            }
+          } catch (_) {}
+        })()
+        """
+        self.webView.evaluateJavaScript(js) { _, _ in }
+    }
+
     func waitForA2UIReady(timeoutMs: Int) async -> Bool {
         let clock = ContinuousClock()
         let deadline = clock.now.advanced(by: .milliseconds(timeoutMs))
@@ -212,6 +249,17 @@ final class ScreenController {
         return false
     }
 
+    private static func jsValue(_ value: String?) -> String {
+        guard let value else { return "null" }
+        if let data = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: [value]),
+           let encoded = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8),
+           encoded.count >= 2
+        {
+            return String(encoded.dropFirst().dropLast())
+        }
+        return "null"
+    }
+
     func isLocalNetworkCanvasURL(_ url: URL) -> Bool {
         guard let scheme = url.scheme?.lowercased(), scheme == "http" || scheme == "https" else {
             return false
@@ -320,6 +368,7 @@ private final class ScreenNavigationDelegate: NSObject, WKNavigationDelegate {
 
     func webView(_: WKWebView, didFinish _: WKNavigation?) {
         self.controller?.errorText = nil
+        self.controller?.applyDebugStatusIfNeeded()
     }
 
     func webView(_: WKWebView, didFail _: WKNavigation?, withError error: any Error) {
diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/Settings/SettingsTab.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/Settings/SettingsTab.swift
index 5707d211d..48b5e0aac 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Sources/Settings/SettingsTab.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Sources/Settings/SettingsTab.swift
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct SettingsTab: View {
     @AppStorage("bridge.manual.host") private var manualBridgeHost: String = ""
     @AppStorage("bridge.manual.port") private var manualBridgePort: Int = 18790
     @AppStorage("bridge.discovery.debugLogs") private var discoveryDebugLogsEnabled: Bool = false
+    @AppStorage("canvas.debugStatusEnabled") private var canvasDebugStatusEnabled: Bool = false
     @State private var connectStatus = ConnectStatusStore()
     @State private var connectingBridgeID: String?
     @State private var localIPAddress: String?
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ struct SettingsTab: View {
                         NavigationLink("Discovery Logs") {
                             BridgeDiscoveryDebugLogView()
                         }
+
+                        Toggle("Debug Canvas Status", isOn: self.$canvasDebugStatusEnabled)
                     }
                 }