diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/AppState.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/AppState.swift
index e54d98adf..53d81c02d 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/AppState.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/AppState.swift
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ final class AppState {
     var debugPaneEnabled: Bool {
         didSet {
             self.ifNotPreview { UserDefaults.standard.set(self.debugPaneEnabled, forKey: "clawdis.debugPaneEnabled") }
+            CanvasManager.shared.refreshDebugStatus()
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CanvasManager.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CanvasManager.swift
index fc8826dd1..650d63bd3 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CanvasManager.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CanvasManager.swift
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ final class CanvasManager {
             }
             controller.presentAnchoredPanel(anchorProvider: anchorProvider)
             controller.applyPreferredPlacement(placement)
+            self.refreshDebugStatus()
 
             // Existing session: only navigate when an explicit target was provided.
             if let normalizedTarget {
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ final class CanvasManager {
         if normalizedTarget == nil {
             self.maybeAutoNavigateToA2UIAsync(controller: controller)
         }
+        self.refreshDebugStatus()
 
         return self.makeShowResult(
             directory: controller.directoryPath,
@@ -177,6 +179,14 @@ final class CanvasManager {
         return Self.resolveA2UIHostUrl(from: raw)
     }
 
+    func refreshDebugStatus() {
+        guard let controller = self.panelController else { return }
+        let enabled = AppStateStore.shared.debugPaneEnabled
+        let title = GatewayProcessManager.shared.status.label
+        let subtitle = AppStateStore.shared.connectionMode.rawValue
+        controller.updateDebugStatus(enabled: enabled, title: title, subtitle: subtitle)
+    }
+
     private static func resolveA2UIHostUrl(from raw: String?) -> String? {
         let trimmed = raw?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
         guard !trimmed.isEmpty, let base = URL(string: trimmed) else { return nil }
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CanvasWindow.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CanvasWindow.swift
index d53a241c3..0a111e9d4 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CanvasWindow.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CanvasWindow.swift
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ final class CanvasWindowController: NSWindowController, WKNavigationDelegate, NS
     let presentation: CanvasPresentation
     private var preferredPlacement: CanvasPlacement?
     private(set) var currentTarget: String?
+    private var debugStatusEnabled = false
+    private var debugStatusTitle: String?
+    private var debugStatusSubtitle: String?
 
     var onVisibilityChanged: ((Bool) -> Void)?
 
@@ -278,6 +281,35 @@ final class CanvasWindowController: NSWindowController, WKNavigationDelegate, NS
         self.webView.load(URLRequest(url: url))
     }
 
+    func updateDebugStatus(enabled: Bool, title: String?, subtitle: String?) {
+        self.debugStatusEnabled = enabled
+        self.debugStatusTitle = title
+        self.debugStatusSubtitle = subtitle
+        self.applyDebugStatusIfNeeded()
+    }
+
+    private func applyDebugStatusIfNeeded() {
+        let enabled = self.debugStatusEnabled
+        let title = Self.jsOptionalStringLiteral(self.debugStatusTitle)
+        let subtitle = Self.jsOptionalStringLiteral(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(\(title), \(subtitle));
+            }
+          } catch (_) {}
+        })();
+        """
+        self.webView.evaluateJavaScript(js) { _, _ in }
+    }
+
     private func loadFile(_ url: URL) {
         let fileURL = url.isFileURL ? url : URL(fileURLWithPath: url.path)
         let accessDir = fileURL.deletingLastPathComponent()
@@ -551,6 +583,10 @@ final class CanvasWindowController: NSWindowController, WKNavigationDelegate, NS
         decisionHandler(.cancel)
     }
 
+    func webView(_: WKWebView, didFinish _: WKNavigation?) {
+        self.applyDebugStatusIfNeeded()
+    }
+
     // MARK: - NSWindowDelegate
 
     func windowWillClose(_: Notification) {
@@ -585,6 +621,11 @@ final class CanvasWindowController: NSWindowController, WKNavigationDelegate, NS
         return data.flatMap { String(data: $0, encoding: .utf8) } ?? "\"\""
     }
 
+    private static func jsOptionalStringLiteral(_ value: String?) -> String {
+        guard let value else { return "null" }
+        return Self.jsStringLiteral(value)
+    }
+
     private static func storedFrameDefaultsKey(sessionKey: String) -> String {
         "clawdis.canvas.frame.\(self.sanitizeSessionKey(sessionKey))"
     }
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/GatewayProcessManager.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/GatewayProcessManager.swift
index 8d711e74a..3b7551aaf 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/GatewayProcessManager.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/GatewayProcessManager.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ final class GatewayProcessManager {
         }
     }
 
-    private(set) var status: Status = .stopped
+    private(set) var status: Status = .stopped {
+        didSet { CanvasManager.shared.refreshDebugStatus() }
+    }
     private(set) var log: String = ""
     private(set) var environmentStatus: GatewayEnvironmentStatus = .checking
     private(set) var existingGatewayDetails: String?