diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/contrib.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/contrib.ts
index 62b6a49cef6..00b7b1ff619 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/contrib.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/contrib.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ export interface PaletteContribution {
   keywords?: string[]
   run: () => void
   /**
-   * Muted text after the label — the live state the row acts on. A function
+   * Short note after the label — the live state the row acts on. A function
    * because contributions register once at boot while that state keeps moving;
    * the palette re-reads it on open.
    */
   detail?: () => string
+  /** `state` when running the row CHANGES what `detail` says. */
+  detailVariant?: 'muted' | 'state'
+  /** Leave the palette open after running — for rows you may run repeatedly. */
+  keepOpen?: boolean
 }
 
 /** Contributed palette rows, with stable render keys. */
@@ -34,12 +38,15 @@ export function usePaletteContributions(): Array<PaletteContribution & { key: st
 }
 
 /**
- * A binary setting as one palette row: `Toggle status bar` with the live state
- * trailing in muted text. The verb says what the row does, the detail says
- * which way it will go — neither alone is enough.
+ * A binary setting as one palette row: `Toggle status bar` trailed by the live
+ * state. The verb says what the row does, the note says where it stands —
+ * neither alone is enough to act on.
+ *
+ * Rows keep the palette open: flipping a setting is the kind of thing you do
+ * two or three of in a row, and the note updating in place is the receipt.
  */
 export function paletteToggle(
-  spec: Omit<PaletteContribution, 'detail' | 'run'> & {
+  spec: Omit<PaletteContribution, 'detail' | 'detailVariant' | 'keepOpen' | 'run'> & {
     get: () => boolean
     set: (enabled: boolean) => void
   }
@@ -49,6 +56,8 @@ export function paletteToggle(
   const data: PaletteContribution = {
     ...rest,
     detail: () => (get() ? 'on' : 'off'),
+    detailVariant: 'state',
+    keepOpen: true,
     keywords: [...keywords, 'on', 'off', 'enable', 'disable'],
     run: () => set(!get())
   }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx
index cf7abbd7f05..970f4fb4be2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ import { Dialog as DialogPrimitive } from 'radix-ui'
 import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 
-import { HUD_HEADING, HUD_ITEM, HUD_POSITION, HUD_SURFACE, HUD_TEXT } from '@/app/floating-hud'
+import {
+  HUD_HEADING,
+  HUD_ITEM,
+  HUD_NOTE,
+  HUD_NOTE_VARIANT,
+  HUD_POSITION,
+  HUD_SURFACE,
+  HUD_TEXT
+} from '@/app/floating-hud'
 import { setTerminalTakeover } from '@/app/right-sidebar/store'
 import { Command, CommandGroup, CommandInput, CommandItem, CommandList } from '@/components/ui/command'
 import { HighlightMatches } from '@/components/ui/highlight-matches'
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ import {
 import { $bindings } from '@/store/keybinds'
 import { openPetGenerate } from '@/store/pet-generate'
 import { requestStartWorkSession } from '@/store/projects'
-import { $connection, $yoloActive } from '@/store/session'
+import { $connection } from '@/store/session'
 import { runGatewayRestart } from '@/store/system-actions'
 import {
   $backendUpdateApply,
@@ -103,8 +111,10 @@ interface PaletteItem {
   action?: string
   /** Renders a trailing check: this row IS the current setting (theme, mode). */
   active?: boolean
-  /** Muted text beside the label — state the row acts on (a version, a count). */
+  /** Short note beside the label — state the row acts on (a version, a count). */
   detail?: string
+  /** `state` when the row will change what `detail` says (a toggle's on/off). */
+  detailVariant?: keyof typeof HUD_NOTE_VARIANT
   icon: IconComponent
   id: string
   /** Keep the palette open after running (live-preview pickers like theme/mode). */
@@ -260,9 +270,9 @@ const PaletteRow = memo(function PaletteRow({
             shows exactly which words earned the row its rank. */}
         <HighlightMatches query={search.split(/\s+/)} text={item.label} />
       </span>
-      {/* Reads as a suffix of the label, so it sits closer than the row's
-          icon-to-label gap-2 — negative margin trims that back to ~4px. */}
-      {item.detail && <span className="-ml-1 truncate text-muted-foreground/80">{item.detail}</span>}
+      {item.detail && (
+        <span className={cn(HUD_NOTE, HUD_NOTE_VARIANT[item.detailVariant ?? 'muted'])}>{item.detail}</span>
+      )}
       {combo && <KbdCombo className="ml-auto opacity-55" combo={combo} size="sm" />}
       {item.to && <ChevronRight className={cn('size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground/70', !combo && 'ml-auto')} />}
       {item.active && <Check className={cn('size-3.5 shrink-0 text-primary', !combo && !item.to && 'ml-auto')} />}
@@ -376,9 +386,10 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
   const clientApply = useStore($updateApply)
   const backendStatus = useStore($backendUpdateStatus)
   const backendApply = useStore($backendUpdateApply)
-  // Contributed on/off rows check the live half (YOLO on / YOLO off), so the
-  // groups have to rebuild when that state moves under an open palette.
-  const yoloActive = useStore($yoloActive)
+  // Running a keepOpen row (a toggle) changes state the rows themselves report,
+  // so the groups have to rebuild without the palette closing. A counter keeps
+  // that generic — the palette never learns which stores its contributions read.
+  const [selectTick, setSelectTick] = useState(0)
 
   const updateVersionLabel = useMemo(() => {
     const backend = connection?.mode === 'remote'
@@ -536,11 +547,13 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
               heading: cc.commands,
               items: contributedItems.map(item => ({
                 action: item.action,
-                // Resolved per palette open (see the `open` dep below) so a
-                // state-describing row can't show a state it left.
+                // Read on open and after every select (the deps below), so a
+                // row that reports state can't show the state it just left.
                 detail: item.detail?.(),
+                detailVariant: item.detailVariant,
                 icon: item.icon ?? Zap,
                 id: item.key,
+                keepOpen: item.keepOpen,
                 keywords: item.keywords,
                 label: item.label,
                 run: item.run
@@ -731,7 +744,11 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
         ]
       }
     ]
-  }, [contributedItems, go, open, settingsSectionLabel, t, updateVersionLabel, yoloActive])
+    // `open` and `selectTick` are deliberate re-read triggers, not values: rows
+    // report live state through `detail()`, so the groups must rebuild when the
+    // palette opens and after each select — eslint only sees unused deps.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [contributedItems, go, open, selectTick, settingsSectionLabel, t, updateVersionLabel])
 
   // The long, granular lists (settings fields, API keys, MCP servers, archived
   // chats) only surface once the user types — otherwise they'd bury the
@@ -1021,7 +1038,13 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
 
     if (!item.keepOpen) {
       closeCommandPalette()
+
+      return
     }
+
+    // Staying open means the rows are still on screen — re-read anything they
+    // report (a toggle's on/off) so the note isn't showing the previous state.
+    setSelectTick(tick => tick + 1)
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx
index b5a7631a032..b94df63799c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { useContributions } from '@/contrib/react/use-contributions'
 import { registry } from '@/contrib/registry'
 import { discoverRuntimePlugins } from '@/contrib/runtime-loader'
 import { sessionTitle as storedSessionTitle } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
-import { LayoutDashboard, PanelBottom, Zap } from '@/lib/icons'
+import { FileText, LayoutDashboard, PanelBottom, Zap } from '@/lib/icons'
 import { type KeybindContribution, KEYBINDS_AREA } from '@/lib/keybinds/actions'
 import { Codecs, persistentAtom } from '@/lib/persisted'
 import { setYoloEnabled } from '@/lib/yolo-session'
@@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ registry.registerMany([
   },
   {
     // Optional chrome — in NO default layout. Adoption stacks it with the
-    // terminal; $logsOpen (default off, ⌘K "Logs on") reveals it.
+    // terminal; $logsOpen (default off, ⌘K "Toggle logs") reveals it.
     id: 'logs',
     area: 'panes',
     title: 'logs',
     // revealOnPreset: the Quad layout places logs, so applying it turns the
-    // logs pane on (like a ⌘K "Logs on") instead of leaving it collapsed.
+    // logs pane on (like a ⌘K "Toggle logs") instead of leaving it collapsed.
     data: { placement: 'bottom', height: '20vh', minHeight: '7.5rem', maxHeight: '80vh', revealOnPreset: true },
     render: () => idle(<LogsPane />)
   }
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ registry.register(
   paletteToggle({
     id: 'logs.toggle',
     label: 'Toggle logs',
+    icon: FileText,
     keywords: ['logs', 'agent log', 'tail', 'debug'],
     get: () => $logsOpen.get(),
     set: enabled => $logsOpen.set(enabled)
@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@ registry.register(
 registry.register(
   paletteToggle({
     id: 'session.yolo',
-    label: 'Toggle YOLO',
+    label: 'Toggle yolo',
     icon: Zap,
     keywords: ['yolo', 'approvals', 'auto-approve', 'bypass', 'dangerous', 'commands'],
     get: () => $yoloActive.get(),
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/floating-hud.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/floating-hud.ts
index 1655fc99f44..83b97a9c8e4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/floating-hud.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/floating-hud.ts
@@ -31,3 +31,23 @@ export const HUD_ITEM = 'gap-2 px-2 py-1'
 // heading via the universal-descendant variant.
 export const HUD_HEADING =
   '**:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:static **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:bg-transparent **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:px-2.5 **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:pb-1 **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:pt-2.5 **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:text-[0.64rem] **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:font-semibold **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:uppercase **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:tracking-[0.16em] **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:text-(--theme-primary)'
+
+// A short note trailing a row's label — a version, a count, a live state. Sits
+// closer than the row's icon-to-label `gap-2` because it reads as a suffix of
+// the label, not as another item in the row.
+export const HUD_NOTE = '-ml-1'
+
+// `state` marks a note the row will CHANGE (a toggle's on/off) rather than a
+// passive fact. It keeps the label's own color so the pair reads as one phrase,
+// and earns its separation from a faint underline instead of going muted.
+//
+// That underline needs room, so `state` skips `truncate`: flex items are
+// blockified, which makes its `overflow: hidden` bite, and the app's global
+// 0.25rem underline offset (styles.css) already sits at the bottom edge of a
+// `text-xs` line box — together they clip the rule away entirely. Pulling the
+// offset to 2px keeps it inside the box; dropping truncate costs nothing
+// because these notes are one word.
+export const HUD_NOTE_VARIANT = {
+  muted: 'truncate text-muted-foreground/80',
+  state: 'shrink-0 underline decoration-current/50 underline-offset-2'
+} as const