diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/logic/store.ts b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/logic/store.ts
index ec6a8913d4b..cb928ba3c0b 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/logic/store.ts
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/logic/store.ts
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ export function createSessionStore() {
     switch (event.type) {
       case 'gateway.ready':
         setState('ready', true)
+        // Clear any transient status: on a recovery-respawn ready this drops the
+        // lingering 'gateway recovering (attempt N)…' line; no-op on first connect.
+        setState('status', undefined)
         setSkin(event.payload?.skin)
         break
       case 'skin.changed':