diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx
index 05d3e9717dce..684433314e9e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/shell/hooks/use-statusbar-items.tsx
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ export function useStatusbarItems({
         id: 'running-timer',
         label: copy.turnRunning,
         title: copy.currentTurnElapsed,
+        toggleLabel: copy.toggleRunningTimer,
         variant: 'text'
       },
       {
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ export function useStatusbarItems({
           />
         ),
         title: copy.openContextUsage,
+        toggleLabel: copy.toggleContextUsage,
         variant: 'menu'
       },
       {
@@ -519,6 +521,7 @@ export function useStatusbarItems({
         id: 'session-timer',
         label: copy.session,
         title: copy.runtimeSessionElapsed,
+        toggleLabel: copy.toggleSessionTimer,
         variant: 'text'
       },
       {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
index 409faf98772a..abdd8c4c402a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -2430,6 +2430,9 @@ export const en: Translations = {
       toggleApprovalMode: 'Approvals',
       toggleBackendVersion: 'Backend version',
       toggleCommandCenter: 'Command Center',
+      toggleContextUsage: 'Context meter',
+      toggleRunningTimer: 'Turn timer',
+      toggleSessionTimer: 'Session timer',
       toggleTerminal: 'Terminal',
       toggleVersion: 'Version & updates',
       toggleWorkspace: 'Workspace',
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
index e15db82546a1..aacf8641e25d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts
@@ -2036,6 +2036,9 @@ export interface Translations {
       toggleApprovalMode: string
       toggleBackendVersion: string
       toggleCommandCenter: string
+      toggleContextUsage: string
+      toggleRunningTimer: string
+      toggleSessionTimer: string
       toggleTerminal: string
       toggleVersion: string
       toggleWorkspace: string
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
index 71f033580aaf..ad3e22e60b71 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts
@@ -2606,6 +2606,9 @@ export const zh: Translations = {
       toggleApprovalMode: '审批',
       toggleBackendVersion: '后端版本',
       toggleCommandCenter: '命令中心',
+      toggleContextUsage: '上下文用量',
+      toggleRunningTimer: '回合计时',
+      toggleSessionTimer: '会话计时',
       toggleTerminal: '终端',
       toggleVersion: '版本与更新',
       toggleWorkspace: '工作区',
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/statusbar-prefs.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/statusbar-prefs.ts
index 3de112337625..177aa393f08a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/statusbar-prefs.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/statusbar-prefs.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ const STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_STORAGE_KEY = 'hermes.desktop.statusbarHidden'
 // Items the bar hides until the user turns them on from its context menu. The
 // bar's job is to answer "is the backend healthy, where am I, what's it doing" —
 // route shortcuts (cron/webhooks/agents), the terminal toggle, and the approval
-// pill are navigation, not status, so they start out of the way.
+// pill are navigation, not status, so they start out of the way. The per-turn
+// session readouts (running/session timers, context meter) are diagnostics most
+// users don't watch, so they start hidden too and the bar stays quiet mid-turn.
 export const STATUSBAR_HIDDEN_BY_DEFAULT: readonly string[] = [
   'agents',
   'approval-mode',
+  'context-usage',
   'cron',
+  'running-timer',
+  'session-timer',
   'terminal',
   'webhooks'
 ]