diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts
index e8c50c05d2e..18d4d2f16d6 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createSlashHandler.test.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,48 @@ describe('createSlashHandler', () => {
     expect(ctx.transcript.sys).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('usage: /skills'))
   })
 
+  // Regressions from Copilot review on #19835: /voice output + frontend
+  // binding state must both track the gateway's fresh ``record_key`` on
+  // every response, or a config edit shows the new shortcut in text
+  // while push-to-talk still fires the old one until the next mtime
+  // poll (~5s).
+  it('/voice status renders the gateway record_key and pushes it into frontend state', async () => {
+    const rpc = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ enabled: true, record_key: 'ctrl+space', tts: false }))
+    const ctx = buildCtx({ gateway: { ...buildGateway(), rpc } })
+
+    expect(createSlashHandler(ctx)('/voice status')).toBe(true)
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(ctx.transcript.sys).toHaveBeenCalledWith('  Record key: Ctrl+Space')
+    })
+    expect(ctx.voice.setVoiceRecordKey).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ ch: 'space', mod: 'ctrl', named: 'space' })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('/voice on renders the configured binding for the start/stop hint', async () => {
+    const rpc = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ enabled: true, record_key: 'alt+r', tts: false }))
+    const ctx = buildCtx({ gateway: { ...buildGateway(), rpc } })
+
+    expect(createSlashHandler(ctx)('/voice on')).toBe(true)
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(ctx.transcript.sys).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Voice mode enabled')
+      expect(ctx.transcript.sys).toHaveBeenCalledWith('  Alt+R to start/stop recording')
+    })
+    expect(ctx.voice.setVoiceRecordKey).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ ch: 'r', mod: 'alt' })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('/voice falls back to Ctrl+B when the gateway response omits record_key', async () => {
+    const rpc = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ enabled: false, tts: false }))
+    const ctx = buildCtx({ gateway: { ...buildGateway(), rpc } })
+
+    expect(createSlashHandler(ctx)('/voice status')).toBe(true)
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(ctx.transcript.sys).toHaveBeenCalledWith('  Record key: Ctrl+B')
+    })
+  })
+
   it('cycles details mode and persists it', async () => {
     const ctx = buildCtx()
 
@@ -648,7 +690,8 @@ const buildTranscript = () => ({
 })
 
 const buildVoice = () => ({
-  setVoiceEnabled: vi.fn()
+  setVoiceEnabled: vi.fn(),
+  setVoiceRecordKey: vi.fn()
 })
 
 interface Ctx {
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/platform.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/platform.test.ts
index a99f5c69756..872710405d1 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/platform.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/platform.test.ts
@@ -108,12 +108,23 @@ describe('parseVoiceRecordKey (#18994)', () => {
 
     expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('alt+b').mod).toBe('alt')
     expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('option+b').mod).toBe('alt')
-    expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('cmd+b').mod).toBe('meta')
-    expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('command+b').mod).toBe('meta')
+    // ``cmd``/``command`` collapse onto ``super`` — hermes-ink's ``key.meta``
+    // means Alt on most terminals, so mapping ``cmd`` to a distinct ``meta``
+    // mod would make the display lie about the actual match target.
+    expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('cmd+b').mod).toBe('super')
+    expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('command+b').mod).toBe('super')
     expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('super+b').mod).toBe('super')
     expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('win+b').mod).toBe('super')
   })
 
+  it('treats a bare "meta+b" as unrecognised (falls back to Ctrl+B)', async () => {
+    const { DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY, parseVoiceRecordKey } = await importPlatform('linux')
+
+    // ``meta`` is ambiguous on the wire (Alt on xterm, Cmd on legacy
+    // macOS). Rather than pick the wrong one, refuse it.
+    expect(parseVoiceRecordKey('meta+b')).toEqual(DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY)
+  })
+
   it('parses named keys (space, enter, tab, escape, backspace, delete)', async () => {
     const { parseVoiceRecordKey } = await importPlatform('linux')
 
@@ -220,6 +231,64 @@ describe('isVoiceToggleKey honours configured record key (#18994)', () => {
     expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: true, meta: false, super: false }, 'b')).toBe(true)
     expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: true, meta: false, super: false }, 'o')).toBe(false)
   })
+
+  // Regressions from Copilot review on #19835: the previous implementation
+  // accepted ``isActionMod(key)`` in the ``ctrl`` branch for every
+  // configured key, so bare Esc (which hermes-ink reports with
+  // ``key.meta`` on some macOS terminals) fired ``ctrl+escape``, and
+  // Alt+Space / Alt+Tab fired ``ctrl+space`` / ``ctrl+tab``. The fallback
+  // is now gated to the documented default (``ctrl+b``) only.
+  it('ctrl+escape does NOT fire on bare Esc via key.meta on macOS', async () => {
+    const { isVoiceToggleKey, parseVoiceRecordKey } = await importPlatform('darwin')
+    const ctrlEscape = parseVoiceRecordKey('ctrl+escape')
+
+    // Bare Esc on a legacy macOS terminal: ``key.meta: true``, ``key.escape: true``, no ctrl.
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: false, escape: true, meta: true, super: false }, '', ctrlEscape)).toBe(false)
+    // Real Ctrl+Esc still fires.
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: true, escape: true, meta: false, super: false }, '', ctrlEscape)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('ctrl+space does NOT fire on Alt+Space on macOS', async () => {
+    const { isVoiceToggleKey, parseVoiceRecordKey } = await importPlatform('darwin')
+    const ctrlSpace = parseVoiceRecordKey('ctrl+space')
+
+    // Alt+Space surfaces as ``key.meta: true`` with space char.
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: false, meta: true, super: false }, ' ', ctrlSpace)).toBe(false)
+    // Real Ctrl+Space still fires.
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: true, meta: false, super: false }, ' ', ctrlSpace)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('default ctrl+b still accepts Cmd+B on macOS (muscle-memory preserved)', async () => {
+    const { DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY, isVoiceToggleKey } = await importPlatform('darwin')
+
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: false, meta: true, super: false }, 'b', DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY)).toBe(true)
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: false, meta: false, super: true }, 'b', DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY)).toBe(true)
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: true, meta: false, super: false }, 'b', DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('custom ctrl+<letter> does NOT accept Cmd fallback on macOS', async () => {
+    const { isVoiceToggleKey, parseVoiceRecordKey } = await importPlatform('darwin')
+    const ctrlO = parseVoiceRecordKey('ctrl+o')
+
+    // Only ``ctrl+b`` gets the action-modifier fallback; ``ctrl+o`` must
+    // be a literal Ctrl bit — otherwise Cmd+O would steal the shortcut.
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: false, meta: true, super: false }, 'o', ctrlO)).toBe(false)
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: false, meta: false, super: true }, 'o', ctrlO)).toBe(false)
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: true, meta: false, super: false }, 'o', ctrlO)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('cmd+b renders "Cmd+B" and matches key.super OR (macOS) key.meta', async () => {
+    const { formatVoiceRecordKey, isVoiceToggleKey, parseVoiceRecordKey } = await importPlatform('darwin')
+    const cmdB = parseVoiceRecordKey('cmd+b')
+
+    expect(formatVoiceRecordKey(cmdB)).toBe('Cmd+B')
+    // Kitty-style: key.super
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: false, meta: false, super: true }, 'b', cmdB)).toBe(true)
+    // Legacy macOS terminal: key.meta
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: false, meta: true, super: false }, 'b', cmdB)).toBe(true)
+    // Ctrl held at the same time → reject (different chord).
+    expect(isVoiceToggleKey({ ctrl: true, meta: false, super: true }, 'b', cmdB)).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
 
 describe('isMacActionFallback', () => {
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts
index fc2dad19f11..cc8076c1bfb 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/useConfigSync.test.ts
@@ -292,3 +292,48 @@ describe('applyDisplay → tui_status_indicator', () => {
     expect($uiState.get().indicatorStyle).toBe('kaomoji')
   })
 })
+
+// Regressions from Copilot review on #19835: the config-hydration path
+// for voice.record_key was untested, so a future regression in the
+// hydration or mtime-reapply wiring would slip past the suite.
+describe('applyDisplay → voice.record_key (#18994)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    resetUiState()
+  })
+
+  it('parses voice.record_key and pushes it through the setter', () => {
+    const setBell = vi.fn()
+    const setVoiceRecordKey = vi.fn()
+
+    applyDisplay(
+      { config: { display: {}, voice: { record_key: 'ctrl+space' } } },
+      setBell,
+      setVoiceRecordKey
+    )
+
+    expect(setVoiceRecordKey).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ ch: 'space', mod: 'ctrl', named: 'space', raw: 'ctrl+space' })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the documented default when voice.record_key is missing', () => {
+    const setBell = vi.fn()
+    const setVoiceRecordKey = vi.fn()
+
+    applyDisplay({ config: { display: {} } }, setBell, setVoiceRecordKey)
+
+    expect(setVoiceRecordKey).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ ch: 'b', mod: 'ctrl', raw: 'ctrl+b' })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('is a no-op when the voice setter is not passed (back-compat)', () => {
+    const setBell = vi.fn()
+
+    // applyDisplay is used in the setVoiceEnabled-less init path too;
+    // omitting the third arg must not throw.
+    expect(() =>
+      applyDisplay({ config: { display: {}, voice: { record_key: 'alt+r' } } }, setBell)
+    ).not.toThrow()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
index 9be5acf5c93..2ef0d849513 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ export interface SlashHandlerContext {
   }
   voice: {
     setVoiceEnabled: StateSetter<boolean>
+    setVoiceRecordKey: (v: ParsedVoiceRecordKey) => void
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/session.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/session.ts
index 65baea55df6..c371f383444 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/session.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/session.ts
@@ -226,7 +226,15 @@ export const sessionCommands: SlashCommand[] = [
           // instead of hardcoded "Ctrl+B" — the gateway response carries the
           // current value so /voice status and /voice on stay in sync with
           // both the CLI and the TUI's actual binding (#18994).
-          const recordKeyLabel = formatVoiceRecordKey(parseVoiceRecordKey(r.record_key ?? 'ctrl+b'))
+          //
+          // Copilot review on #19835 caught that rendering from the fresh
+          // backend response WITHOUT updating the frontend ``voice.recordKey``
+          // state would skew display and binding between config-edit and
+          // the next ``mtime`` poll (~5s). Parse once, push into state so
+          // ``useInputHandlers()`` picks up the new binding immediately.
+          const parsed = parseVoiceRecordKey(r.record_key ?? 'ctrl+b')
+          ctx.voice.setVoiceRecordKey(parsed)
+          const recordKeyLabel = formatVoiceRecordKey(parsed)
 
           // Match CLI's _show_voice_status / _enable_voice_mode /
           // _toggle_voice_tts output shape so users don't have to learn
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts
index ad62fb33144..59b7bb1a3ad 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ export function useMainApp(gw: GatewayClient) {
         },
         slashFlightRef,
         transcript: { page, panel, send, setHistoryItems, sys, trimLastExchange: session.trimLastExchange },
-        voice: { setVoiceEnabled }
+        voice: { setVoiceEnabled, setVoiceRecordKey }
       }),
     [
       catalog,
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/lib/platform.ts b/ui-tui/src/lib/platform.ts
index 09c5be034b1..6da69ea10ff 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/lib/platform.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/lib/platform.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const isCopyShortcut = (
  * the configured letter so existing macOS muscle memory keeps working
  * alongside the documented Ctrl+<letter> shortcut.
  */
-export type VoiceRecordKeyMod = 'alt' | 'ctrl' | 'meta' | 'super'
+export type VoiceRecordKeyMod = 'alt' | 'ctrl' | 'super'
 
 /** Named (multi-character) keys we support, matching the CLI's
  * prompt_toolkit binding shape (``c-space``, ``c-enter``, etc.) so a
@@ -85,13 +85,18 @@ export const DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY: ParsedVoiceRecordKey = {
   raw: 'ctrl+b'
 }
 
+/** Modifier aliases. ``meta`` is intentionally absent: hermes-ink sets
+ * ``key.meta`` for plain Alt/Option (and on some legacy terminals for Cmd
+ * too), so accepting a literal ``meta+b`` config would display as ``Cmd+B``
+ * but match Alt+B on the wire — the kind of lie this fix was meant to
+ * remove. Users who want the platform action modifier spell it ``cmd`` /
+ * ``command`` / ``super`` / ``win``. */
 const _MOD_ALIASES: Record<string, VoiceRecordKeyMod> = {
   alt: 'alt',
-  cmd: 'meta',
-  command: 'meta',
+  cmd: 'super',
+  command: 'super',
   control: 'ctrl',
   ctrl: 'ctrl',
-  meta: 'meta',
   option: 'alt',
   opt: 'alt',
   super: 'super',
@@ -185,13 +190,17 @@ export const parseVoiceRecordKey = (raw: string): ParsedVoiceRecordKey => {
 
   let mod: VoiceRecordKeyMod = 'ctrl'
 
-  for (const cand of modCandidates) {
-    const norm = _MOD_ALIASES[cand]
+  if (modCandidates.length) {
+    const norm = _MOD_ALIASES[modCandidates[0]]
 
-    if (norm) {
-      mod = norm
-      break
+    // Unknown modifier token (e.g. bare ``meta+b`` which is ambiguous on
+    // the wire) falls back to the documented default rather than
+    // silently coercing to Ctrl and producing a misleading bind.
+    if (!norm) {
+      return DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY
     }
+
+    mod = norm
   }
 
   if (last.length === 1) {
@@ -211,7 +220,7 @@ export const parseVoiceRecordKey = (raw: string): ParsedVoiceRecordKey => {
 
 /** Render a parsed key back as ``Ctrl+B`` / ``Ctrl+Space`` for status text. */
 export const formatVoiceRecordKey = (parsed: ParsedVoiceRecordKey): string => {
-  const modLabel = parsed.mod === 'meta' ? 'Cmd' : parsed.mod[0].toUpperCase() + parsed.mod.slice(1)
+  const modLabel = parsed.mod === 'super' ? 'Cmd' : parsed.mod[0].toUpperCase() + parsed.mod.slice(1)
   // Named tokens render in title case (Ctrl+Space, Ctrl+Enter); single
   // chars render upper-case to match the existing Ctrl+B convention.
   const keyLabel = parsed.named
@@ -221,6 +230,9 @@ export const formatVoiceRecordKey = (parsed: ParsedVoiceRecordKey): string => {
   return `${modLabel}+${keyLabel}`
 }
 
+const _isDefaultVoiceKey = (parsed: ParsedVoiceRecordKey): boolean =>
+  parsed.raw === DEFAULT_VOICE_RECORD_KEY.raw
+
 export const isVoiceToggleKey = (
   key: RuntimeKeyEvent,
   ch: string,
@@ -241,15 +253,21 @@ export const isVoiceToggleKey = (
     case 'alt':
       // Most terminals surface Alt as either ``alt`` or ``meta``; accept
       // both so the binding works across xterm-style and kitty-style
-      // protocols.
-      return key.alt === true || key.meta
+      // protocols. Guard against ctrl/super bits so a chord like
+      // Ctrl+Alt+<key> or Cmd+Alt+<key> doesn't spuriously fire the
+      // alt binding.
+      return (key.alt === true || key.meta) && !key.ctrl && key.super !== true
     case 'ctrl':
-      // Doc default — also accept the platform action modifier so macOS
-      // Cmd+<letter> muscle memory keeps working alongside Ctrl+<letter>.
-      return key.ctrl || isActionMod(key)
-    case 'meta':
-      return key.meta || key.super === true
+      // Only the documented default (``ctrl+b``) gets the macOS
+      // Cmd-as-action-modifier fallback. For any user-configured binding
+      // we require the literal Ctrl bit — otherwise ``ctrl+escape`` would
+      // fire on bare Esc (hermes-ink sets ``key.meta`` for bare Esc on
+      // some macOS terminals) and ``ctrl+space`` would fire on Alt+Space.
+      return key.ctrl || (_isDefaultVoiceKey(configured) && isActionMod(key))
     case 'super':
-      return key.super === true
+      // Kitty-style protocol surfaces Cmd as ``key.super``; legacy macOS
+      // terminals still surface it as ``key.meta``. Accept both but
+      // require the ctrl bit to be clear so Ctrl+Cmd+<key> doesn't match.
+      return (key.super === true || (isMac && key.meta)) && !key.ctrl
   }
 }