diff --git a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
index 1deb206af82..b0be0c4928f 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ describe("gateway codex harness live helpers", () => {
     expect(isExpectedCodexStatusCommandText(text)).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("accepts running-session status prose emitted by current codex", () => {
+    const text =
+      "Session is running on `codex/gpt-5.5` with low reasoning, direct execution, and about `24k/272k` context used. Cache hit is `99%`; no compactions so far.";
+
+    expect(isExpectedCodexStatusCommandText(text)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("accepts the current status card emitted by OpenAI Codex", () => {
     const text = [
       "Current session status:",
diff --git a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
index e34d8218c0a..2a96c458bfb 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
@@ -122,10 +122,17 @@ export function isExpectedCodexStatusCommandText(text: string): boolean {
     normalized.includes("session status: running on") &&
     normalized.includes("context at") &&
     mentionsModel;
+  const isRunningSessionStatus =
+    normalized.includes("session is running on") &&
+    normalized.includes("context used") &&
+    normalized.includes("cache hit") &&
+    normalized.includes("no compactions") &&
+    mentionsModel;
 
   return (
     isCurrentSessionStatus ||
     isCompactSessionStatus ||
+    isRunningSessionStatus ||
     (mentionsOpenClawStatus && mentionsHarnessSession && mentionsModel)
   );
 }