diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ad081f8775..451513098ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Dependencies: refresh bundled runtime and plugin dependency pins, including Pi 0.71.1, OpenAI 6.35.0, Codex 0.128.0, Zod 4.4.1, and Matrix 41.4.0. Thanks @mariozechner.
 - Agents/workspace: add `agents.defaults.skipOptionalBootstrapFiles` for skipping selected optional workspace files during bootstrap without disabling required workspace setup. (#62110) Thanks @mainstay22.
 - Plugins/CLI: add first-class `git:` plugin installs with ref checkout, commit metadata, normal scanner/staging, and `plugins update` support for recorded git sources. Thanks @badlogic.
+- Google Meet: add live caption health for Chrome transcribe mode, including caption observer state, transcript counters, last caption text, and recent transcript lines in status and doctor output. Refs #72478. Thanks @DougButdorf.
 - Voice Call/Google Meet: add Twilio Meet join phase logs around pre-connect DTMF, realtime stream setup, and initial greeting handoff for easier live-call debugging. Thanks @donkeykong91 and @PfanP.
 - macOS app: move recent session context rows into a Context submenu while keeping usage and cost details root-level, so the menu bar companion stays compact with many active sessions. Thanks @guti.
 - Gateway/SDK: add SDK-facing tools.invoke RPC with shared HTTP policy, typed approval/refusal results, and SDK helper support. Refs #74705. Thanks @BunsDev and @ai-hpc.
diff --git a/docs/plugins/google-meet.md b/docs/plugins/google-meet.md
index d79084d92c0..45849e3c7bf 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/google-meet.md
+++ b/docs/plugins/google-meet.md
@@ -169,7 +169,12 @@ and will not talk back into the meeting. Chrome joins in this mode also avoid
 OpenClaw's microphone/camera permission grant and avoid the Meet **Use
 microphone** path. If Meet shows an audio-choice interstitial, automation tries
 the no-microphone path and otherwise reports a manual action instead of opening
-the local microphone.
+the local microphone. In transcribe mode, managed Chrome transports also install
+a best-effort Meet caption observer. `googlemeet status --json` and
+`googlemeet doctor` surface `captioning`, `captionsEnabledAttempted`,
+`transcriptLines`, `lastCaptionAt`, `lastCaptionSpeaker`, `lastCaptionText`,
+and a short `recentTranscript` tail so operators can tell whether the browser
+joined the call and whether Meet captions are producing text.
 
 During realtime sessions, `google_meet` status includes browser and audio bridge
 health such as `inCall`, `manualActionRequired`, `providerConnected`,
@@ -1294,9 +1299,15 @@ openclaw googlemeet doctor
 ```
 
 Use `mode: "realtime"` for listen/talk-back. `mode: "transcribe"` intentionally
-does not start the duplex realtime voice bridge. `googlemeet test-speech`
-always checks the realtime path and reports whether bridge output bytes were
-observed for that invocation. If `speechOutputVerified` is false and
+does not start the duplex realtime voice bridge. For observe-only debugging,
+run `openclaw googlemeet status --json <session-id>` after participants speak
+and check `captioning`, `transcriptLines`, and `lastCaptionText`. If `inCall` is
+true but `transcriptLines` stays at `0`, Meet captions may be disabled, no one
+has spoken since the observer was installed, the Meet UI changed, or live
+captions are unavailable for the meeting language/account.
+
+`googlemeet test-speech` always checks the realtime path and reports whether
+bridge output bytes were observed for that invocation. If `speechOutputVerified` is false and
 `speechOutputTimedOut` is true, the realtime provider may have accepted the
 utterance but OpenClaw did not see new output bytes reach the Chrome audio
 bridge.
diff --git a/extensions/google-meet/index.test.ts b/extensions/google-meet/index.test.ts
index ce71e091be0..0afe9781ab2 100644
--- a/extensions/google-meet/index.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/google-meet/index.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { PassThrough, Writable } from "node:stream";
+import { createContext, Script } from "node:vm";
 import type { RealtimeVoiceProviderPlugin } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/realtime-voice";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import plugin, { __testing as googleMeetPluginTesting } from "./index.js";
@@ -1635,7 +1636,25 @@ describe("google-meet plugin", () => {
       const { methods, runCommandWithTimeout } = setup({
         defaultMode: "transcribe",
       });
-      const callGatewayFromCli = mockLocalMeetBrowserRequest();
+      const callGatewayFromCli = mockLocalMeetBrowserRequest({
+        inCall: true,
+        micMuted: true,
+        captioning: true,
+        captionsEnabledAttempted: true,
+        transcriptLines: 1,
+        lastCaptionAt: "2026-04-27T10:00:00.000Z",
+        lastCaptionSpeaker: "Alice",
+        lastCaptionText: "Can everyone hear the agent?",
+        recentTranscript: [
+          {
+            at: "2026-04-27T10:00:00.000Z",
+            speaker: "Alice",
+            text: "Can everyone hear the agent?",
+          },
+        ],
+        title: "Meet call",
+        url: "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+      });
       const handler = methods.get("googlemeet.join") as
         | ((ctx: {
             params: Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -1666,17 +1685,292 @@ describe("google-meet plugin", () => {
           ([, , request]) => (request as { path?: string }).path === "/permissions/grant",
         ),
       ).toBe(false);
+      expect(respond.mock.calls[0]?.[1]).toMatchObject({
+        session: {
+          chrome: {
+            health: {
+              captioning: true,
+              captionsEnabledAttempted: true,
+              transcriptLines: 1,
+              lastCaptionSpeaker: "Alice",
+              lastCaptionText: "Can everyone hear the agent?",
+              recentTranscript: [
+                {
+                  speaker: "Alice",
+                  text: "Can everyone hear the agent?",
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
       const actCall = callGatewayFromCli.mock.calls.find(
         ([, , request]) => (request as { path?: string }).path === "/act",
       );
       expect(String((actCall?.[2] as { body?: { fn?: string } } | undefined)?.body?.fn)).toContain(
         "const allowMicrophone = false",
       );
+      expect(String((actCall?.[2] as { body?: { fn?: string } } | undefined)?.body?.fn)).toContain(
+        "const captureCaptions = true",
+      );
     } finally {
       Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", { value: originalPlatform });
     }
   });
 
+  it("refreshes observe-only caption health when status is requested", async () => {
+    let openedTab = false;
+    let actCount = 0;
+    const callGatewayFromCli = vi.fn(
+      async (
+        _method: string,
+        _opts: unknown,
+        params?: unknown,
+        _extra?: unknown,
+      ): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> => {
+        const request = params as {
+          path?: string;
+          body?: { targetId?: string; url?: string };
+        };
+        if (request.path === "/tabs") {
+          return openedTab
+            ? {
+                tabs: [
+                  {
+                    targetId: "local-meet-tab",
+                    title: "Meet",
+                    url: "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+                  },
+                ],
+              }
+            : { tabs: [] };
+        }
+        if (request.path === "/tabs/open") {
+          openedTab = true;
+          return {
+            targetId: "local-meet-tab",
+            title: "Meet",
+            url: request.body?.url ?? "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+          };
+        }
+        if (request.path === "/tabs/focus") {
+          return { ok: true };
+        }
+        if (request.path === "/act") {
+          actCount += 1;
+          return {
+            result: JSON.stringify(
+              actCount === 1
+                ? {
+                    inCall: true,
+                    captioning: false,
+                    captionsEnabledAttempted: true,
+                    transcriptLines: 0,
+                    title: "Meet call",
+                    url: "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+                  }
+                : {
+                    inCall: true,
+                    captioning: true,
+                    captionsEnabledAttempted: true,
+                    transcriptLines: 1,
+                    lastCaptionAt: "2026-04-27T10:00:00.000Z",
+                    lastCaptionSpeaker: "Alice",
+                    lastCaptionText: "Please capture this.",
+                    recentTranscript: [
+                      {
+                        at: "2026-04-27T10:00:00.000Z",
+                        speaker: "Alice",
+                        text: "Please capture this.",
+                      },
+                    ],
+                    title: "Meet call",
+                    url: "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+                  },
+            ),
+          };
+        }
+        throw new Error(`unexpected browser request path ${request.path}`);
+      },
+    );
+    chromeTransportTesting.setDepsForTest({ callGatewayFromCli });
+    const { methods } = setup({
+      defaultMode: "transcribe",
+      defaultTransport: "chrome",
+    });
+
+    const join = (await invokeGoogleMeetGatewayMethodForTest(methods, "googlemeet.join", {
+      url: "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+    })) as { session: { id: string; chrome?: { health?: { transcriptLines?: number } } } };
+    expect(join.session.chrome?.health?.transcriptLines).toBe(0);
+
+    const status = (await invokeGoogleMeetGatewayMethodForTest(methods, "googlemeet.status", {
+      sessionId: join.session.id,
+    })) as {
+      session?: {
+        chrome?: {
+          health?: {
+            captioning?: boolean;
+            transcriptLines?: number;
+            lastCaptionText?: string;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+
+    expect(status.session?.chrome?.health).toMatchObject({
+      captioning: true,
+      transcriptLines: 1,
+      lastCaptionText: "Please capture this.",
+    });
+    expect(callGatewayFromCli).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "browser.request",
+      expect.any(Object),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        method: "POST",
+        path: "/tabs/focus",
+        body: { targetId: "local-meet-tab" },
+      }),
+      { progress: false },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does not mutate realtime browser prompts when status is requested", async () => {
+    let openedTab = false;
+    const { methods, nodesInvoke } = setup(
+      {
+        defaultMode: "realtime",
+        defaultTransport: "chrome-node",
+      },
+      {
+        nodesInvokeHandler: async ({ command, params }) => {
+          const raw = params as { path?: string; body?: { url?: string; targetId?: string } };
+          if (command === "browser.proxy") {
+            if (raw.path === "/tabs") {
+              return { payload: { result: { running: true, tabs: [] } } };
+            }
+            if (raw.path === "/tabs/open") {
+              openedTab = true;
+              return {
+                payload: {
+                  result: {
+                    targetId: "tab-1",
+                    title: "Meet",
+                    url: raw.body?.url ?? "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+                  },
+                },
+              };
+            }
+            if (raw.path === "/tabs/focus" || raw.path === "/permissions/grant") {
+              return { payload: { result: { ok: true } } };
+            }
+            if (raw.path === "/act") {
+              return {
+                payload: {
+                  result: {
+                    ok: true,
+                    targetId: raw.body?.targetId ?? "tab-1",
+                    result: JSON.stringify({
+                      inCall: false,
+                      manualActionRequired: true,
+                      manualActionReason: "meet-audio-choice-required",
+                      manualActionMessage: "Choose the Meet microphone path manually.",
+                      title: "Meet",
+                      url: "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+                    }),
+                  },
+                },
+              };
+            }
+          }
+          if (command === "googlemeet.chrome") {
+            return { payload: { launched: openedTab } };
+          }
+          throw new Error(`unexpected invoke ${command}`);
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    const join = (await invokeGoogleMeetGatewayMethodForTest(methods, "googlemeet.join", {
+      url: "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+    })) as { session: { id: string } };
+    nodesInvoke.mockClear();
+
+    const status = (await invokeGoogleMeetGatewayMethodForTest(methods, "googlemeet.status", {
+      sessionId: join.session.id,
+    })) as { session?: { chrome?: { health?: { manualActionRequired?: boolean } } } };
+
+    expect(status.session?.chrome?.health?.manualActionRequired).toBe(true);
+    expect(nodesInvoke).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ command: "browser.proxy" }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("retries caption enable until the captions button is available", () => {
+    const makeButton = (label: string) => ({
+      disabled: false,
+      innerText: "",
+      textContent: "",
+      click: vi.fn(),
+      getAttribute: vi.fn((name: string) => (name === "aria-label" ? label : null)),
+    });
+    const leaveButton = makeButton("Leave call");
+    const captionButton = makeButton("Turn on captions");
+    const page = {
+      buttons: [leaveButton],
+    };
+    const windowState: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+    const document = {
+      body: { innerText: "", textContent: "" },
+      title: "Meet",
+      querySelector: vi.fn(() => null),
+      querySelectorAll: vi.fn((selector: string) => {
+        if (selector === "button") {
+          return page.buttons;
+        }
+        if (selector === "input") {
+          return [];
+        }
+        return [];
+      }),
+    };
+    const context = createContext({
+      Date,
+      JSON,
+      String,
+      document,
+      location: {
+        href: "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij",
+        hostname: "meet.google.com",
+      },
+      MutationObserver: class {
+        observe = vi.fn();
+      },
+      window: windowState,
+    });
+    const inspect = new Script(
+      `(${chromeTransportTesting.meetStatusScriptForTest({
+        allowMicrophone: false,
+        autoJoin: false,
+        captureCaptions: true,
+        guestName: "OpenClaw Agent",
+      })})`,
+    ).runInContext(context) as () => string;
+
+    const first = JSON.parse(inspect()) as { captionsEnabledAttempted?: boolean };
+    const stateAfterFirst = windowState.__openclawMeetCaptions as { enabledAttempted?: boolean };
+    expect(first.captionsEnabledAttempted).toBe(false);
+    expect(stateAfterFirst.enabledAttempted).toBe(false);
+    expect(captionButton.click).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    page.buttons = [leaveButton, captionButton];
+    const second = JSON.parse(inspect()) as { captionsEnabledAttempted?: boolean };
+    const stateAfterSecond = windowState.__openclawMeetCaptions as { enabledAttempted?: boolean };
+    expect(second.captionsEnabledAttempted).toBe(true);
+    expect(stateAfterSecond.enabledAttempted).toBe(true);
+    expect(captionButton.click).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it("joins Chrome on a paired node without local Chrome or BlackHole", async () => {
     const { methods, nodesList, nodesInvoke } = setup(
       {
diff --git a/extensions/google-meet/index.ts b/extensions/google-meet/index.ts
index 29a61185c74..866ed0fc76b 100644
--- a/extensions/google-meet/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/google-meet/index.ts
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ export default definePluginEntry({
       async ({ params, respond }: GatewayRequestHandlerOptions) => {
         try {
           const rt = await ensureRuntime();
-          respond(true, rt.status(normalizeOptionalString(params?.sessionId)));
+          respond(true, await rt.status(normalizeOptionalString(params?.sessionId)));
         } catch (err) {
           sendError(respond, err);
         }
diff --git a/extensions/google-meet/src/cli.test.ts b/extensions/google-meet/src/cli.test.ts
index 98f1c4bee01..75d4ce2abb4 100644
--- a/extensions/google-meet/src/cli.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/google-meet/src/cli.test.ts
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ describe("google-meet CLI", () => {
     try {
       await setupCli({
         runtime: {
-          status: () => ({
+          status: async () => ({
             found: true,
             sessions: [
               {
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ describe("google-meet CLI", () => {
     try {
       await setupCli({
         runtime: {
-          status: () => ({
+          status: async () => ({
             found: true,
             session: {
               id: "meet_1",
@@ -703,6 +703,11 @@ describe("google-meet CLI", () => {
                 audioBridge: { type: "node-command-pair", provider: "openai" },
                 health: {
                   inCall: true,
+                  captioning: true,
+                  transcriptLines: 2,
+                  lastCaptionAt: "2026-04-25T00:00:03.000Z",
+                  lastCaptionSpeaker: "Alice",
+                  lastCaptionText: "Can everyone hear OpenClaw?",
                   providerConnected: true,
                   realtimeReady: true,
                   audioInputActive: true,
@@ -720,6 +725,9 @@ describe("google-meet CLI", () => {
       expect(stdout.output()).toContain("session: meet_1");
       expect(stdout.output()).toContain("node: node-1");
       expect(stdout.output()).toContain("provider connected: yes");
+      expect(stdout.output()).toContain("captioning: yes");
+      expect(stdout.output()).toContain("transcript lines: 2");
+      expect(stdout.output()).toContain("last caption text: Alice: Can everyone hear OpenClaw?");
       expect(stdout.output()).toContain("audio input active: yes");
       expect(stdout.output()).toContain("audio output active: no");
     } finally {
@@ -732,7 +740,7 @@ describe("google-meet CLI", () => {
     try {
       await setupCli({
         runtime: {
-          status: () => ({
+          status: async () => ({
             found: true,
             session: {
               id: "meet_1",
diff --git a/extensions/google-meet/src/cli.ts b/extensions/google-meet/src/cli.ts
index aef8dfa3a9d..0f317f022d9 100644
--- a/extensions/google-meet/src/cli.ts
+++ b/extensions/google-meet/src/cli.ts
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ function formatDuration(value: number | undefined): string {
     : `${minutes}m ${seconds.toString().padStart(2, "0")}s`;
 }
 
-function writeDoctorStatus(status: ReturnType<GoogleMeetRuntime["status"]>): void {
+function writeDoctorStatus(status: Awaited<ReturnType<GoogleMeetRuntime["status"]>>): void {
   if (!status.found) {
     writeStdoutLine("Google Meet session: not found");
     return;
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ function writeDoctorStatus(status: ReturnType<GoogleMeetRuntime["status"]>): voi
       session.chrome?.audioBridge?.provider ?? session.realtime.provider ?? "n/a",
     );
     writeStdoutLine("in call: %s", formatBoolean(health?.inCall));
+    writeStdoutLine("lobby waiting: %s", formatBoolean(health?.lobbyWaiting));
+    writeStdoutLine("captioning: %s", formatBoolean(health?.captioning));
+    writeStdoutLine("transcript lines: %s", health?.transcriptLines ?? 0);
+    writeStdoutLine("last caption: %s", formatOptional(health?.lastCaptionAt));
     writeStdoutLine("manual action: %s", formatBoolean(health?.manualActionRequired));
     if (health?.manualActionRequired) {
       writeStdoutLine("manual reason: %s", formatOptional(health.manualActionReason));
@@ -298,6 +302,10 @@ function writeDoctorStatus(status: ReturnType<GoogleMeetRuntime["status"]>): voi
     );
     writeStdoutLine("bridge closed: %s", formatBoolean(health?.bridgeClosed));
     writeStdoutLine("browser url: %s", formatOptional(health?.browserUrl));
+    if (health?.lastCaptionText) {
+      const speaker = health.lastCaptionSpeaker ? `${health.lastCaptionSpeaker}: ` : "";
+      writeStdoutLine("last caption text: %s%s", speaker, health.lastCaptionText);
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -1947,7 +1955,7 @@ export function registerGoogleMeetCli(params: {
     .option("--json", "Print JSON output", false)
     .action(async (sessionId?: string) => {
       const rt = await params.ensureRuntime();
-      writeStdoutJson(rt.status(sessionId));
+      writeStdoutJson(await rt.status(sessionId));
     });
 
   root
@@ -1974,7 +1982,7 @@ export function registerGoogleMeetCli(params: {
         return;
       }
       const rt = await params.ensureRuntime();
-      const status = rt.status(sessionId);
+      const status = await rt.status(sessionId);
       if (options.json) {
         writeStdoutJson(status);
         return;
diff --git a/extensions/google-meet/src/runtime.ts b/extensions/google-meet/src/runtime.ts
index 1ee625ff665..2ec1a935df3 100644
--- a/extensions/google-meet/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/google-meet/src/runtime.ts
@@ -169,16 +169,23 @@ export class GoogleMeetRuntime {
     return [...this.#sessions.values()].toSorted((a, b) => a.createdAt.localeCompare(b.createdAt));
   }
 
-  status(sessionId?: string): {
+  async status(sessionId?: string): Promise<{
     found: boolean;
     session?: GoogleMeetSession;
     sessions?: GoogleMeetSession[];
-  } {
+  }> {
     this.#refreshHealth(sessionId);
     if (!sessionId) {
-      return { found: true, sessions: this.list() };
+      const sessions = [...this.#sessions.values()].toSorted((a, b) =>
+        a.createdAt.localeCompare(b.createdAt),
+      );
+      await Promise.all(sessions.map((session) => this.#refreshCaptionHealthForSession(session)));
+      return { found: true, sessions };
     }
     const session = this.#sessions.get(sessionId);
+    if (session) {
+      await this.#refreshCaptionHealthForSession(session);
+    }
     return session ? { found: true, session } : { found: false };
   }
 
@@ -590,8 +597,20 @@ export class GoogleMeetRuntime {
     };
   }
 
+  async #refreshCaptionHealthForSession(session: GoogleMeetSession) {
+    if (session.mode !== "transcribe") {
+      this.#refreshSpeechReadiness(session);
+      return;
+    }
+    await this.#refreshBrowserHealthForChromeSession(session);
+  }
+
   async #refreshBrowserHealthForChromeSession(session: GoogleMeetSession) {
-    if (!isManagedChromeBrowserSession(session) || evaluateSpeechReadiness(session).ready) {
+    if (!isManagedChromeBrowserSession(session)) {
+      this.#refreshSpeechReadiness(session);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (session.mode === "realtime" && evaluateSpeechReadiness(session).ready) {
       this.#refreshSpeechReadiness(session);
       return;
     }
@@ -601,10 +620,12 @@ export class GoogleMeetRuntime {
           ? await recoverCurrentMeetTabOnNode({
               runtime: this.params.runtime,
               config: this.params.config,
+              mode: session.mode,
               url: session.url,
             })
           : await recoverCurrentMeetTab({
               config: this.params.config,
+              mode: session.mode,
               url: session.url,
             });
       if (result.found && result.browser && session.chrome) {
diff --git a/extensions/google-meet/src/transports/chrome.ts b/extensions/google-meet/src/transports/chrome.ts
index f5c6f13f9ec..710bc264fb0 100644
--- a/extensions/google-meet/src/transports/chrome.ts
+++ b/extensions/google-meet/src/transports/chrome.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export const __testing = {
   setDepsForTest(deps: { callGatewayFromCli?: typeof callGatewayFromCli } | null) {
     chromeTransportDeps.callGatewayFromCli = deps?.callGatewayFromCli ?? callGatewayFromCli;
   },
+  meetStatusScriptForTest: meetStatusScript,
 };
 
 export function outputMentionsBlackHole2ch(output: string): boolean {
@@ -209,6 +210,15 @@ function parseMeetBrowserStatus(result: unknown): GoogleMeetChromeHealth | undef
   const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as {
     inCall?: boolean;
     micMuted?: boolean;
+    lobbyWaiting?: boolean;
+    leaveReason?: string;
+    captioning?: boolean;
+    captionsEnabledAttempted?: boolean;
+    transcriptLines?: number;
+    lastCaptionAt?: string;
+    lastCaptionSpeaker?: string;
+    lastCaptionText?: string;
+    recentTranscript?: GoogleMeetChromeHealth["recentTranscript"];
     manualActionRequired?: boolean;
     manualActionReason?: GoogleMeetChromeHealth["manualActionReason"];
     manualActionMessage?: string;
@@ -219,6 +229,15 @@ function parseMeetBrowserStatus(result: unknown): GoogleMeetChromeHealth | undef
   return {
     inCall: parsed.inCall,
     micMuted: parsed.micMuted,
+    lobbyWaiting: parsed.lobbyWaiting,
+    leaveReason: parsed.leaveReason,
+    captioning: parsed.captioning,
+    captionsEnabledAttempted: parsed.captionsEnabledAttempted,
+    transcriptLines: parsed.transcriptLines,
+    lastCaptionAt: parsed.lastCaptionAt,
+    lastCaptionSpeaker: parsed.lastCaptionSpeaker,
+    lastCaptionText: parsed.lastCaptionText,
+    recentTranscript: parsed.recentTranscript,
     manualActionRequired: parsed.manualActionRequired,
     manualActionReason: parsed.manualActionReason,
     manualActionMessage: parsed.manualActionMessage,
@@ -306,11 +325,13 @@ async function grantMeetMediaPermissions(params: {
 function meetStatusScript(params: {
   allowMicrophone: boolean;
   autoJoin: boolean;
+  captureCaptions: boolean;
   guestName: string;
 }) {
   return `() => {
   const text = (node) => (node?.innerText || node?.textContent || "").trim();
   const allowMicrophone = ${JSON.stringify(params.allowMicrophone)};
+  const captureCaptions = ${JSON.stringify(params.captureCaptions)};
   const buttons = [...document.querySelectorAll('button')];
   const notes = [];
   const findButton = (pattern) =>
@@ -356,6 +377,95 @@ function meetStatusScript(params: {
     notes.push("Skipped Meet microphone prompt for observe-only mode.");
   }
   const inCall = buttons.some((button) => /leave call/i.test(button.getAttribute('aria-label') || text(button)));
+  let captioning = false;
+  let captionsEnabledAttempted = false;
+  let transcriptLines = 0;
+  let lastCaptionAt;
+  let lastCaptionSpeaker;
+  let lastCaptionText;
+  let recentTranscript = [];
+  const captionSelector = '[role="region"][aria-label*="aption" i], [aria-live="polite"][role="region"], div[aria-live="polite"]';
+  const captionState = (() => {
+    if (!captureCaptions) return undefined;
+    const w = window;
+    if (!inCall && !w.__openclawMeetCaptions) return undefined;
+    if (!w.__openclawMeetCaptions) {
+      w.__openclawMeetCaptions = {
+        enabledAttempted: false,
+        observerInstalled: false,
+        lines: [],
+        seen: {}
+      };
+    }
+    return w.__openclawMeetCaptions;
+  })();
+  const recordCaption = (speaker, captionText) => {
+    if (!captionState) return;
+    const clean = String(captionText || "").replace(/\\s+/g, " ").trim();
+    const cleanSpeaker = String(speaker || "").replace(/\\s+/g, " ").trim();
+    if (!clean || clean.length < 2) return;
+    if (/^(turn on captions|turn off captions|captions)$/i.test(clean)) return;
+    const key = (cleanSpeaker + "\\n" + clean).toLowerCase();
+    if (captionState.seen[key]) return;
+    captionState.seen[key] = true;
+    const entry = { at: new Date().toISOString(), speaker: cleanSpeaker || undefined, text: clean };
+    captionState.lines.push(entry);
+    if (captionState.lines.length > 50) captionState.lines.splice(0, captionState.lines.length - 50);
+  };
+  const scrapeCaptions = () => {
+    if (!captionState) return;
+    const regions = [...document.querySelectorAll(captionSelector)];
+    for (const region of regions) {
+      const raw = text(region);
+      if (!raw) continue;
+      const pieces = raw.split(/\\n+/).map((part) => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+      if (pieces.length >= 2) {
+        recordCaption(pieces[0], pieces.slice(1).join(" "));
+      } else {
+        recordCaption("", pieces[0] || raw);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  if (captionState) {
+    if (inCall && !captionState.enabledAttempted) {
+      const captionButton = findButton(/turn on captions|show captions|captions/i);
+      const captionLabel = captionButton ? (captionButton.getAttribute("aria-label") || captionButton.getAttribute("data-tooltip") || text(captionButton)) : "";
+      if (captionButton) {
+        captionState.enabledAttempted = true;
+        captionsEnabledAttempted = true;
+        if (!/turn off captions|hide captions/i.test(captionLabel)) {
+          captionButton.click();
+          notes.push("Attempted to enable Meet captions for observe-only transcript health.");
+        }
+      }
+    } else if (captionState.enabledAttempted) {
+      captionsEnabledAttempted = true;
+    }
+    if (inCall && !captionState.observerInstalled) {
+      captionState.observerInstalled = true;
+      new MutationObserver(scrapeCaptions).observe(document.body, {
+        childList: true,
+        subtree: true,
+        characterData: true
+      });
+      notes.push("Installed Meet caption observer for observe-only transcript health.");
+    }
+    if (inCall) {
+      scrapeCaptions();
+    }
+    const lines = Array.isArray(captionState.lines) ? captionState.lines : [];
+    const last = lines[lines.length - 1];
+    captioning = document.querySelector(captionSelector) !== null || lines.length > 0;
+    transcriptLines = lines.length;
+    lastCaptionAt = last?.at;
+    lastCaptionSpeaker = last?.speaker;
+    lastCaptionText = last?.text;
+    recentTranscript = lines.slice(-5);
+  }
+  const lobbyWaiting = !inCall && /asking to be let in|you.?ll join when someone lets you in|waiting to be let in|ask to join/i.test(pageText);
+  const leaveReason = /you left the meeting|you.?ve left the meeting|removed from the meeting|you were removed|call ended|meeting ended/i.test(pageText)
+    ? pageText.match(/you left the meeting|you.?ve left the meeting|removed from the meeting|you were removed|call ended|meeting ended/i)?.[0]
+    : undefined;
   let manualActionReason;
   let manualActionMessage;
   if (!inCall && (host === "accounts.google.com" || /use your google account|to continue to google meet|choose an account|sign in to (join|continue)/i.test(pageText))) {
@@ -380,6 +490,15 @@ function meetStatusScript(params: {
     clickedMicrophoneChoice: Boolean(allowMicrophone && microphoneChoice),
     inCall,
     micMuted: mic ? /turn on microphone/i.test(mic.getAttribute('aria-label') || text(mic)) : undefined,
+    lobbyWaiting,
+    leaveReason,
+    captioning,
+    captionsEnabledAttempted,
+    transcriptLines,
+    lastCaptionAt,
+    lastCaptionSpeaker,
+    lastCaptionText,
+    recentTranscript,
     manualActionRequired: Boolean(manualActionReason),
     manualActionReason,
     manualActionMessage,
@@ -490,6 +609,7 @@ async function openMeetWithBrowserRequest(params: {
           targetId,
           fn: meetStatusScript({
             allowMicrophone: params.mode === "realtime",
+            captureCaptions: params.mode === "transcribe",
             guestName: params.config.chrome.guestName,
             autoJoin: params.config.chrome.autoJoin,
           }),
@@ -544,10 +664,12 @@ function isRecoverableMeetTab(tab: BrowserTab, url?: string): boolean {
 async function inspectRecoverableMeetTab(params: {
   callBrowser: BrowserRequestCaller;
   config: GoogleMeetConfig;
+  mode?: "realtime" | "transcribe";
   timeoutMs: number;
   tab: BrowserTab;
   targetId: string;
 }) {
+  const allowMicrophone = params.mode !== "transcribe";
   await params.callBrowser({
     method: "POST",
     path: "/tabs/focus",
@@ -555,7 +677,7 @@ async function inspectRecoverableMeetTab(params: {
     timeoutMs: Math.min(params.timeoutMs, 5_000),
   });
   const permissionNotes = await grantMeetMediaPermissions({
-    allowMicrophone: true,
+    allowMicrophone,
     callBrowser: params.callBrowser,
     timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs,
   });
@@ -566,7 +688,8 @@ async function inspectRecoverableMeetTab(params: {
       kind: "evaluate",
       targetId: params.targetId,
       fn: meetStatusScript({
-        allowMicrophone: true,
+        allowMicrophone,
+        captureCaptions: params.mode === "transcribe",
         guestName: params.config.chrome.guestName,
         autoJoin: false,
       }),
@@ -596,6 +719,7 @@ async function inspectRecoverableMeetTab(params: {
 
 export async function recoverCurrentMeetTab(params: {
   config: GoogleMeetConfig;
+  mode?: "realtime" | "transcribe";
   url?: string;
 }): Promise<{
   transport: "chrome";
@@ -631,6 +755,7 @@ export async function recoverCurrentMeetTab(params: {
     ...(await inspectRecoverableMeetTab({
       callBrowser: callLocalBrowserRequest,
       config: params.config,
+      mode: params.mode,
       timeoutMs,
       tab,
       targetId,
@@ -641,6 +766,7 @@ export async function recoverCurrentMeetTab(params: {
 export async function recoverCurrentMeetTabOnNode(params: {
   runtime: PluginRuntime;
   config: GoogleMeetConfig;
+  mode?: "realtime" | "transcribe";
   url?: string;
 }): Promise<{
   transport: "chrome-node";
@@ -692,6 +818,7 @@ export async function recoverCurrentMeetTabOnNode(params: {
           timeoutMs: request.timeoutMs,
         }),
       config: params.config,
+      mode: params.mode,
       timeoutMs,
       tab,
       targetId,
diff --git a/extensions/google-meet/src/transports/types.ts b/extensions/google-meet/src/transports/types.ts
index df2ea75bd5a..575dc94633c 100644
--- a/extensions/google-meet/src/transports/types.ts
+++ b/extensions/google-meet/src/transports/types.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ export type GoogleMeetSpeechBlockedReason =
 export type GoogleMeetChromeHealth = {
   inCall?: boolean;
   micMuted?: boolean;
+  lobbyWaiting?: boolean;
+  leaveReason?: string;
+  captioning?: boolean;
+  captionsEnabledAttempted?: boolean;
+  transcriptLines?: number;
+  lastCaptionAt?: string;
+  lastCaptionSpeaker?: string;
+  lastCaptionText?: string;
+  recentTranscript?: Array<{
+    at?: string;
+    speaker?: string;
+    text: string;
+  }>;
   manualActionRequired?: boolean;
   manualActionReason?: GoogleMeetManualActionReason;
   manualActionMessage?: string;