diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
index b3cc8a922c1..d9bcff0957d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ import { formatWindowLabel } from '@/lib/window-label-formatter'
 import { markLiveCodexSessionsForRestart } from '@/lib/codex-session-restart'
 import { UpdateStatusSegment } from './UpdateStatusSegment'
 import { isStatusBarItemAvailable } from './status-bar-agent-gating'
-import { getVisibleUsageProvider, isUsageEmptyState } from './status-bar-provider-visibility'
+import {
+  getVisibleUsageProvider,
+  isProviderConfigured,
+  isUsageEmptyState
+} from './status-bar-provider-visibility'
 import { StatusBarUsageEmptyCta } from './StatusBarUsageEmptyCta'
 import { UsagePercentageDisplayChangeNotice } from './UsagePercentageDisplayChangeNotice'
 import { shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu } from './status-bar-context-menu-policy'
@@ -1983,19 +1987,19 @@ function StatusBarInner({ floatingTerminalOpen }: StatusBarProps): React.JSX.Ele
   const showClaude =
     visibleClaude !== null &&
     statusBarItems.includes('claude') &&
-    isStatusBarItemAvailable('claude', detectedAgentIds)
+    isStatusBarItemAvailable('claude', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(claude))
   const showCodex =
     visibleCodex !== null &&
     statusBarItems.includes('codex') &&
-    isStatusBarItemAvailable('codex', detectedAgentIds)
+    isStatusBarItemAvailable('codex', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(codex))
   const showGemini =
     visibleGemini !== null &&
     statusBarItems.includes('gemini') &&
-    isStatusBarItemAvailable('gemini', detectedAgentIds)
+    isStatusBarItemAvailable('gemini', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(gemini))
   const showKimi =
     visibleKimi !== null &&
     statusBarItems.includes('kimi') &&
-    isStatusBarItemAvailable('kimi', detectedAgentIds)
+    isStatusBarItemAvailable('kimi', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(kimi))
   const showAntigravity =
     visibleAntigravity !== null &&
     statusBarItems.includes('antigravity') &&
@@ -2006,7 +2010,7 @@ function StatusBarInner({ floatingTerminalOpen }: StatusBarProps): React.JSX.Ele
   const showGrok =
     visibleGrok !== null &&
     statusBarItems.includes('grok') &&
-    isStatusBarItemAvailable('grok', detectedAgentIds)
+    isStatusBarItemAvailable('grok', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(grok))
   // Why: OpenCode Go is a web/cookie-auth provider, not a CLI on PATH, so
   // detection-gating doesn't apply.
   const visibleOpencodeGo = getVisibleUsageProvider('opencode-go', opencodeGo, usageSettings)
@@ -2246,7 +2250,7 @@ function StatusBarInner({ floatingTerminalOpen }: StatusBarProps): React.JSX.Ele
           />
         </DropdownMenuTrigger>
         <DropdownMenuContent className="min-w-0 w-fit" sideOffset={0} align="start">
-          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('claude', detectedAgentIds) && (
+          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('claude', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(claude)) && (
             <DropdownMenuCheckboxItem
               checked={statusBarItems.includes('claude')}
               onCheckedChange={() => {
@@ -2258,7 +2262,7 @@ function StatusBarInner({ floatingTerminalOpen }: StatusBarProps): React.JSX.Ele
               {translate('auto.components.status.bar.StatusBar.3885eb74d8', 'Claude Usage')}
             </DropdownMenuCheckboxItem>
           )}
-          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('codex', detectedAgentIds) && (
+          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('codex', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(codex)) && (
             <DropdownMenuCheckboxItem
               checked={statusBarItems.includes('codex')}
               onCheckedChange={() => {
@@ -2270,7 +2274,7 @@ function StatusBarInner({ floatingTerminalOpen }: StatusBarProps): React.JSX.Ele
               {translate('auto.components.status.bar.StatusBar.c0909c686e', 'Codex Usage')}
             </DropdownMenuCheckboxItem>
           )}
-          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('gemini', detectedAgentIds) && (
+          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('gemini', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(gemini)) && (
             <DropdownMenuCheckboxItem
               checked={statusBarItems.includes('gemini')}
               onCheckedChange={() => {
@@ -2307,7 +2311,7 @@ function StatusBarInner({ floatingTerminalOpen }: StatusBarProps): React.JSX.Ele
             <OpenCodeGoIcon size={14} />
             {translate('auto.components.status.bar.StatusBar.8c86cd77b0', 'OpenCode Go Usage')}
           </DropdownMenuCheckboxItem>
-          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('kimi', detectedAgentIds) && (
+          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('kimi', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(kimi)) && (
             <DropdownMenuCheckboxItem
               checked={statusBarItems.includes('kimi')}
               onCheckedChange={() => {
@@ -2329,7 +2333,7 @@ function StatusBarInner({ floatingTerminalOpen }: StatusBarProps): React.JSX.Ele
             <MiniMaxIcon size={14} />
             {translate('auto.components.status.bar.StatusBar.3bbf140864', 'MiniMax Usage')}
           </DropdownMenuCheckboxItem>
-          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('grok', detectedAgentIds) && (
+          {isStatusBarItemAvailable('grok', detectedAgentIds, isProviderConfigured(grok)) && (
             <DropdownMenuCheckboxItem
               checked={statusBarItems.includes('grok')}
               onCheckedChange={() => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.test.ts
index cd98315df50..bd67981b190 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.test.ts
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ describe('isStatusBarItemAvailable', () => {
     expect(isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', ['antigravity'])).toBe(true)
     expect(isStatusBarItemAvailable('grok', ['grok'])).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  it('lets live provider evidence override a cached negative PATH result', () => {
+    expect(isStatusBarItemAvailable('codex', [], true)).toBe(true)
+    expect(isStatusBarItemAvailable('codex', [], false)).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.ts
index 4ded63147db..c4fc4f64871 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ const CLI_GATED_ITEMS: ReadonlySet<StatusBarItem> = new Set([
 
 export function isStatusBarItemAvailable(
   id: StatusBarItem,
-  detectedAgentIds: TuiAgent[] | null
+  detectedAgentIds: TuiAgent[] | null,
+  hasProviderEvidence = false
 ): boolean {
   if (!CLI_GATED_ITEMS.has(id)) {
     return true
@@ -25,5 +26,7 @@ export function isStatusBarItemAvailable(
   if (detectedAgentIds === null) {
     return true
   }
-  return detectedAgentIds.includes(id as TuiAgent)
+  // Why: PATH detection is a cached negative snapshot. A later successful
+  // usage fetch proves a CLI was installed mid-session and must win over it.
+  return hasProviderEvidence || detectedAgentIds.includes(id as TuiAgent)
 }