diff --git a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
index b0be0c4928f..164c7be07db 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.test.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ describe("gateway codex harness live helpers", () => {
     expect(isExpectedCodexStatusCommandText(text)).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("accepts the compact status-card pointer emitted by current codex", () => {
+    const text = "OpenClaw status shown above.";
+
+    expect(
+      EXPECTED_CODEX_STATUS_COMMAND_TEXT.some((expectedText) => text.includes(expectedText)),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("rejects status prose for a different codex session", () => {
     const text =
       "OpenClaw is running on `openai/gpt-5.5` with low reasoning/text settings. Context is at `22k/272k` tokens, no compactions, and the current session is `agent:dev:other`.";
diff --git a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
index 2a96c458bfb..781cc949d94 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live-helpers.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export const EXPECTED_CODEX_STATUS_COMMAND_TEXT = [
   "model `codex/",
   "session `agent:dev:live-codex-harness`",
   "Model/status card shown above",
+  "OpenClaw status shown above.",
   "Status shown above.",
 ] as const;