fix(cli): honor persisted status bar visibility

cli.py

@@ -3954,6 +3954,26 @@ def _estimate_tui_input_height(
     return min(max(visual_lines, 1), max(1, int(max_height or 1)))
 
 
+def _status_bar_visible_from_display_config(display_config: object) -> bool:
+    """Return the initial classic-CLI status-bar visibility from display config.
+
+    ``display.tui_statusbar`` is the persisted user-facing setting toggled by
+    the TUI/statusbar controls. YAML parses bare ``off`` as ``False``, while
+    older config snapshots or hand edits may use strings such as ``"off"`` or
+    ``"hidden"``. Treat those values consistently so a new CLI process does not
+    re-enable a status bar that the user deliberately disabled.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(display_config, dict):
+        display_config = {}
+    statusbar_config = display_config.get(
+        "statusbar",
+        display_config.get("tui_statusbar", "top"),
+    )
+    if isinstance(statusbar_config, str):
+        return statusbar_config.strip().lower() not in {"0", "false", "hidden", "no", "off"}
+    return statusbar_config is not False
+
+
 def _collect_query_images(query: str | None, image_arg: str | None = None) -> tuple[str, list[Path]]:
     """Collect local image attachments for single-query CLI flows."""
     message = query or ""
@@ -4865,7 +4885,9 @@ class HermesCLI(CLIAgentSetupMixin, CLICommandsMixin, CLIBillingMixin):
         self._voice_barge_phase = None  # "generation" or "playback" phase of the last barge trip
 
         # Status bar visibility (toggled via /statusbar)
-        self._status_bar_visible = True
+        self._status_bar_visible = _status_bar_visible_from_display_config(
+            CLI_CONFIG.get("display") if isinstance(CLI_CONFIG, dict) else None
+        )
         # Battery read-out in the status bar (toggled via /battery, off by
         # default). Persisted to display.battery so it survives restarts.
         self._battery_visible = bool(CLI_CONFIG["display"].get("battery", False))

tests/cli/test_cli_status_bar.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import time
+from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
@@ -74,6 +75,23 @@ class TestCLIStatusBar:
 
         assert snapshot["session_title"] == "user-profiles"
 
+    def test_status_bar_config_helper_treats_persisted_off_as_hidden(self):
+        for value in (False, "off", "false", "hidden", "no", "0"):
+            assert cli_mod._status_bar_visible_from_display_config({"tui_statusbar": value}) is False
+
+        for value in (True, "top", "bottom", "on", None):
+            assert cli_mod._status_bar_visible_from_display_config({"tui_statusbar": value}) is True
+
+    def test_status_bar_initial_visibility_honors_tui_statusbar_config(self, monkeypatch):
+        config = deepcopy(cli_mod.CLI_CONFIG)
+        config.setdefault("display", {})["tui_statusbar"] = False
+        config["display"].pop("statusbar", None)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(cli_mod, "CLI_CONFIG", config)
+
+        cli_obj = HermesCLI(model="test-model", toolsets=[], provider="auto")
+
+        assert cli_obj._status_bar_visible is False
+
     def test_context_style_thresholds(self):
         cli_obj = _make_cli()