diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.test.tsx
index ea406caa10..08494f1463 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.test.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 import { registerTerminalContextMenu } from '@/app/right-sidebar/terminal/terminal-context-menu'
+import {
+  ContextMenu,
+  ContextMenuTrigger,
+  HERMES_CONTEXT_MENU_TRIGGER_ATTR
+} from '@/components/ui/context-menu'
 import { formatCombo } from '@/lib/keybinds/combo'
 import { $previewTabs, closeRightRail } from '@/store/preview'
 import { $connection } from '@/store/session'
@@ -354,6 +359,22 @@ describe('AppContextMenu', () => {
     expect($contextMenu.get()).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('leaves asChild radix triggers alone when the child overwrites data-slot', () => {
+    installBridge()
+    mountMenu()
+    // Status bar: ContextMenuTrigger asChild over a footer whose data-slot
+    // is "statusbar". The coordinator must still recognize the dedicated
+    // marker — otherwise the window-verbs fallback eats the gesture.
+    const host = attach(
+      '<footer data-slot="statusbar" data-hermes-context-menu-trigger=""><span>meter</span></footer>'
+    )
+
+    fireEvent.contextMenu(host.querySelector('span')!)
+
+    expect($contextMenu.get()).toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Settings')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
   it('shows the terminal menu through a registered handle', async () => {
     installBridge()
     mountMenu()
@@ -567,3 +588,20 @@ describe('AppContextMenu guest (in-app browser)', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText('Add to dictionary')).toBeNull()
   })
 })
+
+describe('ContextMenuTrigger asChild', () => {
+  it('keeps the coordinator marker when the child overwrites data-slot', () => {
+    render(
+      <ContextMenu>
+        <ContextMenuTrigger asChild>
+          <footer data-slot="statusbar">bar</footer>
+        </ContextMenuTrigger>
+      </ContextMenu>
+    )
+
+    const footer = screen.getByText('bar')
+
+    expect(footer.getAttribute('data-slot')).toBe('statusbar')
+    expect(footer.hasAttribute(HERMES_CONTEXT_MENU_TRIGGER_ATTR)).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.tsx
index 96e478bd06..53966819b1 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useNavigate } from 'react-router'
 
 import { terminalMenuHandleFor } from '@/app/right-sidebar/terminal/terminal-context-menu'
 import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
+import { HERMES_CONTEXT_MENU_TRIGGER_ATTR } from '@/components/ui/context-menu'
 import { writeClipboardText } from '@/components/ui/copy-button'
 import {
   DropdownMenu,
@@ -609,7 +610,13 @@ export function AppContextMenu() {
       const element = event.target instanceof Element ? event.target : null
 
       // Surfaces with their own Radix context menu keep the whole gesture.
-      if (element?.closest('[data-slot="context-menu-trigger"]')) {
+      // Guard the dedicated marker first: Radix `asChild` Slot merges
+      // `mergeProps(slotProps, childProps)` so the child's `data-slot` wins
+      // (status bar footer is `data-slot="statusbar"`). The marker is stamped
+      // after `{...props}` on ContextMenuTrigger and is not overwritten.
+      if (
+        element?.closest(`[${HERMES_CONTEXT_MENU_TRIGGER_ATTR}], [data-slot="context-menu-trigger"]`)
+      ) {
         return
       }
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/context-menu.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/context-menu.tsx
index 286418baf9..34bfb3728d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/context-menu.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/ui/context-menu.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,19 @@ function ContextMenuPortal({ ...props }: React.ComponentProps<typeof ContextMenu
   return <ContextMenuPrimitive.Portal data-slot="context-menu-portal" {...props} />
 }
 
+/** Coordinator marker that survives Radix `asChild` Slot merges.
+ * `data-slot` is overwritten when the child sets its own `data-slot`
+ * (status bar footer); this attribute is not. */
+export const HERMES_CONTEXT_MENU_TRIGGER_ATTR = 'data-hermes-context-menu-trigger'
+
 function ContextMenuTrigger({ ...props }: React.ComponentProps<typeof ContextMenuPrimitive.Trigger>) {
-  return <ContextMenuPrimitive.Trigger data-slot="context-menu-trigger" {...props} />
+  return (
+    <ContextMenuPrimitive.Trigger
+      data-slot="context-menu-trigger"
+      {...props}
+      data-hermes-context-menu-trigger=""
+    />
+  )
 }
 
 function ContextMenuGroup({ ...props }: React.ComponentProps<typeof ContextMenuPrimitive.Group>) {