diff --git a/gateway/platforms/api_server.py b/gateway/platforms/api_server.py
index 82d0fd4af3..f966761b6b 100644
--- a/gateway/platforms/api_server.py
+++ b/gateway/platforms/api_server.py
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ class APIServerAdapter(OpenAICompatRoutesMixin, BasePlatformAdapter):
         self, ephemeral_system_prompt: Optional[str] = None, session_id: Optional[str] = None,
         stream_delta_callback=None, tool_progress_callback=None, tool_start_callback=None,
         tool_complete_callback=None, interim_assistant_callback=None, reasoning_callback=None,
-        gateway_session_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        status_callback=None, gateway_session_key: Optional[str] = None,
         requested_model: Optional[str] = None, requested_provider: Optional[str] = None,
         model_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, route: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         session_model: Optional[str] = None, confirmed_runtime_lock: bool = False,
@@ -2227,6 +2227,7 @@ class APIServerAdapter(OpenAICompatRoutesMixin, BasePlatformAdapter):
             "tool_complete_callback": tool_complete_callback,
             "interim_assistant_callback": interim_assistant_callback,
             "reasoning_callback": reasoning_callback,
+            "status_callback": status_callback,
             "session_db": self._ensure_session_db(),
             # Same fallback provider chain as Telegram/Discord/Slack.
             "fallback_model": None if confirmed_runtime_lock else GatewayRunner._load_fallback_model(),
@@ -3767,7 +3768,7 @@ class APIServerAdapter(OpenAICompatRoutesMixin, BasePlatformAdapter):
         ephemeral_system_prompt: Optional[str] = None, session_id: Optional[str] = None,
         stream_delta_callback=None, tool_progress_callback=None, tool_start_callback=None,
         tool_complete_callback=None, interim_assistant_callback=None, reasoning_callback=None,
-        agent_ref: Optional[list] = None, active_run_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        status_callback=None, agent_ref: Optional[list] = None, active_run_id: Optional[str] = None,
         gateway_session_key: Optional[str] = None, requested_model: Optional[str] = None,
         requested_provider: Optional[str] = None, model_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         route: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, session_model: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -3808,7 +3809,7 @@ class APIServerAdapter(OpenAICompatRoutesMixin, BasePlatformAdapter):
                         stream_delta_callback=stream_delta_callback, tool_progress_callback=tool_progress_callback,
                         tool_start_callback=tool_start_callback, tool_complete_callback=tool_complete_callback,
                         interim_assistant_callback=interim_assistant_callback,
-                        reasoning_callback=reasoning_callback,
+                        reasoning_callback=reasoning_callback, status_callback=status_callback,
                         gateway_session_key=gateway_session_key, requested_model=requested_model,
                         requested_provider=requested_provider, model_options=model_options, route=route,
                         session_model=session_model, confirmed_runtime_lock=confirmed_runtime_lock)
diff --git a/gateway/platforms/api_server_openai_routes.py b/gateway/platforms/api_server_openai_routes.py
index 33dbeea597..1a91c9d5bf 100644
--- a/gateway/platforms/api_server_openai_routes.py
+++ b/gateway/platforms/api_server_openai_routes.py
@@ -416,19 +416,29 @@ class _ResponsesStream:
         for event in ("response.output_item.added", "response.output_item.done"):
             await self.write_event(event, {"type": event, "output_index": idx, "item": output_item})
 
+    async def emit_status(self, payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Lifecycle/warning status (provider wait, auto-recovery countdown, fallback switch) as a
+        ``hermes.status`` custom event; not a Responses output item."""
+        await self.response.write(self._api._sse_frame(payload, event="hermes.status"))
+
+    # queue tag -> (method name, payload adapter)
+    _TAG_HANDLERS = {
+        "__tool_started__": ("emit_tool_started", lambda p: p),
+        "__tool_completed__": ("emit_tool_completed", lambda p: p),
+        "__commentary__": ("emit_commentary", lambda p: p["text"]),
+        "__reasoning__": ("emit_reasoning_delta", lambda p: p),
+        "__status__": ("emit_status", lambda p: p),
+    }
+
     async def dispatch(self, item: Any) -> None:
-        """Route one queue item: tool tuples emit immediately, strings are batched, others dropped."""
+        """Route one queue item: tagged tuples emit immediately, strings are batched, others dropped."""
         if isinstance(item, tuple) and len(item) == 2 and isinstance(item[0], str):
             tag, payload = item
             await self.flush_batch()
-            if tag == "__tool_started__":
-                await self.emit_tool_started(payload)
-            elif tag == "__tool_completed__":
-                await self.emit_tool_completed(payload)
-            elif tag == "__commentary__":
-                await self.emit_commentary(payload["text"])
-            elif tag == "__reasoning__":
-                await self.emit_reasoning_delta(payload)
+            handler = self._TAG_HANDLERS.get(tag)
+            if handler is not None:
+                method, adapt = handler
+                await getattr(self, method)(adapt(payload))
         elif isinstance(item, str):
             self._batch_buf.append(item)
             if self._batch_timer is None:
@@ -563,10 +573,17 @@ class OpenAICompatRoutesMixin:
             # keep them distinct from answer text.
             if text:
                 stream_q.put_threadsafe(("__reasoning__", text))
+        def _on_status(kind, message=None):
+            # Lifecycle/warning status (provider wait, auto-recovery countdown, fallback switch) as a
+            # ``hermes.status`` event, so a client sees why the stream is silent instead of a dead socket.
+            from gateway.platforms.api_server import _redact_api_error_text
+            text = _redact_api_error_text(message if message is not None else kind or "").strip()
+            if text:
+                stream_q.put_threadsafe(("__status__", {"kind": str(kind), "text": text}))
         agent_ref = [None]
         agent_task = asyncio.ensure_future(self._run_agent(
-            stream_delta_callback=_on_delta, reasoning_callback=_on_reasoning, agent_ref=agent_ref,
-            **run_kwargs))
+            stream_delta_callback=_on_delta, reasoning_callback=_on_reasoning, status_callback=_on_status,
+            agent_ref=agent_ref, **run_kwargs))
         agent_task.add_done_callback(lambda _fut: stream_q.put_nowait(None))
         return agent_task, agent_ref
 
@@ -845,6 +862,8 @@ class OpenAICompatRoutesMixin:
                     # DeepSeek-style ``delta.reasoning_content`` (#99552), the field Open WebUI,
                     # opencode and the Vercel AI SDK render as a thinking block.
                     await response.write(_sse_frame(_chunk({"reasoning_content": delta[1]})))
+                elif isinstance(delta, tuple) and len(delta) == 2 and delta[0] == "__status__":
+                    await response.write(_sse_frame(delta[1], event="hermes.status"))
                 else:
                     await response.write(_sse_frame(_chunk({"content": delta})))
             # The agent can fail after the queue drains (task raises / result flagged failed or