diff --git a/crates/tui/src/commands/mod.rs b/crates/tui/src/commands/mod.rs
index 0765e34d..b60a0e93 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ mod session;
 pub mod share;
 mod skills;
 mod stash;
+mod status;
 mod task;
 mod user_commands;
 
@@ -420,9 +421,15 @@ pub const COMMANDS: &[CommandInfo] = &[
         usage: "/settings",
         description_id: MessageId::CmdSettingsDescription,
     },
+    CommandInfo {
+        name: "status",
+        aliases: &[],
+        usage: "/status",
+        description_id: MessageId::CmdStatusDescription,
+    },
     CommandInfo {
         name: "statusline",
-        aliases: &["status"],
+        aliases: &[],
         usage: "/statusline",
         description_id: MessageId::CmdStatuslineDescription,
     },
@@ -531,7 +538,8 @@ pub fn execute(cmd: &str, app: &mut App) -> CommandResult {
         // Config commands
         "config" => config::config_command(app, arg),
         "settings" => config::show_settings(app),
-        "statusline" | "status" => config::status_line(app),
+        "status" => status::status(app),
+        "statusline" => config::status_line(app),
         "mode" => config::mode(app, arg),
         "theme" => config::theme(app),
         "verbose" => config::verbose(app, arg),
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/commands/status.rs b/crates/tui/src/commands/status.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55e84cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tui/src/commands/status.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+//! Runtime status command.
+
+use std::fmt::Write as _;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use super::CommandResult;
+use crate::compaction::estimate_input_tokens_conservative;
+use crate::models::{LEGACY_DEEPSEEK_CONTEXT_WINDOW_TOKENS, context_window_for_model};
+use crate::tui::app::App;
+use crate::utils::{display_path, estimate_message_chars};
+
+/// Show a compact runtime status report for the current TUI session.
+pub fn status(app: &mut App) -> CommandResult {
+    CommandResult::message(format_status(app))
+}
+
+fn format_status(app: &App) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    let (context_used, context_max, context_percent) = context_usage(app);
+
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "DeepSeek TUI Status");
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "===================");
+    let _ = writeln!(out);
+    push_row(&mut out, "Version:", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+    push_row(&mut out, "Provider:", app.api_provider.as_str());
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Model:",
+        &format!(
+            "{} (reasoning {})",
+            app.model_display_label(),
+            app.reasoning_effort_display_label()
+        ),
+    );
+    push_row(&mut out, "Directory:", &display_path(&app.workspace));
+    push_row(&mut out, "Mode:", app.mode.label());
+    push_row(&mut out, "Permissions:", &permission_summary(app));
+    push_row(&mut out, "Project docs:", &project_docs(&app.workspace));
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Session:",
+        app.current_session_id.as_deref().unwrap_or("not saved yet"),
+    );
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "MCP:",
+        &format!("{} configured", app.mcp_configured_count),
+    );
+    push_row(&mut out, "Footer items:", &footer_items(app));
+    let _ = writeln!(out);
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Context window:",
+        &format!("{context_percent:.1}% used ({context_used} / {context_max} tokens)"),
+    );
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Last API input:",
+        &token_count(app.session.last_prompt_tokens),
+    );
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Last API output:",
+        &token_count(app.session.last_completion_tokens),
+    );
+    push_row(&mut out, "Cache hit/miss:", &cache_summary(app));
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Total tokens:",
+        &app.session.total_tokens.to_string(),
+    );
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Session cost:",
+        &app.format_cost_amount_precise(app.session_cost_for_currency(app.cost_currency)),
+    );
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Transcript:",
+        &format!(
+            "{} cells, {} API messages",
+            app.history.len(),
+            app.api_messages.len()
+        ),
+    );
+    push_row(
+        &mut out,
+        "Rate limits:",
+        "not available from provider telemetry",
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out);
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "Use /statusline to configure footer items.");
+
+    out
+}
+
+fn push_row(out: &mut String, label: &str, value: &str) {
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "  {label:<16} {value}");
+}
+
+fn permission_summary(app: &App) -> String {
+    let trust = if app.trust_mode {
+        "trusted workspace"
+    } else {
+        "workspace"
+    };
+    let shell = if app.allow_shell {
+        "shell on"
+    } else {
+        "shell off"
+    };
+    format!(
+        "{trust}, approvals {}, {shell}",
+        app.approval_mode.label().to_ascii_lowercase()
+    )
+}
+
+fn project_docs(workspace: &Path) -> String {
+    let docs: Vec<&str> = ["AGENTS.md", "CLAUDE.md"]
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|name| workspace.join(name).is_file())
+        .collect();
+    if docs.is_empty() {
+        "not found".to_string()
+    } else {
+        docs.join(", ")
+    }
+}
+
+fn footer_items(app: &App) -> String {
+    if app.status_items.is_empty() {
+        return "none".to_string();
+    }
+    app.status_items
+        .iter()
+        .map(|item| item.key())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(", ")
+}
+
+fn context_usage(app: &App) -> (usize, u32, f64) {
+    let max = context_window_for_model(&app.model).unwrap_or(LEGACY_DEEPSEEK_CONTEXT_WINDOW_TOKENS);
+    let estimated =
+        estimate_input_tokens_conservative(&app.api_messages, app.system_prompt.as_ref());
+    let total_chars = estimate_message_chars(&app.api_messages);
+    let used = estimated.max(total_chars / 4);
+    let percent = ((used as f64 / f64::from(max)) * 100.0).clamp(0.0, 100.0);
+    (used, max, percent)
+}
+
+fn token_count(value: Option<u32>) -> String {
+    value.map_or_else(|| "not reported".to_string(), |tokens| tokens.to_string())
+}
+
+fn cache_summary(app: &App) -> String {
+    match (
+        app.session.last_prompt_cache_hit_tokens,
+        app.session.last_prompt_cache_miss_tokens,
+    ) {
+        (Some(hit), Some(miss)) => format!("{hit} hit / {miss} miss"),
+        (Some(hit), None) => format!("{hit} hit / miss not reported"),
+        (None, Some(miss)) => format!("hit not reported / {miss} miss"),
+        (None, None) => "not reported".to_string(),
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+    use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::config::{ApiProvider, Config};
+    use crate::models::{ContentBlock, Message};
+    use crate::tui::app::TuiOptions;
+    use crate::tui::history::HistoryCell;
+
+    fn create_test_app(workspace: PathBuf) -> App {
+        let options = TuiOptions {
+            model: "deepseek-v4-pro".to_string(),
+            workspace,
+            config_path: None,
+            config_profile: None,
+            allow_shell: false,
+            use_alt_screen: true,
+            use_mouse_capture: false,
+            use_bracketed_paste: true,
+            max_subagents: 1,
+            skills_dir: PathBuf::from("/tmp/test-skills"),
+            memory_path: PathBuf::from("memory.md"),
+            notes_path: PathBuf::from("notes.txt"),
+            mcp_config_path: PathBuf::from("mcp.json"),
+            use_memory: false,
+            start_in_agent_mode: false,
+            skip_onboarding: true,
+            yolo: false,
+            resume_session_id: None,
+            initial_input: None,
+        };
+        let mut app = App::new(options, &Config::default());
+        app.api_provider = ApiProvider::Deepseek;
+        app
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn status_report_includes_runtime_fields() {
+        let tmpdir = TempDir::new().expect("temp dir");
+        std::fs::write(tmpdir.path().join("AGENTS.md"), "# Instructions").expect("write docs");
+        let mut app = create_test_app(tmpdir.path().to_path_buf());
+        app.current_session_id = Some("session-123".to_string());
+        app.session.total_tokens = 1234;
+        app.session.last_prompt_tokens = Some(100);
+        app.session.last_completion_tokens = Some(25);
+        app.session.last_prompt_cache_hit_tokens = Some(70);
+        app.session.last_prompt_cache_miss_tokens = Some(30);
+        app.api_messages.push(Message {
+            role: "user".to_string(),
+            content: vec![ContentBlock::Text {
+                text: "hello".to_string(),
+                cache_control: None,
+            }],
+        });
+        app.history.push(HistoryCell::User {
+            content: "hello".to_string(),
+        });
+
+        let result = status(&mut app);
+        let msg = result.message.expect("status message");
+        assert!(msg.contains("DeepSeek TUI Status"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Provider:"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Model:"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Directory:"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Permissions:"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Project docs:"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("AGENTS.md"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Session:"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("session-123"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Context window:"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Cache hit/miss:"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("70 hit / 30 miss"));
+        assert!(msg.contains("Use /statusline to configure footer items."));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn project_docs_reports_missing_docs() {
+        let tmpdir = TempDir::new().expect("temp dir");
+        assert_eq!(project_docs(tmpdir.path()), "not found");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/localization.rs b/crates/tui/src/localization.rs
index 40bd1078..34f3ad9f 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/localization.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/localization.rs
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ pub enum MessageId {
     CmdSkillDescription,
     CmdSkillsDescription,
     CmdStashDescription,
+    CmdStatusDescription,
     CmdStatuslineDescription,
     CmdSubagentsDescription,
     CmdSwarmDescription,
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@ pub const ALL_MESSAGE_IDS: &[MessageId] = &[
     MessageId::CmdSkillDescription,
     MessageId::CmdSkillsDescription,
     MessageId::CmdStashDescription,
+    MessageId::CmdStatusDescription,
     MessageId::CmdStatuslineDescription,
     MessageId::CmdSubagentsDescription,
     MessageId::CmdSwarmDescription,
@@ -785,6 +787,7 @@ fn english(id: MessageId) -> &'static str {
         MessageId::CmdStashDescription => {
             "Park or restore a composer draft (Ctrl+S to push, /stash list/pop)"
         }
+        MessageId::CmdStatusDescription => "Show runtime session status",
         MessageId::CmdStatuslineDescription => "Configure which items appear in the footer",
         MessageId::CmdSubagentsDescription => "List sub-agent status",
         MessageId::CmdSwarmDescription => {
@@ -1072,6 +1075,7 @@ fn japanese(id: MessageId) -> Option<&'static str> {
         MessageId::CmdStashDescription => {
             "コンポーザーの下書きを退避／復元（Ctrl+S で退避、/stash list|pop）"
         }
+        MessageId::CmdStatusDescription => "実行中のセッション状態を表示",
         MessageId::CmdStatuslineDescription => "フッターに表示する項目を設定",
         MessageId::CmdSubagentsDescription => "サブエージェントの状態を一覧表示",
         MessageId::CmdSwarmDescription => {
@@ -1331,6 +1335,7 @@ fn chinese_simplified(id: MessageId) -> Option<&'static str> {
         MessageId::CmdSkillDescription => "激活技能，或安装/更新/卸载/信任社区技能",
         MessageId::CmdSkillsDescription => "列出本地技能（或使用 --remote 浏览精选注册表）",
         MessageId::CmdStashDescription => "暂存或恢复输入草稿（Ctrl+S 暂存，/stash list|pop）",
+        MessageId::CmdStatusDescription => "显示当前运行状态",
         MessageId::CmdStatuslineDescription => "配置底栏要显示哪些条目",
         MessageId::CmdSubagentsDescription => "列出子代理状态",
         MessageId::CmdSwarmDescription => {
@@ -1604,6 +1609,7 @@ fn portuguese_brazil(id: MessageId) -> Option<&'static str> {
         MessageId::CmdStashDescription => {
             "Estacionar ou restaurar rascunho do compositor (Ctrl+S estaciona, /stash list|pop)"
         }
+        MessageId::CmdStatusDescription => "Exibir o status da sessão em execução",
         MessageId::CmdStatuslineDescription => "Configurar quais itens aparecem no rodapé",
         MessageId::CmdSubagentsDescription => "Listar o status dos sub-agentes",
         MessageId::CmdSwarmDescription => {