diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/main/bootstrap/app-lifecycle.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/main/bootstrap/app-lifecycle.ts
index 5eea389b2..e6fb161e9 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/main/bootstrap/app-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/main/bootstrap/app-lifecycle.ts
@@ -265,11 +265,14 @@ export function createApplicationLifecycle({
     state.tray = new Tray(icon);
     state.tray.setToolTip(APP_NAME);
     // macOS single-click opens its attached menu without focusing/reading a conversation.
-    if (process.platform !== "darwin") state.tray.on("click", restoreMainWindow);
+    // mouse-enter/move/leave replace the native NSStatusItem with a custom view,
+    // which hides the menu-bar extra. Keep hover retry on Windows/Linux only.
+    if (process.platform !== "darwin") {
+      state.tray.on("click", restoreMainWindow);
+      state.tray.on("mouse-enter", () => { void traySessions.refresh(); });
+      state.tray.on("right-click", () => { void traySessions.refresh(); });
+    }
     state.tray.on("double-click", restoreMainWindow);
-    // User access retries a transient Host read failure without a polling timer.
-    state.tray.on("mouse-enter", () => { void traySessions.refresh(); });
-    state.tray.on("right-click", () => { void traySessions.refresh(); });
     updateTrayMenu();
     void traySessions.refresh();
   }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/test/close-behavior-tray.test.mjs b/apps/desktop/test/close-behavior-tray.test.mjs
index f92cebb36..e66724761 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/test/close-behavior-tray.test.mjs
+++ b/apps/desktop/test/close-behavior-tray.test.mjs
@@ -146,3 +146,14 @@ test("explicit quit asks for confirmation except probes and update restarts", ()
     /already chose to quit in the close-behavior dialog[\s\S]*?windowState\.quitConfirmed = true/,
   );
 });
+
+test("macOS tray keeps the native status item instead of mouse-enter tracking", async () => {
+  const lifecycle = await readMainModule("bootstrap/app-lifecycle.ts");
+  const create = lifecycle.slice(lifecycle.indexOf("function createTray()"));
+  const body = create.slice(0, create.indexOf("function resetMenuRendererReady"));
+  assert.match(
+    body,
+    /if \(process\.platform !== "darwin"\) \{[\s\S]*on\("mouse-enter"[\s\S]*on\("right-click"/,
+  );
+  assert.equal((body.match(/on\("mouse-enter"/g) || []).length, 1);
+});
diff --git a/docs/adr/tray-session-shortcuts.md b/docs/adr/tray-session-shortcuts.md
index 82d1046d6..28c0d1b51 100644
--- a/docs/adr/tray-session-shortcuts.md
+++ b/docs/adr/tray-session-shortcuts.md
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ or closed, so a renderer-only menu snapshot would become stale.
    (the existing 200-record inbox), consumes root agent lifecycle/status
    events, and refreshes after session/inbox mutations. It coalesces pending
    reads, rejects obsolete host generations, and clears shortcuts on a failed
-   refresh. Tray hover/right-click retries a failed read. It continues to
-   refresh with no renderer attached; deleting a
+   refresh. Windows/Linux hover/right-click retries a failed read. macOS does
+   not subscribe to mouse-enter, which would replace the native status item.
+   It continues to refresh with no renderer attached; deleting a
    session or archiving it or its project removes the shortcut.
 4. A session click restores/focuses the main window and sends
    `tray/event/sessionActivated { sessionId }` (`null` means View more) only after the renderer finishes
diff --git a/docs/spec/04-ux/09-interaction-patterns.md b/docs/spec/04-ux/09-interaction-patterns.md
index 4109cf8f7..bec69db32 100644
--- a/docs/spec/04-ux/09-interaction-patterns.md
+++ b/docs/spec/04-ux/09-interaction-patterns.md
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ recency only breaks ties between equally relevant matches.
 - Start/finish, read, pin, rename, archive, delete, and backend restart update
   the menu. The menu remains available when the main window is hidden or
   closed, without creating another window until an explicit activation.
+- macOS does not listen for tray mouse-enter: that event replaces the native
+  status item and hides the extra. Windows/Linux still retry a failed Host
+  read on hover/right-click; macOS retries from the next session or inbox event.
+
 
 ### 1.6 Sidebar project and conversation organization
 
diff --git a/docs/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md b/docs/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
index f47b38993..c40911066 100644
--- a/docs/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
+++ b/docs/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
@@ -13031,7 +13031,7 @@ plugin-form fixtures in an isolated temporary directory at runtime.
   Close the macOS window while a task runs and let it finish, then activate
   its tray row while the new renderer bootstraps a pending plan. Delay a Host
   read while a newer preference update, delete, or Host restart arrives.
-  Retry a transient read failure by hovering/right-clicking the tray.
+  Retry a transient read failure by hovering/right-clicking the tray on Windows/Linux; macOS retries from the next session or inbox event instead of mouse-enter.
   Repeat after clearing all group memberships and changing shipped locales.
   Choose Quit then Cancel, then Quit and confirm.
 - **Expected**: Running → Unread → Pinned; at most nine rows in total. Each
diff --git a/docs/zh-CN/spec/04-ux/09-interaction-patterns.md b/docs/zh-CN/spec/04-ux/09-interaction-patterns.md
index 43c1075b3..a328ae08a 100644
--- a/docs/zh-CN/spec/04-ux/09-interaction-patterns.md
+++ b/docs/zh-CN/spec/04-ux/09-interaction-patterns.md
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@
 - Start/finish, read, pin, rename, archive, delete, and backend restart update
   the menu. The menu remains available when the main window is hidden or
   closed, without creating another window until an explicit activation.
+- macOS 不监听托盘 mouse-enter：该事件会替换原生 status item 并让菜单栏图标消失。
+  Windows/Linux 仍可在悬停/右键时重试失败的 Host 读取；macOS 改由下一次会话或收件箱事件刷新。
 
 ### 1. 6 侧边栏项目和对话组织
 
diff --git a/docs/zh-CN/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md b/docs/zh-CN/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
index 0bcbdc370..c19e9d571 100644
--- a/docs/zh-CN/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
+++ b/docs/zh-CN/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
@@ -7855,7 +7855,7 @@ runner 会在运行时的隔离临时目录中生成六个插件形态 fixture
   Close the macOS window while a task runs and let it finish, then activate
   its tray row while the new renderer bootstraps a pending plan. Delay a Host
   read while a newer preference update, delete, or Host restart arrives.
-  Retry a transient read failure by hovering/right-clicking the tray.
+  Retry a transient read failure by hovering/right-clicking the tray on Windows/Linux; macOS retries from the next session or inbox event instead of mouse-enter.
   Repeat after clearing all group memberships and changing shipped locales.
   Choose Quit then Cancel, then Quit and confirm.
 - **Expected**: Running → Unread → Pinned; at most nine rows in total. Each