diff --git a/clients/terminal/tui/ws_bridge.py b/clients/terminal/tui/ws_bridge.py
index 5baa12c..410cb0f 100644
--- a/clients/terminal/tui/ws_bridge.py
+++ b/clients/terminal/tui/ws_bridge.py
@@ -119,10 +119,13 @@
                 await self._backoff()
                 continue
 
-            # Connected — reset backoff and let the input loop send.
+            # Connected — reset backoff and let the input loop send. The status
+            # panel already labels the line "Connection: online", so the detail
+            # stays empty here (a non-empty detail appends after the label,
+            # e.g. "offline reconnecting…").
             self._attempt = 0
             self._set_connected(True)
-            self._notify(True, "online")
+            self._notify(True, "")
 
             try:
                 await self._receive_until_closed()
diff --git a/tests/clients/test_ws_bridge.py b/tests/clients/test_ws_bridge.py
index 8766f38..4b70f5d 100644
--- a/tests/clients/test_ws_bridge.py
+++ b/tests/clients/test_ws_bridge.py
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
     return [m.detail for m in bridge.app.messages if isinstance(m, ConnectionStatusChanged)]
 
 
+def _status_states(bridge: WsBridge) -> list[bool]:
+    return [m.connected for m in bridge.app.messages if isinstance(m, ConnectionStatusChanged)]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_reconnects_after_drop_and_continues_forwarding_events() -> None:
     """A socket delivers two frames then closes; the bridge backs off,
@@ -161,10 +165,13 @@
 
     assert calls["n"] >= 3, "must keep retrying past the initial refusals"
     assert "recovered" in [p.get("content") for p in _ws_payloads(bridge)]
-    # The status panel saw the offline→online transition.
+    # The status panel saw the offline→online transition. The success detail
+    # is empty (the panel labels the line "online" itself — no duplication).
     details = _status_details(bridge)
     assert any("reconnecting" in d for d in details)
-    assert any(d == "online" for d in details)
+    states = _status_states(bridge)
+    assert True in states, "must reach a connected state"
+    assert all(d == "" for d, s in zip(details, states) if s), "online detail must be empty"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.anyio