diff --git a/home_root/.claude/statusline-command.sh b/home_root/.claude/statusline-command.sh
index ea642cb..aa2acce 100644
--- a/home_root/.claude/statusline-command.sh
+++ b/home_root/.claude/statusline-command.sh
@@ -110,9 +110,18 @@ if command -v althing-cli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   # suppress the empty-inbox form (📪 0) — only surface actual unread mail (📬 N)
   case "$althing" in *📪*) althing="" ;; esac
   h="${ALTHING_HANDLE:-}"
+  # ALTHING_HANDLE isn't set in the statusline env — resolve the per-project handle from
+  # althing's session map (keyed by the cwd Claude Code passes on stdin), the same source
+  # `althing-cli use` writes. Without this the monitor bell (🔔/🔕) never renders.
+  [ -z "$h" ] && [ -n "$cwd" ] && h=$(jq -r --arg d "$cwd" '.[$d] // empty' "$HOME/.althing/session_handles.json" 2>/dev/null)
   if [ -n "$h" ]; then
     mon="🔕"
-    for lk in "$HOME/.althing/wake-listener-$h.lock" "$HOME/.althing/light-monitor-$h.lock"; do
+    # Three independent arming mechanisms, one lock each — any live one means "armed":
+    #   monitor-$h.lock        <- `althing-cli monitor` (the CC-native exit-0-re-arm loop)
+    #   wake-listener-$h.lock  <- `althing-wake-listener` (herald inbound)
+    #   light-monitor-$h.lock  <- `althing-light-monitor` (standing watch)
+    # The kill -0 liveness gate below discards stale locks, so listing all three is safe.
+    for lk in "$HOME/.althing/monitor-$h.lock" "$HOME/.althing/wake-listener-$h.lock" "$HOME/.althing/light-monitor-$h.lock"; do
       [ -f "$lk" ] || continue
       pid=$(tr -dc '0-9' < "$lk" 2>/dev/null)
       if [ -n "$pid" ] && kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then mon="🔔"; break; fi