diff --git a/src/commands/status.command.ts b/src/commands/status.command.ts
index e06feb42af5..d21ae16f176 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.command.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.command.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ import {
   resolveUpdateAvailability,
 } from "./status.update.js";
 
+function resolvePairingRecoveryContext(params: {
+  error?: string | null;
+  closeReason?: string | null;
+}): { requestId: string | null } | null {
+  const source = [params.error, params.closeReason]
+    .filter((part) => typeof part === "string" && part.trim().length > 0)
+    .join(" ");
+  if (!source || !/pairing required/i.test(source)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const requestIdMatch = source.match(/requestId:\s*([^\s)]+)/i);
+  const requestId = requestIdMatch && requestIdMatch[1] ? requestIdMatch[1].trim() : "";
+  return { requestId: requestId || null };
+}
+
 export async function statusCommand(
   opts: {
     json?: boolean;
@@ -230,6 +245,10 @@ export async function statusCommand(
     const suffix = self ? ` · ${self}` : "";
     return `${gatewayMode} · ${target} · ${reach}${auth}${suffix}`;
   })();
+  const pairingRecovery = resolvePairingRecoveryContext({
+    error: gatewayProbe?.error ?? null,
+    closeReason: gatewayProbe?.close?.reason ?? null,
+  });
 
   const agentsValue = (() => {
     const pending =
@@ -399,6 +418,20 @@ export async function statusCommand(
     }).trimEnd(),
   );
 
+  if (pairingRecovery) {
+    runtime.log("");
+    runtime.log(theme.warn("Gateway pairing approval required."));
+    if (pairingRecovery.requestId) {
+      runtime.log(
+        theme.muted(
+          `Recovery: ${formatCliCommand(`openclaw devices approve ${pairingRecovery.requestId}`)}`,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+    runtime.log(theme.muted(`Fallback: ${formatCliCommand("openclaw devices approve --latest")}`));
+    runtime.log(theme.muted(`Inspect: ${formatCliCommand("openclaw devices list")}`));
+  }
+
   runtime.log("");
   runtime.log(theme.heading("Security audit"));
   const fmtSummary = (value: { critical: number; warn: number; info: number }) => {
diff --git a/src/commands/status.test.ts b/src/commands/status.test.ts
index 1275c0bea2c..8092469f588 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.test.ts
@@ -479,6 +479,52 @@ describe("statusCommand", () => {
     expect(logs.join("\n")).toMatch(/WARN/);
   });
 
+  it("prints requestId-aware recovery guidance when gateway pairing is required", async () => {
+    mocks.probeGateway.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      ok: false,
+      url: "ws://127.0.0.1:18789",
+      connectLatencyMs: null,
+      error: "connect failed: pairing required (requestId: req-123)",
+      close: { code: 1008, reason: "pairing required (requestId: req-123)" },
+      health: null,
+      status: null,
+      presence: null,
+      configSnapshot: null,
+    });
+
+    runtimeLogMock.mockClear();
+    await statusCommand({}, runtime as never);
+    const logs = runtimeLogMock.mock.calls.map((c: unknown[]) => String(c[0]));
+    const joined = logs.join("\n");
+    expect(joined).toContain("Gateway pairing approval required.");
+    expect(joined).toContain("devices approve req-123");
+    expect(joined).toContain("devices approve --latest");
+    expect(joined).toContain("devices list");
+  });
+
+  it("prints fallback recovery guidance when pairing requestId is unavailable", async () => {
+    mocks.probeGateway.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      ok: false,
+      url: "ws://127.0.0.1:18789",
+      connectLatencyMs: null,
+      error: "connect failed: pairing required",
+      close: { code: 1008, reason: "connect failed" },
+      health: null,
+      status: null,
+      presence: null,
+      configSnapshot: null,
+    });
+
+    runtimeLogMock.mockClear();
+    await statusCommand({}, runtime as never);
+    const logs = runtimeLogMock.mock.calls.map((c: unknown[]) => String(c[0]));
+    const joined = logs.join("\n");
+    expect(joined).toContain("Gateway pairing approval required.");
+    expect(joined).not.toContain("devices approve req-");
+    expect(joined).toContain("devices approve --latest");
+    expect(joined).toContain("devices list");
+  });
+
   it("includes sessions across agents in JSON output", async () => {
     const originalAgents = mocks.listAgentsForGateway.getMockImplementation();
     const originalResolveStorePath = mocks.resolveStorePath.getMockImplementation();