diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/ResourceUsageStatusSegment.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/ResourceUsageStatusSegment.tsx
index 816c9113b..ebbdd8a46 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/ResourceUsageStatusSegment.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/ResourceUsageStatusSegment.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import {
   type UnifiedWorktreeRow
 } from './mergeSnapshotAndSessions'
 import { WorkspaceSpaceCompactPanel } from './WorkspaceSpaceCompactPanel'
+import { STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_PROPS } from './status-bar-context-menu-policy'
 
 const POLL_MS = 2_000
 const SESSIONS_POLL_MS = 10_000
@@ -1085,6 +1086,7 @@ export function ResourceUsageStatusSegment({
           <PopoverTrigger asChild>
             <button
               type="button"
+              {...STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_PROPS}
               className="relative inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 cursor-pointer rounded px-1 py-0.5 hover:bg-accent/70"
               aria-label={
                 spaceScanReady && !runtimeEnvironmentActive
@@ -1142,6 +1144,7 @@ export function ResourceUsageStatusSegment({
         side="top"
         align="end"
         sideOffset={8}
+        {...STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_PROPS}
         className="w-[26rem] max-w-[calc(100vw-2rem)] p-0"
         onOpenAutoFocus={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
         // Why: clicking a terminal row activates a tab, which causes xterm
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
index d1a125460..eaf79730d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBar.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { SshStatusSegment } from './SshStatusSegment'
 import { UpdateStatusSegment } from './UpdateStatusSegment'
 import { ResourceUsageStatusSegment } from './ResourceUsageStatusSegment'
 import { isStatusBarItemAvailable } from './status-bar-agent-gating'
+import { shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu } from './status-bar-context-menu-policy'
 import { PetStatusSegment } from './PetStatusSegment'
 import { TOGGLE_FLOATING_TERMINAL_EVENT } from '@/lib/floating-terminal'
 import { FloatingTerminalIconContextMenu } from '@/components/floating-terminal/FloatingTerminalIconContextMenu'
@@ -837,10 +838,7 @@ function StatusBarInner({ floatingTerminalOpen }: StatusBarProps): React.JSX.Ele
       ref={containerRefCallback}
       className="flex items-center h-6 min-h-[24px] px-3 gap-4 border-t border-border bg-[var(--bg-titlebar,var(--card))] text-xs select-none shrink-0 relative"
       onContextMenuCapture={(event) => {
-        if (
-          event.target instanceof Element &&
-          event.target.closest('[data-floating-terminal-toggle]')
-        ) {
+        if (!shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu(event.target)) {
           return
         }
         // Why: mirror the right-click pattern used across the app
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-context-menu-policy.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-context-menu-policy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b37cedc81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-context-menu-policy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_SELECTOR,
+  shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu
+} from './status-bar-context-menu-policy'
+
+function targetMatching(selector: string | null): EventTarget & {
+  closest: (value: string) => Element | null
+} {
+  return {
+    closest: (value: string) => (value === selector ? ({} as Element) : null)
+  } as EventTarget & { closest: (value: string) => Element | null }
+}
+
+describe('shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu', () => {
+  it('opens for plain status-bar right-clicks', () => {
+    expect(shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu(targetMatching(null))).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('ignores right-clicks inside exempt status-bar popovers', () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu(targetMatching(STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_SELECTOR))
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the floating terminal context menu independent', () => {
+    expect(shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu(targetMatching('[data-floating-terminal-toggle]'))).toBe(
+      false
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('opens when the browser gives a non-element target', () => {
+    expect(shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu(null)).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-context-menu-policy.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-context-menu-policy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d9f0a651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-context-menu-policy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+export const STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_ATTR = 'data-status-bar-context-menu-exempt'
+export const STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_SELECTOR = `[${STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_ATTR}]`
+export const STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_PROPS = {
+  [STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_ATTR]: ''
+} as const
+
+const FLOATING_TERMINAL_TOGGLE_SELECTOR = '[data-floating-terminal-toggle]'
+
+function hasClosest(target: EventTarget | null): target is EventTarget & {
+  closest: (selector: string) => Element | null
+} {
+  return typeof (target as { closest?: unknown } | null)?.closest === 'function'
+}
+
+export function shouldOpenStatusBarContextMenu(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  if (!hasClosest(target)) {
+    return true
+  }
+
+  // Why: Radix portal events can still bubble through the StatusBar React tree;
+  // nested status-bar surfaces opt out so their right-clicks stay local.
+  return (
+    target.closest(FLOATING_TERMINAL_TOGGLE_SELECTOR) === null &&
+    target.closest(STATUS_BAR_CONTEXT_MENU_EXEMPT_SELECTOR) === null
+  )
+}