diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBarVisibilityMenu.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBarVisibilityMenu.tsx
index 7b47b6bb6d2..41c8c2be09a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBarVisibilityMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/StatusBarVisibilityMenu.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export function StatusBarVisibilityMenu({
     menuPoint,
     recordFeatureInteraction,
     setMenuOpen,
+    settings,
     statusBarItems,
     toggleStatusBarItem
   } = controller
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export function StatusBarVisibilityMenu({
             {translate('auto.components.status.bar.StatusBar.c1df0d67ec', 'Gemini Usage')}
           </DropdownMenuCheckboxItem>
         )}
-        {isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', detectedAgentIds) && (
+        {isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', detectedAgentIds, settings) && (
           <DropdownMenuCheckboxItem
             checked={statusBarItems.includes('antigravity')}
             onCheckedChange={() => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.test.ts
index cd98315df50..fbc8cb02032 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import { isStatusBarItemAvailable } from './status-bar-agent-gating'
 
 describe('isStatusBarItemAvailable', () => {
+  it('keeps configured Antigravity available when PATH detection misses it', () => {
+    const settings = { agentCmdOverrides: { antigravity: '"/custom tools/agy"' } }
+    expect(isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', [], settings)).toBe(true)
+    expect(isStatusBarItemAvailable('gemini', [], settings)).toBe(false)
+    expect(
+      isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', [], {
+        agentCmdOverrides: { antigravity: '   ' }
+      })
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
   it('shows non-CLI items regardless of detection', () => {
     // Why: ssh, resource-usage, and opencode-go aren't CLIs on PATH, so
     // detection results don't apply.
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.ts
index 145abef3a90..6142c59ca10 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-agent-gating.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import type { TuiAgent } from '../../../../shared/tui-agent'
+import type { GlobalSettings } from '../../../../shared/global-settings-types'
+import { hasExplicitTuiLaunchCommand } from '../../../../shared/tui-agent-launch-command-override'
 import type { StatusBarItem } from '../../../../shared/ui-chrome-types'
 
 // Why: CLI-backed usage bars are surface noise when the underlying
@@ -18,8 +20,12 @@ const CLI_GATED_ITEMS: ReadonlySet<StatusBarItem> = new Set([
 
 export function isStatusBarItemAvailable(
   id: StatusBarItem,
-  detectedAgentIds: TuiAgent[] | null
+  detectedAgentIds: TuiAgent[] | null,
+  settings?: Pick<GlobalSettings, 'agentCmdOverrides'> | null
 ): boolean {
+  if (id === 'antigravity' && hasExplicitTuiLaunchCommand(settings, 'antigravity')) {
+    return true
+  }
   if (!CLI_GATED_ITEMS.has(id)) {
     return true
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-provider-visibility.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-provider-visibility.ts
index 26bac50b387..686039f2049 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-provider-visibility.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/status-bar-provider-visibility.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ export type UsageProviderSettings = Pick<
   | 'opencodeSessionCookie'
   | 'geminiCliOAuthEnabled'
 > & {
-  // Why: Antigravity has no separate persisted usage credential in Orca. The
-  // checked status-bar item is the durable user signal; StatusBar only sets
-  // this after PATH detection says the agent is available. Durability further
-  // requires geminiCliOAuthEnabled — the snapshot mirrors the Gemini fetch,
-  // which never yields data while that opt-in is off.
+  // A checked item plus a detected or configured CLI keeps native quota visible while pending.
   antigravityUsageConfigured: boolean
   // Why: MiniMax/Grok sign-in live on disk, not in settings; main sets these each poll.
   minimaxCookieConfigured: boolean
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/use-status-bar-controller.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/use-status-bar-controller.ts
index 8fe39d3d6d9..51cd32aee82 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/use-status-bar-controller.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/use-status-bar-controller.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function useStatusBarController(floatingTerminalOpen: boolean) {
   // Why: Antigravity visibility is based on its own detected CLI and snapshot.
   const antigravityUsageConfigured =
     statusBarItems.includes('antigravity') &&
-    isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', detectedAgentIds)
+    isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', detectedAgentIds, settings)
   // Why: thread non-GlobalSettings durability flags so bars stay visible across reloads and snapshot refreshes.
   const usageSettings = {
     ...settings,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export function useStatusBarController(floatingTerminalOpen: boolean) {
   const showAntigravity =
     visibleAntigravity !== null &&
     statusBarItems.includes('antigravity') &&
-    isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', detectedAgentIds)
+    isStatusBarItemAvailable('antigravity', detectedAgentIds, settings)
   // Why: MiniMax is cookie-auth, not a CLI on PATH, so detection-gating doesn't apply.
   const showMiniMax = visibleMiniMax !== null && statusBarItems.includes('minimax')
   const showGrok =
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ export function useStatusBarController(floatingTerminalOpen: boolean) {
     setMenuOpen,
     setMenuPoint,
     setStatusBarUsageMode,
+    settings,
     showEmptyUsageCta,
     showFloatingTerminalToggle,
     showFloatingWorkspaceAttentionDot,