diff --git a/packages/tui/src/mini/footer.view.tsx b/packages/tui/src/mini/footer.view.tsx
index 2ddeef1ec0..ff5199e89f 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/mini/footer.view.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/mini/footer.view.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { RunFormBody } from "./footer.form"
 import { createFormBodyState, type FormBodyState } from "./form.shared"
 import { footerWidthPolicy } from "./footer.width"
 import { Keymap } from "../context/keymap"
+import { modelInfo } from "./variant.shared"
 
 import type {
   FooterPromptRoute,
@@ -157,6 +158,10 @@ export function RunFooterView(props: RunFooterViewProps) {
     return tabs().findIndex((item) => item.sessionID === sessionID) + 1
   })
   const foregroundSubagents = createMemo(() => activeTabs().some((item) => !item.background))
+  const model = createMemo(() => {
+    const current = props.currentModel()
+    return current ? modelInfo(props.providers(), current).model : undefined
+  })
   const detail = createMemo(() => {
     const current = route()
     return current.type === "subagent" ? subagent().details[current.sessionID] : undefined
@@ -364,6 +369,14 @@ export function RunFooterView(props: RunFooterViewProps) {
 
     return usage()
   })
+  const modelStatus = createMemo(() => {
+    const current = model()
+    if (!prompt() || !responsive().statusline.showModel || !current) return
+    return {
+      model: current,
+      variant: responsive().statusline.showModelVariant ? props.currentVariant() : undefined,
+    }
+  })
   const statusColor = createMemo(() => {
     if (exiting()) {
       return theme().error
@@ -381,6 +394,7 @@ export function RunFooterView(props: RunFooterViewProps) {
   })
   const statuslineBackground = createMemo(() => theme().status)
   const hasActivityMeta = createMemo(() => activityMeta().length > 0)
+  const hasModelStatus = createMemo(() => Boolean(modelStatus()))
   const contextHints = createMemo(() => {
     if (!prompt() || shell() || !responsive().statusline.showContextHints) {
       return []
@@ -819,11 +833,29 @@ export function RunFooterView(props: RunFooterViewProps) {
                   </box>
                 </Show>
 
+                <Show when={modelStatus()}>
+                  {(info) => (
+                    <box
+                      minWidth={8}
+                      paddingRight={1}
+                      backgroundColor="transparent"
+                      flexShrink={1}
+                    >
+                      <text fg={theme().text} wrapMode="none" truncate>
+                        {info().model}
+                        <Show when={info().variant}>
+                          {(variant) => <span style={{ fg: theme().warning, bold: true }}> {variant()}</span>}
+                        </Show>
+                      </text>
+                    </box>
+                  )}
+                </Show>
+
                 <For each={contextHints()}>
                   {(hint, index) => (
                     <box paddingRight={1} backgroundColor="transparent" flexShrink={0} maxWidth={24}>
                       <text fg={theme().text} wrapMode="none" truncate>
-                        <Show when={index() > 0 || (hasActivityMeta() && index() === 0)}>
+                        <Show when={index() > 0 || ((hasActivityMeta() || hasModelStatus()) && index() === 0)}>
                           {sectionSeparator()}
                         </Show>
                         <span style={{ fg: theme().text }}>{hint.key}</span>{" "}
@@ -837,7 +869,7 @@ export function RunFooterView(props: RunFooterViewProps) {
                   {(hint) => (
                     <box paddingRight={1} backgroundColor="transparent" flexShrink={0} maxWidth={18}>
                       <text fg={theme().text} wrapMode="none" truncate>
-                        <Show when={hasActivityMeta() || hasContextHints()}>
+                        <Show when={hasActivityMeta() || hasModelStatus() || hasContextHints()}>
                           {sectionSeparator()}
                         </Show>
                         <span style={{ fg: theme().text }}>{hint().key}</span>{" "}
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/mini/footer.width.ts b/packages/tui/src/mini/footer.width.ts
index b0979858e4..35670d0ef7 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/mini/footer.width.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/mini/footer.width.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // Shared responsive width policy
 
 const FOOTER_WIDTH_BREAKPOINTS = {
+  commandHint: 24,
+  model: 32,
+  modelVariant: 40,
   compact: 80,
-  commandHint: 66,
   context: 120,
   spacious: 150,
 } as const
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ export function footerWidthPolicy(width: number) {
     statusline: {
       showActivityMeta: compact,
       showCommandHint: width >= FOOTER_WIDTH_BREAKPOINTS.commandHint,
+      showModel: width >= FOOTER_WIDTH_BREAKPOINTS.model,
+      showModelVariant: width >= FOOTER_WIDTH_BREAKPOINTS.modelVariant,
       showContextHints: compact,
       contextHintLimit: !compact ? 0 : spacious ? undefined : context ? 2 : 1,
     },
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/mini/footer.view.test.tsx b/packages/tui/test/mini/footer.view.test.tsx
index b8c191ceb0..41e3e13568 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/mini/footer.view.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/test/mini/footer.view.test.tsx
@@ -1074,8 +1074,8 @@ test("direct footer shows authoritative pending work while running", async () =>
     const statusItems = statusline.getChildren().filter((item): item is BoxRenderable => item instanceof BoxRenderable)
     const main = statusItems[0]
     const spinner = main.getChildren()[0]
-    const background = statusItems[1]
-    const queued = statusItems[2]
+    const background = statusItems[2]
+    const queued = statusItems[3]
     const hint = statusItems.at(-1)!
 
     expect(spinner).toBeDefined()
@@ -1098,11 +1098,36 @@ test("direct footer shows authoritative pending work while running", async () =>
   }
 })
 
+test("direct footer progressively adds model details after the command hint", async () => {
+  for (const expected of [
+    { width: 24, model: false, variant: false },
+    { width: 32, model: true, variant: false },
+    { width: 40, model: true, variant: true },
+  ]) {
+    const app = await renderFooter({
+      providers: [provider()],
+      currentModel: { providerID: "opencode", modelID: "gpt-5" },
+      currentVariant: "xhigh",
+      width: expected.width,
+    })
+
+    try {
+      await app.renderOnce()
+      const frame = app.captureCharFrame()
+      expect({
+        width: expected.width,
+        command: frame.includes("ctrl+p cmd"),
+        model: frame.includes("GPT-5"),
+        variant: frame.includes("xhigh"),
+      }).toEqual({ ...expected, command: true })
+    } finally {
+      app.cleanup()
+    }
+  }
+})
+
 test("direct footer always offers backgrounding for a foreground subagent", async () => {
   const app = await renderFooter({
-    providers: [provider()],
-    currentModel: { providerID: "opencode", modelID: "gpt-5" },
-    currentVariant: "xhigh",
     subagents: {
       tabs: [subagent({ sessionID: "s-1", label: "Explore", description: "Inspect auth flow" })],
       details: {},
@@ -1125,9 +1150,6 @@ test("direct footer always offers backgrounding for a foreground subagent", asyn
 
 test("direct footer hides the subagent hint when only completed subagents remain", async () => {
   const app = await renderFooter({
-    providers: [provider()],
-    currentModel: { providerID: "opencode", modelID: "gpt-5" },
-    currentVariant: "xhigh",
     subagents: {
       tabs: [subagent({ sessionID: "s-1", label: "Explore", description: "Inspect auth flow", status: "completed" })],
       details: {},
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/mini/footer.width.test.ts b/packages/tui/test/mini/footer.width.test.ts
index 3f9809d356..fa8ec5d31a 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/mini/footer.width.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/test/mini/footer.width.test.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,16 @@ import { footerWidthPolicy } from "../../src/mini/footer.width"
 
 describe("run footer width", () => {
   test("preserves shared dialog and statusline breakpoints", () => {
+    expect([23, 24].map((width) => footerWidthPolicy(width).statusline.showCommandHint)).toEqual([false, true])
+    expect([31, 32].map((width) => footerWidthPolicy(width).statusline.showModel)).toEqual([false, true])
+    expect([39, 40].map((width) => footerWidthPolicy(width).statusline.showModelVariant)).toEqual([false, true])
+
     const narrow = footerWidthPolicy(79)
     expect(narrow.dialog.narrow).toBe(true)
     expect(narrow.statusline.showActivityMeta).toBe(false)
-    expect(narrow.statusline.showCommandHint).toBe(true)
     expect(narrow.statusline.showContextHints).toBe(false)
     expect(narrow.statusline.contextHintLimit).toBe(0)
 
-    const command = footerWidthPolicy(65)
-    expect(command.statusline.showCommandHint).toBe(false)
-
-    const commandHint = footerWidthPolicy(66)
-    expect(commandHint.statusline.showCommandHint).toBe(true)
-
     const compact = footerWidthPolicy(80)
     expect(compact.dialog.narrow).toBe(false)
     expect(compact.statusline.showActivityMeta).toBe(true)