diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 8f214a6..5720e3e 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -770,7 +770,20 @@ export default function App() {
     }
     contextFetchingRef.current = true;
     try {
-      setContextSessions(await getPaneContext(Array.from(distros)));
+      const sessions = await getPaneContext(Array.from(distros));
+      // TEMP diagnostic — remove once the context bar is confirmed working.
+      console.log(
+        "[ctx] distros",
+        [...distros],
+        "→",
+        sessions.length,
+        "sessions:",
+        sessions.map(
+          (s) =>
+            `${s.cwd} | ${s.contextTokens}tok | ${Math.round((Date.now() - s.lastActiveMs) / 1000)}s ago`,
+        ),
+      );
+      setContextSessions(sessions);
     } catch (e) {
       console.warn("getPaneContext failed:", e);
     } finally {
diff --git a/src/lib/layout/LeafPane.tsx b/src/lib/layout/LeafPane.tsx
index 0cef00a..010ae3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/layout/LeafPane.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/layout/LeafPane.tsx
@@ -190,7 +190,13 @@ export default function LeafPane({ leaf }: { leaf: LeafNode }) {
   // which is the (often unset) spawn cwd and doesn't follow `cd`.
   const [liveCwd, setLiveCwd] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const onPaneCwd = useCallback(
-    (cwd: string) => setLiveCwd((cur) => (cur === cwd ? cur : cwd)),
+    (cwd: string) =>
+      setLiveCwd((cur) => {
+        if (cur === cwd) return cur;
+        // TEMP diagnostic — remove once the context bar is confirmed working.
+        console.log("[ctx] pane reported cwd via OSC7:", cwd);
+        return cwd;
+      }),
     [],
   );