diff --git a/docs/reference/commands-nemohermes.mdx b/docs/reference/commands-nemohermes.mdx
index 4c45ce04371..6a062b67636 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commands-nemohermes.mdx
+++ b/docs/reference/commands-nemohermes.mdx
@@ -1212,6 +1212,15 @@ nemohermes tunnel stop
 
 `nemohermes stop` remains as a deprecated alias that prints a warning and delegates to `tunnel stop`.
 
+### `nemohermes tunnel status`
+
+Show the current cloudflared public-URL tunnel status for the default sandbox dashboard.
+The output reports whether cloudflared is running, stopped, or stale, and includes the same recovery hint used by `nemohermes status`.
+
+```console
+nemohermes tunnel status
+```
+
 ### `nemohermes start`
 
 <Warning>
diff --git a/docs/reference/commands.mdx b/docs/reference/commands.mdx
index fc59382b4fb..99333ceedfa 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commands.mdx
+++ b/docs/reference/commands.mdx
@@ -1398,6 +1398,15 @@ $$nemoclaw tunnel stop
 
 `$$nemoclaw stop` remains as a deprecated alias that prints a warning and delegates to `tunnel stop`.
 
+### `$$nemoclaw tunnel status`
+
+Show the current cloudflared public-URL tunnel status for the default sandbox dashboard.
+The output reports whether cloudflared is running, stopped, or stale, and includes the same recovery hint used by `$$nemoclaw status`.
+
+```console
+$$nemoclaw tunnel status
+```
+
 ### `$$nemoclaw start`
 
 <Warning>
diff --git a/src/commands/tunnel.ts b/src/commands/tunnel.ts
index 993cd08afde..42d7ae1b9b8 100644
--- a/src/commands/tunnel.ts
+++ b/src/commands/tunnel.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import { NemoClawCommand } from "../lib/cli/nemoclaw-oclif-command";
-
 import { printTunnelUsage } from "../lib/tunnel/command-support";
 
 export default class TunnelCommand extends NemoClawCommand {
   static id = "tunnel";
   static strict = true;
   static summary = "Manage the cloudflared public-URL tunnel";
-  static description =
-    "Start or stop the cloudflared public-URL tunnel for the default sandbox dashboard.";
-  static usage = ["tunnel <start|stop>"];
-  static examples = ["<%= config.bin %> tunnel start", "<%= config.bin %> tunnel stop"];
+  static description = "Manage the cloudflared public-URL tunnel for the default sandbox dashboard.";
+  static usage = ["tunnel <start|stop|status>"];
+  static examples = [
+    "<%= config.bin %> tunnel start",
+    "<%= config.bin %> tunnel stop",
+    "<%= config.bin %> tunnel status",
+  ];
   static flags = {};
 
   public async run(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/commands/tunnel/status.ts b/src/commands/tunnel/status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9253c3d4b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/tunnel/status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { NemoClawCommand } from "../../lib/cli/nemoclaw-oclif-command";
+
+import { showStatus } from "../../lib/tunnel/services";
+
+export default class TunnelStatusCommand extends NemoClawCommand {
+  static id = "tunnel:status";
+  static strict = true;
+  static summary = "Show cloudflared public-URL tunnel status";
+  static description = "Show the cloudflared public-URL tunnel status for the default sandbox dashboard.";
+  static usage = ["tunnel status"];
+  static examples = ["<%= config.bin %> tunnel status"];
+  static flags = {};
+
+  public async run(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.parse(TunnelStatusCommand);
+    showStatus();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/cli/command-registry.test.ts b/src/lib/cli/command-registry.test.ts
index c72c4e40174..92d9764ab1e 100644
--- a/src/lib/cli/command-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cli/command-registry.test.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ import { getRegisteredOclifCommandsMetadata } from "./oclif-metadata";
 
 describe("command-registry", () => {
   describe("COMMANDS array", () => {
-    it("should contain exactly 70 commands", () => {
-      // 28 global (22 visible + 6 hidden help/version aliases)
-      // 42 sandbox (36 visible + 6 hidden shields/config), including the
-      // sandbox:sessions group (root + list + reset + delete) and the
-      // sandbox:agents passthrough pair (add + delete).
-      expect(COMMANDS).toHaveLength(70);
+    it("partitions commands into global and sandbox scopes", () => {
+      const partitioned = [...globalCommands(), ...sandboxCommands()];
+      expect(partitioned).toHaveLength(COMMANDS.length);
+      expect(new Set(partitioned).size).toBe(COMMANDS.length);
     });
 
     it("should have no duplicate usage strings", () => {
@@ -41,9 +39,12 @@ describe("command-registry", () => {
   });
 
   describe("globalCommands()", () => {
-    it("should return exactly 28 entries", () => {
-      // 22 visible + 6 hidden (help, --help, -h, version, --version, -v)
-      expect(globalCommands()).toHaveLength(28);
+    it("includes public global service commands", () => {
+      const usages = globalCommands().map((cmd) => cmd.usage);
+      expect(usages).toContain("nemoclaw tunnel start");
+      expect(usages).toContain("nemoclaw tunnel stop");
+      expect(usages).toContain("nemoclaw tunnel status");
+      expect(usages).toContain("nemoclaw status");
     });
 
     it("every entry has scope global", () => {
@@ -69,11 +70,8 @@ describe("command-registry", () => {
   });
 
   describe("visibleCommands()", () => {
-    it("should exclude 12 hidden commands (58 visible)", () => {
-      // 6 hidden global (help, --help, -h, version, --version, -v) +
-      // 6 hidden sandbox (shields×3, config get/set/rotate-token); visible
-      // totals include the sessions group (4) and the agents pair (2).
-      expect(visibleCommands()).toHaveLength(58);
+    it("returns exactly the non-hidden commands", () => {
+      expect(visibleCommands()).toEqual(COMMANDS.filter((cmd) => !cmd.hidden));
     });
 
     it("no visible command has hidden=true", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/cli/public-display-defaults.ts b/src/lib/cli/public-display-defaults.ts
index 7f086444c32..e0d6e5bf657 100644
--- a/src/lib/cli/public-display-defaults.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cli/public-display-defaults.ts
@@ -445,6 +445,13 @@ const PUBLIC_DISPLAY_LAYOUT: Record<string, readonly PublicDisplayLayout[]> = {
       "order": 33
     }
   ],
+  "tunnel:status": [
+    {
+      "group": "Services",
+      "order": 33.5,
+      "description": "Show cloudflared public-URL tunnel status"
+    }
+  ],
   "uninstall": [
     {
       "group": "Cleanup",
diff --git a/src/lib/tunnel/command-support.ts b/src/lib/tunnel/command-support.ts
index e5d74de8b03..0c61b4c4fdb 100644
--- a/src/lib/tunnel/command-support.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tunnel/command-support.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ export function printTunnelUsage(log: (message?: string) => void = console.log):
   log("  Subcommands:");
   log("    start                 Start the cloudflared public-URL tunnel");
   log("    stop                  Stop the cloudflared public-URL tunnel");
+  log("    status                Show cloudflared public-URL tunnel status");
   log("");
 }
diff --git a/test/cli.test.ts b/test/cli.test.ts
index 092160672e7..4f5a85e8a17 100644
--- a/test/cli.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli.test.ts
@@ -2028,6 +2028,23 @@ describe("CLI dispatch", () => {
     expect(r.out).toContain("Unexpected argument: bogus");
   });
 
+  it("tunnel --help exits 0 and shows tunnel subcommands", () => {
+    const r = run("tunnel --help");
+    expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel <start|stop|status>");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel start");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel stop");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel status");
+  });
+
+  it("root help shows tunnel status with tunnel start and stop", () => {
+    const r = run("--help");
+    expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+    expect(r.out).toContain("nemoclaw tunnel start");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("nemoclaw tunnel stop");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("nemoclaw tunnel status");
+  });
+
   it("tunnel start --help exits 0 and shows tunnel usage", () => {
     const r = run("tunnel start --help");
     expect(r.code).toBe(0);
@@ -2049,20 +2066,26 @@ describe("CLI dispatch", () => {
     expect(r.out).toContain("Stop the cloudflared public-URL tunnel");
   });
 
-  it("tunnel --help exits 0 and shows tunnel subcommands", () => {
-    const r = run("tunnel --help");
+  it("tunnel status --help exits 0 and shows tunnel status usage", () => {
+    const r = run("tunnel status --help");
     expect(r.code).toBe(0);
-    expect(r.out).toContain("USAGE");
-    expect(r.out).toContain("$ nemoclaw tunnel <start|stop>");
-    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel start");
-    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel stop");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel status");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("Show cloudflared public-URL tunnel status");
+  });
+
+  it("tunnel status exits 0 and prints cloudflared status", () => {
+    const r = run("tunnel status");
+    expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+    expect(r.out).toContain("cloudflared");
   });
 
   it("bare tunnel exits 0 and shows tunnel subcommands", () => {
     const r = run("tunnel");
     expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel <start|stop|status>");
     expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel start");
     expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel stop");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("tunnel status");
   });
 
   it("deprecated stop --help exits 0 and shows alias usage", () => {