diff --git a/.changeset/fix-detached-head-git-status.md b/.changeset/fix-detached-head-git-status.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..beb0ac9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-detached-head-git-status.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Show the current commit in git status when the repository is in detached HEAD.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/utils/git/git-status.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/utils/git/git-status.ts
index c77256f01..8b67bf5d9 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/utils/git/git-status.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/utils/git/git-status.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ export interface GitStatusCacheOptions {
   readonly onChange?: () => void;
 }
 
+interface BranchInfo {
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly detached: boolean;
+}
+
 interface BranchState {
-  value: string | null;
+  value: BranchInfo | null;
   fetchedAt: number;
 }
 
@@ -93,21 +98,34 @@ export function createGitStatusCache(
       if (now - branch.fetchedAt >= BRANCH_TTL_MS) {
         branch = { value: readBranch(workDir), fetchedAt: now };
       }
-      if (branch.value === null) return null;
+      const branchInfo = branch.value;
+      if (branchInfo === null) return null;
 
       if (now - status.fetchedAt >= STATUS_TTL_MS) {
         status = { ...readStatus(workDir), fetchedAt: now };
       }
-      refreshPullRequestIfNeeded(branch.value, now);
+      if (branchInfo.detached) {
+        const requestId =
+          pullRequest.pendingBranch === null ? pullRequest.requestId : pullRequest.requestId + 1;
+        pullRequest = {
+          value: null,
+          branch: null,
+          fetchedAt: 0,
+          pendingBranch: null,
+          requestId,
+        };
+      } else {
+        refreshPullRequestIfNeeded(branchInfo.name, now);
+      }
 
       return {
-        branch: branch.value,
+        branch: branchInfo.name,
         dirty: status.dirty,
         ahead: status.ahead,
         behind: status.behind,
         diffAdded: status.diffAdded,
         diffDeleted: status.diffDeleted,
-        pullRequest: pullRequest.branch === branch.value ? pullRequest.value : null,
+        pullRequest: pullRequest.branch === branchInfo.name ? pullRequest.value : null,
       };
     },
   };
@@ -155,7 +173,7 @@ function detectGitRepo(workDir: string): boolean {
   }
 }
 
-function readBranch(workDir: string): string | null {
+function readBranch(workDir: string): BranchInfo | null {
   try {
     const result = spawnSync('git', ['-C', workDir, 'branch', '--show-current'], {
       encoding: 'utf8',
@@ -163,7 +181,23 @@ function readBranch(workDir: string): string | null {
     });
     if (result.status !== 0) return null;
     const name = result.stdout.trim();
-    return name.length > 0 ? name : null;
+    return name.length > 0 ? { name, detached: false } : readDetachedHead(workDir);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function readDetachedHead(workDir: string): BranchInfo | null {
+  try {
+    const result = spawnSync('git', ['-C', workDir, 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'], {
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+      timeout: SPAWN_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    });
+    if (result.status !== 0) return null;
+
+    const commit = result.stdout.trim();
+    if (!/^[0-9a-fA-F]+$/.test(commit)) return null;
+    return { name: `detached@${commit}`, detached: true };
   } catch {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/utils/git/git-status.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/utils/git/git-status.test.ts
index 951816fd2..9024a3498 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/utils/git/git-status.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/utils/git/git-status.test.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,96 @@ describe('git status cache', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('shows detached HEAD as the current commit without looking up a pull request', () => {
+    mocks.spawnSync.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, args: string[]) => {
+      if (args.includes('--is-inside-work-tree')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: 'true\n' };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('branch')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: '' };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('--short')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: '3a22346\n' };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('status')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: '## HEAD (no branch)\n' };
+      }
+      return { status: 1, stdout: '' };
+    });
+
+    const cache = createGitStatusCache('/tmp/repo');
+
+    expect(cache.getStatus()).toEqual({
+      branch: 'detached@3a22346',
+      dirty: false,
+      ahead: 0,
+      behind: 0,
+      diffAdded: 0,
+      diffDeleted: 0,
+      pullRequest: null,
+    });
+    expect(mocks.execFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('ignores stale pull request results after switching to detached HEAD', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-04-24T00:00:00Z'));
+
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    let branchReads = 0;
+    let prCallback:
+      | ((error: Error | null, stdout: string, stderr: string) => void)
+      | undefined;
+
+    mocks.execFile.mockImplementation(
+      (
+        _cmd: string,
+        _args: string[],
+        _options: unknown,
+        callback: (error: Error | null, stdout: string, stderr: string) => void,
+      ) => {
+        prCallback = callback;
+      },
+    );
+    mocks.spawnSync.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, args: string[]) => {
+      if (args.includes('--is-inside-work-tree')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: 'true\n' };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('branch')) {
+        branchReads += 1;
+        return { status: 0, stdout: branchReads === 1 ? 'feature/footer\n' : '' };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('--short')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: '3a22346\n' };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('status')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: '## HEAD (no branch)\n' };
+      }
+      return { status: 1, stdout: '' };
+    });
+
+    const cache = createGitStatusCache('/tmp/repo', { onChange });
+    expect(cache.getStatus()?.branch).toBe('feature/footer');
+    expect(mocks.execFile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-04-24T00:00:06Z'));
+    expect(cache.getStatus()?.branch).toBe('detached@3a22346');
+
+    prCallback?.(null, '{"number":12,"url":"https://github.com/acme/repo/pull/12"}\n', '');
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(cache.getStatus()).toEqual({
+      branch: 'detached@3a22346',
+      dirty: false,
+      ahead: 0,
+      behind: 0,
+      diffAdded: 0,
+      diffDeleted: 0,
+      pullRequest: null,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('keeps footer git status working when gh pull-request lookup throws synchronously', async () => {
     const onChange = vi.fn();
     mocks.execFile.mockImplementation(() => {