diff --git a/skill/scripts/live-browser.js b/skill/scripts/live-browser.js
index 96e00abe6..d4d3329c0 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/skill/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -6182,7 +6182,6 @@
     clearSession();
     clearHandled();
     resetSessionFileMeta();
-    releaseHiddenLiveBar(currentSessionId);
     currentSessionId = null;
     parameterGenerationState = 'idle';
     parameterReadyAnnouncedSession = null;
@@ -7216,26 +7215,33 @@
   // actOnAgentTarget around its handleGo call, read once by handleGo.
   let agentTargetForGo = null;
 
-  // The session whose agent target asked for the helper's bottom bar to
-  // stay out of the way (`live-generate --no-live-bar`): the variant
-  // controls still show, the global bar does not, until that session ends.
-  let agentTargetHideBarSession = null;
+  // An agent target that asked for the helper's bottom bar to stay out of
+  // the way (`live-generate --no-live-bar`) hides it for the life of this
+  // helper instance in this tab: through the reloads a session causes, the
+  // accept, and the bake that follows, until the helper stops and takes
+  // the whole overlay with it. The variant controls still show. Keyed on the
+  // helper token so the next `impeccable live` starts with the bar again.
+  function liveBarHiddenKey() {
+    return 'impeccable-live:hide-bar:' + TOKEN;
+  }
+
+  function rememberLiveBarHidden() {
+    try { sessionStorage.setItem(liveBarHiddenKey(), '1'); } catch { /* storage may be unavailable */ }
+  }
+
+  function forgetLiveBarHidden() {
+    try { sessionStorage.removeItem(liveBarHiddenKey()); } catch { /* storage may be unavailable */ }
+  }
+
+  function liveBarHiddenForThisHelper() {
+    try { return sessionStorage.getItem(liveBarHiddenKey()) === '1'; } catch { return false; }
+  }
 
   function setLiveBarHidden(hidden) {
     if (!globalBarEl) return;
     globalBarEl.style.display = hidden ? 'none' : '';
   }
 
-  // The bar comes back the moment the session that hid it is over, whichever
-  // path ends it (cleanup, an accept's completion, a handled or foreign
-  // session reset): every site that clears currentSessionId releases it.
-  function releaseHiddenLiveBar(sessionId) {
-    if (!agentTargetHideBarSession) return;
-    if (sessionId && sessionId !== agentTargetHideBarSession) return;
-    agentTargetHideBarSession = null;
-    setLiveBarHidden(false);
-  }
-
   function claimAgentTarget(targetId, report) {
     return fetch('http://localhost:' + PORT + '/agent-target-claim?token=' + TOKEN, {
       method: 'POST',
@@ -7481,9 +7487,8 @@
         agentTargetForGo = null;
         if (state === 'GENERATING' && currentSessionId) {
           if (msg.hideLiveBar === true) {
-            agentTargetHideBarSession = currentSessionId;
+            rememberLiveBarHidden();
             setLiveBarHidden(true);
-            saveSession();
           }
           reply({
             ok: true,
@@ -9356,7 +9361,6 @@ void main() {
     selectedElement = null;
     hoveredElement = null;
     pagePickSkipClick = false;
-    releaseHiddenLiveBar(currentSessionId);
     currentSessionId = null;
     parameterGenerationState = 'idle';
     parameterReadyAnnouncedSession = null;
@@ -9451,10 +9455,6 @@ void main() {
     }
     if (saved.parameterState) parameterGenerationState = saved.parameterState;
     if (saved.generationPhase) generationPhase = saved.generationPhase;
-    if (saved.hideLiveBar === true && saved.id) {
-      agentTargetHideBarSession = saved.id;
-      setLiveBarHidden(true);
-    }
   }
 
   function normalizePagePath(value) {
@@ -9659,7 +9659,6 @@ void main() {
       pageUrl: location.pathname,
       paramValues: { ...paramsCurrentValues },
       parameterState: parameterGenerationState,
-      hideLiveBar: agentTargetHideBarSession === currentSessionId ? true : undefined,
       insertPlaceholder: insertPlaceholderSnapshot || undefined,
       pickedAnchor: pickedAnchorSnapshot || undefined,
       pickedAnchorViewportTop: Number.isFinite(pickedAnchorViewportTop) ? pickedAnchorViewportTop : undefined,
@@ -9707,7 +9706,6 @@ void main() {
     const instantChrome = options?.instantChrome === true;
     const cleanupSessionId = currentSessionId;
     const cleanupRevision = liveInteractionRevision;
-    releaseHiddenLiveBar(cleanupSessionId);
     clearMountErrorCard();
     lastReportedMountFailure = null;
     if (svelteComponentSession?.sessionId === cleanupSessionId) {
@@ -9784,7 +9782,6 @@ void main() {
     selectedElement = null;
     hoveredElement = null;
     pagePickSkipClick = false;
-    releaseHiddenLiveBar(currentSessionId);
     currentSessionId = null;
     parameterGenerationState = 'idle';
     parameterReadyAnnouncedSession = null;
@@ -11986,8 +11983,9 @@ void main() {
     // Listen for detection results AND ready signal
     window.addEventListener('message', onDetectMessage);
     updateGlobalBarState();
-    // A session resumed before the bar existed may have asked for it to stay hidden.
-    if (agentTargetHideBarSession && agentTargetHideBarSession === currentSessionId) setLiveBarHidden(true);
+    // A generate lane asked this helper to keep the bar out of the way; every
+    // reload the session causes rebuilds the bar, so re-apply it here.
+    if (liveBarHiddenForThisHelper()) setLiveBarHidden(true);
   }
 
   function updateGlobalBarState() {
@@ -12190,7 +12188,7 @@ void main() {
     // not refuse every target the next connection hears.
     busyDeclinedTargets.clear();
     agentTargetsSeen.clear();
-    agentTargetHideBarSession = null;
+    forgetLiveBarHidden();
     stopAgentStatusPoll();
     hideAgentPollTooltip();
     if (agentPollTooltipEl) {
diff --git a/tests/live-browser-source.test.mjs b/tests/live-browser-source.test.mjs
index 6f0d6a24b..190ad51f4 100644
--- a/tests/live-browser-source.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/live-browser-source.test.mjs
@@ -905,20 +905,22 @@ describe('live-browser source contracts', () => {
     );
     assert.match(
       SOURCE,
-      /if \(msg\.hideLiveBar === true\) \{\s*agentTargetHideBarSession = currentSessionId;\s*setLiveBarHidden\(true\);\s*saveSession\(\);/,
-      'an agent target that asks for it hides the global bar for the session it starts, and remembers that in the session cache',
-    );
-    assert.match(SOURCE, /releaseHiddenLiveBar\(cleanupSessionId\);/, 'cleanup releases the hidden bar for the session it ends');
-    assert.equal(
-      (SOURCE.match(/releaseHiddenLiveBar\(currentSessionId\);\n\s*currentSessionId = null;/g) || []).length,
-      3,
-      'every site that clears the session id releases the bar first, so an accept completion brings it back too',
+      /if \(msg\.hideLiveBar === true\) \{\s*rememberLiveBarHidden\(\);\s*setLiveBarHidden\(true\);/,
+      'an agent target that asks for it hides the global bar and remembers that for this helper instance',
     );
     assert.match(
       SOURCE,
-      /if \(saved\.hideLiveBar === true && saved\.id\) \{\s*agentTargetHideBarSession = saved\.id;\s*setLiveBarHidden\(true\);/,
-      'a reload keeps the bar hidden for a session that asked for it',
+      /function liveBarHiddenKey\(\) \{\s*return 'impeccable-live:hide-bar:' \+ TOKEN;/,
+      'the choice is keyed on the helper token, so the next live boot shows the bar again',
     );
+    assert.match(
+      SOURCE,
+      /updateGlobalBarState\(\);\s*\/\/[^\n]*\n\s*\/\/[^\n]*\n\s*if \(liveBarHiddenForThisHelper\(\)\) setLiveBarHidden\(true\);/,
+      'every reload rebuilds the bar and re-applies the hide',
+    );
+    assert.ok(!/releaseHiddenLiveBar/.test(SOURCE), 'no session end brings the bar back: the accept and the bake that follows stay bar-free');
+    const teardownBody = SOURCE.match(/function teardown\(\) \{[\s\S]*?\n  \}/)?.[0] || '';
+    assert.match(teardownBody, /forgetLiveBarHidden\(\);/, 'only the helper stopping forgets the choice');
     assert.match(
       SOURCE,
       /if \(claim\.granted\) \{ noteAgentTarget\(msg\.targetId, 'acting'\); actOnAgentTarget\(msg\); return; \}/,