diff --git a/src/commands/gateway-status.test.ts b/src/commands/gateway-status.test.ts
index 46212816410..068d36a4bda 100644
--- a/src/commands/gateway-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/gateway-status.test.ts
@@ -567,6 +567,26 @@ describe("gateway-status command", () => {
     expect(targets.some((t) => t.kind === "sshTunnel")).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("passes the full caller timeout through to local loopback probes", async () => {
+    const { runtime } = createRuntimeCapture();
+    probeGateway.mockClear();
+    readBestEffortConfig.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      gateway: {
+        mode: "local",
+        auth: { mode: "token", token: "ltok" },
+      },
+    } as never);
+
+    await runGatewayStatus(runtime, { timeout: "15000", json: true });
+
+    expect(probeGateway).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        url: "ws://127.0.0.1:18789",
+        timeoutMs: 15_000,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("skips invalid ssh-auto discovery targets", async () => {
     const { runtime } = createRuntimeCapture();
     await withEnvAsync({ USER: "steipete" }, async () => {
diff --git a/src/commands/gateway-status/helpers.test.ts b/src/commands/gateway-status/helpers.test.ts
index e0c1ecee763..1d43b4c4f4b 100644
--- a/src/commands/gateway-status/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/gateway-status/helpers.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   isScopeLimitedProbeFailure,
   renderProbeSummaryLine,
   resolveAuthForTarget,
+  resolveProbeBudgetMs,
 } from "./helpers.js";
 
 describe("extractConfigSummary", () => {
@@ -273,3 +274,15 @@ describe("probe reachability classification", () => {
     expect(renderProbeSummaryLine(probe, false)).toContain("RPC: failed");
   });
 });
+
+describe("resolveProbeBudgetMs", () => {
+  it("lets local loopback probes use the full caller budget", () => {
+    expect(resolveProbeBudgetMs(15_000, "localLoopback")).toBe(15_000);
+    expect(resolveProbeBudgetMs(3_000, "localLoopback")).toBe(3_000);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps non-local probe caps unchanged", () => {
+    expect(resolveProbeBudgetMs(15_000, "configRemote")).toBe(1_500);
+    expect(resolveProbeBudgetMs(15_000, "sshTunnel")).toBe(2_000);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/commands/gateway-status/helpers.ts b/src/commands/gateway-status/helpers.ts
index 5f1a5e2f5ee..2a2be5eaa82 100644
--- a/src/commands/gateway-status/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/commands/gateway-status/helpers.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ export function resolveTargets(cfg: OpenClawConfig, explicitUrl?: string): Gatew
 
 export function resolveProbeBudgetMs(overallMs: number, kind: TargetKind): number {
   if (kind === "localLoopback") {
-    return Math.min(800, overallMs);
+    // Let the local probe use the caller's full budget. Slow local shells/containers can
+    // exceed the old fixed cap and produce false "unreachable" results.
+    return overallMs;
   }
   if (kind === "sshTunnel") {
     return Math.min(2000, overallMs);