diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-01-work-app-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-01-work-app-design.md
index f974324..018d570 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-01-work-app-design.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-01-work-app-design.md
@@ -149,6 +149,17 @@ Settings lists the browsers actually installed. Pairing with a Chromium browser:
    list. Nothing else is read out of the browser.
 4. Inject them into `WKHTTPCookieStore`.
 
+**Verified on the machine.** Pairing against Arc imported 43 cookies across 9 domains,
+and a probe from inside the page then read back `host=example.odoo.com
+names=tz,cids,frontend_lang visible=3` — `tz` existing only in Arc's store, which is what
+proves the import landed rather than merely being handed over. `setCookie` is
+fire-and-forget, so the import's own count could never have shown this.
+
+The sites still presented sign-in pages. That is the documented limitation, not a broken
+import: the cookies are in the store and visible to the page, and the session is being
+refused at the far end. Settings keeps the probe as **Check cookies**, so the same
+question can be answered again without guessing.
+
 Pairing is a button, not a background job. Cookies rotate; a silent task that periodically
 reaches into the Keychain is worse than one the user presses when something logs them out.
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
index f028bd1..af2e212 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
@@ -453,11 +453,9 @@ pub fn notification_status(app: AppHandle) -> String {
         Err(e) => format!("failed: {e}"),
     };
     let app_state = app.state::<AppState>();
-    let diag = app_state.diag.lock().unwrap().clone();
     let last = app_state.last_notification.lock().unwrap().clone();
-    let page = if diag.is_empty() { "not run yet".into() } else { diag };
     let from_page = if last.is_empty() { "none yet".into() } else { last };
-    format!("permission: {state} · direct: {raised} · page: {page} · from page: {from_page}")
+    format!("permission: {state} · direct: {raised} · from page: {from_page}")
 }
 
 /// Asks macOS for notification permission, once, at startup.
@@ -503,6 +501,41 @@ pub fn test_notification(app_id: String, app: AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
     .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
 }
 
+/// Asks the page which cookies it can actually see.
+///
+/// `setCookie` is fire-and-forget, so the import's count is what was handed to
+/// WebKit, not what WebKit kept. This reads the other end. HttpOnly cookies are
+/// invisible to script by design, so the answer is a floor, not a total — but a
+/// zero here means the injection never landed at all.
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn probe_cookies(app_id: String, app: AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let wv = app
+        .get_webview(&webviews::label_for(&app_id))
+        .ok_or_else(|| format!("{app_id} has no webview"))?;
+    wv.eval(
+        r#"(function () {
+             var names = document.cookie
+               ? document.cookie.split(';').map(function (c) { return c.split('=')[0].trim(); })
+               : [];
+             if (window.__workAppSend) {
+               window.__workAppSend('diag', {
+                 host: location.hostname,
+                 visible: String(names.length),
+                 names: names.slice(0, 12).join(',')
+               });
+             }
+           })();"#,
+    )
+    .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+}
+
+/// What the last cookie probe saw.
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn cookie_probe(app: AppHandle) -> String {
+    let diag = app.state::<AppState>().diag.lock().unwrap().clone();
+    if diag.is_empty() { "no answer from the page".into() } else { diag }
+}
+
 // ------------------------------------------------------- browser pairing
 
 #[tauri::command]
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 7993c13..5972779 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ pub fn run() {
             commands::pick_hidden,
             commands::test_notification,
             commands::notification_status,
+            commands::probe_cookies,
+            commands::cookie_probe,
             commands::list_browsers,
             commands::pair_browser,
         ])
diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index 0fcd608..e8407f5 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ export const pairBrowser = (browser: string) =>
 export const testNotification = (appId: string) =>
   invoke<void>("test_notification", { appId });
 export const notificationStatus = () => invoke<string>("notification_status");
+export const probeCookies = (appId: string) => invoke<void>("probe_cookies", { appId });
+export const cookieProbe = () => invoke<string>("cookie_probe");
diff --git a/src/components/Settings.tsx b/src/components/Settings.tsx
index 1af10d0..64fa6f3 100644
--- a/src/components/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Settings.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export default function Settings({
   const [browser, setBrowser] = useState("");
   const [pairing, setPairing] = useState(false);
   const [notifyStatus, setNotifyStatus] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [cookieStatus, setCookieStatus] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [paired, setPaired] = useState<PairResult | null>(null);
 
   const groups = [...config.groups].sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order);
@@ -263,11 +264,29 @@ export default function Settings({
                       ))}
                     </select>
                   </label>
+                  <button
+                    onClick={async () => {
+                      if (!activeId) return;
+                      setCookieStatus("checking…");
+                      await api.probeCookies(activeId);
+                      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 400));
+                      setCookieStatus(await api.cookieProbe());
+                    }}
+                    disabled={!activeId}
+                    title="What the current app can actually see"
+                    className={BTN}
+                  >
+                    Check cookies
+                  </button>
                   <button onClick={pair} disabled={pairing || !browser} className={BTN_PRIMARY}>
                     {pairing ? <Spinner /> : config.settings.lastPairedAt ? "Pair again" : "Pair"}
                   </button>
                 </div>
 
+                {cookieStatus && (
+                  <p className={`${HELP} font-mono`}>{cookieStatus}</p>
+                )}
+
                 {config.settings.lastPairedAt && !paired && (
                   <p className={HELP}>Last paired {config.settings.lastPairedAt}.</p>
                 )}