diff --git a/gateway/status.py b/gateway/status.py
index 5a410f696f..0e131a3e87 100644
--- a/gateway/status.py
+++ b/gateway/status.py
@@ -842,6 +842,13 @@ def write_runtime_status(
     ))
     if platform is not _UNSET:
         platform_payload = payload["platforms"].get(platform, {})
+        if platform_state == "connected":
+            # Every writer that publishes ``connected`` (startup stamp, adapter ``_mark_connected``,
+            # Telegram's in-place polling recovery) ends the retry episode; only the watcher's
+            # reconnect path used to say so, and a restart after a NEEDS_ATTENTION escalation
+            # carried the flag into a healthy record for weeks.
+            needs_attention = False if needs_attention is _UNSET else needs_attention
+            retrying_since = None if retrying_since is _UNSET else retrying_since
         _apply_set_fields(platform_payload, (
             ("state", platform_state, None), ("error_code", error_code, None),
             ("error_message", error_message, None),
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_status.py b/tests/gateway/test_status.py
index 50dab7ab56..ffbcd71ef1 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_status.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_status.py
@@ -412,6 +412,33 @@ class TestGatewayRuntimeStatus:
         assert payload["platforms"]["discord"]["error_code"] is None
         assert payload["platforms"]["discord"]["error_message"] is None
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("via", ["startup_stamp", "adapter_mark_connected"])
+    def test_connected_clears_needs_attention_from_any_writer(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch, via):
+        """The reconnect-loop escalation (needs_attention + retrying_since) must end on EVERY
+        ``connected`` write, not only the watcher's. A gateway restart after an escalation stamps
+        ``connected`` from the startup path / adapter, which left the flag sticky for weeks on a
+        healthy Telegram record."""
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
+        status.write_runtime_status(
+            platform="telegram", platform_state="retrying", needs_attention=True,
+            retrying_since="2026-08-30T07:53:47+00:00",
+        )
+        if via == "startup_stamp":
+            status.write_runtime_status(
+                platform="telegram", platform_state="connected", error_code=None, error_message=None)
+        else:
+            from gateway.platforms.base import BasePlatformAdapter
+            adapter = object.__new__(type("_Adapter", (BasePlatformAdapter,), {
+                m: (lambda *a, **k: None) for m in ("connect", "disconnect", "get_chat_info", "send")}))
+            adapter._runtime_status_platform_key = "telegram"
+            adapter._fatal_error_code = adapter._fatal_error_message = None
+            adapter._fatal_error_retryable = True
+            adapter._mark_connected()
+        entry = status.read_runtime_status()["platforms"]["telegram"]
+        assert entry["state"] == "connected"
+        assert entry["needs_attention"] is False
+        assert entry["retrying_since"] is None
+
 
 class TestGetProcessStartTime:
     """Start-time fingerprint backing the PID-reuse guard (#43846 / #50468).