diff --git a/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/OpenClawWatchApp.swift b/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/OpenClawWatchApp.swift
index 5708ec554b37..5bbd6de8179b 100644
--- a/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/OpenClawWatchApp.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/OpenClawWatchApp.swift
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ struct OpenClawWatchApp: App {
         let trimmed = text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
         guard !trimmed.isEmpty else { return nil }
         guard self.inboxStore.hasGatewayTaggedAppSnapshot else {
-            self.inboxStore.markAppCommandBlocked(.sendChat, reason: "refreshing iPhone state")
+            self.inboxStore.markAppCommandBlocked(
+                .sendChat,
+                reason: String(localized: "Refreshing iPhone state"))
             self.refreshAppSnapshot()
             return nil
         }
diff --git a/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxMessages.swift b/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxMessages.swift
index 38e1eee3afef..cdb33f61420e 100644
--- a/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxMessages.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxMessages.swift
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ struct WatchAppCommandStatus: Codable, Equatable {
         case .failed:
             String(format: localize(.failedFormat), label, self.detail ?? localize(.unavailable))
         case .blocked:
-            localize(.refreshingFromIPhone)
+            self.detail ?? localize(.refreshingFromIPhone)
         }
     }
 
@@ -584,23 +584,27 @@ struct WatchAppSnapshotMessage: Codable, Equatable {
         self.chatItems = try container.decodeIfPresent([WatchChatItem].self, forKey: .chatItems)
         self.sentAtMs = try container.decodeIfPresent(Int64.self, forKey: .sentAtMs)
         self.snapshotId = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .snapshotId)
+        let gatewayStatusText = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .gatewayStatusText)
+        let talkStatusText = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .talkStatusText)
+        let chatStatusCode = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .chatStatusCode)
+        let chatStatusText = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .chatStatusText)
         self.gatewayStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
             forKey: .gatewayStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyGatewayStatus(
-            text: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .gatewayStatusText),
+            text: gatewayStatusText,
             connected: self.gatewayConnected)
         self.talkStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
             forKey: .talkStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyTalkStatus(
-            text: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .talkStatusText),
+            text: talkStatusText,
             enabled: self.talkEnabled,
             listening: self.talkListening,
             speaking: self.talkSpeaking)
         self.chatStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
             forKey: .chatStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyChatStatus(
-            code: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .chatStatusCode),
-            text: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .chatStatusText))
+            code: chatStatusCode,
+            text: chatStatusText)
     }
 
     func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
diff --git a/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxStore.swift b/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxStore.swift
index 8b925008628c..04e4ce4da1da 100644
--- a/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxStore.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxStore.swift
@@ -709,8 +709,11 @@ import WatchKit
         self.persistState()
     }
 
-    func markAppCommandBlocked(_ command: WatchAppCommand, reason _: String) {
-        self.appCommandStatus = WatchAppCommandStatus(command: command, code: .blocked)
+    func markAppCommandBlocked(_ command: WatchAppCommand, reason: String) {
+        self.appCommandStatus = WatchAppCommandStatus(
+            command: command,
+            code: .blocked,
+            detail: reason)
         self.persistState()
     }
 
@@ -736,8 +739,11 @@ import WatchKit
 extension WatchInboxStore {
     func consume(execApprovalResolved message: WatchExecApprovalResolvedMessage) {
         guard self.routeGatewayPayload(.execApprovalResolved(message: message)) else { return }
-        let outcome = if let outcomeText = message.outcomeText, !outcomeText.isEmpty {
-            WatchExecApprovalOutcome(code: .verbatim, verbatim: outcomeText)
+        let normalizedOutcomeText = message.outcomeText?
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+            .prefix(160)
+        let outcome = if let normalizedOutcomeText, !normalizedOutcomeText.isEmpty {
+            WatchExecApprovalOutcome(code: .verbatim, verbatim: String(normalizedOutcomeText))
         } else if message.source == "another-reviewer" {
             WatchExecApprovalOutcome(code: .resolvedElsewhere)
         } else {