diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95b037f..52b8e0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,11 +105,15 @@ Most of this is now handled natively and needs no configuration:
 The tmux status bar needs help, because its colours are set explicitly. They live
 in `tmux-light.conf` and `tmux-dark.conf` — the same layout, with each colour
 taken from the matching tangere palette index — and `tmux` sources one of them
-from three hooks:
+from four hooks:
 
 - `client-light-theme` / `client-dark-theme` react to a change,
 - `client-attached` picks the right one for a client that attaches mid-way, since
-  the two above only fire on a change.
+  the two above only fire on a change,
+- `client-focus-in` re-asks the terminal for its theme (DSR 996). Ghostty's
+  push is lost when Auto switches while the lid is closed, so the bar would
+  otherwise wake up in yesterday's colours. The reply is handled exactly like
+  a pushed change, so the first two hooks do the rest.
 
 Because this keys off the terminal's reported theme rather than a schedule, it
 behaves identically whether the change came from Auto at sunrise/sunset or from
diff --git a/tmux b/tmux
index 45329ff..41e433b 100644
--- a/tmux
+++ b/tmux
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ set-hook -g client-dark-theme 'source-file ~/.tmux-dark.conf'
 # client attaches. Sourcing is idempotent, so the overlap is harmless.
 set-hook -g client-attached 'if -F "#{==:#{client_theme},light}" "source-file ~/.tmux-light.conf" "source-file ~/.tmux-dark.conf"'
 
+# The push from ghostty is lost when the appearance switches while the lid is
+# closed, so the bar wakes up in yesterday's colours. Re-ask the terminal
+# (DSR 996) whenever the window regains focus; ghostty answers with the
+# current theme and tmux treats the reply exactly like a pushed change, so
+# the two hooks above do the rest.
+set-hook -g client-focus-in 'run-shell -b "printf \"\\033[?996n\" > #{client_tty}"'
+
 # Default before any client has attached and reported a theme. This also
 # runs on manual reload (`r` below), so check the invoking client's theme
 # rather than always falling back to dark and clobbering a light session.