diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e4b4083..d66d0e48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ the frozen-backend fallback mirror it for their toolchains.
 - The OmniVoice guide now covers combining style attributes with a reference clip (consistent instruct stabilizes cloning; the reference wins conflicts), inline pronunciation control (pinyin / CMU phonemes), and corrects the claim that the default engine can't do voice design — it can, from attributes (#1565)
 
 ### Fixed
+- The macOS Accessibility blocker now rechecks while visible and closes as soon as the grant is enabled instead of keeping a stale permission prompt on screen (#1609)
 - The dubbing editor's video and transcript columns can now be resized by pointer or keyboard, and the chosen split persists across launches (#1571) — thanks @invio-a11y!
 - CPU-only synthesis now gets a bounded ten-minute execution budget, and a render that exhausts it is reported as a compute timeout instead of misleading "generation capacity is busy" queue pressure (#1588) — thanks @ChienNguyen1111!
 - Rapid Launchpad ↔ Dub navigation now replaces the workspace DOM owner cleanly, so late media/waveform cleanup cannot trigger React's `insertBefore` crash (#1590) — thanks @nicolas-jacques!
diff --git a/docs/install/troubleshooting.md b/docs/install/troubleshooting.md
index 95ee48ac..328855af 100644
--- a/docs/install/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/install/troubleshooting.md
@@ -768,7 +768,8 @@ unaffected and works normally.
 > **Tip:** current builds surface the live OS grant state in-app — **Settings →
 > Permissions** shows whether the microphone (and, on macOS, Accessibility) is
 > granted, denied, or not asked yet, with an **Open Settings** button that
-> deep-links the exact OS pane described above.
+> deep-links the exact OS pane described above. The dictation blocker rechecks
+> Accessibility while it is visible and closes as soon as macOS reports the grant.
 
 ## Dub: "translation engine needs the optional … package"
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CaptureWidget.jsx b/frontend/src/components/CaptureWidget.jsx
index fb64af24..c802873d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CaptureWidget.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CaptureWidget.jsx
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ const IDLE_VISIBLE_GRACE_MS = 1200;
 // document reports itself hidden (the overwhelmingly common case).
 const IDLE_VISIBLE_POLL_MS = 600;
 
+// The widget window deliberately does not take focus, so it cannot rely on
+// the main window's focus-based permission refresh after System Settings.
+// Reconcile only while the Accessibility blocker is visible.
+const A11Y_SETUP_RECHECK_MS = 1000;
+
 // A dictation model id is a sherpa-onnx live model when it carries the
 // `sherpa-` prefix the backend assigns (see services/sherpa_dictation.py). Only
 // then do we open the low-latency raw-PCM streaming path. Other models use a
@@ -492,6 +497,34 @@ export default function CaptureWidget({ onDismiss }) {
     };
   }, []);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (state !== 'setup' || !inTauri()) return undefined;
+    let cancelled = false;
+    let timerId;
+
+    const reconcileAccessibility = async () => {
+      const ok = await checkAccessibility();
+      if (cancelled || stateRef.current !== 'setup') return;
+      if (ok) {
+        stateRef.current = 'idle';
+        setState('idle');
+        await hideWidgetWindow();
+        return;
+      }
+      timerId = setTimeout(() => {
+        void reconcileAccessibility();
+      }, A11Y_SETUP_RECHECK_MS);
+    };
+
+    timerId = setTimeout(() => {
+      void reconcileAccessibility();
+    }, A11Y_SETUP_RECHECK_MS);
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+      clearTimeout(timerId);
+    };
+  }, [state]);
+
   // ── Tray hotkey: tray-dictate (start) + tray-dictate-stop (release) ──
   // Toggle mode: tray-dictate flips start↔stop, tray-dictate-stop is ignored
   //   (Tauri only emits tray-dictate-stop on key *release* in hold registration;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CaptureWidget.test.jsx b/frontend/src/components/CaptureWidget.test.jsx
index 766021d3..33004c39 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CaptureWidget.test.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CaptureWidget.test.jsx
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
     calls: [],
     // Captured micCapture frame callback (the worklet feed).
     onFrame: null,
+    // Stable spy for getCurrentWindow().hide — a fresh vi.fn() per call would
+    // make the native hide unassertable.
+    hideWindow: vi.fn(async () => {}),
   };
   return {
     state,
@@ -57,9 +60,12 @@ vi.mock('../pages/Transcriptions', () => ({ addTranscription: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('../utils/copyText', () => ({ copyText: vi.fn(async () => {}) }));
 vi.mock('react-hot-toast', () => ({ toast: { error: vi.fn() } }));
 vi.mock('@tauri-apps/api/core', () => ({ invoke: mocks.invoke }));
-vi.mock('@tauri-apps/api/event', () => ({ listen: vi.fn(async () => () => {}) }));
+vi.mock('@tauri-apps/api/event', () => ({
+  emit: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+  listen: vi.fn(async () => () => {}),
+}));
 vi.mock('@tauri-apps/api/window', () => ({
-  getCurrentWindow: () => ({ hide: vi.fn(async () => {}) }),
+  getCurrentWindow: () => ({ hide: mocks.holder.hideWindow }),
 }));
 vi.mock('../utils/aec/micCapture', () => ({
   startMicCapture: async (stream, onFrame) => {
@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@ describe('CaptureWidget', () => {
     mocks.holder.paste = async () => undefined;
     mocks.holder.calls = [];
     mocks.holder.onFrame = null;
+    mocks.holder.hideWindow.mockClear();
     mocks.authenticatedWsUrl.mockClear();
     mocks.authenticatedWsUrl.mockImplementation(
       async (path) => `ws://test${path}${path.includes('?') ? '&' : '?'}ws_ticket=one-use`,
@@ -318,6 +325,31 @@ describe('CaptureWidget', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText(/Listening/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('clears the Accessibility setup pill after the native grant changes', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    try {
+      mocks.holder.a11y = false;
+      render(withI18n(<CaptureWidget />));
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        await Promise.resolve();
+      });
+      expect(screen.getByText(/Allow Accessibility/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      mocks.holder.a11y = true;
+      await act(async () => {
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1100);
+      });
+
+      expect(screen.queryByText(/Allow Accessibility/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      // The unfocusable widget must also leave the screen — asserting only the
+      // pill text would still pass if hideWidgetWindow() were dropped.
+      expect(mocks.holder.hideWindow).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('waveform bars move from the worklet mic frames', async () => {
     const { container } = render(withI18n(<CaptureWidget />));
     await startSession();