diff --git a/.claude/skills/web-test/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/web-test/SKILL.md
index d2e6bf7e..22ae1c22 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/web-test/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/web-test/SKILL.md
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ node $RUN run <url> script.js   # exits when done, no session
 ### Interactive mode (step-by-step development)
 
 ```bash
-# 1. Start session (run_in_background=true, prints JSON when ready)
-node $RUN start <url>
+# 1. Start session in the background — `start` stays running as the server, so don't wait on
+#    its stdout. Poll `status` instead: it exits 0 only once the session is loaded and live.
+node $RUN start <url>            # run_in_background=true
+until node $RUN status >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 2; done   # exit 0 = ready
 
 # 2. Execute scripts against running session
 cat <<'SCRIPT' | node $RUN exec -
diff --git a/.claude/skills/web-test/scripts/cli/commands/status.mjs b/.claude/skills/web-test/scripts/cli/commands/status.mjs
index f183629f..67656c58 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/web-test/scripts/cli/commands/status.mjs
+++ b/.claude/skills/web-test/scripts/cli/commands/status.mjs
@@ -1,14 +1,32 @@
-// web-test cli/commands/status v1.0 — check session
+// web-test cli/commands/status v1.1 — check session (active liveness probe)
 // Source: https://github.com/Nikolay-Shirokov/cc-1c-skills
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { out } from '../util.mjs';
-import { SESSION_FILE } from '../session.mjs';
+import { SESSION_FILE, cleanup } from '../session.mjs';
 
-export function cmdStatus() {
+export async function cmdStatus() {
   if (!existsSync(SESSION_FILE)) {
-    out({ ok: false, message: 'No active session' });
+    out({ ok: false, ready: false, message: 'No active session' });
     process.exit(1);
   }
   const sess = JSON.parse(readFileSync(SESSION_FILE, 'utf-8'));
-  out({ ok: true, ...sess });
+  // The session file is written only after connect() finished, but the server process may have
+  // died since (crash/reboot) and left the file behind. Don't trust the file — probe the
+  // in-process /status endpoint for real liveness.
+  try {
+    const resp = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${sess.port}/status`, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(2000) });
+    const body = await resp.json();
+    if (body.connected) {
+      out({ ok: true, ready: true, ...sess });
+    } else {
+      out({ ok: false, ready: false, reason: 'browser-disconnected', ...sess });
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Server unreachable → the file is stale (process gone). Self-heal by removing it so the
+    // next status/start reads clean.
+    cleanup();
+    out({ ok: false, ready: false, reason: 'server-unreachable', ...sess });
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/.claude/skills/web-test/scripts/run.mjs b/.claude/skills/web-test/scripts/run.mjs
index da1fef62..2600cc73 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/web-test/scripts/run.mjs
+++ b/.claude/skills/web-test/scripts/run.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-// web-test run v1.18 — CLI entry-point (распилено по cli/)
+// web-test run v1.19 — CLI entry-point (распилено по cli/)
 // Source: https://github.com/Nikolay-Shirokov/cc-1c-skills
 /**
  * CLI runner for 1C web client automation.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ switch (cmd) {
   case 'exec':   await cmdExec(args[0], flags); break;
   case 'shot':   await cmdShot(args[0]); break;
   case 'stop':   await cmdStop(); break;
-  case 'status': cmdStatus(); break;
+  case 'status': await cmdStatus(); break;
   case 'test':   await cmdTest(rawArgs); break;
   default:       usage();
 }