diff --git a/dev/cli/src/commands/status.ts b/dev/cli/src/commands/status.ts
index ec681e2a4e..3fcbad8d02 100644
--- a/dev/cli/src/commands/status.ts
+++ b/dev/cli/src/commands/status.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,45 @@ export async function status(root: string) {
   );
 
   const portServices = services.filter(s => s.port && s.type !== 'infra');
+
+  // Group services by port to detect shared-port conflicts
+  const portGroups = new Map<number, typeof portServices>();
   for (const svc of portServices) {
-    const listening = await isPortListening(svc.port!);
-    console.log(
-      `  ${listening ? ui.green('●') : ui.dim('○')} ${svc.name.padEnd(12)} ${listening ? `port ${svc.port}` : ui.dim('not running')}`
-    );
+    const group = portGroups.get(svc.port!) ?? [];
+    group.push(svc);
+    portGroups.set(svc.port!, group);
+  }
+
+  // Check each unique port once
+  const portStatus = new Map<number, boolean>();
+  for (const port of portGroups.keys()) {
+    portStatus.set(port, await isPortListening(port));
+  }
+
+  for (const [port, group] of portGroups) {
+    const listening = portStatus.get(port)!;
+
+    if (group.length === 1) {
+      // Unique port — show definitive status
+      const svc = group[0];
+      console.log(
+        `  ${listening ? ui.green('●') : ui.dim('○')} ${svc.name.padEnd(12)} ${listening ? `port ${port}` : ui.dim('not running')}`
+      );
+    } else {
+      // Shared port — cannot determine which service is actually running
+      const names = group.map(s => s.name);
+      if (listening) {
+        console.log(
+          `  ${ui.yellow('●')} ${names.join(', ').padEnd(12)} port ${port} ${ui.yellow('(shared — cannot distinguish)')}`
+        );
+      } else {
+        for (const svc of group) {
+          console.log(
+            `  ${ui.dim('○')} ${svc.name.padEnd(12)} ${ui.dim('not running')}`
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   console.log();
diff --git a/dev/cli/test/status.test.ts b/dev/cli/test/status.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e2d7a7edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/cli/test/status.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { services } from '../src/services/registry';
+
+describe('status: shared-port detection', () => {
+  test('identifies services that share a port', () => {
+    const portServices = services.filter(s => s.port && s.type !== 'infra');
+    const portGroups = new Map<number, string[]>();
+    for (const svc of portServices) {
+      const group = portGroups.get(svc.port!) ?? [];
+      group.push(svc.name);
+      portGroups.set(svc.port!, group);
+    }
+    const sharedPorts = [...portGroups.entries()].filter(([, names]) => names.length > 1);
+
+    // Verify the known shared ports are detected
+    expect(sharedPorts.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+
+    const port8792 = portGroups.get(8792);
+    expect(port8792).toBeDefined();
+    expect(port8792).toContain('auto-fix');
+    expect(port8792).toContain('db-proxy');
+
+    const port8795 = portGroups.get(8795);
+    expect(port8795).toBeDefined();
+    expect(port8795).toContain('kiloclaw');
+    expect(port8795).toContain('git-token');
+  });
+
+  test('unique-port services are not grouped', () => {
+    const portServices = services.filter(s => s.port && s.type !== 'infra');
+    const portGroups = new Map<number, string[]>();
+    for (const svc of portServices) {
+      const group = portGroups.get(svc.port!) ?? [];
+      group.push(svc.name);
+      portGroups.set(svc.port!, group);
+    }
+
+    // Port 3000 belongs only to nextjs
+    const port3000 = portGroups.get(3000);
+    expect(port3000).toEqual(['nextjs']);
+  });
+
+  test('all non-infra port services are accounted for in port groups', () => {
+    const portServices = services.filter(s => s.port && s.type !== 'infra');
+    const portGroups = new Map<number, string[]>();
+    for (const svc of portServices) {
+      const group = portGroups.get(svc.port!) ?? [];
+      group.push(svc.name);
+      portGroups.set(svc.port!, group);
+    }
+
+    // Every port-having service should be in exactly one group
+    const allGroupedNames = [...portGroups.values()].flat();
+    const serviceNames = portServices.map(s => s.name);
+    expect(allGroupedNames.sort()).toEqual(serviceNames.sort());
+  });
+});