diff --git a/.changeset/fix-footer-pr-lookup-crash.md b/.changeset/fix-footer-pr-lookup-crash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7336c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-footer-pr-lookup-crash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Prevent the TUI from crashing when pull request lookup fails during startup.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/utils/git/git-status.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/utils/git/git-status.ts
index d78358b..c77256f 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/utils/git/git-status.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/utils/git/git-status.ts
@@ -244,28 +244,32 @@ function parseDiffNumstatCount(value: string | undefined): number {
 
 function readPullRequest(workDir: string): Promise<PullRequestInfo | null> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    execFile(
-      'gh',
-      ['pr', 'view', '--json', 'number,url'],
-      {
-        cwd: workDir,
-        encoding: 'utf8',
-        env: {
-          ...process.env,
-          GH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER: '1',
-          GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: '1',
+    try {
+      execFile(
+        'gh',
+        ['pr', 'view', '--json', 'number,url'],
+        {
+          cwd: workDir,
+          encoding: 'utf8',
+          env: {
+            ...process.env,
+            GH_NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER: '1',
+            GH_PROMPT_DISABLED: '1',
+          },
+          timeout: PR_SPAWN_TIMEOUT_MS,
+          maxBuffer: 256 * 1024,
         },
-        timeout: PR_SPAWN_TIMEOUT_MS,
-        maxBuffer: 256 * 1024,
-      },
-      (error, stdout) => {
-        if (error !== null) {
-          resolve(null);
-          return;
-        }
-        resolve(parsePullRequest(stdout));
-      },
-    );
+        (error, stdout) => {
+          if (error !== null) {
+            resolve(null);
+            return;
+          }
+          resolve(parsePullRequest(stdout));
+        },
+      );
+    } catch {
+      resolve(null);
+    }
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/utils/git/git-status.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/utils/git/git-status.test.ts
index fed27dd..951816f 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/utils/git/git-status.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/utils/git/git-status.test.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,57 @@ describe('git status cache', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('keeps footer git status working when gh pull-request lookup throws synchronously', async () => {
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    mocks.execFile.mockImplementation(() => {
+      const error = Object.assign(new Error('spawn ENOTDIR'), { code: 'ENOTDIR' });
+      throw error;
+    });
+    mocks.spawnSync.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, args: string[]) => {
+      if (args.includes('rev-parse')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: 'true\n' };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('branch')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: 'main\n' };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('status')) {
+        return {
+          status: 0,
+          stdout: '## main...origin/main\n M src/app.ts\n',
+        };
+      }
+      if (args.includes('diff')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: '2\t1\tsrc/app.ts\n' };
+      }
+      return { status: 1, stdout: '' };
+    });
+
+    const cache = createGitStatusCache('/tmp/repo', { onChange });
+
+    expect(cache.getStatus()).toEqual({
+      branch: 'main',
+      dirty: true,
+      ahead: 0,
+      behind: 0,
+      diffAdded: 2,
+      diffDeleted: 1,
+      pullRequest: null,
+    });
+
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(cache.getStatus()).toEqual({
+      branch: 'main',
+      dirty: true,
+      ahead: 0,
+      behind: 0,
+      diffAdded: 2,
+      diffDeleted: 1,
+      pullRequest: null,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('returns null when the working directory is not a git repo and formats badges', () => {
     mocks.spawnSync.mockReturnValue({ status: 1, stdout: '' });
     expect(createGitStatusCache('/tmp/not-a-repo').getStatus()).toBeNull();