diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3145230..f87fb586 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.0.10] - 2026-10-03
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Wait for the Wails UI thread to make a tray-hidden window visible during single-instance handoff, preventing a desktop shortcut launch from showing an error while the existing FreeOS window is still being restored.
+
 ## [0.0.9] - 2026-10-02
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/desktop/src/instance_windows.go b/desktop/src/instance_windows.go
index 908574b4..b9e97ef2 100644
--- a/desktop/src/instance_windows.go
+++ b/desktop/src/instance_windows.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
@@ -56,8 +57,20 @@ func activateExistingInstance() bool {
 	} else {
 		_, _, _ = procShowWindow.Call(hwnd, swShow)
 	}
-	visible, _, _ := procIsVisible.Call(hwnd)
-	if visible == 0 {
+	visible := false
+	for range 20 {
+		current, _, _ := procIsVisible.Call(hwnd)
+		if current != 0 {
+			visible = true
+			break
+		}
+		// Wails applies Hide/Show on its UI thread. Reissue the request while
+		// waiting so a delayed hide event cannot win the single-instance handoff.
+		_, _, _ = procShowWindow.Call(hwnd, swRestore)
+		_, _, _ = procShowWindow.Call(hwnd, swShow)
+		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	if !visible {
 		log.Printf("FreeOS window could not be restored")
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 06bc2cbd..63fae65b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "octop"
-version = "0.0.9"
+version = "0.0.10"
 description = "FreeOS — self-hosted multi-user multi-agent assistant with an optional organization OS module (Octop-compatible package name)"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
diff --git a/src/octop/__init__.py b/src/octop/__init__.py
index a9f39bcc..307eb09e 100644
--- a/src/octop/__init__.py
+++ b/src/octop/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "0.0.9"
+__version__ = "0.0.10"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 6d59143c..75ee7d32 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "octop"
-version = "0.0.9"
+version = "0.0.10"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "acme" },