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diff --git a/app/tests/test_tui.py b/app/tests/test_tui.py
index 4c8b431..72465c1 100644
--- a/app/tests/test_tui.py
+++ b/app/tests/test_tui.py
@@ -1355,6 +1355,58 @@ class FlashTests(TuiTestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(frame.status)
 
 
+class FrameStatusTests(TuiTestCase):
+    """Frame status: a multi-line status stacks above the footer row.
+
+    An embedded "\\n" must never spill onto the footer's row (the
+    controls line) — the dialog grows and the block is drawn one line
+    per row, ending just above the footer.
+    """
+
+    MESSAGE = "first line\nsecond line\n"  # trailing blank separator line
+
+    def _draw(self):
+        frame = tui.Frame(self.screen, "Generate Speech",
+                          "Up/Down = move  Enter = edit")
+        frame.mark("Model: qwen-tts", selectable=True)
+        frame.buttons = (["Generate!", "Cancel"], 0)
+        frame.status = (self.MESSAGE, "err")
+        frame.draw()
+
+    def _y_of(self, text, exact=True):
+        matches = self.screen.strings if exact else \
+            [(y, x, t, a) for y, x, t, a in self.screen.strings
+             if t.strip() == text]
+        return next(y for y, _, t, _ in matches
+                    if (t == text if exact else True))
+
+    def test_status_lines_stack_above_the_footer_row(self):
+        self._draw()
+        first_y = self._y_of("first line", exact=False)
+        second_y = self._y_of("second line", exact=False)
+        footer_y = self._y_of("Up/Down = move  Enter = edit")
+        self.assertEqual(second_y, first_y + 1)
+        # The trailing "\n" separates the error from the controls: the
+        # footer sits one blank row below the last status line.
+        self.assertEqual(footer_y, second_y + 2)
+        self.assert_inside_border(self.screen)
+
+    def test_buttons_clear_the_status_block(self):
+        self._draw()
+        buttons_y = self._y_of("[ Generate! ]")
+        first_y = self._y_of("first line", exact=False)
+        self.assertLess(buttons_y, first_y)
+        self.assert_inside_border(self.screen)
+
+    def test_single_line_status_sits_directly_above_the_footer(self):
+        frame = tui.Frame(self.screen, "Title", "footer")
+        frame.status = ("only line", "err")
+        frame.draw()
+        status_y = self._y_of("only line", exact=False)
+        footer_y = self._y_of("footer")
+        self.assertEqual(footer_y, status_y + 1)
+
+
 class TextViewerTests(TuiTestCase):
     """tui.text_viewer: a scrollable read-only dialog; Esc/q/Enter closes."""