diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a525084be..3b1628c86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 - Auto-reply: align `/think` default display with model reasoning defaults. (#751) — thanks @gabriel-trigo.
 - Auto-reply: flush block reply buffers on tool boundaries. (#750) — thanks @sebslight.
 - Auto-reply: allow sender fallback for command authorization when `SenderId` is empty (WhatsApp self-chat). (#755) — thanks @juanpablodlc.
-- Auto-reply: treat whitespace-only sender ids as missing for command authorization (WhatsApp self-chat).
+- Auto-reply: treat whitespace-only sender ids as missing for command authorization (WhatsApp self-chat). (#766) — thanks @steipete.
 - Heartbeat: refresh prompt text for updated defaults.
 - Agents/Tools: use PowerShell on Windows to capture system utility output. (#748) — thanks @myfunc.
 - Docker: tolerate unset optional env vars in docker-setup.sh under strict mode. (#725) — thanks @petradonka.
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
index 4e59b05e9..15a43db62 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
@@ -606,7 +606,9 @@ export async function getReplyFromConfig(
     return `${head}${cleanedTail}`;
   })();
 
-  cleanedBody = stripInlineStatus(cleanedBody).cleaned;
+  if (allowStatusDirective) {
+    cleanedBody = stripInlineStatus(cleanedBody).cleaned;
+  }
 
   sessionCtx.Body = cleanedBody;
   sessionCtx.BodyStripped = cleanedBody;