diff --git a/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 319049275..4981a162a 100644
--- a/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/app/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -2797,15 +2797,23 @@ pub fn run() {
             // window from tray click: main window not found`
             // (OPENHUMAN-TAURI-2X — 21 events, Windows only).
             //
-            // macOS uses `window.hide()` because the vendored CEF runtime
-            // routes that through `set_application_visibility(false)` at the
-            // NSApplication level (`tauri-runtime-cef/src/lib.rs:588`), which
-            // hides the CEF browser surface together with the host window.
-            // Windows is handled in the separate arm below — see issue #1607.
+            // macOS: hide the whole application on close instead of
+            // destroying the window. `AppHandle::hide()` calls
+            // `[NSApp hide:]` via `set_application_visibility(false)`,
+            // the standard macOS mechanism that reliably hides all
+            // windows. The vendored CEF runtime's per-window
+            // `WebviewWindow::hide()` sends `WindowMessage::Hide` →
+            // `cef::Window::hide()`, which does NOT propagate to the
+            // visible NSWindow frame and leaves the window on screen
+            // (issue #2049). Dock-click fires `RunEvent::Reopen` which
+            // calls `show_main_window()` to restore.
             //
-            // Linux is left out: `setup_tray` early-returns on Linux because
-            // tray creation panics inside GTK during packaged runs, so the
-            // hide-on-close behavior would strand the user with no way back.
+            // Windows is handled in the separate arm below — see #1607.
+            //
+            // Linux is left out: `setup_tray` early-returns on Linux
+            // because tray creation panics inside GTK during packaged
+            // runs, so hide-on-close would strand the user with no way
+            // back.
             #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
             RunEvent::WindowEvent {
                 label,
@@ -2813,11 +2821,13 @@ pub fn run() {
                 ..
             } if label == "main" => {
                 log::info!(
-                    "[window] close requested on main window — hiding instead of destroying"
+                    "[window] close requested on main window — hiding app"
                 );
                 api.prevent_close();
-                if let Some(window) = app_handle.get_webview_window("main") {
-                    let _ = window.hide();
+                if let Err(err) = app_handle.hide() {
+                    log::warn!(
+                        "[window] app_handle.hide() failed on close request: {err}"
+                    );
                 }
             }
             // Windows: full hide-to-tray.