diff --git a/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/Models/AlarmEventArgs.cs b/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/Models/AlarmEventArgs.cs
index b47e0426..e73e7337 100644
--- a/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/Models/AlarmEventArgs.cs
+++ b/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/Models/AlarmEventArgs.cs
@@ -81,9 +81,13 @@ public sealed class AlarmEventArgs : EventArgs
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     PR E.7 — Operator-supplied comment recorded by the upstream alarm system on
-    ///     Acknowledge transitions. Null on raise / clear, or when the upstream path
-    ///     can't surface the comment (sub-attribute fallback path collapses comments
-    ///     into a single string write).
+    ///     Acknowledge transitions. Null on raise / clear events, and intentionally null
+    ///     on the Galaxy OPC UA sub-attribute fallback path for two unrecoverable reasons:
+    ///     (a) Galaxy's <c>AckMsg</c> attribute is WRITE-ONLY — no readable attribute
+    ///     exposes the last operator comment — and (b) the OPC UA event SelectClause
+    ///     carries no comment field. The operator comment is only available via the
+    ///     gateway's native alarm feed (<c>GalaxyAlarmTransition.OperatorComment</c>
+    ///     in the Galaxy driver path).
     /// </summary>
     public string? OperatorComment { get; }
 
diff --git a/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/OpcUaClientService.cs b/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/OpcUaClientService.cs
index 28d9870c..255ce078 100644
--- a/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/OpcUaClientService.cs
+++ b/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/OpcUaClientService.cs
@@ -814,6 +814,15 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientService : IOpcUaClientService
                     // Other supplemental read failure; deliver event with defaults
                 }
 
+                // OperatorComment is intentionally left null (default) here.
+                // Two concrete reasons make it unrecoverable in this Galaxy sub-attribute fallback path:
+                //   (a) Galaxy's AckMsg attribute is WRITE-ONLY — there is no readable attribute that
+                //       exposes the last operator comment, so no supplemental read can recover it.
+                //   (b) The OPC UA event SelectClause (CreateAlarmEventFilter) carries no comment field;
+                //       the OPC UA event notification itself never delivers a comment string.
+                // The operator comment is only available via the gateway's native alarm feed
+                // (the Galaxy driver path, GalaxyAlarmTransition.OperatorComment), not this
+                // OpcUaClient sub-attribute fallback.
                 AlarmEvent?.Invoke(this, new AlarmEventArgs(
                     sourceName, conditionName, severity, capturedMessage, retain, activeState, ackedState, time,
                     eventId, capturedConditionNodeId));
diff --git a/tests/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/OpcUaClientServiceTests.cs b/tests/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/OpcUaClientServiceTests.cs
index 5f4d3d07..8c0fc1f8 100644
--- a/tests/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/OpcUaClientServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/OpcUaClientServiceTests.cs
@@ -1251,6 +1251,82 @@ public class OpcUaClientServiceTests : IDisposable
         received.Message.ShouldBe("Fallback message"); // from DescAttrName read
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Pins the accepted limitation that OperatorComment is always null on the Galaxy
+    /// sub-attribute fallback path. Two concrete reasons make it unrecoverable:
+    /// (a) Galaxy's AckMsg attribute is WRITE-ONLY — no readable attribute exposes the
+    /// last operator comment — and (b) the OPC UA event SelectClause carries no comment
+    /// field. The operator comment is only available via the gateway's native alarm feed
+    /// (GalaxyAlarmTransition.OperatorComment in the Galaxy driver path, not here).
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task OnAlarmEvent_GalaxyFallback_LeavesOperatorCommentNull()
+    {
+        var fakeSub = new FakeSubscriptionAdapter();
+        var session = new FakeSessionAdapter
+        {
+            NextSubscription = fakeSub,
+            ReadResponseFunc = nodeId =>
+            {
+                var key = nodeId.ToString();
+                if (key.EndsWith(".InAlarm"))
+                    return new DataValue(new Variant(true), StatusCodes.Good);
+                if (key.EndsWith(".Acked"))
+                    return new DataValue(new Variant(true), StatusCodes.Good);
+                if (key.EndsWith(".TimeAlarmOn"))
+                    return new DataValue(new Variant(new DateTime(2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0)), StatusCodes.Good);
+                if (key.EndsWith(".DescAttrName"))
+                    return new DataValue(new Variant("Ack message"), StatusCodes.Good);
+                return new DataValue(StatusCodes.BadNodeIdUnknown);
+            }
+        };
+        _sessionFactory.EnqueueSession(session);
+        await _service.ConnectAsync(ValidSettings());
+
+        AlarmEventArgs? received = null;
+        var raised = new TaskCompletionSource();
+        _service.AlarmEvent += (_, e) =>
+        {
+            received = e;
+            raised.TrySetResult();
+        };
+
+        await _service.SubscribeAlarmsAsync();
+
+        var handle = fakeSub.ActiveHandles.First();
+        // AckedState/Id (8) and ActiveState/Id (9) are null, triggering the Galaxy
+        // sub-attribute fallback; SourceNode (12) is set so conditionNodeId is populated.
+        var fields = new EventFieldList
+        {
+            EventFields =
+            [
+                new Variant(new byte[] { 4, 5, 6 }),       // 0: EventId
+                new Variant(ObjectTypeIds.AlarmConditionType), // 1: EventType
+                new Variant("Source2"),                    // 2: SourceName
+                new Variant(DateTime.MinValue),            // 3: Time
+                new Variant(new LocalizedText("Ack")),     // 4: Message
+                new Variant((ushort)200),                  // 5: Severity
+                new Variant("CondName2"),                  // 6: ConditionName
+                new Variant(true),                         // 7: Retain
+                Variant.Null,                              // 8: AckedState/Id — missing
+                Variant.Null,                              // 9: ActiveState/Id — missing
+                new Variant(true),                         // 10: EnabledState/Id
+                new Variant(false),                        // 11: SuppressedOrShelved
+                new Variant("ns=2;s=ConditionId2")         // 12: SourceNode
+            ]
+        };
+        fakeSub.SimulateEvent(handle, fields);
+
+        // The fallback runs on a background Task.Run continuation — wait briefly for it.
+        await Task.WhenAny(raised.Task, Task.Delay(500));
+
+        received.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        // OperatorComment must be null: AckMsg is WRITE-ONLY in Galaxy and the OPC UA
+        // event SelectClause carries no comment field — both reasons are unrecoverable
+        // on this client sub-attribute fallback path.
+        received!.OperatorComment.ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
     // --- Failover tests ---
 
     /// <summary>