diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccess/MxAccessClient.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccess/MxAccessClient.cs
index de38f37..69cae55 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccess/MxAccessClient.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccess/MxAccessClient.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ public sealed class MxAccessClient : IDisposable
     public int SubscriptionCount => _subscriptions.Count;
     public int ReconnectCount => _reconnectCount;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Wonderware client identity used when registering with the LMXProxyServer. Surfaced so
+    ///     <see cref="Backend.MxAccessGalaxyBackend"/> can tag its <c>OnHostStatusChanged</c> IPC
+    ///     pushes with a stable gateway name per PR 8.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string ClientName => _clientName;
+
     /// <summary>Connects on the STA thread. Idempotent. Starts the reconnect monitor on first call.</summary>
     public async Task<int> ConnectAsync()
     {
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccessGalaxyBackend.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccessGalaxyBackend.cs
index 7cd543a..a13307d 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccessGalaxyBackend.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccessGalaxyBackend.cs
@@ -34,16 +34,34 @@ public sealed class MxAccessGalaxyBackend : IGalaxyBackend, IDisposable
         _refToSubs = new(System.StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
     public event System.EventHandler<OnDataChangeNotification>? OnDataChange;
-#pragma warning disable CS0067 // event not yet raised — alarm + host-status wire-up in PR #4 follow-up
+#pragma warning disable CS0067 // alarm wire-up deferred to PR 9
     public event System.EventHandler<GalaxyAlarmEvent>? OnAlarmEvent;
-    public event System.EventHandler<HostConnectivityStatus>? OnHostStatusChanged;
 #pragma warning restore CS0067
+    public event System.EventHandler<HostConnectivityStatus>? OnHostStatusChanged;
+
+    private readonly System.EventHandler<bool> _onConnectionStateChanged;
 
     public MxAccessGalaxyBackend(GalaxyRepository repository, MxAccessClient mx, IHistorianDataSource? historian = null)
     {
         _repository = repository;
         _mx = mx;
         _historian = historian;
+
+        // PR 8: gateway-level host-status push. When the MXAccess COM proxy transitions
+        // connected↔disconnected, raise OnHostStatusChanged with a synthetic host entry named
+        // after the Wonderware client identity so the Admin UI surfaces top-level transport
+        // health even before per-platform/per-engine probing lands (deferred to a later PR that
+        // ports v1's GalaxyRuntimeProbeManager with ScanState subscriptions).
+        _onConnectionStateChanged = (_, connected) =>
+        {
+            OnHostStatusChanged?.Invoke(this, new HostConnectivityStatus
+            {
+                HostName = _mx.ClientName,
+                RuntimeStatus = connected ? "Running" : "Stopped",
+                LastObservedUtcUnixMs = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds(),
+            });
+        };
+        _mx.ConnectionStateChanged += _onConnectionStateChanged;
     }
 
     public async Task<OpenSessionResponse> OpenSessionAsync(OpenSessionRequest req, CancellationToken ct)
@@ -267,7 +285,11 @@ public sealed class MxAccessGalaxyBackend : IGalaxyBackend, IDisposable
     public Task<RecycleStatusResponse> RecycleAsync(RecycleHostRequest req, CancellationToken ct)
         => Task.FromResult(new RecycleStatusResponse { Accepted = true, GraceSeconds = 15 });
 
-    public void Dispose() => _historian?.Dispose();
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _mx.ConnectionStateChanged -= _onConnectionStateChanged;
+        _historian?.Dispose();
+    }
 
     private static GalaxyDataValue ToWire(string reference, Vtq vtq) => new()
     {
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/HostStatusPushTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/HostStatusPushTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f32f627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/HostStatusPushTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using ArchestrA.MxAccess;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Backend;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Backend.Galaxy;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Backend.MxAccess;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Sta;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class HostStatusPushTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     PR 8 — when MxAccessClient.ConnectionStateChanged fires false→true→false,
+    ///     MxAccessGalaxyBackend raises OnHostStatusChanged once per transition with
+    ///     HostName=ClientName, RuntimeStatus="Running"/"Stopped", and a timestamp.
+    ///     This is the gateway-level signal; per-platform ScanState probes are deferred.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ConnectionStateChanged_raises_OnHostStatusChanged_with_gateway_name()
+    {
+        using var pump = new StaPump("Test.Sta");
+        await pump.WaitForStartedAsync();
+        var proxy = new FakeProxy();
+        var mx = new MxAccessClient(pump, proxy, "GatewayClient", new MxAccessClientOptions { AutoReconnect = false });
+        using var backend = new MxAccessGalaxyBackend(
+            new GalaxyRepository(new GalaxyRepositoryOptions { ConnectionString = "Server=.;Database=ZB;Integrated Security=True;" }),
+            mx,
+            historian: null);
+
+        var notifications = new ConcurrentQueue<HostConnectivityStatus>();
+        backend.OnHostStatusChanged += (_, s) => notifications.Enqueue(s);
+
+        await mx.ConnectAsync();
+        await mx.DisconnectAsync();
+
+        notifications.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        notifications.TryDequeue(out var first).ShouldBeTrue();
+        first!.HostName.ShouldBe("GatewayClient");
+        first.RuntimeStatus.ShouldBe("Running");
+        first.LastObservedUtcUnixMs.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+        notifications.TryDequeue(out var second).ShouldBeTrue();
+        second!.HostName.ShouldBe("GatewayClient");
+        second.RuntimeStatus.ShouldBe("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Dispose_unsubscribes_so_post_dispose_state_changes_do_not_fire_events()
+    {
+        using var pump = new StaPump("Test.Sta");
+        await pump.WaitForStartedAsync();
+        var proxy = new FakeProxy();
+        var mx = new MxAccessClient(pump, proxy, "GatewayClient", new MxAccessClientOptions { AutoReconnect = false });
+        var backend = new MxAccessGalaxyBackend(
+            new GalaxyRepository(new GalaxyRepositoryOptions { ConnectionString = "Server=.;Database=ZB;Integrated Security=True;" }),
+            mx,
+            historian: null);
+
+        var count = 0;
+        backend.OnHostStatusChanged += (_, _) => Interlocked.Increment(ref count);
+
+        await mx.ConnectAsync();
+        count.ShouldBe(1);
+
+        backend.Dispose();
+        await mx.DisconnectAsync();
+
+        count.ShouldBe(1); // no second notification after Dispose
+    }
+
+    private sealed class FakeProxy : IMxProxy
+    {
+        private int _next = 1;
+        public int Register(string _) => 42;
+        public void Unregister(int _) { }
+        public int AddItem(int _, string __) => Interlocked.Increment(ref _next);
+        public void RemoveItem(int _, int __) { }
+        public void AdviseSupervisory(int _, int __) { }
+        public void UnAdviseSupervisory(int _, int __) { }
+        public void Write(int _, int __, object ___, int ____) { }
+        public event MxDataChangeHandler? OnDataChange { add { } remove { } }
+        public event MxWriteCompleteHandler? OnWriteComplete { add { } remove { } }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests.csproj b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests.csproj
index fd5d722..6f803d5 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests.csproj
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.csproj"/>
         <Reference Include="System.ServiceProcess"/>
+        <!-- IMxProxy's delegate signatures mention ArchestrA.MxAccess.MXSTATUS_PROXY, so tests
+             implementing the interface must resolve that type at compile time. -->
+        <Reference Include="ArchestrA.MxAccess">
+            <HintPath>..\..\lib\ArchestrA.MxAccess.dll</HintPath>
+        </Reference>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>