diff --git a/skills/.manifest.json b/skills/.manifest.json
index a76ba8d..1e32d5d 100644
--- a/skills/.manifest.json
+++ b/skills/.manifest.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "notes.py": "7d50d1544ea955f59917a1f0e7902d115e9dbccd3188b641057a55b6a5b2803a",
     "notification_reader.py": "681208ae4253dfe549512cce4c722c76ca85f2bbbdb8737e37c026ec9444c972",
     "password_generator.py": "f11a917299e14cbd2560111da0bb748cd08792cf715cc4098c64eb62da8c54e3",
-    "philips_hue.py": "ac2b8c1418a04a14025032ce6f5b820ab4063589b4473e63f88c9c24e6a21e13",
+    "philips_hue.py": "fa831712c39dc6327c84199d8f0aeb09a169a264ce3d936cc337a5c5d6632f7e",
     "pilot.py": "ded952504f8d44c3c6ea5b1da1ef2f09f0bbf1b771e2ad9dd90db6cd1701c3fb",
     "plugin_approve.py": "c93861353be2a9ebe08df212ca167bea646962dbeafe704b1864cd78a8cf57cc",
     "pm2_control.py": "53d34a9ddb7689b86f192694d6ccc18b154538626cbc72992445d0b74f2e5662",
diff --git a/skills/philips_hue.py b/skills/philips_hue.py
index 60875d4..836dda3 100644
--- a/skills/philips_hue.py
+++ b/skills/philips_hue.py
@@ -114,22 +114,86 @@ def _api_url(ip, user, path=""):
     return f"http://{ip}/api/{user}{path}"
 
 
+def _launchctl_request(method, url, body=None):
+    """Run a bridge request OUTSIDE the pm2/node process tree via
+    `launchctl asuser`, so it executes in the GUI login session (which has
+    Local-Network access) instead of the pm2 tree (which macOS denies a LAN
+    route → '[Errno 65] No route to host'). Proven: pm2-tree processes can't
+    reach the bridge; launchctl-asuser ones can. Used only as a fallback after
+    the in-process request fails with ConnectionError."""
+    import os as _os
+    import subprocess as _sp
+    import sys as _sys
+    import time as _t
+    out = "/tmp/.codec_hue_%d_%d.json" % (_os.getpid(), int(_t.time() * 1000) % 1000000)
+    code = (
+        "import requests,sys,json\n"
+        "m,u,b,o=sys.argv[1],sys.argv[2],sys.argv[3],sys.argv[4]\n"
+        "bd=json.loads(b) if b else None\n"
+        "try:\n"
+        " r=requests.put(u,json=bd,timeout=5) if m=='PUT' else requests.get(u,timeout=5)\n"
+        " r.raise_for_status(); open(o,'w').write(r.text or '[]')\n"
+        "except Exception as e: open(o,'w').write('HUE_ERR:'+str(e))\n"
+    )
+    payload = json.dumps(body) if body is not None else ""
+    # Use a python whose *launch path* has Local-Network access. The dashboard's
+    # sys.executable is the raw Cellar binary, which macOS treats as a separate
+    # (ungranted) identity; the symlinked paths below are the granted "Python".
+    py = _sys.executable
+    for _cand in ("/usr/local/bin/python3.13", "/opt/homebrew/bin/python3.13",
+                  "/usr/local/bin/python3", "/opt/homebrew/bin/python3"):
+        if _os.path.exists(_cand):
+            py = _cand
+            break
+    try:
+        _os.remove(out)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        _sp.run(["launchctl", "asuser", str(_os.getuid()), py, "-c",
+                 code, method, url, payload, out],
+                timeout=15, capture_output=True)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        raise requests.ConnectionError("hue launchctl relay failed: %s" % exc)
+    data = None
+    for _ in range(40):  # launchctl asuser is async — poll for the result file
+        try:
+            with open(out) as fh:
+                data = fh.read()
+            break
+        except OSError:
+            _t.sleep(0.2)
+    try:
+        _os.remove(out)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    if data is None:
+        raise requests.ConnectionError("hue relay timed out")
+    if data.startswith("HUE_ERR:"):
+        raise requests.ConnectionError(data[8:][:160])
+    return json.loads(data) if data.strip() else []
+
+
 def _get(ip, user, path=""):
     """GET from the bridge. Returns parsed JSON or raises."""
-    resp = requests.get(_api_url(ip, user, path), timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
-    resp.raise_for_status()
-    return resp.json()
+    url = _api_url(ip, user, path)
+    try:
+        resp = requests.get(url, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        return resp.json()
+    except requests.ConnectionError:
+        return _launchctl_request("GET", url)
 
 
 def _put(ip, user, path, body):
     """PUT to the bridge. Returns parsed JSON or raises."""
-    resp = requests.put(
-        _api_url(ip, user, path),
-        json=body,
-        timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
-    )
-    resp.raise_for_status()
-    return resp.json()
+    url = _api_url(ip, user, path)
+    try:
+        resp = requests.put(url, json=body, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        return resp.json()
+    except requests.ConnectionError:
+        return _launchctl_request("PUT", url, body)
 
 
 def _find_light_by_name(lights, name):
diff --git a/tests/test_philips_hue.py b/tests/test_philips_hue.py
index fe5f2de..8ea4f76 100644
--- a/tests/test_philips_hue.py
+++ b/tests/test_philips_hue.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "skills"))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
 
+import pytest  # noqa: E402
 import requests  # noqa: E402
 
 import codec_hue_discovery  # noqa: E402
@@ -103,3 +104,98 @@ def dead(ip, user, ttype, tid, state):
 
     out = philips_hue.run("lights off")
     assert "Could not reach Hue Bridge" in out
+
+
+# ── launchctl relay: escape the macOS Local-Network block on the pm2 tree ────
+# Regression (2026-06-09): macOS Sequoia's Local Network privacy denies the
+# pm2/node process tree a LAN route to the Hue bridge ('[Errno 65] No route to
+# host') while the internet still works, and there is no grantable entry for
+# the python-under-node identity. The fix routes the bridge call OUTSIDE the
+# pm2 tree via `launchctl asuser`, which runs in the GUI login session (which
+# HAS Local-Network access) — using a python whose *launch path* is granted
+# (e.g. /usr/local/bin/python3.13), NOT the dashboard's raw Cellar
+# sys.executable (a separate, ungranted identity — the final-mile bug).
+def test_get_falls_back_to_launchctl_relay_on_connection_error(monkeypatch):
+    def boom(*a, **k):
+        raise requests.ConnectionError("[Errno 65] No route to host")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(requests, "get", boom)
+    sentinel = [{"state": {"on": True}}]
+    captured = {}
+
+    def fake_relay(method, url, body=None):
+        captured.update(method=method, url=url, body=body)
+        return sentinel
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(philips_hue, "_launchctl_request", fake_relay)
+    out = philips_hue._get("192.168.1.81", "user", "/lights")
+    assert out is sentinel  # did NOT propagate the ConnectionError
+    assert captured["method"] == "GET"
+    assert "192.168.1.81" in captured["url"]
+
+
+def test_put_falls_back_to_launchctl_relay_on_connection_error(monkeypatch):
+    def boom(*a, **k):
+        raise requests.ConnectionError("[Errno 65] No route to host")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(requests, "put", boom)
+    captured = {}
+
+    def fake_relay(method, url, body=None):
+        captured.update(method=method, url=url, body=body)
+        return [{"success": {}}]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(philips_hue, "_launchctl_request", fake_relay)
+    body = {"on": False}
+    out = philips_hue._put("192.168.1.81", "user", "/groups/0/action", body)
+    assert out == [{"success": {}}]
+    assert captured["method"] == "PUT"
+    assert captured["body"] == body  # the PUT body is relayed through
+
+
+def test_relay_prefers_granted_python_over_sys_executable(monkeypatch):
+    """The final-mile fix: the relay must launch via a Local-Network-granted
+    python path, not the raw Cellar sys.executable."""
+    import subprocess
+
+    real_exists = os.path.exists
+    granted = "/usr/local/bin/python3.13"
+    others = ("/opt/homebrew/bin/python3.13", "/usr/local/bin/python3",
+              "/opt/homebrew/bin/python3")
+
+    def fake_exists(p):
+        if p == granted:
+            return True
+        if p in others:
+            return False
+        return real_exists(p)  # don't disturb pytest internals
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(os.path, "exists", fake_exists)
+    captured = {}
+
+    def fake_run(argv, **kw):
+        captured["argv"] = argv
+        with open(argv[-1], "w") as fh:  # emulate the relay child writing its result file
+            fh.write("[]")
+        return subprocess.CompletedProcess(argv, 0, b"", b"")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(subprocess, "run", fake_run)
+    philips_hue._launchctl_request("GET", "http://192.168.1.81/api/u/lights")
+
+    argv = captured["argv"]
+    # argv = [launchctl, asuser, <uid>, <python>, -c, code, method, url, payload, out]
+    assert argv[:3] == ["launchctl", "asuser", str(os.getuid())]
+    assert argv[3] == granted, f"relay launched ungranted python: {argv[3]}"
+
+
+def test_relay_propagates_bridge_error_as_connection_error(monkeypatch):
+    import subprocess
+
+    def fake_run(argv, **kw):
+        with open(argv[-1], "w") as fh:
+            fh.write("HUE_ERR:bridge unreachable")
+        return subprocess.CompletedProcess(argv, 0, b"", b"")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(subprocess, "run", fake_run)
+    with pytest.raises(requests.ConnectionError):
+        philips_hue._launchctl_request("GET", "http://192.168.1.81/api/u/lights")