diff --git a/internal/app/daemon/app_headless.go b/internal/app/daemon/app_headless.go
index 136d9e05..c6cc9e86 100644
--- a/internal/app/daemon/app_headless.go
+++ b/internal/app/daemon/app_headless.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -189,7 +190,12 @@ func (a *App) startManagedHeadless(command control.DaemonCommand) []eventcontrac
 			firstNonEmpty(command.WorkspaceKey, command.ThreadCWD),
 			err,
 		)
-		return a.handleManagedHeadlessLaunchFailure(command, err, now)
+		// When the launch fails because the workspace directory no longer
+		// exists, the OS reports an opaque "directory name is invalid" error.
+		// Replace it with an explanatory message so the Feishu client learns
+		// the real cause instead of a generic failure.
+		launchErr := explainMissingWorkspaceLaunchError(command, workDir, err)
+		return a.handleManagedHeadlessLaunchFailure(command, launchErr, now)
 	}
 
 	a.managedHeadlessRuntime.Processes[command.InstanceID] = &headlessruntime.Process{
@@ -214,6 +220,30 @@ func (a *App) startManagedHeadless(command control.DaemonCommand) []eventcontrac
 	return a.service.HandleHeadlessLaunchStarted(command.SurfaceSessionID, command.InstanceID, pid)
 }
 
+// explainMissingWorkspaceLaunchError upgrades an opaque launch failure into an
+// explanatory one when the cause is that the workspace directory no longer
+// exists on disk (e.g. it was moved or deleted after the thread was created).
+// On any other failure it returns the original error untouched.
+func explainMissingWorkspaceLaunchError(command control.DaemonCommand, workDir string, err error) error {
+	workDir = strings.TrimSpace(workDir)
+	if workDir == "" {
+		return err
+	}
+	if info, statErr := os.Stat(workDir); statErr == nil && info.IsDir() {
+		return err
+	}
+	return agentproto.ErrorInfo{
+		Code:             "headless_workspace_dir_missing",
+		Layer:            "daemon",
+		Stage:            "headless_start",
+		Operation:        "start_headless",
+		Message:          fmt.Sprintf("工作区目录已不存在：%s，可能已被移动或删除。请重新选择目录，或重新接入该工作区。", workDir),
+		Details:          err.Error(),
+		SurfaceSessionID: command.SurfaceSessionID,
+		ThreadID:         command.ThreadID,
+	}
+}
+
 func (a *App) handleManagedHeadlessLaunchFailure(command control.DaemonCommand, err error, now time.Time) []eventcontract.Event {
 	events := a.service.HandleHeadlessLaunchFailed(command.SurfaceSessionID, command.InstanceID, err)
 	if !command.AutoRestore {
diff --git a/internal/app/daemon/app_headless_workspace_missing_test.go b/internal/app/daemon/app_headless_workspace_missing_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d811e59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/app/daemon/app_headless_workspace_missing_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kxn/codex-remote-feishu/internal/core/agentproto"
+	"github.com/kxn/codex-remote-feishu/internal/core/control"
+)
+
+func TestExplainMissingWorkspaceLaunchErrorReplacesOpaqueError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	missingDir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "deleted-workspace")
+	rawErr := errors.New(`fork/exec D:\Research\codex-remote-feishu\codex-remote.exe: The directory name is invalid.`)
+
+	got := explainMissingWorkspaceLaunchError(control.DaemonCommand{
+		SurfaceSessionID: "surface-1",
+		ThreadID:         "thread-1",
+	}, missingDir, rawErr)
+
+	var info agentproto.ErrorInfo
+	if !errors.As(got, &info) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrorInfo, got %T: %v", got, got)
+	}
+	if info.Code != "headless_workspace_dir_missing" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected code: %q", info.Code)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(info.Message, missingDir) || !strings.Contains(info.Message, "工作区目录已不存在") {
+		t.Fatalf("message does not explain the missing directory: %q", info.Message)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(info.Details, "directory name is invalid") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected raw error preserved in details, got %q", info.Details)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExplainMissingWorkspaceLaunchErrorKeepsErrorWhenDirExists(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	existingDir := t.TempDir()
+	rawErr := errors.New("some other launch failure")
+
+	got := explainMissingWorkspaceLaunchError(control.DaemonCommand{
+		SurfaceSessionID: "surface-1",
+	}, existingDir, rawErr)
+
+	if got != rawErr {
+		t.Fatalf("expected original error to be preserved when workspace exists, got %v", got)
+	}
+
+	// An empty workdir is not a missing-directory case either.
+	if got := explainMissingWorkspaceLaunchError(control.DaemonCommand{}, "", rawErr); got != rawErr {
+		t.Fatalf("expected original error for empty workDir, got %v", got)
+	}
+}