diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiPanel.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiPanel.cs
index 5b5e81df..926eb1e8 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiPanel.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiPanel.cs
@@ -117,9 +117,31 @@ public class UiLabel : UiElement
 
     public UiLabel() { ClickThrough = true; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// CT7 gate regression (2026-08-25, MossTank plugin text vanished): a
+    /// markup <c>&lt;label&gt;</c> authors position only, so this element's
+    /// box is degenerate (0x0) — under CT-GF1's completed
+    /// <c>UIRegion::DrawHere @0x0069FA30</c> port the self-clip cropped the
+    /// glyphs to nothing. A label must not self-clip: it is
+    /// <see cref="UiElement.ClickThrough"/> pure text whose real clip is
+    /// its ancestors (the plugin panel/window, which ARE properly sized) —
+    /// the same effective containment retail gives a text region whose box
+    /// hugs its glyphs. <see cref="OnDraw"/> below also keeps the box
+    /// truthful by measuring the current text, so layout/hit consumers see
+    /// real extents (converges the frame after a bound text change).
+    /// </summary>
+    protected override bool ClipsChildren => false;
+
     protected override void OnDraw(UiRenderContext ctx)
     {
         string text = TextSource?.Invoke() ?? Text;
+        float w = DatFont is { } df
+            ? df.MeasureWidth(text)
+            : (ctx.DefaultFont?.MeasureWidth(text) ?? text.Length * 7f);
+        float h = DatFont?.LineHeight
+            ?? ctx.DefaultFont?.LineHeight ?? 14f;
+        if (w != Width) Width = w;
+        if (h != Height) Height = h;
         if (DatFont is { } dat)
             ctx.DrawStringDat(dat, text, 0, 0, TextColor, Outline);
         else
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiAncestorClipTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiAncestorClipTests.cs
index 22f976f8..d0ba8eff 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiAncestorClipTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/UiAncestorClipTests.cs
@@ -376,4 +376,50 @@ public sealed class UiAncestorClipTests
         root.DrawOverlays(ctx);
         Assert.NotEmpty(renderer.DebugSpriteSegmentVerts);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// CT7 gate regression (2026-08-25): the MossTank plugin's markup
+    /// labels lost ALL text under the completed self-clip — a markup
+    /// &lt;label&gt; authors position only, so UiLabel's box was 0x0 and the
+    /// element's own clip cropped every glyph. UiLabel now opts out of the
+    /// self-clip (its ancestors clip — the retail containment for a text
+    /// region whose box hugs its glyphs) and keeps a truthful measured box.
+    /// Button captions never regressed because markup buttons author w/h.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void UnsizedMarkupLabel_InsideASizedPanel_DoesNotSelfClipItsSubtree()
+    {
+        var (device, renderer, ctx) = MakeContext(800f, 600f);
+        var panel = new UiPanel
+        {
+            Left = 50f, Top = 50f, Width = 200f, Height = 100f,
+            BackgroundColor = default, BorderColor = default,
+        };
+        // Exactly what MarkupDocument builds for <label x=".." y=".."> —
+        // position only, no Width/Height (the box is degenerate at draw
+        // time). Pre-fix, UiLabel inherited the ambient self-clip and its
+        // 0x0 push cropped everything it painted to nothing — the MossTank
+        // vanished-text regression. The mechanism pin below hangs a
+        // sprite-drawing probe child under the label: with the self-clip
+        // the probe cannot render; with UiLabel's opt-out it must.
+        var label = new UiLabel { Left = 10f, Top = 10f, Text = "MossTank status line" };
+        var probe = new UiPanel
+        {
+            Left = 0f, Top = 0f, Width = 100f, Height = 10f,
+            BackgroundSprite = 42u,
+            SpriteResolve = id => id == 42u ? (42u, 8, 8) : (0u, 0, 0),
+            BackgroundColor = default, BorderColor = default,
+        };
+        label.AddChild(probe);
+        panel.AddChild(label);
+
+        panel.DrawSelfAndChildren(ctx);
+
+        Assert.True(
+            AnyQuadAt(renderer, (x, y) => x >= 60f && x <= 160f && y >= 60f && y <= 70f),
+            "the unsized label self-clipped its subtree away (MossTank regression)");
+        // The box became truthful (fallback-measured without a font), not degenerate.
+        Assert.True(label.Width > 0f && label.Height > 0f,
+            $"label box stayed degenerate: {label.Width}x{label.Height}");
+    }
 }