diff --color -ruN a/src/modules/sni/item.cpp b/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
--- a/src/modules/sni/item.cpp	2026-10-04 00:53:37.877421892 +0200
+++ b/src/modules/sni/item.cpp	2026-10-04 00:53:37.889102823 +0200
@@ -271,6 +271,15 @@
       }
     }
 
+    // An icon update from the app replaces icon_name/icon_pixmap, and with them any
+    // icon set through the "icons" config, so apply that override again. Electron apps
+    // are matched by tooltip, which they may only set after registering, so a tooltip
+    // update has to apply it too.
+    if (update_pending_.count("IconName") || update_pending_.count("IconPixmap") ||
+        update_pending_.count("ToolTip")) {
+      setCustomIcon(id == "chrome_status_icon_1" ? tooltip.text.lowercase() : Glib::ustring(id));
+    }
+
     this->updateImage();
   } catch (const Glib::Error& err) {
     spdlog::warn("Failed to update properties: {}", err.what());