diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/shared/tabs-types.ts b/apps/desktop/src/shared/tabs-types.ts
index 87bb8564e9e..725d53a0802 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/shared/tabs-types.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/shared/tabs-types.ts
@@ -73,13 +73,12 @@ export function getHighestPriorityStatus(
  * (e.g. clicking a tab, focusing a pane, selecting a workspace).
  *
  * - "review"     → "idle"    (user saw the completion)
- * - "permission" → "working" (user saw the prompt; assume granted)
+ * - "permission" → unchanged (persists until agent resumes)
  * - "working"    → unchanged (persists until agent stops)
  * - "idle"       → unchanged
  */
 export function acknowledgedStatus(status: PaneStatus | undefined): PaneStatus {
 	if (status === "review") return "idle";
-	if (status === "permission") return "working";
 	return status ?? "idle";
 }