diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/ReviewNotesSendMenuContent.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/ReviewNotesSendMenuContent.test.tsx
index 1ae74985923..5f900b4cfd0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/ReviewNotesSendMenuContent.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/ReviewNotesSendMenuContent.test.tsx
@@ -506,9 +506,11 @@ describe('ReviewNotesSendMenuContent', () => {
 
     const tree = render()
     const item = findByType(tree, 'DropdownMenuItem')
+    const stateDot = findByType(item, 'AgentStateDot')
 
     expect(item.props.disabled).toBe(true)
     expect(item.props.title).toBe('Agent needs permission')
+    expect(stateDot.props.title).toBeNull()
     ;(item.props.onSelect as () => void)()
     expect(harness.sendNotesToActiveAgentSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/ReviewNotesSendMenuContent.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/ReviewNotesSendMenuContent.tsx
index adde4669ef4..0800be5b224 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/ReviewNotesSendMenuContent.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/ReviewNotesSendMenuContent.tsx
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ function AgentTargetMenuItem({
   const tabTitle = target.tabTitle.trim()
   const state = asDotState(agent?.state ?? 'idle', agent?.entry.workingMode)
   const timeAgo = agent ? formatAgentRelativeTime(agent, now) : null
+  const disabledReason = target.status === 'disabled' ? target.disabledReason : undefined
   const secondaryParts = [
     agentStateLabel(state),
     ...(timeAgo ? [timeAgo] : []),
@@ -259,10 +260,16 @@ function AgentTargetMenuItem({
       // Why: surface the ineligibility reason (permission/stale/no-terminal) as a
       // hover tooltip rather than inline text, matching DashboardAgentRow's
       // title-attribute treatment of the same disabledReason.
-      title={target.status === 'disabled' ? target.disabledReason : undefined}
+      title={disabledReason}
       className="min-w-[240px] gap-2 rounded-[7px] px-2 py-1.5 text-[12px] leading-5 font-medium"
     >
-      <AgentStateDot state={state} size="sm" className="shrink-0" />
+      {/* Why: the ancestor's actionable disabled reason must win on every hit area. */}
+      <AgentStateDot
+        state={state}
+        size="sm"
+        className="shrink-0"
+        title={disabledReason ? null : undefined}
+      />
       <AgentIcon agent={agentTypeToIconAgent(target.agentType ?? agent?.agentType)} size={14} />
       <span className="grid min-w-0 flex-1 text-left">
         <span className="truncate">