fix(agent-status): preserve native permissions and cover palette fallbacks

src/renderer/src/components/cmd-j/palette-live-status.test.tsx

@@ -140,25 +140,48 @@ describe('palette live status', () => {
   // classifies that title back as evidence. Once the pane's row aged out it stopped registering its
   // identity, so the self-authored title outranked the pane's own `done` row and the palette dot
   // claimed a question nobody was asking.
-  it('does not paint a stale self-authored action-required title as a live question', async () => {
-    const staleAt = Date.now() - AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - 1
-    useAppStore.setState((s) => ({
-      tabsByWorktree: {
-        'wt-a': [{ ...makeTerminalTab('term-a', 'wt-a'), title: 'Codex - action required' }]
-      },
-      agentStatusByPaneKey: {
-        [makePaneKey('term-a', LEAF)]: makeAgentEntry('term-a', 'done', {
-          updatedAt: staleAt,
-          stateStartedAt: staleAt
+  it.each(['worktree', 'recent'] as const)(
+    'does not paint a stale self-authored title as a live %s question',
+    async (surface) => {
+      const staleAt = Date.now() - AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - 1
+      useAppStore.setState((s) => ({
+        tabsByWorktree: {
+          'wt-a': [{ ...makeTerminalTab('term-a', 'wt-a'), title: 'Codex - action required' }]
+        },
+        agentStatusByPaneKey: {
+          [makePaneKey('term-a', LEAF)]: makeAgentEntry('term-a', 'done', {
+            updatedAt: staleAt,
+            stateStartedAt: staleAt
+          })
+        },
+        agentStatusEpoch: s.agentStatusEpoch + 1
+      }))
+
+      if (surface === 'worktree') {
+        await render()
+      } else {
+        await act(async () => {
+          testRoot.render(
+            <PaletteLiveStatusProvider active>
+              <PaletteRecentTabStatusDot
+                row={{
+                  id: 'recent',
+                  worktreeId: 'wt-a',
+                  unifiedTabId: null,
+                  terminalTab: { id: 'term-a', title: 'Codex - action required' },
+                  worktreeLastActivityAt: 0
+                }}
+                fallback={<span data-fallback="true" />}
+              />
+            </PaletteLiveStatusProvider>
+          )
         })
-      },
-      agentStatusEpoch: s.agentStatusEpoch + 1
-    }))
+        expect(testContainer.querySelector('[data-fallback]')).not.toBeNull()
+      }
 
-    await render()
-
-    expect(dotLabels()).not.toContain('Needs permission')
-  })
+      expect(dotLabels()).not.toContain('Needs permission')
+    }
+  )
 
   it('updates a worktree dot when the agent transitions', async () => {
     setAgentState('working')
@@ -172,6 +195,53 @@ describe('palette live status', () => {
     expect(dotLabels()).toEqual(['Needs permission'])
   })
 
+  it('attributes stale permission titles to their split pane without hiding a live sibling', async () => {
+    const otherLeaf = '22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222'
+    const staleAt = Date.now() - AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - 1
+    setAgentState('done', { updatedAt: staleAt, stateStartedAt: staleAt })
+    useAppStore.setState({
+      terminalLayoutsByTabId: {
+        'term-a': {
+          root: {
+            type: 'split',
+            direction: 'horizontal',
+            first: { type: 'leaf', leafId: LEAF },
+            second: { type: 'leaf', leafId: otherLeaf }
+          },
+          activeLeafId: otherLeaf,
+          expandedLeafId: null
+        }
+      },
+      runtimePaneTitlesByTabId: {
+        'term-a': { 1: 'Codex - action required', 2: 'shell' }
+      }
+    })
+
+    await render()
+    expect(dotLabels()).toEqual(['Active'])
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      useAppStore.setState({
+        runtimePaneTitlesByTabId: { 'term-a': { 2: 'Codex - action required' } }
+      })
+    })
+    expect(dotLabels()).toEqual(['Needs permission'])
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      useAppStore.setState({
+        runtimePaneTitlesByTabId: {
+          'term-a': { 1: 'Codex - action required', 2: '⠹ codex working' }
+        }
+      })
+    })
+    expect(dotLabels()).toEqual(['Working'])
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      setAgentState('blocked')
+    })
+    expect(dotLabels()).toEqual(['Needs permission'])
+  })
+
   it('shows monitoring when a covered pane retains a working title', async () => {
     setAgentState('working', { workingMode: 'monitoring' })
     useAppStore.setState({

src/renderer/src/components/cmd-j/palette-live-status.tsx

@@ -140,12 +140,7 @@ export function PaletteLiveStatusProvider({
   )
 }
 
-/**
- * Split each tab's explicit rows into fresh and stale pane ids. Fresh rows suppress every title
- * heuristic; stale rows suppress `permission` only, because Orca writes its own one-shot
- * "<Agent> - action required" title and never refreshes it — a stale row that registered nothing
- * let that string outlive the row and assert a question the agent had stopped asking.
- */
+/** Fresh rows suppress all title heuristics; stale rows suppress generated permission labels. */
 function buildLiveAgentStatusPaneIdsByTabId(
   entriesByTabId: ReadonlyMap<string, readonly AgentStatusEntry[]>,
   now: number
@@ -219,7 +214,8 @@ export function PaletteWorktreeStatusDot({
     {
       liveAgentStatus: live.liveAgentStatusByWorktreeId.get(worktree.id),
       agentStatusPaneIdsByTabId: live.agentStatusPaneIdsByTabId,
-      stalePaneIdsByTabId: live.stalePaneIdsByTabId
+      stalePaneIdsByTabId: live.stalePaneIdsByTabId,
+      terminalLayoutsByTabId: live.paneSources.terminalLayoutsByTabId
     }
   )
   return (

src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/smart-attention.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { agentEntryCompletionAt } from '../../../../shared/agent-completion-time
 import { migrationUnsupportedToAgentStatusEntry } from '@/lib/migration-unsupported-agent-entry'
 import { resolveDecayedAgentRowState } from '@/lib/agent-row-decay-state'
 import { tabHasLivePty } from '@/lib/tab-has-live-pty'
+import { isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle } from '../../../../shared/synthetic-agent-title'
 import { resolveRuntimePaneTitleLeafId } from '@/lib/runtime-pane-title-leaf-id'
 import type { AgentStatus } from '../../../../shared/agent-detection'
 import type { TerminalLayoutSnapshot, TerminalTab } from '../../../../shared/terminal-tab-types'
@@ -300,8 +301,14 @@ export function collectTabPaneInputs(
   const hasLivePty = tabHasLivePty(sources.ptyIdsByTabId, tab.id)
   // Why: leaves covered by a hook entry skip the title fallback so we don't double-count them.
   const hookLeafIds = new Set<string>()
+  // Stale hooks still suppress one-shot permission titles, matching worktree and tab status dots.
+  const permissionHookLeafIds = new Set<string>()
   for (const entry of sources.entriesByTabId.get(tab.id) ?? []) {
     panes.push({ kind: 'hook', entry, hasLivePty })
+    const leafId = leafIdFromPaneKey(entry.paneKey)
+    if (leafId !== null) {
+      permissionHookLeafIds.add(leafId)
+    }
     // Why: restored rows own their co-restored title without asserting live state.
     if (
       !entry.restoredUnconfirmed &&
@@ -309,7 +316,6 @@ export function collectTabPaneInputs(
     ) {
       continue
     }
-    const leafId = leafIdFromPaneKey(entry.paneKey)
     if (leafId !== null) {
       hookLeafIds.add(leafId)
     }
@@ -322,7 +328,10 @@ export function collectTabPaneInputs(
 
   const paneTitles = sources.runtimePaneTitlesByTabId[tab.id]
   if (!paneTitles || Object.keys(paneTitles).length === 0) {
-    if (hookLeafIds.size === 0) {
+    const coveredLeafIds = isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle(tab.title)
+      ? permissionHookLeafIds
+      : hookLeafIds
+    if (coveredLeafIds.size === 0) {
       // Why: unmounted tabs (restored-but-unvisited) expose only the legacy tab title.
       panes.push({
         kind: 'title',
@@ -337,10 +346,13 @@ export function collectTabPaneInputs(
   const tabLayout = sources.terminalLayoutsByTabId?.[tab.id]
   const paneTitleEntries = Object.entries(paneTitles)
   for (const [runtimePaneId, title] of paneTitleEntries) {
+    const coveredLeafIds = isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle(title)
+      ? permissionHookLeafIds
+      : hookLeafIds
     const leafId = resolveRuntimePaneTitleLeafId(tabLayout, runtimePaneId)
     const hasSingleUnmappedHook =
-      leafId === null && hookLeafIds.size === 1 && paneTitleEntries.length === 1
-    if ((leafId !== null && hookLeafIds.has(leafId)) || hasSingleUnmappedHook) {
+      leafId === null && coveredLeafIds.size === 1 && paneTitleEntries.length === 1
+    if ((leafId !== null && coveredLeafIds.has(leafId)) || hasSingleUnmappedHook) {
       continue
     }
     panes.push({ kind: 'title', status: classifyTitleActivity(title), worktreeLastActivityAt })

src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-agent-activity-summary.ts

@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@ export type WorktreeAgentActivitySummary = {
   hasLiveDone: boolean
   hasRetainedDone: boolean
   agentStatusPaneIdsByTabId: Record<string, ReadonlySet<string>>
-  /**
-   * Panes whose explicit row exists but has gone stale. A stale row is not authority for a status,
-   * but it still proves the pane HAS an agent — which must keep Orca's own one-shot
-   * "<Agent> - action required" title from re-asserting a question the agent stopped asking.
-   * Suppresses `permission` titles only; a working spinner re-renders, so it stays live evidence.
-   */
+  /** Stale rows suppress generated permission labels while preserving native title fallback. */
   stalePaneIdsByTabId: Record<string, ReadonlySet<string>>
 }
 

src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.test.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,24 @@ describe('resolveTerminalTabActivityStatus', () => {
     ).toBe('working')
   })
 
+  it.each(['tab', 'pane'] as const)(
+    'keeps native permission %s titles after hook freshness expires',
+    (surface) => {
+      const stale = entry(FIRST_LEAF_ID, 'working', {
+        agentType: 'gemini',
+        updatedAt: NOW - AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - 1
+      })
+      expect(
+        resolveTerminalTabActivityStatus({
+          tab: { id: TAB_ID, title: '✋ Gemini CLI' },
+          agentStatusByPaneKey: { [stale.paneKey]: stale },
+          ptyIdsByTabId: LIVE_PTY,
+          runtimePaneTitlesByTabId: surface === 'pane' ? { [TAB_ID]: { 1: '✋ Gemini CLI' } } : {}
+        })
+      ).toBe('permission')
+    }
+  )
+
   it('reports monitoring without hiding active or actionable siblings', () => {
     const monitoring = entry(FIRST_LEAF_ID, 'working', { workingMode: 'monitoring' })
     const working = entry(SECOND_LEAF_ID, 'working')

src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type TerminalTabActivityFlags = {
   hasInterrupted: boolean
   hasLiveDone: boolean
   paneIds: Set<string>
-  /** Panes whose row went stale; suppress `permission` titles only. */
+  /** Panes whose row went stale; suppress generated permission labels only. */
   stalePaneIds: Set<string>
 }
 
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ function getTerminalTabActivityFlags(
     // Why: stale hook entries (>30m) are not authority; a slept/abandoned pane
     // must not keep a tab spinning. Same freshness gate as the sidebar.
     if (!isExplicitAgentStatusFresh(entry, now, AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS)) {
-      // Why: the row loses authority but the pane keeps its identity, which suppresses
-      // `permission` titles — Orca writes its own one-shot "<Agent> - action required" title and
-      // never refreshes it, so a stale row let that string assert a question nobody was asking.
-      // Working titles still fall back here: a spinner re-renders, so it stays live evidence.
+      // Stale identity suppresses Orca's one-shot permission label without suppressing native titles.
       getOrCreateTerminalTabActivityFlags(flagsByTabId, identity.tabId).stalePaneIds.add(
         identity.paneId
       )

src/renderer/src/hooks/ipc-events/agent-status-terminal-title-tab-write.test.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import type { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import { createTestStore } from '@/store/slices/store-test-helpers'
 import { resolveAgentStatusTerminalTitle } from '@/lib/agent-status-terminal-title'
+import type { AgentStatusIpcPayload } from '../../../../shared/agent-status-types'
 import { makePaneKey } from '../../../../shared/stable-pane-id'
 import type { TerminalTab } from '../../../../shared/terminal-tab-types'
+import { buildWindowApi } from '../ipc-events-agent-status-window-test-fixtures'
+import type { AgentStatusSetData } from '../ipc-events-agent-status-store-test-fixtures'
 import { resolvePaneKey, shouldApplyResolvedAgentTerminalTitleToTab } from './agent-status-routing'
 
+vi.mock('../agent-hook-completion-notifications', () => ({
+  observeAgentHookCompletionForNotification: vi.fn(),
+  syncAgentHookCompletionNotificationsForStoreUpdate: vi.fn()
+}))
+
 const TAB_ID = 'tab-1'
 const LEAF_ID = '11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111'
 const WORKTREE_ID = 'repo-1::/wt-1'
@@ -96,3 +105,102 @@ describe('hook-driven tab title writes', () => {
     ).toBe(false)
   })
 })
+
+describe('hook-driven tab title IPC integration', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.doUnmock('../../store')
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    { mode: 'live', states: ['done'], title: 'Codex - action required', expected: 'Codex ready' },
+    {
+      mode: 'snapshot',
+      states: ['waiting', 'done'],
+      title: 'Codex ready',
+      expected: 'Codex ready'
+    },
+    {
+      mode: 'snapshot',
+      states: ['done', 'waiting'],
+      title: 'Codex ready',
+      expected: 'Codex - action required'
+    },
+    {
+      mode: 'inactive-pane',
+      states: ['done'],
+      title: 'Codex - action required',
+      expected: 'Codex - action required'
+    }
+  ] as const)(
+    'applies $mode $states against the tab title slot',
+    async ({ mode, states, title, expected }) => {
+      vi.resetModules()
+      const store = createTestStore()
+      const seeded = storeWithDivergedTitleSlots({ tabTitle: title, paneSlotTitle: 'Codex ready' })
+      const otherLeaf = '22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222'
+      if (mode === 'inactive-pane') {
+        seeded.terminalLayoutsByTabId[TAB_ID] = {
+          root: {
+            type: 'split',
+            direction: 'horizontal',
+            first: { type: 'leaf', leafId: LEAF_ID },
+            second: { type: 'leaf', leafId: otherLeaf }
+          },
+          activeLeafId: otherLeaf,
+          expandedLeafId: null,
+          titlesByLeafId: { [LEAF_ID]: 'Codex ready', [otherLeaf]: title }
+        }
+      }
+      store.setState({ ...seeded, workspaceSessionReady: true, activeWorktreeId: null })
+      const events = states.map((state, index): AgentStatusIpcPayload & AgentStatusSetData => ({
+        paneKey: PANE_KEY,
+        worktreeId: WORKTREE_ID,
+        connectionId: null,
+        state,
+        agentType: 'codex',
+        prompt: 'Title clearing test',
+        receivedAt: Date.now() + index,
+        stateStartedAt: Date.now() + index
+      }))
+      let onSet: (payload: AgentStatusSetData) => void = () => {
+        throw new Error('listener missing')
+      }
+      vi.doMock('../../store', () => ({ useAppStore: store }))
+      vi.stubGlobal(
+        'window',
+        buildWindowApi({
+          getSnapshot: async () => (mode === 'snapshot' ? events : []),
+          onSet: (callback) => {
+            onSet = callback
+            return () => {}
+          }
+        })
+      )
+      const { registerAgentStatusIpcBridge } = await import('./agent-status-ipc-bridge')
+      const updateTitle = vi.spyOn(store.getState(), 'updateTabTitle')
+      const updateTitles = vi.spyOn(store.getState(), 'updateTabTitles')
+      const unsubs: (() => void)[] = []
+      const bridge = registerAgentStatusIpcBridge(unsubs)
+      try {
+        if (mode !== 'snapshot') {
+          onSet(events[0])
+        }
+        await vi.waitFor(() => {
+          expect(store.getState().agentStatusByPaneKey[PANE_KEY]?.state).toBe(states.at(-1))
+        })
+        expect(store.getState().tabsByWorktree[WORKTREE_ID][0].title).toBe(expected)
+        expect(store.getState().agentStatusByPaneKey[PANE_KEY].terminalTitle).toBe(
+          states.at(-1) === 'done' ? 'Codex ready' : 'Codex - action required'
+        )
+        expect(updateTitle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(mode === 'live' ? 1 : 0)
+        expect(updateTitles).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(mode === 'snapshot' ? 1 : 0)
+      } finally {
+        bridge.disposeAsyncState()
+        bridge.unsubscribeStore()
+        unsubs.forEach((unsubscribe) => unsubscribe())
+      }
+    }
+  )
+})

src/renderer/src/lib/recent-workspace-tab-rows.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import {
   type RecentWorkspaceTabRow
 } from './recent-workspace-tab-rows'
 import type { TabPaneInputSources } from '@/components/sidebar/smart-attention'
-import type { AgentStatusEntry, AgentStatusState } from '../../../shared/agent-status-types'
+import {
+  AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS,
+  type AgentStatusEntry,
+  type AgentStatusState
+} from '../../../shared/agent-status-types'
 
 const NOW = 1_700_000_000_000
 const LEAF_ID = '11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555'
@@ -106,6 +110,54 @@ describe('orderRecentWorkspaceTabs', () => {
 })
 
 describe('resolveRecentWorkspaceTabStatus', () => {
+  it.each(['tab', 'pane'] as const)(
+    'suppresses a stale done pane permission %s title',
+    (surface) => {
+      const title = 'Codex - action required'
+      const stale = entry('stale', 'done', NOW - AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - 1)
+      const paneSources = sources([stale], {
+        ptyIdsByTabId: { stale: ['pty-1'] },
+        runtimePaneTitlesByTabId: surface === 'pane' ? { stale: { 1: title } } : {}
+      })
+      expect(
+        resolveRecentWorkspaceTabStatus(
+          row('stale', { terminalTab: { id: 'stale', title } }),
+          paneSources,
+          NOW
+        )
+      ).toBe('active')
+
+      stale.updatedAt = NOW
+      stale.state = 'blocked'
+      expect(resolveRecentWorkspaceTabStatus(row('stale'), paneSources, NOW)).toBe('permission')
+    }
+  )
+
+  it('keeps stale-pane spinner fallback and permission on an uncovered split sibling', () => {
+    const stale = entry('split', 'done', NOW - AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - 1)
+    const paneSources = sources([stale], {
+      ptyIdsByTabId: { split: ['pty-1', 'pty-2'] },
+      terminalLayoutsByTabId: {
+        split: {
+          root: {
+            type: 'split',
+            direction: 'horizontal',
+            first: { type: 'leaf', leafId: LEAF_ID },
+            second: { type: 'leaf', leafId: '22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222' }
+          },
+          activeLeafId: LEAF_ID,
+          expandedLeafId: null
+        }
+      },
+      runtimePaneTitlesByTabId: { split: { 1: 'Codex - action required', 2: 'zsh' } }
+    })
+    expect(resolveRecentWorkspaceTabStatus(row('split'), paneSources, NOW)).toBe('active')
+    paneSources.runtimePaneTitlesByTabId.split = { 1: '⠹ codex working', 2: 'zsh' }
+    expect(resolveRecentWorkspaceTabStatus(row('split'), paneSources, NOW)).toBe('working')
+    paneSources.runtimePaneTitlesByTabId.split = { 2: 'Codex - action required' }
+    expect(resolveRecentWorkspaceTabStatus(row('split'), paneSources, NOW)).toBe('permission')
+  })
+
   it('surfaces an interrupted outcome without promoting its sort class', () => {
     const interrupted = entry('interrupted', 'done', NOW - 1_000, { interrupted: true })
 

src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { classifyTitleActivity } from '@/lib/pane-agent-evidence'
 import { tabHasLivePty } from '@/lib/tab-has-live-pty'
 import { resolveRuntimePaneTitleLeafIdFromRoot } from '@/lib/runtime-pane-title-leaf-id'
 import { containsAgentSpinnerGlyph } from '../../../shared/agent-title-core'
+import { isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle } from '../../../shared/synthetic-agent-title'
 import type {
   TerminalLayoutSnapshot,
   TerminalPaneLayoutNode,
@@ -23,12 +24,7 @@ export type WorktreeStatus =
 type WorktreeStatusHeuristicOptions = {
   liveAgentStatus?: LiveAgentWorktreeStatus
   agentStatusPaneIdsByTabId?: Record<string, ReadonlySet<string>>
-  /**
-   * Panes whose explicit row has gone stale. They suppress `permission` titles only: Orca writes
-   * its own "<Agent> - action required" title once per blocked/waiting hook and never refreshes it,
-   * so a stale row leaves that one-shot string asserting a question the agent stopped asking. A
-   * working title keeps its stale-row fallback — a spinner re-renders, so it is live evidence.
-   */
+  /** Stale rows suppress Orca's generated permission labels; native title fallback stays live. */
   stalePaneIdsByTabId?: Record<string, ReadonlySet<string>>
   terminalLayoutsByTabId?: Record<string, TerminalLayoutSnapshot | undefined>
   terminalLayoutRootsByTabId?: Record<string, TerminalPaneLayoutNode | null | undefined>
@@ -80,13 +76,18 @@ function tabHasStatus(
   status: 'permission' | 'working',
   options: WorktreeStatusHeuristicOptions
 ): boolean {
-  const agentStatusPaneIds = suppressingPaneIds(tab.id, status, options)
+  const freshPaneIds = options.agentStatusPaneIdsByTabId?.[tab.id]
+  const permissionPaneIds = suppressingPaneIds(tab.id, status, options)
   const paneTitles = runtimePaneTitlesByTabId[tab.id]
   if (paneTitles && Object.keys(paneTitles).length > 0) {
     const tabLayoutRoot =
       options.terminalLayoutRootsByTabId?.[tab.id] ?? options.terminalLayoutsByTabId?.[tab.id]?.root
     const paneTitleEntries = Object.entries(paneTitles)
     for (const [runtimePaneId, title] of paneTitleEntries) {
+      const agentStatusPaneIds =
+        status === 'permission' && isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle(title)
+          ? permissionPaneIds
+          : freshPaneIds
       const leafId = resolveRuntimePaneTitleLeafIdFromRoot(tabLayoutRoot, runtimePaneId)
       // Why: runtime titles can precede layout hydration (SSH/replay); with one title and one agent row, prefer that row over a stale spinner.
       const hasSingleUnmappedAgentStatusPane =
@@ -108,6 +109,10 @@ function tabHasStatus(
     return false
   }
   // Why: a tab title can't identify its pane; once an agent row owns one, prefer the row over a completed pane's stale "working" title.
+  const agentStatusPaneIds =
+    status === 'permission' && isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle(tab.title)
+      ? permissionPaneIds
+      : freshPaneIds
   if (agentStatusPaneIds && agentStatusPaneIds.size > 0) {
     return false
   }
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ function tabHasStatus(
 
 /**
  * Pane ids whose title must not drive `status` for this tab. Fresh rows suppress every heuristic;
- * stale rows suppress `permission` only (see `stalePaneIdsByTabId`). Returns the fresh set itself
+ * stale rows suppress synthetic permission labels only. Returns the fresh set itself
  * when there is nothing to add, so the common path allocates nothing.
  */
 function suppressingPaneIds(

src/shared/synthetic-agent-title.test.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
   getSyntheticAgentTerminalTitle,
+  isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle,
   shouldDriveSyntheticAgentTitleFromHook
 } from './synthetic-agent-title'
 
 describe('synthetic agent titles', () => {
+  it.each(['Codex - action required', ' Pi - action required ', 'OMP - action required'])(
+    'recognizes the generated permission label %s',
+    (title) => {
+      expect(isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle(title)).toBe(true)
+    }
+  )
+
+  it.each([
+    '✋ Gemini CLI',
+    'π ! approve command',
+    'OpenCode - action required',
+    'Codex ready',
+    'Codex - action required for deployment'
+  ])('keeps native and contextual titles outside generated permission suppression: %s', (title) => {
+    expect(isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle(title)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('provides terminal-state titles for Codex hook completion', () => {
     expect(getSyntheticAgentTerminalTitle('codex', 'done')).toBe('Codex ready')
     expect(getSyntheticAgentTerminalTitle('codex', 'waiting')).toBe('Codex - action required')

src/shared/synthetic-agent-title.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ export const SYNTHETIC_AGENT_TITLE_PROFILES: Record<string, SyntheticAgentTitleP
   }
 }
 
+const SYNTHETIC_PERMISSION_TITLES: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(
+  Object.values(SYNTHETIC_AGENT_TITLE_PROFILES)
+    .filter((profile) => profile.synthesizeTerminalTitle !== false)
+    .map((profile) => profile.permissionLabel.toLowerCase())
+)
+
+export function isSyntheticAgentPermissionTitle(title: string): boolean {
+  return SYNTHETIC_PERMISSION_TITLES.has(title.trim().toLowerCase())
+}
+
 export function getSyntheticAgentTitleProfile(
   agentType: AgentType | null | undefined
 ): SyntheticAgentTitleProfile | null {