diff --git a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers.test.ts b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers.test.ts
index 443203a3fbf..1a34b788384 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createElement, useState } from 'react'
 import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { colors } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 import type { SessionOptionDescriptor } from '../../../src/shared/native-chat-session-options'
 import {
   MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers,
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ vi.mock('lucide-react-native', () => ({
   ChevronDown: 'ChevronDown',
   ChevronLeft: 'ChevronLeft',
   ChevronRight: 'ChevronRight',
+  FilePenLine: 'FilePenLine',
+  Hand: 'Hand',
   ShieldAlert: 'ShieldAlert',
+  ShieldCheck: 'ShieldCheck',
   X: 'X'
 }))
 vi.mock('../components/BottomDrawer', async () => {
@@ -333,18 +337,41 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers', () => {
     expect(rowByText('Sonnet 5').props.accessibilityRole).toBe('radio')
   })
 
-  it('names the pill for the permission mode where the agent has no model, and closes on a pick', async () => {
-    mount([PERMISSION_DESCRIPTOR], true)
-    expect(pill('Permissions').props).toMatchObject({
-      accessibilityLabel: 'Permissions, Ask for approval',
-      disabled: false
-    })
-    setOption.mockImplementation(() => new Promise(() => {}))
-    await act(async () => pill('Permissions').props.onPress())
-    await act(async () => rowByText('Full access').props.onPress())
-    expect(setOption).toHaveBeenCalledWith('permissionMode', 'full-access')
-    expect(renderer!.root.findAllByType('BottomDrawer')).toEqual([])
-  })
+  it.each([
+    ['ask', 'Ask for approval', 'Hand', 'full-access', 'Full access'],
+    ['full-access', 'Full access', 'ShieldAlert', 'ask', 'Ask for approval'],
+    ['host', "Host's Agent Permissions", null, 'ask', 'Ask for approval']
+  ] as const)(
+    'names the permission-only %s pill and closes its labeled sheet on a pick',
+    async (value, label, icon, nextValue, nextLabel) => {
+      const choices = [
+        { value, label },
+        { value: nextValue, label: nextLabel }
+      ]
+      const kind = { type: 'select' as const, currentValue: value, choices }
+      mount([{ ...PERMISSION_DESCRIPTOR, kind }], true)
+      expect(pill('Permissions').props).toMatchObject({
+        accessibilityLabel: `Permissions, ${label}`,
+        disabled: false
+      })
+      expect(renderer!.root.findAllByType('Text')).toHaveLength(icon ? 0 : 2)
+      expect(renderer!.root.findAllByType('ShieldAlert')).toHaveLength(
+        value === 'full-access' ? 1 : 0
+      )
+      if (icon) {
+        expect(renderer!.root.findAllByType(icon)).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(renderer!.root.findByType(icon).props.color).toBe(
+          value === 'full-access' ? colors.statusAmber : colors.textSecondary
+        )
+      }
+      setOption.mockImplementation(() => new Promise(() => {}))
+      await act(async () => pill('Permissions').props.onPress())
+      expect(rowByText(nextLabel).props.accessibilityRole).toBe('radio')
+      await act(async () => rowByText(nextLabel).props.onPress())
+      expect(setOption).toHaveBeenCalledWith('permissionMode', nextValue)
+      expect(renderer!.root.findAllByType('BottomDrawer')).toEqual([])
+    }
+  )
 })
 
 const PERMISSION_DESCRIPTOR: SessionOptionDescriptor = {
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers.tsx b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers.tsx
index fbd7e6e88f4..834a0a5ed15 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 import { ActivityIndicator, Keyboard, Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native'
-import { ChevronLeft, X } from 'lucide-react-native'
+import {
+  ChevronLeft,
+  FilePenLine,
+  Hand,
+  ShieldAlert,
+  ShieldCheck,
+  X,
+  type LucideIcon
+} from 'lucide-react-native'
 import { BottomDrawer } from '../components/BottomDrawer'
 import { colors, radii, spacing, typography } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 import {
@@ -25,7 +33,11 @@ import {
   showsSessionOptionAsSegments
 } from './MobileNativeChatSessionOptionSegments'
 import { sortNativeChatSessionOptions } from '../../../src/shared/native-chat-session-option-snapshot'
-import { AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_OPTION_ID } from '../../../src/shared/agent-chat-permission-mode'
+import {
+  AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES,
+  AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_OPTION_ID,
+  isAgentChatPermissionMode
+} from '../../../src/shared/agent-chat-permission-mode'
 import type { MobileNativeChatSessionOptionsController } from './use-mobile-native-chat-session-options'
 
 export type MobileNativeChatPickerPresentation = { page: string | null; refocus: boolean }
@@ -56,6 +68,23 @@ function permissionChoiceColor(value: string | undefined): string | undefined {
   return value === 'full-access' ? colors.statusAmber : undefined
 }
 
+/** Undefined for a mode a newer host states that this build has no icon for. */
+function permissionModeIcon(value: string): LucideIcon | undefined {
+  if (!isAgentChatPermissionMode(value)) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+  switch (AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES[value]) {
+    case 'Hand':
+      return Hand
+    case 'FilePenLine':
+      return FilePenLine
+    case 'ShieldCheck':
+      return ShieldCheck
+    case 'ShieldAlert':
+      return ShieldAlert
+  }
+}
+
 function selectedChoice(descriptor: SessionOptionDescriptor | undefined) {
   return descriptor?.kind.type === 'select'
     ? descriptor.kind.choices.find((choice) => choice.value === descriptor.kind.currentValue)
@@ -92,6 +121,8 @@ export function MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers({
   const permissionChoice = selectedChoice(permission)
   const permissionColor = permissionChoiceColor(permissionChoice?.value)
   const fullAccess = permissionColor !== undefined
+  const permissionIcon =
+    !model && permissionChoice ? permissionModeIcon(permissionChoice.value) : undefined
   const segmentOptions = options.filter(showsSessionOptionAsSegments)
   const rowOptions = options.filter((descriptor) => !segmentOptions.includes(descriptor))
   const primary = model ? mobileModelPillLabel(model) : (permissionChoice?.label ?? 'Permissions')
@@ -132,6 +163,7 @@ export function MobileNativeChatSessionOptionPickers({
         primary={primary}
         secondary={secondary}
         warning={fullAccess}
+        icon={permissionIcon}
         accessibleName={
           model
             ? `Model, ${secondary ? `${primary} ${secondary}` : primary}${fullAccess ? ', full access' : ''}`
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionRows.tsx b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionRows.tsx
index 7f636163ee1..9135d192dfc 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionRows.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatSessionOptionRows.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // beside it so the card file stays about layout and apply wiring.
 
 import { Pressable, StyleSheet, Switch, Text, View } from 'react-native'
-import { Check, ChevronRight, ShieldAlert } from 'lucide-react-native'
+import { Check, ChevronRight, ShieldAlert, type LucideIcon } from 'lucide-react-native'
 import { colors, radii, spacing, typography } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 import {
   sessionOptionValueMarker,
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export function ModelPill({
   primary,
   secondary,
   warning,
+  icon: Icon,
   accessibleName,
   disabled,
   onPress
@@ -28,10 +29,12 @@ export function ModelPill({
   primary: string
   secondary: string | null
   warning: boolean
+  icon?: LucideIcon
   accessibleName: string
   disabled: boolean
   onPress: () => void
 }): React.JSX.Element {
+  const PillIcon = Icon ?? (warning ? ShieldAlert : undefined)
   return (
     <Pressable
       accessibilityLabel={accessibleName}
@@ -42,11 +45,19 @@ export function ModelPill({
       disabled={disabled}
       hitSlop={6}
     >
-      {warning ? <ShieldAlert size={15} color={colors.statusAmber} strokeWidth={2.2} /> : null}
-      <Text style={styles.pillText} numberOfLines={1} ellipsizeMode="tail">
-        <Text style={[styles.pillPrimary, disabled && styles.pillTextDisabled]}>{primary}</Text>
-        {secondary ? <Text style={styles.pillSecondary}>{`  ${secondary}`}</Text> : null}
-      </Text>
+      {PillIcon ? (
+        <PillIcon
+          size={15}
+          color={warning ? colors.statusAmber : disabled ? colors.textMuted : colors.textSecondary}
+          strokeWidth={2.2}
+        />
+      ) : null}
+      {!Icon ? (
+        <Text style={styles.pillText} numberOfLines={1} ellipsizeMode="tail">
+          <Text style={[styles.pillPrimary, disabled && styles.pillTextDisabled]}>{primary}</Text>
+          {secondary ? <Text style={styles.pillSecondary}>{`  ${secondary}`}</Text> : null}
+        </Text>
+      ) : null}
     </Pressable>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-permission-mode-labels.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-permission-mode-labels.ts
index bf1d033eed8..630029a61cd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-permission-mode-labels.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-permission-mode-labels.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 import type { LucideIcon } from 'lucide-react'
 import { FilePenLine, Hand, ShieldAlert, ShieldCheck } from 'lucide-react'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
-import type { AgentChatPermissionMode } from '../../../../shared/agent-chat-permission-mode'
+import {
+  AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES,
+  type AgentChatPermissionMode,
+  type AgentChatPermissionModeIconName
+} from '../../../../shared/agent-chat-permission-mode'
 
+const ICONS_BY_NAME: Record<AgentChatPermissionModeIconName, LucideIcon> = {
+  Hand,
+  FilePenLine,
+  ShieldCheck,
+  ShieldAlert
+}
+
+// A static record, not a lookup function: render must index it, not call it.
 export const NATIVE_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICONS = {
-  ask: Hand,
-  'accept-edits': FilePenLine,
-  auto: ShieldCheck,
-  'full-access': ShieldAlert
+  ask: ICONS_BY_NAME[AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES.ask],
+  'accept-edits': ICONS_BY_NAME[AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES['accept-edits']],
+  auto: ICONS_BY_NAME[AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES.auto],
+  'full-access': ICONS_BY_NAME[AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES['full-access']]
 } as const satisfies Record<AgentChatPermissionMode, LucideIcon>
 
 export function nativeChatPermissionModeLabel(mode: AgentChatPermissionMode): string {
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-chat-permission-mode.ts b/src/shared/agent-chat-permission-mode.ts
index b15dfde747f..e6447636683 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-chat-permission-mode.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-chat-permission-mode.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ export const AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODES = [
   'full-access'
 ] as const satisfies readonly AgentChatPermissionMode[]
 
+/** The lucide glyph each mode shows; desktop and phone resolve the name in their own icon package. */
+export const AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES = {
+  ask: 'Hand',
+  'accept-edits': 'FilePenLine',
+  auto: 'ShieldCheck',
+  'full-access': 'ShieldAlert'
+} as const satisfies Record<AgentChatPermissionMode, string>
+
+export type AgentChatPermissionModeIconName =
+  (typeof AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_ICON_NAMES)[AgentChatPermissionMode]
+
 /** The chat option a mode is saved and written under. */
 export const AGENT_CHAT_PERMISSION_MODE_OPTION_ID = 'permissionMode'