diff --git a/src/main/daemon/permissions/tcc-denial-capture.ts b/src/main/daemon/permissions/tcc-denial-capture.ts
index 5172fb1b3b7..f389b9340b7 100644
--- a/src/main/daemon/permissions/tcc-denial-capture.ts
+++ b/src/main/daemon/permissions/tcc-denial-capture.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   type HelperOrigin
 } from '../../../shared/daemon-tcc-denial-capture'
 import { LOCAL_BUILD_COMPATIBILITY_CONTRACT } from '../../../shared/local-build-compatibility-contract'
+import type { DeveloperPermissionStatus } from '../../../shared/developer-permissions-types'
 import type { EventProps } from '../../../shared/telemetry-events'
 import { msSinceWakeSignal } from '../../power/wake-signal-clock'
 import { isTelemetryEnabled, track } from '../../telemetry/client'
@@ -150,17 +151,23 @@ export function releaseTccDenialCapture(start: TccDenialCaptureStart): void {
 }
 
 async function readFullDiskAccess(): Promise<FullDiskAccessValue> {
+  let status: DeveloperPermissionStatus
   try {
     // Lazy: the status reader reaches the provider modules that import this capture.
     const { getTerminalHostsFullDiskAccessStatus } =
       await import('./daemon-full-disk-access-status')
-    const status = await getTerminalHostsFullDiskAccessStatus()
-    return status === 'granted' || status === 'denied' || status === 'unsupported'
-      ? status
-      : 'unknown'
-  } catch {
+    // The import is an await: consent may have gone, and the reader probes the host and disk.
+    requireTelemetryConsent()
+    status = await getTerminalHostsFullDiskAccessStatus()
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof TelemetryOptedOutError) {
+      throw error
+    }
     return 'unknown'
   }
+  return status === 'granted' || status === 'denied' || status === 'unsupported'
+    ? status
+    : 'unknown'
 }
 
 function helperOriginOf(identity: DaemonEndpointIdentity): HelperOrigin {
diff --git a/src/main/daemon/permissions/testing/tcc-denial-capture.test.ts b/src/main/daemon/permissions/testing/tcc-denial-capture.test.ts
index a3e0f152322..4cca5c77c96 100644
--- a/src/main/daemon/permissions/testing/tcc-denial-capture.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/daemon/permissions/testing/tcc-denial-capture.test.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,21 @@ describe('tcc denial capture', () => {
       result: { identity: 'resolved', executablePath: null },
       skipped: [mocks.logVerdict, mocks.signatures, mocks.fullDiskAccess]
     },
+    {
+      // The access reader is lazily imported, so it starts after an await of its own.
+      stage: 'log reader, before the lazily imported access reader',
+      probe: mocks.logVerdict,
+      result: {
+        logAccess: 'ok',
+        tccdAsked: 'no',
+        authValue: 'none',
+        authReason: 'none',
+        service: 'none',
+        requirementFailure: 'no',
+        kernelDeny: 'no'
+      },
+      skipped: [mocks.fullDiskAccess]
+    },
     {
       stage: 'log, signature and access probes',
       probe: mocks.signatures,