diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatAwaitingInputRow.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatAwaitingInputRow.tsx
index 0f9dab5720b..964a1f57a95 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatAwaitingInputRow.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatAwaitingInputRow.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
+import { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import {
   NATIVE_CHAT_ASK_ROW_COPY,
   type NativeChatAskRowSubject
 } from '../../../../shared/native-chat-ask-row'
+import { useNativeChatDisclosure } from './native-chat-disclosure-store'
 import { NativeChatToolRunIcon } from './NativeChatToolIcon'
 
+const ROW_CLASS_NAME =
+  'flex min-h-6 w-full items-center gap-1.5 py-0.5 text-left text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground'
+
 /**
  * The row a question tool call draws in place of its raw input. The agent is
  * blocked on the reader, so the row says that in plain words and names what was
@@ -13,16 +19,46 @@ import { NativeChatToolRunIcon } from './NativeChatToolIcon'
  *
  * Only the label breathes: the question is the part worth reading, and animating
  * it would make the one line the reader has to act on the hardest one to read.
+ *
+ * A question too long for the line becomes a disclosure. Once answered, this row
+ * is the only place the question is still shown, so the full text opens below the
+ * toggle, outside it, where it can be selected and copied like any other prose.
  */
 export function NativeChatAwaitingInputRow({
   subject,
-  pending
+  pending,
+  disclosureKey
 }: {
   /** Null when the payload named no question; the label carries the row alone. */
   subject: NativeChatAskRowSubject | null
   /** Still waiting on an answer; a settled prompt reports what was asked. */
   pending: boolean
+  /** Identity the opened question is remembered under while the row is unmounted. */
+  disclosureKey?: string
 }): React.JSX.Element {
+  const { open, setOpen } = useNativeChatDisclosure(disclosureKey, false)
+  // Seeded from `open`: a row remounted open was clipped when the reader opened
+  // it, and dropping the toggle as it folds would drop keyboard focus with it.
+  const [clipped, setClipped] = useState(open)
+  const observerRef = useRef<ResizeObserver | null>(null)
+  // Attached to the question only while it sits on the line; an open row keeps its verdict.
+  const measureLine = useCallback((line: HTMLSpanElement | null) => {
+    observerRef.current?.disconnect()
+    observerRef.current = null
+    if (!line) {
+      return
+    }
+    const measure = (): void => setClipped(line.scrollWidth > line.clientWidth)
+    measure()
+    if (typeof ResizeObserver === 'undefined') {
+      return
+    }
+    observerRef.current = new ResizeObserver(measure)
+    observerRef.current.observe(line)
+  }, [])
+
+  const question = subject?.kind === 'question' ? subject.text : null
+  const toggles = question !== null && (open || clipped)
   const label = pending
     ? translate('components.native-chat.ask.awaiting', NATIVE_CHAT_ASK_ROW_COPY.awaiting)
     : translate('components.native-chat.ask.asked', NATIVE_CHAT_ASK_ROW_COPY.asked)
@@ -36,18 +72,60 @@ export function NativeChatAwaitingInputRow({
             NATIVE_CHAT_ASK_ROW_COPY.questionCount,
             { value0: subject.count }
           )
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      className="flex min-h-6 w-full items-center gap-1.5 py-0.5 text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground"
-      data-native-chat-ask-row={pending ? 'awaiting' : 'asked'}
-      aria-live={pending ? 'polite' : undefined}
-    >
+  const header = (
+    <>
       <NativeChatToolRunIcon iconName="message-square-more" className="text-muted-foreground" />
       <span className={cn('shrink-0', pending && 'animate-pulse motion-reduce:animate-none')}>
         {label}
       </span>
-      <span className="min-w-0 truncate text-foreground/85">{text}</span>
+      {toggles && open ? null : (
+        <span
+          ref={question === null ? undefined : measureLine}
+          className="min-w-0 truncate text-foreground/85"
+        >
+          {text}
+        </span>
+      )}
+      {toggles ? (
+        <ChevronRight
+          aria-hidden
+          className={cn(
+            'size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground transition-all',
+            open
+              ? 'rotate-90'
+              : 'can-hover:opacity-0 group-hover/ask-row:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/ask-row:opacity-100'
+          )}
+        />
+      ) : null}
+    </>
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      data-native-chat-ask-row={pending ? 'awaiting' : 'asked'}
+      aria-live={pending ? 'polite' : undefined}
+    >
+      {toggles ? (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}
+          className={cn(
+            ROW_CLASS_NAME,
+            'group/ask-row rounded-md focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-ring/70'
+          )}
+          aria-expanded={open}
+        >
+          {header}
+        </button>
+      ) : (
+        <div className={ROW_CLASS_NAME}>{header}</div>
+      )}
+      {toggles && open ? (
+        // Indented to the label, past the icon slot and its gap.
+        <p className="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words pl-5.5 text-sm leading-relaxed text-foreground/85">
+          {question}
+        </p>
+      ) : null}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolutionReceipt.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolutionReceipt.test.tsx
index fcf13956b9c..cac8ebdce0d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolutionReceipt.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolutionReceipt.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom/vitest'
-import { act, cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { act, cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import { i18n } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import type { AgentJournalQuestionItem } from '../../../../shared/agent-session-journal-types'
 import { encodeAgentSessionQuestionAnswers } from '../../../../shared/agent-session-question-answer'
 import { NativeChatResolutionReceipt } from './NativeChatResolutionReceipt'
+import {
+  NativeChatDisclosureContext,
+  useNativeChatDisclosures
+} from './native-chat-disclosure-store'
 import {
   nativeChatReceiptAnswers,
   type NativeChatResolvedPrompt
@@ -210,6 +214,48 @@ describe('resolution receipts', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText('1 grouped question from Claude')).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('keeps an opened question open once it is answered', () => {
+    const scrollWidth = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLElement.prototype, 'scrollWidth')
+    Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'scrollWidth', {
+      configurable: true,
+      get: () => 400
+    })
+    const pendingBody: AgentJournalQuestionItem = {
+      kind: 'question',
+      question: 'Which of the three migration strategies should I use?',
+      options: [{ id: 'a', label: 'Strategy A' }],
+      resolution: { ...approval.resolution, state: 'pending', selectedOptionId: null }
+    }
+    function Harness({ body }: { body: AgentJournalQuestionItem }): React.JSX.Element {
+      const disclosures = useNativeChatDisclosures()
+      return (
+        <NativeChatDisclosureContext.Provider value={disclosures}>
+          <NativeChatResolutionReceipt body={body} disclosureId="message-1" />
+        </NativeChatDisclosureContext.Provider>
+      )
+    }
+    try {
+      const { rerender } = render(<Harness body={pendingBody} />)
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Awaiting user input:/ }))
+
+      rerender(
+        <Harness
+          body={{ ...pendingBody, resolution: { ...approval.resolution, selectedOptionId: 'a' } }}
+        />
+      )
+      expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Asked:/ })).toHaveAttribute(
+        'aria-expanded',
+        'true'
+      )
+    } finally {
+      if (scrollWidth) {
+        Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'scrollWidth', scrollWidth)
+      } else {
+        Reflect.deleteProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'scrollWidth')
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
   it('decodes single free-text answers only for the declared question', () => {
     const body: AgentJournalQuestionItem = {
       kind: 'question',
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolutionReceipt.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolutionReceipt.tsx
index d6587fe9f00..f390df76cdb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolutionReceipt.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolutionReceipt.tsx
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ import {
 } from './native-chat-resolution-receipt'
 
 export function NativeChatResolutionReceipt({
-  body
+  body,
+  disclosureId
 }: {
   body: NativeChatResolvedPrompt
+  /** Message this receipt stands in for; keys the question row's disclosure. */
+  disclosureId?: string
 }): React.JSX.Element | null {
+  const askDisclosureKey = disclosureId === undefined ? undefined : `ask:${disclosureId}`
   const subject: NativeChatAskRowSubject | null =
     body.kind !== 'question'
       ? null
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ export function NativeChatResolutionReceipt({
           }
   if (body.resolution.state === 'pending') {
     return body.kind === 'question' ? (
-      <NativeChatAwaitingInputRow subject={subject} pending />
+      <NativeChatAwaitingInputRow subject={subject} pending disclosureKey={askDisclosureKey} />
     ) : null
   }
   const { resolution } = body
@@ -43,7 +47,11 @@ export function NativeChatResolutionReceipt({
       data-native-chat-receipt={body.kind}
     >
       {body.kind === 'question' ? (
-        <NativeChatAwaitingInputRow pending={false} subject={subject} />
+        <NativeChatAwaitingInputRow
+          pending={false}
+          subject={subject}
+          disclosureKey={askDisclosureKey}
+        />
       ) : (
         <div className="font-medium">{title}</div>
       )}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatToolRun.ask-row.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatToolRun.ask-row.test.tsx
index 4de5a0d214b..870bf39a409 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatToolRun.ask-row.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatToolRun.ask-row.test.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom/vitest'
 
-import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import type { NativeChatBlock } from '../../../../shared/native-chat-types'
 import { NativeChatToolRun } from './NativeChatToolRun'
+import {
+  NativeChatDisclosureContext,
+  useNativeChatDisclosures
+} from './native-chat-disclosure-store'
 
 afterEach(cleanup)
 
@@ -16,6 +20,46 @@ function askBlocks(state: 'running' | 'completed'): NativeChatBlock[] {
   return [{ type: 'tool-call', name: 'AskUserQuestion', input: ASK_INPUT, state }]
 }
 
+/** Lays every element out wider than its box, as a long question is on its line. */
+function clipEveryLine(): () => void {
+  const originals = ['scrollWidth', 'clientWidth'].map(
+    (name) => [name, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLElement.prototype, name)] as const
+  )
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'scrollWidth', {
+    configurable: true,
+    get: () => 400
+  })
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'clientWidth', {
+    configurable: true,
+    get: () => 100
+  })
+  return () => {
+    for (const [name, original] of originals) {
+      if (original) {
+        Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, name, original)
+      } else {
+        Reflect.deleteProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, name)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function DisclosureHarness({ mounted }: { mounted: boolean }): React.JSX.Element {
+  const disclosures = useNativeChatDisclosures()
+  return (
+    <NativeChatDisclosureContext.Provider value={disclosures}>
+      {mounted ? (
+        <NativeChatToolRun
+          blocks={askBlocks('completed')}
+          expandSignal
+          activeTurnIsWorking={false}
+          disclosureId="message-1"
+        />
+      ) : null}
+    </NativeChatDisclosureContext.Provider>
+  )
+}
+
 describe('NativeChatToolRun awaiting-input row', () => {
   it('does not revive stale tool state after a turn stops', () => {
     render(
@@ -80,9 +124,89 @@ describe('NativeChatToolRun awaiting-input row', () => {
     expect(screen.getByText('Asked:')).not.toHaveClass('animate-pulse')
     expect(screen.getByText(QUESTION)).toBeInTheDocument()
     // A run that is only the ask has no work left to head, so it draws no header.
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-native-chat-tool-run-state]')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('leaves a question that fits on its line as plain text', () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <NativeChatToolRun blocks={askBlocks('completed')} expandSignal activeTurnIsWorking={false} />
+    )
+    expect(screen.getByText(QUESTION)).toHaveClass('truncate')
     expect(container.querySelector('button')).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('opens a clipped question below the toggle and folds it back', () => {
+    const restore = clipEveryLine()
+    try {
+      render(
+        <NativeChatToolRun
+          blocks={askBlocks('completed')}
+          expandSignal
+          activeTurnIsWorking={false}
+        />
+      )
+      const toggle = screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Asked:/ })
+      expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false')
+
+      fireEvent.click(toggle)
+      expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true')
+      const full = screen.getByText(QUESTION)
+      expect(full).not.toHaveClass('truncate')
+      // Outside the button, so it selects like prose and a click in it keeps it open.
+      expect(full.closest('button')).toBeNull()
+      fireEvent.click(full)
+      expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true')
+
+      fireEvent.click(toggle)
+      expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false')
+      expect(screen.getByText(QUESTION)).toHaveClass('truncate')
+    } finally {
+      restore()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('keeps an opened question open when the windowed row remounts', () => {
+    const restore = clipEveryLine()
+    try {
+      const { rerender } = render(<DisclosureHarness mounted />)
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Asked:/ }))
+
+      rerender(<DisclosureHarness mounted={false} />)
+      expect(screen.queryByText(QUESTION)).toBeNull()
+      rerender(<DisclosureHarness mounted />)
+
+      const toggle = screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Asked:/ })
+      expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true')
+      expect(screen.getByText(QUESTION).closest('button')).toBeNull()
+
+      // Folding it keeps the same control, so keyboard focus is not dropped.
+      toggle.focus()
+      fireEvent.click(toggle)
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(toggle)
+      expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false')
+    } finally {
+      restore()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('offers no expansion when the row names only a question count', () => {
+    const restore = clipEveryLine()
+    try {
+      const input = { questions: [{ question: 'First?' }, { question: 'Second?' }] }
+      render(
+        <NativeChatToolRun
+          blocks={[{ type: 'tool-call', name: 'AskUserQuestion', input, state: 'completed' }]}
+          expandSignal
+          activeTurnIsWorking={false}
+        />
+      )
+      expect(screen.getByText('2 questions')).toBeInTheDocument()
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /Asked:/ })).toBeNull()
+    } finally {
+      restore()
+    }
+  })
+
   it('counts only the work that ran in the header beside the ask', () => {
     const blocks: NativeChatBlock[] = [
       { type: 'tool-call', name: 'Read', input: { file_path: 'a.ts' }, state: 'completed' },
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatToolRun.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatToolRun.tsx
index bb8d9f96302..00971927fe6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatToolRun.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatToolRun.tsx
@@ -217,7 +217,11 @@ export function NativeChatToolRun({
     <div className="mt-3">
       {standaloneRows}
       {hasAskCall ? (
-        <NativeChatAwaitingInputRow subject={askSubject} pending={askIsActive} />
+        <NativeChatAwaitingInputRow
+          subject={askSubject}
+          pending={askIsActive}
+          disclosureKey={disclosureId === undefined ? undefined : `ask:${disclosureId}`}
+        />
       ) : null}
       {!showsHeader ? null : (
         // One element for the run's whole life. Live and settled are states of
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatTranscriptRow.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatTranscriptRow.tsx
index 266f528ebfd..feb2ea7721d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatTranscriptRow.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatTranscriptRow.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const NativeChatTranscriptRow = memo(function NativeChatTranscriptRow({
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-5">
       {receipt ? (
-        <NativeChatResolutionReceipt body={receipt} />
+        <NativeChatResolutionReceipt body={receipt} disclosureId={message.id} />
       ) : (
         <MessageRow
           message={message}