diff --git a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener.ts b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener.ts
index 82c9bfc9fec..9de42076e3b 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener.ts
@@ -1794,6 +1794,33 @@ function extractOpenCodeToolFields(
       interactivePrompt: deriveInteractivePrompt('AskUserQuestion', toolInputSource)
     }
   }
+  if (eventName === 'PermissionRequest') {
+    // Why: the payload is permission.asked's event.properties — `permission` names what is
+    // being requested and `metadata`/`patterns` say which command or path it covers. Without
+    // them the row is a bare 'waiting' that cannot tell the user what to approve.
+    const metadata = hookPayload.metadata
+    const metadataInput =
+      metadata !== null && typeof metadata === 'object' && !Array.isArray(metadata)
+        ? readFirstString(metadata as Record<string, unknown>, [
+            'command',
+            'file_path',
+            'path',
+            'url'
+          ])
+        : undefined
+    const patterns = Array.isArray(hookPayload.patterns)
+      ? hookPayload.patterns.filter(
+          (pattern): pattern is string => typeof pattern === 'string' && pattern.length > 0
+        )
+      : []
+    return toolUpdate(
+      {
+        toolName: readString(hookPayload, 'permission'),
+        toolInput: metadataInput ?? (patterns.length > 0 ? patterns.join(', ') : undefined)
+      },
+      { hasToolInputField: hasAnyOwnField(hookPayload, ['metadata', 'patterns']) }
+    )
+  }
   return {}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/opencode-permission-status.test.ts b/src/shared/opencode-permission-status.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1a83d34844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/opencode-permission-status.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { createHookListenerState, normalizeHookPayload } from './agent-hook-listener'
+import { makePaneKey } from './stable-pane-id'
+
+const PANE_KEY = makePaneKey('tab-1', '11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111')
+
+/**
+ * OpenCode reports an approval prompt as `permission.asked`; the status plugin forwards
+ * that event's `properties` under `hook_event_name: 'PermissionRequest'`. The shape is
+ * fixed by @opencode-ai/sdk 1.18.18 (`EventPermissionAsked`): `permission` names what is
+ * being requested, `patterns` carries the concrete commands/paths it applies to, and
+ * `metadata` holds tool-specific detail.
+ *
+ * `normalizeOpenCodeFamilyEvent` serves opencode and mimo-code from one path, so every
+ * case here runs for both.
+ */
+describe('OpenCode-family permission request status', () => {
+  let state: ReturnType<typeof createHookListenerState>
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    state = createHookListenerState()
+  })
+
+  const SOURCES = ['opencode', 'mimo-code'] as const
+
+  function permissionEvent(
+    source: (typeof SOURCES)[number],
+    properties: Record<string, unknown>
+  ): ReturnType<typeof normalizeHookPayload> {
+    return normalizeHookPayload(
+      state,
+      source,
+      {
+        paneKey: PANE_KEY,
+        payload: { hook_event_name: 'PermissionRequest', ...properties }
+      },
+      'production'
+    )
+  }
+
+  const BASH_PERMISSION = {
+    id: 'per_01',
+    sessionID: 'ses_root',
+    permission: 'bash',
+    patterns: ['rm -rf build/'],
+    metadata: { command: 'rm -rf build/' },
+    always: []
+  }
+
+  it.each(SOURCES)('reports a permission request as waiting for %s', (source) => {
+    const event = permissionEvent(source, BASH_PERMISSION)
+
+    expect(event?.payload.state).toBe('waiting')
+    expect(event?.payload.agentType).toBe(source)
+  })
+
+  it.each(SOURCES)('names the requested permission as the tool for %s', (source) => {
+    const event = permissionEvent(source, BASH_PERMISSION)
+
+    // Why: a bare `waiting` row cannot tell the user what is blocked; the permission
+    // name is the only field that always identifies it (STA-3160).
+    expect(event?.payload.toolName).toBe('bash')
+  })
+
+  it.each(SOURCES)('surfaces the blocked command as tool input for %s', (source) => {
+    const event = permissionEvent(source, BASH_PERMISSION)
+
+    expect(event?.payload.toolInput).toBe('rm -rf build/')
+  })
+
+  it.each(SOURCES)('falls back to patterns when metadata carries no command for %s', (source) => {
+    const event = permissionEvent(source, {
+      id: 'per_02',
+      sessionID: 'ses_root',
+      permission: 'edit',
+      patterns: ['src/main/**'],
+      metadata: {},
+      always: []
+    })
+
+    expect(event?.payload.toolName).toBe('edit')
+    expect(event?.payload.toolInput).toBe('src/main/**')
+  })
+
+  it.each(SOURCES)('joins multiple patterns for %s', (source) => {
+    const event = permissionEvent(source, {
+      id: 'per_03',
+      sessionID: 'ses_root',
+      permission: 'edit',
+      patterns: ['src/a.ts', 'src/b.ts'],
+      metadata: {},
+      always: []
+    })
+
+    expect(event?.payload.toolInput).toBe('src/a.ts, src/b.ts')
+  })
+
+  it.each(SOURCES)(
+    'still reports waiting when the payload names no permission for %s',
+    (source) => {
+      // Why: an unrecognized/absent permission must not downgrade the blocked state — the
+      // user still has to answer, they just get less detail.
+      const event = permissionEvent(source, { id: 'per_04', sessionID: 'ses_root' })
+
+      expect(event?.payload.state).toBe('waiting')
+      expect(event?.payload.toolName).toBeUndefined()
+    }
+  )
+
+  it.each(SOURCES)('leaves the AskUserQuestion route untouched for %s', (source) => {
+    const properties = { questions: [{ question: 'Choose', options: ['x', 'y'] }] }
+    const event = normalizeHookPayload(
+      state,
+      source,
+      {
+        paneKey: PANE_KEY,
+        payload: { hook_event_name: 'AskUserQuestion', ...properties }
+      },
+      'production'
+    )
+
+    expect(event?.payload.state).toBe('waiting')
+    expect(event?.payload.interactivePrompt).toBe(JSON.stringify(properties))
+  })
+
+  it.each(SOURCES)('clears permission metadata once the turn resumes for %s', (source) => {
+    permissionEvent(source, BASH_PERMISSION)
+    const resumed = normalizeHookPayload(
+      state,
+      source,
+      { paneKey: PANE_KEY, payload: { hook_event_name: 'SessionBusy' } },
+      'production'
+    )
+
+    // Why: a stale approval card must not outlive the approval — once work resumes the
+    // row is working again and the blocked command is no longer what the pane is on.
+    expect(resumed?.payload.state).toBe('working')
+  })
+})