diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/codex-restart-notice-lifecycle.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/codex-restart-notice-lifecycle.test.ts
index 194a6696944..3d78a0353c1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/codex-restart-notice-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/codex-restart-notice-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,22 @@ describe('codex restart notice lifecycle', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('leaves a dismissal answered when the active account is re-marked unchanged', () => {
+    switchAccount('pty-1', A, B)
+    useAppStore.getState().dismissCodexRestartNotices(['pty-1'])
+
+    // Why: adding an account and reauthenticating the active one both re-mark
+    // live panes with the selection unchanged. Nothing about the pane moved, so
+    // resurrecting the prompt would also re-block a keyboard the user freed.
+    switchAccount('pty-1', B, B)
+
+    expect(useAppStore.getState().codexRestartNoticeByPtyId['pty-1']).toEqual({
+      previousAccountLabel: A,
+      nextAccountLabel: B,
+      dismissed: true
+    })
+  })
+
   it('drops a queued restart when the user dismisses the same pane', () => {
     switchAccount('pty-1', A, B)
     useAppStore.getState().queueCodexPaneRestarts(['pty-1'])
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/terminals.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/terminals.ts
index 9b6e5866798..0d5d6930986 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/terminals.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/terminals.ts
@@ -2856,9 +2856,15 @@ export const createTerminalSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], TerminalSlice>
           nextAccountLabel: notice.nextAccountLabel,
           // Why: a queued restart relaunches under whatever account is selected
           // when it runs, so a later switch does not reopen an answered prompt.
-          // A dismissal is deliberately not carried over — it answered "keep the
-          // old account instead of B", which says nothing about a later C.
-          ...(existing?.restartRequested ? { restartRequested: true as const } : {})
+          ...(existing?.restartRequested ? { restartRequested: true as const } : {}),
+          // Why: a dismissal answered one question — "keep the launch account
+          // instead of this one". Only a genuinely different target re-asks it,
+          // so a later C reopens the prompt while adding an account or
+          // reauthenticating the active one (both re-mark live panes with the
+          // selection unchanged) must not resurrect it and re-mute the pane.
+          ...(existing?.dismissed && existing.nextAccountLabel === notice.nextAccountLabel
+            ? { dismissed: true as const }
+            : {})
         }
       }
       return {