diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-native-chat-permission.test.ts b/mobile/src/session/mobile-native-chat-permission.test.ts
index 3062e35c238..62c86563010 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-native-chat-permission.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-native-chat-permission.test.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,20 @@ describe('parseApprovalFromStatus', () => {
     expect(parseApprovalFromStatus(JSON.stringify({ questions: [] }))).toBeNull()
     expect(parseApprovalFromStatus(JSON.stringify({ approval: {} }))).toBeNull()
   })
+
+  it('omits detail for a missing, empty or non-string summary', () => {
+    for (const summary of [undefined, '', 42]) {
+      const card = parseApprovalFromStatus(JSON.stringify({ approval: { tool: 'Edit', summary } }))
+      expect(card).toEqual({
+        title: 'Allow Edit?',
+        detail: undefined,
+        options: [
+          { label: 'Allow', send: '1' },
+          { label: 'Deny', send: '\x1b' }
+        ]
+      })
+    }
+  })
 })
 
 for (const agent of ['opencode', 'opencode2']) {
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-native-chat-permission.ts b/mobile/src/session/mobile-native-chat-permission.ts
index 5871de560a2..865bfdbbf87 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-native-chat-permission.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-native-chat-permission.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { nativeChatApprovalAcceptKey } from '../../../src/shared/native-chat-agent-support'
+import { parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope } from '../../../src/shared/native-chat-approval-envelope'
 import type { AgentJournalApprovalSubject } from '../../../src/shared/agent-session-journal-types'
 
 // Agent permission asks (e.g. Claude/Codex "Do you want to proceed?") surface
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ export type MobileChatPermission = {
   options: Array<{ label: string; send: string }>
 }
 
-const ESCAPE = String.fromCharCode(27)
-
 /** Parse the live `agentStatus.interactivePrompt` approval envelope
  *  (`{ approval: { tool, summary } }`, emitted by the host on a PermissionRequest)
  *  into an Allow/Deny card. This is the reliable, agent-emitted signal — unlike
@@ -37,33 +35,16 @@ export function parseApprovalFromStatus(
   interactivePrompt: string | undefined | null,
   agent?: string
 ): MobileChatPermission | null {
-  if (!interactivePrompt) {
+  const envelope = parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope(interactivePrompt, agent)
+  if (!envelope) {
     return null
   }
-  let parsed: unknown
-  try {
-    parsed = JSON.parse(interactivePrompt)
-  } catch {
-    return null
-  }
-  if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object') {
-    return null
-  }
-  const approval = (parsed as { approval?: unknown }).approval
-  if (!approval || typeof approval !== 'object') {
-    return null
-  }
-  const tool = (approval as { tool?: unknown }).tool
-  if (typeof tool !== 'string' || tool.length === 0) {
-    return null
-  }
-  const summary = (approval as { summary?: unknown }).summary
   return {
-    title: `Allow ${tool}?`,
-    detail: typeof summary === 'string' && summary.length > 0 ? summary : undefined,
+    title: `Allow ${envelope.tool}?`,
+    detail: envelope.summary,
     options: [
-      { label: 'Allow', send: nativeChatApprovalAcceptKey(agent) },
-      { label: 'Deny', send: ESCAPE }
+      { label: 'Allow', send: envelope.allowSend },
+      { label: 'Deny', send: envelope.denySend }
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-interactive-prompt.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-interactive-prompt.test.ts
index 4cbc4c692ea..e1b7d75706f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-interactive-prompt.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-interactive-prompt.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { i18n } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import {
   buildAskAnswerKeys,
   buildCodexAskAnswerKeys,
@@ -108,6 +109,39 @@ describe('parseApprovalFromStatus', () => {
     expect(approval?.title).toBe('Allow Edit?')
     expect(approval?.detail).toBeUndefined()
   })
+
+  it('omits detail for an empty or non-string summary', () => {
+    for (const summary of ['', 42, null]) {
+      const approval = parseApprovalFromStatus(
+        JSON.stringify({ approval: { tool: 'Edit', summary } })
+      )
+      expect(approval?.title).toBe('Allow Edit?')
+      expect(approval?.detail).toBeUndefined()
+    }
+  })
+
+  describe('translated labels', () => {
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await i18n.changeLanguage('en')
+    })
+
+    it('translates the title and buttons but keeps the tool, summary and keys', async () => {
+      await i18n.changeLanguage('ko')
+      expect(
+        parseApprovalFromStatus(
+          JSON.stringify({ approval: { tool: 'Bash', summary: 'rm -rf build' } }),
+          'opencode'
+        )
+      ).toEqual({
+        title: 'Bash을(를) 허용하시겠습니까?',
+        detail: 'rm -rf build',
+        options: [
+          { label: '허용', send: '\r' },
+          { label: '거부', send: ESC }
+        ]
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
 
 describe('parseInteractivePrompt', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-interactive-prompt.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-interactive-prompt.ts
index baaf6803a23..ea9fa1d96cf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-interactive-prompt.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-interactive-prompt.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { nativeChatApprovalAcceptKey } from '../../../../shared/native-chat-agent-support'
+import { parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope } from '../../../../shared/native-chat-approval-envelope'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import type {
   AgentJournalApprovalItem,
@@ -64,45 +64,26 @@ export type InteractivePromptCard =
   | { kind: 'approval'; approval: ChatApproval }
   | null
 
-const ESCAPE = String.fromCharCode(27)
-
-/** Parse the desktop-only approval envelope; question parsing stays cross-platform. */
+/** Desktop card for the shared approval envelope; question parsing stays cross-platform. */
 export function parseApprovalFromStatus(
   interactivePrompt: string | undefined | null,
   agent?: string
 ): ChatApproval | null {
-  if (!interactivePrompt) {
+  const envelope = parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope(interactivePrompt, agent)
+  if (!envelope) {
     return null
   }
-  let parsed: unknown
-  try {
-    parsed = JSON.parse(interactivePrompt)
-  } catch {
-    return null
-  }
-  if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object') {
-    return null
-  }
-  const approval = (parsed as { approval?: unknown }).approval
-  if (!approval || typeof approval !== 'object') {
-    return null
-  }
-  const tool = (approval as { tool?: unknown }).tool
-  if (typeof tool !== 'string' || tool.length === 0) {
-    return null
-  }
-  const summary = (approval as { summary?: unknown }).summary
   return {
     title: translate('components.native-chat.approval.title', 'Allow {{value0}}?', {
-      value0: tool
+      value0: envelope.tool
     }),
-    detail: typeof summary === 'string' && summary.length > 0 ? summary : undefined,
+    detail: envelope.summary,
     options: [
       {
         label: translate('components.native-chat.approval.allow', 'Allow'),
-        send: nativeChatApprovalAcceptKey(agent)
+        send: envelope.allowSend
       },
-      { label: translate('components.native-chat.approval.deny', 'Deny'), send: ESCAPE }
+      { label: translate('components.native-chat.approval.deny', 'Deny'), send: envelope.denySend }
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/native-chat-approval-envelope.test.ts b/src/shared/native-chat-approval-envelope.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44de9f4e8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/native-chat-approval-envelope.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope } from './native-chat-approval-envelope'
+
+const ESC = String.fromCharCode(27)
+
+describe('parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope', () => {
+  it('reads tool and summary with the default TUI answer keys', () => {
+    expect(
+      parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope(
+        JSON.stringify({ approval: { tool: 'Bash', summary: 'rm -rf build' } })
+      )
+    ).toEqual({ tool: 'Bash', summary: 'rm -rf build', allowSend: '1', denySend: ESC })
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['claude', '1'],
+    ['codex', '1'],
+    ['opencode', '\r'],
+    ['opencode2', '\r'],
+    ['zcode', '\r']
+  ])('allows a %s prompt with %j', (agent, allowSend) => {
+    expect(
+      parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope(JSON.stringify({ approval: { tool: 'shell' } }), agent)
+    ).toEqual({ tool: 'shell', allowSend, denySend: ESC })
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['missing', { tool: 'Edit' }],
+    ['empty', { tool: 'Edit', summary: '' }],
+    ['non-string', { tool: 'Edit', summary: 42 }]
+  ])('omits a %s summary', (_label, approval) => {
+    expect(parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope(JSON.stringify({ approval }))).not.toHaveProperty(
+      'summary'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['null', null],
+    ['undefined', undefined],
+    ['empty string', ''],
+    ['invalid JSON', '{bad'],
+    ['a JSON primitive', '"approval"'],
+    ['JSON null', 'null'],
+    ['an array', '[]'],
+    ['no approval', '{}'],
+    ['a question envelope', JSON.stringify({ questions: [] })],
+    ['a non-object approval', JSON.stringify({ approval: 'Bash' })],
+    ['no tool', JSON.stringify({ approval: {} })],
+    ['an empty tool', JSON.stringify({ approval: { tool: '' } })],
+    ['a non-string tool', JSON.stringify({ approval: { tool: 7 } })]
+  ])('returns null for %s', (_label, input) => {
+    expect(parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope(input)).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/shared/native-chat-approval-envelope.ts b/src/shared/native-chat-approval-envelope.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..175ce208479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/native-chat-approval-envelope.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { nativeChatApprovalAcceptKey } from './native-chat-agent-support'
+
+/** The facts in a status row's `{ approval: { tool, summary } }` envelope; callers own labels. */
+export type NativeChatApprovalEnvelope = {
+  tool: string
+  summary?: string
+  /** Keys that answer the agent's default TUI approval prompt. */
+  allowSend: string
+  denySend: string
+}
+
+const ESCAPE = String.fromCharCode(27)
+
+/** Parse the approval envelope the host writes to `agentStatus.interactivePrompt` on a PermissionRequest. */
+export function parseNativeChatApprovalEnvelope(
+  interactivePrompt: string | undefined | null,
+  agent?: string
+): NativeChatApprovalEnvelope | null {
+  if (!interactivePrompt) {
+    return null
+  }
+  let parsed: unknown
+  try {
+    parsed = JSON.parse(interactivePrompt)
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+  if (typeof parsed !== 'object' || parsed === null || !('approval' in parsed)) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const approval = parsed.approval
+  if (typeof approval !== 'object' || approval === null || !('tool' in approval)) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const tool = approval.tool
+  if (typeof tool !== 'string' || tool.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const summary = 'summary' in approval ? approval.summary : undefined
+  return {
+    tool,
+    ...(typeof summary === 'string' && summary.length > 0 ? { summary } : {}),
+    allowSend: nativeChatApprovalAcceptKey(agent),
+    denySend: ESCAPE
+  }
+}