diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/AskAiButton.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/AskAiButton.svelte
index 95ff47fb52..a141ee3125 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/AskAiButton.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/AskAiButton.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 	import { AIBtnClasses } from './chat/AIButtonStyle'
 	import { prefersSessionHandoff } from './chat/global/gate'
 	import { startSessionWithPrompt } from '$lib/components/sessions/sessionSwitch.svelte'
-	import { userStore } from '$lib/stores'
 	interface Props {
 		label?: string
 		initialInput?: string
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
 
 	// The label stays short ("Ask AI") for the search bar's inline row; the hover
 	// text is where "new AI session" fits.
-	const handsOffToSession = $derived(prefersSessionHandoff($userStore?.operator))
+	const handsOffToSession = $derived(prefersSessionHandoff())
 
 	export function onClick() {
 		// No item to preview here — this carries a question, not a target — so the
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/gate.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/gate.ts
index d1dafe29ed..e389283d8a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/gate.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/gate.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ export function isGlobalAiEnabled(): boolean {
  * Whether an AI entry point hands off to a session instead of driving the docked
  * chat. Deliberately the same condition as the root layout's `disableAi`, so a
  * caller falling back on `false` always has a mounted pane to fall back to.
- * Operators keep that pane (`/sessions` refuses them) until the operator chat ships.
  */
-export function prefersSessionHandoff(isOperator: boolean | undefined): boolean {
-	return isGlobalAiEnabled() && !isOperator
+export function prefersSessionHandoff(): boolean {
+	return isGlobalAiEnabled()
 }
 
 /** Clear the opt-out, then hard-reload so every gated site re-reads it. */
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/FlowEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/FlowEditor.svelte
index a9c3a40e8a..9d98d0535e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/FlowEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/flows/FlowEditor.svelte
@@ -40,14 +40,9 @@
 	import FlowPanelPlacementPicker from './common/FlowPanelPlacementPicker.svelte'
 	import { prefersSessionHandoff } from '../copilot/chat/global/gate'
 	import { openSourceInSession } from '$lib/components/sessions/sessionSwitch.svelte'
-	import {
-		useOperatingUser,
-		useOperatingWorkspace
-	} from '$lib/components/operatingWorkspace.svelte'
+	import { useOperatingWorkspace } from '$lib/components/operatingWorkspace.svelte'
 
 	const operatingWorkspace = useOperatingWorkspace()
-	const operatingUser = useOperatingUser()
-	const actingUser = $derived(operatingUser.current)
 	const { flowStore, selectionManager, pathStore, opWorkspace } =
 		getContext<FlowEditorContext>('FlowEditorContext')
 	// Flow paths repeat across workspaces, and a session keeps every tab it has visited alive, so two
@@ -408,11 +403,7 @@
 							// contain. Hand it to a session opened on that step rather than the
 							// docked chat, which sessions leave unmounted. Sent on arrival: the
 							// user already said what they wanted in the description field.
-							if (
-								!sessionScopedManager &&
-								sessionOpen &&
-								prefersSessionHandoff(actingUser?.operator)
-							) {
+							if (!sessionScopedManager && sessionOpen && prefersSessionHandoff()) {
 								void openSourceInSession(sessionOpen, {
 									previewParams: { selected: detail.moduleId },
 									seedPrompt: stepInstructionsPrompt(detail.moduleId, detail.instructions),
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/home/HomeAIChat.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/home/HomeAIChat.svelte
index 62479b70d1..77eaa8dc07 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/home/HomeAIChat.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/home/HomeAIChat.svelte
@@ -137,13 +137,10 @@
 	// unlocked, so the far commoner unlocked workspace never pops the composer in mid-load.
 	let runOnlyWorkspace = $derived(isRuleActive('DisableDirectDeployment'))
 
-	// The composer hands off to /sessions, which refuses operators and users opted out of the
-	// sessions beta — so hide it from them (the prompt would be silently dropped) while the
-	// AI-independent CLI/MCP row below stays.
+	// The composer hands off to /sessions, so users opted out of the sessions beta don't get it
+	// (the prompt would be silently dropped) while the AI-independent CLI/MCP row below stays.
 	let showComposer = $derived(
-		prefersSessionHandoff($userStore?.operator) &&
-			!runOnlyWorkspace &&
-			!$copilotInfo.workspaceDisabled
+		prefersSessionHandoff() && !runOnlyWorkspace && !$copilotInfo.workspaceDisabled
 	)
 
 	// The hero's margins and centered column are for the full block. The lone button row left
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/OpenInSessionButton.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/OpenInSessionButton.svelte
index 00b784138f..01db5984d3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/OpenInSessionButton.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/sessions/OpenInSessionButton.svelte
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@
 	import { copilotInfo } from '$lib/aiStore'
 	import { sendUserToast } from '$lib/toast'
 	import { openSourceInSession } from './sessionSwitch.svelte'
-	import { useOperatingUser } from '$lib/components/operatingWorkspace.svelte'
-
-	const operatingUser = useOperatingUser()
-	const actingUser = $derived(operatingUser.current)
 
 	let {
 		source,
@@ -80,13 +76,8 @@
 	// SessionEditorTarget / the session wrapper); iframe preview tabs are not
 	// the top window.
 	const inSessionPanel = !!getContext('aiChatManager') || (BROWSER && window.self !== window.top)
-	// prefersSessionHandoff carries the operator clause: the sessions page refuses
-	// them, so an entry point on a page they can reach (Runs, the trigger lists)
-	// would only route them into that refusal.
 	const show = $derived(
-		!inSessionPanel &&
-			!!(source?.target || source?.page) &&
-			prefersSessionHandoff(actingUser?.operator)
+		!inSessionPanel && !!(source?.target || source?.page) && prefersSessionHandoff()
 	)
 
 	// Not $state: only read inside open() as a re-entrancy latch, never rendered.
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/+layout.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/+layout.svelte
index 2403299e71..2873ed0f84 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/+layout.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/+layout.svelte
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@
 		getFavoriteHref,
 		getFavoriteLabel
 	} from '$lib/components/sidebar/FavoriteMenu.svelte'
-	import { parseSuperadminSettingsHash, USER_SETTINGS_HASH } from '$lib/components/sidebar/settings'
+	import {
+		parseSuperadminSettingsHash,
+		USER_SETTINGS_HASH
+	} from '$lib/components/sidebar/settings'
 	import { isCloudHosted } from '$lib/cloud'
 	import {
 		PanelLeft,
@@ -300,11 +303,7 @@
 	// Session mode is route-derived: the rail shows the sessions sidebar on the
 	// /sessions page and the workspace navigation everywhere else. The switch
 	// (SessionModeSwitch) just navigates in and out of that route.
-	// The route decides, except for an operator: /sessions refuses them, so handing their
-	// sidebar over to a session list would offer what the page behind it is declining.
-	let sessionMode = $derived(
-		page.url.pathname.startsWith(base + '/sessions') && !$userStore?.operator
-	)
+	let sessionMode = $derived(page.url.pathname.startsWith(base + '/sessions'))
 	// Session mode points the bottom settings entry at the open session's own
 	// workspace. An unsent draft hasn't committed one yet, so it falls back to
 	// the family root.
@@ -325,14 +324,8 @@
 	const globalAiEnabled = isGlobalAiEnabled()
 	// A workspace that hid the assistant (`ai_config.copilot_disabled`) loses both entry
 	// points: the Workspace ⇄ Sessions switch and the legacy Ask-AI button.
-	const sessionsSwitchShown = $derived(
-		globalAiEnabled && !$copilotInfo.workspaceDisabled && !$userStore?.operator
-	)
-	// The legacy pane's entry point. An operator keeps that pane whatever the beta gate says
-	// (`disableAi` above), so the sidebar must still offer them a way into it.
-	const askAiShown = $derived(
-		(!globalAiEnabled || $userStore?.operator) && !$copilotInfo.workspaceDisabled
-	)
+	const sessionsSwitchShown = $derived(globalAiEnabled && !$copilotInfo.workspaceDisabled)
+	const askAiShown = $derived(!globalAiEnabled && !$copilotInfo.workspaceDisabled)
 
 	if (page.status == 404) {
 		goto('/user/login')
@@ -891,7 +884,7 @@
 	$effect(() => {
 		const ws = $workspaceStore
 		const ready = sessionState.hydrated && $usersWorkspaceStore !== undefined
-		if (globalAiEnabled && ready && ws && !$userStore?.operator) {
+		if (globalAiEnabled && ready && ws) {
 			untrack(() => restoreSessionBackups(ws))
 		}
 	})
@@ -1488,9 +1481,9 @@
 			<AiChatLayout
 				{children}
 				noPadding={devOnly || menuHidden}
-				disableAi={globalAiEnabled && !$userStore?.operator ? true : sessionMode}
+				disableAi={globalAiEnabled ? true : sessionMode}
 				loadAiConfig={!sessionMode}
-				showSessionsBetaBanner={!$userStore?.operator}
+				showSessionsBetaBanner
 				sidebarWidth={railWidth}
 				transitionClass={sidebarTransitionClass}
 				isMobile={useDrawer}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/apps_raw/add/+page.ts b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/apps_raw/add/+page.ts
index 8bd1ba1ba3..1f2d079ae9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/apps_raw/add/+page.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/apps_raw/add/+page.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async function newAppSessionHref(url: URL): Promise<string | undefined> {
 	const user = get(userStore)
 	const workspace = get(workspaceStore)
 	// Neither is known yet on a cold load of this URL, which then opens the editor.
-	if (!user || !workspace || !prefersSessionHandoff(user.operator)) return undefined
+	if (!user || !workspace || !prefersSessionHandoff()) return undefined
 	if ((url.searchParams.get('workspace') ?? workspace) !== workspace) return undefined
 	if (get(copilotWorkspace) !== workspace) await loadCopilot(workspace)
 	if (get(copilotWorkspace) !== workspace || !get(copilotInfo).enabled) return undefined
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/apps_raw/edit/[...path]/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/apps_raw/edit/[...path]/+page.svelte
index 9ed2ca296a..d4aa97b2b4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/apps_raw/edit/[...path]/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/apps_raw/edit/[...path]/+page.svelte
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
 			policy: result.policy
 		}
 		const workspace = $workspaceStore
-		if (mode === 'ai' && prefersSessionHandoff($userStore?.operator) && workspace) {
+		if (mode === 'ai' && prefersSessionHandoff() && workspace) {
 			// The session loads the app by path, so the picked setup is saved before it
 			// opens. `new_draft` tells it the app is still the starter template.
 			try {
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/sessions/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/sessions/+page.svelte
index 97ed4b95b6..ef358378f2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/sessions/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/sessions/+page.svelte
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	import { withWorkspaceParam } from '$lib/components/sessions/sessionMode.svelte'
 	import { enterSessionMode } from '$lib/components/sessions/sessionSwitch.svelte'
 	import type { SessionPreviewTabs } from '$lib/components/sessions/sessionPreviewTabs.svelte'
-	import { userStore, userWorkspaces, usersWorkspaceStore, workspaceStore } from '$lib/stores'
+	import { userWorkspaces, usersWorkspaceStore, workspaceStore } from '$lib/stores'
 	import {
 		getOrCreateRuntime,
 		getRuntime,
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 	// load. `recovering` also guards re-entry: recovery mutates the session list
 	// this effect tracks, while the URL that would stop it only updates on `goto`.
 	$effect(() => {
-		if (embedded || !globalEnabled || $userStore?.operator) return
+		if (embedded || !globalEnabled) return
 		if (!sessionState.hydrated || recovering) return
 		// A deliberate delete removes the open session ahead of its own navigation.
 		// Claiming that gap would take over the URL and tell the user the session
@@ -1021,24 +1021,6 @@
 				}}>Open sessions</Button
 			>
 		</div>
-	{:else if $userStore?.operator}
-		<!-- Operators are exempt from the sessions beta (the layout keeps their
-		     legacy docked chat); a direct URL must not bypass that. -->
-		<div class="p-8 flex flex-col items-start gap-3 text-secondary text-sm">
-			<p class="text-primary font-medium">AI Sessions are not available for operators</p>
-			<p>Use the Ask AI chat instead.</p>
-			<Button
-				unifiedSize="xs"
-				onclick={() => {
-					try {
-						localStorage.setItem('ai-chat-open', 'true')
-					} catch {}
-					window.location.href = `${base}/`
-				}}
-			>
-				Open Ask AI chat
-			</Button>
-		</div>
 	{:else if !globalEnabled}
 		<!-- Direct navigation (bookmark, shared link) while the user has opted out
 		     of the beta: offer the way back in instead of a dead end. -->