fix(chat): preserve rehydrated permission prompts

Session navigation restores pending approvals through chat.subscribe.

Provider synchronization could clear that restored state afterward.

This made banner visibility depend on response timing.

Keep cleanup session-scoped and match acknowledgments against the current view.

server/modules/websocket/services/shell-websocket.service.ts

@@ -171,62 +171,6 @@ function buildShellCommand(
   return command;
 }
 
-function readEnvValue(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv, key: string): string | undefined {
-  const resolvedKey = Object.keys(env).find((envKey) => envKey.toLowerCase() === key.toLowerCase());
-  return resolvedKey ? env[resolvedKey] : undefined;
-}
-
-function getPathEnvKey(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): string {
-  return Object.keys(env).find((key) => key.toLowerCase() === 'path') || 'PATH';
-}
-
-function prioritizeUserNpmGlobalBin(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): { key: string; value: string | undefined } {
-  const pathKey = getPathEnvKey(env);
-  const currentPath = env[pathKey];
-  if (!currentPath) {
-    return { key: pathKey, value: currentPath };
-  }
-
-  const delimiter = path.delimiter;
-  const pathEntries = currentPath.split(delimiter).filter(Boolean);
-  const npmPrefix = readEnvValue(env, 'npm_config_prefix');
-  const appData = readEnvValue(env, 'APPDATA');
-  const candidates = [
-    npmPrefix || '',
-    npmPrefix ? path.join(npmPrefix, 'bin') : '',
-    appData ? path.join(appData, 'npm') : '',
-    path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Roaming', 'npm'),
-    path.join(os.homedir(), '.npm-global', 'bin'),
-  ].filter(Boolean);
-
-  const normalizedPathEntries = pathEntries.map((entry) => os.platform() === 'win32' ? entry.toLowerCase() : entry);
-  const preferredEntries = candidates.filter((candidate, index) => {
-    const normalizedCandidate = os.platform() === 'win32' ? candidate.toLowerCase() : candidate;
-    return (
-      candidates.indexOf(candidate) === index &&
-      normalizedPathEntries.includes(normalizedCandidate)
-    );
-  });
-
-  if (preferredEntries.length === 0) {
-    return { key: pathKey, value: currentPath };
-  }
-
-  const normalizedPreferredEntries = preferredEntries.map((entry) =>
-    os.platform() === 'win32' ? entry.toLowerCase() : entry
-  );
-
-  const value = [
-    ...preferredEntries,
-    ...pathEntries.filter((entry) => {
-      const normalizedEntry = os.platform() === 'win32' ? entry.toLowerCase() : entry;
-      return !normalizedPreferredEntries.includes(normalizedEntry);
-    }),
-  ].join(delimiter);
-
-  return { key: pathKey, value };
-}
-
 /**
  * Handles websocket connections used by the standalone shell terminal UI.
  */
@@ -340,7 +284,6 @@ export function handleShellConnection(
           os.platform() === 'win32' ? ['-Command', shellCommand] : ['-c', shellCommand];
         const termCols = readNumber(data.cols, 80);
         const termRows = readNumber(data.rows, 24);
-        const prioritizedPath = prioritizeUserNpmGlobalBin(process.env);
 
         shellProcess = pty.spawn(shell, shellArgs, {
           name: 'xterm-256color',
@@ -349,7 +292,6 @@ export function handleShellConnection(
           cwd: resolvedProjectPath,
           env: {
             ...process.env,
-            [prioritizedPath.key]: prioritizedPath.value,
             TERM: 'xterm-256color',
             COLORTERM: 'truecolor',
             FORCE_COLOR: '3',

src/components/chat/hooks/useChatProviderState.ts

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ export function useChatProviderState({ selectedSession, selectedProject }: UseCh
   const [providerModelsLoading, setProviderModelsLoading] = useState(true);
   const [providerModelsRefreshing, setProviderModelsRefreshing] = useState(false);
 
-  const lastProviderRef = useRef(provider);
   const providerModelsRequestIdRef = useRef(0);
 
   const setStoredProviderModel = useCallback((targetProvider: LLMProvider, model: string) => {
@@ -344,14 +343,8 @@ export function useChatProviderState({ selectedSession, selectedProject }: UseCh
     localStorage.setItem('selected-provider', selectedSession.__provider);
   }, [provider, selectedSession]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  // Permission prompts belong to a session, not to the transient provider
-    if (lastProviderRef.current === provider) {
+  // selection that is synchronized after navigation.
-      return;
-    }
-    setPendingPermissionRequests([]);
-    lastProviderRef.current = provider;
-  }, [provider]);
-
   useEffect(() => {
     setPendingPermissionRequests((previous) =>
       previous.filter((request) => !request.sessionId || request.sessionId === selectedSession?.id),

src/components/chat/hooks/useChatRealtimeHandlers.ts

@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import type { Dispatch, MutableRefObject, SetStateAction } from 'react';
 
 import type { ServerEvent } from '../../../contexts/WebSocketContext';
 import { showCompletionTitleIndicator } from '../../../utils/pageTitleNotification';
-import { playChatCompletionSound } from '../../../utils/notificationSound';
+import { playChatCompletionSound, playNotificationSound } from '../../../utils/notificationSound';
 import type { MarkSessionIdle, MarkSessionProcessing } from '../../../hooks/useSessionProtection';
 import type { PendingPermissionRequest } from '../types/types';
 import type { ProjectSession, LLMProvider } from '../../../types/app';
 import type { SessionStore, NormalizedMessage } from '../../../stores/useSessionStore';
 
+const isActionablePermissionRequest = (request: { toolName?: unknown } | null | undefined): boolean => {
+  return request?.toolName !== 'ExitPlanMode' && request?.toolName !== 'exit_plan_mode';
+};
+
+const hasActionablePermissionRequests = (requests: Array<{ toolName?: unknown }> | null | undefined): boolean => {
+  return Array.isArray(requests) && requests.some((request) => isActionablePermissionRequest(request));
+};
+
 interface UseChatRealtimeHandlersArgs {
   subscribe: (listener: (event: ServerEvent) => void) => () => void;
   provider: LLMProvider;
   selectedSession: ProjectSession | null;
   currentSessionId: string | null;
   setTokenBudget: (budget: Record<string, unknown> | null) => void;
+  pendingPermissionRequests: PendingPermissionRequest[];
   setPendingPermissionRequests: Dispatch<SetStateAction<PendingPermissionRequest[]>>;
   streamTimerRef: MutableRefObject<number | null>;
   accumulatedStreamRef: MutableRefObject<string>;
@@ -52,6 +61,7 @@ export function useChatRealtimeHandlers({
   selectedSession,
   currentSessionId,
   setTokenBudget,
+  pendingPermissionRequests,
   setPendingPermissionRequests,
   streamTimerRef,
   accumulatedStreamRef,
@@ -62,13 +72,29 @@ export function useChatRealtimeHandlers({
   onWebSocketReconnect,
   sessionStore,
 }: UseChatRealtimeHandlersArgs) {
+  // Session switches can send `chat.subscribe` before this effect has a chance
+  // to rebind the websocket listener. Read the visible session id from a ref
+  // so a fast `chat_subscribed` ack is matched against the current view, not
+  // the previous render's closed-over selection.
+  const activeViewSessionIdRef = useRef<string | null>(selectedSession?.id || currentSessionId || null);
+  activeViewSessionIdRef.current = selectedSession?.id || currentSessionId || null;
+
+  // Keep the latest pending-permission snapshot available to the websocket
+  // listener so back-to-back permission events can dedupe and re-arm the
+  // notification sound before React finishes a rerender.
+  const pendingPermissionRequestsRef = useRef(pendingPermissionRequests);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    pendingPermissionRequestsRef.current = pendingPermissionRequests;
+  }, [pendingPermissionRequests]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const handleEvent = (msg: ServerEvent) => {
       if (!msg.kind) {
         return;
       }
 
-      const activeViewSessionId = selectedSession?.id || currentSessionId || null;
+      const activeViewSessionId = activeViewSessionIdRef.current;
       const sid = (typeof msg.sessionId === 'string' && msg.sessionId) || activeViewSessionId;
 
       // Record replay progress for every sequenced live event.
@@ -101,7 +127,16 @@ export function useChatRealtimeHandlers({
 
           const isViewedSession = sid === activeViewSessionId;
           if (isViewedSession && Array.isArray(msg.pendingPermissions)) {
-            setPendingPermissionRequests(msg.pendingPermissions as PendingPermissionRequest[]);
+            const nextPendingPermissionRequests = msg.pendingPermissions as PendingPermissionRequest[];
+            const hadActionablePermissionRequests = hasActionablePermissionRequests(pendingPermissionRequestsRef.current);
+            const hasPendingActionablePermissionRequests = hasActionablePermissionRequests(nextPendingPermissionRequests);
+
+            pendingPermissionRequestsRef.current = nextPendingPermissionRequests;
+            setPendingPermissionRequests(nextPendingPermissionRequests);
+
+            if (hasPendingActionablePermissionRequests && !hadActionablePermissionRequests) {
+              void playNotificationSound();
+            }
           }
           return;
         }
@@ -203,6 +238,7 @@ export function useChatRealtimeHandlers({
           // hides it immediately and atomically.
           onSessionIdle?.(sid);
           if (sid === activeViewSessionId) {
+            pendingPermissionRequestsRef.current = [];
             setPendingPermissionRequests([]);
           }
 
@@ -235,9 +271,9 @@ export function useChatRealtimeHandlers({
         case 'permission_request': {
           if (!msg.requestId) break;
           if (sid === activeViewSessionId) {
-            setPendingPermissionRequests((prev) => {
+            const previousPendingPermissionRequests = pendingPermissionRequestsRef.current;
-              if (prev.some((r: PendingPermissionRequest) => r.requestId === msg.requestId)) return prev;
+            if (!previousPendingPermissionRequests.some((request) => request.requestId === msg.requestId)) {
-              return [...prev, {
+              const nextPendingPermissionRequests = [...previousPendingPermissionRequests, {
                 requestId: msg.requestId as string,
                 toolName: (msg.toolName as string) || 'UnknownTool',
                 input: msg.input,
@@ -245,7 +281,17 @@ export function useChatRealtimeHandlers({
                 sessionId: sid || null,
                 receivedAt: new Date(),
               }];
-            });
+
+              pendingPermissionRequestsRef.current = nextPendingPermissionRequests;
+              setPendingPermissionRequests(nextPendingPermissionRequests);
+
+              if (
+                isActionablePermissionRequest({ toolName: msg.toolName })
+                && !hasActionablePermissionRequests(previousPendingPermissionRequests)
+              ) {
+                void playNotificationSound();
+              }
+            }
           }
           if (sid) {
             onSessionProcessing?.(sid);
@@ -255,7 +301,12 @@ export function useChatRealtimeHandlers({
 
         case 'permission_cancelled': {
           if (msg.requestId && sid === activeViewSessionId) {
-            setPendingPermissionRequests((prev) => prev.filter((r: PendingPermissionRequest) => r.requestId !== msg.requestId));
+            const nextPendingPermissionRequests = pendingPermissionRequestsRef.current.filter(
+              (request: PendingPermissionRequest) => request.requestId !== msg.requestId,
+            );
+
+            pendingPermissionRequestsRef.current = nextPendingPermissionRequests;
+            setPendingPermissionRequests(nextPendingPermissionRequests);
           }
           break;
         }
@@ -286,6 +337,7 @@ export function useChatRealtimeHandlers({
     selectedSession,
     currentSessionId,
     setTokenBudget,
+    pendingPermissionRequests,
     setPendingPermissionRequests,
     streamTimerRef,
     accumulatedStreamRef,

src/components/chat/view/ChatInterface.tsx

@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ function ChatInterface({
     selectedSession,
     currentSessionId,
     setTokenBudget,
+    pendingPermissionRequests,
     setPendingPermissionRequests,
     streamTimerRef,
     accumulatedStreamRef,

src/i18n/locales/en/settings.json

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     },
     "sound": {
       "title": "Sound",
-      "description": "Play a short tone when a chat run finishes.",
+      "description": "Play a short tone when a chat run finishes or needs tool approval.",
       "enabled": "Enabled",
       "test": "Test sound"
     },

src/utils/notificationSound.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const playTone = (
   oscillator.stop(startsAt + duration + 0.02);
 };
 
-export const playChatCompletionSound = async ({ force = false } = {}): Promise<void> => {
+export const playNotificationSound = async ({ force = false } = {}): Promise<void> => {
   if (!force && !isNotificationSoundEnabled()) {
     return;
   }
@@ -81,3 +81,5 @@ export const playChatCompletionSound = async ({ force = false } = {}): Promise<v
     console.warn('Unable to play notification sound:', error);
   }
 };
+
+export const playChatCompletionSound = (options = {}): Promise<void> => playNotificationSound(options);