diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream.ts
index 9f978f2f305..442435956ac 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream.ts
@@ -933,8 +933,7 @@ export function useMessageStream({
         // raise it and wait — the sidebar flags "needs input" and the inline bar
         // surfaces once the user focuses that chat.
         setApprovalRequest({
-          // Only an explicit false (tirith content-security warning) drops the
-          // permanent-allow option; the backend omits the field otherwise.
+          // false only when a tirith warning forbids it; backend omits the field otherwise.
           allowPermanent: payload?.allow_permanent !== false,
           command: typeof payload?.command === 'string' ? payload.command : '',
           description: typeof payload?.description === 'string' ? payload.description : 'dangerous command',
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool-approval.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool-approval.tsx
index f897d63f756..6a3dc6c0d9c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool-approval.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool-approval.tsx
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ const ApprovalBar: FC<{ request: ApprovalRequest }> = ({ request }) => {
   // it goes through a confirm step rather than firing straight from the menu.
   const [confirmAlways, setConfirmAlways] = useState(false)
   const busy = submitting !== null
-  // The backend drops the permanent-allow path when a tirith content-security
-  // warning is present (it would silently degrade "always" → session scope), so
-  // don't offer the option. Only an explicit false hides it.
+  // false when the backend won't honor a permanent allow (tirith warning) → hide "Always allow".
   const allowPermanent = request.allowPermanent !== false
 
   const respond = useCallback(
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts
index 314575298b9..a514556d102 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ function keyedPromptStore<T extends KeyedPrompt>(): PromptStore<T> {
 // resolved via approval.respond {choice, session_id}). It carries no request_id,
 // unlike sudo/secret which are _block()-style request/response.
 export interface ApprovalRequest extends KeyedPrompt {
-  // Only an explicit false hides "Always allow" — set when the backend will not
-  // honor a permanent allow (a tirith content-security warning is present), so
-  // the bar doesn't offer a choice that silently degrades to session scope.
+  // false when the backend won't honor a permanent allow (tirith warning) → hide "Always allow".
   allowPermanent?: boolean
   command: string
   description: string
diff --git a/tools/approval.py b/tools/approval.py
index 95e0c3b0511..3baf1fd10d5 100644
--- a/tools/approval.py
+++ b/tools/approval.py
@@ -1428,12 +1428,8 @@ def check_all_command_guards(command: str, env_type: str,
                 "pattern_key": primary_key,
                 "pattern_keys": all_keys,
                 "description": combined_desc,
-                # Mirror the CLI's allow_permanent gate (see prompt_dangerous_approval
-                # below). When a tirith content-security warning is present the
-                # backend silently downgrades an "always" choice to session scope
-                # (see the persistence loop after the decision), so the UI must not
-                # offer a permanent allow it can't honor. Without this field the
-                # TUI/desktop always render "Always allow".
+                # Mirror the CLI's allow_permanent gate: a tirith warning downgrades
+                # "always" to session scope below, so the UI must not offer it.
                 "allow_permanent": not has_tirith,
             }
             decision = _await_gateway_decision(
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts
index 475e452466e..d6023b507bc 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts
@@ -728,8 +728,7 @@ export function createGatewayEventHandler(ctx: GatewayEventHandlerContext): (ev:
         return
       case 'approval.request': {
         const description = String(ev.payload.description ?? 'dangerous command')
-        // Backend omits the field for the common case; only an explicit false
-        // (tirith warning present) drops the permanent-allow option.
+        // Only an explicit false (tirith warning) drops the permanent-allow option.
         const allowPermanent = ev.payload.allow_permanent !== false
 
         patchOverlayState({
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/components/prompts.tsx b/ui-tui/src/components/prompts.tsx
index 22b472f2995..c88ef3bfe22 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/components/prompts.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/src/components/prompts.tsx
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ import type { ApprovalReq, ClarifyReq, ConfirmReq } from '../types.js'
 import { TextInput } from './textInput.js'
 
 const APPROVAL_OPTS = ['once', 'session', 'always', 'deny'] as const
-// When the backend disallows a permanent allow (tirith content-security
-// warning present) the "always" option is dropped — picking it would only
-// be silently downgraded to session scope, so don't offer it.
-const APPROVAL_OPTS_NO_ALWAYS = ['once', 'session', 'deny'] as const
+// tirith warning present → backend downgrades "always" to session scope, so drop it.
+const APPROVAL_OPTS_NO_ALWAYS = APPROVAL_OPTS.filter(o => o !== 'always')
 const LABELS = { always: 'Always allow', deny: 'Deny', once: 'Allow once', session: 'Allow this session' } as const
 const CMD_PREVIEW_LINES = 10
 
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ type ApprovalAction = { kind: 'choose'; choice: ApprovalChoice } | { kind: 'move
  *
  * Esc and number keys both terminate the prompt; Esc maps to deny (parity
  * with the global Ctrl+C handler that already calls cancelOverlayFromCtrlC
- * for approvals).  Numbers 1..OPTS.length pick the labelled choice.  Enter
+ * for approvals).  Numbers 1..opts.length pick the labelled choice.  Enter
  * confirms the current selection.  ↑/↓ moves the selection within bounds.
  */
 export function approvalAction(
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/types.ts b/ui-tui/src/types.ts
index 02deb363d22..830e532ce8d 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/types.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/types.ts
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ export interface DelegationStatus {
 }
 
 export interface ApprovalReq {
-  // When false the backend will not honor a permanent allow (e.g. a tirith
-  // content-security warning is present), so the prompt hides "Always allow".
+  // false when the backend won't honor a permanent allow (tirith warning) → hide "Always allow".
   allowPermanent?: boolean
   command: string
   description: string