diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index f584089ebffd..f6e86b29fd9a 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -9208,6 +9208,21 @@ class GatewayRunner(GatewayAuthorizationMixin, GatewayKanbanWatchersMixin, Gatew
                         "Gateway intercepted clarify text response (session=%s, id=%s)",
                         _quick_key, _pending_clarify.clarify_id,
                     )
+                    # The clarify callback pauses the platform typing/status
+                    # indicator while waiting so Slack users can type their
+                    # answer. The active agent resumes as soon as this reply
+                    # resolves the wait, so re-enable its indicator here too.
+                    # Without this, Slack stays silent until the independent
+                    # long-running heartbeat fires (three minutes by default).
+                    _clarify_adapter = self._adapter_for_source(source)
+                    if _clarify_adapter:
+                        try:
+                            _clarify_adapter.resume_typing_for_chat(source.chat_id)
+                        except Exception:
+                            logger.debug(
+                                "Failed to resume typing after clarify response",
+                                exc_info=True,
+                            )
                     # Acknowledge with empty string so adapters that emit
                     # the agent's response don't double-post.  The agent
                     # itself will produce the next user-facing message.
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_clarify_active_session_bypass.py b/tests/gateway/test_clarify_active_session_bypass.py
index bfa5ffff5617..0f5e6614251f 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_clarify_active_session_bypass.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_clarify_active_session_bypass.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Regression tests for clarify replies while a gateway session is busy."""
 
 import asyncio
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -85,3 +85,37 @@ async def test_active_session_routes_typed_choice_clarify_reply_to_runner_not_bu
     adapter._message_handler.assert_awaited_once_with(event)
     adapter._busy_session_handler.assert_not_awaited()
     assert adapter._pending_messages == {}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_gateway_clarify_reply_resumes_typing_before_returning_empty_ack():
+    """A clarify answer must re-enable the active run's typing indicator.
+
+    Clarify pauses typing while waiting so Slack's Assistant API does not
+    disable the compose box. The typed answer is intercepted by the gateway
+    and returns an empty acknowledgment instead of starting a second run; that
+    interception path must therefore resume the original run's indicator.
+    """
+    _clear_clarify_state()
+    from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
+    from tools import clarify_gateway as cm
+
+    adapter = _ClarifyBypassAdapter()
+    adapter.pause_typing_for_chat("12345")
+    event = _event("the missing details")
+
+    runner = GatewayRunner.__new__(GatewayRunner)
+    runner._startup_restore_in_progress = False
+    runner._scale_to_zero_note_real_inbound = lambda: None
+    runner._is_user_authorized = lambda source: True
+    runner._session_key_for_source = lambda source: "clarify-session"
+    runner._adapter_for_source = lambda source: adapter
+    runner._update_prompt_pending = {}
+
+    cm.register("clarify-2", "clarify-session", "What is missing?", None)
+
+    with patch("hermes_cli.plugins.invoke_hook", return_value=[]):
+        result = await runner._handle_message(event)
+
+    assert result == ""
+    assert "12345" not in adapter._typing_paused