diff --git a/crates/maestro-cli/src/sessions.rs b/crates/maestro-cli/src/sessions.rs
index 57ea9ef..4a996de 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-cli/src/sessions.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-cli/src/sessions.rs
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ mod tests {
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/maestro-daemon/src/session.rs b/crates/maestro-daemon/src/session.rs
index 112fab2..1e37be5 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-daemon/src/session.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-daemon/src/session.rs
@@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@ impl SessionManager {
             last_focused_at: None,
             acp_session_id: None,
             view: req.view,
+            auto_approve: req.auto_approve,
         };
 
         if let Err(e) = self.inner.sidecar.write(&session) {
@@ -1678,6 +1679,7 @@ impl SessionManager {
                     // Unknown on adoption without a sidecar; matches every
                     // other field's forward-compat default.
                     view: maestro_protocol::SessionView::Terminal,
+                    auto_approve: false,
                 },
             };
             let fifo_path = self.inner.fifo_dir.join(format!("{id}.fifo"));
@@ -1715,7 +1717,7 @@ impl SessionManager {
                     acp_events: None,
                     structured_activity_watermark: None,
                     acp_event_pump: None,
-                    auto_approve: false,
+                    auto_approve: session.auto_approve,
                     pending_prompt: None,
                 },
             );
@@ -1894,15 +1896,13 @@ impl SessionManager {
                     acp_events,
                     structured_activity_watermark: None,
                     acp_event_pump: None,
-                    // Recovery cannot know the original preset's flag; the
-                    // operator re-enables it by restarting with the preset.
-                    auto_approve: false,
+                    auto_approve: session.auto_approve,
                     pending_prompt: None,
                 },
             );
             if let Some((acp, events)) = event_pump {
                 let done = start_acp_event_pump(&self.inner, id, &acp, events.clone());
-                start_acp_permission_pump(&self.inner, id, &acp, events, false);
+                start_acp_permission_pump(&self.inner, id, &acp, events, session.auto_approve);
                 if let Some(record) = self.inner.sessions.lock().await.get_mut(&id) {
                     record.acp_event_pump = Some(done);
                 }
@@ -3023,12 +3023,7 @@ async fn settle_worktree_on_exit(
 /// gone from the authoritative in-memory map, so a stray FIFO or sidecar can't
 /// resurrect it. `kill_tmux` is `true` for an explicit kill and `false` for the
 /// liveness reaper (tmux already lost the session).
-async fn cleanup_record(
-    inner: &Arc<Inner>,
-    id: Uuid,
-    record: SessionRecord,
-    kill_tmux: bool,
-) {
+async fn cleanup_record(inner: &Arc<Inner>, id: Uuid, record: SessionRecord, kill_tmux: bool) {
     if kill_tmux {
         let tmux = inner.tmux.clone();
         let _ = tmux_blocking(move || tmux.kill_session(id)).await;
diff --git a/crates/maestro-daemon/tests/sidecar.rs b/crates/maestro-daemon/tests/sidecar.rs
index e5f1612..426fb75 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-daemon/tests/sidecar.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-daemon/tests/sidecar.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ fn sample(id: Uuid) -> Session {
         last_focused_at: None,
         acp_session_id: None,
         view: SessionView::Terminal,
+        auto_approve: false,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/maestro-protocol/src/display.rs b/crates/maestro-protocol/src/display.rs
index c71ada8..7c326ac 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-protocol/src/display.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-protocol/src/display.rs
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ mod tests {
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/maestro-protocol/src/lib.rs b/crates/maestro-protocol/src/lib.rs
index 7a87b61..ac48117 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-protocol/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-protocol/src/lib.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ pub struct Session {
     /// the two are minted by different processes with different lifetimes.
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub acp_session_id: Option<String>,
+    /// When `true` the daemon auto-approves every ACP permission request for
+    /// this session instead of surfacing them to the client. Set at spawn time
+    /// from the preset or the `CreateSessionRequest`; persisted so it survives
+    /// a daemon restart.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub auto_approve: bool,
 }
 
 /// A session's process shape (#133): a plain terminal, or a structured agent
@@ -1054,6 +1060,7 @@ mod tests {
             last_focused_at: None,
             view: SessionView::Terminal,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/maestro-testing/src/lib.rs b/crates/maestro-testing/src/lib.rs
index dc63b2d..ef7806b 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-testing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-testing/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub fn session(id: Uuid, cwd: &str, command: &str) -> Session {
         blocked_work: None,
         last_focused_at: None,
         acp_session_id: None,
+        auto_approve: false,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/maestro-tui/src/app.rs b/crates/maestro-tui/src/app.rs
index dc59335..8849809 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-tui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-tui/src/app.rs
@@ -2216,6 +2216,7 @@ mod tests {
                     blocked_work: None,
                     last_focused_at: None,
                     acp_session_id: None,
+                    auto_approve: false,
                 })
                 .collect(),
         });
@@ -2399,6 +2400,7 @@ mod tests {
                 blocked_work: None,
                 last_focused_at: None,
                 acp_session_id: None,
+                auto_approve: false,
             }],
         });
         app.dispatch(Action::SidebarNext);
@@ -2428,6 +2430,7 @@ mod tests {
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -3590,6 +3593,7 @@ mod tests {
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: focused,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         };
         let older = Utc::now() - chrono::Duration::seconds(60);
         app.catalog.apply_event(CatalogEvent::Snapshot {
@@ -3870,6 +3874,7 @@ mod tests {
                 blocked_work: None,
                 last_focused_at: None,
                 acp_session_id: None,
+                auto_approve: false,
             }],
         });
         app.dispatch(Action::KillHighlighted);
@@ -3907,6 +3912,7 @@ mod tests {
                 blocked_work: None,
                 last_focused_at: None,
                 acp_session_id: None,
+                auto_approve: false,
             }],
         });
     }
diff --git a/crates/maestro-tui/src/catalog.rs b/crates/maestro-tui/src/catalog.rs
index 4a42e4f..d734493 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-tui/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-tui/src/catalog.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ mod tests {
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/maestro-tui/src/command_bar.rs b/crates/maestro-tui/src/command_bar.rs
index 095dee7..2feace8 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-tui/src/command_bar.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-tui/src/command_bar.rs
@@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ mod tests {
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/maestro-tui/src/sidebar.rs b/crates/maestro-tui/src/sidebar.rs
index 6d02373..d397734 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-tui/src/sidebar.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-tui/src/sidebar.rs
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ mod tests {
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -1272,6 +1273,7 @@ mod tests {
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
             acp_session_id: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         };
         let sb = Sidebar {
             sessions: vec![s],