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+import { expect, test, type Page } from "../support/fixtures";
+import { openAgentRoute, seedMockAgentWorkspace } from "../support/helpers/mock-agent";
+import { waitForPermissionPrompt } from "../support/helpers/permissions";
+import { readReplicaCache } from "../support/helpers/replica-cache-storage";
+import { daemonWsRoutePattern } from "../support/helpers/daemon-port";
+
+async function selectConversation(page: Page, title: string): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: title, exact: true }).click();
+}
+
+async function waitForDirectoryCheckpoint(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const cache = await readReplicaCache(page);
+      return cache?.hosts?.some((host) => host.directorySync !== undefined);
+    })
+    .toBe(true);
+}
+
+async function expectWaitingTab(page: Page, title: string): Promise<void> {
+  const tab = page.getByRole("button", { name: title, exact: true });
+  await expect(tab).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(tab.getByRole("progressbar", { name: "Agent running" })).toHaveCount(0);
+  // The alert SVG has no accessible name; the provider icon is the other SVG.
+  await expect(tab.locator("svg")).toHaveCount(2);
+}
+
+function observeAgentSyncMode(page: Page): () => unknown {
+  let mode: unknown;
+  page.on("websocket", (socket) => {
+    socket.on("framereceived", ({ payload }) => {
+      const envelope = JSON.parse(String(payload));
+      if (envelope.type === "session" && envelope.message.type === "fetch_agents_response") {
+        mode = envelope.message.payload.sync.mode;
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  return () => mode;
+}
+
+async function reloadWithSlowReconnect(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.routeWebSocket(daemonWsRoutePattern(), async (socket) => {
+    // Fault injection: restore the disk baseline before the handshake completes.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2_000));
+    socket.connectToServer();
+  });
+  await page.reload();
+}
+
+test("keeps an inactive agent's permission alert after reload", async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+  test.setTimeout(180_000);
+  const syncMode = observeAgentSyncMode(page);
+  const waiting = await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+    repoPrefix: "permission-reload-",
+    title: "Needs approval",
+    model: "thirty-minute-stream",
+    initialPrompt: "Emit synthetic plan approval.",
+  });
+  try {
+    await openAgentRoute(page, waiting);
+    await waitForPermissionPrompt(page);
+    await waiting.client.createAgent({
+      provider: "mock",
+      cwd: waiting.cwd,
+      workspaceId: waiting.workspaceId,
+      title: "Other conversation",
+      modeId: "load-test",
+      model: "thirty-minute-stream",
+      initialPrompt: "Long task",
+    });
+    await selectConversation(page, "Other conversation");
+    await expectWaitingTab(page, "Needs approval");
+    await waitForDirectoryCheckpoint(page);
+    await testInfo.attach("before-reload", {
+      body: await page.screenshot(),
+      contentType: "image/png",
+    });
+    await reloadWithSlowReconnect(page);
+    await expect(
+      page.getByRole("button", { name: "Other conversation", exact: true }),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+    await expect.poll(syncMode).toBe("changes");
+    await testInfo.attach("after-reload", {
+      body: await page.screenshot(),
+      contentType: "image/png",
+    });
+    await expectWaitingTab(page, "Needs approval");
+    await selectConversation(page, "Needs approval");
+    await waitForPermissionPrompt(page);
+  } finally {
+    await waiting.cleanup();
+  }
+});