diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/claude-bypass-permissions.real.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/claude-bypass-permissions.real.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d65c7e5a8..0000000000
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/claude-bypass-permissions.real.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  existsSync,
-  mkdirSync,
-  mkdtempSync,
-  readFileSync,
-  realpathSync,
-  writeFileSync,
-} from "node:fs";
-import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
-import path from "node:path";
-import { expect, test } from "../support/fixtures";
-import { submitMessage } from "../support/helpers/composer";
-import { cleanupRewindFlow, type AgentHandle, launchAgent } from "../support/helpers/rewind-flow";
-
-const FILE_NAME = "BYPASS.md";
-const FILE_CONTENT = "PASEO_BYPASS_PLAYWRIGHT_OK\n";
-const COMPLETION = "BYPASS_WRITE_COMPLETE";
-
-function configureClaudeToAskForFileTools(handle: AgentHandle): void {
-  const settingsDirectory = path.join(handle.cwd, ".claude");
-  mkdirSync(settingsDirectory);
-  writeFileSync(
-    path.join(settingsDirectory, "settings.local.json"),
-    `${JSON.stringify({ permissions: { ask: ["Bash", "Write", "Edit"] } }, null, 2)}\n`,
-  );
-}
-
-async function switchClaudeToBypassPermissions(handle: AgentHandle): Promise<void> {
-  const modeControl = handle.page.getByRole("button", { name: /^Select agent mode \(/ });
-  await expect(modeControl).toHaveAccessibleName("Select agent mode (Always ask)");
-  await modeControl.click();
-
-  const modePicker = handle.page.getByTestId("combobox-desktop-container").last();
-  await expect(modePicker).toBeVisible();
-  await modePicker.getByText("Bypass", { exact: true }).click();
-  await expect(modeControl).toHaveAccessibleName("Select agent mode (Bypass)");
-}
-
-async function askClaudeToWriteWithoutApproval(handle: AgentHandle): Promise<void> {
-  await submitMessage(
-    handle.page,
-    `Call the Write tool exactly once to create ${FILE_NAME} with exactly ${JSON.stringify(
-      FILE_CONTENT,
-    )}. Do not use Bash or another tool. After Write succeeds, reply exactly ${COMPLETION}.`,
-  );
-}
-
-async function expectBypassWriteToComplete(handle: AgentHandle): Promise<void> {
-  await expect(
-    handle.page.getByTestId("assistant-message").filter({ hasText: COMPLETION }).last(),
-  ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 120_000 });
-  await expect(handle.page.getByTestId("permission-request-question")).toHaveCount(0);
-  await expect.poll(() => existsSync(path.join(handle.cwd, FILE_NAME))).toBe(true);
-  await expect
-    .poll(() => readFileSync(path.join(handle.cwd, FILE_NAME), "utf8"))
-    .toBe(FILE_CONTENT);
-}
-
-test.describe("real Claude bypass permissions", () => {
-  test.setTimeout(240_000);
-
-  test("honors Bypass when project policy asks to approve Write", async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
-    const cwd = realpathSync(mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-claude-bypass-")));
-    let handle: AgentHandle | undefined;
-
-    try {
-      handle = await launchAgent({
-        page,
-        provider: "claude",
-        cwd,
-        mode: "full-access",
-        providerConfig: { modeId: "default" },
-      });
-      configureClaudeToAskForFileTools(handle);
-      await switchClaudeToBypassPermissions(handle);
-      await askClaudeToWriteWithoutApproval(handle);
-      await expectBypassWriteToComplete(handle);
-      await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath("claude-bypass-write-complete.png") });
-    } finally {
-      await cleanupRewindFlow({ handle, cwd });
-    }
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
index 7b2ed75499..fb9726e127 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
@@ -4571,23 +4571,9 @@ class ClaudeAgentSession implements AgentSession {
     input,
     options,
   ): Promise<PermissionResult> => {
+    const requestId = `permission-${randomUUID()}`;
     const kind = resolvePermissionKind(toolName, input);
     const requestInput = normalizeClaudeAskUserQuestionRequestInput(toolName, input);
-
-    // Supplying canUseTool gives Paseo a host UI for interactive modes, but the SDK can
-    // still call it for ordinary tools while bypassPermissions is active. Honor the mode
-    // contract here so a Bypass session never turns Write/Bash into a blocking UI card.
-    // A human steer keeps precedence: tools from the superseded turn must be denied until
-    // Claude consumes the steer instead of being allowed to race it.
-    if (
-      kind === "tool" &&
-      this.currentMode === "bypassPermissions" &&
-      this.permissionClearingSteerUuids.size === 0
-    ) {
-      return { behavior: "allow", updatedInput: input };
-    }
-
-    const requestId = `permission-${randomUUID()}`;
     const metadata: AgentMetadata = {};
     if (options.toolUseID) {
       metadata.toolUseId = options.toolUseID;