Revert "fix(cli): /bg turns hold their prompts open like the foreground turn"

This reverts commit 553bd72f33.

hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py

@@ -1990,9 +1990,6 @@ class CLICommandsMixin:
                             self._app.invalidate()
 
                 bg_agent.thinking_callback = _bg_thinking
-                # /bg prompts paint on this terminal: they wait until answered, like the foreground turn's.
-                from tools.approval_context import reset_prompts_wait_for_answer, set_prompts_wait_for_answer
-                prompts_token = set_prompts_wait_for_answer()
                 try:
                     result = bg_agent.run_conversation(user_message=prompt, task_id=task_id)
                     response = result.get("final_response", "") if result else ""
@@ -2000,7 +1997,6 @@ class CLICommandsMixin:
                         response = _gt("model.error_prefix", error=result["error"])
                     return response
                 finally:
-                    reset_prompts_wait_for_answer(prompts_token)
                     # One agent per /bg task in a long-lived CLI process: close()
                     # is the owner boundary (memory shutdown, tool subprocesses,
                     # httpx clients); an unclosed side agent leaks all of them

tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_approval_ui.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 import cli as cli_module
 from agent.i18n import t
 from cli import HermesCLI
-from tools import approval_context
 
 
 class _FakeBuffer:
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ class TestCliApprovalUi:
 
                 seen["approval"] = _get_approval_callback()
                 seen["sudo"] = _get_sudo_password_callback()
-                seen["approval_wait"] = approval_context.approval_wait_seconds()
                 return {
                     "final_response": "done",
                     "messages": [],
@@ -271,7 +269,6 @@ class TestCliApprovalUi:
                 }
 
         with patch("run_agent.AIAgent", FakeAgent), \
-             patch.object(approval_context, "_get_approval_config", lambda: {"timeout": 1}), \
              patch.object(cli_module, "_cprint"), \
              patch.object(cli_module, "ChatConsole") as chat_console:
             chat_console.return_value.print = MagicMock()
@@ -287,8 +284,6 @@ class TestCliApprovalUi:
         assert seen["approval"].__func__ is HermesCLI._approval_callback
         assert seen["sudo"].__self__ is cli
         assert seen["sudo"].__func__ is HermesCLI._sudo_password_callback
-        # The panel waits until answered, so the turn's accounting must too (not approvals.timeout).
-        assert seen["approval_wait"] > 1
         assert not cli._background_tasks