diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/lifecycle.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/lifecycle.ts
index 62511926a9..def9e97780 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/lifecycle.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/lifecycle.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   type PetChangeMeta,
   setChangeEventsAvailable
 } from '@/store/live-sync'
+import { clearAllPrompts, clearClarifyRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
 import { markRuntimeGone } from '@/store/runtime-gone'
 import { dropSessionState, unbindTileRuntime } from '@/store/session-states'
 // Leaf import (not the `@/themes` barrel) to avoid pulling the ThemeProvider
@@ -105,6 +106,13 @@ export function handleLifecycleEvent(ctx: GatewayEventContext): boolean {
       // Heal while the cached stored-id mapping is still intact, then drop.
       markRuntimeGone(reclaimedRuntimeId)
       dropSessionState(reclaimedRuntimeId)
+      // A prompt keyed to the dead runtime must not outlive it. The runtime id
+      // rotates on every resume (cold/lazy/eager all mint a fresh sid), so the
+      // new runtime's turn-end clears can never remove an entry keyed to THIS
+      // one — a stale approval would re-mount the floating "needs approval"
+      // bar whenever the reclaimed conversation is reopened (#86577).
+      clearAllPrompts(reclaimedRuntimeId)
+      clearClarifyRequest(undefined, reclaimedRuntimeId)
       // A tile bound to the reclaimed runtime would otherwise render an
       // empty transcript forever: its view reads $sessionStates[runtime]
       // (just dropped) and its resume effect is gated on !runtimeId, so a
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts
index 429f1b4cd8..257f05fad1 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { reconcileApprovalModeForProfile } from '@/store/approval-mode'
 import { reconcileSessionCompacting } from '@/store/compaction'
 import { requestDesktopOnboardingForCredentialWarning } from '@/store/onboarding'
 import { followActiveSessionCwd } from '@/store/projects'
+import { clearAllPrompts, clearClarifyRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
 import {
   $activeSessionId,
   $currentCwd,
@@ -284,6 +285,18 @@ export function handleSessionInfoEvent(ctx: GatewayEventContext): boolean {
     // mutates the per-runtime cache entry, and syncSessionStateToView
     // guards the view publish to the active session, so this is safe.
     if (runningChanged && sessionId) {
+      // The agent loop's finally block emits running=false even when a
+      // reconnect gap or provider crash swallowed message.complete — and
+      // message.complete is where the turn-end prompt clear lives. An
+      // approval left parked by that miss re-mounts the floating "needs
+      // approval" bar on a session whose turn is already finished, so treat
+      // the end of a turn we knew was live as an authoritative clear edge
+      // too (#86577). Bystander sessions keep their prompts: the clear is
+      // scoped to this sessionId.
+      if (!payload!.running && (knownState?.busy || knownState?.awaitingResponse)) {
+        clearAllPrompts(sessionId)
+        clearClarifyRequest(undefined, sessionId)
+      }
       // Set when THIS event releases a confirmed live turn whose terminal
       // message never arrived. The updater is invoked exactly once,
       // synchronously, by updateSessionState.
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/session-reclaimed.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/session-reclaimed.test.tsx
index 7058eadaa0..8947303414 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/session-reclaimed.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/session-reclaimed.test.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 import type { ClientSessionState } from '@/app/types'
 import { createClientSessionState } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
+import { clearAllPrompts, sessionApprovalRequest, setApprovalRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
 import { resetRuntimeGoneHealing } from '@/store/runtime-gone'
 import { $activeSessionId, $sessionResumeRequest } from '@/store/session'
 import { $sessionStates, $sessionTiles, publishSessionState } from '@/store/session-states'
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   $sessionTiles.set([])
   $activeSessionId.set(null)
   $sessionResumeRequest.set(null)
+  clearAllPrompts()
 })
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
   $sessionTiles.set([])
   $activeSessionId.set(null)
   $sessionResumeRequest.set(null)
+  clearAllPrompts()
   vi.restoreAllMocks()
 })
 
@@ -69,6 +72,21 @@ describe('session.reclaimed', () => {
     expect($sessionStates.get()['live-kept']).toBeDefined()
   })
 
+  // The runtime id rotates on every resume, so a prompt keyed to the reclaimed
+  // runtime can never be cleared by the NEW runtime's turn-end edges. Left
+  // behind, it re-mounts the floating "needs approval" bar on a finished
+  // conversation whenever it is reopened (#86577).
+  it('retires only the reclaimed runtime approval', () => {
+    mountStream()
+    setApprovalRequest({ command: 'rm stale', description: 'stale request', sessionId: 'live-gone' })
+    setApprovalRequest({ command: 'rm kept', description: 'kept request', sessionId: 'live-kept' })
+
+    reclaim('live-gone')
+
+    expect(sessionApprovalRequest('live-gone').get()).toBeNull()
+    expect(sessionApprovalRequest('live-kept').get()?.command).toBe('rm kept')
+  })
+
   it('ignores a payload with no runtime id instead of clearing everything', () => {
     mountStream()
     publishSessionState('live-a', createClientSessionState())
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/stale-pending-settle.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/stale-pending-settle.test.tsx
index ad0182177e..b0ddda2a82 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/stale-pending-settle.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/stale-pending-settle.test.tsx
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import type { GatewayEvent } from '@hermes/shared'
 // running=false is the turn's finally-block signal and the only settle edge
 // those paths still emit, so it must finalize the bubble.
 import { act, cleanup } from '@testing-library/react'
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { clearAllPrompts, sessionApprovalRequest, setApprovalRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
 
 import { type MessageStreamHarness, renderMessageStream } from './test-harness'
 import { STREAM_DELTA_FLUSH_MS } from './utils'
 
 const SID = 'stale-pending-session'
+const OTHER_SID = 'other-session'
 
 let stream: MessageStreamHarness
 
@@ -32,8 +35,13 @@ const flushDeltas = async () => {
 const emit = (event: GatewayEvent) => act(() => stream.handleEvent(event))
 
 describe('turn end without message.complete (session.info running=false)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    clearAllPrompts()
+  })
+
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup()
+    clearAllPrompts()
     vi.useRealTimers()
     vi.restoreAllMocks()
   })
@@ -84,4 +92,49 @@ describe('turn end without message.complete (session.info running=false)', () =>
     expect(state?.messages.every(message => !message.pending)).toBe(true)
     expect(state?.streamId).toBeNull()
   })
+
+  // A turn whose message.complete was swallowed (reconnect gap, provider
+  // crash) used to leave its approval entry parked: the floating "needs
+  // approval" bar kept reappearing on a session the sidebar already showed
+  // as finished. running=false is the agent loop's finally-block edge — it
+  // must clear the turn's prompts just like message.complete does (#86577).
+  it('retires the finished session approval when message.complete was missed', async () => {
+    await mountHarness()
+
+    emit({ session_id: SID, type: 'message.start', payload: {} })
+    await act(async () => {
+      stream.handleRequest('approval', {
+        command: 'rm -rf stale',
+        description: 'stale request',
+        session_id: SID
+      })
+    })
+    setApprovalRequest({ command: 'rm other', description: 'other request', sessionId: OTHER_SID })
+
+    expect(sessionApprovalRequest(SID).get()?.command).toBe('rm -rf stale')
+
+    emit({ payload: { running: false }, session_id: SID, type: 'session.info' })
+
+    expect(sessionApprovalRequest(SID).get()).toBeNull()
+    // Bystander sessions keep their prompts: only the finished turn clears.
+    expect(sessionApprovalRequest(OTHER_SID).get()?.command).toBe('rm other')
+  })
+
+  // An idle session's running=false heartbeat carries no turn edge, so it
+  // must not retire a prompt another session's turn just raised.
+  it('does not clear prompts on a running=false heartbeat for a session that was never busy', async () => {
+    await mountHarness()
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      stream.handleRequest('approval', {
+        command: 'tail -f log',
+        description: 'live request',
+        session_id: SID
+      })
+    })
+
+    emit({ payload: { running: false }, session_id: SID, type: 'session.info' })
+
+    expect(sessionApprovalRequest(SID).get()?.command).toBe('tail -f log')
+  })
 })