diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.test.tsx
index 00bc80ff95..16b173c8f7 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { act, cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
-import { clearAllPrompts, setApprovalRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
+import { clearAllPrompts, clearApprovalRequest, setApprovalRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
 import { $activeSessionId } from '@/store/session'
 import {
   onScrollToBottomRequest,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('ScrollToBottomButton', () => {
   it('morphs into the approval pill when scrolled up with a pending approval', () => {
     pendingApproval()
     setThreadAtBottom(false)
-    render(<ScrollToBottomButton sessionId={null} />)
+    render(<ScrollToBottomButton sessionId="sess-1" />)
 
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Approval needed' })).toBeTruthy()
     expect(screen.getByText('Approval needed')).toBeTruthy()
@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@ describe('ScrollToBottomButton', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByRole('button')).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('labels uncounted content without zero and follows only its own approval', () => {
+    pendingApproval()
+    setThreadAtBottom(false)
+    const view = render(<ScrollToBottomButton sessionId="tile-runtime" />)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Scroll to bottom' }).textContent).toBe('Scroll to bottom')
+
+    act(() => setApprovalRequest({ command: 'x', description: 'd', sessionId: 'tile-runtime', requestId: 'r1' }))
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Approval needed' })).toBeTruthy()
+    act(() => clearApprovalRequest('tile-runtime', 'r1'))
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Approval needed')).toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button').textContent).toBe('Scroll to bottom')
+
+    view.rerender(<ScrollToBottomButton sessionId="sess-1" />)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Approval needed' })).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
   it('re-arms sticky-bottom on click', () => {
     const handler = vi.fn()
     const stop = onScrollToBottomRequest(handler, 'sess-1')
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.tsx
index 6141e35dc3..4ff648315d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
 import { useReducedMotion } from 'motion/react'
-import { useRef } from 'react'
+import { useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
 
 import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
 import { AnimatedInt } from '@/components/ui/diff-count'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
-import { $approvalRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
+import { sessionApprovalRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
 import { $threadJumpButtonVisible, $threadMessagesBelow, requestScrollToBottom } from '@/store/thread-scroll'
 
 /**
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ export function ScrollToBottomButton({ sessionId }: { sessionId: string | null }
   const visible = useStore($threadJumpButtonVisible)
   const count = useStore($threadMessagesBelow)
   const reducedMotion = useReducedMotion()
-  const request = useStore($approvalRequest)
+  const request = useStore(useMemo(() => sessionApprovalRequest(sessionId), [sessionId]))
   // Scrolled away while an approval is pending → the inline Run/Reject bar is
   // below the fold. Relabel so the user knows the session needs them, not just
   // that there's more to read.
-  const approval = visible && Boolean(request)
+  const visibleApproval = Boolean(request)
   const hasShownRef = useRef(false)
 
   if (visible) {
@@ -48,10 +48,14 @@ export function ScrollToBottomButton({ sessionId }: { sessionId: string | null }
   }
 
   const state = visible ? 'in' : hasShownRef.current ? 'out' : 'idle'
-  const countLabel = t.sidebar.messageCount(count)
-  const [beforeCount, afterCount] = countLabel.split(String(count))
+  const countLabel = count > 0 ? t.sidebar.messageCount(count) : ''
+  const [beforeCount, afterCount] = countLabel ? countLabel.split(String(count)) : ['', '']
 
-  const label = approval ? t.assistant.approval.jumpToApproval : `${t.assistant.thread.scrollToBottom} · ${countLabel}`
+  const label = visibleApproval
+    ? t.assistant.approval.jumpToApproval
+    : countLabel
+      ? `${t.assistant.thread.scrollToBottom} · ${countLabel}`
+      : t.assistant.thread.scrollToBottom
 
   return (
     <button
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ export function ScrollToBottomButton({ sessionId }: { sessionId: string | null }
       aria-label={label}
       className={cn(
         'thread-jump-button absolute left-1/2 z-20 flex h-8 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border bg-(--composer-fill) px-3 text-xs font-medium backdrop-blur-[0.75rem] [-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(0.75rem)]',
-        approval
+        visibleApproval
           ? 'border-primary/40 text-primary hover:bg-primary/10'
           : 'border-border/65 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground',
         !visible && 'pointer-events-none'
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ export function ScrollToBottomButton({ sessionId }: { sessionId: string | null }
       type="button"
     >
       <Codicon name="arrow-down" size="0.875rem" />
-      {approval ? (
+      {visibleApproval || count <= 0 ? (
         <span>{label}</span>
       ) : (
         <span aria-hidden className="whitespace-nowrap tabular-nums">
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.test.ts
index 3b9e4ac825..5e43d00391 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,31 @@ describe('approval prompt store', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('clears an absent approval without overwriting a newer live request', async () => {
+    const old = { command: 'x', description: 'd', requestId: 'old', sessionId: 's1' }
+    setApprovalRequest(old)
+    await replayPendingApproval({ request: async () => ({ approvals: [] }) }, 's1')
+    expect($approvalRequest.get()).toBeNull()
+
+    setApprovalRequest(old)
+    let resolve!: (value: unknown) => void
+
+    const pending = replayPendingApproval(
+      {
+        request: () =>
+          new Promise(done => {
+            resolve = done
+          })
+      },
+      's1'
+    )
+
+    setApprovalRequest({ ...old, requestId: 'new' })
+    resolve({ approvals: [] })
+    await pending
+    expect($approvalRequest.get()?.requestId).toBe('new')
+  })
+
   it('does not replay a pending approval after the runtime is rejected as gone', async () => {
     const request = vi.fn(async () => {
       throw new JsonRpcGatewayError('session not found', { code: 4001 })
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts
index d170d0c35a..7325c4f54e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ export async function replayPendingApproval(gateway: ApprovalGateway | null, ses
     return
   }
 
+  const previous = approval.$all.get()[keyFor(sessionId)]
   let rawResult: unknown
 
   try {
@@ -192,9 +193,20 @@ export async function replayPendingApproval(gateway: ApprovalGateway | null, ses
   const result =
     rawResult && typeof rawResult === 'object' ? (rawResult as { approvals?: PendingApprovalPayload[] }) : {}
 
-  const pending = Array.isArray(result?.approvals) ? result.approvals[0] : undefined
+  // Live requests/responses outrank a replay that was already in flight.
+  if (approval.$all.get()[keyFor(sessionId)] !== previous || !Array.isArray(result.approvals)) {
+    return
+  }
 
-  if (!pending || typeof pending.request_id !== 'string') {
+  const pending = result.approvals[0]
+
+  if (!pending) {
+    clearApprovalRequest(sessionId, previous?.requestId)
+
+    return
+  }
+
+  if (typeof pending.request_id !== 'string') {
     return
   }