2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/permission-auto-respond.test.ts b/packages/app/src/context/permission-auto-respond.test.ts
index 8657427d7..2e4cf4faf 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/permission-auto-respond.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/permission-auto-respond.test.ts
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ describe("autoRespondsPermission", () => {
     expect(autoRespondsPermission({ root: true }, sessions, permission("child"), "/tmp/project")).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  test("defaults to auto-accept when no lineage override exists", () => {
+  test("defaults to requiring approval when no lineage override exists", () => {
     const sessions = [session({ id: "root" }), session({ id: "child", parentID: "root" }), session({ id: "other" })]
     const autoAccept = {
       other: true,
     }
 
-    expect(autoRespondsPermission(autoAccept, sessions, permission("child"), "/tmp/project")).toBe(true)
+    expect(autoRespondsPermission(autoAccept, sessions, permission("child"), "/tmp/project")).toBe(false)
   })
 
   test("inherits a parent session's false override", () => {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/context/permission-auto-respond.ts b/packages/app/src/context/permission-auto-respond.ts
index cabd514e7..727ccc937 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/context/permission-auto-respond.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/context/permission-auto-respond.ts
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ export function autoRespondsPermission(
   const value = sessionLineage(session, permission.sessionID)
     .map((id) => accepted(autoAccept, id, directory))
     .find((item): item is boolean => item !== undefined)
-  return value ?? true
+  return value ?? false
 }