diff --git a/tests/features/chat/domain/runtime/state.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/domain/runtime/state.test.ts
index 7db1205e..4d72eb1b 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/domain/runtime/state.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/domain/runtime/state.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { setRuntimeIntentValue } from "../../../../../src/features/chat/domain/runtime/intent";
 import {
   clearRequestedApprovalsReviewerRuntimeState,
   clearRequestedFastModeRuntimeState,
@@ -52,6 +53,61 @@ describe("chat runtime state", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    { applied: "never" as const, expectedPolicy: "never" as const, expectedKnown: true },
+    { applied: null, expectedPolicy: null, expectedKnown: false },
+  ])("applies approval policy $applied with the correct known state", ({ applied, expectedPolicy, expectedKnown }) => {
+    const state = {
+      ...initialChatRuntimeState(),
+      active: {
+        ...initialChatRuntimeState().active,
+        approvalPolicy: "on-request" as const,
+        approvalPolicyKnown: true,
+      },
+    };
+
+    const next = commitAppliedRuntimeSettingsPatchState(state, { approvalPolicy: applied });
+
+    expect(next.active.approvalPolicy).toBe(expectedPolicy);
+    expect(next.active.approvalPolicyKnown).toBe(expectedKnown);
+  });
+
+  it("clears only the applied approval policy intent and preserves unrelated state", () => {
+    const initial = initialChatRuntimeState();
+    const state = {
+      ...initial,
+      active: {
+        ...initial.active,
+        model: "gpt-5.1",
+        reasoningEffort: "high" as const,
+        serviceTier: "flex" as const,
+        serviceTierKnown: true,
+        approvalsReviewer: "user" as const,
+      },
+      pending: {
+        ...initial.pending,
+        model: setRuntimeIntentValue("gpt-5.1"),
+        reasoningEffort: setRuntimeIntentValue("high" as const),
+        permissionProfile: setRuntimeIntentValue(":workspace"),
+        approvalPolicy: setRuntimeIntentValue("never" as const),
+        approvalsReviewer: setRuntimeIntentValue("auto_review" as const),
+        fastMode: setRuntimeIntentValue("enabled" as const),
+      },
+    };
+
+    const next = commitAppliedRuntimeSettingsPatchState(state, { approvalPolicy: "never" });
+
+    expect(next.active).toMatchObject({
+      ...state.active,
+      approvalPolicy: "never",
+      approvalPolicyKnown: true,
+    });
+    expect(next.pending).toMatchObject({
+      ...state.pending,
+      approvalPolicy: { kind: "unchanged" },
+    });
+  });
+
   it("preserves unknown service tier state when committing unrelated settings", () => {
     const state = requestModelRuntimeState(initialChatRuntimeState(), "gpt-5.1");
     const next = commitAppliedRuntimeSettingsPatchState(state, { model: "gpt-5.1" });