diff --git a/frontend/src/components/agent/PromptBar.vue b/frontend/src/components/agent/PromptBar.vue
index e97c6a2..4bec7b4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/agent/PromptBar.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/agent/PromptBar.vue
@@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ async function loadHistory(sessionId?: string) {
     const data = await res.json()
     activeSessionId.value = data.sessionId || null
 
+    // Preserve unresolved intervention cards (permissions, questions, plans)
+    const pendingInterventions = messages.filter(m => m.intervention && !m.intervention.resolved)
+
     messages.length = 0
     idCounter = 0
 
@@ -575,6 +578,14 @@ async function loadHistory(sessionId?: string) {
       })
     }
 
+    // Re-add preserved intervention cards at the end
+    for (const intv of pendingInterventions) {
+      const rid = intv.intervention?.requestId
+      if (rid && messages.some(m => m.intervention?.requestId === rid)) continue
+      intv.id = ++idCounter
+      messages.push(intv)
+    }
+
     // Extract session stats
     if (data.model || data.stats) {
       sessionStats.value = {
@@ -680,18 +691,19 @@ watch(() => props.visible, async (v) => {
 
     console.log('[PromptBar] Opening for agent:', props.agent.id)
 
-    // Load real conversation history + sessions list + global stats + usage
-    await Promise.all([loadHistory(), fetchSessions(), fetchClaudeStats(), fetchClaudeUsage(), loadPendingPermissions()])
-
-    console.log('[PromptBar] Loaded', messages.length, 'messages, sessions:', sessions.value.length)
-
-    // Connect WebSocket for real-time updates
+    // Connect WebSocket FIRST so real-time permission messages aren't missed
     connectWs()
-
-    // Connect agent terminal (lazy)
     agentTerminal.connect()
     agentTerminal.checkStatus()
 
+    // Load history + stats (loadHistory preserves any intervention cards added by WS)
+    await Promise.all([loadHistory(), fetchSessions(), fetchClaudeStats(), fetchClaudeUsage()])
+
+    // Load pending permissions AFTER history so they aren't wiped
+    await loadPendingPermissions()
+
+    console.log('[PromptBar] Loaded', messages.length, 'messages, sessions:', sessions.value.length)
+
     await voice.init()
     await nextTick()
     if (props.startRecording) {