[BUG] Desktop notification for AskUserQuestion renders as a permission request; "Allow once" dismisses the question unanswered

Status Fixed / completed
Reported on v2.1.226
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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 27, 2026 · closed Aug 27, 2026

What's wrong

When a Claude Code session in the macOS desktop app calls AskUserQuestion and the user is away, the macOS notification posted by the app reads "Allow Claude to ask \<question\>" with an "Allow once" action button. Tapping "Allow once" resolves the underlying permission request with no answers: the AskUserQuestion dialog in the app is dismissed unanswered, and the session proceeds without the user's input.

The notification is treating the question as a tool-permission request. This looks like the push-notification face of #74052: AskUserQuestion is delivered through the permission pipeline (notification_type: "permission_prompt"), so notification surfaces apply the generic permission template and the permission quick action. For a question, "Allow" is not an answer; the quick action destroys the question instead of presenting it.

Expected

  • Notification copy should present it as a question ("Claude has a question: \<question\>"), not "Allow Claude to ask ...".
  • No "Allow once" quick action on AskUserQuestion notifications; tapping should deep-link to the question UI so the user can pick an option.
  • At minimum, "Allow once" on a question notification should open the question rather than resolving it with empty answers.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Run a Claude Code session in the macOS desktop app; step away from the machine.
  2. Claude calls AskUserQuestion.
  3. A macOS notification arrives: "Allow Claude to ask \<question\>", action button "Allow once".
  4. Click "Allow once" on the notification.
  5. The AskUserQuestion dialog in the app is dismissed with no answer recorded; Claude continues without the user's input. This happens on every AskUserQuestion notification, not intermittently.

Environment

  • Claude desktop app 1.37937.1, Claude Code 2.1.226, macOS 27.0
  • Surface: macOS system notifications posted by the Claude desktop app

Related

  • #74052: AskUserQuestion fires the Notification hook as permission_prompt with "Claude needs your permission" (same underlying conflation, observed via hooks)
  • #13830: original request for a dedicated question/elicitation notification type instead of reusing permission_prompt

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