diff --git a/src/tui/tui-model.ts b/src/tui/tui-model.ts
index 4d6957be..30f15fbf 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui-model.ts
+++ b/src/tui/tui-model.ts
@@ -349,10 +349,6 @@ export class TuiModelStore implements TuiRenderModel {
     });
   }
 
-  approvalFor(sessionId: string): ApprovalItem | undefined {
-    return this.approvalsBySession.get(sessionId);
-  }
-
   sessions(): TuiSessionRow[] {
     return [...this.sessionsById.values()];
   }
@@ -440,7 +436,12 @@ export class TuiModelStore implements TuiRenderModel {
     this.touch();
   }
 
-  /** Arm the typed-name confirmation for `x` (kill). */
+  /**
+   * Arm the typed-name confirmation for `x` (kill). Whether what the user typed
+   * AUTHORIZES the kill is `confirmAccepts()` in tui-app, which owns that rule
+   * for every caller: a second copy here answered the same question differently
+   * (it refused the id prefix a mux name carries) and nothing consulted it.
+   */
   beginConfirmKill(row: TuiRow): void {
     this.confirm = {
       sessionId: row.session.sessionId,
@@ -457,11 +458,6 @@ export class TuiModelStore implements TuiRenderModel {
     this.touch();
   }
 
-  /** Does the typed text authorize the kill? Exact match on the name shown. */
-  confirmSatisfied(): boolean {
-    return this.confirm !== null && this.confirm.typed.trim() === this.confirm.name;
-  }
-
   /** Drop whatever overlay owns the keyboard and go back to the list. */
   closeOverlay(): void {
     this.confirm = null;
diff --git a/test/tui/tui-model.test.ts b/test/tui/tui-model.test.ts
index 4076d5b4..3a490831 100644
--- a/test/tui/tui-model.test.ts
+++ b/test/tui/tui-model.test.ts
@@ -262,28 +262,32 @@ describe('the store', () => {
     expect(flattenRows(model.groups())).toHaveLength(3);
   });
 
-  it('tracks the confirm-kill overlay and only accepts the exact name', () => {
+  // Whether the typed text AUTHORIZES the kill is `confirmAccepts()` in
+  // tui-app, tested there; the store only carries what was typed.
+  it('tracks the confirm-kill overlay, keyed to the name it showed', () => {
     const model = createTuiModel();
     model.replaceSessions([session({ sessionId: 'a', name: 'w4-api' })]);
     model.beginConfirmKill(model.rows()[0]);
     expect(model.mode).toBe('confirm-kill');
-    expect(model.confirmSatisfied()).toBe(false);
+    expect(model.confirm).toEqual({ sessionId: 'a', name: 'w4-api', typed: '' });
     model.setConfirmInput('w4-ap');
-    expect(model.confirmSatisfied()).toBe(false);
-    model.setConfirmInput('w4-api');
-    expect(model.confirmSatisfied()).toBe(true);
+    expect(model.confirm?.typed).toBe('w4-ap');
     model.closeOverlay();
     expect(model.mode).toBe('list');
     expect(model.confirm).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it('drops a session approval along with the session', () => {
+  it('drops a session approval along with the session, and never resurrects it', () => {
     const model = createTuiModel();
     model.replaceSessions([session({ sessionId: 'a' })]);
     model.setApprovals([approval({ sessionId: 'a' })]);
-    expect(model.approvalFor('a')).toBeDefined();
+    expect(model.rows()[0].approval).toBeDefined();
     model.removeSession('a');
-    expect(model.approvalFor('a')).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(model.rows()).toHaveLength(0);
+    // The same id coming back must not inherit the dead session's dialog.
+    model.upsertSession(session({ sessionId: 'a' }));
+    expect(model.rows()[0].approval).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(model.rows()[0].state).toBe('idle');
   });
 });