diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
index 6decb92..2cda3d5 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
@@ -76,6 +76,19 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
     private var openSessionHostID: String?
     @Published private(set) var openEvents: [AgentEvent] = []
     @Published private(set) var openApprovals: [ApprovalRequest] = []
+
+    /// The open session is blocked on an approval whose details haven't arrived yet — the state
+    /// right after opening from a Live Activity or notification while the channel is still
+    /// (re)connecting. The summary says `.awaitingApproval`, but `openApprovals` (which is filled
+    /// from the live snapshot) is empty because there's no live channel yet. Drives a lightweight
+    /// "loading approval" placeholder so a tap from the lock screen lands on the request-in-progress
+    /// instead of a blank transcript; it flips off the instant the real card arrives (sub-second,
+    /// thanks to the fast foreground reconnect). Never shown once live — then the snapshot is truth.
+    var openApprovalLoading: Bool {
+        guard !connectivity.isLive, openApprovals.isEmpty, let id = openSessionID,
+              let summary = sessions.first(where: { $0.sessionID == id }) else { return false }
+        return summary.status == .awaitingApproval || summary.pendingApprovalCount > 0
+    }
     /// Whether the compact (iPhone) Sessions tab currently has a session detail pushed. Distinct
     /// from `openSessionID`, which is the *data* subscription and is only torn down on the detail's
     /// `onDisappear` — and SwiftUI fires that at the *end* of the pop transition, so keying the