[FEATURE]: Keyboard command to jump to the next session with a pending permission request #29903
Description
Problem
When several sessions are running, an agent often blocks waiting for me to approve or deny a tool call. Today the only way to find that session is to scan the sidebar for the warning dot and click it. There's no keyboard way to get to it.
The existing session.next.unseen / session.previous.unseen shortcuts (⇧⌥↓ / ⇧⌥↑) cycle by unseen turn-complete/error notifications, not by pending permissions, and only within the current project — so they don't land me on the blocked session.
Proposal
Add a command (e.g. session.next.permission / session.previous.permission) with a default keybind that jumps to the next session that has an actionable pending permission request, ideally across all open projects, not just the current one.
Notes
The data and helpers already exist client-side: store.permission[sessionID] (packages/app/src/context/global-sync/types.ts), and sessionPermissionRequest(...) — the same predicate the sidebar warning dot uses (packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-items.tsx). The implementation could mirror navigateSessionByUnseen (layout.tsx), swapping the unseen-count check for the pending-permission check.
Related: #27772 (pending-attention indicator), #28175 (sidebar status panel).
Activity
github-actions commentedon May 29, 2026
For keybind-related issues, please also check our pinned keybinds documentation: #4997
athal7 commentedon May 29, 2026
[ai] Checked the keybinds docs — no existing binding covers this. The only permission keybind is
permission.prompt.fullscreen. Worth noting this would fit the existing session-navigation model (session_child_cycle,session_parent, etc.), so it's a natural addition rather than a new pattern.github-actions commentedon Jul 29, 2026
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