From 55a31adae7adb71ccaa62c733dce298b39456e29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Packer <packercharles@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 17:08:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tui): handle malformed AskUserQuestion by falling through
 to generic approval (#806)

Co-authored-by: paulbettner <paulbettner@playfulstudios.com>
Co-authored-by: Paul Bettner <paulbettner@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Letta <noreply@letta.com>
---
 src/cli/components/ApprovalSwitch.tsx | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/components/ApprovalSwitch.tsx b/src/cli/components/ApprovalSwitch.tsx
index 0d87638..ecf5a53 100644
--- a/src/cli/components/ApprovalSwitch.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/components/ApprovalSwitch.tsx
@@ -289,16 +289,20 @@ export const ApprovalSwitch = memo(
     }
 
     // 5. AskUserQuestion → InlineQuestionApproval
+    // Guard: only render specialized UI if questions are valid, otherwise fall through
+    // to InlineGenericApproval (matches pattern for Bash/Task with malformed args)
     if (toolName === "AskUserQuestion" && onQuestionSubmit) {
       const questions = getQuestions(approval);
-      return (
-        <InlineQuestionApproval
-          questions={questions}
-          onSubmit={onQuestionSubmit}
-          onCancel={onCancel}
-          isFocused={isFocused}
-        />
-      );
+      if (questions.length > 0) {
+        return (
+          <InlineQuestionApproval
+            questions={questions}
+            onSubmit={onQuestionSubmit}
+            onCancel={onCancel}
+            isFocused={isFocused}
+          />
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     // 6. Task tool → InlineTaskApproval