diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
index 53c77f82b..fbabbc300 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
@@ -2332,7 +2332,7 @@ impl ChatWidget {
         let presets: Vec<ApprovalPreset> = builtin_approval_presets();
         for preset in presets.into_iter() {
             let is_current =
-                current_approval == preset.approval && current_sandbox == preset.sandbox;
+                Self::preset_matches_current(current_approval, &current_sandbox, &preset);
             let name = preset.label.to_string();
             let description_text = preset.description;
             let description = Some(description_text.to_string());
@@ -2420,6 +2420,28 @@ impl ChatWidget {
         })]
     }
 
+    fn preset_matches_current(
+        current_approval: AskForApproval,
+        current_sandbox: &SandboxPolicy,
+        preset: &ApprovalPreset,
+    ) -> bool {
+        if current_approval != preset.approval {
+            return false;
+        }
+        matches!(
+            (&preset.sandbox, current_sandbox),
+            (SandboxPolicy::ReadOnly, SandboxPolicy::ReadOnly)
+                | (
+                    SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess,
+                    SandboxPolicy::DangerFullAccess
+                )
+                | (
+                    SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite { .. },
+                    SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite { .. }
+                )
+        )
+    }
+
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     pub(crate) fn world_writable_warning_details(&self) -> Option<(Vec<String>, usize, bool)> {
         if self
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
index 7b044e8df..fde52a064 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
@@ -1567,6 +1567,29 @@ fn approvals_selection_popup_snapshot() {
     assert_snapshot!("approvals_selection_popup", popup);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn preset_matching_ignores_extra_writable_roots() {
+    let preset = builtin_approval_presets()
+        .into_iter()
+        .find(|p| p.id == "auto")
+        .expect("auto preset exists");
+    let current_sandbox = SandboxPolicy::WorkspaceWrite {
+        writable_roots: vec![PathBuf::from("C:\\extra")],
+        network_access: false,
+        exclude_tmpdir_env_var: false,
+        exclude_slash_tmp: false,
+    };
+
+    assert!(
+        ChatWidget::preset_matches_current(AskForApproval::OnRequest, &current_sandbox, &preset),
+        "WorkspaceWrite with extra roots should still match the Agent preset"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !ChatWidget::preset_matches_current(AskForApproval::Never, &current_sandbox, &preset),
+        "approval mismatch should prevent matching the preset"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn full_access_confirmation_popup_snapshot() {
     let (mut chat, _rx, _op_rx) = make_chatwidget_manual();