diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
index 1c6bf95bf3..195ae2e1af 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
@@ -5283,6 +5283,7 @@ impl ChatWidget {
         let current_sandbox = self.config.permissions.sandbox_policy.get();
         let mut items: Vec<SelectionItem> = Vec::new();
         let presets: Vec<ApprovalPreset> = builtin_approval_presets();
+        let mut displayed_presets: Vec<ApprovalPreset> = Vec::new();
 
         #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
         let windows_sandbox_level = WindowsSandboxLevel::from_config(&self.config);
@@ -5300,6 +5301,7 @@ impl ChatWidget {
             if !include_read_only && preset.id == "read-only" {
                 continue;
             }
+            displayed_presets.push(preset.clone());
             let is_current =
                 Self::preset_matches_current(current_approval, current_sandbox, &preset);
             let name = if preset.id == "auto" && windows_degraded_sandbox_enabled {
@@ -5392,20 +5394,27 @@ impl ChatWidget {
 
         let custom_config_permissions = Self::custom_permissions_from_user_config(&self.config);
         if let Some((approval, sandbox)) = custom_config_permissions {
-            let is_current = current_approval == approval && *current_sandbox == sandbox;
-            let disabled_reason = match self.config.permissions.approval_policy.can_set(&approval) {
-                Ok(()) => None,
-                Err(err) => Some(err.to_string()),
-            };
-            items.push(SelectionItem {
-                name: "Custom".to_string(),
-                description: Some(crate::status::permissions_display_text(&self.config)),
-                is_current,
-                actions: Self::approval_preset_actions(approval, sandbox),
-                dismiss_on_select: true,
-                disabled_reason,
-                ..Default::default()
-            });
+            let matches_displayed_preset = displayed_presets
+                .iter()
+                .any(|preset| preset.approval == approval && preset.sandbox == sandbox);
+            if !matches_displayed_preset {
+                let is_current = current_approval == approval && *current_sandbox == sandbox;
+                let disabled_reason =
+                    match self.config.permissions.approval_policy.can_set(&approval) {
+                        Ok(()) => None,
+                        Err(err) => Some(err.to_string()),
+                    };
+                let description = crate::status::permissions_display_text_for(approval, &sandbox);
+                items.push(SelectionItem {
+                    name: "Custom".to_string(),
+                    description: Some(description),
+                    is_current,
+                    actions: Self::approval_preset_actions(approval, sandbox),
+                    dismiss_on_select: true,
+                    disabled_reason,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         let footer_note = show_elevate_sandbox_hint.then(|| {
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/status/card.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/status/card.rs
index e61bf18f40..c96e5661ee 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/status/card.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/status/card.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use chrono::DateTime;
 use chrono::Local;
 use codex_core::WireApi;
 use codex_core::config::Config;
-use codex_core::protocol::NetworkAccess;
+use codex_core::protocol::AskForApproval;
 use codex_core::protocol::SandboxPolicy;
 use codex_core::protocol::TokenUsage;
 use codex_core::protocol::TokenUsageInfo;
@@ -366,8 +366,18 @@ impl StatusHistoryCell {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn permissions_display_text(config: &Config) -> String {
-    let approval = config.permissions.approval_policy.value().to_string();
-    let sandbox = summarize_sandbox_policy(config.permissions.sandbox_policy.get(), true);
+    permissions_display_text_for(
+        config.permissions.approval_policy.value(),
+        config.permissions.sandbox_policy.get(),
+    )
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn permissions_display_text_for(
+    approval: AskForApproval,
+    sandbox_policy: &SandboxPolicy,
+) -> String {
+    let approval = approval.to_string();
+    let sandbox = summarize_sandbox_policy(sandbox_policy, true);
     match (approval.as_str(), sandbox.as_str()) {
         ("on-request", "workspace-write") => "Default".to_string(),
         ("never", "danger-full-access") => "Full Access".to_string(),
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/status/mod.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/status/mod.rs
index b37ca43b70..f0cbfdfead 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/status/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/status/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mod rate_limits;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use card::new_status_output;
 pub(crate) use card::new_status_output_with_rate_limits;
-pub(crate) use card::permissions_display_text;
+pub(crate) use card::permissions_display_text_for;
 pub(crate) use helpers::format_directory_display;
 pub(crate) use helpers::format_tokens_compact;
 pub(crate) use rate_limits::RateLimitSnapshotDisplay;
diff --git a/codex-rs/utils/sandbox-summary/src/sandbox_summary.rs b/codex-rs/utils/sandbox-summary/src/sandbox_summary.rs
index ccb3f68062..d54dbf5ec6 100644
--- a/codex-rs/utils/sandbox-summary/src/sandbox_summary.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/utils/sandbox-summary/src/sandbox_summary.rs
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ pub fn summarize_sandbox_policy(
                     .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
             );
 
+            if *network_access {
+                summary.push_str(" with network access");
+            }
             if !ignore_writable_roots {
                 summary.push_str(&format!(" [{}]", writable_entries.join(", ")));
             }
-            if *network_access {
-                summary.push_str(" (network access enabled)");
-            }
             summary
         }
     }