From a03895dfa9ea92da22c613087ce378b755d4c7fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 05:19:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: default elevated mode to on

---
 docs/configuration.md    | 2 +-
 src/auto-reply/reply.ts  | 4 ++--
 src/auto-reply/status.ts | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 2107bb323..0a1460fcd 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ Controls the embedded agent runtime (model/thinking/verbose/timeouts).
     },
     thinkingDefault: "low",
     verboseDefault: "off",
-    elevatedDefault: "off",
+    elevatedDefault: "on",
     timeoutSeconds: 600,
     mediaMaxMb: 5,
     heartbeat: {
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
index 33f26f90b..be149fe35 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.ts
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ export async function getReplyFromConfig(
     ? ((directives.elevatedLevel as ElevatedLevel | undefined) ??
       (sessionEntry?.elevatedLevel as ElevatedLevel | undefined) ??
       (agentCfg?.elevatedDefault as ElevatedLevel | undefined) ??
-      "off")
-    : "off";
+      "on")
+    : "on";
   const resolvedBlockStreaming =
     agentCfg?.blockStreamingDefault === "off" ? "off" : "on";
   const resolvedBlockStreamingBreak =
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/status.ts b/src/auto-reply/status.ts
index 734050e79..ba1a2ed73 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/status.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/status.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export function buildStatusMessage(args: StatusArgs): string {
   const verboseLevel =
     args.resolvedVerbose ?? args.agent?.verboseDefault ?? "off";
   const elevatedLevel =
-    args.entry?.elevatedLevel ?? args.agent?.elevatedDefault ?? "off";
+    args.entry?.elevatedLevel ?? args.agent?.elevatedDefault ?? "on";
 
   const webLine = (() => {
     if (args.webLinked === false) {