From b48ed56635d3b8240474de58486a8a967f85926b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 22:58:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test: add DM elevated regression coverage

---
 src/auto-reply/reply.triggers.test.ts | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.triggers.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.triggers.test.ts
index 8a4ed150f..fb7ad374d 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.triggers.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.triggers.test.ts
@@ -427,6 +427,45 @@ describe("trigger handling", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("allows elevated directive in direct chats without mentions", async () => {
+    await withTempHome(async (home) => {
+      const cfg = {
+        agent: {
+          model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5",
+          workspace: join(home, "clawd"),
+          elevated: {
+            allowFrom: { whatsapp: ["+1000"] },
+          },
+        },
+        whatsapp: {
+          allowFrom: ["+1000"],
+        },
+        session: { store: join(home, "sessions.json") },
+      };
+
+      const res = await getReplyFromConfig(
+        {
+          Body: "/elevated on",
+          From: "+1000",
+          To: "+2000",
+          Provider: "whatsapp",
+          SenderE164: "+1000",
+        },
+        {},
+        cfg,
+      );
+      const text = Array.isArray(res) ? res[0]?.text : res?.text;
+      expect(text).toContain("Elevated mode enabled");
+
+      const storeRaw = await fs.readFile(cfg.session.store, "utf-8");
+      const store = JSON.parse(storeRaw) as Record<
+        string,
+        { elevatedLevel?: string }
+      >;
+      expect(store[MAIN_SESSION_KEY]?.elevatedLevel).toBe("on");
+    });
+  });
+
   it("ignores inline elevated directive for unapproved sender", async () => {
     await withTempHome(async (home) => {
       vi.mocked(runEmbeddedPiAgent).mockResolvedValue({