diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/attention-service.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/attention-service.test.ts
index 6be15a2b0d4..fdf4044fefb 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/attention-service.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/attention-service.test.ts
@@ -1649,16 +1649,19 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("attention service", () => {
     expect(feed.items.filter((item) => item.sourceKind === "issue_thread_interaction").map((item) => item.subject.id)).toEqual([reAskId]);
   });
 
-  it("does not let a settled secret proposal hide an older ordinary confirmation", async () => {
-    const { companyId, workerId, reviewerId } = await seedCompany("ATS");
-    const issueId = await insertIssue({ companyId, identifier: "ATS-1", title: "Secret then sign-off", status: "in_review", assigneeAgentId: workerId });
+  it.each([
+    ["secret proposal", "ATS", { secretProposal: { proposalId: "11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111" } }],
+    ["app connection", "ATK", { connectionAuthorization: { connectionId: "22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222" } }],
+  ] as const)("does not let a settled %s hide an older ordinary confirmation", async (_label, prefix, governed) => {
+    const { companyId, workerId, reviewerId } = await seedCompany(prefix);
+    const issueId = await insertIssue({ companyId, identifier: `${prefix}-1`, title: "Governed card then sign-off", status: "in_review", assigneeAgentId: workerId });
     const ordinaryId = randomUUID();
     const base = { companyId, issueId, kind: "request_confirmation", continuationPolicy: "none" };
     await db.insert(issueThreadInteractions).values([
       { ...base, id: ordinaryId, status: "pending", createdByAgentId: workerId, title: "Approve the plan", payload: { version: 1, prompt: "Approve the plan?" },
         createdAt: new Date("2026-11-05T12:00:00.000Z"), updatedAt: new Date("2026-11-05T12:00:00.000Z") },
-      { ...base, id: randomUUID(), status: "accepted", createdByAgentId: reviewerId, title: "Store API key",
-        payload: { version: 1, prompt: "Store this key?", secretProposal: { proposalId: randomUUID() } },
+      { ...base, id: randomUUID(), status: "accepted", createdByAgentId: reviewerId, title: "Governed action",
+        payload: { version: 1, prompt: "Allow this?", ...governed },
         createdAt: new Date("2026-11-05T12:05:00.000Z"), updatedAt: new Date("2026-11-05T12:06:00.000Z"), resolvedAt: new Date("2026-11-05T12:06:00.000Z") },
     ] as typeof issueThreadInteractions.$inferInsert[]);
     const service = attentionService(db);
diff --git a/server/src/services/attention-source-eligibility.ts b/server/src/services/attention-source-eligibility.ts
index bfe3ed1adb8..be7772f9e80 100644
--- a/server/src/services/attention-source-eligibility.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/attention-source-eligibility.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ function payloadFlag(payload: unknown, key: string) {
   return Boolean(payload && typeof payload === "object" && key in payload && (payload as Record<string, unknown>)[key]);
 }
 
-/** Tool actions and secret proposals gate one specific action; creation never supersedes siblings for them either. */
+/** Payload keys that bind a confirmation to one specific action (tool call, secret, app connection). */
+const GOVERNED_CONFIRMATION_PAYLOAD_KEYS = ["toolAction", "secretProposal", "connectionAuthorization"] as const;
+
+/** Governed confirmations gate one action; answering one never answers an ordinary ask, and vice versa. */
 function governedAction(payload: unknown) {
-  return payloadFlag(payload, "toolAction") || payloadFlag(payload, "secretProposal");
+  // Truthy, not key presence: the summary read projects absent keys as JSON null.
+  return GOVERNED_CONFIRMATION_PAYLOAD_KEYS.some((key) => payloadFlag(payload, key));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -29,8 +33,9 @@ function governedAction(payload: unknown) {
  * ordinary confirmation — pending, or already answered/expired. Without the
  * settled case, answering the newest card (from chat or anywhere else)
  * resurfaces the older ask it replaced. Quality approvals stay
- * independent; tool-action and secret-proposal approvals gate one specific
- * action, so they neither hide nor are hidden by a settled confirmation.
+ * independent; tool-action, secret-proposal and app-connection approvals gate
+ * one specific action, so they neither hide nor are hidden by a settled
+ * confirmation.
  * Only an ask to the same recipient settles it, so one person's answer never
  * hides a request addressed to someone else.
  */
@@ -84,8 +89,7 @@ export async function loadNewestSettledConfirmationAt(db: Db, companyId: string,
     eq(issueThreadInteractions.kind, "request_confirmation"),
     inArray(issueThreadInteractions.status, [...SETTLED_CONFIRMATION_STATUSES]),
     sql`jsonb_typeof(${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'qualityReview') is distinct from 'object'`,
-    sql`jsonb_typeof(${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'toolAction') is distinct from 'object'`,
-    sql`jsonb_typeof(${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'secretProposal') is distinct from 'object'`,
+    sql`not (${issueThreadInteractions.payload} ?| array['toolAction', 'secretProposal', 'connectionAuthorization'])`,
   )).groupBy(issueThreadInteractions.issueId, issueThreadInteractions.addresseeUserId, issueThreadInteractions.addresseeAgentId);
   return new Map(rows.map((row) => [confirmationAudienceKey(row), new Date(row.createdAt)]));
 }
diff --git a/server/src/services/attention.ts b/server/src/services/attention.ts
index 69843682c72..44f2c844cf1 100644
--- a/server/src/services/attention.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/attention.ts
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ export function attentionService(db: Db, serviceOptions: AttentionServiceOptions
           status: issueThreadInteractions.status,
           title: issueThreadInteractions.title,
           summary: issueThreadInteractions.summary,
-          payload: summaryOnly ? sql<Record<string, unknown>>`jsonb_build_object('target', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'target', 'qualityReview', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'qualityReview', 'toolAction', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'toolAction', 'secretProposal', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'secretProposal')` : issueThreadInteractions.payload,
+          payload: summaryOnly ? sql<Record<string, unknown>>`jsonb_build_object('target', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'target', 'qualityReview', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'qualityReview', 'toolAction', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'toolAction', 'secretProposal', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'secretProposal', 'connectionAuthorization', ${issueThreadInteractions.payload}->'connectionAuthorization')` : issueThreadInteractions.payload,
           addresseeAgentId: issueThreadInteractions.addresseeAgentId,
           addresseeUserId: issueThreadInteractions.addresseeUserId,
           createdByAgentId: issueThreadInteractions.createdByAgentId,