diff --git a/packages/client/src/api/hermes/config.ts b/packages/client/src/api/hermes/config.ts
index ea3e6b4..53243ee 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/api/hermes/config.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/api/hermes/config.ts
@@ -38,12 +38,18 @@ export interface PrivacyConfig {
   redact_pii?: boolean
 }
 
+export interface ApprovalConfig {
+  mode?: 'off' | 'manual'
+  timeout?: number
+}
+
 export interface AppConfig {
   display?: DisplayConfig
   agent?: AgentConfig
   memory?: MemoryConfig
   session_reset?: SessionResetConfig
   privacy?: PrivacyConfig
+  approvals?: ApprovalConfig
   telegram?: Record<string, any>
   discord?: Record<string, any>
   slack?: Record<string, any>
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/hermes/settings/SessionSettings.vue b/packages/client/src/components/hermes/settings/SessionSettings.vue
index 8cca4d3..84df66e 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/hermes/settings/SessionSettings.vue
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/hermes/settings/SessionSettings.vue
@@ -1,28 +1,46 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { NInputNumber, NSelect, NSwitch, useMessage } from 'naive-ui'
-import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
-import { useSettingsStore } from '@/stores/hermes/settings'
-import { useSessionBrowserPrefsStore } from '@/stores/hermes/session-browser-prefs'
-import SettingRow from './SettingRow.vue'
+import { NInputNumber, NSelect, NSwitch, useMessage } from "naive-ui";
+import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
+import { useSettingsStore } from "@/stores/hermes/settings";
+import { useSessionBrowserPrefsStore } from "@/stores/hermes/session-browser-prefs";
+import SettingRow from "./SettingRow.vue";
 
-const settingsStore = useSettingsStore()
-const sessionBrowserPrefsStore = useSessionBrowserPrefsStore()
-const message = useMessage()
-const { t } = useI18n()
+const settingsStore = useSettingsStore();
+const sessionBrowserPrefsStore = useSessionBrowserPrefsStore();
+const message = useMessage();
+const { t } = useI18n();
 
 async function save(values: Record<string, any>) {
   try {
-    await settingsStore.saveSection('session_reset', values)
-    message.success(t('settings.saved'))
+    await settingsStore.saveSection("session_reset", values);
+    message.success(t("settings.saved"));
   } catch (err: any) {
-    message.error(t('settings.saveFailed'))
+    message.error(t("settings.saveFailed"));
+  }
+}
+
+async function toggleRequireAuth(value: boolean) {
+  try {
+    await settingsStore.saveSection("approvals", { mode: value ? "manual" : "off" });
+    message.success(t("settings.saved"));
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    message.error(t("settings.saveFailed"));
   }
 }
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <section class="settings-section">
-    <SettingRow :label="t('settings.session.mode')" :hint="t('settings.session.modeHint')">
+    <SettingRow
+      :label="t('settings.session.requireAuth')"
+      :hint="t('settings.session.requireAuthHint')"
+    >
+      <NSwitch :value="settingsStore.approvals.mode === 'manual'" @update:value="toggleRequireAuth" />
+    </SettingRow>
+    <SettingRow
+      :label="t('settings.session.mode')"
+      :hint="t('settings.session.modeHint')"
+    >
       <NSelect
         :value="settingsStore.sessionReset.mode || 'both'"
         :options="[
@@ -30,37 +48,53 @@ async function save(values: Record<string, any>) {
           { label: t('settings.session.modeIdle'), value: 'idle' },
           { label: t('settings.session.modeHourly'), value: 'hourly' },
         ]"
-        size="small" class="input-md"
-        @update:value="v => save({ mode: v })"
+        size="small"
+        class="input-md"
+        @update:value="(v) => save({ mode: v })"
       />
     </SettingRow>
-    <SettingRow :label="t('settings.session.idleMinutes')" :hint="t('settings.session.idleMinutesHint')">
+    <SettingRow
+      :label="t('settings.session.idleMinutes')"
+      :hint="t('settings.session.idleMinutesHint')"
+    >
       <NInputNumber
         :value="settingsStore.sessionReset.idle_minutes"
-        :min="10" :max="10080" :step="30"
-        size="small" class="input-sm"
-        @update:value="v => v != null && save({ idle_minutes: v })"
+        :min="10"
+        :max="10080"
+        :step="30"
+        size="small"
+        class="input-sm"
+        @update:value="(v) => v != null && save({ idle_minutes: v })"
       />
     </SettingRow>
-    <SettingRow :label="t('settings.session.atHour')" :hint="t('settings.session.atHourHint')">
+    <SettingRow
+      :label="t('settings.session.atHour')"
+      :hint="t('settings.session.atHourHint')"
+    >
       <NInputNumber
         :value="settingsStore.sessionReset.at_hour"
-        :min="0" :max="23" :step="1"
-        size="small" class="input-sm"
-        @update:value="v => v != null && save({ at_hour: v })"
+        :min="0"
+        :max="23"
+        :step="1"
+        size="small"
+        class="input-sm"
+        @update:value="(v) => v != null && save({ at_hour: v })"
       />
     </SettingRow>
-    <SettingRow :label="t('settings.session.liveMonitorHumanOnly')" :hint="t('settings.session.liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint')">
+    <SettingRow
+      :label="t('settings.session.liveMonitorHumanOnly')"
+      :hint="t('settings.session.liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint')"
+    >
       <NSwitch
         :value="sessionBrowserPrefsStore.humanOnly"
-        @update:value="value => sessionBrowserPrefsStore.setHumanOnly(value)"
+        @update:value="(value) => sessionBrowserPrefsStore.setHumanOnly(value)"
       />
     </SettingRow>
   </section>
 </template>
 
 <style scoped lang="scss">
-@use '@/styles/variables' as *;
+@use "@/styles/variables" as *;
 
 .settings-section {
   margin-top: 16px;
diff --git a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/de.ts b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/de.ts
index e90ce81..85bf2de 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/de.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/de.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ jobTriggered: 'Job ausgelost',
       liveMonitorHumanOnly: 'Live-Monitor: nur menschliche Sitzungen anzeigen',
       liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint: 'Im Live-Monitor Unteragenten- und Sitzungsmonitor-Rauschen standardmäßig ausblenden',
       atHourHint: 'Sitzung taglich zu dieser Stunde zurucksetzen',
+      requireAuth: 'Sitzungsautorisierung',
+      requireAuthHint: 'Erfordert Autorisierung für Sitzungsvorgänge',
     },
     privacy: {
       redactPii: 'Personliche Daten maskieren',
diff --git a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/en.ts b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 6e9f222..6e2d37c 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ export default {
       liveMonitorHumanOnly: 'Live monitor: show human sessions only',
       liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint: 'Hide sub-agent/session monitor noise in the Live monitor by default',
       atHourHint: 'Reset session at this hour daily',
+      requireAuth: 'Session Authorization',
+      requireAuthHint: 'Require authorization for session operations',
     },
     privacy: {
       redactPii: 'Redact PII',
diff --git a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/es.ts b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
index 1b2d3b0..4723d48 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ jobTriggered: 'Job ejecutado',
       liveMonitorHumanOnly: 'Monitor en vivo: mostrar solo sesiones humanas',
       liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint: 'Oculta por defecto el ruido de subagentes y del monitor de sesiones en el monitor en vivo',
       atHourHint: 'Reiniciar sesion a esta hora todos los dias',
+      requireAuth: 'Autorización de sesión',
+      requireAuthHint: 'Requiere autorización para operaciones de sesión',
     },
     privacy: {
       redactPii: 'Ocultar informacion personal',
diff --git a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/fr.ts b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/fr.ts
index 3f622f2..53d73dd 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/fr.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/fr.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ jobTriggered: 'Job declenche',
       liveMonitorHumanOnly: 'Moniteur live : n’afficher que les sessions humaines',
       liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint: 'Masquer par défaut le bruit des sous-agents et du moniteur de session dans le moniteur live',
       atHourHint: 'Reinitialiser la session a cette heure chaque jour',
+      requireAuth: 'Autorisation de session',
+      requireAuthHint: 'Requiere l\'autorisation pour les operations de session',
     },
     privacy: {
       redactPii: 'Masquer les DPI',
diff --git a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
index de86a9f..1d1eeb8 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ export default {
       liveMonitorHumanOnly: 'ライブモニター: 人間のセッションのみ表示',
       liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint: 'ライブモニターでサブエージェントやセッション監視ノイズを既定で隠します',
       atHourHint: '毎日指定時刻にセッションをリセット',
+      requireAuth: 'セッション認証',
+      requireAuthHint: 'セッション操作に認証を必要とする',
     },
     privacy: {
       redactPii: '個人情報のマスキング',
diff --git a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
index 951f31d..9df3e4c 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ export default {
       liveMonitorHumanOnly: '라이브 모니터: 사람 세션만 표시',
       liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint: '라이브 모니터에서 하위 에이전트 및 세션 모니터 노이즈를 기본으로 숨깁니다',
       atHourHint: '매일 지정한 시간에 세션 초기화',
+      requireAuth: '세션 인증',
+      requireAuthHint: '세션 작업에 인증 필요',
     },
     privacy: {
       redactPii: '개인정보 마스킹',
diff --git a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/pt.ts b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/pt.ts
index c8abbb8..b3bd4bf 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/pt.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/pt.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ jobTriggered: 'Job acionado',
       liveMonitorHumanOnly: 'Monitor ao vivo: mostrar apenas sessões humanas',
       liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint: 'Oculta por padrão o ruído de subagentes e do monitor de sessões no monitor ao vivo',
       atHourHint: 'Reiniciar sessao neste horario diariamente',
+      requireAuth: 'Autorização de sessão',
+      requireAuthHint: 'Requer autorização para operações de sessão',
     },
     privacy: {
       redactPii: 'Ocultar dados pessoais',
diff --git a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/zh.ts b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/zh.ts
index 0913465..62c36e8 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/zh.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/i18n/locales/zh.ts
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ export default {
       liveMonitorHumanOnly: '实时监看：仅显示人类会话',
       liveMonitorHumanOnlyHint: '在实时监看中默认隐藏子代理和会话监看噪音',
       atHourHint: '每天在指定小时重置会话',
+      requireAuth: '会话授权',
+      requireAuthHint: '修改会话操作是否授权',
     },
     privacy: {
       redactPii: '脱敏 PII',
diff --git a/packages/client/src/stores/hermes/settings.ts b/packages/client/src/stores/hermes/settings.ts
index 0aac39b..cdc7fec 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/stores/hermes/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/stores/hermes/settings.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 import { ref } from 'vue'
 import * as configApi from '@/api/hermes/config'
-import type { DisplayConfig, AgentConfig, MemoryConfig, SessionResetConfig, PrivacyConfig } from '@/api/hermes/config'
+import type { DisplayConfig, AgentConfig, MemoryConfig, SessionResetConfig, PrivacyConfig, ApprovalConfig } from '@/api/hermes/config'
 
 export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('settings', () => {
   const loading = ref(false)
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('settings', () => {
   const memory = ref<MemoryConfig>({})
   const sessionReset = ref<SessionResetConfig>({})
   const privacy = ref<PrivacyConfig>({})
+  const approvals = ref<ApprovalConfig>({})
   const telegram = ref<Record<string, any>>({})
   const discord = ref<Record<string, any>>({})
   const slack = ref<Record<string, any>>({})
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('settings', () => {
       memory.value = data.memory || {}
       sessionReset.value = data.session_reset || {}
       privacy.value = data.privacy || {}
+      approvals.value = data.approvals || {}
       telegram.value = data.telegram || {}
       discord.value = data.discord || {}
       slack.value = data.slack || {}
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('settings', () => {
       case 'memory': memory.value = { ...memory.value, ...values }; break
       case 'session_reset': sessionReset.value = { ...sessionReset.value, ...values }; break
       case 'privacy': privacy.value = { ...privacy.value, ...values }; break
+      case 'approvals': approvals.value = { ...approvals.value, ...values }; break
       case 'telegram': telegram.value = { ...telegram.value, ...values }; break
       case 'discord': discord.value = { ...discord.value, ...values }; break
       case 'slack': slack.value = { ...slack.value, ...values }; break
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('settings', () => {
 
   return {
     loading, saving,
-    display, agent, memory, sessionReset, privacy,
+    display, agent, memory, sessionReset, privacy, approvals,
     telegram, discord, slack, whatsapp, matrix, wecom, feishu, dingtalk, weixin, platforms,
     fetchSettings, saveSection,
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/controllers/hermes/config.ts b/packages/server/src/controllers/hermes/config.ts
index d8a179a..e3730c1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/controllers/hermes/config.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/controllers/hermes/config.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { saveEnvValue } from '../../services/config-helpers'
 const PLATFORM_SECTIONS = new Set([
   'telegram', 'discord', 'slack', 'whatsapp', 'matrix',
   'weixin', 'wecom', 'feishu', 'dingtalk',
+  'approvals',
 ])
 
 const configPath = () => getActiveConfigPath()
@@ -95,7 +96,12 @@ async function readConfig(): Promise<Record<string, any>> {
 async function writeConfig(data: Record<string, any>): Promise<void> {
   const cp = configPath()
   await copyFile(cp, cp + '.bak')
-  const yamlStr = YAML.dump(data, { lineWidth: -1, noRefs: true, quotingType: '"', forceQuotes: false })
+  const yamlStr = YAML.dump(data, {
+    lineWidth: -1,
+    noRefs: true,
+    quotingType: '"',
+    forceQuotes: true, // Force quotes on all string values
+  })
   await writeFile(cp, yamlStr, 'utf-8')
 }