diff --git a/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts b/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
index 32fcc481..7460f160 100644
--- a/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
@@ -4087,10 +4087,20 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
         try {
           const leadInboxMessages = await this.inboxReader.getMessagesFor(teamName, leadName);
           const permMsgsToMarkRead: { messageId: string }[] = [];
+          const runStartedAtMs = Date.parse(run.startedAt);
           for (const msg of leadInboxMessages) {
             if (typeof msg.text !== 'string') continue;
             const perm = parsePermissionRequest(msg.text);
             if (!perm) continue;
+            // Skip permission_requests from previous runs — they're stale
+            const msgTs = Date.parse(msg.timestamp);
+            if (
+              Number.isFinite(msgTs) &&
+              Number.isFinite(runStartedAtMs) &&
+              msgTs < runStartedAtMs
+            ) {
+              continue;
+            }
             // Dedup is handled inside handleTeammatePermissionRequest via processedPermissionRequestIds
             this.handleTeammatePermissionRequest(run, perm, msg.timestamp);
             // Mark unread permission_request messages as read to prevent stale unread indicators