diff --git a/packages/eve/src/harness/approval-candidates.ts b/packages/eve/src/harness/approval-candidates.ts
index 78768b970..218595531 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/harness/approval-candidates.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/harness/approval-candidates.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export interface ApprovalSettlementAuditRecord {
   readonly requestId: string;
   readonly settledAt: number;
   readonly candidateId?: string;
+  readonly eventEmitted?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface ActiveApprovalCandidate {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ interface ActiveApprovalCandidate {
   readonly status: "pending" | "authorization-required";
   readonly authorizationName?: string;
   readonly createdAt: number;
+  readonly pendingEventEmitted?: boolean;
   readonly expiresAt: number;
   readonly provider?: string;
   readonly runtimeRevision?: string;
@@ -116,6 +118,40 @@ export function createApprovalCandidate(input: {
   };
 }
 
+/** Marks the pending candidate event as emitted. */
+export function markApprovalCandidatePendingEventEmitted(input: {
+  readonly candidateId: string;
+  readonly state: SessionStateMap | undefined;
+}): SessionStateMap | undefined {
+  const approvalState = readApprovalState(input.state);
+  const candidate = approvalState.activeCandidates[input.candidateId];
+  if (candidate === undefined || candidate.pendingEventEmitted === true) return input.state;
+  return writeApprovalState(input.state, {
+    ...approvalState,
+    activeCandidates: {
+      ...approvalState.activeCandidates,
+      [input.candidateId]: { ...candidate, pendingEventEmitted: true },
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+/** Marks a terminal settlement event as emitted. */
+export function markApprovalSettlementEventEmitted(input: {
+  readonly requestId: string;
+  readonly state: SessionStateMap | undefined;
+}): SessionStateMap | undefined {
+  const approvalState = readApprovalState(input.state);
+  const settlement = approvalState.settlements[input.requestId];
+  if (settlement === undefined || settlement.eventEmitted === true) return input.state;
+  return writeApprovalState(input.state, {
+    ...approvalState,
+    settlements: {
+      ...approvalState.settlements,
+      [input.requestId]: { ...settlement, eventEmitted: true },
+    },
+  });
+}
+
 /** Marks a candidate as waiting on a private authorization challenge. */
 export function markApprovalCandidateAuthorizationRequired(input: {
   readonly authorizationName: string;
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/harness/authorize-approval-response.ts b/packages/eve/src/harness/authorize-approval-response.ts
index 936686fd5..7947841d3 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/harness/authorize-approval-response.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/harness/authorize-approval-response.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ const APPROVAL_CANDIDATE_TTL_MS = 10 * 60_000;
 
 export type PendingApprovalAuthorizationResult =
   | { readonly kind: "continue"; readonly session: HarnessSession; readonly stepInput?: StepInput }
+  | {
+      readonly candidateId: string;
+      readonly kind: "candidate-created";
+      readonly requestId: string;
+      readonly session: HarnessSession;
+    }
   | {
       readonly authorization: AuthorizationSignal;
       readonly candidateId: string;
@@ -68,9 +74,10 @@ export async function authorizePendingApprovalResponse(input: {
   const batch = getPendingInputBatch(input.session.state);
   const activeCandidate = getApprovalAuditState(input.session.state).activeCandidates.find(
     (candidate) =>
-      candidate.status === "authorization-required" &&
-      candidate.authorizationName !== undefined &&
-      getAuthorizationResult(candidate.authorizationName) !== undefined,
+      (candidate.status === "pending" && candidate.pendingEventEmitted === true) ||
+      (candidate.status === "authorization-required" &&
+        candidate.authorizationName !== undefined &&
+        getAuthorizationResult(candidate.authorizationName) !== undefined),
   );
   const response =
     input.stepInput?.inputResponses?.find((entry) =>
@@ -147,6 +154,14 @@ export async function authorizePendingApprovalResponse(input: {
     state: input.session.state,
   });
   let session = { ...input.session, state: created.state };
+  if (created.result.kind === "created") {
+    return {
+      candidateId,
+      kind: "candidate-created",
+      requestId: response.requestId,
+      session,
+    };
+  }
   if (
     activeCandidate === undefined &&
     (created.result.kind === "duplicate" || created.result.kind === "stale")
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/harness/input-requests.test.ts b/packages/eve/src/harness/input-requests.test.ts
index 7b5c46d6c..55225e86a 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/harness/input-requests.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/harness/input-requests.test.ts
@@ -912,8 +912,37 @@ describe("authorizePendingApprovalResponse", () => {
     return contextStorage.run(ctx, run);
   }
 
+  async function continueCreatedCandidate(
+    result: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof authorizePendingApprovalResponse>>,
+    tools: HarnessToolMap,
+  ) {
+    if (result.kind !== "candidate-created") return result;
+    const state = result.session.state?.["eve.runtime.hitl.approvalState"] as {
+      activeCandidates: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
+    };
+    const activeCandidates = Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(state.activeCandidates).map(([id, candidate]) => [
+        id,
+        { ...candidate, pendingEventEmitted: true },
+      ]),
+    );
+    return await approvalContext(() =>
+      authorizePendingApprovalResponse({
+        now: 101,
+        session: {
+          ...result.session,
+          state: {
+            ...result.session.state,
+            "eve.runtime.hitl.approvalState": { ...state, activeCandidates },
+          },
+        },
+        tools,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
   it("fails closed when a required authorizer is missing", async () => {
-    const result = await approvalContext(() =>
+    let result = await approvalContext(() =>
       authorizePendingApprovalResponse({
         now: 100,
         session: pendingSession(),
@@ -923,11 +952,11 @@ describe("authorizePendingApprovalResponse", () => {
         tools: new Map(),
       }),
     );
+    result = await continueCreatedCandidate(result, new Map());
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
       kind: "failed",
       safeReason: "Approval authorization is temporarily unavailable. Please try again.",
-      stepInput: { inputResponses: [] },
     });
     expect(resolvePendingInput({ session: result.session }).outcome).toBe("unresolved");
   });
@@ -950,7 +979,7 @@ describe("authorizePendingApprovalResponse", () => {
         },
       ],
     ]);
-    const result = await approvalContext(() =>
+    let result = await approvalContext(() =>
       authorizePendingApprovalResponse({
         now: 100,
         session: pendingSession(),
@@ -960,11 +989,11 @@ describe("authorizePendingApprovalResponse", () => {
         tools,
       }),
     );
+    result = await continueCreatedCandidate(result, tools);
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
       kind: "rejected",
       safeReason: "U1 lacks repository write access.",
-      stepInput: { inputResponses: [] },
     });
     expect(resolvePendingInput({ session: result.session }).outcome).toBe("unresolved");
   });
@@ -984,7 +1013,7 @@ describe("authorizePendingApprovalResponse", () => {
         },
       ],
     ]);
-    const result = await approvalContext(() =>
+    let result = await approvalContext(() =>
       authorizePendingApprovalResponse({
         now: 100,
         session: pendingSession(),
@@ -994,6 +1023,7 @@ describe("authorizePendingApprovalResponse", () => {
         tools,
       }),
     );
+    result = await continueCreatedCandidate(result, tools);
 
     expect(result.kind).toBe("continue");
     if (result.kind !== "continue") throw new Error("Expected allowed candidate.");
@@ -1058,7 +1088,7 @@ describe("authorizePendingApprovalResponse", () => {
         },
       ],
     ]);
-    const result = await approvalContext(() =>
+    let result = await approvalContext(() =>
       authorizePendingApprovalResponse({
         now: 100,
         session,
@@ -1071,6 +1101,7 @@ describe("authorizePendingApprovalResponse", () => {
         tools,
       }),
     );
+    result = await continueCreatedCandidate(result, tools);
 
     expect(result.kind).toBe("continue");
     if (result.kind !== "continue") throw new Error("Expected first candidate to settle.");
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/harness/tool-loop.ts b/packages/eve/src/harness/tool-loop.ts
index c47136ccd..f0884537f 100644
--- a/packages/eve/src/harness/tool-loop.ts
+++ b/packages/eve/src/harness/tool-loop.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ import {
 } from "#harness/input-extraction.js";
 import { createToolResultMessagePartFromToolError } from "#harness/action-result-helpers.js";
 import { buildTelemetryRuntimeContext } from "#harness/instrumentation-runtime-context.js";
-import { getApprovalAuditState } from "#harness/approval-candidates.js";
+import {
+  getApprovalAuditState,
+  markApprovalCandidatePendingEventEmitted,
+  markApprovalSettlementEventEmitted,
+} from "#harness/approval-candidates.js";
 import { authorizePendingApprovalResponse } from "#harness/authorize-approval-response.js";
 import {
   consumeDeferredStepInput,
@@ -574,11 +578,44 @@ export function createToolLoopHarness(config: ToolLoopHarnessConfig): StepFn {
       tools: responseAuthorizationTools,
     });
     session = authorized.session;
-    if (emit && authorized.kind !== "continue" && authorized.kind !== "duplicate") {
+    if (authorized.kind === "candidate-created") {
+      return { next: runStep, session };
+    }
+
+    const pendingCandidateEvent = getApprovalAuditState(session.state).activeCandidates.find(
+      (candidate) => candidate.pendingEventEmitted !== true,
+    );
+    if (emit && pendingCandidateEvent !== undefined) {
+      await emit(
+        createApprovalCandidateEvent({
+          candidateId: pendingCandidateEvent.candidateId,
+          outcome: "pending",
+          requestId: pendingCandidateEvent.requestId,
+          responderPrincipalId: pendingCandidateEvent.responder.principalId,
+          sequence: emissionState.sequence,
+          stepIndex: emissionState.stepIndex,
+          turnId: emissionState.turnId,
+        }),
+      );
+      session = {
+        ...session,
+        state: markApprovalCandidatePendingEventEmitted({
+          candidateId: pendingCandidateEvent.candidateId,
+          state: session.state,
+        }),
+      };
+    }
+
+    if (
+      emit &&
+      authorized.kind !== "continue" &&
+      authorized.kind !== "duplicate" &&
+      authorized.kind !== "authorization-required"
+    ) {
       await emit(
         createApprovalCandidateEvent({
           candidateId: authorized.candidateId ?? `stale:${authorized.requestId}`,
-          outcome: authorized.kind === "authorization-required" ? "pending" : authorized.kind,
+          outcome: authorized.kind,
           requestId: authorized.requestId,
           responderPrincipalId:
             [
@@ -621,27 +658,28 @@ export function createToolLoopHarness(config: ToolLoopHarnessConfig): StepFn {
       };
     }
 
-    if (emit && authorized.kind === "continue") {
-      const response = authorized.stepInput?.inputResponses?.find(
-        (entry) => entry.optionId === "approve" || entry.optionId === "cancel",
+    const pendingSettlementEvent = getApprovalAuditState(session.state).settlements.find(
+      (settlement) => settlement.eventEmitted !== true,
+    );
+    if (emit && pendingSettlementEvent !== undefined) {
+      await emit(
+        createApprovalSettledEvent({
+          outcome: pendingSettlementEvent.outcome === "allowed" ? "approved" : "cancelled",
+          requestId: pendingSettlementEvent.requestId,
+          responderPrincipalId: pendingSettlementEvent.actor.principalId,
+          sequence: emissionState.sequence,
+          stepIndex: emissionState.stepIndex,
+          turnId: emissionState.turnId,
+        }),
       );
-      if (response !== undefined) {
-        const settlement = getApprovalAuditState(session.state).settlements.find(
-          (entry) => entry.requestId === response.requestId,
-        );
-        if (settlement !== undefined) {
-          await emit(
-            createApprovalSettledEvent({
-              outcome: settlement.outcome === "allowed" ? "approved" : "cancelled",
-              requestId: settlement.requestId,
-              responderPrincipalId: settlement.actor.principalId,
-              sequence: emissionState.sequence,
-              stepIndex: emissionState.stepIndex,
-              turnId: emissionState.turnId,
-            }),
-          );
-        }
-      }
+      session = {
+        ...session,
+        state: markApprovalSettlementEventEmitted({
+          requestId: pendingSettlementEvent.requestId,
+          state: session.state,
+        }),
+      };
+      return { next: runStep, session };
     }
 
     const pending = resolvePendingInput({