diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8bd6ba8..c006218 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.5
+0.7.6
diff --git a/cmd/nomos/store.go b/cmd/nomos/store.go
index ba4dfba..ab76f2b 100644
--- a/cmd/nomos/store.go
+++ b/cmd/nomos/store.go
@@ -931,6 +931,23 @@ func (s *store) allPlanStepsTerminal(ctx context.Context, sessionID string) bool
 	return total > 0 && total == terminal
 }
 
+// hasPendingApprovals reports whether this session has any executions in
+// pending_approval state. Used by autoCompleteIfPlanDone to avoid closing a
+// session that's blocked waiting for operator approval — the agent hit the
+// P5 gate and can't continue until the operator responds.
+func (s *store) hasPendingApprovals(ctx context.Context, sessionID string) bool {
+	if s == nil || sessionID == "" || sessionID == "ephemeral" {
+		return false
+	}
+	var count int
+	s.pool.QueryRow(ctx, `
+		SELECT COUNT(*) FROM nomos_plan_executions pe
+		JOIN executions ex ON ex.entity_id = pe.execution_id
+		WHERE pe.session_id = $1 AND ex.status = 'pending_approval'`,
+		sessionID).Scan(&count)
+	return count > 0
+}
+
 // planStep is a persisted plan step, as returned to the frontend for hydration
 // (the panel otherwise only sees steps live via plan.proposed/plan.step.*).
 type planStep struct {
diff --git a/cmd/nomos/tasks.go b/cmd/nomos/tasks.go
index 26f34bb..23c6923 100644
--- a/cmd/nomos/tasks.go
+++ b/cmd/nomos/tasks.go
@@ -376,6 +376,15 @@ func (a *agent) autoCompleteIfPlanDone(ctx context.Context, sessionID, responseT
 	if err != nil || sess.Status != "executing" {
 		return
 	}
+	// Don't auto-complete if there are pending approvals — the agent is
+	// blocked waiting for the operator, not done. Auto-completing here
+	// would close the session and the operator's approval would land on a
+	// dead task. Confirmed in eval: agent hits P5 approval gate, turn
+	// ends, auto-complete fires incorrectly because the approval-queue
+	// `run` responses were logged as success=true in agent_activity.
+	if a.store.hasPendingApprovals(ctx, sessionID) {
+		return
+	}
 	discovery := a.store.hadDiscovery(ctx, sessionID)
 	writeback := a.store.hadEntityWriteback(ctx, sessionID)
 	// (a) all plan steps terminal, OR (b) agent did discovery (ran `run`).