diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/PendingApprovalCard.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/PendingApprovalCard.tsx
index f9ec44d5d4ee5..3ea89ad46d5d5 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/PendingApprovalCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/PendingApprovalCard.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import {
 } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/state/thread-requests";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { Pressable, View } from "react-native";
+import Animated, {
+  useAnimatedStyle,
+  useSharedValue,
+  type DerivedValue,
+} from "react-native-reanimated";
 
 import { AppText as Text } from "../../components/ui/AppText";
 import type { PendingApproval } from "../../lib/threadActivity";
@@ -18,6 +23,7 @@ export interface PendingApprovalCardProps {
   readonly canOperateThread: boolean;
   readonly approval: PendingApproval;
   readonly respondingApprovalId: RuntimeRequestId | null;
+  readonly maxHeight?: DerivedValue<number>;
   readonly onRespond: (
     requestId: RuntimeRequestId,
     decision: ProviderApprovalDecision,
@@ -30,6 +36,8 @@ const DEFAULT_APPROVAL_OPTIONS: ReadonlyArray<ProviderApprovalOption> = [
   { decision: "decline", label: "Decline" },
 ];
 
+const BODY_MIN_HEIGHT = 64;
+
 export function PendingApprovalCard(props: PendingApprovalCardProps) {
   const options: ReadonlyArray<ProviderApprovalOption> =
     props.approval.options ?? DEFAULT_APPROVAL_OPTIONS;
@@ -37,40 +45,71 @@ export function PendingApprovalCard(props: PendingApprovalCardProps) {
   const canRespond = props.approval.responseCapability === "live";
   const disabled = !canRespond || props.respondingApprovalId === props.approval.requestId;
   const [explanationOpen, setExplanationOpen] = useState(false);
+  const { maxHeight } = props;
+  const cardHeight = useSharedValue(0);
+  const bodyHeight = useSharedValue(0);
+  // The body takes what the pinned rows leave. Below BODY_MIN_HEIGHT the caller's capped
+  // ScrollView scrolls the whole card instead, so the buttons stay reachable.
+  const bodyHeightStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() =>
+    maxHeight === undefined
+      ? {}
+      : {
+          maxHeight: Math.max(
+            BODY_MIN_HEIGHT,
+            maxHeight.value - (cardHeight.value - bodyHeight.value),
+          ),
+        },
+  );
   return (
-    <View className="gap-2.5 rounded-[20px] border border-border bg-card-alt p-4">
-      <Text className="font-t3-bold text-2xs uppercase tracking-[1.1px] text-foreground-secondary">
-        Approval needed
-      </Text>
-      <Text className="font-t3-bold text-lg text-foreground">
-        {props.approval.appName ?? props.approval.requestKind}
-      </Text>
-      {props.approval.detail ? (
-        <Text className="font-sans text-sm leading-normal text-foreground-secondary">
-          {props.approval.detail}
+    <View
+      className="gap-2.5 rounded-[20px] border border-border bg-card-alt p-4"
+      onLayout={(event) => {
+        cardHeight.set(event.nativeEvent.layout.height);
+      }}
+    >
+      <Animated.ScrollView
+        bounces={false}
+        contentContainerClassName="gap-2.5"
+        keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"
+        nestedScrollEnabled
+        onLayout={(event) => {
+          bodyHeight.set(event.nativeEvent.layout.height);
+        }}
+        style={bodyHeightStyle}
+      >
+        <Text className="font-t3-bold text-2xs uppercase tracking-[1.1px] text-foreground-secondary">
+          Approval needed
         </Text>
-      ) : null}
-      {props.approval.reason ? (
-        <Text className="font-sans text-xs leading-normal text-warning-foreground">
-          {props.approval.reason}
+        <Text className="font-t3-bold text-lg text-foreground">
+          {props.approval.appName ?? props.approval.requestKind}
         </Text>
-      ) : null}
-      {props.approval.fullAccessOverride ? (
-        <Pressable
-          accessibilityRole="button"
-          accessibilityState={{ expanded: explanationOpen }}
-          onPress={() => setExplanationOpen((open) => !open)}
-        >
-          <Text className="font-t3-bold text-xs text-foreground-secondary underline">
-            {FULL_ACCESS_OVERRIDE_QUESTION}
+        {props.approval.detail ? (
+          <Text className="font-sans text-sm leading-normal text-foreground-secondary">
+            {props.approval.detail}
+          </Text>
+        ) : null}
+        {props.approval.reason ? (
+          <Text className="font-sans text-xs leading-normal text-warning-foreground">
+            {props.approval.reason}
           </Text>
-          {explanationOpen ? (
-            <Text className="mt-1 font-sans text-xs leading-normal text-foreground-muted">
-              {fullAccessOverrideExplanation(props.approval.fullAccessOverride)}
+        ) : null}
+        {props.approval.fullAccessOverride ? (
+          <Pressable
+            accessibilityRole="button"
+            accessibilityState={{ expanded: explanationOpen }}
+            onPress={() => setExplanationOpen((open) => !open)}
+          >
+            <Text className="font-t3-bold text-xs text-foreground-secondary underline">
+              {FULL_ACCESS_OVERRIDE_QUESTION}
             </Text>
-          ) : null}
-        </Pressable>
-      ) : null}
+            {explanationOpen ? (
+              <Text className="mt-1 font-sans text-xs leading-normal text-foreground-muted">
+                {fullAccessOverrideExplanation(props.approval.fullAccessOverride)}
+              </Text>
+            ) : null}
+          </Pressable>
+        ) : null}
+      </Animated.ScrollView>
       {!canRespond ? (
         <Text className="font-sans text-sm leading-5 text-foreground-muted">
           The provider process for this request is no longer available. Interrupt or restart the run
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
index d9bb48682f894..dd4814edc8984 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
@@ -1063,13 +1063,16 @@ function ThreadDetailBody(
     flexGrow: 0,
   }));
   // Questions overlay the composer on iOS; an approval sits above it, so it gives up its height.
-  const approvalHeightStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
-    maxHeight: derivePendingUserInputMaxHeight({
+  const pendingApprovalMaxHeight = useDerivedValue(() =>
+    derivePendingUserInputMaxHeight({
       windowHeight: screenAreaHeight,
       keyboardHeight: keyboardStickyEnabled ? -keyboardTranslation.value : 0,
       navigationHeaderHeight,
       composerOverlapHeight,
     }),
+  );
+  const approvalHeightStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
+    maxHeight: pendingApprovalMaxHeight.value,
     flexGrow: 0,
   }));
   // The usage panel stacks with the composer and any approval card, so it gets
@@ -1757,6 +1760,7 @@ function ThreadDetailBody(
                             <PendingApprovalCard
                               canOperateThread={props.canOperateThread}
                               approval={props.activePendingApproval}
+                              maxHeight={pendingApprovalMaxHeight}
                               respondingApprovalId={props.respondingApprovalId}
                               onRespond={props.onRespondToApproval}
                             />