diff --git a/packages/codeplane/src/tui/util/clipboard.ts b/packages/codeplane/src/tui/util/clipboard.ts
index be3a40261..c0567c435 100644
--- a/packages/codeplane/src/tui/util/clipboard.ts
+++ b/packages/codeplane/src/tui/util/clipboard.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const getClipboardy = lazy(async () => {
  * the terminal emulator handle the clipboard locally.
  */
 function writeOsc52(text: string): void {
-  if (!process.stdout.isTTY && process.env["CODEPLANE_DISABLE_CLIPBOARD"] !== "1") return
+  if (!process.stdout.isTTY || process.env["CODEPLANE_DISABLE_CLIPBOARD"] === "1") return
   const base64 = Buffer.from(text).toString("base64")
   const osc52 = `\x1b]52;c;${base64}\x07`
   const passthrough = process.env["TMUX"] || process.env["STY"]
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/main.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/main.ts
index 52b0b2892..d9da625b1 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/main.ts
@@ -2998,12 +2998,11 @@ if (!gotLock) {
   app.on("login", (event, _webContents, _request, authInfo, callback) => {
     logger.log("main", "login", { host: authInfo.host, isProxy: authInfo.isProxy, realm: authInfo.realm })
     if (authInfo.isProxy) return
-    // Let Electron surface the native credential dialog for non-proxy
-    // HTTP Basic Auth challenges. Do NOT call preventDefault or pass empty
-    // credentials — doing so suppresses the OS prompt and sends a blank
-    // Authorization header, permanently breaking auth_basic connections.
-    event.preventDefault()
-    callback()
+    // Do not call preventDefault or callback here — Electron surfaces the
+    // native credential dialog automatically for non-proxy HTTP Basic Auth
+    // challenges. Calling preventDefault suppresses that dialog, and
+    // calling callback() with no args sends a blank Authorization header,
+    // which permanently breaks auth_basic connections.
   })
 
   app