diff --git a/cmd/launch/command_test.go b/cmd/launch/command_test.go
index da168438b..6b2ba101c 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/command_test.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/command_test.go
@@ -443,18 +443,14 @@ func TestLaunchCmdHeadlessWithoutYes_ReturnsActionableConfirmError(t *testing.T)
 
 	cmd := LaunchCmd(func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error { return nil }, func(cmd *cobra.Command) {})
 	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"stubeditor", "--model", "llama3.2"})
-	err := cmd.Execute()
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected launch command to fail without --yes in headless mode")
+	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected launch command to succeed without --yes, got %v", err)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "re-run with --yes") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected actionable --yes guidance, got %v", err)
+	if diff := cmp.Diff([][]string{{"llama3.2"}}, stub.edited); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("editor models mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
-	if len(stub.edited) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected no editor writes when confirmation is blocked, got %v", stub.edited)
-	}
-	if stub.ranModel != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected launch to abort before run, got %q", stub.ranModel)
+	if stub.ranModel != "llama3.2" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected launch to run with llama3.2, got %q", stub.ranModel)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/launch/launch_test.go b/cmd/launch/launch_test.go
index a9bd53c7b..9659856b2 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/launch_test.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/launch_test.go
@@ -617,12 +617,9 @@ func TestLaunchIntegration_EditorForceConfigure(t *testing.T) {
 		return []string{"llama3.2", "qwen3:8b"}, nil
 	}
 
-	var proceedPrompt bool
 	DefaultConfirmPrompt = func(prompt string, options ConfirmOptions) (bool, error) {
-		if prompt == "Proceed?" {
-			proceedPrompt = true
-		}
-		return true, nil
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected confirmation prompt: %q", prompt)
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -650,9 +647,6 @@ func TestLaunchIntegration_EditorForceConfigure(t *testing.T) {
 	if !multiCalled {
 		t.Fatal("expected multi selector to be used for forced editor configure")
 	}
-	if !proceedPrompt {
-		t.Fatal("expected backup warning confirmation before edit")
-	}
 	if diff := compareStringSlices(editor.edited, [][]string{{"llama3.2", "qwen3:8b"}}); diff != "" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected edited models (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
@@ -1444,8 +1438,8 @@ func TestLaunchIntegration_ConfigureOnlyDoesNotRequireInstalledBinary(t *testing
 	if editor.ranModel != "" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected configure-only flow to skip launch, got %q", editor.ranModel)
 	}
-	if !slices.Contains(prompts, "Proceed?") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected editor warning prompt, got %v", prompts)
+	if slices.Contains(prompts, "Proceed?") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected editor write to skip Proceed prompt, got %v", prompts)
 	}
 	if !slices.Contains(prompts, "Launch LauncherEditor now?") {
 		t.Fatalf("expected configure-only launch prompt, got %v", prompts)
diff --git a/cmd/launch/models.go b/cmd/launch/models.go
index 7c45ddfe0..a84d08154 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/models.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/models.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func confirmEditorEdit(runner Runner, editor Editor) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Backups will be saved to %s/\n\n", fileutil.BackupDir())
 
-	return ConfirmPrompt("Proceed?")
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 // buildModelList merges existing models with recommendations for selection UIs.
diff --git a/cmd/launch/selector_hooks.go b/cmd/launch/selector_hooks.go
index 0f55aadea..d1e7efc71 100644
--- a/cmd/launch/selector_hooks.go
+++ b/cmd/launch/selector_hooks.go
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func withLaunchConfirmPolicy(policy launchConfirmPolicy) func() {
 	}
 }
 
-// ConfirmPrompt is the shared confirmation gate for launch flows (integration
-// edits, missing-model pulls, sign-in prompts, OpenClaw install/security, etc).
+// ConfirmPrompt is the shared confirmation gate for launch flows (missing-model
+// pulls, sign-in prompts, OpenClaw install/security, etc).
 // Behavior is controlled by currentLaunchConfirmPolicy, typically scoped by
 // withLaunchConfirmPolicy in LaunchCmd (e.g. auto-approve with --yes).
 func ConfirmPrompt(prompt string) (bool, error) {