diff --git a/packages/workflow-executor/src/http/pending-data-validators.ts b/packages/workflow-executor/src/http/pending-data-validators.ts
index 4e2d6aabe1..ea00602e63 100644
--- a/packages/workflow-executor/src/http/pending-data-validators.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow-executor/src/http/pending-data-validators.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ const triggerActionPatchSchema = z
     // Whether the native submit actually executed the action, or only created an approval request
     // (non-blocking): downstream AI steps must be told an awaiting-approval action did NOT run.
     submissionOutcome: z.enum(['executed', 'pending-approval']).optional(),
+    // The approval request the native submit filed, when submissionOutcome is 'pending-approval'.
+    // Persisted so the run panel can deep-link to it (parity with the Full-AI path).
+    approvalRequest: z
+      .object({ id: z.string().min(1) })
+      .strict()
+      .optional(),
   })
   .strict();
 
diff --git a/packages/workflow-executor/test/http/pending-data-validators.test.ts b/packages/workflow-executor/test/http/pending-data-validators.test.ts
index 4e09b0c503..5ca7fa6eba 100644
--- a/packages/workflow-executor/test/http/pending-data-validators.test.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow-executor/test/http/pending-data-validators.test.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,30 @@ describe('patchBodySchemas', () => {
       expect(parsed).toEqual({ userConfirmed: false });
     });
 
+    it('accepts a pending-approval submit carrying the approval request id', () => {
+      const parsed = schema.parse({
+        userConfirmed: true,
+        submissionOutcome: 'pending-approval',
+        approvalRequest: { id: 'appr-1' },
+      });
+
+      expect(parsed).toEqual({
+        userConfirmed: true,
+        submissionOutcome: 'pending-approval',
+        approvalRequest: { id: 'appr-1' },
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('rejects an approvalRequest with an empty id', () => {
+      expect(() => schema.parse({ userConfirmed: true, approvalRequest: { id: '' } })).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('rejects extra keys inside approvalRequest (strict)', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        schema.parse({ userConfirmed: true, approvalRequest: { id: 'a', extra: 'leak' } }),
+      ).toThrow();
+    });
+
     it('rejects unknown fields (strict schema)', () => {
       expect(() =>
         schema.parse({ userConfirmed: true, actionResult: {}, extra: 'leak' }),