diff --git a/app/src/components/settings/panels/__tests__/AboutPanel.test.tsx b/app/src/components/settings/panels/__tests__/AboutPanel.test.tsx
index c8dbb7752..682083965 100644
--- a/app/src/components/settings/panels/__tests__/AboutPanel.test.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/settings/panels/__tests__/AboutPanel.test.tsx
@@ -151,54 +151,3 @@ describe('AboutPanel', () => {
});
});
});
-
-describe('AboutPanel — Developer Mode toggle', () => {
- beforeEach(() => {
- statusListeners.length = 0;
- mockCheckAppUpdate.mockReset();
- hoisted.mockIsTauri.mockReturnValue(false); // Simplify — no Tauri IPC for these tests
- });
-
- // useT() falls back to English even without I18nProvider (resolveEn() lookup).
- // The toggle's aria-label is set to t('settings.developerMode.title') which
- // resolves to the English string "Developer mode".
- const TOGGLE_ARIA_LABEL = /Developer mode/i;
-
- it('renders the Developer mode switch section', () => {
- renderWithProviders(
);
- expect(screen.getByRole('switch', { name: TOGGLE_ARIA_LABEL })).toBeInTheDocument();
- expect(screen.getByTestId('developer-mode-section')).toBeInTheDocument();
- });
-
- it('switch defaults to off (aria-checked=false)', () => {
- renderWithProviders(
);
- const toggle = screen.getByRole('switch', { name: TOGGLE_ARIA_LABEL });
- expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'false');
- });
-
- it('turns on developer mode when toggle is clicked', () => {
- const { store } = renderWithProviders(
);
- const toggle = screen.getByRole('switch', { name: TOGGLE_ARIA_LABEL });
- fireEvent.click(toggle);
- expect(store.getState().theme.developerMode).toBe(true);
- expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'true');
- });
-
- it('toggles developer mode off when clicked again', () => {
- const { store } = renderWithProviders(
, {
- preloadedState: {
- theme: {
- mode: 'system',
- tabBarLabels: 'hover',
- fontSize: 'medium',
- agentMessageViewMode: 'bubbles',
- developerMode: true,
- },
- },
- });
- const toggle = screen.getByRole('switch', { name: TOGGLE_ARIA_LABEL });
- expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'true');
- fireEvent.click(toggle);
- expect(store.getState().theme.developerMode).toBe(false);
- });
-});
diff --git a/app/src/hooks/useDeveloperMode.ts b/app/src/hooks/useDeveloperMode.ts
index 67a3931ac..655b311c4 100644
--- a/app/src/hooks/useDeveloperMode.ts
+++ b/app/src/hooks/useDeveloperMode.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
/**
* useDeveloperMode — runtime developer-mode gate.
*
- * Returns `true` when developer surfaces should be visible. The gate is open
- * when EITHER the build is a Vite dev build (`IS_DEV`) OR the user has
- * enabled Developer Mode in Settings › About.
+ * Developer surfaces (Settings › Developer & Diagnostics, dev-only settings
+ * search entries, the Intelligence "council" tab) are now always visible, so
+ * this hook unconditionally returns `true`. The previous opt-in toggle in
+ * Settings › About has been removed.
*
- * Gating is UI-only. The Rust `SecurityPolicy` / autonomy-tier enforcement
- * in the core is authoritative and is never relaxed by this toggle.
+ * Gating was always UI-only. The Rust `SecurityPolicy` / autonomy-tier
+ * enforcement in the core is authoritative and is unaffected by this.
*/
-import { useAppSelector } from '../store/hooks';
-import { selectDeveloperMode } from '../store/themeSlice';
-import { IS_DEV } from '../utils/config';
-
export function useDeveloperMode(): boolean {
- const persistedMode = useAppSelector(selectDeveloperMode);
- return IS_DEV || persistedMode;
+ return true;
}