From 83c6342e6e09e31795ec81ef1a29cd4fd3e850d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gal Zahavi <38544478+galz10@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 15:26:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update folder trust error messaging (#18402)

Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.test.ts | 2 +-
 packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.ts      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.test.ts
index 4c8549ab2c..1e56b6d39e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.test.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('useFolderTrust', () => {
     renderHook(() => useFolderTrust(mockSettings, onTrustChange, addItem));
     expect(addItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       {
-        text: 'This folder is not trusted. Some features may be disabled. Use the `/permissions` command to change the trust level.',
+        text: 'This folder is untrusted, project settings, hooks, MCPs, and GEMINI.md files will not be applied for this folder.\nUse the `/permissions` command to change the trust level.',
         type: 'info',
       },
       expect.any(Number),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.ts
index 05915b8f43..c3e3d6e70c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useFolderTrust.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const useFolderTrust = (
       addItem(
         {
           type: MessageType.INFO,
-          text: 'This folder is not trusted. Some features may be disabled. Use the `/permissions` command to change the trust level.',
+          text: 'This folder is untrusted, project settings, hooks, MCPs, and GEMINI.md files will not be applied for this folder.\nUse the `/permissions` command to change the trust level.',
         },
         Date.now(),
       );