diff --git a/extensions/imessage/src/approval-handler.runtime.test.ts b/extensions/imessage/src/approval-handler.runtime.test.ts
index ea44174397fc..c24a8273500e 100644
--- a/extensions/imessage/src/approval-handler.runtime.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/imessage/src/approval-handler.runtime.test.ts
@@ -361,6 +361,48 @@ describe("imessageApprovalNativeRuntime", () => {
     expect(payload.text).toContain("👍 Allow Once");
   });
 
+  it("carries the same bold headers and labels in tapback and poll mode", async () => {
+    // #85954: poll mode used to fall back to the unstyled legacy prompt, so
+    // every label reached Messages as flat text on any poll-capable bridge.
+    const payload = await imessageApprovalNativeRuntime.presentation.buildPendingPayload({
+      cfg: {} as never,
+      accountId: "default",
+      context: { accountId: "default" },
+      request: {
+        id: "exec-bold",
+        request: { command: "echo hi" },
+        createdAtMs: 0,
+        expiresAtMs: 60_000,
+      },
+      approvalKind: "exec",
+      nowMs: 0,
+      view: {
+        approvalKind: "exec",
+        approvalId: "exec-bold",
+        commandText: "echo hi",
+        host: "gateway",
+        cwd: "/tmp/work",
+        expiresAtMs: 60_000,
+        actions: [
+          { decision: "allow-once", label: "Allow Once", command: "/approve exec-bold allow-once" },
+          { decision: "deny", label: "Deny", command: "/approve exec-bold deny" },
+        ],
+      } as never,
+    });
+
+    for (const text of [payload.text, payload.pollText]) {
+      expect(text).toContain("**Exec approval required**");
+      expect(text).toContain("**ID:** exec-bold");
+      expect(text).toContain("**Host:** gateway");
+      expect(text).toContain("**CWD:**");
+      expect(text).toContain("**Expires in:**");
+      expect(text).toContain("**Full id:**");
+    }
+    // The poll owns the controls, so the tapback hint stays out of poll mode.
+    expect(payload.text).toContain("React with:");
+    expect(payload.pollText).not.toContain("React with:");
+  });
+
   describe("native poll controls", () => {
     const pollDeliverArgs = {
       cfg: {
@@ -491,6 +533,27 @@ describe("imessageApprovalNativeRuntime", () => {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it("keeps markdown markers out of the poll question", async () => {
+      // The details message is styled through attributedBody ranges, but
+      // `imsg poll send --question` has no formatting channel, so the balloon
+      // would otherwise show literal asterisks.
+      const pollText = ["**Exec approval required**", "**ID:** exec-poll"].join("\n");
+      await imessageApprovalNativeRuntime.transport.deliverPending({
+        ...pollDeliverArgs,
+        pendingPayload: { ...pollDeliverArgs.pendingPayload, pollText },
+      });
+
+      // The send path converts the markers into typed ranges itself.
+      expect(sendMock.sendMessageIMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "+15551230000",
+        pollText,
+        expect.objectContaining({ conversationReadOrigin: "direct-operator" }),
+      );
+      const question = actionsMock.sendPoll.mock.calls[0]?.[0]?.question;
+      expect(question).toBe("Exec approval required\nID: exec-poll");
+      expect(question).not.toContain("**");
+    });
+
     it("binds the poll before deliverPending returns", async () => {
       await imessageApprovalNativeRuntime.transport.deliverPending(pollDeliverArgs);
 
diff --git a/extensions/imessage/src/approval-handler.runtime.ts b/extensions/imessage/src/approval-handler.runtime.ts
index 28ea686c52f8..bee3317547df 100644
--- a/extensions/imessage/src/approval-handler.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/imessage/src/approval-handler.runtime.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import {
   resolvePreparedApprovalAccountId,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/approval-handler-runtime";
 import { buildChannelApprovalNativeTargetKey } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/approval-native-runtime";
-import { buildApprovalReactionPendingContent } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/approval-reaction-runtime";
+import {
+  buildApprovalNativeControlsPromptText,
+  buildApprovalReactionPendingContent,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/approval-reaction-runtime";
 import type { ExecApprovalReplyDecision } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/approval-reply-runtime";
 import type {
   ExecApprovalRequest,
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   unregisterIMessageApprovalReactionTarget,
   type IMessageApprovalConversationKey,
 } from "./approval-reactions.js";
+import { extractMarkdownFormatRuns } from "./markdown-format.js";
 import { normalizeIMessageMessagingTarget } from "./normalize.js";
 import { getCachedIMessagePrivateApiStatus } from "./probe.js";
 import { sendMessageIMessage } from "./send.js";
@@ -97,7 +101,9 @@ function buildPendingPayload(params: {
     text: pendingContent.reactionPayload.text ?? "",
     // The native poll owns the primary controls. Manual commands stay in the
     // details message because bridge capability cannot prove recipient support.
-    pollText: pendingContent.manualFallbackPayload.text ?? "",
+    // Same bold headers and labels as the tapback prompt (#85954): both are
+    // delivered through the attributed-body send path.
+    pollText: buildApprovalNativeControlsPromptText({ view: params.view, nowMs: params.nowMs }),
     allowedDecisions: pendingContent.reactionPayload.allowedDecisions,
   };
 }
@@ -242,7 +248,10 @@ async function deliverIMessageApprovalPoll(params: {
     const runtime = await loadIMessageActionsRuntime();
     const sent = await runtime.sendPoll({
       chatGuid,
-      question: params.question,
+      // `imsg poll send --question` has no attributed-body channel, so the
+      // question keeps the marker-free rendering of the same prompt copy the
+      // details message delivers with typed formatting ranges.
+      question: extractMarkdownFormatRuns(params.question).text,
       choices: options.map((option) => option.text),
       suppressComment: true,
       options: { ...cliOptions, chatGuid },
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/approval-reaction-runtime.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/approval-reaction-runtime.ts
index 1231bc6055aa..a2e34e92b508 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/approval-reaction-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/approval-reaction-runtime.ts
@@ -499,6 +499,23 @@ export function buildApprovalReactionPendingContent(params: {
   return { reactionPayload, manualFallbackPayload };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Prompt copy for channels whose native controls (Apple Messages polls, inline
+ * buttons) own the decision surface. Same bold headers and labels as the
+ * reaction prompt (#85954) minus the tapback hint, which would advertise a
+ * second, redundant control path next to the native one.
+ */
+export function buildApprovalNativeControlsPromptText(params: {
+  view: PendingApprovalView;
+  nowMs: number;
+}): string {
+  return buildApprovalReactionPromptText({
+    view: params.view,
+    nowMs: params.nowMs,
+    reactionHint: null,
+  });
+}
+
 /** Build reaction and manual-fallback pending approval content directly from a request. */
 export function buildApprovalReactionPendingContentForRequest(params: {
   request: ApprovalRequest;