diff --git a/canvas/src/components/tabs/ChatTab.tsx b/canvas/src/components/tabs/ChatTab.tsx
index d6a9b85ca..6792ee147 100644
--- a/canvas/src/components/tabs/ChatTab.tsx
+++ b/canvas/src/components/tabs/ChatTab.tsx
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ function MyChatPanel({ workspaceId, data }: Props) {
                 // ignore — user will see no change and can retry
               }
             }}
-            className="px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium bg-accent/10 hover:bg-accent/20 text-accent rounded border border-accent/30 transition-colors shrink-0"
+            className="px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium bg-accent/10 hover:bg-accent/20 text-accent rounded border border-accent/30 transition-colors shrink-0 focus:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-zinc-900"
           >
             Enable
           </button>
diff --git a/canvas/src/components/tabs/__tests__/ChatTab.talkToUserBanner.test.tsx b/canvas/src/components/tabs/__tests__/ChatTab.talkToUserBanner.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fceea0389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/src/components/tabs/__tests__/ChatTab.talkToUserBanner.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+//
+// Tests for the talk_to_user disabled banner in ChatTab.
+//
+// When a workspace has talk_to_user_enabled=false, the agent cannot send
+// canvas messages to the user. A banner appears with an "Enable" button that
+// calls PATCH /workspaces/:id/abilities with { talk_to_user_enabled: true }.
+//
+// Covers:
+//   - Banner hidden when talkToUserEnabled=true
+//   - Banner shown when talkToUserEnabled=false
+//   - "Enable" button calls PATCH /workspaces/:id/abilities with correct payload
+//   - "Enable" button has focus-visible:ring class (WCAG 2.4.7)
+
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import React from "react";
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+// Track patch calls for assertions so tests can inspect them.
+const patchCalls: { path: string; body: unknown }[] = [];
+
+// var: declaration hoisted to top of file (before vi.mock calls run), and
+// initializer runs eagerly at parse time — available to hoisted factory bodies.
+var mockUpdateNodeData = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/api", () => {
+  const apiGet = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve([]));
+  const apiPost = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({}));
+  const apiPatch = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({}));
+  return {
+    api: {
+      get: (path: string) => apiGet(path),
+      post: (path: string, body: unknown) => {
+        patchCalls.push({ path, body });
+        return apiPost(path, body);
+      },
+      del: vi.fn(),
+      patch: (path: string, body: unknown) => {
+        patchCalls.push({ path, body });
+        return apiPatch(path, body);
+      },
+      put: vi.fn(),
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => {
+  const state = {
+    agentMessages: {} as Record<string, unknown[]>,
+    consumeAgentMessages: () => [] as unknown[],
+    updateNodeData: mockUpdateNodeData,
+  };
+  return {
+    useCanvasStore: Object.assign(
+      vi.fn((selector?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+        selector ? selector(state) : state,
+      ),
+      { getState: () => state },
+    ),
+  };
+});
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mockUpdateNodeData.mockReset();
+  patchCalls.length = 0;
+  // jsdom doesn't implement scrollIntoView; ChatTab calls it after render.
+  Element.prototype.scrollIntoView = vi.fn();
+  // Stub IntersectionObserver — lazy-history sentinel uses it.
+  class FakeIO {
+    observe() {}
+    unobserve() {}
+    disconnect() {}
+  }
+  (window as unknown as { IntersectionObserver: unknown }).IntersectionObserver = FakeIO;
+  (globalThis as unknown as { IntersectionObserver: unknown }).IntersectionObserver = FakeIO;
+});
+
+import { ChatTab } from "../ChatTab";
+
+const minimalData = {
+  status: "online" as const,
+  runtime: "claude-code",
+  currentTask: null,
+} as unknown as Parameters<typeof ChatTab>[0]["data"];
+
+describe("ChatTab — talk_to_user disabled banner", () => {
+  it("is hidden when talkToUserEnabled is true", () => {
+    render(<ChatTab workspaceId="ws-1" data={{ ...minimalData, talkToUserEnabled: true }} />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/not enabled to chat/i)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("renders the banner when talkToUserEnabled is false", () => {
+    render(<ChatTab workspaceId="ws-1" data={{ ...minimalData, talkToUserEnabled: false }} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/not enabled to chat/i)).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("renders the Enable button", () => {
+    render(<ChatTab workspaceId="ws-1" data={{ ...minimalData, talkToUserEnabled: false }} />);
+    const btns = screen.getAllByRole("button");
+    const enableBtn = btns.find((b) => b.textContent?.trim() === "Enable");
+    expect(enableBtn).not.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("Enable button calls PATCH /workspaces/:id/abilities with talk_to_user_enabled: true", async () => {
+    render(<ChatTab workspaceId="ws-test-456" data={{ ...minimalData, talkToUserEnabled: false }} />);
+    const btns = screen.getAllByRole("button");
+    const enableBtn = btns.find((b) => b.textContent?.trim() === "Enable")!;
+    fireEvent.click(enableBtn);
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(patchCalls).toContainEqual({ path: "/workspaces/ws-test-456/abilities", body: { talk_to_user_enabled: true } });
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Note: we cannot test the "banner disappears after store update" DOM
+  // outcome here because MyChatPanel reads data.talkToUserEnabled from its
+  // props (passed from ChatTab), not from the store. The store update is
+  // a side-effect that updates the canvas nodes array; it does not flow
+  // back into the ChatTab prop chain.  The PATCH call (verified above) is
+  // the primary integration point — the store update is an implementation
+  // detail that callers verify via the canvas-level integration test suite.
+
+  it("Enable button has focus-visible:ring-2 class (WCAG 2.4.7)", () => {
+    render(<ChatTab workspaceId="ws-1" data={{ ...minimalData, talkToUserEnabled: false }} />);
+    const btns = screen.getAllByRole("button");
+    const enableBtn = btns.find((b) => b.textContent?.trim() === "Enable")!;
+    // The fix adds focus-visible:ring-2 (not the shorthand focus-visible:ring).
+    // Both satisfy WCAG 2.4.7 by making keyboard focus clearly visible.
+    expect(enableBtn.classList.contains("focus-visible:ring-2")).toBe(true);
+  });
+});