diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
index f3d0d0b7ad3d..102af5a24fb3 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
@@ -321,6 +321,18 @@ export namespace Config {
     })
   }
 
+  async function inherited(dir: string) {
+    if (!Installation.isLocal()) return false
+
+    try {
+      const req = createRequire(path.join(dir, "package.json"))
+      const pkg = req.resolve("@opencode-ai/plugin/package.json")
+      return (await Filesystem.readJson<{ version?: string }>(pkg).catch(() => null))?.version === Installation.VERSION
+    } catch {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+
   async function isWritable(dir: string) {
     try {
       await fs.access(dir, constants.W_OK)
@@ -339,11 +351,13 @@ export namespace Config {
       return false
     }
 
+    const pkg = path.join(dir, "package.json")
+    const pkgExists = await Filesystem.exists(pkg)
+    if (!pkgExists && (await inherited(dir))) return false
+
     const nodeModules = path.join(dir, "node_modules")
     if (!existsSync(nodeModules)) return true
 
-    const pkg = path.join(dir, "package.json")
-    const pkgExists = await Filesystem.exists(pkg)
     if (!pkgExists) return true
 
     const parsed = await Filesystem.readJson<{ dependencies?: Record<string, string> }>(pkg).catch(() => null)
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/permission/next.ts b/packages/opencode/src/permission/next.ts
index 3ef3a02304dc..2f93e1d71813 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/permission/next.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/permission/next.ts
@@ -234,11 +234,12 @@ export namespace PermissionNext {
 
   export function evaluate(permission: string, pattern: string, ...rulesets: Ruleset[]): Rule {
     const merged = merge(...rulesets)
-    log.info("evaluate", { permission, pattern, ruleset: merged })
-    const match = merged.findLast(
-      (rule) => Wildcard.match(permission, rule.permission) && Wildcard.match(pattern, rule.pattern),
-    )
-    return match ?? { action: "ask", permission, pattern: "*" }
+    const rule =
+      merged.findLast(
+        (rule) => Wildcard.match(permission, rule.permission) && Wildcard.match(pattern, rule.pattern),
+      ) ?? { action: "ask", permission, pattern: "*" }
+    log.info("evaluate", { permission, pattern, rule, rules: merged.length })
+    return rule
   }
 
   const EDIT_TOOLS = ["edit", "write", "patch", "multiedit"]
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
index 90727cf8a083..91b85d25d67f 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs/promises"
 import { pathToFileURL } from "url"
 import { Global } from "../../src/global"
+import { Installation } from "../../src/installation"
 import { ProjectID } from "../../src/project/schema"
 import { Filesystem } from "../../src/util/filesystem"
 
@@ -763,6 +764,24 @@ test("installs dependencies in writable OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR", async () => {
   }
 })
 
+test("skips dependency install when plugin is already available from a parent install", async () => {
+  await using tmp = await tmpdir<string>({
+    init: async (dir) => {
+      const cfg = path.join(dir, "project", ".opencode")
+      const mod = path.join(dir, "project", "node_modules", "@opencode-ai", "plugin")
+      await fs.mkdir(cfg, { recursive: true })
+      await fs.mkdir(mod, { recursive: true })
+      await Filesystem.write(
+        path.join(mod, "package.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({ name: "@opencode-ai/plugin", version: Installation.VERSION }),
+      )
+      return cfg
+    },
+  })
+
+  expect(await Config.needsInstall(tmp.extra)).toBe(false)
+})
+
 test("resolves scoped npm plugins in config", async () => {
   await using tmp = await tmpdir({
     init: async (dir) => {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/permission-next.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/permission-next.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cff60a9400c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/permission-next.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { setTimeout as sleep } from "node:timers/promises"
+import { PermissionNext } from "../src/permission/next"
+import { Log } from "../src/util/log"
+
+test("evaluate logs the matched rule without serializing the full ruleset", async () => {
+  const pattern = `permission-log-${Date.now()}`
+  PermissionNext.evaluate("task", pattern, [
+    {
+      permission: "task",
+      pattern: "*",
+      action: "ask",
+    },
+    {
+      permission: "task",
+      pattern,
+      action: "allow",
+    },
+  ])
+
+  await sleep(50)
+
+  const line = (await Bun.file(Log.file()).text())
+    .trim()
+    .split("\n")
+    .findLast((x) => x.includes("service=permission") && x.includes(`pattern=${pattern}`))
+
+  expect(line).toBeDefined()
+  expect(line).toContain("rule=")
+  expect(line).toContain("rules=2")
+  expect(line).not.toContain("ruleset=")
+})