diff --git a/bin/fixlab.js b/bin/fixlab.js
index f728ed9..12f9687 100644
--- a/bin/fixlab.js
+++ b/bin/fixlab.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_PORT,
   FIXLAB_RUNTIMES,
   inspectRepository,
+  linkedDependencyDirectories,
   validateTargetEnvironment,
   validateLiveTestProfile,
   validatePort
@@ -942,12 +943,14 @@ function launch(repository, request, runtime, targetEnvironment = "") {
       ? buildCopilotInvocation({
           packageRoot,
           prompt,
-          sessionId: randomUUID()
+          sessionId: randomUUID(),
+          additionalDirs: linkedDependencyDirectories(repository)
         })
       : buildAgencyInvocation({
           packageRoot,
           prompt,
-          sessionId: randomUUID()
+          sessionId: randomUUID(),
+          additionalDirs: linkedDependencyDirectories(repository)
         })
     : {
         args: [
diff --git a/dashboard/public/app.js b/dashboard/public/app.js
index 300a70c..87a493d 100644
--- a/dashboard/public/app.js
+++ b/dashboard/public/app.js
@@ -442,7 +442,11 @@ function renderJob(job, currentActiveJob = job) {
     canResume &&
     job?.pullRequestReadiness?.status === "approval-required";
   const canDismissFailedJob =
-    canResume && job?.status === "failed";
+    canResume && ["failed", "blocked"].includes(job?.status);
+  dismissFailedJobButton.textContent =
+    job?.status === "blocked"
+      ? "Dismiss blocked job and continue queue"
+      : "Dismiss failed job and continue queue";
   const canCancelQueuedJob =
     !isActive && job?.status === "queued";
   jobInputPanel.hidden = !(canResume || canComment || canCancelQueuedJob);
@@ -1223,7 +1227,7 @@ dismissFailedJobButton.addEventListener("click", async () => {
   formError.textContent = "";
   if (
     !window.confirm(
-      "Dismiss this failed job? It will remain failed in dashboard history, its session will not resume, and the next queued job will start."
+      `Dismiss this ${activeJob?.status === "blocked" ? "blocked" : "failed"} job? It will remain ${activeJob?.status === "blocked" ? "blocked" : "failed"} in dashboard history, its session will not resume, and the next queued job will start.`
     )
   ) {
     return;
@@ -1234,8 +1238,8 @@ dismissFailedJobButton.addEventListener("click", async () => {
       method: "POST"
     });
     jobInputMessage.textContent = body.job
-      ? "Failed job dismissed. The next queued job has started."
-      : "Failed job dismissed. The queue is empty.";
+      ? "Job dismissed. The next queued job has started."
+      : "Job dismissed. The queue is empty.";
     if (body.dismissedJob) {
       rememberJob(body.dismissedJob);
     }
diff --git a/dashboard/server.js b/dashboard/server.js
index 7c3e1a7..b1df376 100644
--- a/dashboard/server.js
+++ b/dashboard/server.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import {
   createReadStream,
   existsSync,
+  lstatSync,
   mkdirSync,
   readdirSync,
   readFileSync,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   extname,
   isAbsolute,
   join,
+  parse,
   relative,
   resolve,
   sep
@@ -1341,11 +1343,95 @@ function writeCacheSummary(context, job) {
   }
 }
 
+// Linked dependency folders (for example a node_modules junction) resolve outside
+// the repository, and non-interactive agents cannot answer the path prompt they raise.
+// Only targets inside a profile-declared trustedDependencyRoots entry are granted, so a
+// repository-controlled symlink alone never widens the agent's file access.
+export function linkedDependencyDirectories(repository) {
+  let root;
+  let profile;
+  try {
+    root = realpathSync(repository);
+    profile = loadRepositoryProfile(root);
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const trustedRoots = (
+    Array.isArray(profile?.trustedDependencyRoots)
+      ? profile.trustedDependencyRoots
+      : []
+  )
+    .filter((value) => typeof value === "string" && isAbsolute(value))
+    .flatMap((value) => {
+      try {
+        const resolved = realpathSync(value);
+        return resolved === parse(resolved).root ? [] : [resolved];
+      } catch {
+        return [];
+      }
+    });
+  if (trustedRoots.length === 0) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const isInside = (parent, child) => {
+    const relation = relative(parent, child);
+    return (
+      relation === "" ||
+      (!relation.startsWith("..") && !isAbsolute(relation))
+    );
+  };
+  const workingDirectories = new Set([root]);
+  for (const configured of [
+    profile.browserAutomation?.workingDirectory,
+    ...Object.values(profile.applications ?? {}).map(
+      (application) => application?.workingDirectory
+    )
+  ]) {
+    if (typeof configured !== "string") {
+      continue;
+    }
+    try {
+      const directory = realpathSync(resolve(root, configured));
+      if (isInside(root, directory)) {
+        workingDirectories.add(directory);
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // A missing working directory has no dependency link to grant.
+    }
+  }
+
+  const found = new Set();
+  for (const directory of workingDirectories) {
+    const candidate = join(directory, "node_modules");
+    try {
+      if (!lstatSync(candidate).isSymbolicLink()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const target = realpathSync(candidate);
+      if (
+        !isInside(root, target) &&
+        trustedRoots.some((trusted) => isInside(trusted, target))
+      ) {
+        found.add(target);
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Missing or unreadable dependency folders need no extra access.
+    }
+  }
+  return [...found];
+}
+
+const additionalDirectoryArguments = (additionalDirs) =>
+  additionalDirs.flatMap((directory) => ["--add-dir", directory]);
+
 export function buildAgencyInvocation({
   packageRoot,
   prompt,
   sessionId,
-  resume = false
+  resume = false,
+  additionalDirs = []
 }) {
   if (!sessionId) {
     throw new Error("Agency invocation requires a session ID");
@@ -1358,6 +1444,7 @@ export function buildAgencyInvocation({
       "--agent",
       "fixlab:fixlab",
       "--allow-all-tools",
+      ...additionalDirectoryArguments(additionalDirs),
       "--no-ask-user",
       "--stream",
       "on",
@@ -1371,7 +1458,8 @@ export function buildCopilotInvocation({
   packageRoot,
   prompt,
   sessionId,
-  resume = false
+  resume = false,
+  additionalDirs = []
 }) {
   if (!sessionId) {
     throw new Error("Copilot invocation requires a session ID");
@@ -1383,6 +1471,7 @@ export function buildCopilotInvocation({
       "--agent",
       "fixlab:fixlab",
       "--allow-all-tools",
+      ...additionalDirectoryArguments(additionalDirs),
       "--no-ask-user",
       "--autopilot",
       "--stream",
@@ -1420,7 +1509,8 @@ function createExecutor({ command, packageRoot, buildInvocation }) {
       packageRoot,
       prompt,
       sessionId,
-      resume
+      resume,
+      additionalDirs: linkedDependencyDirectories(repository)
     });
     const child = spawn(executable, invocation.args, {
       cwd: repository,
@@ -2741,9 +2831,9 @@ export function createDashboardServer({
         });
         return;
       }
-      if (currentJob.status !== "failed") {
+      if (!["failed", "blocked"].includes(currentJob.status)) {
         sendJson(response, 409, {
-          error: "only a failed FixLab job can be dismissed"
+          error: "only a failed or blocked FixLab job can be dismissed"
         });
         return;
       }
@@ -2753,8 +2843,7 @@ export function createDashboardServer({
         index: dismissedJob.nextLogIndex,
         timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
         stream: "dashboard",
-        message:
-          "Failed job dismissed by the user; its failed outcome remains in dashboard history."
+        message: `${dismissedJob.status === "blocked" ? "Blocked" : "Failed"} job dismissed by the user; its ${dismissedJob.status} outcome remains in dashboard history.`
       });
       if (dismissedJob.artifactDirectory) {
         removeArtifactDirectory(dismissedJob.artifactDirectory);
diff --git a/docs/repository-onboarding.md b/docs/repository-onboarding.md
index 2601b38..eb1a865 100644
--- a/docs/repository-onboarding.md
+++ b/docs/repository-onboarding.md
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ The profile must also declare:
 - `browserAutomation.dataSafety.policy`, describing mock, read-only, or intercepted-mutation behavior.
 - `browserAutomation.dataSafety.productionAllowed: false`.
 
+Optionally, declare `trustedDependencyRoots`, a list of absolute directories, when a
+working directory's `node_modules` is a link to a shared install outside the
+repository. Non-interactive agents cannot answer path-permission prompts, so FixLab
+passes `--add-dir` only for `node_modules` links under these roots, in the profile's
+working directories. Without this field, no external path is granted. Filesystem roots
+are ignored.
 Synthesized scenario source is transient by default. The agent must remove
 generated test files and validation-only configuration changes before the
 product pull request. A repository can require a permanent generated browser
diff --git a/test/dashboard-server.test.js b/test/dashboard-server.test.js
index 25302b6..4c75e86 100644
--- a/test/dashboard-server.test.js
+++ b/test/dashboard-server.test.js
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import {
   mkdirSync,
   mkdtempSync,
   readFileSync,
+  realpathSync,
   rmSync,
+  symlinkSync,
   writeFileSync
 } from "node:fs";
 import { createServer } from "node:net";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
-import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { dirname, join, parse } from "node:path";
 import { PassThrough, Readable, Writable } from "node:stream";
 import test from "node:test";
 import {
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   createProcessCompletion,
   FIXLAB_STAGES,
   inspectRepository,
+  linkedDependencyDirectories,
   MAX_JOB_ACTIVITY_ENTRIES,
   MAX_CACHE_BYTES,
   MAX_CACHE_ENTRIES,
@@ -39,6 +42,60 @@ const packageRoot = new URL("..", import.meta.url).pathname.replace(
   "$1"
 );
 
+test("linked node_modules directories are granted only inside trusted dependency roots", () => {
+  const base = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "fixlab-linked-"));
+  try {
+    const repository = join(base, "repo");
+    const trusted = join(base, "trusted");
+    const external = join(trusted, "web", "node_modules");
+    const untrusted = join(base, "untrusted", "node_modules");
+    mkdirSync(join(repository, "apps", "web"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(join(repository, "tools"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(external, { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(untrusted, { recursive: true });
+    symlinkSync(
+      external,
+      join(repository, "apps", "web", "node_modules"),
+      "junction"
+    );
+    symlinkSync(untrusted, join(repository, "tools", "node_modules"), "junction");
+
+    const writeProfile = (trustedDependencyRoots) => {
+      const directory = join(repository, ".github", "fixlab");
+      mkdirSync(directory, { recursive: true });
+      const profile = validProfile({ trustedDependencyRoots });
+      profile.browserAutomation.workingDirectory = "apps/web";
+      profile.applications.frontend.workingDirectory = "apps/web";
+      profile.applications.tools = { workingDirectory: "tools" };
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(directory, "repository-profile.json"),
+        JSON.stringify(profile)
+      );
+    };
+
+    writeProfile(undefined);
+    assert.deepEqual(linkedDependencyDirectories(repository), []);
+
+    writeProfile([parse(base).root]);
+    assert.deepEqual(linkedDependencyDirectories(repository), []);
+
+    writeProfile([trusted]);
+    const directories = linkedDependencyDirectories(repository);
+    assert.deepEqual(directories, [realpathSync(external)]);
+
+    const invocation = buildCopilotInvocation({
+      packageRoot: "C:\\FixLab",
+      prompt: "x",
+      sessionId: "11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111",
+      additionalDirs: directories
+    });
+    const index = invocation.args.indexOf("--add-dir");
+    assert.equal(invocation.args[index + 1], realpathSync(external));
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(base, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
 test("Agency executor keeps long prompts out of process arguments", () => {
   const prompt = `Fix this batch:\n${"x".repeat(40000)}`;
   const invocation = buildAgencyInvocation({
@@ -1916,6 +1973,58 @@ test("dashboard persists privacy-safe token and duration metrics", async () => {
   rmSync(repository, { recursive: true, force: true });
 });
 
+test("dashboard dismisses a blocked job and continues the queue", async () => {
+  const repository = createGitRepository();
+  let executorCalls = 0;
+  const executor = ({ onOutput }) => {
+    executorCalls += 1;
+    if (executorCalls === 1) {
+      for (const stage of FIXLAB_STAGES.slice(0, -1)) {
+        onOutput("stdout", `FIXLAB_STAGE|${stage}|passed|completed\n`);
+      }
+      onOutput(
+        "stdout",
+        "FIXLAB_STAGE|pr|blocked|Approval is required before creating the pull request.\n"
+      );
+      return { completion: Promise.resolve({ code: 0 }), terminate() {} };
+    }
+    return { completion: new Promise(() => {}), terminate() {} };
+  };
+  const { dashboard, url } = await startDashboard(repository, executor);
+
+  try {
+    const post = (request) =>
+      jsonRequest(url, "/api/jobs", {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          request,
+          requestType: "bug-fix",
+          mode: "validate-only"
+        })
+      });
+    await post("This job ends blocked.");
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    assert.equal((await jsonRequest(url, "/api/job")).body.job.status, "blocked");
+
+    const queued = await post("This job waits behind the blocked one.");
+    assert.equal(queued.body.queued, true);
+
+    const dismissed = await jsonRequest(url, "/api/job/dismiss", {
+      method: "POST"
+    });
+    assert.equal(dismissed.response.status, 202, JSON.stringify(dismissed.body));
+    assert.equal(dismissed.body.dismissedJob.status, "blocked");
+    assert.equal(dismissed.body.job.request, "This job waits behind the blocked one.");
+    assert.equal(dismissed.body.job.status, "running");
+    assert.equal(dismissed.body.history[0].status, "blocked");
+    assert.equal(executorCalls, 2);
+  } finally {
+    await dashboard.close();
+    rmSync(repository, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
 test("dashboard restores private job summaries and PR readiness after restart", async () => {
   const repository = createGitRepository();
   const executor = ({ onOutput }) => {