diff --git a/src/api_hook_client.py b/src/api_hook_client.py
index 3f504a5..f77c170 100644
--- a/src/api_hook_client.py
+++ b/src/api_hook_client.py
@@ -267,3 +267,7 @@ class ApiHookClient:
   """Mutates the MMA DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) structure."""
   return self._make_request('POST', '/api/mma/dag/mutate', data=data) or {}
 
+ def approve_mma_ticket(self, ticket_id: str) -> dict:
+  """Manually approves a specific ticket for execution in Step Mode."""
+  return self._make_request('POST', '/api/mma/ticket/approve', data={"ticket_id": ticket_id}) or {}
+
diff --git a/src/api_hooks.py b/src/api_hooks.py
index ad52460..918dcf3 100644
--- a/src/api_hooks.py
+++ b/src/api_hooks.py
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ class HookHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    elif self.path == "/api/mma/dag/mutate":
     def mutate_dag():
      try:
-      func = _get_app_attr(app, "_mutate_dag")
+      func = _get_app_attr(app, "mutate_dag")
       if func: func(data)
      except Exception as e:
       sys.stderr.write(f"[DEBUG] Hook API mutate_dag error: {e}\n")
@@ -618,6 +618,23 @@ class HookHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
     self.end_headers()
     self.wfile.write(json.dumps({"status": "queued"}).encode("utf-8"))
+   elif self.path == "/api/mma/ticket/approve":
+    ticket_id = data.get("ticket_id")
+    def approve_ticket():
+     try:
+      func = _get_app_attr(app, "approve_ticket")
+      if func: func(ticket_id)
+     except Exception as e:
+      sys.stderr.write(f"[DEBUG] Hook API approve_ticket error: {e}\n")
+      sys.stderr.flush()
+    lock = _get_app_attr(app, "_pending_gui_tasks_lock")
+    tasks = _get_app_attr(app, "_pending_gui_tasks")
+    if lock and tasks is not None:
+     with lock: tasks.append({"action": "custom_callback", "callback": approve_ticket})
+    self.send_response(200)
+    self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+    self.end_headers()
+    self.wfile.write(json.dumps({"status": "queued"}).encode("utf-8"))
    else:
     self.send_response(404)
     self.end_headers()
diff --git a/src/app_controller.py b/src/app_controller.py
index 061d5fc..c220f97 100644
--- a/src/app_controller.py
+++ b/src/app_controller.py
@@ -2780,6 +2780,18 @@ class AppController:
     self.files.append(item)
     self._refresh_from_project()
 
+ def approve_ticket(self, ticket_id: str) -> None:
+  """Manually approves a ticket for execution."""
+  if self.engine and self.engine.engine:
+   self.engine.engine.approve_task(ticket_id)
+  else:
+   # Fallback if engine not running
+   for t in self.active_tickets:
+    if t.get('id') == ticket_id:
+     t['status'] = 'in_progress'
+     break
+  self._push_mma_state_update()
+
  def mutate_dag(self, data: dict) -> None:
   """Modifies task dependencies."""
   ticket_id = data.get("ticket_id")
diff --git a/src/gui_2.py b/src/gui_2.py
index 533d4c8..e70959a 100644
--- a/src/gui_2.py
+++ b/src/gui_2.py
@@ -3450,7 +3450,7 @@ def hello():
  def bulk_execute(self) -> None:
   for tid in self.ui_selected_tickets:
    t = next((t for t in self.active_tickets if str(t.get('id', '')) == tid), None)
-   if t: t['status'] = 'ready'
+   if t: t['status'] = 'in_progress'
   self._push_mma_state_update()
 
  def bulk_skip(self) -> None: