diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/agent-components.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/agent-components.ts
index 5574f6efe89..8ad41e6382f 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/agent-components.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/agent-components.ts
@@ -121,10 +121,34 @@ async function dispatchPluginDiscordInteractiveEvent(params: {
       ? `channel:${params.interactionCtx.channelId}`
       : `user:${params.interactionCtx.userId}`;
   let responded = false;
+  let acknowledged = false;
+  const updateOriginalMessage = async (input: {
+    text?: string;
+    components?: TopLevelComponents[];
+  }) => {
+    const payload = {
+      ...(input.text !== undefined ? { content: input.text } : {}),
+      ...(input.components !== undefined ? { components: input.components } : {}),
+    };
+    if (acknowledged) {
+      // Carbon edits @original on reply() after acknowledge(), which preserves
+      // plugin edit/clear flows without consuming a second interaction callback.
+      await params.interaction.reply(payload);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!("update" in params.interaction) || typeof params.interaction.update !== "function") {
+      throw new Error("Discord interaction cannot update the source message");
+    }
+    await params.interaction.update(payload);
+  };
   const respond: PluginInteractiveDiscordHandlerContext["respond"] = {
     acknowledge: async () => {
-      responded = true;
+      if (responded) {
+        return;
+      }
       await params.interaction.acknowledge();
+      acknowledged = true;
+      responded = true;
     },
     reply: async ({ text, ephemeral = true }: { text: string; ephemeral?: boolean }) => {
       responded = true;
@@ -141,23 +165,17 @@ async function dispatchPluginDiscordInteractiveEvent(params: {
       });
     },
     editMessage: async (input) => {
-      if (!("update" in params.interaction) || typeof params.interaction.update !== "function") {
-        throw new Error("Discord interaction cannot update the source message");
-      }
       const { text, components } = input;
       responded = true;
-      await params.interaction.update({
-        ...(text !== undefined ? { content: text } : {}),
-        ...(components !== undefined ? { components: components as TopLevelComponents[] } : {}),
+      await updateOriginalMessage({
+        text,
+        components: components as TopLevelComponents[] | undefined,
       });
     },
     clearComponents: async (input?: { text?: string }) => {
-      if (!("update" in params.interaction) || typeof params.interaction.update !== "function") {
-        throw new Error("Discord interaction cannot clear components on the source message");
-      }
       responded = true;
-      await params.interaction.update({
-        ...(input?.text !== undefined ? { content: input.text } : {}),
+      await updateOriginalMessage({
+        text: input?.text,
         components: [],
       });
     },
@@ -224,6 +242,13 @@ async function dispatchPluginDiscordInteractiveEvent(params: {
       },
     },
     respond,
+    onMatched: async () => {
+      try {
+        await respond.acknowledge();
+      } catch {
+        // Interaction may have expired before the plugin handler ran.
+      }
+    },
   });
   if (!dispatched.matched) {
     return "unmatched";
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/monitor.test.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/monitor.test.ts
index ce5d01fb0d8..6bb168cd16b 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/monitor.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/monitor.test.ts
@@ -885,6 +885,43 @@ describe("discord component interactions", () => {
     expect(dispatchReplyMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("lets plugin Discord interactions clear components after acknowledging", async () => {
+    registerDiscordComponentEntries({
+      entries: [createButtonEntry({ callbackData: "codex:approve" })],
+      modals: [],
+    });
+    dispatchPluginInteractiveHandlerMock.mockImplementation(async (params: any) => {
+      await params.respond.acknowledge();
+      await params.respond.clearComponents({ text: "Handled" });
+      return {
+        matched: true,
+        handled: true,
+        duplicate: false,
+      };
+    });
+
+    const button = createDiscordComponentButton(createComponentContext());
+    const acknowledge = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const reply = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const update = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const interaction = {
+      ...(createComponentButtonInteraction().interaction as any),
+      acknowledge,
+      reply,
+      update,
+    } as ButtonInteraction;
+
+    await button.run(interaction, { cid: "btn_1" } as ComponentData);
+
+    expect(acknowledge).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(reply).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      content: "Handled",
+      components: [],
+    });
+    expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(dispatchReplyMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("falls through to built-in Discord component routing when a plugin declines handling", async () => {
     registerDiscordComponentEntries({
       entries: [createButtonEntry({ callbackData: "codex:approve" })],
diff --git a/src/plugins/interactive.test.ts b/src/plugins/interactive.test.ts
index 0cc91e7f04f..7b68969b37a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/interactive.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/interactive.test.ts
@@ -313,6 +313,58 @@ describe("plugin interactive handlers", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("acknowledges matched Discord interactions before awaiting plugin handlers", async () => {
+    const callOrder: string[] = [];
+    const handler = vi.fn(async () => {
+      callOrder.push("handler");
+      expect(callOrder).toEqual(["ack", "handler"]);
+      return { handled: true };
+    });
+    expect(
+      registerPluginInteractiveHandler("codex-plugin", {
+        channel: "discord",
+        namespace: "codex",
+        handler,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ ok: true });
+
+    await expect(
+      dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler({
+        channel: "discord",
+        data: "codex:approve:thread-1",
+        interactionId: "ix-ack-1",
+        ctx: {
+          accountId: "default",
+          interactionId: "ix-ack-1",
+          conversationId: "channel-1",
+          parentConversationId: "parent-1",
+          guildId: "guild-1",
+          senderId: "user-1",
+          senderUsername: "ada",
+          auth: { isAuthorizedSender: true },
+          interaction: {
+            kind: "button",
+            messageId: "message-1",
+          },
+        },
+        respond: {
+          acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+          reply: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+          followUp: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+          editMessage: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+          clearComponents: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        },
+        onMatched: async () => {
+          callOrder.push("ack");
+        },
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
+      matched: true,
+      handled: true,
+      duplicate: false,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("routes Slack interactions by namespace and dedupes interaction ids", async () => {
     const handler = vi.fn(async () => ({ handled: true }));
     expect(
diff --git a/src/plugins/interactive.ts b/src/plugins/interactive.ts
index 424a5c5d0af..b090da43d68 100644
--- a/src/plugins/interactive.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/interactive.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ export async function dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler(params: {
     clearButtons: () => Promise<void>;
     deleteMessage: () => Promise<void>;
   };
+  onMatched?: () => Promise<void> | void;
 }): Promise<InteractiveDispatchResult>;
 export async function dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler(params: {
   channel: "discord";
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ export async function dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler(params: {
   interactionId: string;
   ctx: DiscordInteractiveDispatchContext;
   respond: PluginInteractiveDiscordHandlerContext["respond"];
+  onMatched?: () => Promise<void> | void;
 }): Promise<InteractiveDispatchResult>;
 export async function dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler(params: {
   channel: "slack";
@@ -182,6 +184,7 @@ export async function dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler(params: {
   interactionId: string;
   ctx: SlackInteractiveDispatchContext;
   respond: PluginInteractiveSlackHandlerContext["respond"];
+  onMatched?: () => Promise<void> | void;
 }): Promise<InteractiveDispatchResult>;
 export async function dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler(params: {
   channel: "telegram" | "discord" | "slack";
@@ -205,6 +208,7 @@ export async function dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler(params: {
       }
     | PluginInteractiveDiscordHandlerContext["respond"]
     | PluginInteractiveSlackHandlerContext["respond"];
+  onMatched?: () => Promise<void> | void;
 }): Promise<InteractiveDispatchResult> {
   const match = resolveNamespaceMatch(params.channel, params.data);
   if (!match) {
@@ -217,6 +221,8 @@ export async function dispatchPluginInteractiveHandler(params: {
     return { matched: true, handled: true, duplicate: true };
   }
 
+  await params.onMatched?.();
+
   let result:
     | ReturnType<PluginInteractiveTelegramHandlerRegistration["handler"]>
     | ReturnType<PluginInteractiveDiscordHandlerRegistration["handler"]>