diff --git a/agent.py b/agent.py
index 51aec9a..9fecb85 100644
--- a/agent.py
+++ b/agent.py
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ class ProductionIncidentCommander(A2AAgent[CommanderConfig, NoAuth]):
         approval_acknowledgement: str,
         dry_run: bool = True,
         stop_on_failure: bool = True,
-    ) -> ExecutionResult:
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
         await emit_phase(ctx, "approval_gate")
         if approval_acknowledgement != APPROVAL_ACK:
             result = ExecutionResult(incident_id=incident_id, status="denied", dry_run=dry_run, approval_provenance={"accepted": False, "reason": "approval acknowledgement mismatch"}, step_results=[], final_incident_state="unchanged", artifact_paths=[f"outputs/incidents/{incident_id}/execution.json"])