2 files changed, 10 insertions, 80 deletions

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts
index 7f47660d..1dd09f4b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ vi.mock('@google/gemini-cli-core', async () => {
   );
   return {
     ...actualServer,
-    IdeClient: vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
-      getConnectionStatus: vi.fn(),
-      initialize: vi.fn(),
-      shutdown: vi.fn(),
-    })),
+    IdeClient: {
+      getInstance: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({
+        getConnectionStatus: vi.fn(),
+        initialize: vi.fn(),
+        shutdown: vi.fn(),
+      }),
+    },
     loadEnvironment: vi.fn(),
     loadServerHierarchicalMemory: vi.fn(
       (cwd, debug, fileService, extensionPaths, _maxDirs) =>
@@ -922,8 +924,6 @@ describe('loadCliConfig ideMode', () => {
     vi.resetAllMocks();
     vi.mocked(os.homedir).mockReturnValue('/mock/home/user');
     process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY = 'test-api-key';
-    // Explicitly delete TERM_PROGRAM and SANDBOX before each test
-    delete process.env.TERM_PROGRAM;
     delete process.env.SANDBOX;
     delete process.env.GEMINI_CLI_IDE_SERVER_PORT;
   });
@@ -942,72 +942,7 @@ describe('loadCliConfig ideMode', () => {
     expect(config.getIdeMode()).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('should be false if --ide-mode is true but TERM_PROGRAM is not vscode', async () => {
-    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js', '--ide-mode'];
-    const settings: Settings = {};
-    const argv = await parseArguments();
-    const config = await loadCliConfig(settings, [], 'test-session', argv);
-    expect(config.getIdeMode()).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should be false if settings.ideMode is true but TERM_PROGRAM is not vscode', async () => {
-    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js'];
-    const argv = await parseArguments();
-    const settings: Settings = { ideMode: true };
-    const config = await loadCliConfig(settings, [], 'test-session', argv);
-    expect(config.getIdeMode()).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should be true when --ide-mode is set and TERM_PROGRAM is vscode', async () => {
-    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js', '--ide-mode'];
-    const argv = await parseArguments();
-    process.env.TERM_PROGRAM = 'vscode';
-    process.env.GEMINI_CLI_IDE_SERVER_PORT = '3000';
-    const settings: Settings = {};
-    const config = await loadCliConfig(settings, [], 'test-session', argv);
-    expect(config.getIdeMode()).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('should be true when settings.ideMode is true and TERM_PROGRAM is vscode', async () => {
-    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js'];
-    const argv = await parseArguments();
-    process.env.TERM_PROGRAM = 'vscode';
-    process.env.GEMINI_CLI_IDE_SERVER_PORT = '3000';
-    const settings: Settings = { ideMode: true };
-    const config = await loadCliConfig(settings, [], 'test-session', argv);
-    expect(config.getIdeMode()).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('should prioritize --ide-mode (true) over settings (false) when TERM_PROGRAM is vscode', async () => {
-    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js', '--ide-mode'];
-    const argv = await parseArguments();
-    process.env.TERM_PROGRAM = 'vscode';
-    process.env.GEMINI_CLI_IDE_SERVER_PORT = '3000';
-    const settings: Settings = { ideMode: false };
-    const config = await loadCliConfig(settings, [], 'test-session', argv);
-    expect(config.getIdeMode()).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('should prioritize --no-ide-mode (false) over settings (true) even when TERM_PROGRAM is vscode', async () => {
-    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js', '--no-ide-mode'];
-    const argv = await parseArguments();
-    process.env.TERM_PROGRAM = 'vscode';
-    const settings: Settings = { ideMode: true };
-    const config = await loadCliConfig(settings, [], 'test-session', argv);
-    expect(config.getIdeMode()).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should be false when --ide-mode is true, TERM_PROGRAM is vscode, but SANDBOX is set', async () => {
-    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js', '--ide-mode'];
-    const argv = await parseArguments();
-    process.env.TERM_PROGRAM = 'vscode';
-    process.env.SANDBOX = 'true';
-    const settings: Settings = {};
-    const config = await loadCliConfig(settings, [], 'test-session', argv);
-    expect(config.getIdeMode()).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should be false when settings.ideMode is true, TERM_PROGRAM is vscode, but SANDBOX is set', async () => {
+  it('should be false when settings.ideMode is true, but SANDBOX is set', async () => {
     process.argv = ['node', 'script.js'];
     const argv = await parseArguments();
     process.env.TERM_PROGRAM = 'vscode';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
index 1dd8519c..1cc78888 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/config.ts
@@ -269,14 +269,9 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     );
 
   const ideMode =
-    (argv.ideMode ?? settings.ideMode ?? false) &&
-    process.env.TERM_PROGRAM === 'vscode' &&
-    !process.env.SANDBOX;
+    (argv.ideMode ?? settings.ideMode ?? false) && !process.env.SANDBOX;
 
-  let ideClient: IdeClient | undefined;
-  if (ideMode) {
-    ideClient = new IdeClient();
-  }
+  const ideClient = IdeClient.getInstance(ideMode);
 
   const allExtensions = annotateActiveExtensions(
     extensions,