diff --git a/docs/swarm/ui.md b/docs/swarm/ui.md
index cf17723c..f6a7fdcd 100644
--- a/docs/swarm/ui.md
+++ b/docs/swarm/ui.md
@@ -690,7 +690,8 @@ a badge reading the default set, none, or a count. A swarm
 grant is the agent's whole set, so it follows the agent to whichever hive runs
 it. Selecting the badge opens a box under it with one checkbox per permission the controller
 knows (`GET /api/permissions`), ticked as the grant stands, or on the default
-set when the swarm sets none.
+set when the swarm sets none. The box lists every permission at once, without a
+scroll area.
 
 Each tick saves at once, as a `PUT /api/agents/{agent}/permissions` of the ticked boxes. A
 `PUT` replaces the stored list whole, so an unticked box revokes that
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/agent/detail/AgentPermissions.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/agent/detail/AgentPermissions.tsx
index 6c0519c8..cad4c6e7 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/agent/detail/AgentPermissions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/agent/detail/AgentPermissions.tsx
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ export function AgentPermissions({
               filter={{ values: ticked, negate: false }}
               onToggle={(v) => void toggle(v)}
               disabled={busy}
+              scrollable={false}
             />
           </div>
         ) : (
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/multiselect-filter/MultiselectFilter.css b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/multiselect-filter/MultiselectFilter.css
index 698c77e0..26e97b65 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/multiselect-filter/MultiselectFilter.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/multiselect-filter/MultiselectFilter.css
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
   max-height: 12em;
   overflow-y: auto;
 }
+.ui-multiselect-filter-options-all {
+  max-height: none;
+  overflow-y: visible;
+}
 .ui-multiselect-filter-checkbox {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/multiselect-filter/MultiselectFilter.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/multiselect-filter/MultiselectFilter.tsx
index cf0066e3..a1e20a6b 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/multiselect-filter/MultiselectFilter.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/ui/multiselect-filter/MultiselectFilter.tsx
@@ -31,15 +31,24 @@ export function MultiselectFilterOptions({
   filter,
   onToggle,
   disabled = false,
+  scrollable = true,
 }: {
   options: string[];
   filter: MultiselectFilterState;
   onToggle: (value: string) => void;
   /** Greys the boxes out, e.g. while a change is being saved. */
   disabled?: boolean;
+  /** A long list scrolls inside its box. Off: every option shows, for a short
+   * fixed list that a scroll area would only hide part of. */
+  scrollable?: boolean;
 }) {
   return (
-    <div class="ui-multiselect-filter-options">
+    <div
+      class={
+        "ui-multiselect-filter-options" +
+        (scrollable ? "" : " ui-multiselect-filter-options-all")
+      }
+    >
       {options.map((v) => (
         <label key={v} class="ui-multiselect-filter-checkbox">
           <input