diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/permission/index.ts b/packages/opencode/src/permission/index.ts
index 05c832016d..428514ecd6 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/permission/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/permission/index.ts
@@ -288,18 +288,8 @@ function expand(pattern: string): string {
 }
 
 export function fromConfig(permission: ConfigPermission.Info) {
-  // Sort top-level keys so wildcard permissions (`*`, `mcp_*`) come before
-  // specific ones. Combined with `findLast` in evaluate(), this gives the
-  // intuitive semantic "specific tool rules override the `*` fallback"
-  // regardless of the user's JSON key order. Sub-pattern order inside a
-  // single permission key is preserved — only top-level keys are sorted.
-  const entries = Object.entries(permission).sort(([a], [b]) => {
-    const aWild = a.includes("*")
-    const bWild = b.includes("*")
-    return aWild === bWild ? 0 : aWild ? -1 : 1
-  })
   const ruleset: Ruleset = []
-  for (const [key, value] of entries) {
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(permission)) {
     if (typeof value === "string") {
       ruleset.push({ permission: key, action: value, pattern: "*" })
       continue
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
index 73dd46e319..2411952be1 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/config/config.test.ts
@@ -1501,10 +1501,8 @@ test("permission config canonicalises known keys first, preserves rest-key inser
   // todowrite, external_directory are declared in `config/permission.ts`),
   // followed by rest keys in the user's insertion order.
   //
-  // Rule precedence is NOT affected by this reordering: `Permission.fromConfig`
-  // sorts wildcards before specifics before iterating. See the
-  // "fromConfig - specific key beats wildcard regardless of JSON key order"
-  // test in test/permission/next.test.ts for the behavioural guarantee.
+  // Permission.fromConfig preserves this effective order, and permission
+  // evaluation uses last-match-wins precedence.
   await using tmp = await tmpdir({
     init: async (dir) => {
       await Filesystem.write(
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/permission/next.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/permission/next.test.ts
index 372e1be7eb..f298b5cf2d 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/permission/next.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/permission/next.test.ts
@@ -130,49 +130,45 @@ test("fromConfig - does not expand tilde in middle of path", () => {
 
 // Top-level wildcard-vs-specific precedence semantics.
 //
-// fromConfig sorts top-level keys so wildcard permissions (containing "*")
-// come before specific permissions. Combined with `findLast` in evaluate(),
-// this gives the intuitive semantic "specific tool rules override the `*`
-// fallback", regardless of the order the user wrote the keys in their JSON.
+// fromConfig preserves top-level key order. Combined with `findLast` in
+// evaluate(), later matching rules win.
 //
 // Sub-pattern order inside a single permission key (e.g. `bash: { "*": "allow", "rm": "deny" }`)
-// still depends on insertion order — only top-level keys are sorted.
+// also depends on insertion order.
 
-test("fromConfig - specific key beats wildcard regardless of JSON key order", () => {
+test("fromConfig - top-level key order controls wildcard precedence", () => {
   const wildcardFirst = Permission.fromConfig({ "*": "deny", bash: "allow" })
   const specificFirst = Permission.fromConfig({ bash: "allow", "*": "deny" })
 
-  // Both orderings produce the same ruleset
-  expect(wildcardFirst).toEqual(specificFirst)
-
-  // And both evaluate bash → allow (bash rule wins over * fallback)
   expect(Permission.evaluate("bash", "ls", wildcardFirst).action).toBe("allow")
-  expect(Permission.evaluate("bash", "ls", specificFirst).action).toBe("allow")
+  expect(Permission.evaluate("bash", "ls", specificFirst).action).toBe("deny")
+})
+
+test("fromConfig - regression: trailing wildcard overrides earlier specific rule", () => {
+  const ruleset = Permission.fromConfig({ bash: "ask", "*": "allow" })
+  expect(Permission.evaluate("bash", "glab", ruleset).action).toBe("allow")
 })
 
 test("fromConfig - wildcard acts as fallback for permissions with no specific rule", () => {
-  const ruleset = Permission.fromConfig({ bash: "allow", "*": "ask" })
+  const ruleset = Permission.fromConfig({ "*": "ask", bash: "allow" })
   expect(Permission.evaluate("edit", "foo.ts", ruleset).action).toBe("ask")
   expect(Permission.evaluate("bash", "ls", ruleset).action).toBe("allow")
 })
 
-test("fromConfig - top-level ordering: wildcards first, specifics after", () => {
+test("fromConfig - preserves top-level ordering", () => {
   const ruleset = Permission.fromConfig({
     bash: "allow",
     "*": "ask",
     edit: "deny",
     "mcp_*": "allow",
   })
-  // wildcards (* and mcp_*) come before specifics (bash, edit)
-  const permissions = ruleset.map((r) => r.permission)
-  expect(permissions.slice(0, 2).sort()).toEqual(["*", "mcp_*"])
-  expect(permissions.slice(2)).toEqual(["bash", "edit"])
+  expect(ruleset.map((r) => r.permission)).toEqual(["bash", "*", "edit", "mcp_*"])
 })
 
-test("fromConfig - sub-pattern insertion order inside a tool key is preserved (only top-level sorts)", () => {
+test("fromConfig - sub-pattern insertion order inside a tool key is preserved", () => {
   // Sub-patterns within a single tool key use the documented "`*` first,
   // specific patterns after" convention (findLast picks specifics). The
-  // top-level sort must not touch sub-pattern ordering.
+  // top-level order must not affect sub-pattern ordering.
   const ruleset = Permission.fromConfig({ bash: { "*": "deny", "git *": "allow" } })
   expect(ruleset.map((r) => r.pattern)).toEqual(["*", "git *"])
   // * fallback for unknown commands