diff --git a/typescript/src/websocket/session.ts b/typescript/src/websocket/session.ts
index 971fa53..8159315 100644
--- a/typescript/src/websocket/session.ts
+++ b/typescript/src/websocket/session.ts
@@ -527,17 +527,29 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter {
       switch (type) {
         case 'verb:hook':
         case 'session:redirect':
-        case 'dial:confirm':
+        case 'dial:confirm': {
           this.msgid = msgid;
+          // Notification hooks (conference/status events — they carry `data.event`)
+          // are observational: emit them to the app and auto-ack, so an app that
+          // merely watches statusHook events doesn't have to reply() to each one
+          // (which otherwise times out far-end). Action hooks (no `data.event`)
+          // still await the app's reply, which may carry verbs.
+          const isNotification =
+            type === 'verb:hook' &&
+            !!data && typeof data === 'object' &&
+            typeof (data as { event?: unknown }).event === 'string';
           if (hook && this.listenerCount(hook) > 0) {
             this.emit(hook, data);
+            if (isNotification) this.reply();
           } else if (type === 'verb:hook' && this.listenerCount('verb:hook') > 0) {
             this.emit('verb:hook', hook, data);
+            if (isNotification) this.reply();
           } else {
             // Auto-reply with empty verb array if no listener
             this.reply();
           }
           break;
+        }
 
         case 'llm:event':
         case 'llm:tool-call':
diff --git a/typescript/test/session-hooks.test.ts b/typescript/test/session-hooks.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bde19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typescript/test/session-hooks.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { Session } from '../src/websocket/session.js';
+
+// Minimal WebSocket stand-in: an EventEmitter (so the Session can wire its
+// 'message' handler) with readyState OPEN and a send() that captures frames.
+function makeSession() {
+  const ws = new EventEmitter() as EventEmitter & {
+    readyState: number;
+    send: (data: string) => void;
+  };
+  ws.readyState = 1; // OPEN
+  const sent: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+  ws.send = (data: string) => sent.push(JSON.parse(data));
+
+  const logger = { debug() {}, info() {}, warn() {}, error() {} };
+  const msg = { type: 'session:new', msgid: 'init-1', call_sid: 'cs1', data: {} };
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  const session = new Session({ ws, msg, logger, validate: false } as any);
+  return { session, ws, sent };
+}
+
+const acksFor = (sent: Array<Record<string, unknown>>, msgid: string) =>
+  sent.filter((m) => m.type === 'ack' && m.msgid === msgid);
+
+describe('Session verb:hook ack behavior', () => {
+  it('auto-acks a notification hook (data.event) after emitting it to the listener', () => {
+    const { session, ws, sent } = makeSession();
+    const seen: Array<{ event?: string }> = [];
+    session.on('/room-status', (data) => seen.push(data as { event?: string }));
+
+    ws.emit('message', JSON.stringify({
+      type: 'verb:hook', msgid: 'evt-1', hook: '/room-status',
+      data: { event: 'say-start', sayId: 's1', id: 'welcome' },
+    }));
+
+    expect(seen).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(seen[0].event).toBe('say-start');
+    const acks = acksFor(sent, 'evt-1');
+    expect(acks).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(acks[0].data).toEqual([]); // empty ack, no verbs
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT auto-ack an action hook (no data.event) — the app owns the reply', () => {
+    const { session, ws, sent } = makeSession();
+    session.on('/dial-done', () => { /* a real app would session.reply() here */ });
+
+    ws.emit('message', JSON.stringify({
+      type: 'verb:hook', msgid: 'evt-2', hook: '/dial-done',
+      data: { dial_call_status: 'completed' },
+    }));
+
+    expect(acksFor(sent, 'evt-2')).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('still auto-acks a hook with no listener (unchanged behavior)', () => {
+    const { ws, sent } = makeSession();
+    ws.emit('message', JSON.stringify({
+      type: 'verb:hook', msgid: 'evt-3', hook: '/no-listener', data: {},
+    }));
+    expect(acksFor(sent, 'evt-3')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});