diff --git a/extensions/copilot/src/platform/inlineEdits/common/dataTypes/xtabPromptOptions.ts b/extensions/copilot/src/platform/inlineEdits/common/dataTypes/xtabPromptOptions.ts
index 7c4412b5e52535..972f76475d3567 100644
--- a/extensions/copilot/src/platform/inlineEdits/common/dataTypes/xtabPromptOptions.ts
+++ b/extensions/copilot/src/platform/inlineEdits/common/dataTypes/xtabPromptOptions.ts
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ export function isEagernessPrompt(options: PromptOptions): boolean {
 	return (options.eagernessPrompt !== undefined && [
 		PromptingStrategy.PatchBased02,
 		PromptingStrategy.PatchBased02WithRecentLineNumbers,
+		PromptingStrategy.PatchBased02Unified,
 		PromptingStrategy.PatchBased02WithoutRecentLineNumbers,
 	].includes(options.promptingStrategy)) // eagerness prompt option is only supported for patch-based strategies
 		|| [PromptingStrategy.XtabAggressiveness,
diff --git a/extensions/copilot/src/platform/inlineEdits/test/common/xtabPromptOptions.spec.ts b/extensions/copilot/src/platform/inlineEdits/test/common/xtabPromptOptions.spec.ts
index 5393db445f9fb0..6543d82e4b50b0 100644
--- a/extensions/copilot/src/platform/inlineEdits/test/common/xtabPromptOptions.spec.ts
+++ b/extensions/copilot/src/platform/inlineEdits/test/common/xtabPromptOptions.spec.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ describe('isEagernessPrompt', () => {
 		expect(isEagernessPrompt({ ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, promptingStrategy: PromptingStrategy.PatchBased02, eagernessPrompt: 'aggressionHighLow' })).toBe(true);
 		expect(isEagernessPrompt({ ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, promptingStrategy: PromptingStrategy.PatchBased02 })).toBe(false);
 	});
+
+	it('recognizes the optimized PatchBased02 aggression prompt option', () => {
+		expect(isEagernessPrompt({ ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, promptingStrategy: PromptingStrategy.PatchBased02Unified, eagernessPrompt: 'aggressionHighLow' })).toBe(true);
+		expect(isEagernessPrompt({ ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, promptingStrategy: PromptingStrategy.PatchBased02Unified })).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it('does not recognize eagerness for an unrelated strategy', () => {
+		expect(isEagernessPrompt({ ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, promptingStrategy: PromptingStrategy.CopilotNesXtab, eagernessPrompt: 'aggressionHighLow' })).toBe(false);
+	});
 });
 
 describe('GlobalBudgetOptions', () => {