diff --git a/mzta-background.js b/mzta-background.js
index 681ed7ac..4c0832a3 100644
--- a/mzta-background.js
+++ b/mzta-background.js
@@ -186,6 +186,24 @@ async function _reload_menus() {
     return true;
 }
 
+async function _getActiveSpecialIds() {
+    let prefs_reload = await browser.storage.sync.get({add_tags: prefs_default.add_tags, get_calendar_event: prefs_default.get_calendar_event, get_calendar_event_from_clipboard: prefs_default.get_calendar_event_from_clipboard, get_task: prefs_default.get_task, connection_type: prefs_default.connection_type, spamfilter: prefs_default.spamfilter, summarize: prefs_default.summarize, translate: prefs_default.translate});
+    let getCalendarEvent = doGetSparkFeature(prefs_reload.get_calendar_event);
+    let getCalendarEventFromClipboard = doGetSparkFeature(prefs_reload.get_calendar_event_from_clipboard);
+    let getTask = doGetSparkFeature(prefs_reload.get_task);
+    return getActiveSpecialPromptsIDs({
+        addtags: prefs_reload.add_tags,
+        addtags_api: hasSpecificIntegration(prefs_init.add_tags_use_specific_integration, prefs_init.add_tags_connection_type),
+        get_calendar_event: getCalendarEvent,
+        get_calendar_event_from_clipboard: getCalendarEventFromClipboard,
+        get_task: getTask,
+        spamfilter: prefs_reload.spamfilter,
+        summarize: prefs_reload.summarize,
+        translate: prefs_reload.translate,
+        is_chatgpt_web: (prefs_reload.connection_type === "chatgpt_web")
+    });
+}
+
 async function _assign_tags(_data, create_new_tags = true, exclusions_exact_match = false) {
     let all_tags_list = await getTagsList();
     all_tags_list = all_tags_list[1];
@@ -506,6 +524,9 @@ messenger.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => {
             case 'reload_menus':
                 return _reload_menus();
                 break;
+            case 'get_active_special_ids':
+                return _getActiveSpecialIds();
+                break;
             case 'shortcut_do_prompt':
                 taLog.log("Executing shortcut, promptId: " + message.promptId);
                 return menus.executeMenuAction(message.promptId);
diff --git a/pages/menu_order/mzta-menu-order.js b/pages/menu_order/mzta-menu-order.js
index 3335fa0e..55a81785 100644
--- a/pages/menu_order/mzta-menu-order.js
+++ b/pages/menu_order/mzta-menu-order.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { getPrompts, setDefaultPromptsProperties, setCustomPrompts, setSpecialPr
 import { i18nConditionalGet } from '../../js/mzta-utils.js';
 
 let allPrompts = [];
+let allExcludedSpecialPrompts = []; // special prompts excluded from UI (hidden + inactive features), preserved on save
 let currentPopupView = 'display'; // 'display' or 'compose'
 let hasUnsavedChanges = false;
 
@@ -27,8 +28,14 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', async () => {
     allPrompts = await getPrompts(false, [], true);
 
     // Exclude special prompts that are defined with show_in: "none" (internal prompts, not user-toggleable)
+    // and special prompts whose feature is not active (e.g. add_tags disabled, sparks not present)
     const hiddenSpecialIds = getHiddenSpecialPromptIds();
-    allPrompts = allPrompts.filter(p => !hiddenSpecialIds.includes(p.id));
+    const activeSpecialIds = await browser.runtime.sendMessage({ command: "get_active_special_ids" });
+    allExcludedSpecialPrompts = allPrompts.filter(p =>
+        hiddenSpecialIds.includes(p.id) ||
+        (String(p.is_special) === '1' && !activeSpecialIds.includes(p.id))
+    );
+    allPrompts = allPrompts.filter(p => !allExcludedSpecialPrompts.some(e => e.id === p.id));
 
     // Resolve i18n names and assign initial position_context if missing
     let contextPos = 1;
@@ -297,7 +304,7 @@ async function saveAll() {
 
     const defaultPromptsToSave = allPrompts.filter(p => String(p.is_default) === '1' && String(p.is_special) !== '1');
     const customPromptsToSave = allPrompts.filter(p => String(p.is_default) === '0' && String(p.is_special) !== '1');
-    const specialPromptsToSave = allPrompts.filter(p => String(p.is_special) === '1');
+    const specialPromptsToSave = allPrompts.filter(p => String(p.is_special) === '1').concat(allExcludedSpecialPrompts);
 
     await setDefaultPromptsProperties(defaultPromptsToSave);
     await setCustomPrompts(customPromptsToSave);