diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-probe-route.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-probe-route.mjs
index 57cc92bbb0e..042c0b31bb4 100644
--- a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-probe-route.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-probe-route.mjs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import { TerminalWebView } from ${JSON.stringify(componentPath)}
 
 export default function TerminalProbeRoute() {
   const handleRef = useRef(null)
-  // The terminal frame as React Native laid it out, which is what the session measures with.
+  // The terminal frame as React Native laid it out, which is what the session fits.
   const frameRef = useRef({ width: 0, height: 0 })
   const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(true)
   const onSelectionCopy = useCallback((text) => {
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ export default function TerminalProbeRoute() {
       init: (cols, rows, data) => handleRef.current?.init(cols, rows, data, false, []),
       write: (data) => handleRef.current?.write(data),
       selectAll: () => handleRef.current?.doSelectAll(),
-      measure: () =>
-        handleRef.current?.measureFitDimensions(frameRef.current.height, frameRef.current.width),
+      fit: () => handleRef.current?.fitDimensions(frameRef.current),
       awaitReady: () => handleRef.current?.awaitReady(),
       setMounted: (next) => setMounted(next)
     }
diff --git a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-render.test.mjs b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-render.test.mjs
index 2165e602965..4a08bcece53 100644
--- a/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-render.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/mobile-web-app-terminal-render.test.mjs
@@ -635,15 +635,14 @@ describeRender(
       await page.close()
     }, 300_000)
 
-    it('measures a fit through the handle and records what beforeinput reports', async () => {
+    it('fits through the handle from the ready box and records what beforeinput reports', async () => {
       const { page } = await openTerminal()
       await openProbeTerminal(page)
 
-      // The handle's own round trip: a measure is a command in and a notify back, and on the page
-      // both halves are direct calls rather than a bridge. It carries the frame React Native laid
-      // out, as the session's does. Null would mean the document answered nothing, or answered a
-      // grid too small to fit.
-      const fit = await page.evaluate(() => globalThis.__orcaTerminalProbe.measure())
+      // The fit is the app's own, from the cell box the document put in web-ready, against the
+      // frame React Native laid out, as the session's is. Null would mean the ready carried no box,
+      // or a grid too small to fit.
+      const fit = await page.evaluate(() => globalThis.__orcaTerminalProbe.fit())
       expect(fit).not.toBeNull()
       expect(fit.cols).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(20)
       expect(fit.rows).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(8)
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-session-route-parity.test.ts b/mobile/src/session/mobile-session-route-parity.test.ts
index e2d31e32153..27a48af3547 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-session-route-parity.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-session-route-parity.test.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ const HEAD_CALLBACK_IDENTITY_SHA256 =
 // `reportDictationFailure` instead of each choosing between the setup sheet and a toast.
 // Moved when the metrics handler compared every field, the row pitch included (main).
 // Again when the subscribe waited for web-ready and `handleTerminalWebReady` lost `documentHasInit`.
-// Again when the subscribe's inits began carrying the laid-out terminal frame.
-const HEAD_CALLBACK_BODY_SHA256 = '9149532b4c5947f081a96b1cd4a1728fb316b0b9ed96007f34664beaa4674861'
+// Again when the subscribe's inits began carrying the laid-out terminal frame, and its resize too.
+const HEAD_CALLBACK_BODY_SHA256 = '47b8673445f3a7ff0fc7198a70b2c91b8bbebf675307fecf1c521d031f60c599'
 // Refreshed for the startup effect: both `worktree.activate` sends became `worktreeActivate`, and
 // the sleeping-agent check reads that operation's verdict instead of the reply envelope. Refreshed
 // again when the reporter took the reply and interpreted it itself, retiring the hand-built
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-first-subscribe-viewport.test.tsx b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-first-subscribe-viewport.test.tsx
index 12ea43fc076..020ef149e47 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-first-subscribe-viewport.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-first-subscribe-viewport.test.tsx
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ const PHONE = { cols: 55, rows: 44 }
 
 describe('sizeTerminalViewportFromCellBox', () => {
   function sizeArgs(
-    subscribeFitDimensions: (frame: { width: number; height: number }) => typeof PHONE | null
+    fitDimensions: (frame: { width: number; height: number }) => typeof PHONE | null
   ) {
     const viewportRef: { current: typeof PHONE | null } = { current: null }
     return {
       handle: HANDLE,
-      ref: { subscribeFitDimensions: vi.fn(subscribeFitDimensions) },
+      ref: { fitDimensions: vi.fn(fitDimensions), holdSubscribedGrid: vi.fn() },
       viewportRef,
       viewportMeasuredRef: { current: false },
       terminalFrameWidthRef: { current: 427.5 },
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ describe('sizeTerminalViewportFromCellBox', () => {
   it('sizes an unmeasured route from the reported cell box against the laid-out frame', () => {
     const args = sizeArgs(() => PHONE)
     sizeTerminalViewportFromCellBox(args)
-    expect(args.ref.subscribeFitDimensions).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ width: 427.5, height: 751 })
+    expect(args.ref.fitDimensions).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ width: 427.5, height: 751 })
     expect(args.viewportRef.current).toEqual(PHONE)
     expect(args.viewportMeasuredRef.current).toBe(true)
     expect(args.onMeasured).toHaveBeenCalledWith(HANDLE, PHONE, 751)
+    expect(args.ref.holdSubscribedGrid).toHaveBeenCalledWith(PHONE)
   })
 
   it('leaves the route unmeasured when the document reported no cell box', () => {
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ describe('sizeTerminalViewportFromCellBox', () => {
     const args = sizeArgs(() => PHONE)
     args.viewportMeasuredRef.current = true
     sizeTerminalViewportFromCellBox(args)
-    expect(args.ref.subscribeFitDimensions).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(args.ref.fitDimensions).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 })
 
@@ -67,13 +68,16 @@ function subscriptionHarness(opts: {
   const terminal: TerminalWebViewHandle = {
     prepareForForegroundRecovery: vi.fn(),
     write: vi.fn(),
-    init: vi.fn((cols: number, rows: number) => order.push(`init ${cols}x${rows}`)),
+    init: vi.fn((cols: number, rows: number) => {
+      order.push(`init ${cols}x${rows}`)
+      // An init's document reports its laid-out box before its ready.
+      fit = fit ?? PHONE
+    }),
     resize: vi.fn(),
     reflow: vi.fn(),
     clear: vi.fn(),
     fitDimensions: vi.fn(() => fit),
-    subscribeFitDimensions: vi.fn(() => fit),
-    measureFitDimensions: vi.fn(async () => fit ?? PHONE),
+    holdSubscribedGrid: vi.fn(),
     resetZoom: vi.fn(),
     cancelSelect: vi.fn(),
     doSelectAll: vi.fn(),
@@ -186,7 +190,6 @@ describe('a terminal first subscribe', () => {
     harness.scrollback(0, PHONE.cols, PHONE.rows)
     await act(async () => {})
     expect(harness.order).toEqual(['subscribe {"cols":55,"rows":44}', 'init 55x44'])
-    expect(harness.terminal.measureFitDimensions).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
   it('resubscribes a document reloaded after its first ready, which lost its terminal', async () => {
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-first-subscribe-viewport.ts b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-first-subscribe-viewport.ts
index 3df90b9249c..9455be3eb15 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-first-subscribe-viewport.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-first-subscribe-viewport.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { MutableRef, TerminalViewportDims } from './mobile-terminal-viewpor
 
 export type TerminalViewportFromCellBoxArgs = {
   handle: string
-  ref: Pick<TerminalWebViewHandle, 'subscribeFitDimensions'> | undefined
+  ref: Pick<TerminalWebViewHandle, 'fitDimensions' | 'holdSubscribedGrid'> | undefined
   viewportRef: MutableRef<TerminalViewportDims | null>
   viewportMeasuredRef: MutableRef<boolean>
   terminalFrameWidthRef: MutableRef<number>
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ export function sizeTerminalViewportFromCellBox(args: TerminalViewportFromCellBo
     return
   }
   const frameHeight = args.terminalFrameHeightRef.current
-  const dims = args.ref.subscribeFitDimensions({
+  const dims = args.ref.fitDimensions({
     width: args.terminalFrameWidthRef.current,
     height: frameHeight
   })
   args.onMeasured(args.handle, dims, frameHeight)
   if (dims) {
+    args.ref.holdSubscribedGrid(dims)
     args.viewportRef.current = dims
     args.viewportMeasuredRef.current = true
   }
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe.test.ts b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe.test.ts
index 1877b82c5c4..bddac38c414 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe.test.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ describe('runTerminalViewportFitPass', () => {
     const scheduled: { fn: () => void; ms: number }[] = []
     const webView = {
       awaitReady: () => Promise.resolve(),
-      measureFitDimensions: () => Promise.resolve(overrides.measured ?? PHONE)
+      fitDimensions: () => (overrides.measured === undefined ? PHONE : overrides.measured)
     }
     const unsubscribeTerminal = vi.fn((handle: string) => {
       terminalUnsubsRef.current.delete(handle)
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe.ts b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe.ts
index f7da169f834..ace7e0988cb 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe.ts
@@ -177,10 +177,7 @@ export type MutableRef<T> = { current: T }
 
 type TerminalFitWebView = {
   awaitReady: () => Promise<unknown>
-  measureFitDimensions: (
-    frameHeight: number,
-    frameWidth: number
-  ) => Promise<TerminalViewportDims | null | undefined>
+  fitDimensions: (frame: { width: number; height: number }) => TerminalViewportDims | null
 }
 
 export type TerminalViewportFitPassArgs = {
@@ -239,7 +236,7 @@ export function runTerminalViewportFitPass(args: TerminalViewportFitPassArgs): v
   // Why: a subscribe that carried a viewport already told the host one; a fresh measure that matches it needs no round trip.
   const viewportWasMeasured = args.viewportMeasuredRef.current || args.sentViewport != null
   void (async () => {
-    // Why: wait for init()'s rAF chain before measuring, else the measure races ahead and returns null (log dump 2026-05-06).
+    // Why: wait for init()'s rAF chain, which reports the box the fit reads (log dump 2026-05-06).
     await args.getTerminalRef(handle)?.awaitReady()
     if (
       args.subscribeSeqRef.current.get(handle) !== seq ||
@@ -247,20 +244,11 @@ export function runTerminalViewportFitPass(args: TerminalViewportFitPassArgs): v
     ) {
       return
     }
-    const dims = await args
-      .getTerminalRef(handle)
-      ?.measureFitDimensions(
-        args.terminalFrameHeightRef.current,
-        args.terminalFrameWidthRef.current
-      )
-    // Why: re-check seq — the awaits may have let a newer subscribe cycle arm; tearing it down would resubscribe a stale generation.
-    if (
-      args.subscribeSeqRef.current.get(handle) !== seq ||
-      !budget.isRetryGenerationCurrent(handle, retryGeneration)
-    ) {
-      return
-    }
-    if (!args.getTerminalRef(handle) || !dims) {
+    const dims = args.getTerminalRef(handle)?.fitDimensions({
+      width: args.terminalFrameWidthRef.current,
+      height: args.terminalFrameHeightRef.current
+    })
+    if (!dims) {
       return
     }
     args.viewportRef.current = dims
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-subscription.ts b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-subscription.ts
index e5c9b6dcf28..ce5e3a30b2d 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-subscription.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-subscription.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export function useMobileSessionTerminalSubscription(
             if (serialized != null) {
               getTerminalRef(handle)?.init(cols, rows, serialized, true, oscLinks, terminalFrame())
             } else {
-              getTerminalRef(handle)?.resize(cols, rows)
+              getTerminalRef(handle)?.resize(cols, rows, terminalFrame())
             }
             if (data.displayMode) {
               const displayMode = data.displayMode as MobileDisplayMode
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-host-root.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-host-root.test.ts
index b1a0934f6e7..8a3e066bbe9 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-host-root.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-host-root.test.ts
@@ -273,8 +273,7 @@ function startMeasuredDocument() {
     rows: 24,
     initialData: '',
     preserveScroll: false,
-    containerWidth: 412,
-    containerHeight: 600
+    frame: { width: 412, height: 600 }
   })
   const write = () => parsedWrites.forEach((listener) => listener())
   return { started, posted, surface: surfaceOf(host), write }
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-scope.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-scope.ts
index a9dfdd61c38..36194def1d2 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-scope.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/document-scope.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export type TerminalDocumentState = {
   removeWebglRecovery: (() => void) | null
   /** `fit-scale`: the generation of the retry loop; a bump abandons the one in flight. */
   fitRetryToken: number
-  /** `host-message-router`: the terminal frame React Native last measured with, or null before one. */
+  /** `host-message-router`: the terminal frame the app last sent with a grid, or null before one. */
   hostFrame: { width: number; height: number } | null
   /** `fit-scale`: the reason of a fit held while the host is hidden, or null when none is owed. */
   fitPending: string | null
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/host-message-router.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/host-message-router.ts
index 02a53c3b406..ab03f7158b3 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/host-message-router.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/host-message-router.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import type { TerminalDocumentScope } from './document-scope'
-import { scheduleDocumentFrame } from './document-frame-registry'
 import { applyFitScale } from './fit-scale'
-import { fitDimensionsFromCell } from '../terminal-grid-fit'
 import { notify } from './host-notify'
 import { emitKeyboardAvoidanceMetrics } from './keyboard-avoidance-metrics'
 import { emitModesIfChanged } from './mode-mirroring'
@@ -13,7 +11,6 @@ import { resetEvictionCounter } from './selection-state-and-eviction'
 import { applyTerminalTheme } from './terminal-theme'
 import { init, resize, write } from './terminal-init'
 import { applyTextScale } from './text-scaling'
-import { flog } from './viewport-transform'
 import { resetWriteQueue } from './write-queue'
 
 /** One message from the host. Every field is optional because the router reads them by type. */
@@ -28,76 +25,20 @@ export type TerminalHostMessage = {
   preserveScroll?: boolean
   oscLinks?: unknown
   data?: string
-  containerHeight?: number
-  containerWidth?: number
+  frame?: { width: number; height: number }
 }
 
-/** The frame React Native laid out, from an init or a measure; null when it has no size. */
+/** The frame React Native laid out, sent with every grid; null when absent or without a size. */
 function hostFrameOf(msg: TerminalHostMessage) {
-  const width = typeof msg.containerWidth === 'number' ? msg.containerWidth : 0
-  const height = typeof msg.containerHeight === 'number' ? msg.containerHeight : 0
-  return width > 0 && height > 0 ? { width, height } : null
+  const frame = msg.frame
+  return frame && frame.width > 0 && frame.height > 0
+    ? { width: frame.width, height: frame.height }
+    : null
 }
 
-export function measureFitDimensions(
-  scope: TerminalDocumentScope,
-  frame: { width: number; height: number },
-  retriesLeft?: number
-) {
-  if (typeof retriesLeft !== 'number') {
-    retriesLeft = 30
-  }
-  // Why: init and measure are posted back-to-back from React, but
-  // init has an async rAF chain. A measure that runs synchronously
-  // after init can find term null, disposed, lacking element, or
-  // with cells size 0. Retry the whole gate for ~500ms.
-  const notReady = !scope.term || !scope.term.element
-  let cellWidth = 0
-  let cellHeight = 0
-  if (!notReady) {
-    const core = scope.term!._core
-    if (core && core._renderService && core._renderService.dimensions) {
-      cellWidth = core._renderService.dimensions.css.cell.width
-      cellHeight = core._renderService.dimensions.css.cell.height
-    }
-  }
-  if (notReady || cellWidth <= 0 || cellHeight <= 0) {
-    if (retriesLeft > 0) {
-      // Ruling 21: a retry that outlives its mount would answer the next mount's measure.
-      const gen = scope.terminalGeneration
-      scheduleDocumentFrame(scope, function () {
-        if (gen !== scope.terminalGeneration) {
-          return
-        }
-        measureFitDimensions(scope, frame, retriesLeft - 1)
-      })
-      return
-    }
-    flog(scope, 'measure-fail', {
-      notReady: notReady,
-      cellWidth: cellWidth,
-      cellHeight: cellHeight,
-      retriesLeft: retriesLeft
-    })
-    notify(scope, { type: 'measure-result', cols: null, rows: null })
-    return
-  }
-  // Why: the frame box React Native laid out, fitted by the app's own formula, so this measure and
-  // the first subscribe's fit agree to the column.
-  const fit = fitDimensionsFromCell({ cellWidth, cellHeight }, frame.width, frame.height)
-  if (!fit) {
-    flog(scope, 'measure-skip-small-width', {
-      frameWidth: frame.width,
-      cellWidth: cellWidth
-    })
-    notify(scope, { type: 'measure-result', cols: null, rows: null })
-    return
-  }
-  // Why: the rows we report become the PTY's actual row count after the
-  // server fits to viewport, and xterm renders exactly that many lines
-  // anchored top-left of the WebView. Any safety margin between the prompt
-  // and the accessory bar must come from RN layout, not from undersizing the PTY.
-  notify(scope, { type: 'measure-result', cols: fit.cols, rows: fit.rows })
+/** Keeps the frame a grid was fitted to, for a later text-scale change to fit. */
+function holdHostFrame(scope: TerminalDocumentScope, msg: TerminalHostMessage) {
+  scope.hostFrame = hostFrameOf(msg) ?? scope.hostFrame
 }
 
 export function handleMsg(scope: TerminalDocumentScope, msg: TerminalHostMessage) {
@@ -114,7 +55,7 @@ export function handleMsg(scope: TerminalDocumentScope, msg: TerminalHostMessage
   if (msg.type === 'ping') {
     notify(scope, { type: 'pong', pingId: msg.id })
   } else if (msg.type === 'init') {
-    scope.hostFrame = hostFrameOf(msg) ?? scope.hostFrame
+    holdHostFrame(scope, msg)
     init(
       scope,
       msg.cols!,
@@ -139,8 +80,10 @@ export function handleMsg(scope: TerminalDocumentScope, msg: TerminalHostMessage
       applyTextScale(scope, msg.fontScale)
     }
   } else if (msg.type === 'resize') {
+    holdHostFrame(scope, msg)
     resize(scope, msg.cols!, msg.rows!)
   } else if (msg.type === 'reflow') {
+    holdHostFrame(scope, msg)
     reflow(scope, msg.cols!, msg.rows!)
   } else if (msg.type === 'write') {
     write(scope, msg.data!)
@@ -169,15 +112,6 @@ export function handleMsg(scope: TerminalDocumentScope, msg: TerminalHostMessage
       notify(scope, { type: 'selection-evicted' })
       cancelSelect(scope)
     }
-  } else if (msg.type === 'measure') {
-    const frame = hostFrameOf(msg)
-    // Why: the frame React Native laid out is the only box a fit reads; without it there is none.
-    if (frame) {
-      scope.hostFrame = frame
-      measureFitDimensions(scope, frame)
-    } else {
-      notify(scope, { type: 'measure-result', cols: null, rows: null })
-    }
   } else if (msg.type === 'reset-zoom') {
     applyFitScale(scope, 'reset-zoom-msg')
   } else if (msg.type === 'set-theme') {
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/host-seams.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/host-seams.test.ts
index cac551598f8..17d709ddc42 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/host-seams.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/host-seams.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { fitDimensionsFromCell } from '../terminal-grid-fit'
 import { createTerminalDocumentScope, type TerminalDocumentScope } from './document-scope'
 import { startTerminalDocument, stopTerminalDocument } from './create-terminal-document'
 import { handleMsg } from './host-message-router'
@@ -206,56 +205,22 @@ describe('the document host seams, by default', () => {
 })
 
 describe('the document host seams, once the page sets them', () => {
-  it('answers no fit for a measure without the frame, rather than one read off the host', () => {
-    // The page's host is one element on a page that is taller and wider than it; the window is
-    // happy-dom's 1024x768. Neither is the frame React Native laid out, so a measure that does not
-    // carry both of the frame's dimensions has nothing to fit.
-    const cell = { width: 7.5, height: 15 }
-    const terminal = Object.assign(terminalDouble(), {
-      _core: { _renderService: { dimensions: { css: { cell } } } }
-    })
-    const posted: Record<string, unknown>[] = []
+  it('keeps the frame React Native laid out from each grid, not the viewport CSS rounded', () => {
+    // 1080 device px at a 2.75 pixel ratio: React Native lays the frame out at 392.73 and the
+    // document's viewport reads 393. A grid without a whole frame leaves the last one in place.
+    const frame = { width: 1080 / 2.75, height: 600 }
     const scope = startedScope({
-      createTerminal: () => terminal,
-      postToHost: (message) => posted.push(message),
-      viewportRect: () => ({ left: 0, top: 82, width: 390, height: 600 })
-    })
-    handleMsg(scope, { type: 'init', cols: 80, rows: 24, initialData: '', preserveScroll: false })
-    handleMsg(scope, { type: 'measure', containerWidth: 390 })
-    handleMsg(scope, { type: 'measure', containerHeight: 600 })
-    handleMsg(scope, { type: 'measure', containerWidth: 390, containerHeight: 600 })
-    expect(posted.filter((message) => message.type === 'measure-result')).toEqual([
-      { type: 'measure-result', cols: null, rows: null },
-      { type: 'measure-result', cols: null, rows: null },
-      { type: 'measure-result', cols: 52, rows: 40 }
-    ])
-  })
-
-  it('fits the frame width React Native laid out, not the viewport CSS rounded, as the app does', () => {
-    // 1080 device px at a 2.75 pixel ratio: React Native lays the frame out at 392.73, the
-    // document's viewport reads 393, and a cell of 393/51 sits between the two.
-    const frameWidth = 1080 / 2.75
-    const cell = { width: 393 / 51, height: 15 }
-    const terminal = Object.assign(terminalDouble(), {
-      _core: { _renderService: { dimensions: { css: { cell } } } }
-    })
-    const posted: Record<string, unknown>[] = []
-    const scope = startedScope({
-      createTerminal: () => terminal,
-      postToHost: (message) => posted.push(message),
+      createTerminal: () => terminalDouble(),
       viewportRect: () => ({ left: 0, top: 0, width: 393, height: 600 })
     })
     handleMsg(scope, { type: 'init', cols: 80, rows: 24, initialData: '', preserveScroll: false })
-    handleMsg(scope, { type: 'measure', containerWidth: frameWidth, containerHeight: 600 })
-    const appFit = fitDimensionsFromCell(
-      { cellWidth: cell.width, cellHeight: cell.height },
-      frameWidth,
-      600
-    )
-    expect(appFit).toEqual({ cols: 50, rows: 40 })
-    expect(posted.filter((message) => message.type === 'measure-result')).toEqual([
-      { type: 'measure-result', ...appFit }
-    ])
+    expect(scope.hostFrame).toBeNull()
+    handleMsg(scope, { type: 'resize', cols: 50, rows: 40, frame: { width: 390, height: 0 } })
+    expect(scope.hostFrame).toBeNull()
+    handleMsg(scope, { type: 'resize', cols: 50, rows: 40, frame })
+    expect(scope.hostFrame).toEqual(frame)
+    handleMsg(scope, { type: 'reflow', cols: 50, rows: 40 })
+    expect(scope.hostFrame).toEqual(frame)
   })
 
   it('routes every notify to the field and nothing to the bridge', () => {
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/document/laid-out-cell-box.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/document/laid-out-cell-box.test.ts
index 1533d714e48..323a8f306c8 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/document/laid-out-cell-box.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/document/laid-out-cell-box.test.ts
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ describe('a started document', () => {
         rows: 47,
         initialData: '',
         preserveScroll: false,
-        containerWidth: 427.5,
-        containerHeight: 710
+        frame: { width: 427.5, height: 710 }
       })
       expect(scope.hostFrame).toEqual({ width: 427.5, height: 710 })
     } finally {
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-cell-box-refit.test.tsx b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-cell-box-refit.test.tsx
index 688c5620c6e..d632aaec7c3 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-cell-box-refit.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-cell-box-refit.test.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
 
 const HANDLE = 'term-1'
 
-/** The session's refit over one open terminal whose document now fits `measured`. */
-function refitHarness(measured: TerminalViewportDims) {
+/** The session's refit over one open terminal whose document reported a `cellWidth` box. */
+function refitHarness(cellWidth: number) {
   const terminal: TerminalWebViewHandle = {
     prepareForForegroundRecovery: vi.fn(),
     write: vi.fn(),
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ function refitHarness(measured: TerminalViewportDims) {
     resize: vi.fn(),
     reflow: vi.fn(),
     clear: vi.fn(),
-    // The reported box: 23/3 px cells, 47 rows.
+    // The reported box, 47 rows high in the 710 px frame.
     fitDimensions: vi.fn((frame: { width: number }) => ({
-      cols: Math.floor(frame.width / (23 / 3)),
+      cols: Math.floor(frame.width / cellWidth),
       rows: 47
     })),
-    subscribeFitDimensions: vi.fn(),
-    measureFitDimensions: vi.fn(async () => measured),
+    holdSubscribedGrid: vi.fn(),
     resetZoom: vi.fn(),
     cancelSelect: vi.fn(),
     doSelectAll: vi.fn(),
@@ -82,41 +81,43 @@ afterEach(() => {
 
 describe('a new cell box for the open terminal', () => {
   it('refits the PTY to the grid the new box fits, as after a renderer swap', async () => {
-    const harness = refitHarness({ cols: 54, rows: 47 })
+    const harness = refitHarness(7.8)
     harness.report(HANDLE)
     await act(async () => {
       await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(150)
     })
-    expect(harness.terminal.measureFitDimensions).toHaveBeenCalledWith(710, 427)
+    expect(harness.terminal.fitDimensions).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ width: 427, height: 710 })
     expect(harness.viewportRef.current).toEqual({ cols: 54, rows: 47 })
     expect(harness.subscribeToTerminal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(HANDLE)
   })
 
   it('leaves a terminal that is not on screen alone', async () => {
-    const harness = refitHarness({ cols: 54, rows: 47 })
+    const harness = refitHarness(7.8)
     harness.report('term-2')
     await act(async () => {
       await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(150)
     })
-    expect(harness.terminal.measureFitDimensions).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(harness.subscribeToTerminal).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(harness.viewportRef.current).toEqual({ cols: 55, rows: 47 })
   })
 
   it('leaves the PTY alone when a new frame width holds the same grid, as sub-pixel jitter does', async () => {
-    const harness = refitHarness({ cols: 55, rows: 47 })
+    const harness = refitHarness(23 / 3)
     harness.layOut(427.3)
     await act(async () => {
       await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(150)
     })
-    expect(harness.terminal.measureFitDimensions).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(harness.subscribeToTerminal).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(harness.viewportRef.current).toEqual({ cols: 55, rows: 47 })
   })
 
   it('refits when a new frame width holds a different grid', async () => {
-    const harness = refitHarness({ cols: 54, rows: 47 })
+    const harness = refitHarness(23 / 3)
     harness.layOut(420)
     await act(async () => {
       await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(150)
     })
-    expect(harness.terminal.measureFitDimensions).toHaveBeenCalledWith(710, 420)
+    expect(harness.terminal.fitDimensions).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ width: 420, height: 710 })
     expect(harness.viewportRef.current).toEqual({ cols: 54, rows: 47 })
   })
 })
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-viewport-refit.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-viewport-refit.test.ts
index 7a54c70c868..b675fe74957 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-viewport-refit.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-viewport-refit.test.ts
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ describe('terminal viewport refit', () => {
     // reflow the desktop PTY to phone dims the user never sees.
     const timerStart = hookSource.indexOf('refitTimerRef.current = setTimeout(')
     const coveredCheck = hookSource.indexOf('if (nativeChatCoveredRef.current)', timerStart)
-    const measureIndex = hookSource.indexOf('measureFitDimensions', timerStart)
+    const fitIndex = hookSource.indexOf('ref.fitDimensions(', timerStart)
     expect(timerStart).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
     expect(coveredCheck).toBeGreaterThan(timerStart)
-    expect(measureIndex).toBeGreaterThan(coveredCheck)
+    expect(fitIndex).toBeGreaterThan(coveredCheck)
     expect(sessionSource).toContain('nativeChatCoveredRef: showNativeChatRef')
   })
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ describe('terminal viewport refit', () => {
     // desktop mode. Reflow local scrollback only after the server says it
     // actually applied phone-fit to the PTY.
     const appliedIndex = hookSource.indexOf('if (outcome.applied)')
-    const reflowIndex = hookSource.indexOf('ref.reflow(dims.cols, dims.rows)')
+    const reflowIndex = hookSource.indexOf('ref.reflow(dims.cols, dims.rows, frame)')
     const cacheUpdateIndex = hookSource.indexOf('updateTerminalSubscriptionViewport(handle, dims)')
     // Assert each anchor exists before ordering: a missing marker yields -1 and would
     // let the ordering comparisons pass vacuously.
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-viewport-refit.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-viewport-refit.ts
index 9dfca337493..5327efc59a6 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-viewport-refit.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-viewport-refit.ts
@@ -126,13 +126,12 @@ export function useTerminalViewportRefit(
             currentRunSeq: refitRunSeqRef.current
           })
         void (async () => {
-          const dims = await ref.measureFitDimensions(
-            terminalFrameHeightRef.current,
-            frameWidthRef.current
-          )
+          await ref.awaitReady()
           if (!isCurrentTarget()) {
             return
           }
+          const frame = { width: frameWidthRef.current, height: terminalFrameHeightRef.current }
+          const dims = ref.fitDimensions(frame)
           if (!dims) {
             return
           }
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ export function useTerminalViewportRefit(
                 rpc.updateTerminalSubscriptionViewport(handle, dims)
                 if (outcome.applied) {
                   // Why: updateViewport re-streams only the visible screen, so local scrollback stays wrapped at the old width — reflow it locally.
-                  ref.reflow(dims.cols, dims.rows)
+                  ref.reflow(dims.cols, dims.rows, frame)
                 }
                 return
               }
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.test.ts
index 936e9a2ed9e..242624ebe07 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-web-document-mount.test.ts
@@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ async function mountedOverGrid({ laidOutFirst = true } = {}) {
     rows: 40,
     initialData: '',
     preserveScroll: false,
-    containerWidth: 390,
-    containerHeight: 600
+    frame: { width: 390, height: 600 }
   })
   await framesUntil(() => scales.at(-1) === FIT_390)
   return { mounted, scales, send, layOut, cells, grid: () => grids.at(-1)! }
@@ -489,8 +488,8 @@ describe("the page pushes its terminal frame's box into the document", () => {
   it('fits a text scale too large to resize the grid while visible', async () => {
     const { mounted, scales, send, layOut, grid } = await mountedOverGrid()
     layOut(280, 600)
-    // The app's refit for the new width measures, which gives the document the frame.
-    send({ type: 'measure', containerWidth: 280, containerHeight: 600 })
+    // The app's refit for the new width sends its grid with the frame.
+    send({ type: 'resize', cols: 55, rows: 40, frame: { width: 280, height: 600 } })
     await framesUntil(() => scales.at(-1) === 280 / (7.5 * 55))
     // fontPxForScale(2) = 26 px: 280 / (7.5 x 2) = 18 columns, under MIN_FIT_COLS, so no resize.
     send({ type: 'set-font-scale', fontScale: 2 })
@@ -502,8 +501,8 @@ describe("the page pushes its terminal frame's box into the document", () => {
   it('refits on show after a text scale too large to resize the grid while hidden', async () => {
     const { mounted, scales, send, layOut } = await mountedOverGrid()
     layOut(280, 600)
-    // The app's refit for the new width measures, which gives the document the frame.
-    send({ type: 'measure', containerWidth: 280, containerHeight: 600 })
+    // The app's refit for the new width sends its grid with the frame.
+    send({ type: 'resize', cols: 55, rows: 40, frame: { width: 280, height: 600 } })
     await framesUntil(() => scales.at(-1) === 280 / (7.5 * 55))
     layOut(0, 0)
     // fontPxForScale(2) = 26 px: 280 / (7.5 x 2) = 18 columns, under MIN_FIT_COLS, so no resize.
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-cell-metrics.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-cell-metrics.test.ts
index 6c112269f2a..2f4aa221752 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-cell-metrics.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-cell-metrics.test.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ describe('the cell box xterm laid out', () => {
   it("refits a DOM subscribe once on its first report, and not again on the refit's own report", () => {
     const { handle, notify, onCellBoxChange } = mount()
     notify({ type: 'web-ready', cellBox: cellAt(scale, 7.8) })
-    expect(handle().subscribeFitDimensions(FRAME)).toEqual({ cols: 54, rows: 47 })
+    expect(handle().fitDimensions(FRAME)).toEqual({ cols: 54, rows: 47 })
+    handle().holdSubscribedGrid({ cols: 54, rows: 47 })
     // The DOM renderer's box at the subscribed grid: its width follows cols, so it differs.
     notify(cellMetrics(8, 54))
     expect(onCellBoxChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
@@ -181,24 +182,19 @@ describe('the cell box xterm laid out', () => {
     expect(onCellBoxChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
-  it('measures the live document for a refit, against the frame the app laid out', async () => {
+  it('fits in the app from the reported box, and sends the frame with every grid', () => {
     const { handle, notify } = mount()
     notify({ type: 'web-ready', cellBox: cellAt(scale) })
-    const pending = handle().measureFitDimensions(710, 427.5)
-    expect(
-      nativeWebViewMethods.postMessage.mock.calls
-        .map(([message]) => JSON.parse(message))
-        .find((message) => message.type === 'measure')
-    ).toMatchObject({ containerHeight: 710, containerWidth: 427.5 })
-    notify({ type: 'measure-result', cols: 55, rows: 47 })
-    await expect(pending).resolves.toEqual({ cols: 55, rows: 47 })
-  })
-
-  it('does not measure before the frame is laid out: the fit waits for layout', async () => {
-    const { handle, notify } = mount()
-    notify({ type: 'web-ready', cellBox: cellAt(scale) })
-    await expect(handle().measureFitDimensions(710, 0)).resolves.toBeNull()
-    await expect(handle().measureFitDimensions(0, 427)).resolves.toBeNull()
+    expect(handle().fitDimensions({ width: 427.5, height: 0 })).toBeNull()
+    expect(handle().fitDimensions({ width: 427.5, height: 710 })).toEqual({ cols: 55, rows: 47 })
+    const frame = { width: 427.5, height: 710 }
+    handle().init(55, 47, '', false, undefined, frame)
+    handle().resize(55, 47, frame)
+    handle().reflow(55, 47, frame)
+    const grids = nativeWebViewMethods.postMessage.mock.calls
+      .map(([message]) => JSON.parse(message))
+      .filter((message) => ['init', 'resize', 'reflow'].includes(message.type))
+    expect(grids.map((message) => message.frame)).toEqual([frame, frame, frame])
     expect(postedTypes()).not.toContain('measure')
   })
 
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-contract.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-contract.ts
index 9ad42798a12..6b8d907b244 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-contract.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-contract.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import type { RuntimeMobileTerminalTheme } from '../../../src/shared/runtime-types'
 import type { TerminalOscLinkRange } from '../../../src/shared/terminal-osc-link-ranges'
 import type { StyleProp, ViewStyle } from 'react-native'
+import type { TerminalFitDimensions } from './terminal-grid-fit'
+import type { TerminalFrame } from './terminal-webview-messages'
 
 type TerminalMouseTrackingMode = 'none' | 'x10' | 'vt200' | 'drag' | 'any'
 
@@ -104,33 +106,24 @@ export type TerminalWebViewHandle = {
     initialData?: string,
     preserveScroll?: boolean,
     oscLinks?: TerminalOscLinkRange[],
-    // Why: the frame the app laid out; the document fits a later text-size change to it.
-    frame?: { width: number; height: number }
+    frame?: TerminalFrame
   ) => void
-  resize: (cols: number, rows: number) => void
+  resize: (cols: number, rows: number, frame?: TerminalFrame) => void
   // Why: reflow the local xterm buffer (scrollback included) to a new width
   // after a server-side PTY reflow, so older wrapped lines rewrap to match the
   // latest output. No-op on the alternate screen.
-  reflow: (cols: number, rows: number) => void
+  reflow: (cols: number, rows: number, frame?: TerminalFrame) => void
   clear: () => void
-  /** The fit for this frame from the cell box this view's document reported; null until its ready. */
-  fitDimensions: (frame: { width: number; height: number }) => { cols: number; rows: number } | null
-  /** `fitDimensions` for the subscribe after ready; holds that grid for the document's first report. */
-  subscribeFitDimensions: (frame: {
-    width: number
-    height: number
-  }) => { cols: number; rows: number } | null
-  // Why: the frame box React Native laid out; the document fits it with the app's own formula.
-  measureFitDimensions: (
-    frameHeight: number,
-    frameWidth: number
-  ) => Promise<{ cols: number; rows: number } | null>
+  /** The grid this frame holds at the cell box the document reported; null without one at this text size. */
+  fitDimensions: (frame: TerminalFrame) => TerminalFitDimensions | null
+  /** The subscribe went out at this grid; the document's first report at it is checked against it. */
+  holdSubscribedGrid: (grid: TerminalFitDimensions) => void
   resetZoom: () => void
   cancelSelect: () => void
   doSelectAll: () => void
   // Why: lets callers await the WebView-side `init` rAF chain (term.open
-  // → renderService population → first paint) so a follow-up measure
-  // doesn't race ahead and find term=null or cellWidth=0. Resolves on
-  // the next 'ready' notify after the most recent init.
+  // → renderService population → first paint → the init's cell box) so a
+  // follow-up fit reads that box. Resolves on the next 'ready' notify after
+  // the most recent init.
   awaitReady: () => Promise<void>
 }
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-messages.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-messages.ts
index 38ea53d4ca0..8de248a4e9c 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-messages.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-messages.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import type { RuntimeMobileTerminalTheme } from '../../../src/shared/runtime-types'
 import type { TerminalOscLinkRange } from '../../../src/shared/terminal-osc-link-ranges'
 
+/** The frame React Native laid out, sent with each grid so the document fits a text-size change to it. */
+export type TerminalFrame = { width: number; height: number }
+
 export type TerminalWebViewCommand =
   | { type: 'ping'; id?: number }
   | { type: 'write'; id?: number; data: string }
@@ -16,15 +19,12 @@ export type TerminalWebViewCommand =
       // Why: width-reflow re-streams replay the same content rewrapped at new
       // cols; preserve the reader's scroll position instead of jumping to bottom.
       preserveScroll?: boolean
-      // Why: the frame React Native laid out, so a text-size change fits it before any measure.
-      containerWidth?: number
-      containerHeight?: number
+      frame?: TerminalFrame
     }
   | { type: 'set-font-scale'; id?: number; fontScale: number }
-  | { type: 'resize'; id?: number; cols: number; rows: number }
-  | { type: 'reflow'; id?: number; cols: number; rows: number }
+  | { type: 'resize'; id?: number; cols: number; rows: number; frame?: TerminalFrame }
+  | { type: 'reflow'; id?: number; cols: number; rows: number; frame?: TerminalFrame }
   | { type: 'clear'; id?: number }
-  | { type: 'measure'; id?: number; containerHeight?: number; containerWidth?: number }
   | { type: 'reset-zoom'; id?: number }
   | { type: 'cancel-select'; id?: number }
   | { type: 'do-select-all'; id?: number }
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-query-reply.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-query-reply.test.ts
index 49b8fb63539..48de712bcaa 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-query-reply.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-query-reply.test.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('mobile terminal query replies', () => {
     expect(messages).toEqual([{ type: 'terminal-data', bytes: '\x1b[3;4R' }])
     const router = documentModuleSource('host-message-router')
     const clearStart = router.indexOf("} else if (msg.type === 'clear') {")
-    const clearEnd = router.indexOf("} else if (msg.type === 'measure')", clearStart)
+    const clearEnd = router.indexOf("} else if (msg.type === 'reset-zoom')", clearStart)
     expect(clearStart).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
     expect(router.slice(clearStart, clearEnd)).toContain('resumeTerminalDataReplyAuthority(scope)')
   })
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-ready-promises.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-ready-promises.ts
index bde434291e6..0eab14849dc 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-ready-promises.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-ready-promises.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,24 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { MIN_FIT_COLS, MIN_FIT_ROWS, type TerminalFitDimensions } from './terminal-grid-fit'
-import type { TerminalWebViewCommand } from './terminal-webview-messages'
 
 /**
- * The two promises the terminal handle hands out, and the notifies that settle them.
+ * The ready promise the terminal handle hands out, and the notify that settles it.
  *
  * `awaitReady` waits for the document's `init` rAF chain — `term.open`, renderService population,
- * first paint — because a measure that runs synchronously after init finds `term` null or cells
- * of size zero. `measureFitDimensions` waits for the document's answer. Both are promises held
- * across a message round trip, both have a timeout for the case where the document never answers,
- * and both are the same on either host, so they live here rather than in the controller that owns
- * the readiness handshake.
+ * first paint, and the cell box that init reports — so a fit after it reads the init's own box. It
+ * has a timeout for a document that never answers, and is the same on either host.
  */
 
 const READY_TIMEOUT_MS = 3000
-const MEASURE_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000
 
 export function createTerminalWebViewReadyPromises() {
   let readyPromise: Promise<void> | null = null
   let readyResolve: (() => void) | null = null
-  let measureResolve: ((result: TerminalFitDimensions | null) => void) | null = null
 
   /**
    * Arms a fresh ready promise, resolving any prior one first.
    *
    * Why: an awaiter from the previous generation would otherwise sit on the timeout below — each
-   * leaked timer and closure pinned an awaiting measure caller for the full 3s under rapid
+   * leaked timer and closure pinned an awaiting fit caller for the full 3s under rapid
    * re-init (orientation change, multiple resubscribes), delaying cold-start fit chains.
    */
   function armReady() {
@@ -66,48 +59,7 @@ export function createTerminalWebViewReadyPromises() {
     })
   }
 
-  function measure(
-    send: (command: TerminalWebViewCommand) => void,
-    containerHeight: number,
-    containerWidth: number
-  ): Promise<TerminalFitDimensions | null> {
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-      measureResolve?.(null)
-      let timeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
-      const finish = (result: TerminalFitDimensions | null) => {
-        if (timeout) {
-          clearTimeout(timeout)
-          timeout = null
-        }
-        if (measureResolve === finish) {
-          measureResolve = null
-        }
-        resolve(result)
-      }
-      measureResolve = finish
-      send({ type: 'measure', containerHeight, containerWidth })
-      // Why: if the document doesn't respond (e.g., xterm failed to load), resolve null so the
-      // caller can disable Fit to Phone rather than hanging indefinitely.
-      timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-        if (measureResolve === finish) {
-          finish(null)
-        }
-      }, MEASURE_TIMEOUT_MS)
-    })
-  }
-
-  function resolveMeasure(msg: Record<string, unknown>) {
-    const resolve = measureResolve
-    measureResolve = null
-    if (!resolve) {
-      return
-    }
-    const cols = typeof msg.cols === 'number' ? msg.cols : null
-    const rows = typeof msg.rows === 'number' ? msg.rows : null
-    resolve(cols && rows && cols >= MIN_FIT_COLS && rows >= MIN_FIT_ROWS ? { cols, rows } : null)
-  }
-
-  return { armReady, awaitReady, measure, resolveMeasure, resolveReady }
+  return { armReady, awaitReady, resolveReady }
 }
 
 export function useTerminalWebViewReadyPromises() {
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-reflow.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-reflow.test.ts
index 29d241cd4c9..82948f541eb 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-reflow.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-reflow.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('terminal WebView reflow', () => {
   it('is dispatched by the reflow WebView message and exposed on the handle', () => {
     expect(DOCUMENT_SOURCE).toContain("} else if (msg.type === 'reflow') {")
     expect(DOCUMENT_SOURCE).toContain('reflow(scope, msg.cols!, msg.rows!)')
-    expect(handleSource).toContain("postMessage({ type: 'reflow', cols, rows })")
+    expect(handleSource).toContain("postMessage({ type: 'reflow', cols, rows, frame })")
   })
 
   it('does not locally resize hidden WebViews to a one-column grid', () => {
@@ -58,9 +58,5 @@ describe('terminal WebView reflow', () => {
     const gridFitSource = readFileSync(new URL('./terminal-grid-fit.ts', import.meta.url), 'utf8')
     expect(gridFitSource).toContain('export const MIN_FIT_COLS = 20')
     expect(gridFitSource).toContain('if (!(cols >= MIN_FIT_COLS)) {')
-    expect(DOCUMENT_SOURCE).toContain("flog(scope, 'measure-skip-small-width'")
-    expect(DOCUMENT_SOURCE).toContain(
-      "notify(scope, { type: 'measure-result', cols: null, rows: null })"
-    )
   })
 })
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-scroll-routing.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-scroll-routing.test.ts
index f62bfdf1ee2..bb0cc649412 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-scroll-routing.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-scroll-routing.test.ts
@@ -140,14 +140,10 @@ describe('TerminalWebView scroll routing', () => {
     expect(source).toContain('pendingMessages.clear()')
   })
 
-  it('clears WebView await timers when the real response wins', () => {
-    // C7.5 moved both promises into `terminal-webview-ready-promises.ts`, which both components
-    // reach through the controller; the two blocks are the same code in their new home.
-    const measureBlock = sliceBetween('function measure(', 'function resolveMeasure')
-    expect(measureBlock).toContain('clearTimeout(timeout)')
-    expect(measureBlock).toContain('measureResolve === finish')
-
-    const readyBlock = sliceBetween('async function awaitReady()', 'function measure(')
+  it('clears the ready await timer when the real response wins', () => {
+    // C7.5 moved the promise into `terminal-webview-ready-promises.ts`, which both components
+    // reach through the controller.
+    const readyBlock = sliceBetween('async function awaitReady()', 'return { armReady')
     expect(readyBlock).toContain('clearTimeout(timeout)')
     expect(readyBlock).toContain('void pending.finally')
   })
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-text-zoom.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-text-zoom.test.ts
index ce9a269a56e..a1945cc07d8 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-text-zoom.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-webview-text-zoom.test.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('TerminalWebView text zoom', () => {
       'const replayData = normalizeInitialData(initialData)'
     )
     const clearStart = terminalHtmlSource.indexOf("} else if (msg.type === 'clear') {")
-    const clearEnd = terminalHtmlSource.indexOf("} else if (msg.type === 'measure')", clearStart)
+    const clearEnd = terminalHtmlSource.indexOf("} else if (msg.type === 'reset-zoom')", clearStart)
     expect(initStart).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
     expect(initReplay).toBeGreaterThan(initStart)
     expect(clearStart).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-write-coalescer-boundaries.test.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-write-coalescer-boundaries.test.ts
index 22e76581a0e..efbc1fff0ff 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-write-coalescer-boundaries.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/terminal-write-coalescer-boundaries.test.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ describe('terminal write coalescer boundaries', () => {
 
   it('flushes pending writes before resize and reflow so boundaries observe prior bytes', () => {
     for (const method of ['resize', 'reflow'] as const) {
-      const start = controllerSource.indexOf(`${method}(cols: number, rows: number) {`)
+      const start = controllerSource.indexOf(
+        `${method}(cols: number, rows: number, frame?: TerminalFrame) {`
+      )
       expect(start).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
       const body = controllerSource.slice(start, start + 300)
       const flushIndex = body.indexOf('writeCoalescer.flushNow()')
diff --git a/mobile/src/terminal/use-terminal-webview-controller.ts b/mobile/src/terminal/use-terminal-webview-controller.ts
index 200fcd882d3..606b06b4b8c 100644
--- a/mobile/src/terminal/use-terminal-webview-controller.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/terminal/use-terminal-webview-controller.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
 import type { TerminalOscLinkRange } from '../../../src/shared/terminal-osc-link-ranges'
 import { readTerminalCellBox, type TerminalCellBox } from './terminal-cell-box'
-import { fitDimensionsFromCell } from './terminal-grid-fit'
+import { fitDimensionsFromCell, type TerminalFitDimensions } from './terminal-grid-fit'
 import { holdGrid } from './terminal-held-grid'
 import type { TerminalWebViewHandle, TerminalWebViewProps } from './terminal-webview-contract'
 import { useTerminalWebViewEngineErrorState } from './terminal-webview-engine-error-state'
 import { useTerminalWebReadyWatchdog } from './terminal-webview-ready-watchdog'
-import type { TerminalWebViewCommand } from './terminal-webview-messages'
+import type { TerminalFrame, TerminalWebViewCommand } from './terminal-webview-messages'
 import { createTerminalWebViewPendingMessages } from './terminal-webview-pending-messages'
 import { dispatchTerminalWebViewNotification } from './terminal-webview-notification-dispatch'
 import { routeTerminalQueryReply } from './terminal-webview-query-reply-routing'
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { createTerminalWriteCoalescer } from './terminal-write-coalescer'
  *
  * The document is the same program on both platforms — inside the WebView it is the generated
  * script, on the page it is the modules that script is generated from — so the readiness
- * handshake, the pending queue, the write coalescer, the ready and measure promises and the whole
+ * handshake, the pending queue, the write coalescer, the ready promise and the whole
  * imperative handle are the same too. What differs is only how a command reaches the document and
  * how a notify comes back: a `postMessage` across the WebView bridge, or a direct call.
  *
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export function useTerminalWebViewController(
   const pendingPingIdRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
   const terminalThemeKey = useMemo(() => JSON.stringify(terminalTheme ?? null), [terminalTheme])
   // Why: each init() call posts 'init' to the document and arms a fresh ready promise. The
-  // document's init() rAF chain ends with a 'ready' notify that resolves it. measureFitDimensions
-  // awaits this so it doesn't race ahead of term.open() / renderService population.
+  // document's init() rAF chain ends with a 'ready' notify that resolves it. A fit awaits this so
+  // it reads the box the init reported.
   const promises = useTerminalWebViewReadyPromises()
   // The box the current document last reported; its re-reports cover a text-size change.
   const cellBoxRef = useRef<TerminalCellBox | null>(null)
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ export function useTerminalWebViewController(
         confirmWebReady(false)
       } else if (msg.type === 'ready') {
         // Why: the document's init() rAF chain has run — term is open, renderService is
-        // populated, first paint has happened. Resolve any pending awaitReady() so a queued
-        // measure can now safely read cell dims.
+        // populated, first paint has happened, and its box was reported. Resolve any pending
+        // awaitReady() so a queued fit reads that box.
         promises.resolveReady()
       } else if (msg.type === 'cell-metrics') {
         const laidOut = readTerminalCellBox(msg)
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ export function useTerminalWebViewController(
         if (changed && sameGrid) {
           onCellBoxChange?.()
         }
-      } else if (msg.type === 'measure-result') {
-        promises.resolveMeasure(msg)
       } else {
         dispatchTerminalWebViewNotification(msg, {
           reportEngineError,
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ export function useTerminalWebViewController(
   }, [postMessage, textScale])
 
   const fitDimensions = useCallback(
-    (frame: { width: number; height: number }) => {
+    (frame: TerminalFrame) => {
       const cell = cellBoxRef.current
       // Why: a box at another scale (a reload keeps the mount's) fits nothing; the route stays unmeasured.
       return cell && cell.fontScale === textScale && frame.width > 0 && frame.height > 0
@@ -283,7 +281,7 @@ export function useTerminalWebViewController(
         initialData?: string,
         preserveScroll?: boolean,
         oscLinks?: TerminalOscLinkRange[],
-        frame?: { width: number; height: number }
+        frame?: TerminalFrame
       ) {
         // Why: arm a fresh ready promise BEFORE posting init. The document resolves it via the
         // 'ready' notify at the end of its rAF chain.
@@ -300,38 +298,26 @@ export function useTerminalWebViewController(
           terminalTheme,
           fontScale: textScale,
           preserveScroll,
-          containerWidth: frame?.width,
-          containerHeight: frame?.height
+          frame
         })
       },
-      resize(cols: number, rows: number) {
+      resize(cols: number, rows: number, frame?: TerminalFrame) {
         // Why: resize/reflow must observe all prior writes or bytes reorder.
         writeCoalescer.flushNow()
-        postMessage({ type: 'resize', cols, rows })
+        postMessage({ type: 'resize', cols, rows, frame })
       },
-      reflow(cols: number, rows: number) {
+      reflow(cols: number, rows: number, frame?: TerminalFrame) {
         writeCoalescer.flushNow()
-        postMessage({ type: 'reflow', cols, rows })
+        postMessage({ type: 'reflow', cols, rows, frame })
       },
       clear() {
         writeCoalescer.clear()
         postMessage({ type: 'clear' })
       },
       fitDimensions,
-      subscribeFitDimensions(frame: { width: number; height: number }) {
-        const fit = fitDimensions(frame)
+      holdSubscribedGrid(grid: TerminalFitDimensions) {
         // Why: the DOM renderer's first report at this grid then reads as a new box, refit once.
-        if (fit) {
-          holdGrid(lastGridRef, fit.cols, fit.rows)
-        }
-        return fit
-      },
-      measureFitDimensions(frameHeight: number, frameWidth: number) {
-        // Why: no fit until the frame is laid out; the layout's own refit measures then.
-        if (!isWebReadyRef.current || !(frameHeight > 0 && frameWidth > 0)) {
-          return Promise.resolve(null)
-        }
-        return promises.measure(sendToDocument, frameHeight, frameWidth)
+        holdGrid(lastGridRef, grid.cols, grid.rows)
       },
       resetZoom() {
         postMessage({ type: 'reset-zoom' })
diff --git a/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/adapters/terminal-mount-adapters.ts b/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/adapters/terminal-mount-adapters.ts
index 0cb0d559cbc..533b83e8579 100644
--- a/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/adapters/terminal-mount-adapters.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/adapters/terminal-mount-adapters.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ function terminalWebViewHandle(
   dims: { cols: number; rows: number }
 ) {
   return {
-    measureFitDimensions: (frameHeight?: number) => {
-      effect('measure-fit', { frameHeight: frameHeight ?? null })
-      return Promise.resolve(dims)
+    awaitReady: () => Promise.resolve(),
+    fitDimensions: (frame: { height: number }) => {
+      effect('measure-fit', { frameHeight: frame.height })
+      return dims
     },
     reflow: (cols: number, rows: number) => effect('reflow', { cols, rows })
   }