diff --git a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatQueuedMessages.tsx b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatQueuedMessages.tsx
index 15196a3198b..64a8a88b01a 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatQueuedMessages.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatQueuedMessages.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { Pressable, ScrollView, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native'
+import { Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native'
 import {
   AlertCircle,
   ChevronDown,
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { colors, radii, spacing, typography } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 import type { MobileQueuedMessageCard } from './mobile-structured-queued-message-cards'
 import type { MobileQueuePause } from './mobile-structured-queued-message-feed'
 import type { MobileQueuedMessageEdit } from './use-mobile-structured-queued-message-controls'
+import { MobileQueuedCardText } from './MobileQueuedCardText'
 
 /** The header's in-flight keys beside the cards' message ids, which never contain NUL. */
 const RESUME_KEY = '\u0000resume'
@@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ export function MobileNativeChatQueuedMessages({
           <Text style={[styles.headerLabel, pause && styles.headerLabelPaused]}>
             {pause ? 'Paused' : 'Queued'}
           </Text>
+          <Text
+            style={styles.headerLabel}
+            importantForAccessibility="no"
+            accessibilityElementsHidden
+          >
+            ·
+          </Text>
           <Text style={headerCountStyle} numberOfLines={1}>
             {attentionCaption ? `${cards.length} · ${attentionCaption}` : cards.length}
           </Text>
@@ -273,61 +281,6 @@ export function MobileNativeChatQueuedMessages({
   )
 }
 
-/** Two lines, opening on tap when it clips: a card can hold another agent's message the person
- *  never read, and Steer or Delete must not be a blind choice. Opened, a long one scrolls in a
- *  capped box. */
-function MobileQueuedCardText({ text }: { text: string }): React.JSX.Element {
-  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false)
-  const [clipped, setClipped] = useState(false)
-  // The whole text laid out unseen at the card's width: more than two lines is what clips.
-  const measure = (
-    <Text
-      style={[styles.body, styles.measure]}
-      pointerEvents="none"
-      accessibilityElementsHidden
-      importantForAccessibility="no-hide-descendants"
-      onTextLayout={(event) => setClipped(event.nativeEvent.lines.length > 2)}
-    >
-      {text}
-    </Text>
-  )
-  if (!clipped && !expanded) {
-    return (
-      <View>
-        {measure}
-        <Text style={styles.body} numberOfLines={2}>
-          {text}
-        </Text>
-      </View>
-    )
-  }
-  const toggle = (
-    <Pressable
-      testID="queued-card-text"
-      accessibilityRole="button"
-      accessibilityState={{ expanded }}
-      accessibilityHint={expanded ? 'Shows less of the message' : 'Shows the whole message'}
-      onPress={() => setExpanded(!expanded)}
-    >
-      <Text style={styles.body} numberOfLines={expanded ? undefined : 2}>
-        {text}
-      </Text>
-      <Text style={styles.caption}>{expanded ? 'Show less' : 'Show more'}</Text>
-    </Pressable>
-  )
-  // The press sits inside the scroll, so a drag scrolls and only a tap folds it.
-  return expanded ? (
-    <ScrollView style={styles.expandedBody} nestedScrollEnabled>
-      {toggle}
-    </ScrollView>
-  ) : (
-    <View>
-      {measure}
-      {toggle}
-    </View>
-  )
-}
-
 // Every action touches as a 44pt target (platform floor) inside its row: Android drops touches
 // outside the parent, so the row is at least that tall and nothing overhangs it.
 const MIN_TOUCH_TARGET = 44
@@ -378,19 +331,6 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     paddingVertical: spacing.sm,
     gap: 2
   },
-  body: {
-    color: colors.textPrimary,
-    fontSize: typography.bodySize
-  },
-  expandedBody: {
-    maxHeight: 240
-  },
-  measure: {
-    position: 'absolute',
-    left: 0,
-    right: 0,
-    opacity: 0
-  },
   caption: {
     color: colors.textMuted,
     fontSize: typography.metaSize
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/MobileQueuedCardText.tsx b/mobile/src/session/MobileQueuedCardText.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe690bcad67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/session/MobileQueuedCardText.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { Pressable, ScrollView, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native'
+import { colors, typography } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
+
+/** Two lines, opening on tap when it clips: a card can hold another agent's message the person
+ *  never read, and Steer or Delete must not be a blind choice. Opened, a long one scrolls in a
+ *  capped box. */
+export function MobileQueuedCardText({ text }: { text: string }): React.JSX.Element {
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false)
+  const [clipped, setClipped] = useState(false)
+  // The whole text laid out unseen at the card's width: more than two lines is what clips.
+  const measure = (
+    <Text
+      style={[styles.body, styles.measure]}
+      pointerEvents="none"
+      accessibilityElementsHidden
+      importantForAccessibility="no-hide-descendants"
+      onTextLayout={(event) => setClipped(event.nativeEvent.lines.length > 2)}
+    >
+      {text}
+    </Text>
+  )
+  if (!clipped && !expanded) {
+    return (
+      <View>
+        {measure}
+        <Text style={styles.body} numberOfLines={2}>
+          {text}
+        </Text>
+      </View>
+    )
+  }
+  const toggle = (
+    <Pressable
+      testID="queued-card-text"
+      accessibilityRole="button"
+      accessibilityState={{ expanded }}
+      accessibilityHint={expanded ? 'Shows less of the message' : 'Shows the whole message'}
+      onPress={() => setExpanded(!expanded)}
+    >
+      <Text style={styles.body} numberOfLines={expanded ? undefined : 2}>
+        {text}
+      </Text>
+      <Text style={styles.caption}>{expanded ? 'Show less' : 'Show more'}</Text>
+    </Pressable>
+  )
+  // The press sits inside the scroll, so a drag scrolls and only a tap folds it.
+  return expanded ? (
+    <ScrollView style={styles.expandedBody} nestedScrollEnabled>
+      {toggle}
+    </ScrollView>
+  ) : (
+    <View>
+      {measure}
+      {toggle}
+    </View>
+  )
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  body: {
+    color: colors.textPrimary,
+    fontSize: typography.bodySize
+  },
+  expandedBody: {
+    maxHeight: 240
+  },
+  measure: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    left: 0,
+    right: 0,
+    opacity: 0
+  },
+  caption: {
+    color: colors.textMuted,
+    fontSize: typography.metaSize
+  }
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatQueuedMessageList.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatQueuedMessageList.test.tsx
index d579520efb7..91044ff3b54 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatQueuedMessageList.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatQueuedMessageList.test.tsx
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ describe('NativeChatQueuedMessageList', () => {
   it('a paused queue holds every card, in order, under one header with Clear all and Resume', () => {
     renderHeldQueue([waitingDraft('a', 1), waitingDraft('b', 2)], { reason: 'stopped' })
     const header = screen.getByRole('list').previousElementSibling!
-    expect(header.textContent).toBe('Paused2Clear allResume')
+    expect(header.textContent).toBe('Paused·2Clear allResume')
     expect(screen.getAllByRole('button', { name: 'Steer' })).toHaveLength(2)
   })
 
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ describe('NativeChatQueuedMessageList', () => {
 
   it('a queue that drains on its own (or after a restart) reads Queued, with no Resume; no cards, nothing', () => {
     renderHeldQueue([waitingDraft('waiting', 1)], null)
-    expect(screen.getByRole('list').previousElementSibling?.textContent).toBe('Queued1')
+    expect(screen.getByRole('list').previousElementSibling?.textContent).toBe('Queued·1')
     expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Resume' })).toBeNull()
     expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Clear all' })).toBeNull()
     cleanup()
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ describe('NativeChatQueuedMessageList', () => {
       stopped
     )
     expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Resume' })).toBeNull()
-    expect(container.textContent).toContain('Queued3')
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain('Queued·3')
   })
 
   it('Resume shows it is pending and hands focus back', async () => {
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ describe('NativeChatQueuedMessageList', () => {
     )
     // The header is the box's first row, outside the list; the list is its second.
     expect(box.children).toHaveLength(2)
-    expect(box.firstElementChild?.textContent).toContain('Paused3')
+    expect(box.firstElementChild?.textContent).toContain('Paused·3')
     expect(box.lastElementChild).toBe(list)
     expect(list.className.split(' ')).toContain('divide-y')
     const rows = within(list).getAllByRole('listitem')
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatQueuedMessageList.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatQueuedMessageList.tsx
index d19cbfa8363..42f2b658082 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatQueuedMessageList.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatQueuedMessageList.tsx
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ function NativeChatQueueHeader({
           ? translate('components.native-chat.queuedMessages.paused', 'Paused')
           : translate('components.native-chat.queuedMessages.queued', 'Queued')}
       </p>
+      <span aria-hidden>·</span>
       <span className={cn('tabular-nums', attentionCaption ? 'shrink-0' : 'min-w-0 flex-1')}>
         {count}
       </span>