diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/claude-terminal-session-options.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/claude-terminal-session-options.test.ts
index 175e0c01ec1..d1879011f16 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/claude-terminal-session-options.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/claude-terminal-session-options.test.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,39 @@ const FRESH_SESSION_60_COLS = [
   '\u001b[2C\u001b[38;2;255;107;128m⏵⏵ bypass permissions on\u001b[38;2;153;153;153m (shift+tab to cycle)\u001b[4A\u001b[45D\u001b[0m\u001b[?2004h\u001b[?1004h\u001b[?1003h'
 ].join('\n')
 
+const OPTION_LESS_MODEL_60_COLS = [
+  '\u001b[?1049h\u001b[H\r',
+  '\u001b[38;2;215;119;87m╭─ Claude Code ────────────────────────────────────────────╮\r',
+  '│\u001b[58C│\r',
+  '│\u001b[22C\u001b[39;1mWelcome back!\u001b[23C\u001b[38;2;215;119;87;22m│\r',
+  '│\u001b[58C│\r',
+  '│\u001b[25C ▐\u001b[48;2;0;0;0m▛███▜\u001b[49m▌\u001b[25C│\r',
+  '│\u001b[25C▝▜\u001b[48;2;0;0;0m█████\u001b[49m▛▘\u001b[24C│\r',
+  '│\u001b[25C  ▘▘ ▝▝  \u001b[24C│\r',
+  '│\u001b[58C│\r',
+  '│\u001b[24C\u001b[38;2;153;153;153mHaiku 4.5\u001b[25C\u001b[38;2;215;119;87m│\r',
+  '│\u001b[20C\u001b[38;2;153;153;153mAPI Usage Billing\u001b[21C\u001b[38;2;215;119;87m│\r',
+  '│\u001b[23C\u001b[38;2;153;153;153m/private/tmp\u001b[23C\u001b[38;2;215;119;87m│\r',
+  '│\u001b[58C│\r',
+  '╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\r',
+  '\u001b[2C\u001b[38;2;255;193;7m⚠ claude.ai connectors are disabled because ANTHROPIC_AP…\r',
+  '\u001b[38;2;136;136;136m────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\r',
+  '\u001b[0m❯ \u001b[2mTry "how does <filepath> work?"\r',
+  '\u001b[38;2;136;136;136;22m────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\r',
+  '\u001b[2C\u001b[38;2;255;193;7m⚠ Transcript saving is off — inherited CLAUDE_CODE_CHILD_…\r',
+  '\u001b[2C\u001b[96m🤖\u001b[38;2;153;153;153m \u001b[96mHaiku 4.5\u001b[37m | \u001b[93m📁\u001b[38;2;153;153;153m \u001b[92mtmp\u001b[37m | \u001b[2C\u001b[95m⚡️ \u001b[38;2;153;153;153m \u001b[95m11.9% · 23.8k tokens\r',
+  '\u001b[2C\u001b[38;2;255;107;128m⏵⏵ bypass permissions on\u001b[38;2;153;153;153m (shift+tab to cycle)\u001b[4A\u001b[45D\u001b[0m\u001b[?2004h\u001b[?1004h\u001b[?1003h'
+].join('\n')
+
 const EFFORT = {
   id: 'effort',
   label: 'Effort',
@@ -104,6 +137,15 @@ describe('Claude terminal session option detection', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('reads a real narrow frame whose option-less model carries no metadata', () => {
+    // Why: `Haiku 4.5` has no effort control and its billing wrapped to the next
+    // row, so nothing marks the row as a model — only its position above the
+    // working directory does.
+    expect(readClaudeSessionOptionsFromTerminalScreen(OPTION_LESS_MODEL_60_COLS)).toEqual({
+      model: 'haiku'
+    })
+  })
+
   it('reports nothing rather than release-notes prose when the model row is bare', () => {
     // Why: a custom model with its billing wrapped away carries no descriptor
     // metadata, so nothing in the frame identifies it. The panel shares rows
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/claude-terminal-session-options.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/claude-terminal-session-options.ts
index 0ee39ad9319..6939c57796d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/claude-terminal-session-options.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/claude-terminal-session-options.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,40 @@ function claudeModelDescriptorCell(lines: string[], headerIndex: number): string
   }
   // xterm serialization can join the descriptor onto the version row itself.
   const joined = frameCell((lines[headerIndex] ?? '').replace(/^.*?\bClaude Code\s*v?[\d.]*/i, ''))
-  return isModelDescriptorCell(joined) ? joined : null
+  if (isModelDescriptorCell(joined)) {
+    return joined
+  }
+  return frameBottom > 0 ? modelRowAboveWorkingDirectory(lines, headerIndex, frameBottom) : null
+}
+
+/**
+ * A model with no effort control whose billing wrapped away — `Haiku 4.5` on a
+ * narrow pane — leaves a bare name that no metadata identifies. Claude always
+ * closes the frame with the working directory, and prints at most the
+ * descriptor plus a wrapped billing line above it, so walk up from there.
+ */
+function modelRowAboveWorkingDirectory(
+  lines: string[],
+  headerIndex: number,
+  frameBottom: number
+): string | null {
+  let workingDirectory = -1
+  for (let index = frameBottom - 1; index > headerIndex; index -= 1) {
+    const cell = frameCell(lines[index] ?? '')
+    if (cell.startsWith('/') || cell.startsWith('~')) {
+      workingDirectory = index
+      break
+    }
+  }
+  if (workingDirectory < 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+  let top = workingDirectory
+  while (top - 1 > headerIndex && frameCell(lines[top - 1] ?? '')) {
+    top -= 1
+  }
+  // Anything taller than descriptor + billing is the welcome art, not a model.
+  return top < workingDirectory && workingDirectory - top <= 2 ? frameCell(lines[top] ?? '') : null
 }
 
 /** The displayed model name, without the effort suffix or billing tail. */