diff --git a/src/shared/structured-agent-session-latest-request.test.ts b/src/shared/structured-agent-session-latest-request.test.ts
index 6f73d8ecb82..443d5ba9441 100644
--- a/src/shared/structured-agent-session-latest-request.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/structured-agent-session-latest-request.test.ts
@@ -191,11 +191,15 @@ const ROWS: Row[] = [
     items: [
       userEntry('m1', 1),
       turn('t1', 2, { state: 'completed', outcome: 'success', completedAt: 50 }),
-      userEntry('steer', 3, 't1')
+      userEntry('steer', 3)
     ],
     submissions: [
       sent('m1', { dispatchState: 'accepted' }),
-      rejected('steer', 'no active turn to steer', 30)
+      sent('steer', {
+        dispatchState: 'rejected',
+        reason: 'no active turn to steer',
+        answeredInTurn: { turnItemId: 'codex:turn:t1', via: 'steer' }
+      })
     ],
     outcome: 'success',
     listed: true
diff --git a/src/shared/structured-agent-session-latest-request.ts b/src/shared/structured-agent-session-latest-request.ts
index be8bd69ddc4..fbefd134bd2 100644
--- a/src/shared/structured-agent-session-latest-request.ts
+++ b/src/shared/structured-agent-session-latest-request.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,12 @@ export function latestStructuredAgentSessionRequest(
       }
     }
     const submission = rejected.get(item.itemId)
-    if (submission && classifyDispatchRejection(submission).verdict === 'failure') {
+    // Rejection relocates a refused steer to the thread, but its turn remains the request.
+    if (
+      submission &&
+      submission.answeredInTurn?.via !== 'steer' &&
+      classifyDispatchRejection(submission).verdict === 'failure'
+    ) {
       return {
         kind: 'refused-send',
         id: item.itemId,