diff --git a/mobile/src/session/MobileStructuredAgentSessionView.tsx b/mobile/src/session/MobileStructuredAgentSessionView.tsx
index 042f63ddd6c..eed68f68ce7 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/MobileStructuredAgentSessionView.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/session/MobileStructuredAgentSessionView.tsx
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ function MobileStructuredHandoffBanner(props: {
         ) : (
           <Pressable
             style={({ pressed }) => [styles.handoffButton, pressed && styles.pressed]}
-            onPress={() => void props.onRequest('to-tui', 'now')}
+            // A submitted turn can reach the host before isWorking updates; after-turn is immediate when idle.
+            onPress={() => void props.onRequest('to-tui', 'after-turn')}
           >
             <Text style={styles.handoffButtonText}>Open agent TUI</Text>
           </Pressable>
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.test.ts
index 56f7a39c1ed..d5bc04b8f9a 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.test.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ function submit(params: AgentSessionHandoffRequest) {
   return coordinator.request('client-1', params)
 }
 
+async function expectAccepted(params: AgentSessionHandoffRequest): Promise<void> {
+  expect(await submit(params)).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+}
+
 function process(spawnToken: string, pid: number) {
   return {
     hostId: 'local',
@@ -351,9 +355,7 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
     await appendStatus('running')
     expect(await submit(request('to-tui', 'after-turn'))).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
     expect(coordinator.status(SESSION).phase).toBe('queued')
-    expect(
-      await submit(request('to-tui', 'after-turn', { action: 'cancel-queued' }))
-    ).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await expectAccepted(request('to-tui', 'after-turn', { action: 'cancel-queued' }))
     await appendStatus('completed')
     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 200))
     expect(launchTui).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
@@ -666,9 +668,7 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
     waitForTuiExit.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('terminal_handle_stale'))
     const retryOperation = operationId()
 
-    expect(
-      await submit(request('to-native', 'now', { operationId: retryOperation }))
-    ).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await expectAccepted(request('to-native', 'now', { operationId: retryOperation }))
     await waitForPhase('failed')
 
     expect(coordinator.status(SESSION)).toMatchObject({
@@ -683,9 +683,9 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
       handoffOperationId: null
     })
 
-    expect(
-      await submit(request('to-native', 'now', { action: 'retry', operationId: retryOperation }))
-    ).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await expectAccepted(
+      request('to-native', 'now', { action: 'retry', operationId: retryOperation })
+    )
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(coordinator.status(SESSION).owner).toBe('native'))
     expect(waitForTuiExit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
   })
@@ -741,12 +741,17 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
     expect(store.getRecord(SESSION)?.lease.runtimeKind).toBe('native')
   })
 
-  it('keeps a recoverable native owner after repeated transfers and a dead TUI relaunch', async () => {
-    for (let cycle = 0; cycle < 2; cycle += 1) {
-      await moveToTui()
-      expect(await submit(request('to-native', 'after-turn'))).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
-      await vi.waitFor(() => expect(coordinator.status(SESSION).owner).toBe('native'))
-    }
+  it('completes a queued second cycle and keeps native recoverable after a dead relaunch', async () => {
+    await moveToTui()
+    expect(await submit(request('to-native', 'after-turn'))).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(coordinator.status(SESSION).owner).toBe('native'))
+    await appendStatus('running')
+    expect(await submit(request('to-tui', 'after-turn'))).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await appendStatus('completed')
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(coordinator.status(SESSION).owner).toBe('tui'))
+    expect(await submit(request('to-native', 'after-turn'))).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(coordinator.status(SESSION).owner).toBe('native'))
+
     launchTui.mockImplementationOnce(async ({ fence, spawnToken }) => ({
       ...makeTuiOwner(fence, spawnToken),
       link: link(fence + 1, 'dead-relaunch')
@@ -798,9 +803,7 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
     await moveToTui()
     importFailure = new Error('history unavailable')
     const retryOperation = operationId()
-    expect(
-      await submit(request('to-native', 'after-turn', { operationId: retryOperation }))
-    ).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await expectAccepted(request('to-native', 'after-turn', { operationId: retryOperation }))
     await waitForPhase('failed')
     expect(coordinator.status(SESSION)).toMatchObject({
       owner: 'tui',
@@ -813,9 +816,9 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
       handoffStage: 'old-owner-stopped'
     })
 
-    expect(
-      await submit(request('to-native', 'now', { action: 'retry', operationId: retryOperation }))
-    ).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await expectAccepted(
+      request('to-native', 'now', { action: 'retry', operationId: retryOperation })
+    )
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(coordinator.status(SESSION).owner).toBe('native'))
     expect(waitForTuiExit).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
   })
@@ -824,9 +827,7 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
     await moveToTui()
     nativeAcquireFailure = new Error('native proof unavailable')
     const retryOperation = operationId()
-    expect(
-      await submit(request('to-native', 'after-turn', { operationId: retryOperation }))
-    ).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await expectAccepted(request('to-native', 'after-turn', { operationId: retryOperation }))
     await waitForPhase('failed')
 
     expect(coordinator.status(SESSION)).toMatchObject({
@@ -847,9 +848,9 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
       phase: 'failed',
       operationId: retryOperation
     })
-    expect(
-      await submit(request('to-native', 'now', { action: 'retry', operationId: retryOperation }))
-    ).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
+    await expectAccepted(
+      request('to-native', 'now', { action: 'retry', operationId: retryOperation })
+    )
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(coordinator.status(SESSION).owner).toBe('native'))
     expect(waitForTuiExit).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
     expect(acquireNativeCalls).toBe(2)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0fc96bb475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { AgentSessionHandoffStatus } from '../../../../shared/agent-session-wire'
+import { StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome } from './StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome'
+
+const IDLE_NATIVE: AgentSessionHandoffStatus = {
+  owner: 'native',
+  direction: null,
+  phase: 'idle',
+  stage: null,
+  operationId: null
+}
+
+afterEach(cleanup)
+
+describe('StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome', () => {
+  it('uses queued-safe admission when the native view still appears idle', () => {
+    const onRequest = vi.fn()
+    render(
+      <StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome
+        status={IDLE_NATIVE}
+        isWorking={false}
+        onRequest={onRequest}
+      />
+    )
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open agent TUI' }))
+
+    expect(onRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith('to-tui', 'after-turn')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome.tsx
index 30bb0103552..367cd422822 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome.tsx
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ export function StructuredAgentSessionHandoffChrome({
                 type="button"
                 variant="ghost"
                 size="xs"
-                onClick={() => onRequest('to-tui', 'now')}
+                // A submitted turn can reach the host before isWorking updates; after-turn is immediate when idle.
+                onClick={() => onRequest('to-tui', 'after-turn')}
               >
                 {translate('components.native-chat.handoff.openAgentTui', 'Open agent TUI')}
               </Button>