diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-option-settlement.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-option-settlement.test.ts
index 41054d10ece..5b4f0556915 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-option-settlement.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-option-settlement.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest'
 import { computeAgentSessionPayloadFingerprint } from '../../../shared/agent-session-mutation-envelope'
-import type { AgentSessionMutationEnvelope } from '../../../shared/agent-session-wire'
+import type {
+  AgentSessionMutationEnvelope,
+  AgentSessionStatusEvent
+} from '../../../shared/agent-session-wire'
 import { AgentSessionRecordStore } from '../../runtime/agent-session-record-store'
 import type { StructuredAgentSessionAdapter } from './structured-agent-session-adapter'
 import { AgentSessionOptionRejectedError } from './structured-agent-session-option-error'
@@ -212,6 +215,39 @@ afterEach(async () => {
 })
 
 describe('structured session options and close', () => {
+  it('publishes an acknowledged model without waiting for journal traffic', async () => {
+    const body = {
+      kind: 'message' as const,
+      role: 'user' as const,
+      blocks: [{ type: 'text' as const, text: 'first task' }]
+    }
+    await host.send(CALLER, {
+      envelope: envelope('agentSession.send', { body }),
+      body
+    })
+    const events: AgentSessionStatusEvent[] = []
+    host.subscribeStatus({ id: 'session-list', emit: (event) => events.push(event) })
+    expect(events).toEqual([
+      {
+        type: 'snapshot',
+        sessions: [expect.objectContaining({ status: 'idle', model: DEFAULT_MODEL })]
+      }
+    ])
+    const fields = { key: 'model', value: PICKED_MODEL }
+
+    await host.setOption(CALLER, {
+      envelope: envelope('agentSession.setOption', fields),
+      ...fields
+    })
+
+    expect(events.slice(1)).toEqual([
+      {
+        type: 'status',
+        session: expect.objectContaining({ sessionId: SESSION, model: PICKED_MODEL })
+      }
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('settles a pre-mutation rejection so a fresh retry can succeed', async () => {
     optionFailure = new AgentSessionOptionRejectedError('model list unavailable')
     const fields = { key: 'model', value: PICKED_MODEL }
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns-options.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns-options.ts
index 68e5b290847..cb1685405a1 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns-options.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns-options.ts
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ export async function performSetOption(
     throw error
   }
   await ctx.persistOptions(applied ?? { [input.key]: input.value })
+  ctx.publish()
   return { ok: true, value: { ...input, ...(applied ? { options: { ...applied } } : {}) } }
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/structured-agent-session-projection.test.ts b/src/shared/structured-agent-session-projection.test.ts
index 9e34e578233..08d4de2fa0c 100644
--- a/src/shared/structured-agent-session-projection.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/structured-agent-session-projection.test.ts
@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ describe('structured agent session status projection', () => {
       role: 'user',
       blocks: [{ type: 'text', text: 'look at the sidebar' }]
     })
-    const said = item('said', 2, {
-      kind: 'message',
-      role: 'assistant',
-      blocks: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Reading the card first.' }]
-    })
-    const running = item('running', 3, {
+    const running = item('running', 2, {
       kind: 'status',
       text: 'Working',
       turnLifecycle: { turnId: 'turn-1', state: 'running' }
     })
+    const said = item('said', 3, {
+      kind: 'message',
+      role: 'assistant',
+      blocks: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Reading the card first.' }]
+    })
     const tool = item('tool', 4, {
       kind: 'tool-call',
       name: 'Read',
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe('structured agent session status projection', () => {
       state: 'running'
     })
 
-    expect(projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusSummary([ask, said, running, tool])).toEqual({
+    expect(projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusSummary([ask, running, said, tool])).toEqual({
       status: 'working',
       latestPrompt: 'look at the sidebar',
       toolName: 'Read',
@@ -112,6 +112,30 @@ describe('structured agent session status projection', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('clears the previous answer as soon as the next prompt is persisted', () => {
+    const firstAsk = item('first-ask', 1, {
+      kind: 'message',
+      role: 'user',
+      blocks: [{ type: 'text', text: 'first task' }]
+    })
+    const previousAnswer = item('previous-answer', 2, {
+      kind: 'message',
+      role: 'assistant',
+      blocks: [{ type: 'text', text: 'The first task is done.' }]
+    })
+    const nextAsk = item('next-ask', 3, {
+      kind: 'message',
+      role: 'user',
+      blocks: [{ type: 'text', text: 'second task' }]
+    })
+    expect(projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusSummary([firstAsk, previousAnswer, nextAsk])).toEqual(
+      {
+        status: 'idle',
+        latestPrompt: 'second task'
+      }
+    )
+  })
+
   it('reports no tool line once the turn settles, even with an abandoned running call', () => {
     const ask = item('ask', 1, {
       kind: 'message',
diff --git a/src/shared/structured-agent-session-projection.ts b/src/shared/structured-agent-session-projection.ts
index fec044a08bc..7c55f2b8379 100644
--- a/src/shared/structured-agent-session-projection.ts
+++ b/src/shared/structured-agent-session-projection.ts
@@ -192,13 +192,16 @@ export function latestStructuredAgentSessionPrompt(
   return ''
 }
 
-/** The newest assistant prose. Tool-only assistant items are skipped — they carry
- *  no words, and stopping at one would blank a row that has something to say. */
+/** The newest assistant prose in the latest user turn. Tool-only assistant items
+ *  are skipped; the user boundary clears prose from the preceding turn. */
 export function latestStructuredAgentSessionAssistantMessage(
   items: readonly AgentJournalRenderItem[]
 ): string {
   for (let index = items.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
     const body = items[index]?.body
+    if (body?.kind === 'message' && body.role === 'user') {
+      return ''
+    }
     if (body?.kind === 'message' && body.role === 'assistant') {
       const prose = messageProse(body.blocks)
       if (prose.trim()) {