diff --git a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-prune-decision.ts b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-prune-decision.ts
index fee3fb60945..8a0df7d710b 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-prune-decision.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/mobile-terminal-prune-decision.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export function resolveRetainedTerminalHandles(context: {
   return new Set(context.liveHandles).add(activeHandle)
 }
 
-// Sweep the whole metrics map: chat-retained handles may already have left the subscription map; preserve identity on no-op.
-export function pruneTerminalKeyboardMetrics<T>(
+// Cached handles may outlive subscriptions; preserve map identity when nothing is retired.
+export function pruneTerminalHandleMap<T>(
   previous: Map<string, T>,
   shouldPrune: (handle: string) => boolean
 ): Map<string, T> {
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-list-cache-retention.test.tsx b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-list-cache-retention.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c50b2e8d897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-list-cache-retention.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+import { createElement, useState } from 'react'
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
+import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { stubRpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client-test-stub'
+import type { TerminalModes } from '../terminal/terminal-webview-contract'
+import {
+  runTerminalViewportFitPass,
+  TerminalViewportResubscribeBudget
+} from './mobile-terminal-viewport-resubscribe'
+import type { Terminal } from './mobile-session-route-types'
+import { useMobileSessionTerminalList } from './use-mobile-session-terminal-list'
+
+const modes: TerminalModes = {
+  bracketedPasteMode: true,
+  altScreen: false,
+  mouseTrackingMode: 'none',
+  sgrMouseMode: false,
+  sgrMousePixelsMode: false,
+  applicationCursorKeysMode: false,
+  kittyKeyboardFlags: 0,
+  modifyOtherKeys: 0
+}
+let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => renderer?.unmount())
+  renderer = null
+})
+
+async function mount(retired: number, covered: boolean) {
+  const handles = [...Array.from({ length: retired }, (_, index) => `closed-${index}`), 'live']
+  const ptyModesRef = { current: new Map(handles.map((handle) => [handle, modes])) }
+  const terminalCwdRef = { current: new Map(handles.map((handle) => [handle, `/work/${handle}`])) }
+  const subscribeSeqRef = { current: new Map(handles.map((handle) => [handle, 4])) }
+  const initialModesSeenRef = { current: new Set(handles) }
+  const webReadyHandlesRef = { current: new Set(handles) }
+  const budget = new TerminalViewportResubscribeBudget()
+  const showNativeChatRef = { current: covered }
+  const activeHandleRef = { current: covered ? 'closed-0' : 'live' }
+  const initialDisplayModes = new Map(handles.map((handle) => [handle, 'phone' as const]))
+  const liveTerminal: Terminal = { handle: 'live', title: 'Live', isActive: true }
+  const terminalsRef = { current: [liveTerminal] }
+  let available = true
+  const client = stubRpcClient({
+    sendRequest: async (method) => {
+      expect(method).toBe('terminal.list')
+      return available
+        ? { id: 'inventory', ok: true, result: { terminals: [liveTerminal] } }
+        : { id: 'inventory', ok: false, error: { code: 'unavailable', message: 'Retry' } }
+    }
+  })
+  let current: {
+    fetch: () => Promise<boolean>
+    displayModes: typeof initialDisplayModes
+  } | null = null
+  function Harness() {
+    const [, setTerminals] = useState<Terminal[]>([liveTerminal])
+    const [displayModes, setTerminalModes] = useState(initialDisplayModes)
+    const scope = {
+      hostId: 'host',
+      worktreeId: 'folder:terminal-cache',
+      client,
+      setTerminals,
+      terminalsRef,
+      sessionTabsRef: { current: [] },
+      pruneTerminalHandlesFromLiveInput: vi.fn(),
+      defaultTerminalHandlesToLiveInput: vi.fn(),
+      clearTerminalLiveInputDefault: vi.fn(),
+      setTerminalKeyboardMetrics: vi.fn(),
+      setTerminalModes,
+      ptyModesRef,
+      terminalCwdRef,
+      subscribeSeqRef,
+      initialModesSeenRef,
+      webReadyHandlesRef,
+      terminalRefs: { current: new Map() },
+      terminalUnsubsRef: { current: new Map() },
+      viewportResubscribeBudgetRef: { current: budget },
+      activeHandleRef,
+      showNativeChatRef,
+      unsubscribeTerminal: vi.fn(),
+      nativeChatStream: { notifyListedHandles: vi.fn() },
+      bufferedTerminalDraftState: { pruneDrafts: vi.fn() }
+    }
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: supplies all members read by this production inventory hook; unrelated route fields are unused.
+    const list = useMobileSessionTerminalList(scope as never)
+    current = { fetch: list.fetchTerminals, displayModes }
+    return null
+  }
+  await act(async () => {
+    renderer = create(createElement(Harness))
+  })
+  function read() {
+    if (!current) {
+      throw new Error('Inventory hook did not mount')
+    }
+    return current
+  }
+  return {
+    budget,
+    subscribeSeqRef,
+    read,
+    setAvailable: (next: boolean) => {
+      available = next
+    },
+    leaveChat: () => {
+      showNativeChatRef.current = false
+      activeHandleRef.current = 'live'
+    },
+    caches: [
+      ptyModesRef.current,
+      terminalCwdRef.current,
+      subscribeSeqRef.current,
+      initialModesSeenRef.current,
+      webReadyHandlesRef.current
+    ],
+    async refresh(expected = true) {
+      await act(async () => expect(await read().fetch()).toBe(expected))
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+it.each([10, 100])(
+  'releases metadata for %i retired terminals after accepted inventory',
+  async (count) => {
+    const inventory = await mount(count, false)
+    await inventory.refresh()
+    expect([...inventory.caches, inventory.read().displayModes].map((cache) => cache.size)).toEqual(
+      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+    )
+    for (const cache of [...inventory.caches, inventory.read().displayModes]) {
+      expect([...cache.keys()]).toEqual(['live'])
+    }
+    const unchanged = inventory.read().displayModes
+    await inventory.refresh()
+    expect(inventory.read().displayModes).toBe(unchanged)
+  }
+)
+
+it('retains omitted chat input ownership and prunes it after coverage ends', async () => {
+  const inventory = await mount(10, true)
+  await inventory.refresh()
+  for (const cache of [...inventory.caches, inventory.read().displayModes]) {
+    expect([...cache.keys()]).toEqual(['closed-0', 'live'])
+  }
+  inventory.leaveChat()
+  await inventory.refresh()
+  for (const cache of [...inventory.caches, inventory.read().displayModes]) {
+    expect([...cache.keys()]).toEqual(['live'])
+  }
+})
+
+it('retains cached state on a refused inventory and releases it after recovery', async () => {
+  const inventory = await mount(10, false)
+  const before = inventory.read().displayModes
+  inventory.setAvailable(false)
+  await inventory.refresh(false)
+  expect(inventory.read().displayModes).toBe(before)
+  expect([...inventory.caches, inventory.read().displayModes].map((cache) => cache.size)).toEqual([
+    11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11
+  ])
+  inventory.setAvailable(true)
+  await inventory.refresh()
+  for (const cache of [...inventory.caches, inventory.read().displayModes]) {
+    expect([...cache.keys()]).toEqual(['live'])
+  }
+})
+
+it('invalidates a pending viewport fit before a retired handle reuses its sequence', async () => {
+  const inventory = await mount(1, false)
+  let releaseReady = () => {}
+  const ready = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    releaseReady = resolve
+  })
+  const fitDimensions = vi.fn(() => ({ cols: 40, rows: 30 }))
+  const subscribeToTerminal = vi.fn()
+  const unsubscribeTerminal = vi.fn()
+  runTerminalViewportFitPass({
+    handle: 'closed-0',
+    seq: 4,
+    hostCols: 80,
+    hostRows: 24,
+    sentViewport: null,
+    budget: inventory.budget,
+    diagnostics: {
+      streamResubscribing: vi.fn(),
+      streamResubscribeHeld: vi.fn(),
+      streamResubscribeExhausted: vi.fn()
+    },
+    viewportRef: { current: null },
+    viewportMeasuredRef: { current: false },
+    subscribeSeqRef: inventory.subscribeSeqRef,
+    terminalUnsubsRef: { current: new Map() },
+    terminalFrameRef: { current: { width: 390, height: 600 } },
+    getTerminalRef: () => ({ awaitReady: () => ready, fitDimensions }),
+    unsubscribeTerminal,
+    subscribeToTerminal,
+    scheduleDelayedAction: vi.fn(),
+    showToast: vi.fn()
+  })
+  const retiredGeneration = inventory.budget.retryGeneration('closed-0')
+  const liveGeneration = inventory.budget.retryGeneration('live')
+  await inventory.refresh()
+  inventory.subscribeSeqRef.current.set('closed-0', 4)
+  expect(inventory.budget.retryGeneration('live')).toBe(liveGeneration)
+  releaseReady()
+  await Promise.resolve()
+  expect(inventory.budget.isRetryGenerationCurrent('closed-0', retiredGeneration)).toBe(false)
+  expect(fitDimensions).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  expect(unsubscribeTerminal).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  expect(subscribeToTerminal).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-list.ts b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-list.ts
index ebaeadac265..b062f69fbca 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-list.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-terminal-list.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { Terminal } from './mobile-session-route-types'
 import { mergeTerminalListWithKnownRecords, terminalRecordsEqual } from './mobile-terminal-records'
 import {
   createTerminalPrunePredicate,
-  pruneTerminalKeyboardMetrics,
+  pruneTerminalHandleMap,
   resolveRetainedTerminalHandles
 } from './mobile-terminal-prune-decision'
 import type { MobileSessionTerminalStreamDisplayModel } from './use-mobile-session-terminal-stream-display'
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ export function useMobileSessionTerminalList(scope: MobileSessionTerminalStreamD
     defaultTerminalHandlesToLiveInput,
     clearTerminalLiveInputDefault,
     setTerminalKeyboardMetrics,
+    setTerminalModes,
+    ptyModesRef,
+    terminalCwdRef,
+    subscribeSeqRef,
+    initialModesSeenRef,
+    webReadyHandlesRef,
     terminalRefs,
     terminalUnsubsRef,
     viewportResubscribeBudgetRef,
@@ -94,7 +100,26 @@ export function useMobileSessionTerminalList(scope: MobileSessionTerminalStreamD
               viewportResubscribeBudgetRef.current.forget(handle)
               clearTerminalLiveInputDefault(handle)
             }
-            setTerminalKeyboardMetrics((prev) => pruneTerminalKeyboardMetrics(prev, shouldPrune))
+            for (const cache of [
+              ptyModesRef.current,
+              terminalCwdRef.current,
+              initialModesSeenRef.current,
+              webReadyHandlesRef.current
+            ]) {
+              for (const handle of cache.keys()) {
+                if (shouldPrune(handle)) {
+                  cache.delete(handle)
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            for (const handle of subscribeSeqRef.current.keys()) {
+              if (shouldPrune(handle)) {
+                viewportResubscribeBudgetRef.current.forget(handle)
+                subscribeSeqRef.current.delete(handle)
+              }
+            }
+            setTerminalModes((prev) => pruneTerminalHandleMap(prev, shouldPrune))
+            setTerminalKeyboardMetrics((prev) => pruneTerminalHandleMap(prev, shouldPrune))
             // Reappearing handles may have live PTYs and earn a fresh chat rearm budget.
             nativeChatStream.notifyListedHandles(liveHandles)
             // Refill viewport attempts only after real handle absence and return.
diff --git a/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/adapters/session-screen-read-mount-adapters.ts b/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/adapters/session-screen-read-mount-adapters.ts
index bdeffe7b99f..8f40dd0d431 100644
--- a/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/adapters/session-screen-read-mount-adapters.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/test-support/rpc-recording/adapters/session-screen-read-mount-adapters.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ export function sessionScreenReadMountAdapters(
               effect('default-live-input', [...handles]),
             clearTerminalLiveInputDefault: (handle) => effect('clear-live-input', { handle }),
             setTerminalKeyboardMetrics: () => {},
+            setTerminalModes: () => {},
+            ptyModesRef: { current: new Map() },
+            terminalCwdRef: { current: new Map() },
+            subscribeSeqRef: { current: new Map() },
+            initialModesSeenRef: { current: new Set() },
+            webReadyHandlesRef: { current: new Set() },
             terminalRefs: { current: new Map() },
             terminalUnsubsRef: { current: unsubs },
             initializedHandlesRef: { current: new Set([HANDLE]) },