diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/agent-sign-in-strip/cloud-chat-running-send-block.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/agent-sign-in-strip/cloud-chat-running-send-block.test.tsx
index afd4e3a4b14..9e17ad749a8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/agent-sign-in-strip/cloud-chat-running-send-block.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/agent-sign-in-strip/cloud-chat-running-send-block.test.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const props = {
   tabId: TAB_ID
 } as const
 
-function composer(sendBlockedReason: string | null, draft: string) {
+function composer(sendBlockedReason: string | null, draft: string, heldHint?: string) {
   return nativeChatComposerSendState({
     agent: 'claude',
     draft,
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ function composer(sendBlockedReason: string | null, draft: string) {
     structuredTransport: {
       sendOut: false,
       optionSnapshot: [],
-      ...(sendBlockedReason !== null ? { sendBlockedReason } : {})
+      ...(sendBlockedReason !== null ? { sendBlockedReason } : {}),
+      ...(heldHint ? { heldHint } : {})
     },
     editSession: undefined,
     isWorking: false,
@@ -167,10 +168,12 @@ describe('a running idle chat whose strip is expired holds Send with its hint (E
       expect(slot.heldHint).toBe(HINT)
       expect(slot.sendBlockedReason).toBe(HINT)
       for (const draft of ['', 'continue please']) {
-        const state = composer(slot.sendBlockedReason, draft)
+        const state = composer(slot.sendBlockedReason, draft, slot.heldHint)
         expect(state.sendButtonDisabled).toBe(true)
         expect(state.sendHeld).toBe(true)
         expect(state.sendBlockedReason).toBe(HINT)
+        // The composer field shows it as the empty field's placeholder.
+        expect(state.heldHint).toBe(HINT)
       }
     })
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.tsx
index 5fce3d53fb8..c992399a495 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.tsx
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ export function NativeChatStructuredSession(props: Omit<NativeChatStructuredView
     setOptionPickerRequest,
     onError: reportComposerError,
     reveal: submits,
-    sendBlockedReason: hostSendGate.sendBlockedReason ?? install.sendBlockedReason
+    sendBlockedReason: hostSendGate.sendBlockedReason ?? install.sendBlockedReason,
+    ...(hostHeld || !install.heldHint ? {} : { heldHint: install.heldHint })
   })
   const continuation = useNativeChatInterruptedContinuation({
     ...controller,
@@ -393,7 +394,6 @@ export function NativeChatStructuredSession(props: Omit<NativeChatStructuredView
               agent={props.agent}
               {...stopControls.composer}
               unavailableHint={install.unavailableHint}
-              heldHint={hostHeld ? undefined : install.heldHint}
               steerHead={stopControls.stopping ? undefined : submits.queuedMessages.steerHead}
               structuredTransport={transport}
               notices={notices}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/NativeChatComposerPane.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/NativeChatComposerPane.tsx
index 20015375b3d..23f46b5c735 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/NativeChatComposerPane.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/NativeChatComposerPane.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export const NativeChatComposerPane = forwardRef<ComposerHandle, C.NativeChatCom
       agent,
       canSend = true,
       unavailableHint,
-      heldHint,
       isWorking = false,
       isStopping = false,
       afterStop,
@@ -367,7 +366,6 @@ export const NativeChatComposerPane = forwardRef<ComposerHandle, C.NativeChatCom
           hasPty={hasPty}
           canSend={canSend}
           unavailableHint={unavailableHint}
-          heldHint={heldHint}
           autocomplete={autocomplete}
           mentionFiles={mentionFiles}
           activeSuggestion={activeSuggestion}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/native-chat-composer-types.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/native-chat-composer-types.ts
index 364a3abd80f..6d0c15b6543 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/native-chat-composer-types.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/native-chat-composer-types.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ export type NativeChatComposerProps = {
   canSend?: boolean
   /** Disable unavailable input and show this reason as its placeholder. */
   unavailableHint?: string | undefined
-  /** Input stays open but the transport holds Send: show this reason as the empty field's placeholder. */
-  heldHint?: string | undefined
   /** True while the hosted TUI reports an in-flight turn; swaps Send to Stop. */
   isWorking?: boolean
   /** This client's Stop request is in flight: the Stop control is disabled and says so. */
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/native-chat-composer-send-state.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/native-chat-composer-send-state.ts
index 94d98623835..1311d95d967 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/native-chat-composer-send-state.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/native-chat-composer-send-state.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import type { Translate } from '../../../../i18n/use-translate'
 export type NativeChatComposerSendState = {
   /** Why Send is disabled, when the user can do something about it. */
   sendBlockedReason: string | null
+  /** A host hold's placeholder for the empty field (typing stays open). */
+  heldHint?: string
   /** Nothing may be sent yet: an upload, a paste being saved, or the host holds it. */
   sendHeld: boolean
   /** The draft holds text or images: while the agent works, Send takes Stop's place. */
@@ -35,7 +37,12 @@ export function nativeChatComposerSendState(
     structuredTransport:
       | Pick<
           NativeChatStructuredComposerTransport,
-          'sendOut' | 'sendBlockedReason' | 'threadGoal' | 'sendFollowUp' | 'optionSnapshot'
+          | 'sendOut'
+          | 'sendBlockedReason'
+          | 'heldHint'
+          | 'threadGoal'
+          | 'sendFollowUp'
+          | 'optionSnapshot'
         >
       | undefined
     editSession: { canSave: boolean } | undefined
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ export function nativeChatComposerSendState(
       imageBlock.reason ??
       (hostHold && !runsWhileHostHolds ? transport?.sendBlockedReason : null) ??
       null,
+    ...(transport?.heldHint ? { heldHint: transport.heldHint } : {}),
     sendHeld,
     hasDraft,
     sendButtonDisabled,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/native-chat-structured-composer-transport.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/native-chat-structured-composer-transport.ts
index 0b03de00b88..c2fa6bee462 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/native-chat-structured-composer-transport.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/native-chat-structured-composer-transport.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export type NativeChatStructuredComposerTransport = {
   sendOut?: boolean
   /** Send is held for this reason, which the disabled button says. */
   sendBlockedReason?: string
+  /** Typing stays open while Send is held: the empty field's placeholder says why. */
+  heldHint?: string
   /** What a plain send does now, and whether Cmd/Ctrl+Enter would send it the other way. */
   sendFollowUp?: NativeChatSendFollowUp
   /** `onSent` fires once a conversation command leaves for the host, before its reply. */
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/use-native-chat-structured-composer-transport.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/use-native-chat-structured-composer-transport.ts
index 76ee19910b8..197973ddf40 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/use-native-chat-structured-composer-transport.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/composer/submit/use-native-chat-structured-composer-transport.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ export function useNativeChatStructuredComposerTransport(args: {
   reveal: { revealLatest: () => void; captureRevealLatest: () => () => void }
   /** Host reason for refusing turns and holding Send. */
   sendBlockedReason?: string | null
+  /** END-PASS CHAT-RENEW: the empty field's placeholder while Send is held (typing stays open). */
+  heldHint?: string
 }): NativeChatStructuredComposerTransport {
   const { props, controller, forks, sendThroughLaunch, starting, worktreeId, optionPickerRequest } =
     args
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ export function useNativeChatStructuredComposerTransport(args: {
   const { revealLatest: onSubmitted, captureRevealLatest: captureAdmittedReveal } = args.reveal
   const { transportEnabled } = args
   const sendBlockedReason = args.sendBlockedReason ?? null
+  const { heldHint } = args
   const acceptsImages = useStructuredAgentAcceptsImages(
     props.target,
     props.agent,
@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ export function useNativeChatStructuredComposerTransport(args: {
       sendOut: controller.sendOut,
       sendFollowUp: controller.sendFollowUp,
       ...(sendBlockedReason !== null ? { sendBlockedReason } : {}),
+      ...(heldHint ? { heldHint } : {}),
       optionsSurface: controller.optionSurface,
       conversationCommands: controller.conversationCommands,
       compactInstructions: controller.compactInstructions,
@@ -216,6 +220,7 @@ export function useNativeChatStructuredComposerTransport(args: {
     props.sessionId,
     props.target,
     sendBlockedReason,
+    heldHint,
     sendThroughLaunch,
     setOptionPickerRequest,
     starting,