diff --git a/mobile/app/pair-confirm.tsx b/mobile/app/pair-confirm.tsx
index d700ea83f42..7862154a1fb 100644
--- a/mobile/app/pair-confirm.tsx
+++ b/mobile/app/pair-confirm.tsx
@@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ export default function PairConfirmScreen() {
 
   return (
     <View ref={setPairConfirmRootRef} style={[styles.container, containerPadding]}>
-      <Pressable style={styles.backButton} onPress={cancel}>
+      <Pressable
+        style={styles.backButton}
+        onPress={cancel}
+        hitSlop={8}
+        accessibilityRole="button"
+        accessibilityLabel="Back"
+      >
         <ChevronLeft size={22} color={colors.textSecondary} />
       </Pressable>
 
diff --git a/mobile/app/pair-scan.tsx b/mobile/app/pair-scan.tsx
index 5b4c17b2501..91e5255917d 100644
--- a/mobile/app/pair-scan.tsx
+++ b/mobile/app/pair-scan.tsx
@@ -218,7 +218,13 @@ export default function PairScanScreen() {
     const canAskAgain = permission.canAskAgain !== false
     return (
       <View ref={setPairScanRootRef} style={[styles.container, containerPadding]}>
-        <Pressable style={styles.backButton} onPress={() => router.back()}>
+        <Pressable
+          style={styles.backButton}
+          onPress={() => router.back()}
+          hitSlop={8}
+          accessibilityRole="button"
+          accessibilityLabel="Back"
+        >
           <ChevronLeft size={22} color={colors.textSecondary} />
         </Pressable>
         <View style={styles.centered}>
@@ -261,7 +267,13 @@ export default function PairScanScreen() {
 
   return (
     <View ref={setPairScanRootRef} style={[styles.container, containerPadding]}>
-      <Pressable style={styles.backButton} onPress={() => router.back()}>
+      <Pressable
+        style={styles.backButton}
+        onPress={() => router.back()}
+        hitSlop={8}
+        accessibilityRole="button"
+        accessibilityLabel="Back"
+      >
         <ChevronLeft size={22} color={colors.textSecondary} />
       </Pressable>
 
diff --git a/mobile/app/terminal-settings.tsx b/mobile/app/terminal-settings.tsx
index 4720705bf91..af034d60beb 100644
--- a/mobile/app/terminal-settings.tsx
+++ b/mobile/app/terminal-settings.tsx
@@ -258,7 +258,13 @@ export default function TerminalSettingsScreen() {
   return (
     <GestureHandlerRootView style={[styles.container, { paddingTop: insets.top + spacing.sm }]}>
       <View style={styles.topRow}>
-        <Pressable style={styles.backButton} onPress={() => router.back()}>
+        <Pressable
+          style={styles.backButton}
+          onPress={() => router.back()}
+          hitSlop={8}
+          accessibilityRole="button"
+          accessibilityLabel="Back"
+        >
           <ChevronLeft size={22} color={colors.textSecondary} />
         </Pressable>
         <Text style={styles.heading}>Terminal</Text>
diff --git a/mobile/src/accounts/MobileAccountsScreen.tsx b/mobile/src/accounts/MobileAccountsScreen.tsx
index 3f2c74a865b..a09df242a6f 100644
--- a/mobile/src/accounts/MobileAccountsScreen.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/accounts/MobileAccountsScreen.tsx
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ export function MobileAccountsScreen() {
           style={styles.iconButton}
           onPress={refresh}
           disabled={!client || refreshing || connState !== 'connected'}
+          hitSlop={8}
+          accessibilityRole="button"
+          accessibilityLabel="Refresh accounts"
         >
           {refreshing ? (
             <ActivityIndicator size="small" color={colors.textSecondary} />
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/CustomKeyModal.tsx b/mobile/src/components/CustomKeyModal.tsx
index 96b9b750d26..2a5c3c9b6aa 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/CustomKeyModal.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/CustomKeyModal.tsx
@@ -66,20 +66,49 @@ type Props = {
   onManageShortcuts?: () => void
 }
 
-export async function loadCustomKeys(): Promise<CustomKey[]> {
-  try {
-    const raw = await AsyncStorage.getItem(CUSTOM_ACCESSORY_KEYS_STORAGE_KEY)
-    return raw ? (JSON.parse(raw) as CustomKey[]) : []
-  } catch {
-    return []
-  }
+// Throws on a failed read or parse, so a write never starts from an empty list it made up.
+async function readStoredCustomKeys(): Promise<CustomKey[]> {
+  const raw = await AsyncStorage.getItem(CUSTOM_ACCESSORY_KEYS_STORAGE_KEY)
+  return raw ? (JSON.parse(raw) as CustomKey[]) : []
 }
 
-export async function saveCustomKeys(keys: CustomKey[]): Promise<void> {
+export function loadCustomKeys(): Promise<CustomKey[]> {
+  return readStoredCustomKeys().catch(() => [])
+}
+
+function writeCustomKeys(keys: CustomKey[]): Promise<void> {
   // Through the one write path, which notes the mirror on an accepted write and on nothing else
   // (ruling 35). There is no rollback here any more because there is nothing to undo: on the page
   // a value over the cap rejects, and a rejected write never reached the map.
-  await persistMirrored(CUSTOM_ACCESSORY_KEYS_STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(keys))
+  return persistMirrored(CUSTOM_ACCESSORY_KEYS_STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(keys))
+}
+
+// Every write to the stored list takes a turn here, so a settings save, an add and a removal never
+// land over one that started first, and an add or removal reads what the last write saved.
+let customKeysWriteTurn: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve()
+
+function inCustomKeysWriteTurn<T>(write: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  const run = customKeysWriteTurn.then(write)
+  customKeysWriteTurn = run.catch(() => {})
+  return run
+}
+
+export function saveCustomKeys(keys: CustomKey[]): Promise<void> {
+  return inCustomKeysWriteTurn(() => writeCustomKeys(keys))
+}
+
+function updateStoredCustomKeys(change: (keys: CustomKey[]) => CustomKey[]): Promise<CustomKey[]> {
+  return inCustomKeysWriteTurn(async () => {
+    const updated = change(await readStoredCustomKeys())
+    await writeCustomKeys(updated)
+    return updated
+  })
+}
+
+// Like addKey: resolves with the stored list only once the store took it, so a refused write
+// never drops a row from screen that the next load would bring back.
+export function removeCustomKey(id: string): Promise<CustomKey[]> {
+  return updateStoredCustomKeys((keys) => keys.filter((key) => key.id !== id))
 }
 
 export function CustomKeyModal({ visible, onClose, onKeysChanged, onManageShortcuts }: Props) {
@@ -107,9 +136,8 @@ export function CustomKeyModal({ visible, onClose, onKeysChanged, onManageShortc
 
   const addKey = useCallback(
     async (key: Omit<CustomKey, 'id'>) => {
-      const existing = await loadCustomKeys()
       const newKey: CustomKey = { ...key, id: `custom-${Date.now()}` }
-      const updated = [...existing, newKey]
+      let updated: CustomKey[]
       // Caught here because both callers are `void addKey(...)`, which leaves a rejection nowhere
       // to go. On the page this key is allowlisted and its write rejects for size — the contract
       // `page-async-storage` states, and the one ruling 33.6 extends to a key `init` could not
@@ -117,7 +145,7 @@ export function CustomKeyModal({ visible, onClose, onKeysChanged, onManageShortc
       // handler, which reports a page fault and drops the generation for a key nobody could add.
       // Every other allowlisted writer in this closure already catches its own save.
       try {
-        await saveCustomKeys(updated)
+        updated = await updateStoredCustomKeys((keys) => [...keys, newKey])
       } catch (error) {
         // Neither reported nor closed: a drawer that dismissed itself and announced the key would
         // put a row on the accessory bar that no store holds and the next load would not have.
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/TerminalShortcutSettings.tsx b/mobile/src/components/TerminalShortcutSettings.tsx
index 18d882aa3fb..55c6e066e9a 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/TerminalShortcutSettings.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/TerminalShortcutSettings.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import {
   AppState,
   View,
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type Animated from 'react-native-reanimated'
 import type { AnimatedRef, SharedValue } from 'react-native-reanimated'
 import { CustomKeyModal, loadCustomKeys, saveCustomKeys, type CustomKey } from './CustomKeyModal'
 import { DragReorderList } from './DragReorderList'
+import { useSerializedStoredState } from '../storage/use-serialized-stored-state'
 import { colors, radii, spacing, typography } from '../theme/mobile-theme'
 import {
   TERMINAL_ACCESSORY_KEYS,
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ function ShortcutBarRow({
   )
 }
 
+async function loadShortcutLayout(): Promise<TerminalAccessoryLayout> {
+  const { orderedBuiltInIds, visibleBuiltInIds } = await loadTerminalAccessoryLayout()
+  return { orderedBuiltInIds, visibleBuiltInIds }
+}
+
 type Props = {
   scrollRef: AnimatedRef<Animated.ScrollView>
   scrollOffsetY: SharedValue<number>
@@ -72,67 +78,24 @@ export function TerminalShortcutSettings({
   scrollContentHeight,
   onDragActiveChange
 }: Props): React.JSX.Element {
-  const [customKeys, setCustomKeys] = useState<CustomKey[]>([])
+  const {
+    value: customKeys,
+    setValue: setCustomKeys,
+    persist: persistCustomKeys,
+    refresh: refreshCustomKeys,
+    adoptStored: adoptStoredCustomKeys
+  } = useSerializedStoredState<CustomKey[]>([], loadCustomKeys, saveCustomKeys)
   const [showCustomKeyModal, setShowCustomKeyModal] = useState(false)
-  const [shortcutLayout, setShortcutLayout] = useState<TerminalAccessoryLayout>(
-    getDefaultTerminalAccessoryLayout
+  const {
+    value: shortcutLayout,
+    setValue: setShortcutLayout,
+    persist: persistLayout,
+    refresh: refreshShortcutLayout
+  } = useSerializedStoredState(
+    getDefaultTerminalAccessoryLayout,
+    loadShortcutLayout,
+    saveTerminalAccessoryLayout
   )
-  const layoutWriteChainRef = useRef<Promise<void>>(Promise.resolve())
-  const layoutWriteSeqRef = useRef(0)
-  const pendingLayoutWritesRef = useRef(0)
-
-  const persistLayout = useCallback((next: TerminalAccessoryLayout) => {
-    layoutWriteSeqRef.current += 1
-    pendingLayoutWritesRef.current += 1
-    layoutWriteChainRef.current = layoutWriteChainRef.current
-      .catch(() => {})
-      .then(() => saveTerminalAccessoryLayout(next))
-      .catch(() => {})
-      .finally(() => {
-        pendingLayoutWritesRef.current -= 1
-      })
-  }, [])
-
-  const refreshShortcutLayout = useCallback(() => {
-    const refreshSeq = layoutWriteSeqRef.current
-    void loadTerminalAccessoryLayout().then((layout) => {
-      if (pendingLayoutWritesRef.current > 0 || refreshSeq !== layoutWriteSeqRef.current) {
-        return
-      }
-      setShortcutLayout({
-        orderedBuiltInIds: layout.orderedBuiltInIds,
-        visibleBuiltInIds: layout.visibleBuiltInIds
-      })
-    })
-  }, [])
-
-  const customKeysWriteChainRef = useRef<Promise<void>>(Promise.resolve())
-  const customKeysWriteSeqRef = useRef(0)
-  const pendingCustomKeysWritesRef = useRef(0)
-
-  // Why: same stale-snapshot guard as persistLayout — a focus/AppState refresh
-  // racing an in-flight save must not overwrite the optimistic state.
-  const persistCustomKeys = useCallback((next: CustomKey[]) => {
-    customKeysWriteSeqRef.current += 1
-    pendingCustomKeysWritesRef.current += 1
-    customKeysWriteChainRef.current = customKeysWriteChainRef.current
-      .catch(() => {})
-      .then(() => saveCustomKeys(next))
-      .catch(() => {})
-      .finally(() => {
-        pendingCustomKeysWritesRef.current -= 1
-      })
-  }, [])
-
-  const refreshCustomKeys = useCallback(() => {
-    const refreshSeq = customKeysWriteSeqRef.current
-    void loadCustomKeys().then((keys) => {
-      if (pendingCustomKeysWritesRef.current > 0 || refreshSeq !== customKeysWriteSeqRef.current) {
-        return
-      }
-      setCustomKeys(keys)
-    })
-  }, [])
 
   const handleDeleteCustomKey = useCallback(
     (key: CustomKey) => {
@@ -294,6 +257,9 @@ export function TerminalShortcutSettings({
                     pressed && styles.deleteButtonPressed
                   ]}
                   onPress={() => handleDeleteCustomKey(key)}
+                  hitSlop={8}
+                  accessibilityRole="button"
+                  accessibilityLabel={`Remove ${key.label}`}
                 >
                   <X size={16} color={colors.statusRed} />
                 </Pressable>
@@ -316,12 +282,7 @@ export function TerminalShortcutSettings({
       <CustomKeyModal
         visible={showCustomKeyModal}
         onClose={() => setShowCustomKeyModal(false)}
-        onKeysChanged={(keys) => {
-          // Why: the modal already persisted this list; bumping the sequence
-          // discards refreshes that read storage before its save landed.
-          customKeysWriteSeqRef.current += 1
-          setCustomKeys(keys)
-        }}
+        onKeysChanged={adoptStoredCustomKeys}
       />
     </>
   )
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/custom-key-modal-save-refusal.test.tsx b/mobile/src/components/custom-key-modal-save-refusal.test.tsx
index c1c96edda1e..120b9d6565e 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/custom-key-modal-save-refusal.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/custom-key-modal-save-refusal.test.tsx
@@ -4,19 +4,33 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 const store = vi.hoisted(() => {
   // Annotated rather than asserted: the literal alone narrows `raw` to `null`.
-  const held: { raw: string | null; refuse: boolean } = { raw: null, refuse: false }
+  const held: {
+    raw: string | null
+    refuse: boolean
+    failRead: boolean
+    writes: number
+    holdWrites: Promise<void> | null
+  } = { raw: null, refuse: false, failRead: false, writes: 0, holdWrites: null }
   return held
 })
 
 vi.mock('@react-native-async-storage/async-storage', () => ({
   default: {
-    getItem: async () => store.raw,
-    setItem: async () => {
+    getItem: async () => {
+      if (store.failRead) {
+        throw new Error('the store could not be read')
+      }
+      return store.raw
+    },
+    setItem: async (_key: string, value: string) => {
+      await store.holdWrites
+      store.writes += 1
       if (store.refuse) {
         throw new Error(
           'Orca could not save orca:custom-accessory-keys: a stored value may be too large.'
         )
       }
+      store.raw = value
     }
   }
 }))
@@ -52,7 +66,7 @@ vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
 vi.mock('lucide-react-native', () => ({ ChevronLeft: hosts.View }))
 vi.mock('./BottomDrawer', () => ({ BottomDrawer: hosts.View }))
 
-import { CustomKeyModal } from './CustomKeyModal'
+import { CustomKeyModal, removeCustomKey, saveCustomKeys } from './CustomKeyModal'
 import { readMirroredStorage } from '../storage/mirrored-storage-keys'
 
 const CUSTOM_KEYS = 'orca:custom-accessory-keys'
@@ -110,6 +124,9 @@ function addAShortcut(renderer: ReturnType<typeof create>): void {
 beforeEach(() => {
   store.raw = null
   store.refuse = false
+  store.failRead = false
+  store.writes = 0
+  store.holdWrites = null
 })
 
 /**
@@ -174,3 +191,71 @@ describe('adding a custom key when the store refuses the write', () => {
     expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 })
+
+describe('removing a custom key', () => {
+  const kept = { id: 'custom-1', label: 'Ctrl+C', bytes: '\u0003', enter: false }
+  const removed = { id: 'custom-2', label: 'Ctrl+D', bytes: '\u0004', enter: false }
+
+  it('rejects when the store refuses, so a caller never drops the row', async () => {
+    store.raw = JSON.stringify([kept, removed])
+    store.refuse = true
+    await expect(removeCustomKey(removed.id)).rejects.toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('answers the stored list without the key once the store takes it', async () => {
+    store.raw = JSON.stringify([kept, removed])
+    await expect(removeCustomKey(removed.id)).resolves.toEqual([kept])
+  })
+
+  it('lets two removals in flight together both land', async () => {
+    const third = { id: 'custom-3', label: 'Ctrl+Z', bytes: '\u001a', enter: false }
+    store.raw = JSON.stringify([kept, removed, third])
+    await Promise.all([removeCustomKey(kept.id), removeCustomKey(removed.id)])
+    expect(JSON.parse(store.raw ?? '[]')).toEqual([third])
+  })
+
+  it('removes from the list a settings save in flight stored, not the list before it', async () => {
+    const third = { id: 'custom-3', label: 'Ctrl+Z', bytes: '\u001a', enter: false }
+    store.raw = JSON.stringify([kept, removed, third])
+    let releaseWrites: () => void = () => {}
+    store.holdWrites = new Promise((resolve) => {
+      releaseWrites = resolve
+    })
+    const reorder = saveCustomKeys([third, removed, kept])
+    const removal = removeCustomKey(removed.id)
+    releaseWrites()
+    await Promise.all([reorder, removal])
+    expect(JSON.parse(store.raw ?? '[]')).toEqual([third, kept])
+  })
+
+  it('writes nothing when the stored list cannot be read, so a read failure erases nothing', async () => {
+    store.raw = JSON.stringify([kept, removed])
+    store.failRead = true
+    await expect(removeCustomKey(removed.id)).rejects.toThrow()
+    expect(store.writes).toBe(0)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('adding a custom key when the stored list cannot be read', () => {
+  it('writes nothing and keeps the drawer open', async () => {
+    store.failRead = true
+    vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    const onKeysChanged = vi.fn()
+    const onClose = vi.fn()
+    let renderer: ReturnType<typeof create> | null = null
+    act(() => {
+      renderer = create(createElement(CustomKeyModal, { visible: true, onClose, onKeysChanged }))
+    })
+    if (renderer === null) {
+      throw new Error('the modal did not render')
+    }
+    addAShortcut(renderer)
+    await act(async () => {
+      await Promise.resolve()
+      await Promise.resolve()
+    })
+    expect(store.writes).toBe(0)
+    expect(onKeysChanged).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(onClose).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/terminal-shortcut-settings-custom-keys.test.tsx b/mobile/src/components/terminal-shortcut-settings-custom-keys.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da54bf9f66b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/components/terminal-shortcut-settings-custom-keys.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+import { createElement, useEffect, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { CustomKey } from './CustomKeyModal'
+
+const CUSTOM_KEYS = 'orca:custom-accessory-keys'
+
+const store = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const held: {
+    values: Map<string, string>
+    holdWrites: Promise<void> | null
+    refuseWrites: boolean
+  } = { values: new Map(), holdWrites: null, refuseWrites: false }
+  return held
+})
+
+vi.mock('@react-native-async-storage/async-storage', () => ({
+  default: {
+    getItem: async (key: string) => store.values.get(key) ?? null,
+    setItem: async (key: string, value: string) => {
+      await store.holdWrites
+      if (store.refuseWrites) {
+        throw new Error('the store refused the write')
+      }
+      store.values.set(key, value)
+    }
+  }
+}))
+const hosts = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const make = (name: string) => {
+    const Host = (props: { children?: ReactNode }): ReactNode => props.children ?? null
+    Host.displayName = name
+    return Host
+  }
+  return { View: make('View'), Text: make('Text'), Pressable: make('Pressable') }
+})
+vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
+  AppState: { addEventListener: () => ({ remove: () => {} }) },
+  View: hosts.View,
+  Text: hosts.Text,
+  Pressable: hosts.Pressable,
+  Switch: hosts.View,
+  StyleSheet: { create: <T,>(styles: T) => styles, absoluteFillObject: {} },
+  Platform: { OS: 'ios', select: (options: Record<string, unknown>) => options.ios }
+}))
+vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({
+  useFocusEffect: (effect: () => void) => useEffect(effect, [effect])
+}))
+vi.mock('lucide-react-native', () => ({
+  ChevronLeft: hosts.View,
+  ChevronRight: hosts.View,
+  X: hosts.View
+}))
+vi.mock('./BottomDrawer', () => ({ BottomDrawer: hosts.View }))
+const lists = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const held: { custom: { items: CustomKey[]; onReorder: (ids: string[]) => void } | null } = {
+    custom: null
+  }
+  return held
+})
+vi.mock('./DragReorderList', () => ({
+  DragReorderList: (props: {
+    items: { id: string }[]
+    renderRow: (item: { id: string }) => ReactNode
+    onReorder: (ids: string[]) => void
+  }): ReactNode => {
+    if (props.items.some((item) => item.id.startsWith('custom-'))) {
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the custom-key list is the only one whose ids start with `custom-`.
+      lists.custom = props as unknown as { items: CustomKey[]; onReorder: (ids: string[]) => void }
+    }
+    return props.items.map((item) => props.renderRow(item))
+  }
+}))
+
+import { TerminalShortcutSettings } from './TerminalShortcutSettings'
+
+const keys: CustomKey[] = ['a', 'b', 'c'].map((name) => ({
+  id: `custom-${name}`,
+  label: name,
+  bytes: name,
+  enter: false
+}))
+
+function stored(): string[] {
+  const raw = store.values.get(CUSTOM_KEYS)
+  const parsed: CustomKey[] = raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : []
+  return parsed.map((key) => key.id)
+}
+
+function shown(): string[] {
+  return lists.custom?.items.map((key) => key.id) ?? []
+}
+
+let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null
+
+async function mount(): Promise<void> {
+  await act(async () => {
+    renderer = create(
+      createElement(TerminalShortcutSettings, {
+        // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the mocked reorder list never reads the scroll bindings.
+        scrollRef: {} as never,
+        // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: as above.
+        scrollOffsetY: {} as never,
+        // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: as above.
+        scrollContentHeight: {} as never,
+        onDragActiveChange: () => {}
+      })
+    )
+  })
+}
+
+function pressRemove(label: string): void {
+  const button = renderer?.root.find(
+    (node) => node.type === hosts.Pressable && node.props.accessibilityLabel === `Remove ${label}`
+  )
+  act(() => button?.props.onPress())
+}
+
+async function settle(): Promise<void> {
+  await act(async () => {
+    for (let turn = 0; turn < 10; turn += 1) {
+      await Promise.resolve()
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  store.values = new Map([[CUSTOM_KEYS, JSON.stringify(keys)]])
+  store.holdWrites = null
+  store.refuseWrites = false
+  lists.custom = null
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => renderer?.unmount())
+  renderer = null
+})
+
+describe('custom shortcuts in terminal settings', () => {
+  it('keeps a key removed when the list is reordered before the removal is saved', async () => {
+    await mount()
+    let releaseWrites: () => void = () => {}
+    store.holdWrites = new Promise((resolve) => {
+      releaseWrites = resolve
+    })
+    pressRemove('b')
+    act(() => lists.custom?.onReorder(['custom-c', 'custom-a']))
+    releaseWrites()
+    await settle()
+    expect(shown()).toEqual(['custom-c', 'custom-a'])
+    expect(stored()).toEqual(['custom-c', 'custom-a'])
+  })
+
+  it('shows the key again when the store refuses its removal', async () => {
+    await mount()
+    store.refuseWrites = true
+    pressRemove('b')
+    expect(shown()).toEqual(['custom-a', 'custom-c'])
+    await settle()
+    expect(shown()).toEqual(['custom-a', 'custom-b', 'custom-c'])
+    expect(stored()).toEqual(['custom-a', 'custom-b', 'custom-c'])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/home/MobileHomeTopBar.tsx b/mobile/src/home/MobileHomeTopBar.tsx
index ac6d800c7f6..c97648fab23 100644
--- a/mobile/src/home/MobileHomeTopBar.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/home/MobileHomeTopBar.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ export function MobileHomeTopBar({ onOpenSettings }: { onOpenSettings: () => voi
       <Pressable
         style={({ pressed }) => [styles.iconButton, pressed && styles.iconButtonPressed]}
         onPress={onOpenSettings}
+        hitSlop={8}
+        accessibilityRole="button"
+        accessibilityLabel="Settings"
       >
         <Settings size={18} color={colors.textSecondary} />
       </Pressable>
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatFloatingControls.tsx b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatFloatingControls.tsx
index 2ca716de860..f0ac6db0179 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatFloatingControls.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatFloatingControls.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export function MobileNativeChatFloatingControls({
         <Pressable
           accessibilityRole="button"
           accessibilityLabel={toolsExpanded ? 'Collapse tool runs' : 'Expand tool runs'}
+          accessibilityState={{ expanded: toolsExpanded }}
           style={({ pressed }) => [styles.toolsPill, pressed && styles.pressed]}
           onPress={onToggleTools}
         >
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-keyboard-state.test.tsx b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-keyboard-state.test.tsx
index 5eafbb4fad9..f15bc5297cb 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-keyboard-state.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-keyboard-state.test.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,21 @@ import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import type { SoftKeyboardState } from '../platform/keyboard-occlusion'
 import type { RouteHandoff } from '../navigation/route-handoff'
+import type { CustomKey } from '../components/CustomKeyModal'
 
 const harness = vi.hoisted(() => {
   const keyboard: SoftKeyboardState = { height: 0, visible: false }
+  const deleteCustomKey: { current: ((key: CustomKey) => Promise<void>) | null } = {
+    current: null
+  }
   return {
     keyboard,
+    deleteCustomKey,
     notifyKeyboardVisibility: vi.fn<(visible: boolean) => void>(),
     notifyTerminalFrameHeight: vi.fn<(height: number) => void>(),
-    setKeyboardHeight: vi.fn<Dispatch<SetStateAction<number>>>()
+    setKeyboardHeight: vi.fn<Dispatch<SetStateAction<number>>>(),
+    setCustomKeys: vi.fn<Dispatch<SetStateAction<CustomKey[]>>>(),
+    removeCustomKey: vi.fn<(id: string) => Promise<CustomKey[]>>()
   }
 })
 
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ vi.mock('../terminal/terminal-viewport-refit', () => ({
     notifyTerminalFrameHeight: harness.notifyTerminalFrameHeight
   })
 }))
-vi.mock('../components/CustomKeyModal', () => ({ saveCustomKeys: () => Promise.resolve() }))
+vi.mock('../components/CustomKeyModal', () => ({ removeCustomKey: harness.removeCustomKey }))
 vi.mock('../worktree/last-visited-worktree-repo', () => ({ writeLastVisitedWorktree: () => {} }))
 
 import { useMobileSessionKeyboardState } from './use-mobile-session-keyboard-state'
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ const router: RouteHandoff = {
 }
 
 function Harness(): null {
-  useMobileSessionKeyboardState({
+  const { handleDeleteCustomKey } = useMobileSessionKeyboardState({
     hostId: 'host-1',
     worktreeId: 'wt-1',
     router,
@@ -62,8 +69,7 @@ function Harness(): null {
     tabStripOffsetRef: { current: 0 },
     tabStripViewportWidthRef: { current: 0 },
     tabStripContentWidthRef: { current: 0 },
-    customKeys: [],
-    setCustomKeys: () => {},
+    setCustomKeys: harness.setCustomKeys,
     setShowCustomKeyModal: () => {},
     setKeyboardHeight: harness.setKeyboardHeight,
     // Read only by the viewport refit, which is mocked above; present because the scope names them.
@@ -78,6 +84,7 @@ function Harness(): null {
     viewportMeasuredRef: { current: false },
     viewportRef: { current: null }
   })
+  harness.deleteCustomKey.current = handleDeleteCustomKey
   return null
 }
 
@@ -130,3 +137,32 @@ describe('what the session screen hears about the keyboard', () => {
     expect(harness.setKeyboardHeight.mock.calls.every(([height]) => height === 0)).toBe(true)
   })
 })
+
+describe('removing a custom shortcut from the session sheet', () => {
+  const key: CustomKey = { id: 'custom-1', label: 'Ctrl+C', bytes: '\u0003', enter: false }
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    harness.setCustomKeys.mockClear()
+    harness.removeCustomKey.mockReset()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the key on screen when the store refuses the removal', async () => {
+    harness.removeCustomKey.mockRejectedValue(new Error('refused'))
+    vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    await mount()
+    await act(async () => {
+      await harness.deleteCustomKey.current?.(key)
+    })
+    expect(harness.setCustomKeys).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('shows the list the store took once the removal lands', async () => {
+    harness.removeCustomKey.mockResolvedValue([])
+    await mount()
+    await act(async () => {
+      await harness.deleteCustomKey.current?.(key)
+    })
+    expect(harness.removeCustomKey).toHaveBeenCalledWith('custom-1')
+    expect(harness.setCustomKeys).toHaveBeenCalledWith([])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-keyboard-state.ts b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-keyboard-state.ts
index c3dbbe0598e..41d459c5f00 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-keyboard-state.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-session-keyboard-state.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useCallback } from 'react'
 import { useSoftKeyboard } from '../platform/keyboard-occlusion'
 import { useTerminalViewportRefit } from '../terminal/terminal-viewport-refit'
-import { saveCustomKeys, type CustomKey } from '../components/CustomKeyModal'
+import { removeCustomKey, type CustomKey } from '../components/CustomKeyModal'
 import { writeLastVisitedWorktree } from '../worktree/last-visited-worktree-repo'
 import { resolveTabStripScrollOffset } from './tab-strip-scroll'
 import type { MobileSessionLifecycleModel } from './use-mobile-session-lifecycle'
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export type MobileSessionKeyboardScope = Pick<
   | 'activeSessionTabId'
   | 'clientRef'
   | 'connState'
-  | 'customKeys'
   | 'deviceTokenRef'
   | 'hostId'
   | 'router'
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ export function useMobileSessionKeyboardState(scope: MobileSessionKeyboardScope)
     tabStripViewportWidthRef,
     tabStripContentWidthRef,
     tabLayoutsRef,
-    customKeys,
     setCustomKeys,
     setShowCustomKeyModal,
     setKeyboardHeight,
@@ -135,14 +133,13 @@ export function useMobileSessionKeyboardState(scope: MobileSessionKeyboardScope)
     }
   }, [hostId, worktreeId])
 
-  const handleDeleteCustomKey = useCallback(
-    async (key: CustomKey) => {
-      const updated = customKeys.filter((k) => k.id !== key.id)
-      setCustomKeys(updated)
-      await saveCustomKeys(updated)
-    },
-    [customKeys]
-  )
+  const handleDeleteCustomKey = useCallback(async (key: CustomKey) => {
+    try {
+      setCustomKeys(await removeCustomKey(key.id))
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn('[custom-keys] the store would not take this removal', error)
+    }
+  }, [])
 
   const handleManageShortcuts = useCallback(() => {
     setShowCustomKeyModal(false)
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/MobileSourceControlContent.test.tsx b/mobile/src/source-control/MobileSourceControlContent.test.tsx
index f0ec2fd93ba..560b561d33b 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/MobileSourceControlContent.test.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/MobileSourceControlContent.test.tsx
@@ -365,3 +365,24 @@ describe('committed branch files during commit-message typing', () => {
     expect(format).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 })
+
+describe('AI commit message button', () => {
+  function generateButton() {
+    return renderer?.root.find(
+      (node) =>
+        String(node.type) === 'Pressable' &&
+        (node.props.accessibilityLabel === 'Generate commit message with AI' ||
+          node.props.accessibilityLabel === 'Cancel commit message generation')
+    )
+  }
+
+  it('matches desktop: a typed message blocks regenerating, and cancel stays available', () => {
+    render()
+    expect(generateButton()?.props.disabled).toBe(false)
+    patch({ commitMessage: 'my own message' })
+    expect(generateButton()?.props.disabled).toBe(true)
+    expect(generateButton()?.props.accessibilityHint).toBe('Clear the message to regenerate.')
+    patch({ generatingMessage: true })
+    expect(generateButton()?.props.disabled).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/MobileSourceControlContent.tsx b/mobile/src/source-control/MobileSourceControlContent.tsx
index 320e44ff8cc..7a4ab882285 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/MobileSourceControlContent.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/MobileSourceControlContent.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ export function MobileSourceControlContent({ state }: Props) {
   // Why: a capped listing can hide unstaged rows behind an all-staged prefix.
   const canStageAll = stageablePaths.length > 0 || status?.didHitLimit === true
   const shouldShowGenerateButton = stagedCount > 0 || generatingMessage
+  // Why: as on desktop, a typed message blocks regenerating; while generating the button cancels.
+  const generateBlockedByMessage = !generatingMessage && commitMessage.trim().length > 0
+  const generateDisabled = busyAction !== null || generateBlockedByMessage
   const createPrHeroActive =
     createPrAction.visible && !createPrAction.disabled && !createPrAction.pushFirst
   const fileList = useMemo(
@@ -209,12 +212,16 @@ export function MobileSourceControlContent({ state }: Props) {
             <Pressable
               style={({ pressed }) => [
                 styles.generateButton,
-                busyAction !== null && styles.commitButtonDisabled,
+                generateDisabled && styles.commitButtonDisabled,
                 pressed && styles.commitButtonPressed
               ]}
               // Why: commit-message AI belongs to the commit path; hiding it
               // during Stage All keeps the quick action visually unambiguous.
-              disabled={busyAction !== null}
+              disabled={generateDisabled}
+              accessibilityState={{ disabled: generateDisabled }}
+              accessibilityHint={
+                generateBlockedByMessage ? 'Clear the message to regenerate.' : undefined
+              }
               onPress={() =>
                 generatingMessage ? cancelGenerateCommitMessage() : void generateCommitMessage()
               }
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-commit-during-generation.test.tsx b/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-commit-during-generation.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fb8a351e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/mobile-commit-during-generation.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { createElement, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest'
+import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
+import type { MobileGenerateCommitMessageResult } from './mobile-commit-message-ai'
+
+// Why: react-native is Flow source vitest will not parse; haptics reaches expo-haptics through it.
+vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
+  Platform: { OS: 'ios', select: (options: Record<string, unknown>) => options.ios },
+  StyleSheet: { create: (value: unknown) => value, hairlineWidth: 1 }
+}))
+vi.mock('expo-router', () => ({
+  useRouter: () => ({
+    back: () => undefined,
+    push: () => undefined,
+    replace: () => undefined,
+    navigate: () => undefined,
+    dismissTo: () => undefined,
+    prefetch: () => undefined,
+    canGoBack: () => false,
+    setParams: () => undefined
+  })
+}))
+vi.mock('../platform/haptics', () => ({ triggerError: vi.fn(), triggerSuccess: vi.fn() }))
+const ai = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const held: {
+    resolve: ((result: MobileGenerateCommitMessageResult) => void) | null
+    cancel: Mock<() => void>
+  } = { resolve: null, cancel: vi.fn<() => void>() }
+  return held
+})
+vi.mock('./mobile-commit-message-ai', () => ({
+  requestMobileCommitMessage: () =>
+    new Promise<MobileGenerateCommitMessageResult>((resolve) => {
+      ai.resolve = resolve
+    }),
+  cancelMobileCommitMessage: async () => ai.cancel()
+}))
+
+import { useRouteHandoff } from '../navigation/route-handoff'
+import { useMobileSourceControlRunners } from './use-mobile-source-control-runners'
+
+// oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the mocked AI module and the injected senders are the only things that would reach the client.
+const client = {} as RpcClient
+type Runners = ReturnType<typeof useMobileSourceControlRunners>
+const view: {
+  message: string
+  type: ((next: string) => void) | null
+  runners: Runners | null
+} = { message: '', type: null, runners: null }
+
+function Harness(): null {
+  const router = useRouteHandoff()
+  const [commitMessage, setCommitMessage] = useState('')
+  const [generatingMessage, setGeneratingMessage] = useState(false)
+  const mountedRef = useRef(true)
+  const busyActionRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
+  view.message = commitMessage
+  view.type = setCommitMessage
+  view.runners = useMobileSourceControlRunners({
+    client,
+    hostId: 'host-a',
+    worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+    status: null,
+    branchLabel: 'main',
+    commitMessage,
+    stagedEntries: [],
+    generatingMessage,
+    stageablePaths: [],
+    unstageablePaths: [],
+    router,
+    sendGitRequest: vi.fn(),
+    sendCommitRequest: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+    runGitSyncSteps: vi.fn(),
+    loadStatus: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
+    mountedRef,
+    busyActionRef,
+    setBusyAction: vi.fn(),
+    setActionError: vi.fn(),
+    setCommitMessage,
+    setGeneratingMessage,
+    setShowActionSheet: vi.fn(),
+    setLocalBranches: vi.fn(),
+    setShowBranchPicker: vi.fn(),
+    setCreatedPrUrl: vi.fn(),
+    setCreatedPrWarning: vi.fn(),
+    recordCommitFailure: vi.fn()
+  })
+  return null
+}
+
+let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => renderer?.unmount())
+  renderer = null
+  ai.resolve = null
+  ai.cancel.mockClear()
+})
+
+describe('committing while the AI is still writing a message', () => {
+  it('cancels the generation so its late reply does not refill the emptied box', async () => {
+    act(() => {
+      renderer = create(createElement(Harness))
+    })
+    let generating: Promise<void> | undefined
+    act(() => {
+      generating = view.runners?.generateCommitMessage()
+    })
+    act(() => view.type?.('fix: my own words'))
+    await act(async () => {
+      await view.runners?.commit()
+    })
+    expect(ai.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(view.message).toBe('')
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      ai.resolve?.({ success: true, message: 'feat: generated for the old diff' })
+      await generating
+    })
+    expect(view.message).toBe('')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-commit-message-generation.test.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-commit-message-generation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca183cbc494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-commit-message-generation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { createElement, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
+import type { MobileGenerateCommitMessageResult } from './mobile-commit-message-ai'
+
+vi.mock('../platform/haptics', () => ({ triggerError: vi.fn(), triggerSuccess: vi.fn() }))
+const reply = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const held: {
+    resolve: ((result: MobileGenerateCommitMessageResult) => void) | null
+    reject: ((error: Error) => void) | null
+    cancel: () => Promise<void>
+  } = { resolve: null, reject: null, cancel: async () => {} }
+  return held
+})
+vi.mock('./mobile-commit-message-ai', () => ({
+  requestMobileCommitMessage: () =>
+    new Promise<MobileGenerateCommitMessageResult>((resolve, reject) => {
+      reply.resolve = resolve
+      reply.reject = reject
+    }),
+  cancelMobileCommitMessage: () => reply.cancel()
+}))
+
+import { useMobileCommitMessageGeneration } from './use-mobile-commit-message-generation'
+
+// oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the mocked request module never reaches the client.
+const client = {} as RpcClient
+const view: {
+  message: string
+  error: string | null
+  type: ((next: string) => void) | null
+  generate: (() => Promise<void>) | null
+  cancel: (() => void) | null
+} = { message: '', error: null, type: null, generate: null, cancel: null }
+
+function Harness(): null {
+  const [message, setMessage] = useState('')
+  const [generating, setGenerating] = useState(false)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  const mountedRef = useRef(true)
+  const busyActionRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
+  const { generateCommitMessage, cancelGenerateCommitMessage } = useMobileCommitMessageGeneration({
+    client,
+    worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+    generatingMessage: generating,
+    mountedRef,
+    busyActionRef,
+    setGeneratingMessage: setGenerating,
+    setCommitMessage: setMessage,
+    setActionError: setError
+  })
+  view.message = message
+  view.error = error
+  view.cancel = cancelGenerateCommitMessage
+  view.type = setMessage
+  view.generate = generateCommitMessage
+  return null
+}
+
+let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => renderer?.unmount())
+  renderer = null
+  reply.resolve = null
+  reply.reject = null
+  reply.cancel = async () => {}
+})
+
+async function generateThen(typed: string | null): Promise<void> {
+  act(() => {
+    renderer = create(createElement(Harness))
+  })
+  let pending: Promise<void> | undefined
+  act(() => {
+    pending = view.generate?.()
+  })
+  if (typed !== null) {
+    act(() => view.type?.(typed))
+  }
+  await act(async () => {
+    reply.resolve?.({ success: true, message: 'feat: generated' })
+    await pending
+  })
+}
+
+describe('useMobileCommitMessageGeneration', () => {
+  it('keeps what the user typed while the agent ran, as desktop does', async () => {
+    await generateThen('fix: my own words')
+    expect(view.message).toBe('fix: my own words')
+  })
+
+  it('fills an empty box with the generated message', async () => {
+    await generateThen(null)
+    expect(view.message).toBe('feat: generated')
+  })
+
+  it('shows no error from a run that was stopped and then failed', async () => {
+    reply.cancel = () => Promise.reject(new Error('transport closed'))
+    const unhandled = vi.fn()
+    process.on('unhandledRejection', unhandled)
+    act(() => {
+      renderer = create(createElement(Harness))
+    })
+    let pending: Promise<void> | undefined
+    act(() => {
+      pending = view.generate?.()
+    })
+    act(() => view.cancel?.())
+    await act(async () => {
+      reply.reject?.(new Error('transport closed'))
+      await pending
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    })
+    process.off('unhandledRejection', unhandled)
+    expect(view.error).toBeNull()
+    expect(unhandled).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-commit-message-generation.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-commit-message-generation.ts
index b697541d333..c23ff3c1894 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-commit-message-generation.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-commit-message-generation.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { useCallback, type MutableRefObject } from 'react'
+import {
+  useCallback,
+  useRef,
+  type Dispatch,
+  type MutableRefObject,
+  type SetStateAction
+} from 'react'
 import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
 import { triggerError, triggerSuccess } from '../platform/haptics'
 import { cancelMobileCommitMessage, requestMobileCommitMessage } from './mobile-commit-message-ai'
@@ -10,7 +16,7 @@ type Params = {
   mountedRef: MutableRefObject<boolean>
   busyActionRef: MutableRefObject<string | null>
   setGeneratingMessage: (next: boolean) => void
-  setCommitMessage: (next: string) => void
+  setCommitMessage: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string>>
   setActionError: (next: string | null) => void
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@ export function useMobileCommitMessageGeneration(params: Params) {
     setCommitMessage,
     setActionError
   } = params
+  const runRef = useRef(0)
 
   // AI-generate a commit message from the staged diff. Matches desktop: the
   // button is always available; a missing model surfaces as a toast.
@@ -34,15 +41,18 @@ export function useMobileCommitMessageGeneration(params: Params) {
     if (!client || generatingMessage || busyActionRef.current) {
       return
     }
+    runRef.current += 1
+    const run = runRef.current
     setGeneratingMessage(true)
     setActionError(null)
     try {
       const result = await requestMobileCommitMessage(client, worktreeId)
-      if (!mountedRef.current) {
+      if (!mountedRef.current || run !== runRef.current) {
         return
       }
       if (result.success) {
-        setCommitMessage(result.message)
+        // Why: same rule as desktop — text typed while the agent ran wins over the generated message.
+        setCommitMessage((current) => (current.length > 0 ? current : result.message))
         triggerSuccess()
       } else if (!result.canceled) {
         triggerError()
@@ -51,7 +61,7 @@ export function useMobileCommitMessageGeneration(params: Params) {
     } catch (err) {
       // Why: a transport drop rejects the RPC; without this the error haptic +
       // message are skipped and the rejection escapes the void-called handler.
-      if (mountedRef.current) {
+      if (mountedRef.current && run === runRef.current) {
         triggerError()
         setActionError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to generate commit message')
       }
@@ -72,10 +82,15 @@ export function useMobileCommitMessageGeneration(params: Params) {
   ])
 
   const cancelGenerateCommitMessage = useCallback(() => {
-    if (client) {
-      void cancelMobileCommitMessage(client, worktreeId)
+    if (!client || !generatingMessage) {
+      return
     }
-  }, [client, worktreeId])
+    // Why: like desktop's canceled record — a run the host still finishes must not fill the box.
+    runRef.current += 1
+    // Why: commit and Create PR call this without awaiting; a dropped transport must not surface
+    // as an unhandled rejection, and the run's own reply still clears the spinner.
+    cancelMobileCommitMessage(client, worktreeId).catch(() => {})
+  }, [client, generatingMessage, worktreeId])
 
   return { generateCommitMessage, cancelGenerateCommitMessage }
 }
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-create-pr-runner.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-create-pr-runner.ts
index b7fb9ce4145..47e5e00ebd2 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-create-pr-runner.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-create-pr-runner.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Params = {
   mountedRef: MutableRefObject<boolean>
   runGitWorkflow: RunGitWorkflow
   loadStatus: LoadStatus
+  cancelGenerateCommitMessage: () => void
   setActionError: (next: string | null) => void
   setCommitMessage: (next: string) => void
   setShowActionSheet: (next: boolean) => void
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ export function useMobileCreatePrRunner({
   mountedRef,
   runGitWorkflow,
   loadStatus,
+  cancelGenerateCommitMessage,
   setActionError,
   setCommitMessage,
   setShowActionSheet,
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ export function useMobileCreatePrRunner({
       }
       let progress: MobileHostedReviewCreateIntentProgress | null = null
       const ran = await runGitWorkflow(pushFirst ? 'push-create-pr' : 'create-pr', async () => {
+        // Why: this run commits the box's message, so it supersedes a running generation too.
+        cancelGenerateCommitMessage()
         created.current = await runMobileHostedReviewCreateIntent(client, worktreeId, {
           branch,
           title: branchLabel,
@@ -112,6 +116,7 @@ export function useMobileCreatePrRunner({
     },
     [
       branchLabel,
+      cancelGenerateCommitMessage,
       client,
       commitMessage,
       loadStatus,
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-source-control-commit-runners.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-source-control-commit-runners.ts
index 79253e536ea..3439013c01a 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-source-control-commit-runners.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-source-control-commit-runners.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type Params = {
   stagedEntries: MobileCommitFailureRecovery['stagedEntries']
   sendGitRequest: SendGitRequest
   sendCommitRequest: (message: string) => Promise<unknown>
+  cancelGenerateCommitMessage: () => void
   runGitSyncSteps: () => Promise<void>
   runGitWorkflow: RunGitWorkflow
   loadStatus: (options?: LoadStatusOptions) => Promise<boolean>
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ export function useMobileSourceControlCommitRunners(params: Params) {
     commitMessage,
     stagedEntries,
     sendGitRequest,
-    sendCommitRequest,
+    sendCommitRequest: sendCommitRequestOnly,
+    cancelGenerateCommitMessage,
     runGitSyncSteps,
     runGitWorkflow,
     loadStatus,
@@ -48,6 +50,15 @@ export function useMobileSourceControlCommitRunners(params: Params) {
     setCommitMessage,
     recordCommitFailure
   } = params
+  // Why: as on desktop, committing the box's message cancels a running generation so its late
+  // reply cannot refill the box the commit empties.
+  const sendCommitRequest = useCallback(
+    (message: string) => {
+      cancelGenerateCommitMessage()
+      return sendCommitRequestOnly(message)
+    },
+    [cancelGenerateCommitMessage, sendCommitRequestOnly]
+  )
 
   const commit = useCallback(async () => {
     const message = commitMessage.trim()
diff --git a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-source-control-runners.ts b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-source-control-runners.ts
index b1d5f2dded1..e0be41bc351 100644
--- a/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-source-control-runners.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/source-control/use-mobile-source-control-runners.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, type MutableRefObject } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, type Dispatch, type MutableRefObject, type SetStateAction } from 'react'
 import type { RouteHandoff } from '../navigation/route-handoff'
 import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
 import { triggerError, triggerSuccess } from '../platform/haptics'
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type Params = {
   busyActionRef: MutableRefObject<string | null>
   setBusyAction: (next: string | null) => void
   setActionError: (next: string | null) => void
-  setCommitMessage: (next: string) => void
+  setCommitMessage: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string>>
   setGeneratingMessage: (next: boolean) => void
   setShowActionSheet: (next: boolean) => void
   setLocalBranches: (next: RuntimeGitLocalBranches | null) => void
@@ -179,22 +179,6 @@ export function useMobileSourceControlRunners(params: Params) {
     await runGitAction('unstage-all', 'git.bulkUnstage', { filePaths: unstageablePaths })
   }, [runGitAction, unstageablePaths])
 
-  const { commit, runCommitSequence, runCommitSyncSequence } = useMobileSourceControlCommitRunners({
-    commitMessage,
-    stagedEntries,
-    sendGitRequest,
-    sendCommitRequest,
-    runGitSyncSteps,
-    runGitWorkflow,
-    loadStatus,
-    mountedRef,
-    busyActionRef,
-    setBusyAction,
-    setActionError,
-    setCommitMessage,
-    recordCommitFailure
-  })
-
   const { generateCommitMessage, cancelGenerateCommitMessage } = useMobileCommitMessageGeneration({
     client,
     worktreeId,
@@ -206,6 +190,23 @@ export function useMobileSourceControlRunners(params: Params) {
     setActionError
   })
 
+  const { commit, runCommitSequence, runCommitSyncSequence } = useMobileSourceControlCommitRunners({
+    commitMessage,
+    stagedEntries,
+    sendGitRequest,
+    sendCommitRequest,
+    cancelGenerateCommitMessage,
+    runGitSyncSteps,
+    runGitWorkflow,
+    loadStatus,
+    mountedRef,
+    busyActionRef,
+    setBusyAction,
+    setActionError,
+    setCommitMessage,
+    recordCommitFailure
+  })
+
   const createPr = useMobileCreatePrRunner({
     client,
     worktreeId,
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ export function useMobileSourceControlRunners(params: Params) {
     mountedRef,
     runGitWorkflow,
     loadStatus,
+    cancelGenerateCommitMessage,
     setActionError,
     setCommitMessage,
     setShowActionSheet,
diff --git a/mobile/src/storage/use-serialized-stored-state.test.ts b/mobile/src/storage/use-serialized-stored-state.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2f93126913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/storage/use-serialized-stored-state.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { createElement } from 'react'
+import { act, create, type ReactTestRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { useSerializedStoredState } from './use-serialized-stored-state'
+
+type Hook = ReturnType<typeof useSerializedStoredState<string>>
+let latest: Hook | null = null
+let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null
+
+function mount(load: () => Promise<string>, save: (value: string) => Promise<void>): void {
+  function Harness(): null {
+    latest = useSerializedStoredState('a', load, save)
+    return null
+  }
+  act(() => {
+    renderer = create(createElement(Harness))
+  })
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => renderer?.unmount())
+  renderer = null
+  latest = null
+})
+
+describe('useSerializedStoredState', () => {
+  it('shows the stored value again when a save is refused', async () => {
+    mount(
+      async () => 'a',
+      async () => {
+        throw new Error('refused')
+      }
+    )
+    await act(async () => {
+      latest?.setValue('b')
+      latest?.persist('b')
+    })
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    })
+    expect(latest?.value).toBe('a')
+  })
+
+  it('leaves a later queued write in charge when an earlier save is refused', async () => {
+    const load = vi.fn(async () => 'a')
+    let landLater: () => void = () => {}
+    const save = vi.fn((value: string) =>
+      value === 'b'
+        ? Promise.reject(new Error('refused'))
+        : new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            landLater = resolve
+          })
+    )
+    mount(load, save)
+    await act(async () => {
+      latest?.persist('b')
+      latest?.setValue('c')
+      latest?.persist('c')
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    })
+    expect(load).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    await act(async () => {
+      landLater()
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    })
+    expect(load).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(latest?.value).toBe('c')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/storage/use-serialized-stored-state.ts b/mobile/src/storage/use-serialized-stored-state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9507ee24cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/storage/use-serialized-stored-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Screen state over a stored value, changed optimistically and saved one write at a time.
+ *
+ * A focus or AppState refresh that races an in-flight save must not overwrite the optimistic
+ * state, and a refused save must not leave the screen showing a change the store never took.
+ */
+export function useSerializedStoredState<T>(
+  initial: T | (() => T),
+  load: () => Promise<T>,
+  save: (value: T) => Promise<void>
+) {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState(initial)
+  const writeChainRef = useRef<Promise<void>>(Promise.resolve())
+  const writeSeqRef = useRef(0)
+  const pendingWritesRef = useRef(0)
+
+  const refresh = useCallback(() => {
+    const refreshSeq = writeSeqRef.current
+    void load().then((stored) => {
+      if (pendingWritesRef.current > 0 || refreshSeq !== writeSeqRef.current) {
+        return
+      }
+      setValue(stored)
+    })
+  }, [load])
+
+  const persist = useCallback(
+    (next: T) => {
+      writeSeqRef.current += 1
+      pendingWritesRef.current += 1
+      writeChainRef.current = writeChainRef.current
+        .then(() => save(next))
+        .then(
+          () => false,
+          () => true
+        )
+        .then((refused) => {
+          pendingWritesRef.current -= 1
+          // Why: a refused write left the store as it was; show what it holds. A write still
+          // queued owns the screen, and a read started now could land after it and undo it.
+          if (refused && pendingWritesRef.current === 0) {
+            refresh()
+          }
+        })
+    },
+    [refresh, save]
+  )
+
+  /** A value another writer already stored; refreshes that read before it landed are dropped. */
+  const adoptStored = useCallback((stored: T) => {
+    writeSeqRef.current += 1
+    setValue(stored)
+  }, [])
+
+  return { value, setValue, persist, refresh, adoptStored }
+}
diff --git a/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-tasks-screen-chrome.tsx b/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-tasks-screen-chrome.tsx
index 4d6c583ea04..b2d964ed917 100644
--- a/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-tasks-screen-chrome.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/tasks/mobile-tasks-screen-chrome.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ import { styles } from './mobile-tasks-legacy-styles'
 import { renderMobileTasksProviderControls } from './mobile-tasks-provider-controls'
 import { renderMobileTasksSearchControl } from './mobile-tasks-search-control'
 
+// Same wording as the desktop task page's icon buttons.
+const REFRESH_LABELS = {
+  github: 'Refresh GitHub work',
+  gitlab: 'Refresh GitLab work items',
+  linear: 'Refresh Linear',
+  jira: 'Refresh Jira issues'
+} as const
+
 export function renderMobileTasksChrome(model: ConnectionPresentationModel) {
   const { setTaskCopyFeedbackRootRef } = model
   return (
@@ -72,6 +80,9 @@ export function renderMobileTasksStatusBar(model: ConnectionPresentationModel) {
       <Pressable
         style={styles.iconButton}
         disabled={!taskUiReady || loading || refreshing || githubProjectLoading}
+        hitSlop={8}
+        accessibilityRole="button"
+        accessibilityLabel={REFRESH_LABELS[provider]}
         onPress={() => {
           if (!taskUiReady) {
             return
@@ -89,6 +100,15 @@ export function renderMobileTasksStatusBar(model: ConnectionPresentationModel) {
         <Pressable
           style={styles.iconButton}
           disabled={!taskUiReady}
+          hitSlop={8}
+          accessibilityRole="button"
+          accessibilityLabel={
+            provider === 'github'
+              ? 'New GitHub issue'
+              : linearConnected
+                ? 'New Linear issue'
+                : 'Connect Linear'
+          }
           onPress={() => {
             if (!taskUiReady) {
               return
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-flows.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-flows.ts
index c2628b3d9dc..a98685f3549 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-flows.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-flows.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import type { SourceControlPanelFoundation } from '../panel/use-panel-foundation'
 import { useSourceControlCreatePrIntentCommitMessage } from '../review/use-create-pr-intent-commit-message'
 import { useSourceControlConflictAbort } from '../sync/use-conflict-abort'
@@ -97,6 +98,19 @@ export function useSourceControlCommitFlows(foundation: SourceControlPanelFounda
     updateCommitMessageGenerationRecord,
     worktreePath
   })
+  const { handleCommit: commitStagedChanges } = commitAction
+  const { handleCancelGenerate } = commitMessageGeneration
+  // Why: committing the box's own message makes a running generation moot; cancel it so its late
+  // reply cannot refill the box the commit empties. Create PR commits carry their own target.
+  const handleCommit = useCallback<typeof commitStagedChanges>(
+    (messageOverride, options) => {
+      if (!options?.target) {
+        handleCancelGenerate()
+      }
+      return commitStagedChanges(messageOverride, options)
+    },
+    [commitStagedChanges, handleCancelGenerate]
+  )
   const createPrIntentCommitMessage = useSourceControlCreatePrIntentCommitMessage({
     activeRepo,
     generateInFlightRef,
@@ -115,7 +129,7 @@ export function useSourceControlCommitFlows(foundation: SourceControlPanelFounda
     fastForwardBranch,
     fetchBranch,
     grouped,
-    handleCommit: commitAction.handleCommit,
+    handleCommit,
     pullBranch,
     pushBranch,
     rebaseFromBase,
@@ -143,7 +157,7 @@ export function useSourceControlCommitFlows(foundation: SourceControlPanelFounda
   })
 
   return {
-    ...commitAction,
+    handleCommit,
     ...commitMessageGeneration,
     ...createPrIntentCommitMessage,
     ...remoteActionRunner,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-message-generation.cancel.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-message-generation.cancel.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..293c2fe96dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-message-generation.cancel.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import { act, createElement } from 'react'
+import { createRoot, type Root } from 'react-dom/client'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import type { CommitDraftsByWorktree } from './commit-drafts'
+
+const host = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const held: {
+    succeed: ((message: string) => void) | null
+    cancel: Mock<() => void>
+  } = { succeed: null, cancel: vi.fn<() => void>() }
+  return held
+})
+vi.mock('@/runtime/runtime-git-generation-client', () => ({
+  generateRuntimeCommitMessage: () =>
+    new Promise((resolve) => {
+      host.succeed = (message) => resolve({ success: true, message })
+    }),
+  cancelRuntimeGenerateCommitMessage: () => host.cancel()
+}))
+vi.mock('@/lib/connection-context', () => ({ getConnectionId: () => null }))
+
+import { useSourceControlCommitMessageGeneration } from './use-commit-message-generation'
+
+const WORKTREE_ID = 'repo-1::/repo'
+const initialAppState = useAppStore.getInitialState()
+let drafts: CommitDraftsByWorktree = {}
+const generateInFlightRef: { current: Record<string, boolean> } = { current: {} }
+let latest: ReturnType<typeof useSourceControlCommitMessageGeneration> | null = null
+let root: Root | null = null
+
+function Probe(): null {
+  const records = useAppStore((s) => s.commitMessageGenerationRecords)
+  const state = useAppStore.getState()
+  latest = useSourceControlCommitMessageGeneration({
+    activeRepo: null,
+    activeRepoTarget: { kind: 'local' },
+    activeWorktreeId: WORKTREE_ID,
+    allocateCommitMessageGenerationRequestId: state.allocateCommitMessageGenerationRequestId,
+    commitMessageGenerationRecords: records,
+    generateErrors: {},
+    generateInFlightByWorktree: {},
+    generateInFlightRef,
+    openCommitGenerationDialog: () => {},
+    resolvedCommitMessageAi: null,
+    setCommitMessageGenerationRecord: state.setCommitMessageGenerationRecord,
+    setGenerateErrors: () => {},
+    setGenerateInFlightByWorktree: () => {},
+    settings: null,
+    sourceControlAiActionsVisible: true,
+    updateCommitDrafts: (update) => {
+      drafts = typeof update === 'function' ? update(drafts) : update
+    },
+    updateCommitMessageGenerationRecord: state.updateCommitMessageGenerationRecord,
+    worktreePath: '/repo'
+  })
+  return null
+}
+
+async function startGenerating(): Promise<{ pending: Promise<void> | undefined }> {
+  await act(async () => {
+    root = createRoot(document.createElement('div'))
+    root.render(createElement(Probe))
+  })
+  let pending: Promise<void> | undefined
+  await act(async () => {
+    pending = latest?.handleGenerate({
+      sourceControlAiResolvedParams: { agentId: 'claude', model: 'sonnet' }
+    })
+  })
+  return { pending }
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  useAppStore.setState({ recordFeatureInteraction: async () => {} })
+  drafts = {}
+  generateInFlightRef.current = {}
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => root?.unmount())
+  root = null
+  latest = null
+  host.succeed = null
+  host.cancel.mockClear()
+  useAppStore.setState(initialAppState, true)
+})
+
+describe('a commit message generation that was canceled', () => {
+  it('fills the empty box when nothing canceled the run', async () => {
+    const { pending } = await startGenerating()
+    await act(async () => {
+      host.succeed?.('feat: generated')
+      await pending
+    })
+    expect(drafts[WORKTREE_ID]).toBe('feat: generated')
+  })
+
+  it('drops the late reply after a cancel, so a commit that emptied the box stays empty', async () => {
+    const { pending } = await startGenerating()
+    act(() => latest?.handleCancelGenerate())
+    expect(host.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    await act(async () => {
+      host.succeed?.('feat: generated for the old diff')
+      await pending
+    })
+    expect(drafts[WORKTREE_ID]).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-message-generation.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-message-generation.ts
index d7bc77ed887..aae588e58ba 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-message-generation.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/source-control/commit/use-commit-message-generation.ts
@@ -169,20 +169,23 @@ export function useSourceControlCommitMessageGeneration({
           return
         }
 
-        updateCommitMessageGenerationRecord(activeCommitMessageGenerationKey, (record) =>
-          resolveCommitMessageGenerationSuccess({
-            record,
-            requestId,
-            message: result.message
-          })
-        )
+        const succeeded = resolveCommitMessageGenerationSuccess({
+          record:
+            useAppStore.getState().commitMessageGenerationRecords[activeCommitMessageGenerationKey],
+          requestId,
+          message: result.message
+        })
+        if (succeeded) {
+          setCommitMessageGenerationRecord(activeCommitMessageGenerationKey, succeeded)
+        }
         // Why: race protection — drop the generated message if the user typed into the textarea while the agent ran, rather than overwrite their edits.
+        // A run canceled (by Stop or by a commit) may still succeed on the host; its message
+        // describes changes the box no longer holds.
         updateCommitDrafts((prev) => {
           const current = prev[activeWorktreeId]
-          if (current && current.length > 0) {
-            return prev
-          }
-          return writeCommitDraftForWorktree(prev, activeWorktreeId, result.message)
+          return !succeeded || (current && current.length > 0)
+            ? prev
+            : writeCommitDraftForWorktree(prev, activeWorktreeId, result.message)
         })
         useAppStore.getState().recordFeatureInteraction('ai-commit-generation')
         setGenerateErrors((prev) => ({ ...prev, [activeWorktreeId]: null }))