diff --git a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatView.test.ts b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatView.test.ts
index bb1b5b68413..5f2284b1e21 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatView.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/MobileNativeChatView.test.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
     })
   }
 
+  async function settleStatusStale(): Promise<void> {
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000)
+    })
+  }
+
   async function relock(inputLockReason: Overrides['inputLockReason']): Promise<void> {
     await update({
       agentWorking: true,
@@ -245,7 +251,18 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(false)
     expect(stopButton().props.disabled).toBe(true)
 
-    await settleLockDebounce()
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_000)
+    })
+    await update({ agentWorking: true, inputLockReason: 'disconnected', onStop: vi.fn() })
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(999)
+    })
+    expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(false)
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
+    })
 
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(true)
     expect(stopButton().props.disabled).toBe(true)
@@ -264,7 +281,7 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(false)
     expect(stopButton().props.disabled).toBe(true)
 
-    await settleLockDebounce()
+    await settleStatusStale()
 
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(true)
     expect(stopButton().props.disabled).toBe(true)
@@ -274,7 +291,6 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     const onStop = vi.fn()
     await render({ agentWorking: true, inputLockReason: 'disconnected', onStop })
-    await settleLockDebounce()
 
     const stop = stopButton()
     // `disabled` is the behavioral guard; opacity is only its affordance.
@@ -293,7 +309,7 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
   })
 
   // Status liveness owns a separate hold from the composer's lock feedback.
-  it('still holds 600ms when a settled lease wait drops to disconnected', async () => {
+  it('requires two seconds of continuous loss when a settled lease wait disconnects', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     await render({ agentWorking: true, inputLockReason: 'waiting' })
     await settleLockDebounce()
@@ -303,7 +319,7 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(false)
     expect(stopButton().props.disabled).toBe(true)
 
-    await settleLockDebounce()
+    await settleStatusStale()
 
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(true)
     expect(stopButton().props.disabled).toBe(true)
@@ -314,10 +330,10 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
     await render({ agentWorking: true, inputLockReason: 'disconnected' })
 
     await act(async () => {
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(300)
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_999)
     })
     await relock('waiting')
-    await settleLockDebounce()
+    await settleStatusStale()
 
     // A surviving timer would mute a row whose transport is already back.
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(false)
@@ -327,7 +343,7 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
   it('clears stale feedback on reconnect and restores Stop once the lease is ready', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     await render({ agentWorking: true, inputLockReason: 'disconnected' })
-    await settleLockDebounce()
+    await settleStatusStale()
     expect(stopButton().props.disabled).toBe(true)
 
     // Reconnect always lands on 'waiting' first — the lease drops its ready
@@ -347,7 +363,7 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
   it('never renders stale feedback after the transport reconnects', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     await render({ agentWorking: true, inputLockReason: 'disconnected' })
-    await settleLockDebounce()
+    await settleStatusStale()
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(true)
 
     mocks.staleRenders.length = 0
@@ -360,13 +376,13 @@ describe('MobileNativeChatView', () => {
   it('restarts the hold when the recovered transport disconnects again', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     await render({ agentWorking: true, inputLockReason: 'disconnected' })
-    await settleLockDebounce()
+    await settleStatusStale()
     await relock('waiting')
 
     await relock('disconnected')
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(false)
 
-    await settleLockDebounce()
+    await settleStatusStale()
     expect(workingIndicator().props.stale).toBe(true)
   })
 
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-control-state.ts b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-control-state.ts
index 1f92a352a7d..650d49cd40b 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-control-state.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-control-state.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { canStopNativeChatAgent } from '../../../src/shared/native-chat-action-availability'
 
-const CONTROL_STATE_SETTLE_MS = 600
+const COMPOSER_LOCK_SETTLE_MS = 600
+const AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS = 2_000
 
 export type MobileNativeChatInputLockReason = 'disconnected' | 'waiting'
 
-function useDelayedActivation(active: boolean): boolean {
+function useDelayedActivation(active: boolean, delayMs: number): boolean {
   const [delayedActive, setDelayedActive] = useState(false)
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!active) {
       setDelayedActive(false)
       return
     }
-    const timer = setTimeout(() => setDelayedActive(true), CONTROL_STATE_SETTLE_MS)
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => setDelayedActive(true), delayMs)
     return () => clearTimeout(timer)
-  }, [active])
+  }, [active, delayMs])
   return active && delayedActive
 }
 
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ export function useMobileNativeChatControlState(args: {
     if (rawLockHeld === lockHeld) {
       return
     }
-    const timer = setTimeout(() => setLockHeld(rawLockHeld), CONTROL_STATE_SETTLE_MS)
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => setLockHeld(rawLockHeld), COMPOSER_LOCK_SETTLE_MS)
     return () => clearTimeout(timer)
   }, [lockHeld, rawLockHeld])
-  const statusStale = useDelayedActivation(!args.agentStatusLive)
+  const statusStale = useDelayedActivation(!args.agentStatusLive, AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS)
 
   return {
     lockReason: lockHeld ? (args.inputLockReason ?? 'waiting') : null,