diff --git a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-drafts-launch-draft.test.ts b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-drafts-launch-draft.test.ts
index 665d3ac1f2f..93f03b9ea0c 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-drafts-launch-draft.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-drafts-launch-draft.test.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,40 @@ describe('useMobileNativeChatDrafts launch draft', () => {
     expect(state?.composerText).toBe('')
   })
 
+  it('declines a launch draft when the only user turn is a literal image marker', async () => {
+    await mount('a')
+    await act(async () =>
+      renderer?.update(
+        createElement(Harness, {
+          tabId: 'a',
+          messages: [userTextMessage('m1', '[Image #1]')],
+          launchDraft: 'issue link'
+        })
+      )
+    )
+
+    expect(state?.composerText).toBe('')
+  })
+
+  it('retires an adopted launch draft when a literal marker turn lands', async () => {
+    await mount('a')
+    await act(async () =>
+      renderer?.update(createElement(Harness, { tabId: 'a', launchDraft: 'issue link' }))
+    )
+    expect(state?.composerText).toBe('issue link')
+
+    await act(async () =>
+      renderer?.update(
+        createElement(Harness, {
+          tabId: 'a',
+          messages: [userTextMessage('m1', '[Image #1]')],
+          launchDraft: 'issue link'
+        })
+      )
+    )
+    expect(state?.composerText).toBe('')
+  })
+
   it('clears an untouched prefill once a user turn lands, keeping user edits', async () => {
     await mount('a')
     await act(async () =>
diff --git a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-launch-draft-seed.ts b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-launch-draft-seed.ts
index b75dbf12767..8dbe3280c7a 100644
--- a/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-launch-draft-seed.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/session/use-mobile-native-chat-launch-draft-seed.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, type Dispatch, type SetStateAction } from 'react'
 import type { NativeChatMessage } from '../../../src/shared/native-chat-types'
-import { normalizedUserText } from './mobile-native-chat-draft-reconcile'
+import { nativeChatUserMessageMatchText } from './mobile-native-chat-image-transcript-markers'
 
 export type MobileNativeChatLaunchDraftSeed = {
   text: string
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export function useMobileNativeChatLaunchDraftSeed(args: {
     }
     // A user turn already in the transcript means the TUI prefill was submitted
     // or deliberately cleared; decline instead of resurrecting it.
-    if (messages.some((message) => normalizedUserText(message) !== null)) {
+    if (messages.some((message) => nativeChatUserMessageMatchText(message) !== null)) {
       seededLaunchDraftByKeyRef.current.set(draftKey, null)
       return
     }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export function useMobileNativeChatLaunchDraftSeed(args: {
     if (!seeded) {
       return
     }
-    const hasUserTurn = messages.some((message) => normalizedUserText(message) !== null)
+    const hasUserTurn = messages.some((message) => nativeChatUserMessageMatchText(message) !== null)
     if (!hasUserTurn && launchDraft?.trim()) {
       return
     }