diff --git a/mobile/src/files/mobile-file-mutation-ownership.test.ts b/mobile/src/files/mobile-file-mutation-ownership.test.ts
index 1a472e20325..b725c45bdf0 100644
--- a/mobile/src/files/mobile-file-mutation-ownership.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/files/mobile-file-mutation-ownership.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
 import type { RpcFailure, RpcResponse } from '../transport/types'
 import { LogicalClientCutoverError } from '../transport/stable-logical-rpc-client'
+import { markRpcDeliveryUnknown } from '../transport/rpc-delivery-ambiguity'
 import {
   buildMobileFileMutationOwnership,
   captureMobileFileMutationOwnership,
@@ -358,6 +359,21 @@ describe('mobile file mutation ownership', () => {
     expect(sendRequest).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
   })
 
+  it('normalizes a delivery-unknown transport drop to the preflight timeout message', async () => {
+    // Why: relay timeouts / socket drops carry the delivery-unknown marker, not the direct-session
+    // timeout strings, so they must still surface the actionable preflight message.
+    const sendRequest = vi.fn(async (method: string) => {
+      if (method === 'status.get') {
+        return success({ capabilities: [FILE_MUTATION_OWNERSHIP_RUNTIME_CAPABILITY] })
+      }
+      throw markRpcDeliveryUnknown(new Error('relay RPC timed out: worktree.show'))
+    })
+
+    await expect(
+      captureMobileFileMutationOwnership({ sendRequest }, 'id:worktree-1')
+    ).rejects.toThrow('before the request timed out')
+  })
+
   it('routes folder workspaces through the folder record instead of worktree.show', async () => {
     const { client, sendRequest } = clientWithResponses([
       success({ capabilities: [FILE_MUTATION_OWNERSHIP_RUNTIME_CAPABILITY] }),
diff --git a/mobile/src/files/mobile-file-mutation-ownership.ts b/mobile/src/files/mobile-file-mutation-ownership.ts
index 6e2b3636641..8e506063426 100644
--- a/mobile/src/files/mobile-file-mutation-ownership.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/files/mobile-file-mutation-ownership.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { inferFolderWorkspacePathConnection } from '../../../src/shared/folder-w
 import type { RuntimeStatus } from '../../../src/shared/runtime-types'
 import type { SshConnectionState } from '../../../src/shared/ssh-types'
 import { parseWorkspaceKey } from '../../../src/shared/workspace-scope'
+import { isRpcDeliveryUnknown } from '../transport/rpc-delivery-ambiguity'
 import type { RpcClient } from '../transport/rpc-client'
 import {
   isLogicalClientCutoverError,
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@ async function captureMobileFileMutationOwnershipOnce(
     return response
   })
   const targetPromise = requestMutationTargetHost(client, worktree, deadline)
+  // Why: Promise.all settles on the first rejection; swallow the loser's late rejection so it
+  // never surfaces as an unhandled promise rejection after the other branch already failed.
+  statusPromise.catch(() => {})
+  targetPromise.catch(() => {})
   const [status, target] = await Promise.all([statusPromise, targetPromise])
   assertCaptureTransportCurrent(client, transportGeneration)
   for (const runtimeId of target.runtimeIds) {
@@ -276,10 +281,13 @@ function assertPreflightTimeRemaining(deadline: number): number {
 }
 
 function normalizePreflightError(error: unknown): Error {
+  // Why: relay timeouts and socket-drop reasons carry the delivery-unknown marker but not the
+  // direct-session timeout strings, so match the typed marker instead of substrings alone.
   if (
-    error instanceof Error &&
-    (error.message.includes('Request timed out:') ||
-      error.message.includes('Timed out while connecting'))
+    isRpcDeliveryUnknown(error) ||
+    (error instanceof Error &&
+      (error.message.includes('Request timed out:') ||
+        error.message.includes('Timed out while connecting')))
   ) {
     return new Error(PREFLIGHT_TIMEOUT_MESSAGE)
   }