diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/floating-terminal/FloatingTerminalWindowControls.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/floating-terminal/FloatingTerminalWindowControls.tsx
index 1bfd16a8ca7..e2b5c6d6531 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/floating-terminal/FloatingTerminalWindowControls.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/floating-terminal/FloatingTerminalWindowControls.tsx
@@ -64,15 +64,17 @@ export function FloatingTerminalWindowControls({
     if (!defaultAgent) {
       return
     }
-    // Why: the shared launcher owns the startup plan, the route (floating always resolves a
-    // terminal) and the tab-bar order, so this button stays one more caller of it rather than a
-    // second copy of new-agent-tab startup.
+    // Why: the shared launcher owns the startup plan, the route and the tab identity, so this
+    // button stays one more caller of it rather than a second copy of new-agent-tab startup.
+    // Floating resolves the terminal-backed lane: a chat view over a PTY when the chat default is
+    // on, never a structured session.
     const result = launchAgentInNewTab({
       agent: defaultAgent,
       worktreeId: FLOATING_TERMINAL_WORKTREE_ID,
       launchSource: 'shortcut',
-      // Why: the floating panel must not move the main window's selection; it selects in its own
-      // group below, matching the other floating tab creators.
+      // Why: `agent-auto-ack-targets` relies on the floating panel's active tab never becoming the
+      // global `activeTabId`; activating here would also flip the main view off an open editor.
+      // This selects within the floating group below instead.
       activate: false
     })
     if (!result) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/launch-agent-in-new-tab.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/launch-agent-in-new-tab.ts
index 3c33950efd9..11104bc20b5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/launch-agent-in-new-tab.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/launch-agent-in-new-tab.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import { seedNativeChatAppliedSessionOptions } from '@/components/native-chat/na
 import { launchAgentInStructuredNewTab } from '@/lib/launch-agent-in-new-tab-structured'
 import type { StructuredAgentLaunchSettlement } from '@/lib/structured-agent-launch-settlement'
 import { workspaceKindForWorktreeId } from '@/lib/agent-launch-route-input'
-import { planAgentSessionLaunch, type AgentSessionLaunchPlan } from './agent-session-launch-plan'
+import {
+  planAgentSessionLaunch,
+  type AgentSessionLaunchPlan
+} from '@/lib/agent-session-launch-plan'
 
 export type LaunchAgentInNewTabArgs = {
   agent: TuiAgent