diff --git a/mobile/app/h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId].tsx b/mobile/app/h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId].tsx
index 6a7bfc3a54f..bf3b828e68f 100644
--- a/mobile/app/h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId].tsx
+++ b/mobile/app/h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId].tsx
@@ -1195,6 +1195,16 @@ export default function SessionScreen() {
   const { toggleTabChatView, showNativeChat, showNativeChatRef } = nativeChatController
   nativeChatSendError.bannerMountedRef.current = showNativeChat
 
+  function handleDictationError(err: unknown) {
+    const error = err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err))
+    if (isDictationSetupRequiredError(error.message)) {
+      setShowDictationSetup(true)
+      return
+    }
+    triggerError()
+    showToast(error.message)
+  }
+
   const dictation = useMobileDictation({
     client,
     enabled: canSend,
@@ -1236,13 +1246,7 @@ export default function SessionScreen() {
     },
     onError: (err) => {
       dictationRouteContextRef.current = null
-      // Dictation not set up on desktop → open the setup sheet instead of a dead-end toast.
-      if (isDictationSetupRequiredError(err.message)) {
-        setShowDictationSetup(true)
-        return
-      }
-      triggerError()
-      showToast(err.message)
+      handleDictationError(err)
     }
   })
 
@@ -1255,10 +1259,9 @@ export default function SessionScreen() {
       if (dictationRouteContextRef.current === routeContext) {
         dictationRouteContextRef.current = null
       }
-      triggerError()
-      showToast(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
+      handleDictationError(err)
     })
-  }, [activeHandle, dictation, liveInputTerminalHandles, triggerError, showToast])
+  }, [activeHandle, dictation, handleDictationError, liveInputTerminalHandles])
 
   const cancelDictation = useCallback(() => {
     dictationRouteContextRef.current = null
diff --git a/mobile/src/dictation/mobile-dictation-error-routing.test.ts b/mobile/src/dictation/mobile-dictation-error-routing.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f871a7fd9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/dictation/mobile-dictation-error-routing.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const sessionRouteSource = readFileSync(
+  new URL('../../app/h/[hostId]/session/[worktreeId].tsx', import.meta.url),
+  'utf8'
+)
+
+function routeSlice(anchorStart: string, anchorEnd: string): string {
+  const start = sessionRouteSource.indexOf(anchorStart)
+  expect(start).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
+  const end = sessionRouteSource.indexOf(anchorEnd, start)
+  expect(end).toBeGreaterThan(start)
+  return sessionRouteSource.slice(start, end)
+}
+
+describe('mobile dictation error routing', () => {
+  it('keeps setup tokens out of startup and in-flight error toasts', () => {
+    const owner = routeSlice(
+      'function handleDictationError(err: unknown)',
+      'const dictation = useMobileDictation({'
+    )
+    expect(owner).toContain('isDictationSetupRequiredError(error.message)')
+    expect(owner).toContain('setShowDictationSetup(true)')
+
+    const hook = routeSlice('const dictation = useMobileDictation({', 'const startDictation')
+    expect(hook).toContain('handleDictationError(err)')
+
+    const start = routeSlice('const startDictation', 'const cancelDictation')
+    expect(start).toContain('handleDictationError(err)')
+    expect(start).not.toContain('showToast(')
+    expect(sessionRouteSource.match(/handleDictationError\(err\)/g)).toHaveLength(2)
+  })
+})