diff --git a/app/api/dev-jmap/[...path]/route.ts b/app/api/dev-jmap/[...path]/route.ts
index 00b2c1572..f4069ded6 100644
--- a/app/api/dev-jmap/[...path]/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/dev-jmap/[...path]/route.ts
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ function handleEmailSet(args: MethodArgs, callId: string): MethodResult {
         from: (data.from as MockEmail['from']) || [{ name: 'Dev User', email: 'dev@localhost' }],
         to: (data.to as MockEmail['to']) || [],
         cc: (data.cc as MockEmail['cc']) || [],
-        subject: (data.subject as string) || '(no subject)',
+        subject: typeof data.subject === 'string' ? data.subject : '',
         preview: (previewText || (data.subject as string) || '').slice(0, 120),
         hasAttachment: false,
         textBody: [],
diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/empty-subject-warning.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/empty-subject-warning.test.tsx
index 43a55dab4..6d4d09496 100644
--- a/components/email/__tests__/empty-subject-warning.test.tsx
+++ b/components/email/__tests__/empty-subject-warning.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor, act, within } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import React from 'react';
 import { EmailComposer } from '../email-composer';
+import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/auth-store';
 
 // ─── Heavy component mocks (mirrors reply-addressing.test.tsx) ────────────────
 
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ vi.mock('@/lib/plugin-hooks', () => ({
     getRecipientSuggestions: { call: async () => [] },
     onRecipientChipsChange: { transform: async (chips: unknown) => chips },
     onDraftChange: { emit: () => {} },
+    onBeforeDraftAutoSave: { transform: async (draft: unknown) => draft },
     onBeforeEmailSend: { intercept: async () => true },
     onComposeSend: { intercept: async () => true },
     onTransformOutgoingEmail: { transform: async (email: unknown) => email },
@@ -272,4 +274,37 @@ describe('composer empty subject warning', () => {
     await waitFor(() => expect(onSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
     expect(screen.queryByText('empty_subject.title')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  // A draft saved with a "(No Subject)" placeholder came back with that as
+  // its subject, so sending the resumed draft skipped the warning (#1189).
+  it('saves a draft without a subject as an empty subject', async () => {
+    const createDraft = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('draft-8');
+    useAuthStore.setState({
+      client: {
+        createDraft,
+        getEmail: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 'draft-8', attachments: [] }),
+        hasDelayedSend: () => false,
+        getMaxDelayedSend: () => 0,
+      } as never,
+      activeAccountId: 'acct-A' as never,
+    });
+
+    const requestCloseRef = { current: null } as React.MutableRefObject<((afterClose?: () => void) => void) | null>;
+    render(
+      <EmailComposer
+        initialData={{ ...DRAFT_WITHOUT_SUBJECT, subject: 'Lunch' }}
+        requestCloseRef={requestCloseRef}
+        onClose={vi.fn()}
+      />
+    );
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByDisplayValue('Lunch'), { target: { value: '' } });
+
+    act(() => requestCloseRef.current!(vi.fn()));
+    const dialog = await screen.findByRole('alertdialog');
+    fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByText('save'));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(createDraft).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    expect(createDraft.mock.calls[0][1]).toBe('');
+    useAuthStore.setState({ client: null, activeAccountId: null });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/components/email/email-composer.tsx b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
index afaaee5cb..ab9f926b0 100644
--- a/components/email/email-composer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
@@ -2038,7 +2038,10 @@ export function EmailComposer({
       const previousDraftId = draftIdRef.current;
       let savedDraft : AlmostSavedDraft = {
        to: toAddresses,
-        subject: subject || t('no_subject'),
+        // Save an empty subject as empty. A "(No Subject)" placeholder here
+        // came back as a real subject on reopen, and Send then skipped the
+        // empty-subject warning (#1189).
+        subject,
         body: draftTextBody,
         cc: ccAddresses,
         bcc: bccAddresses,
diff --git a/components/mail/mail-app.tsx b/components/mail/mail-app.tsx
index 677531014..e58501dd4 100644
--- a/components/mail/mail-app.tsx
+++ b/components/mail/mail-app.tsx
@@ -2039,7 +2039,9 @@ export function MailApp({ linkSegments: routeSegments }: MailAppProps = {}) {
       to: draft.to?.map(a => a.email).filter(Boolean).join(', ') || '',
       cc: draft.cc?.map(a => a.email).filter(Boolean).join(', ') || '',
       bcc: draft.bcc?.map(a => a.email).filter(Boolean).join(', ') || '',
-      subject: draft.subject || '',
+      // Drafts saved before #1189 stored an empty subject as the composer's
+      // "(No Subject)" placeholder; reopen those with an empty field.
+      subject: draft.subject && draft.subject !== t('email_composer.no_subject') ? draft.subject : '',
       body: htmlBody || bodyText,
       // Re-open in the format the draft was written in: a text-only draft
       // used to land raw in the rich-text editor (newlines collapsed) and an
diff --git a/components/pro/pro-email-tab-body.tsx b/components/pro/pro-email-tab-body.tsx
index 73b961338..46060b624 100644
--- a/components/pro/pro-email-tab-body.tsx
+++ b/components/pro/pro-email-tab-body.tsx
@@ -347,7 +347,9 @@ export function ProEmailView({ emailId, client: clientOverride, accountId, onLoa
         to: email.to?.map((a) => a.email).filter(Boolean).join(', ') || '',
         cc: email.cc?.map((a) => a.email).filter(Boolean).join(', ') || '',
         bcc: email.bcc?.map((a) => a.email).filter(Boolean).join(', ') || '',
-        subject: email.subject || '',
+        // Drafts saved before #1189 stored an empty subject as the composer's
+        // "(No Subject)" placeholder; reopen those with an empty field.
+        subject: email.subject && email.subject !== t('email_composer.no_subject') ? email.subject : '',
         body: htmlBody || bodyText,
         showCc: (email.cc?.length || 0) > 0,
         showBcc: (email.bcc?.length || 0) > 0,