diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/core.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/core.ts
index f3c8306429..4c6ab519a5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/core.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/core.ts
@@ -4815,8 +4815,8 @@ function addressedDisplayPath(
 	triggerKind?: TriggerKind
 ): string {
 	// From the open editor, which holds the freshest name and answers without a request. A
-	// draft no editor holds falls back to the path the call named; the write's own result
-	// names it properly once the value has been read.
+	// draft no editor holds falls back to the path the call named; the result the write
+	// returns names it from the draft itself.
 	const live = liveGlobalDraftDisplayPath(workspace, type, target.storagePath, triggerKind)
 	return live === target.storagePath ? target.path : live
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/userDraftAdapter.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/userDraftAdapter.ts
index 445f576feb..798dc2af1b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/userDraftAdapter.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/global/userDraftAdapter.ts
@@ -335,9 +335,9 @@ const NAMEABLE_DRAFT_KINDS: ReadonlySet<UserDraftItemKind> = new Set(
 	Object.keys(deployedExists) as UserDraftItemKind[]
 )
 
-/** What a path resolved to: where the draft is stored, and its value when reaching it
- * already fetched one, so a read does not ask for the same draft twice. */
-type ResolvedDraft = { storagePath: string; value?: unknown }
+/** What a path resolved to: where the draft is stored. Deliberately not the value read on
+ * the way there — see `readGlobalDraftValue` for why a caller must fetch its own. */
+type ResolvedDraft = { storagePath: string }
 
 /**
  * Where the draft a path names is stored. A new item is stored at a generated
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ async function resolveDraft(
 	// chat is handed storage paths.
 	if (UserDraft.get(itemKind, path, { workspace }) !== undefined) return { storagePath: path }
 	const own = await fetchBackendDraftValue(workspace, itemKind, path)
-	if (own !== undefined) return { storagePath: path, value: own }
+	if (own !== undefined) return { storagePath: path }
 	return { storagePath: await storagePathForChosenName(workspace, itemKind, path, opts) }
 }