diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
index af2682c34..8d0ae128c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
@@ -974,11 +974,14 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
     [lockedProvider, providerModelsByProvider, selectableProviders],
   );
   const phase = derivePhase(activeThread?.session ?? null);
+  const isTurnActive =
+    activeThread?.session?.activeTurnId !== undefined &&
+    activeThread?.session?.activeTurnId !== null;
   const isSendBusy = sendPhase !== "idle";
   const isPreparingWorktree = sendPhase === "preparing-worktree";
   const isTransportReady = transportState === "open";
   const isRemoteActionBlocked = !isTransportReady;
-  const isWorking = phase === "running" || isSendBusy || isConnecting || isRevertingCheckpoint;
+  const isWorking = isTurnActive || isSendBusy || isConnecting || isRevertingCheckpoint;
   const nowIso = new Date(nowTick).toISOString();
   const activeWorkStartedAt = deriveActiveWorkStartedAt(
     activeLatestTurn,
@@ -2530,10 +2533,10 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
     scheduleStickToBottom();
   }, [messageCount, scheduleStickToBottom]);
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (phase !== "running") return;
+    if (!isTurnActive) return;
     if (!shouldAutoScrollRef.current) return;
     scheduleStickToBottom();
-  }, [phase, scheduleStickToBottom, timelineEntries]);
+  }, [isTurnActive, scheduleStickToBottom, timelineEntries]);
 
   // Aggressively scroll to bottom after the user submits a new message.
   // The virtualizer may not have settled by the time the first scroll fires,
@@ -2778,14 +2781,14 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
       : "local";
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (phase !== "running") return;
+    if (!isTurnActive) return;
     const timer = window.setInterval(() => {
       setNowTick(Date.now());
     }, 1000);
     return () => {
       window.clearInterval(timer);
     };
-  }, [phase]);
+  }, [isTurnActive]);
 
   const beginSendPhase = useCallback((nextPhase: Exclude<SendPhase, "idle">) => {
     setSendStartedAt((current) => current ?? new Date().toISOString());
@@ -2802,7 +2805,7 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
       return;
     }
     if (
-      phase === "running" ||
+      isTurnActive ||
       activePendingApproval !== null ||
       activePendingUserInput !== null ||
       activeThread?.error
@@ -2813,7 +2816,7 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
     activePendingApproval,
     activePendingUserInput,
     activeThread?.error,
-    phase,
+    isTurnActive,
     resetSendPhase,
     sendPhase,
   ]);
@@ -3171,7 +3174,7 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
       const api = readNativeApi();
       if (!api || !activeThread || isRevertingCheckpoint) return;
 
-      if (phase === "running" || isSendBusy || isConnecting) {
+      if (isTurnActive || isSendBusy || isConnecting) {
         setThreadError(activeThread.id, "Interrupt the current turn before reverting checkpoints.");
         return;
       }
@@ -3204,7 +3207,7 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
       }
       setIsRevertingCheckpoint(false);
     },
-    [activeThread, isConnecting, isRevertingCheckpoint, isSendBusy, phase, setThreadError],
+    [activeThread, isConnecting, isRevertingCheckpoint, isSendBusy, isTurnActive, setThreadError],
   );
 
   const readLiveComposerDraftSnapshot = useCallback(() => {
@@ -3448,7 +3451,7 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
     }
 
     // ── Queue message if a turn is already running ────────────────────
-    if (phase === "running") {
+    if (isTurnActive) {
       const composerAttachmentsSnapshot = [...composerAttachmentsForSend];
       const hiddenProviderInput = buildHiddenProviderInput({
         prompt: promptForSend,
@@ -5548,7 +5551,7 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
                               Preparing worktree...
                             </span>
                           ) : null}
-                          {queuedMessages.length > 0 && phase === "running" ? (
+                          {queuedMessages.length > 0 && isTurnActive ? (
                             <button
                               type="button"
                               className="flex items-center gap-1 text-muted-foreground/60 text-xs transition-colors hover:text-destructive"
@@ -5605,7 +5608,7 @@ export default function ChatView({ threadId, onMinimize }: ChatViewProps) {
                                     : "Next question"}
                               </Button>
                             </div>
-                          ) : phase === "running" ? (
+                          ) : isTurnActive ? (
                             <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
                               <button
                                 type="button"
diff --git a/apps/web/src/session-logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/session-logic.test.ts
index 892cc886b..8fc0ae394 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/session-logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/session-logic.test.ts
@@ -1057,6 +1057,15 @@ describe("isLatestTurnSettled", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("returns true when the session is running but no turn is active", () => {
+    expect(
+      isLatestTurnSettled(latestTurn, {
+        orchestrationStatus: "running",
+        activeTurnId: undefined,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("returns true once the session is no longer running that turn", () => {
     expect(
       isLatestTurnSettled(latestTurn, {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/session-logic.ts b/apps/web/src/session-logic.ts
index ff13a0781..5c4e0e901 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/session-logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/session-logic.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export function isLatestTurnSettled(
   if (!latestTurn?.startedAt) return false;
   if (!latestTurn.completedAt) return false;
   if (!session) return true;
-  if (session.orchestrationStatus === "running") return false;
+  if (session.activeTurnId !== undefined && session.activeTurnId !== null) return false;
   return true;
 }