diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 96230d1c7..1695f58cd 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 - Persistent command/search utility windows use `components/dismissible-window.tsx`: non-modal, no scrim, outside interactions keep them open, and explicit toggles use `.icon-toggle` with `aria-expanded`/`aria-controls`. Keep search state scoped to its instance/session and close it when that view becomes inactive.
 - The composer reserves `/btw` for native `session.generate`, outside ordinary prompt/command submission. Its ephemeral question/answer window uses `DismissibleWindow` and `styles/components/session-aside.css`; cancellation and inactive/session transitions fence late results without interrupting the main session.
 - Native questions and permissions are answered in the shell-owned `InterruptionDock`, slotted above the composer. Pending questions appear only in the dock; the transcript retains native completed question results. Badges target the dock via `interruptionFocus`; omit transcript-source and answer-in-dock links. Keep selection stable by request kind/id across queue refreshes, with bounded previous/next navigation hidden for a single request. Preserve request drafts across refreshes and session navigation. Keep its square, height-bounded chrome in `styles/components/interruption-dock.css`, with a token-based accent header and fixed action footer outside the scrolling request content. See `dev-docs/NATIVE_INTERRUPTION_UX.md`.
-- Scope visible interruption requests to the open conversation and its recursive descendants, never its parents, siblings or unrelated conversations. Keep off-scope editors hidden and inert while requests remain pending so navigation preserves drafts. Project-wide badges may explicitly navigate to a request's owner; arrival alone never switches conversations. Sessionless global Forms remain reachable explicitly through the project badge on the no-session surface.
+- Requests from the open conversation and its recursive descendants can expand normally. Other conversations first appear as a compact, explicitly expandable preview; answering stays in place. Keep persistent textual provenance prominent (other conversation, subagent with parent, or sessionless project request), with an explicit View conversation action for session-owned requests. Arrival never replaces the request being edited or navigates sessions. Newly selected external requests after settlement remain compact until explicitly opened. Hidden/inert keyed editors retain drafts, and only an expanded editor compacts the composer. Project badges open the dock in place rather than silently navigating to another conversation.
 - Durable permission decisions render through `components/permission-receipts.tsx` outside native tool visibility, with bounded mounted-row reads and a paginated session disclosure for unanchored receipts. Keep receipts out of native message/copy/search/speech projections; styles live in `styles/messaging/permission-receipts.css`.
 - An expanded interruption temporarily reduces the composer to its minimum without changing its saved height or draft; resizing resumes after collapse/settlement. `instance/shell/useInterruptionViewport.ts` bounds the request/composer stack to the visual viewport during keyboard resize/pan. Keep the dock non-shrinking and its footer reachable on short mobile layouts.
 - Completed question receipts share native answer decoding with text projection through `tool-call/renderers/question-data.ts`. Preserve selected-option descriptions and verbatim free text; keep remaining choices in a native disclosure. Receipt styles live in `styles/messaging/tool-call/question.css`.
diff --git a/dev-docs/NATIVE_INTERRUPTION_UX.md b/dev-docs/NATIVE_INTERRUPTION_UX.md
index 40c91fb01..0a8197f32 100644
--- a/dev-docs/NATIVE_INTERRUPTION_UX.md
+++ b/dev-docs/NATIVE_INTERRUPTION_UX.md
@@ -23,24 +23,27 @@ instead of clipping controls; field scrolling can chain into that outer scroller
 
 - Native pending queues remain authoritative. No transcript scan decides whether
   a request can be answered. Requests without a tool source use the same panel.
-- The visible queue includes only the open conversation and its recursive
-  descendants. Parents, siblings and unrelated roots do not appear. Request
-  arrival never navigates away from the active conversation. Off-scope editors
-  remain hidden and inert while pending, preserving drafts when navigating back.
-- Global Forms have no owning conversation. They remain explicitly reachable
-  through the project badge on the no-session surface, rather than appearing
-  inside unrelated conversations.
-- The instance badge opens an in-scope request or explicitly navigates to a pending
-  request's owning conversation when none is in scope. Global Forms take priority
-  on this project-wide badge because they have no session row of their own.
-  Session-row selection with pending requests
+- The open conversation and its recursive descendants are the local context.
+  Requests from elsewhere remain answerable in place, but first appear as compact
+  previews labeled “Other conversation” with their source conversation prominently
+  named. Explicit expansion reveals the editor without navigating away. An arrival
+  never replaces the request being edited, and settlement does not automatically
+  expand another external request. Hidden/inert keyed editors preserve drafts.
+- Provenance remains visible when expanded: external conversation, subagent with
+  parent conversation, or sessionless project request. The label and strong title
+  carry the distinction independently of color. A “View conversation” action
+  explicitly navigates to a session-owned request's actual source.
+- Global Forms have no owning conversation. Their compact preview uses a distinct
+  project-request label, supports in-place expansion and never invents a source link.
+- The instance badge opens the dock in place. Session-row selection with pending requests
   targets that session's request through the `interruptionFocus` UI intent.
 - The panel shows the request kind and source session. Previous/next controls and
   the position/count appear only when multiple requests are pending. Navigation is
   bounded: the first/last request disables the corresponding arrow without wrapping.
 - Selection stays pinned to the current request kind/id through queue refreshes and
   newly arriving requests, including a permission inserted ahead of a question.
-  Position, navigation and temporary composer compaction use the visible scope.
+  Compact external previews leave the composer height untouched; only an expanded
+  editor temporarily compacts it.
   Explicit navigation or settlement can change the selection. Editors stay keyed
   by request kind/id, preserving partial answers and rejection reasons through native
   object replacement, queue navigation and session navigation.
@@ -126,6 +129,6 @@ Android touch emulation, session navigation, saved maximum composer height,
 portrait/landscape/short layouts, simulated keyboard resize/pan, global/background
 Forms and permission actions. Width-only component captures do not replace this
 shell-level geometry regression.
-It also covers conversation scope and recursive descendants, excluding parents,
-siblings and unrelated conversations, retaining hidden drafts, explicit project
-badge navigation, global Forms and late-arriving ancestry on desktop and mobile.
+It also covers local and recursive-subagent provenance, compact external previews,
+explicit in-place expansion, retained hidden drafts, explicit source navigation,
+global Forms and late-arriving ancestry on desktop and mobile.
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/instance/instance-shell2.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/instance/instance-shell2.tsx
index db1fd15ea..7ed6c86ee 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/instance/instance-shell2.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/instance/instance-shell2.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import CommandPalette from "../command-palette"
 import PermissionNotificationBanner from "../permission-notification-banner"
 import { InterruptionDock } from "../interruption-dock"
 import { focusInterruption } from "../../stores/interruption-navigation"
-import { getInterruptionQueue, getInterruptionScope } from "../../stores/interruption-scope"
 import SessionView from "../session/session-view"
 import MessageSection from "../message-section"
 import PromptAttachmentsBar from "../prompt-input/PromptAttachmentsBar"
@@ -170,7 +169,8 @@ const InstanceShell2: Component<InstanceShellProps> = (props) => {
   const [interruptionExpanded, setInterruptionExpanded] = createSignal(false)
   const interruptionViewport = useInterruptionViewport(() => sessionCenterEl() ?? undefined, interruptionExpanded)
   const interruptionPanel = <InterruptionDock instanceId={props.instance.id}
-    sessionId={activeSessionIdForInstance()} active={props.isActiveInstance} onExpandedChange={setInterruptionExpanded} />
+    sessionId={activeSessionIdForInstance()} active={props.isActiveInstance} onExpandedChange={setInterruptionExpanded}
+    onViewConversation={handleSessionSelect} />
 
   const desktopQuery = useMediaQuery("(min-width: 1280px)")
 
@@ -1041,19 +1041,10 @@ const InstanceShell2: Component<InstanceShellProps> = (props) => {
   }
 
   function handleProjectInterruptionClick() {
-    const pending = getInterruptionQueue(props.instance.id)
-    // Global Forms have no row of their own: the project badge is their explicit entry point.
-    const global = pending.find(item => item.kind === "form" && item.payload.sessionID === "global")
-    const scope = getInterruptionScope(allInstanceSessions(), activeSessionIdForInstance())
-    if (!global && pending.some(item => scope.has(item.payload.sessionID))) {
-      focusInterruption(props.instance.id)
-      return
-    }
-    const target = global ?? pending.find(item => allInstanceSessions().has(item.payload.sessionID))
-    if (!target) return
-    if (target.payload.sessionID === "global") clearActiveParentSession(props.instance.id)
-    else handleSessionSelect(target.payload.sessionID)
-    focusInterruption(props.instance.id, target.payload.sessionID, target.payload.id, target.kind)
+    // Info has no dock mount. Restore the ordinary conversation surface first,
+    // without treating the pending request's owner as a navigation destination.
+    if (showingInfoView()) handleBackToConversation()
+    focusInterruption(props.instance.id)
   }
   const sessionLayout = (
     <div
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/interruption-dock-state.ts b/packages/ui/src/components/interruption-dock-state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b718fdf67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/interruption-dock-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, on } from "solid-js"
+import { sessions } from "../stores/sessions"
+import { getInterruptionQueue, getInterruptionScope } from "../stores/interruption-scope"
+
+export function useInterruptionDockState(props: { instanceId: string; sessionId?: string | null }) {
+  type Selection = { key: string; expanded: boolean }
+  const [selections, setSelections] = createSignal(new Map<string | null | undefined, Selection>())
+  const pending = createMemo(() => getInterruptionQueue(props.instanceId))
+  const scope = createMemo(() => getInterruptionScope(sessions().get(props.instanceId), props.sessionId))
+  const external = (item: ReturnType<typeof pending>[number]) => item.payload.sessionID === "global" || !scope().has(item.payload.sessionID)
+  const selection = () => selections().get(props.sessionId)
+  const current = createMemo(() => pending().find(item => item.key === selection()?.key)
+    ?? pending().find(item => item.payload.sessionID === props.sessionId)
+    ?? pending().find(item => !external(item)) ?? pending()[0])
+  const expanded = createMemo(() => {
+    const item = current()
+    return Boolean(item && (selection()?.key === item.key ? selection()!.expanded : !external(item)))
+  })
+  const select = (key: string, open: boolean) => setSelections(previous => new Map(previous).set(props.sessionId, { key, expanded: open }))
+  // Pin even an automatic selection. Queue reordering/arrivals must not replace
+  // the editor; each automatic foreign fallback starts closed, even if an older
+  // request from that conversation was deliberately opened.
+  createEffect(on([() => props.sessionId, () => current()?.key], () => {
+    const item = current()
+    if (item && selection()?.key !== item.key) select(item.key, !external(item))
+  }))
+  const index = () => pending().findIndex(item => item.key === current()?.key)
+  const move = (delta: number) => {
+    const next = pending()[index() + delta]
+    if (next) select(next.key, !external(next))
+  }
+  const previews = createMemo(() => current() && !external(current()!) ? pending().filter(external) : [])
+  return { pending, current, expanded, select, index, move, previews, scope }
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/interruption-dock.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/interruption-dock.tsx
index 80c5a0aa3..e22e95248 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/interruption-dock.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/interruption-dock.tsx
@@ -1,92 +1,94 @@
-import { For, Show, createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, on, onCleanup, untrack } from "solid-js"
+import { For, Show, createEffect, createMemo, on, onCleanup, untrack } from "solid-js"
 import { ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, ChevronDown, ChevronUp, MessageCircleQuestion, ShieldCheck } from "lucide-solid"
 import { useI18n } from "../lib/i18n"
 import { getPermissionQueue, sendFormCancel, sendFormReply } from "../stores/instances"
 import { getFormQueue } from "../stores/forms"
 import { sessions } from "../stores/sessions"
-import { interruptionFocus } from "../stores/interruption-navigation"
-import { getInterruptionQueue, getInterruptionScope } from "../stores/interruption-scope"
+import { focusInterruption, interruptionFocus } from "../stores/interruption-navigation"
 import FormRequest from "./form-request"
 import { InterruptionPermission } from "./interruption-permission"
 import { useInterruptionMinimumHeight } from "./interruption-dock-layout"
+import { useInterruptionDockState } from "./interruption-dock-state"
 
-export function InterruptionDock(props: { instanceId: string; sessionId?: string | null; active?: boolean; onExpandedChange?: (expanded: boolean) => void }) {
+export function InterruptionDock(props: { instanceId: string; sessionId?: string | null; active?: boolean; onExpandedChange?: (expanded: boolean) => void; onViewConversation?: (sessionId: string) => void }) {
   const { t } = useI18n()
-  const [selections, setSelections] = createSignal(new Map<string | null | undefined, string>())
-  const select = (key: string) => setSelections(previous => new Map(previous).set(props.sessionId, key))
-  const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = createSignal(false)
+  const { pending, current, expanded, select, index, move, previews, scope } = useInterruptionDockState(props)
   let root: HTMLElement | undefined
-  const pending = createMemo(() => getInterruptionQueue(props.instanceId))
-  const scope = createMemo(() => getInterruptionScope(sessions().get(props.instanceId), props.sessionId))
-  const queue = createMemo(() => pending().filter(item => scope().has(item.payload.sessionID)))
   const byKey = createMemo(() => new Map(pending().map(item => [item.key, item])))
-  createEffect(() => props.onExpandedChange?.(queue().length > 0 && !collapsed()))
+  createEffect(() => props.onExpandedChange?.(expanded()))
   onCleanup(() => props.onExpandedChange?.(false))
-  const current = createMemo(() => queue().find(item => item.key === selections().get(props.sessionId))
-    ?? queue().find(item => item.payload.sessionID === props.sessionId) ?? queue()[0])
-  const currentKey = createMemo(() => current()?.key)
-  const minimumHeight = useInterruptionMinimumHeight(() => root, () => collapsed() ? undefined : current()?.key)
-  const index = () => queue().findIndex(item => item.key === current()?.key)
+  const minimumHeight = useInterruptionMinimumHeight(() => root, () => expanded() ? current()?.key : undefined)
   const title = (sessionId: string) => sessions().get(props.instanceId)?.get(sessionId)?.title || sessionId
-  const heading = () => t(current()?.kind === "permission" ? "interruption.permission" : "interruption.question")
-  const sessionTitle = () => current()?.payload.sessionID === "global" ? t("interruption.global") : title(current()?.payload.sessionID ?? "")
-  createEffect(on(() => props.sessionId, () => {
-    setCollapsed(false)
-  }))
-  createEffect(on([() => props.sessionId, currentKey], ([, key]) => {
-    // Pin the request being edited, even when a permission arrives ahead of it.
-    if (key) select(key)
-    setCollapsed(false)
-  }))
+  const sourceId = () => current()?.payload.sessionID ?? ""
+  const own = () => sourceId() === props.sessionId
+  const project = () => sourceId() === "global"
+  const descendant = () => !own() && !project() && scope().has(sourceId())
+  const origin = (sessionId: string) => sessionId === "global" ? t("interruption.projectRequest")
+    : `${t(scope().has(sessionId) ? "interruption.subagent" : "interruption.otherConversation")} · ${title(sessionId)}`
+  const heading = () => own() ? t(current()?.kind === "permission" ? "interruption.permission" : "interruption.question") : origin(sourceId())
+  const parentTitle = () => title(sessions().get(props.instanceId)?.get(sourceId())?.parentId ?? props.sessionId ?? "")
+  const canView = () => !own() && !project() && props.onViewConversation && sessions().get(props.instanceId)?.has(sourceId())
+  const openLabel = (sessionId: string) => t("interruption.openExternal", { title: sessionId === "global" ? t("interruption.projectRequest") : title(sessionId) })
   createEffect(on(interruptionFocus, intent => {
     if (intent?.instanceId !== props.instanceId) return
-    const item = untrack(queue).find(item => (!intent.kind || item.kind === intent.kind)
+    const item = untrack(pending).find(item => (!intent.kind || item.kind === intent.kind)
       && (!intent.sessionId || item.payload.sessionID === intent.sessionId)
       && (intent.requestId ? item.payload.id === intent.requestId
         : intent.sessionId ? true : item.key === untrack(current)?.key))
     if (!item) return
-    select(item.key)
-    setCollapsed(false)
+    select(item.key, true)
     const sessionId = props.sessionId
     queueMicrotask(() => {
       if (interruptionFocus() === intent && props.sessionId === sessionId && current()?.key === item.key
         && props.active !== false && root?.isConnected && !root.hidden) root.focus({ preventScroll: true })
     })
   }))
-  const move = (delta: number) => {
-    const next = queue()[index() + delta]
-    if (!next) return
-    select(next.key)
-    setCollapsed(false)
-  }
 
   return <Show when={pending().length > 0}>
-    <section ref={root} class="interruption-dock window-shell" classList={{ "is-collapsed": collapsed() }}
-      hidden={queue().length === 0} inert={queue().length === 0}
-      style={{ "min-height": !collapsed() && minimumHeight() !== undefined ? `${minimumHeight()}px` : undefined }} tabIndex={-1} aria-label={t("permissionApproval.title")}>
+    <section ref={root} class="interruption-dock window-shell" classList={{ "is-collapsed": !expanded(), "has-origin": !own() }}
+      style={{ "min-height": expanded() && minimumHeight() !== undefined ? `${minimumHeight()}px` : undefined }} tabIndex={-1} aria-label={t("permissionApproval.title")}>
       <header class="window-header">
         <div class="interruption-heading">
           <Show when={current()?.kind === "permission"} fallback={<MessageCircleQuestion size={18} aria-hidden="true" />}><ShieldCheck size={18} aria-hidden="true" /></Show>
           <div class="interruption-heading-copy">
-            <h2 class="window-title">{heading()}</h2>
-            <span class="interruption-session" title={sessionTitle()}>{sessionTitle()}</span>
+            <h2 class="window-title" title={heading()}>
+              <Show when={expanded() && !own() && !project()} fallback={heading()}>
+                <span class="interruption-origin-kind">{t(descendant() ? "interruption.subagent" : "interruption.otherConversation")} · </span>
+                <span class="interruption-origin-title">{title(sourceId())}</span>
+              </Show>
+            </h2>
+            <Show when={own()}><span class="interruption-session" title={title(sourceId())}>{title(sourceId())}</span></Show>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="window-actions">
-          <Show when={queue().length > 1}>
+          <Show when={pending().length > 1}>
             <div class="interruption-navigation">
               <button type="button" class="window-icon-button" disabled={index() === 0} aria-label={t("interruption.previous")} title={t("interruption.previous")} onClick={() => move(-1)}><ChevronLeft size={16} /></button>
-              <span class="interruption-position" aria-live="polite">{index() + 1} / {queue().length}</span>
-              <button type="button" class="window-icon-button" disabled={index() === queue().length - 1} aria-label={t("interruption.next")} title={t("interruption.next")} onClick={() => move(1)}><ChevronRight size={16} /></button>
+              <span class="interruption-position" aria-live="polite">{index() + 1} / {pending().length}</span>
+              <button type="button" class="window-icon-button" disabled={index() === pending().length - 1} aria-label={t("interruption.next")} title={t("interruption.next")} onClick={() => move(1)}><ChevronRight size={16} /></button>
             </div>
           </Show>
-          <button type="button" class="window-icon-button interruption-toggle icon-toggle" aria-label={t(collapsed() ? "interruption.expand" : "interruption.collapse")} title={t(collapsed() ? "interruption.expand" : "interruption.collapse")} aria-expanded={!collapsed()}
-            aria-controls={`interruption-body-${props.instanceId}`} onClick={() => setCollapsed(value => !value)}>
-            <Show when={collapsed()} fallback={<ChevronDown size={16} />}><ChevronUp size={16} /></Show>
+          <button type="button" class="window-icon-button interruption-toggle icon-toggle" aria-label={!expanded() && !own() ? openLabel(sourceId()) : t(expanded() ? "interruption.collapse" : "interruption.expand")} title={t(expanded() ? "interruption.collapse" : "interruption.expand")} aria-expanded={expanded()}
+            aria-controls={`interruption-body-${props.instanceId}`} onClick={() => select(current()!.key, !expanded())}>
+            <Show when={!expanded()} fallback={<ChevronDown size={16} />}><ChevronUp size={16} /></Show>
           </button>
         </div>
+        <Show when={expanded() && (descendant() || canView())}>
+          <div class="interruption-origin-actions">
+            <Show when={descendant()}><span class="interruption-parent" title={parentTitle()}>{t("interruption.parentConversation", { title: parentTitle() })}</span></Show>
+            <Show when={canView()}><button type="button" class="window-action" onClick={() => props.onViewConversation?.(sourceId())}>{t("interruption.viewConversation")}</button></Show>
+          </div>
+        </Show>
+        <Show when={previews()[0]}>{preview =>
+          <button type="button" class="interruption-external-preview" aria-label={openLabel(preview().payload.sessionID)}
+            aria-expanded="false" aria-controls={`interruption-body-${props.instanceId}`}
+            onClick={() => focusInterruption(props.instanceId, preview().payload.sessionID, preview().payload.id, preview().kind)}>
+            <span title={origin(preview().payload.sessionID)}>{origin(preview().payload.sessionID)}</span>
+            <span class="interruption-position">{previews().length}</span><ChevronUp size={16} aria-hidden="true" />
+          </button>
+        }</Show>
       </header>
-      <div id={`interruption-body-${props.instanceId}`} class="window-body interruption-body" hidden={collapsed()}>
+      <div id={`interruption-body-${props.instanceId}`} class="window-body interruption-body" hidden={!expanded()} inert={!expanded()}>
         {/* Stable request keys preserve partial answers across native reconciliation and queue navigation. */}
         <For each={pending().map(item => item.key)}>{key => {
           const item = () => byKey().get(key)!
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ export function InterruptionDock(props: { instanceId: string; sessionId?: string
               else if (composer?.isConnected) composer.focus({ preventScroll: true })
             })
           })
-          return <div ref={editor} class="interruption-editor" hidden={current()?.key !== key} inert={current()?.key !== key}>
+          return <div ref={editor} class="interruption-editor" hidden={!expanded() || current()?.key !== key} inert={!expanded() || current()?.key !== key}>
             <Show when={item().kind === "form"} fallback={<InterruptionPermission instanceId={props.instanceId} permission={item().payload as ReturnType<typeof getPermissionQueue>[number]} />}>
               <FormRequest form={item().payload as ReturnType<typeof getFormQueue>[number]}
                 onReply={answer => sendFormReply(props.instanceId, item().payload.id, answer)} onCancel={() => sendFormCancel(props.instanceId, item().payload.id)} />
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/de/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/de/messaging.ts
index f0cf67f68..47c816480 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/de/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/de/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "Vorherige Anfrage",
   "interruption.next": "Nächste Anfrage",
   "interruption.global": "Dienstanfrage",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "Andere Unterhaltung",
+  "interruption.subagent": "Unteragent",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "Aus {title}",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "Unterhaltung anzeigen",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "Anfrage aus {title} öffnen",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "Projektanfrage",
   "interruption.answered": "Beantwortet",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "Keine Antwort",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "Skills",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en/messaging.ts
index 93df510b9..6fb5b3819 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "Previous request",
   "interruption.next": "Next request",
   "interruption.global": "Service request",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "Other conversation",
+  "interruption.subagent": "Subagent",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "From {title}",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "View conversation",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "Open request from {title}",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "Project request",
   "interruption.answered": "Answered",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "No answer",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "Skills",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es/messaging.ts
index 9bd9ebc87..3962b77c2 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "Solicitud anterior",
   "interruption.next": "Solicitud siguiente",
   "interruption.global": "Solicitud del servicio",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "Otra conversación",
+  "interruption.subagent": "Subagente",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "De {title}",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "Ver conversación",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "Abrir solicitud de {title}",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "Solicitud del proyecto",
   "interruption.answered": "Respondida",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "Sin respuesta",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "Skills",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr/messaging.ts
index d68e5cdbf..49479fd80 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "Demande précédente",
   "interruption.next": "Demande suivante",
   "interruption.global": "Demande du service",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "Autre conversation",
+  "interruption.subagent": "Sous-agent",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "Depuis {title}",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "Voir la conversation",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "Ouvrir la demande de {title}",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "Demande du projet",
   "interruption.answered": "Réponse reçue",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "Aucune réponse",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "Skills",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/he/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/he/messaging.ts
index cbc4fbe49..45f52fc96 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/he/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/he/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "הבקשה הקודמת",
   "interruption.next": "הבקשה הבאה",
   "interruption.global": "בקשת שירות",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "שיחה אחרת",
+  "interruption.subagent": "סוכן משנה",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "מתוך {title}",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "הצגת השיחה",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "פתיחת בקשה מתוך {title}",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "בקשת פרויקט",
   "interruption.answered": "נענתה",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "אין תשובה",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "מיומנויות",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja/messaging.ts
index 6d7dc40c1..dd34f93e1 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "前のリクエスト",
   "interruption.next": "次のリクエスト",
   "interruption.global": "サービスのリクエスト",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "別の会話",
+  "interruption.subagent": "サブエージェント",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "{title} から",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "会話を表示",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "{title} からのリクエストを開く",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "プロジェクトのリクエスト",
   "interruption.answered": "回答済み",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "回答なし",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "スキル",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ne/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ne/messaging.ts
index afe168439..8428fd360 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ne/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ne/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "अघिल्लो अनुरोध",
   "interruption.next": "अर्को अनुरोध",
   "interruption.global": "सेवाको अनुरोध",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "अर्को कुराकानी",
+  "interruption.subagent": "उप-एजेन्ट",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "{title} बाट",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "कुराकानी हेर्नुहोस्",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "{title} बाट आएको अनुरोध खोल्नुहोस्",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "परियोजनाको अनुरोध",
   "interruption.answered": "उत्तर दिइयो",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "उत्तर छैन",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "सीपहरू",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ru/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ru/messaging.ts
index c653627b0..88e29d3b5 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ru/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ru/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "Предыдущий запрос",
   "interruption.next": "Следующий запрос",
   "interruption.global": "Запрос сервиса",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "Другой разговор",
+  "interruption.subagent": "Субагент",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "Из «{title}»",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "Открыть разговор",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "Открыть запрос из «{title}»",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "Запрос проекта",
   "interruption.answered": "Ответ получен",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "Нет ответа",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "Навыки",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/tr/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/tr/messaging.ts
index a26a1fcd5..9f1282d07 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/tr/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/tr/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "Önceki istek",
   "interruption.next": "Sonraki istek",
   "interruption.global": "Hizmet isteği",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "Başka sohbet",
+  "interruption.subagent": "Alt ajan",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "Kaynak: {title}",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "Sohbeti görüntüle",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "{title} sohbetinden gelen isteği aç",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "Proje isteği",
   "interruption.answered": "Yanıtlandı",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "Yanıt yok",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "Beceriler",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-Hans/messaging.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-Hans/messaging.ts
index c50f5e5ec..f915a5b89 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-Hans/messaging.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-Hans/messaging.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const messagingMessages = {
   "interruption.previous": "上一个请求",
   "interruption.next": "下一个请求",
   "interruption.global": "服务请求",
+  "interruption.otherConversation": "其他会话",
+  "interruption.subagent": "子代理",
+  "interruption.parentConversation": "来自 {title}",
+  "interruption.viewConversation": "查看会话",
+  "interruption.openExternal": "打开来自 {title} 的请求",
+  "interruption.projectRequest": "项目请求",
   "interruption.answered": "已回答",
   "interruption.noAnswer": "无回答",
   "promptInput.skills.title": "技能",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/stores/interruption-scope.ts b/packages/ui/src/stores/interruption-scope.ts
index 5a348741e..dce236884 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/stores/interruption-scope.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/stores/interruption-scope.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ export function getInterruptionQueue(instanceId: string) {
   ]
 }
 
-// A missing/unknown conversation is not authority for the rest of the project.
-// Only the explicit no-session surface owns genuinely sessionless Forms.
+// Conversation affinity classifies provenance and automatic expansion only;
+// the native pending queue remains authoritative for all answerable requests.
+// Sessionless Forms are always explicitly expanded by the dock.
 export function getInterruptionScope(instanceSessions: Map<string, Session> | undefined, sessionId: string | null | undefined) {
   if (sessionId === null) return new Set(["global"])
   if (!sessionId || sessionId === "info" || !instanceSessions?.has(sessionId)) return new Set<string>()
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/styles/components/interruption-dock.css b/packages/ui/src/styles/components/interruption-dock.css
index 4fee41e66..b953fa3ab 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/styles/components/interruption-dock.css
+++ b/packages/ui/src/styles/components/interruption-dock.css
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 }
 .interruption-dock:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent-primary); outline-offset: -2px; }
 .interruption-dock .window-header {
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
   gap: var(--space-sm);
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-primary) 9%, var(--surface-chrome));
 }
@@ -24,10 +25,22 @@
 .session-view:has(> .interruption-dock:not(.is-collapsed):not([hidden])) :is(.form-request-fields, .interruption-permission-content) {
   overscroll-behavior-y: auto;
 }
-.interruption-heading { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-sm); min-width: 0; }
+.interruption-heading { display: flex; flex: 1; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-sm); min-width: 0; }
 .interruption-heading > svg { flex-shrink: 0; color: var(--accent-primary); }
 .interruption-heading-copy { min-width: 0; }
 .interruption-dock .window-title { font-weight: var(--font-weight-semibold); }
+.interruption-dock.has-origin .window-title { display: -webkit-box; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; white-space: normal; overflow-wrap: anywhere; font-size: var(--font-size-sm); }
+.interruption-dock.has-origin.is-collapsed .window-title { display: block; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
+.interruption-origin-kind { display: block; font-size: var(--font-size-sm); }
+.interruption-origin-title { display: block; font-size: var(--font-size-lg); font-weight: var(--font-weight-semibold); }
+.interruption-origin-actions { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-sm); width: 100%; min-width: 0; }
+.interruption-parent { overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: var(--font-size-xs); }
+.interruption-origin-actions .window-action { margin-inline-start: auto; flex-shrink: 0; }
+.interruption-external-preview { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-sm); width: 100%; min-width: 0; min-height: var(--touch-target-size-compact); padding: var(--space-xs) var(--space-sm); border: 1px solid var(--border-base); background: var(--surface-base); text-align: start; font-size: var(--font-size-sm); font-weight: var(--font-weight-semibold); }
+.interruption-external-preview > span:first-child { overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; flex: 1; }
+.interruption-external-preview > svg { flex-shrink: 0; }
+.interruption-external-preview:hover { background: var(--surface-interactive-hover); }
+.interruption-external-preview:focus-visible { outline: 1px solid var(--focus-ring-color); outline-offset: -1px; }
 .interruption-session { display: block; color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: var(--font-size-xs); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
 .interruption-dock .window-actions { display: flex; align-items: center; flex-shrink: 0; gap: var(--space-sm); margin-inline-start: auto; }
 .interruption-navigation { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-xs); }
diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/fixtures/header-windows.tsx b/packages/ui/tests/browser/fixtures/header-windows.tsx
index 488ef97b6..b17799a84 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/fixtures/header-windows.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/fixtures/header-windows.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ let config = { settings: { locale: "en" } }
 serverApi.fetchConfigOwner = async () => config as any
 serverApi.patchConfigOwner = async (_owner, patch: any) => (config = { ...config, ...patch, settings: { ...config.settings, ...patch.settings } }) as any
 serverApi.fetchStateOwner = async () => ({} as any)
+serverApi.fetchPermissionReceipts = async () => ({ receipts: [] })
+serverApi.listWorkspaceFiles = async () => []
+serverApi.fetchSessionOutline = async () => ({ status: "outline", total: 1,
+  entries: [{ id: "hello", seq: 0, type: "user", tools: 0, reasoning: 0 }],
+  checkpoints: [{ after: -1, through: 0, digest: "0".repeat(64), changed: true }], cursor: null,
+})
 serverApi.fetchWorktrees = async () => ({ isGitRepo: true, worktrees: [{ slug: "root", directory: "/repo", kind: "root" }] })
 addInstance({ id, folder: "/repo", port: 0, pid: 0, proxyPath: `/workspaces/${id}/instance`, status: "ready", client })
 setSessions(previous => new Map(previous).set(id, new Map([[sessionId, session]])))
diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/interruption-dock.test.ts b/packages/ui/tests/browser/interruption-dock.test.ts
index c71550613..d88ce4f92 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/interruption-dock.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/interruption-dock.test.ts
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ test("partial answers survive refresh and conversation navigation; failed sends
     assert.equal(await answer(page).isDisabled(), true)
     await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.release())
     await page.waitForFunction(() => !(window as any).fixture.snapshot().forms.includes("question"))
-    assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock').isVisible(), false)
+    assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock').isVisible(), true)
+    assert.equal(await answer(page).count(), 0, "foreign fallback stays compact after submission")
     await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.switch("other"))
     assert.equal(await answer(page).inputValue(), "Other answer")
     assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies.length), 2)
@@ -345,10 +346,13 @@ test("mobile dock handles source-less permissions, global Forms and remote settl
     await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.remoteReply())
     await page.locator(".interruption-dock").waitFor({ state: "detached" })
     await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.global())
-    assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock').isVisible(), false)
+    assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock').isVisible(), true)
+    assert.equal(await answer(page).count(), 0)
     await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.switch(null))
-    await page.getByText("Service request", { exact: true }).waitFor()
-    assert.equal(await page.getByRole("button", { name: "View in conversation" }).count(), 0)
+    await page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Project request", exact: true }).waitFor()
+    assert.equal(await answer(page).count(), 0)
+    await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Open request from Project request", exact: true }).click()
+    assert.equal(await page.getByRole("button", { name: "View conversation", exact: true }).count(), 0)
     await answer(page).fill("Global answer")
     await page.screenshot({ path: join(tmpdir(), "interruption-dock-mobile.png") })
     assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.scrollWidth <= innerWidth), true)
diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/interruption-selection.test.ts b/packages/ui/tests/browser/interruption-selection.test.ts
index 60a077fad..8b08adb70 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/interruption-selection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/interruption-selection.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ test("a question retains its draft while a different conversation receives a per
     const answer = page.locator('.interruption-dock input[type="text"]:visible')
     await answer.fill("Draft before switching")
 
-    // The unrelated session cannot expose or focus the first conversation's editor.
+    // Navigation offers a compact preview, keeping the hidden editor inert.
     await page.evaluate(() => {
       const fixture = (window as any).fixture
       fixture.activationFrames.pause()
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ test("a question retains its draft while a different conversation receives a per
     assert.deepEqual(pending, [{ id: "permission-other", sessionID: "other" }])
     assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0)
     assert.equal(await page.locator(".prompt-input").inputValue(), "")
-    assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-session").innerText(), "Other session")
-    assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-position").count(), 0)
+    assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-heading .window-title").innerText(), "Other conversation · Main session")
+    assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-navigation .interruption-position").innerText(), "2 / 2")
     await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.switch("s"))
     assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Draft before switching")
     await answer.fill("Continue the original answer")
     await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.activationFrames.flush())
     assert.equal(await answer.evaluate(element => element === document.activeElement), true)
     assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-session").innerText(), "Main session")
-    assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-position").count(), 0)
-    assert.equal(await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Next request", exact: true }).count(), 0)
+    assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-navigation .interruption-position").innerText(), "2 / 2")
+    assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-external-preview").innerText(), "Other conversation · Other session\n1")
     assert.deepEqual(errors, [])
   } finally {
     await page.close()
diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/mobile-interruption.test.ts b/packages/ui/tests/browser/mobile-interruption.test.ts
index db4276fbd..4ceffcec5 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/mobile-interruption.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/mobile-interruption.test.ts
@@ -83,9 +83,12 @@ for (const size of ["portrait", "short", "keyboard"] as const) {
       for (const request of ["background", "global"]) {
         if (request === "global") {
           await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.nativeQuestion("global", "global-form", true))
-          assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock').isVisible(), false)
+          assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock').isVisible(), true)
+          assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock input:visible').count(), 0)
           await page.locator('.session-header-indicators .permission-center-trigger:visible').click()
-          assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), null)
+          assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), "session")
+          assert.equal(await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Project request', exact: true }).isVisible(), true)
+          assert.equal(await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'View conversation', exact: true }).count(), 0)
         }
         const fields = page.locator(".interruption-dock .form-request-fields")
         assert.equal(await fields.evaluate(el => el.scrollHeight > el.clientHeight), true)
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ for (const size of ["portrait", "short", "keyboard"] as const) {
         await answer.fill(`Answer ${request}`)
         await assertReachable(answer)
         await assertFooter(page)
-        assert.equal(await composer.inputValue(), request === "global" ? "" : draft)
+        assert.equal(await composer.inputValue(), draft)
         assert.equal(await composer.isDisabled(), false, "descendant/global requests compact their own surface's composer")
         assert.equal(await resize.getAttribute("aria-disabled"), "true")
         if (size === "keyboard") {
@@ -144,7 +147,114 @@ async function assertReachable(control: Locator) {
 }
 
 for (const mobile of [false, true]) {
-  test(`real shell scopes recursive interruptions and preserves per-conversation selection on ${mobile ? "mobile" : "desktop"}`, async () => {
+  for (const owner of ["unrelated", "global"]) {
+    test(`Info badge opens the ${owner} request on the conversation surface without owner navigation on ${mobile ? "mobile" : "desktop"}`, async () => {
+      const page = await browser.newPage(mobile ? { ...devices["Pixel 5"] } : { viewport: { width: 1400, height: 900 } })
+      const errors: string[] = []
+      page.on("pageerror", error => errors.push(error.message))
+      await page.route("**/api/**", route => route.fulfill({ json: {} }))
+      try {
+        await page.goto(url, { timeout: 60000 })
+        await page.waitForFunction(() => Boolean((window as any).fixture), undefined, { timeout: 60000 })
+        await page.locator('textarea.prompt-input:visible').fill("Original conversation draft")
+        await page.evaluate(owner => {
+          const f = (window as any).fixture
+          if (owner !== "global") f.addSession(owner)
+          f.nativeQuestion(owner)
+          f.showInfo()
+        }, owner)
+        assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), "info")
+        assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock:visible').count(), 0)
+        await page.locator('.session-header-indicators .permission-center-trigger:visible').click()
+        // The existing Back to conversation behavior uses the no-session surface
+        // when Info has no mounted conversation pane; never infer the request owner.
+        assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), null)
+        const answer = page.locator('.interruption-dock input[type="text"]:visible')
+        await answer.waitFor()
+        assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock').evaluate(el => el === document.activeElement), true)
+        assert.equal(await page.getByRole('heading', {
+          name: owner === "global" ? "Project request" : "Other conversation · Fixture unrelated", exact: true,
+        }).isVisible(), true)
+        assert.equal(await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'View conversation', exact: true }).count(), owner === "global" ? 0 : 1)
+        await answer.fill("Answer from Info")
+        await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit', exact: true }).click()
+        assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[0].sessionID), owner)
+        assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), null)
+        await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("session"))
+        assert.equal(await page.locator('textarea.prompt-input:visible').inputValue(), "Original conversation draft")
+        assert.deepEqual(errors, [])
+      } finally { await page.close() }
+    })
+  }
+
+  test(`real shell keeps a focused local draft and one bounded foreign preview on ${mobile ? "mobile" : "desktop"}`, async () => {
+    const page = await browser.newPage(mobile ? { ...devices["Pixel 5"] } : { viewport: { width: 1400, height: 900 } })
+    const errors: string[] = []
+    page.on("pageerror", error => errors.push(error.message))
+    await page.route("**/api/**", route => route.fulfill({ json: {} }))
+    try {
+      await page.goto(url, { timeout: 60000 })
+      await page.waitForFunction(() => Boolean((window as any).fixture), undefined, { timeout: 60000 })
+      const answer = page.locator('.interruption-dock input[type="text"]:visible')
+      await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.nativeQuestion())
+      await answer.fill("Focused local draft")
+      await page.evaluate(() => {
+        const f = (window as any).fixture
+        for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+          f.addSession(`foreign-${i}`)
+          f.nativeQuestion(`foreign-${i}`)
+        }
+        // A permission may sort before the current Form, even with the same ID.
+        f.queuePermission("foreign-0", "question-session")
+        f.nativeQuestion()
+      })
+      assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Focused local draft")
+      assert.equal(await answer.evaluate(el => el === document.activeElement), true)
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-external-preview').count(), 1)
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-external-preview .interruption-position').innerText(), "21")
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-editor:not([hidden])').count(), 1)
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-editor[hidden][inert]').count(), 21)
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), "session")
+      if (process.env.CODENOMAD_MOBILE_CAPTURE) {
+        await mkdir(process.env.CODENOMAD_MOBILE_CAPTURE, { recursive: true })
+        await page.screenshot({ path: join(process.env.CODENOMAD_MOBILE_CAPTURE, `external-${mobile ? "portrait" : "desktop"}-alongside-local.png`), scale: "css" })
+      }
+      await page.locator('.interruption-external-preview').focus()
+      await page.keyboard.press("Enter")
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock').evaluate(el => el === document.activeElement), true,
+        "opening a preview keeps keyboard focus in the dock after the compact button is removed")
+      assert.equal(await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Other conversation · Fixture foreign-0', exact: true }).isVisible(), true)
+      await page.locator('.interruption-dock textarea:visible').fill("Foreign permission reason")
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Deny', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[0].sessionID), "foreign-0")
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[0].requestID), "question-session")
+      assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Focused local draft")
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[1].formID), "question-session")
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[1].sessionID), "session")
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0)
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.prompt-resize-handle').getAttribute('aria-disabled'), null)
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open request from Fixture foreign-0', exact: true }).click()
+      await answer.fill("Foreign form draft")
+      await page.evaluate(() => {
+        const f = (window as any).fixture
+        f.nativeQuestion("foreign-0")
+        f.nativeQuestion("session", "new-local")
+      })
+      assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Foreign form draft")
+      assert.equal(await answer.evaluate(el => el === document.activeElement), true)
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0)
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Previous request', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0, "returning through navigation requires deliberate foreign expansion")
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open request from Fixture foreign-0', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Foreign form draft")
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.scrollWidth <= innerWidth), true)
+      assert.deepEqual(errors, [])
+    } finally { await page.close() }
+  })
+
+  test(`real shell labels recursive interruptions and preserves per-conversation selection on ${mobile ? "mobile" : "desktop"}`, async () => {
     const page = await browser.newPage(mobile ? { ...devices["Pixel 5"] } : { viewport: { width: 1400, height: 900 } })
     const errors: string[] = []
     page.on("pageerror", error => errors.push(error.message))
@@ -161,46 +271,52 @@ for (const mobile of [false, true]) {
         for (const id of ["session", "child", "grandchild", "sibling", "unrelated"]) f.nativeQuestion(id)
       })
       const answer = page.locator('.interruption-dock input[type="text"]:visible')
-      const owner = page.locator('.interruption-session:visible')
-      assert.equal(await owner.innerText(), "Fixture conversation")
-      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-position').innerText(), "1 / 4")
+      const heading = page.locator('.interruption-heading .window-title')
+      const position = page.locator('.interruption-navigation .interruption-position')
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-session').innerText(), "Fixture conversation")
+      assert.equal(await position.innerText(), "1 / 5")
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-external-preview').count(), 1)
       await answer.fill("Parent draft")
       await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await heading.textContent(), "Subagent · Fixture child")
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-parent').innerText(), "From Fixture conversation")
       await answer.fill("Child draft")
       await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await heading.textContent(), "Subagent · Fixture grandchild")
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-parent').innerText(), "From Fixture child")
       await answer.fill("Grandchild draft")
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("child"))
-      assert.equal(await owner.innerText(), "Fixture child")
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-session').innerText(), "Fixture child")
       assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Child draft")
-      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-position').innerText(), "1 / 2")
+      assert.equal(await position.innerText(), "2 / 5")
       await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
       assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Grandchild draft")
       await answer.focus()
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.queuePermission("child"))
       assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Grandchild draft")
       assert.equal(await answer.evaluate(el => el === document.activeElement), true)
-      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-position').innerText(), "3 / 3")
-      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Previous request', exact: true }).click()
-      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Previous request', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await position.innerText(), "4 / 6")
+      await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.focusRequest("child", "dock-permission"))
       await page.locator('.interruption-dock textarea:visible').fill("Child permission draft")
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("unrelated"))
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("child"))
       assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock textarea:visible').inputValue(), "Child permission draft")
       await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
       await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
 
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("grandchild"))
       assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Grandchild draft")
-      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-position').count(), 0, "parents and siblings are excluded")
+      assert.equal(await position.innerText(), "4 / 6", "parents and siblings remain answerable through compact previews")
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("unrelated"))
-      assert.equal(await owner.innerText(), "Fixture unrelated")
-      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-position').count(), 0)
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-session').innerText(), "Fixture unrelated")
+      assert.equal(await position.innerText(), "6 / 6")
       await answer.fill("Unrelated draft")
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("child"))
-      assert.equal(await owner.innerText(), "Fixture grandchild", "child conversation restores its selected descendant")
+      assert.equal(await heading.textContent(), "Subagent · Fixture grandchild", "child conversation restores its selected descendant")
       assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Grandchild draft")
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("session"))
-      assert.equal(await owner.innerText(), "Fixture grandchild", "parent conversation restores its selection independently")
+      assert.equal(await heading.textContent(), "Subagent · Fixture grandchild", "parent conversation restores its selection independently")
 
       // Reconciliation changes payload identity without replacing the mounted editor.
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.nativeQuestion("grandchild"))
@@ -212,11 +328,15 @@ for (const mobile of [false, true]) {
       assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock textarea:visible').inputValue(), "Child permission draft")
       await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Deny', exact: true }).click()
       assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[1].sessionID), "child")
+      await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("session"))
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'View conversation', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), "child")
       assert.deepEqual(errors, [])
     } finally { await page.close() }
   })
 
-  test(`real shell explicitly opens unrelated/global requests and reacts to late ancestry on ${mobile ? "mobile" : "desktop"}`, async () => {
+  test(`real shell opens foreign requests in place with persistent provenance on ${mobile ? "mobile" : "desktop"}`, async () => {
     const page = await browser.newPage(mobile ? { ...devices["Pixel 5"] } : { viewport: { width: 1400, height: 900 } })
     const errors: string[] = []
     page.on("pageerror", error => errors.push(error.message))
@@ -232,40 +352,71 @@ for (const mobile of [false, true]) {
         f.addSession("unrelated")
         f.nativeQuestion("unrelated")
       })
-      assert.equal(await dock.isVisible(), false)
+      assert.equal(await dock.isVisible(), true)
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0)
+      assert.equal(await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Other conversation · Fixture unrelated', exact: true }).isVisible(), true)
+      assert.ok((await dock.boundingBox())!.height < 80)
       assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), "session")
       assert.equal(await page.locator('.prompt-resize-handle').getAttribute('aria-disabled'), null)
+      if (process.env.CODENOMAD_MOBILE_CAPTURE) {
+        await mkdir(process.env.CODENOMAD_MOBILE_CAPTURE, { recursive: true })
+        await page.screenshot({ path: join(process.env.CODENOMAD_MOBILE_CAPTURE, `external-${mobile ? "portrait" : "desktop"}-compact.png`), scale: "css" })
+      }
       await badge.click()
       await answer.fill("Owner draft")
-      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), "unrelated")
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), "session")
       assert.equal(await dock.evaluate(el => el.contains(document.activeElement)), true)
+      assert.equal(await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Other conversation · Fixture unrelated', exact: true }).isVisible(), true)
+      assert.equal(await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'View conversation', exact: true }).isVisible(), true)
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-origin-title').evaluate(el => {
+        const source = getComputedStyle(el), kind = getComputedStyle(el.previousElementSibling!)
+        return Number(source.fontWeight) >= 600 && parseFloat(source.fontSize) > parseFloat(kind.fontSize)
+          && !el.closest('.interruption-body')
+      }), true, "the actual source name is a prominent persistent heading outside the scrolling form")
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.prompt-resize-handle').getAttribute('aria-disabled'), 'true')
+      if (process.env.CODENOMAD_MOBILE_CAPTURE) {
+        await page.screenshot({ path: join(process.env.CODENOMAD_MOBILE_CAPTURE, `external-${mobile ? "portrait" : "desktop"}-expanded.png`), scale: "css" })
+      }
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.nativeQuestion("global"))
-      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-position').count(), 0)
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-navigation .interruption-position').innerText(), "1 / 2")
       assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Owner draft")
-      await badge.click()
-      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), null)
-      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-session:visible').innerText(), "Service request")
+      assert.equal(await answer.evaluate(el => el === document.activeElement), true)
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next request', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0, "navigation to a foreign request is a preview, not permission to open its editor")
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.prompt-resize-handle').getAttribute('aria-disabled'), null)
+      assert.equal(await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Project request', exact: true }).isVisible(), true)
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open request from Project request', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'View conversation', exact: true }).count(), 0)
       await answer.fill("Global draft")
+      await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession(null))
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0, "global request on a new surface still requires explicit expansion")
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("session"))
-      assert.equal(await dock.isVisible(), false)
-      await badge.click()
       assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Global draft")
       await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit', exact: true }).click()
       assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[0].sessionID), "global")
-      assert.equal(await dock.isVisible(), false, "sessionless surface never falls back to a conversation")
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0, "settlement must not reopen the previously viewed foreign request")
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open request from Fixture unrelated', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Owner draft")
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'View conversation', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectedSession()), "unrelated")
+      assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Owner draft")
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit', exact: true }).click()
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[1].sessionID), "unrelated")
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.replies[1].formID), "question-unrelated")
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("session"))
       await page.evaluate(() => {
         const f = (window as any).fixture
         f.addSession("late-grandchild", "late-child")
         f.nativeQuestion("late-grandchild")
       })
-      assert.equal(await dock.isVisible(), false)
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0)
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.addSession("late-child", "session"))
-      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-session:visible').innerText(), "Fixture late-grandchild")
+      assert.equal(await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Subagent · Fixture late-grandchild', exact: true }).isVisible(), true)
+      // Classification changes alone preserve the compact selection.
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open request from Fixture late-grandchild', exact: true }).click()
       await answer.fill("Late draft")
       await page.evaluate(() => {
         const f = (window as any).fixture
-        f.focusRequest("unrelated", "question-unrelated")
         f.focusRequest("late-grandchild", "already-settled")
       })
       assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Late draft")
@@ -276,13 +427,13 @@ for (const mobile of [false, true]) {
         f.focusRequest("late-grandchild", "question-late-grandchild")
         f.selectSession("missing-session")
       })
-      assert.equal(await dock.isVisible(), false)
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0)
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.showInfo())
-      assert.equal(await dock.isVisible(), false)
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0)
       await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession(null))
-      assert.equal(await dock.isVisible(), false)
-      await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("unrelated"))
-      assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Owner draft")
+      assert.equal(await answer.count(), 0)
+      await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.selectSession("session"))
+      assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Late draft")
       assert.deepEqual(errors, [])
     } finally { await page.close() }
   })
@@ -384,7 +535,12 @@ for (const landscape of [false, true]) for (const keyboardHeight of [260, 220, 1
       const height = await composer.evaluate(el => el.getBoundingClientRect().height)
       const saved = await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).fixture.promptHeight())
       await page.evaluate(keyboardHeight => {
-        ;(window as any).fixture.nativeQuestion("session", "short-keyboard-form", true)
+        ;(window as any).fixture.addSession("foreign")
+        ;(window as any).fixture.nativeQuestion("foreign", "short-keyboard-form", true)
+      }, keyboardHeight)
+      assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-dock input:visible').count(), 0)
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open request from Fixture foreign', exact: true }).click()
+      await page.evaluate(keyboardHeight => {
         ;(window as any).keyboardViewport(keyboardHeight)
       }, keyboardHeight)
       await page.waitForFunction(bottom => document.querySelector(".content-area")!.getBoundingClientRect().bottom <= bottom, keyboardHeight)
@@ -466,7 +622,7 @@ for (const mode of ["desktop", "mobile", "immersive", "landscape"] as const) {
       for (const sid of ["second", "session", "second", "session"]) {
         await page.evaluate(sid => (window as any).fixture.selectSession(sid), sid)
         await page.locator(`.session-cache-pane[data-session-id="${sid}"][data-session-active="true"] textarea`).waitFor()
-        assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-dock:visible").count(), sid === "session" ? 1 : 0, JSON.stringify(await dockSnapshot(page)))
+        assert.equal(await page.locator(".interruption-dock:visible").count(), 1, JSON.stringify(await dockSnapshot(page)))
         if (sid === "session") assert.equal(await answer.inputValue(), "Preserve my answer")
         else {
           assert.equal(await page.locator('.interruption-editor[hidden][inert] input').inputValue(), "Preserve my answer")