diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-task-permissions.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-task-permissions.test.ts
index d037ac106a025..f243a0b21309e 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-task-permissions.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-task-permissions.test.ts
@@ -506,6 +506,21 @@ describe("mobile task permissions", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("queued follow-up model", () => {
+  it("queues an unpicked follow-up on the thread's current model", async () => {
+    state.grantedEnvironments.add("secondary");
+    const composer = useThreadComposerState(NO_SIDE_CHATS);
+
+    expect(await composer.onSendMessage()).toBe("message");
+
+    // A same-instance pick leaves the draft once the thread accepts it; without a model the
+    // server would run this message on the model queued ahead of it instead.
+    expect(state.enqueue).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ modelSelection: { instanceId: "codex", model: "gpt-5.4" } }),
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 describe("mobile handoff preview and submission", () => {
   it("follows project enablement and provider availability for the selected destination", async () => {
     state.grantedEnvironments.add("secondary");
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.permissions.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.permissions.test.ts
index 309bb6a2b0a76..d90b8ad66d444 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.permissions.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.permissions.test.ts
@@ -327,6 +327,40 @@ afterEach(() => {
   state.cleanups.splice(0).forEach((cleanup) => cleanup());
 });
 
+describe("queued follow-up model", () => {
+  it("delivers a follow-up queued without a pick with no model, so the server keeps the thread's own", async () => {
+    setOperateGrant("secondary", true);
+    await state.manager.enqueue(message());
+
+    await runDrain();
+
+    expect(state.start).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(state.start.mock.calls[0]?.[0].input).not.toHaveProperty("modelSelection");
+  });
+
+  it("delivers a follow-up without a pick even when this client's copy of the thread model looks unavailable", async () => {
+    setOperateGrant("secondary", true);
+    state.modelUnavailable.mockReturnValue(true);
+    await state.manager.enqueue(message());
+
+    await runDrain();
+
+    expect(state.start).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(remaining()).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("delivers the model the user picked with the follow-up", async () => {
+    setOperateGrant("secondary", true);
+    const picked = { instanceId: ProviderInstanceId.make("codex"), model: "gpt-5.6-sol" };
+    await state.manager.enqueue(message({ modelSelection: picked }));
+
+    await runDrain();
+
+    expect(state.start).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(state.start.mock.calls[0]?.[0].input.modelSelection).toEqual(picked);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("queued task operation access", () => {
   it("parks a connected read-only target, then delivers its unchanged queue after a grant", async () => {
     const queued = message();
@@ -343,7 +377,9 @@ describe("queued task operation access", () => {
 
   it("backs off instead of redelivering at once when a delivery hits a defect", async () => {
     setOperateGrant("secondary", true);
-    const queued = message();
+    const queued = message({
+      modelSelection: { instanceId: ProviderInstanceId.make("codex"), model: "gpt-5.6-sol" },
+    });
     await state.manager.enqueue(queued);
     // Awaited steps catch their own failures, so a defect in the delivery's own code is what
     // rejects a delivery.
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.ts b/apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.ts
index c64215ed26cd3..06b22cc0d3766 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/state/threadOutboxDelivery.ts
@@ -792,7 +792,13 @@ export function createThreadOutboxDelivery(): {
     );
     if (!serverConfig) return false;
     const settings = resolveQueuedThreadSettings(queuedMessage, thread, serverConfig.providers);
-    if (isModelSelectionUnavailable(serverConfig, settings.modelSelection, thread.projectId)) {
+    // Without a pick the server delivers on the thread's own model, which this client's copy
+    // of the thread can misreport right after reconnecting; the server checks that one itself.
+    const picked = queuedMessage.modelSelection !== undefined;
+    if (
+      picked &&
+      isModelSelectionUnavailable(serverConfig, settings.modelSelection, thread.projectId)
+    ) {
       const { title, detail } = describeUnavailableModelSelection(
         serverConfig,
         settings.modelSelection,
@@ -877,7 +883,10 @@ export function createThreadOutboxDelivery(): {
       serverEnvironment.configValueAtom(queuedMessage.environmentId),
     );
     if (!currentConfig) return false;
-    if (isModelSelectionUnavailable(currentConfig, settings.modelSelection, thread.projectId)) {
+    if (
+      picked &&
+      isModelSelectionUnavailable(currentConfig, settings.modelSelection, thread.projectId)
+    ) {
       const { title, detail } = describeUnavailableModelSelection(
         currentConfig,
         settings.modelSelection,
@@ -942,7 +951,7 @@ export function createThreadOutboxDelivery(): {
           ),
           attachments: prepared.attachments,
         },
-        modelSelection: sendSettings.modelSelection,
+        ...(picked ? { modelSelection: sendSettings.modelSelection } : {}),
         titleSeed: deriveThreadTitleSeed({
           text: queuedMessage.text,
           attachments: queuedMessage.attachments,