diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.test.tsx
index 5535e76953a28..46557548fec6b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.browser.test.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   threadWithHistory,
   type FakeDriver,
 } from "../../test/fakeEnvironment";
-import { act, render } from "../../test/render";
+import { act, fakeTimers, render } from "../../test/render";
 
 // The socket is the only fake layer; see test/appScenarios.renders.tsx.
 vi.mock("../../../../packages/client-runtime/src/connection/driver.ts", async (importOriginal) => {
@@ -258,3 +258,48 @@ it("Enter on an empty prompt resumes an interrupted thread", async () => {
     ),
   );
 });
+
+it("opening a thread or returning to the window on a touch tablet does not focus the composer", async () => {
+  const realMatchMedia = window.matchMedia.bind(window);
+  using _touch = vi
+    .spyOn(window, "matchMedia")
+    .mockImplementation((query) => realMatchMedia(query === "(pointer: coarse)" ? "all" : query));
+  const first = threadWithHistory("thread-29469-a", 1);
+  const second = threadWithHistory("thread-29469-b", 1);
+  using _environment = installFakeEnvironment([first, second]);
+  // iPad Pro 11 in landscape: the desktop layout, above max-sm.
+  await page.viewport(1194, 834);
+  __setClientSettingsForTests({
+    ...DEFAULT_CLIENT_SETTINGS,
+    onboardingCompletedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+  });
+  const router = getRouter(
+    createMemoryHistory({ initialEntries: [`/${ENVIRONMENT_ID}/${first.id}`] }),
+  );
+  await router.load();
+  await using _app = await render(<AppRoot router={router} />, {
+    // AppRoot brings its own router.
+    router: false,
+  });
+  const composer = page.getByTestId("composer-editor");
+  await expect.element(page.getByText(`Answer 0 for ${first.id}.`)).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Fake frames hold the next thread entry's focus frame until the test advances it.
+  using _timers = fakeTimers();
+  await act(() =>
+    router.navigate({
+      to: "/$environmentId/$threadId",
+      params: { environmentId: ENVIRONMENT_ID, threadId: second.id },
+    }),
+  );
+  await expect.element(page.getByText(`Answer 0 for ${second.id}.`)).toBeVisible();
+  vi.advanceTimersToNextFrame();
+  // Focusing the editor raises the on-screen keyboard, which shrinks the page on iPadOS.
+  expect(document.activeElement).not.toBe(composer.element());
+
+  // ChatView waits two frames after window focus before refocusing the composer.
+  window.dispatchEvent(new FocusEvent("focus"));
+  vi.advanceTimersToNextFrame();
+  vi.advanceTimersToNextFrame();
+  expect(document.activeElement).not.toBe(composer.element());
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
index 79c4b8ceb2fc9..515a63b1d173c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ type ChatViewProps =
 
 const DismissedFallbackWindowSchema = Schema.NullOr(Schema.String);
 
+const ignoreComposerFocus = () => {};
+
 export default function ChatView(props: ChatViewProps) {
   const {
     environmentId,
@@ -713,6 +715,8 @@ export default function ChatView(props: ChatViewProps) {
   }, [isWorkspaceFileDragActive]);
   const prefersPlanSidebarSheet = useMediaQuery(RIGHT_PANEL_INLINE_LAYOUT_MEDIA_QUERY);
   const isMobileViewport = useMediaQuery("max-sm");
+  // Focusing the composer without a tap raises the on-screen keyboard on touch devices.
+  const isCoarsePointer = useMediaQuery({ pointer: "coarse" });
   const [workspaceLayoutElement, setWorkspaceLayoutElement] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const threadPanelPopoverAnchorRef = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
   const [terminalUiLaunchContext, setTerminalUiLaunchContext] =
@@ -2146,12 +2150,20 @@ export default function ChatView(props: ChatViewProps) {
     workspaceLayoutElement,
     !embedded,
     terminalUiState.terminalOpen,
-    focusComposerStable,
+    isCoarsePointer ? ignoreComposerFocus : focusComposerStable,
   );
 
-  // oxlint-disable-next-line t3code/no-unreasoned-state-sync -- window focus listener that refocuses the composer after the window regains focus
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line t3code/no-unreasoned-state-sync -- window focus listener that refocuses the composer after the window regains focus on a fine pointer
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (embedded || !activeThread?.id || terminalUiState.terminalOpen || isMobileViewport) return;
+    if (
+      embedded ||
+      !activeThread?.id ||
+      terminalUiState.terminalOpen ||
+      isMobileViewport ||
+      isCoarsePointer
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
     let frame: number | null = null;
     const onWindowFocus = () => {
       if (frame !== null) window.cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
@@ -2178,6 +2190,7 @@ export default function ChatView(props: ChatViewProps) {
     activeThread?.id,
     embedded,
     focusComposerStable,
+    isCoarsePointer,
     isMobileViewport,
     terminalUiState.terminalOpen,
   ]);