diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPermissionsSection.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPermissionsSection.browser.test.tsx
index 9dadb999da85..bb03e19dd130 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPermissionsSection.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPermissionsSection.browser.test.tsx
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ import { render } from "../../../test/render";
 import { ComposerHandleContext, type ComposerHandleRef } from "../../composerHandleContext";
 import { ComposerContextPermissions } from "../ComposerContextPermissions";
 import { Menu, MenuPopup, MenuTrigger } from "../ui/menu";
+import { Popover, PopoverPopup, PopoverTrigger } from "../ui/popover";
 import {
   focusRequestedPermission,
   markOpenToPermissions,
   useComposerMenuProps,
 } from "./composerEventScope";
 import { ComposerFooterModeControls, ComposerPermissionsSection } from "./ComposerFooterControls";
+import { ComposerPickerFooter } from "./ComposerModelEffort";
 import { runtimeModeConfig, runtimeModeOptions } from "./runtimeModeConfig";
 
 const options = runtimeModeOptions.map((mode) => ({ mode, ...runtimeModeConfig[mode] }));
@@ -95,6 +97,49 @@ it("returns focus to the editor after a pick", async () => {
   await vi.waitFor(() => expect(handle.focusAtEnd).toHaveBeenCalled());
 });
 
+// Mirrors the model picker: a composer popover whose footer nests the Permissions menu.
+function PickerWithPermissions() {
+  const [mode, setMode] = useState<RuntimeMode>("full-access");
+  const composerMenuProps = useComposerMenuProps();
+  return (
+    <>
+      <p>Timeline</p>
+      <Popover>
+        <PopoverTrigger>Model</PopoverTrigger>
+        <PopoverPopup {...composerMenuProps}>
+          <ComposerPickerFooter
+            traits={null}
+            runtimeMode={mode}
+            runtimeModeOptions={options}
+            onRuntimeModeChange={setMode}
+          />
+        </PopoverPopup>
+      </Popover>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+it("on a touch tablet, tapping outside the Permissions menu leaves the editor unfocused", async () => {
+  const realMatchMedia = window.matchMedia.bind(window);
+  using _touch = vi
+    .spyOn(window, "matchMedia")
+    .mockImplementation((query) => realMatchMedia(query === "(pointer: coarse)" ? "all" : query));
+  const { handle, ui } = withComposer(<PickerWithPermissions />);
+  await using screen = await render(ui, { router: false }); // no routes involved
+  await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Model" }));
+  await userEvent.click(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Permissions: Full access" }));
+  const fullAccess = page.getByRole("menuitemradio", { name: "Full access" });
+  await expect.element(fullAccess).toBeInTheDocument();
+  const permissionsTrigger = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Permissions: Full access" });
+  // The first outside tap closes the Permissions menu, the second the picker around it.
+  await userEvent.click(document.body, { position: { x: 1, y: 1 } });
+  await expect.element(fullAccess).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  await userEvent.click(screen.getByText("Timeline"));
+  await expect.element(permissionsTrigger).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  // Focusing the editor after a tap opens the on-screen keyboard on Android tablets.
+  expect(handle.focusAtEnd).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
+
 it("opens on the checked permission when composer.mode marked the trigger", async () => {
   await using screen = await render(<OverflowMenu />, { router: false }); // no routes involved
   const trigger = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "More" });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/composerEventScope.ts b/apps/web/src/components/chat/composerEventScope.ts
index a0271b4a8257..b71c338e61ec 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/composerEventScope.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/composerEventScope.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useComposerHandleContext } from "../../composerHandleContext";
+import { useMediaQuery } from "../../hooks/useMediaQuery";
 
 const COMPOSER_FLOATING_LAYER_SELECTOR = [
   '[data-composer-drawer-layer="true"]',
@@ -11,19 +12,22 @@ export const composerFloatingLayerProps = {
 
 export function useComposerMenuProps() {
   const composerRef = useComposerHandleContext();
+  const isCoarsePointer = useMediaQuery({ pointer: "coarse" });
 
   return {
     ...composerFloatingLayerProps,
-    finalFocus: composerRef
-      ? () => {
-          const activeElement = document.activeElement;
-          if (activeElement !== document.body && !isInsideComposerFloatingLayer(activeElement)) {
+    // Focusing the editor on a touch device opens the on-screen keyboard, so the menu keeps its own focus return.
+    finalFocus:
+      composerRef && !isCoarsePointer
+        ? () => {
+            const activeElement = document.activeElement;
+            if (activeElement !== document.body && !isInsideComposerFloatingLayer(activeElement)) {
+              return false;
+            }
+            composerRef.current?.focusAtEnd();
             return false;
           }
-          composerRef.current?.focusAtEnd();
-          return false;
-        }
-      : undefined,
+        : undefined,
   };
 }