diff --git a/packages/app/src/composer/composer.tsx b/packages/app/src/composer/composer.tsx
index 93fe2b13234..b9833b04165 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/composer/composer.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/composer/composer.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Show, createEffect, createMemo, onCleanup } from "solid-js"
+import { Show, createMemo } from "solid-js"
 import { Button } from "@opencode-ai/ui/button"
 import { useDialog } from "@opencode-ai/ui/context/dialog"
 import { Icon } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon"
@@ -12,33 +12,10 @@ import { formatKeybind, useCommand } from "@/shell/commands/command"
 import { useLanguage } from "@/runtime/i18n/language"
 import type { ComposerModel } from "./model"
 
-export type ComposerDropState = { active: boolean; label: string }
-
-export function Composer(props: {
-  class?: string
-  model: ComposerModel
-  borderUnderlay?: boolean
-  onDropStateChange?: (state: ComposerDropState) => void
-}) {
+export function Composer(props: { class?: string; model: ComposerModel; borderUnderlay?: boolean }) {
   const dialog = useDialog()
   const command = useCommand()
   const language = useLanguage()
-  const dropInput = () => props.model.model.selection.current()?.capabilities.input
-  const dropLabel = createMemo(() => {
-    const input = dropInput()
-    if (!input?.image && !input?.pdf) return language.t("ui.promptInput.dropFiles")
-    if (!input.pdf) return language.t("ui.promptInput.dropFiles.image")
-    if (!input.image) return language.t("ui.promptInput.dropFiles.pdf")
-    return language.t("ui.promptInput.dropFiles.imagePdf")
-  })
-
-  createEffect(() =>
-    props.onDropStateChange?.({
-      active: props.model.state.drag === "active",
-      label: dropLabel(),
-    }),
-  )
-  onCleanup(() => props.onDropStateChange?.({ active: false, label: dropLabel() }))
 
   return (
     <div class="flex flex-col gap-3">
diff --git a/packages/app/src/composer/model.ts b/packages/app/src/composer/model.ts
index 43a3e6cf285..3056cbda1bb 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/composer/model.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/composer/model.ts
@@ -42,9 +42,14 @@ export function createComposerModel(adapter: ComposerAdapter, options?: { queue?
 
   const interaction = createComposerEditorState(prompt.mode.current())
   createEffect(
-    on(adapter.ready, (ready) => {
-      if (ready) interaction[1]("mode", prompt.mode.current())
-    }),
+    on(
+      () => (adapter.ready() ? prompt.mode.current() : undefined),
+      (mode) => {
+        if (!mode) return
+        // Project external draft changes without another mode write clearing restored retry metadata.
+        interaction[1](mode === "shell" ? { mode, popover: { type: "closed" } } : { mode })
+      },
+    ),
   )
   const mode = () => interaction[0].mode
   const history = createComposerHistory()
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/composer/adapter.ts b/packages/app/src/session/composer/adapter.ts
index 4e97a13c22f..28c2ac2054a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/composer/adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/composer/adapter.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ import { useComposerState } from "@/composer/persistence"
 import { useData } from "@/runtime/server/current"
 import { useServerSDK } from "@/runtime/server/client"
 import { useWorkspaceLocation } from "@/workspaces/location"
-import type { SessionModel } from "../model"
 
 export function createActiveComposerAdapter(input: {
-  session: SessionModel
+  sessionID: string
   controls: Accessor<ComposerControls>
   submitted: () => void
   setEditor: (element: HTMLDivElement) => void
 }) {
-  const id = input.session.identity.params.id
-  if (!id) throw new Error("Active Composer requires a Session ID")
+  const id = input.sessionID
 
   const prompt = useComposerState()
   prompt.current()
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/composer/controller.ts b/packages/app/src/session/composer/controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4832b00989f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/composer/controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { createEffect, createMemo, on, type Accessor } from "solid-js"
+import type { ComposerControls } from "@/composer/adapter"
+import { setCursorPosition } from "@/composer/editor/dom"
+import { createComposerModel } from "@/composer/model"
+import { useSettings } from "@/settings/model"
+import { createActiveComposerAdapter } from "./adapter"
+import { createSessionQueue } from "./queue"
+import { createSessionComposerRegionController } from "./session-composer-region-controller"
+
+export function createSessionComposerController(input: {
+  sessionID: string
+  controls: Accessor<ComposerControls>
+  dock: Parameters<typeof createSessionComposerRegionController>[0]
+}) {
+  const settings = useSettings()
+  const region = createSessionComposerRegionController(input.dock)
+  let editor: HTMLDivElement | undefined
+  const adapter = createActiveComposerAdapter({
+    sessionID: input.sessionID,
+    controls: input.controls,
+    submitted: region.onResponseSubmit,
+    setEditor: (element) => {
+      editor = element
+      region.setPromptRef(element)
+    },
+  })
+  const queue = createSessionQueue({
+    sessionID: input.sessionID,
+    draft: adapter.state,
+    working: adapter.working,
+    behavior: settings.general.followUpBehavior,
+    restoreFocus: (cursor) => {
+      const target = editor
+      if (!target) return
+      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        target.focus()
+        setCursorPosition(target, cursor)
+      })
+    },
+  })
+  const composer = createComposerModel(adapter, { queue })
+  const editable = createMemo(() => region.showComposer() && !region.child())
+  // Requests hide the view without disposing its draft or queue edit.
+  createEffect(on(editable, () => composer.onDragLeave()))
+
+  return {
+    region,
+    queue,
+    composer,
+    drop: {
+      active: () => editable() && composer.state.drag === "active",
+      input: () => composer.model.selection.current()?.capabilities.input,
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+export type SessionComposerController = ReturnType<typeof createSessionComposerController>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/composer/queue.ts b/packages/app/src/session/composer/queue.ts
index de3930d788a..ed81cbac8ed 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/composer/queue.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/composer/queue.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/solid-query"
 import type { SessionInboxInfo } from "@opencode-ai/client/promise"
 import { SessionMessage } from "@opencode-ai/schema/session-message"
 import type { ComposerDelivery } from "@/composer/adapter"
-import type { ComposerModel } from "@/composer/model"
 import type { ComposerStateTarget } from "@/composer/submission-state"
 import type { ImageAttachmentPart, Prompt } from "@/composer/state"
 import { clonePrompt, promptLength } from "@/composer/prompt-parts"
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ export function createSessionQueue(input: {
   draft: ComposerStateTarget
   working: Accessor<boolean>
   behavior: Accessor<ComposerDelivery>
-  composer: Accessor<ComposerModel | undefined>
+  restoreFocus: (cursor: number) => void
 }) {
   const data = useData()
   const server = useServerSDK()
@@ -159,9 +158,9 @@ export function createSessionQueue(input: {
       },
     })
     const text = queuedPromptText(item)
-    input.composer()?.dispatch({ type: "mode.normal" })
+    input.draft.mode.set("normal")
     input.draft.set([{ type: "text", content: text, start: 0, end: text.length }], text.length)
-    input.composer()?.restoreFocus(text.length)
+    input.restoreFocus(text.length)
     return true
   }
   const cancelEdit = () => {
@@ -170,10 +169,10 @@ export function createSessionQueue(input: {
     setState("editing", undefined)
     // Mode first, then prompt, then retry: mode and prompt writes both clear
     // the retry marker.
-    input.composer()?.dispatch({ type: editing.stash.mode === "shell" ? "mode.shell" : "mode.normal" })
+    input.draft.mode.set(editing.stash.mode)
     input.draft.set(editing.stash.prompt, editing.stash.cursor)
     if (editing.stash.retry) input.draft.retry.set(editing.stash.retry)
-    input.composer()?.restoreFocus(editing.stash.cursor)
+    input.restoreFocus(editing.stash.cursor)
   }
   const confirmEdit = (delivery: ComposerDelivery) => {
     const editing = state.editing
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/composer/region.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/composer/region.tsx
index 49a7ab391f3..eb1b4591615 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/composer/region.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/composer/region.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ import { useDialog } from "@opencode-ai/ui/context/dialog"
 import { isScrollKeyTarget, scrollKey, scrollKeyOwner } from "@opencode-ai/ui/scroll-view"
 import { makeEventListener } from "@solid-primitives/event-listener"
 import { useNavigate } from "@solidjs/router"
-import { createEffect, on, onMount } from "solid-js"
-import { Composer, type ComposerDropState } from "@/composer/composer"
-import { createComposerModel, type ComposerModel } from "@/composer/model"
+import { createEffect, createMemo, on, onMount, type Accessor } from "solid-js"
+import { Composer } from "@/composer/composer"
 import { useComposerState } from "@/composer/persistence"
 import { createComposerControls } from "@/composer/selection"
 import { setCursorPosition } from "@/composer/editor/dom"
@@ -25,18 +24,16 @@ import { restorePromptModel, syncPromptModel, syncSessionModel } from "../sessio
 import type { SessionTimelineInteraction } from "../timeline/interaction"
 import { createSessionRevert } from "../revert"
 import { SessionComposerRegion } from "./session-composer-region"
-import { createSessionComposerRegionController } from "./session-composer-region-controller"
-import { createActiveComposerAdapter } from "./adapter"
-import { createSessionQueue } from "./queue"
+import { createSessionComposerController, type SessionComposerController } from "./controller"
 import { SessionQueuePanel } from "./queue-panel"
 import { resolveSessionComposerSelection } from "./selection"
 import { createSessionRequestModel } from "../requests/model"
-import { useSettings } from "@/settings/model"
 
 export function createActiveSessionRegion(input: {
   session: SessionModel
   screen: SessionScreenLayout
   timeline: SessionTimelineInteraction
+  visible: Accessor<boolean>
 }) {
   const command = useCommand()
   const dialog = useDialog()
@@ -180,7 +177,30 @@ export function createActiveSessionRegion(input: {
     },
   ])
 
+  const dock = {
+    state,
+    parentID: input.session.data.parentID,
+    centered: input.screen.centered,
+    onResponseSubmit: input.timeline.actions.resume,
+    openParent,
+    setPromptRef: (element: HTMLDivElement) => {
+      promptRef = element
+    },
+    setDockRef: input.timeline.view.setDockRef,
+  }
+  const active = createMemo(
+    on(
+      () => (input.visible() ? input.session.identity.sessionID() : undefined),
+      (sessionID) => (sessionID ? createSessionComposerController({ sessionID, controls, dock }) : undefined),
+    ),
+  )
+
   return {
+    active,
+    drop: {
+      active: () => active()?.drop.active() ?? false,
+      input: () => active()?.drop.input(),
+    },
     actions: {
       timeline: {
         get revert() {
@@ -190,77 +210,25 @@ export function createActiveSessionRegion(input: {
         openAttachment,
       } satisfies SessionUserActions,
     },
-    region: {
-      centered: input.screen.centered,
-      openParent,
-      prompt,
-      setDockRef: input.timeline.view.setDockRef,
-      setPromptRef: (element: HTMLDivElement) => {
-        promptRef = element
-      },
-      state,
-    },
-    input: {
-      controls,
-      setPromptRef: (element: HTMLDivElement) => {
-        promptRef = element
-      },
-    },
-    submitted: () => input.timeline.actions.resume(),
+    requests: state,
     workspaceMoveEligible: () => true,
   }
 }
 
 export type ActiveSessionRegionModel = ReturnType<typeof createActiveSessionRegion>
 
-export function ActiveSessionComposerRegion(props: {
-  model: ActiveSessionRegionModel
-  session: SessionModel
-  onResponseSubmit: () => void
-  onDropStateChange?: (state: ComposerDropState) => void
-}) {
-  const settings = useSettings()
-  const region = createSessionComposerRegionController({
-    state: props.model.region.state,
-    parentID: props.session.data.parentID,
-    centered: props.model.region.centered,
-    onResponseSubmit: props.onResponseSubmit,
-    openParent: props.model.region.openParent,
-    setPromptRef: props.model.region.setPromptRef,
-    setDockRef: props.model.region.setDockRef,
-  })
-  const adapter = createActiveComposerAdapter({
-    session: props.session,
-    controls: props.model.input.controls,
-    submitted: props.model.submitted,
-    setEditor: props.model.input.setPromptRef,
-  })
-  let composer: ComposerModel | undefined
-  const queue = createSessionQueue({
-    sessionID: requireSessionID(props.session),
-    draft: adapter.state,
-    working: adapter.working,
-    behavior: settings.general.followUpBehavior,
-    composer: () => composer,
-  })
-  composer = createComposerModel(adapter, { queue })
+export function ActiveSessionComposerRegion(props: { model: SessionComposerController }) {
   return (
     <SessionComposerRegion
-      controller={region}
+      controller={props.model.region}
       composer={
         <div class="relative">
-          <SessionQueuePanel queue={queue} />
+          <SessionQueuePanel queue={props.model.queue} />
           <div class="relative z-10">
-            <Composer model={composer} borderUnderlay onDropStateChange={props.onDropStateChange} />
+            <Composer model={props.model.composer} borderUnderlay />
           </div>
         </div>
       }
     />
   )
 }
-
-function requireSessionID(session: SessionModel) {
-  const id = session.identity.params.id
-  if (!id) throw new Error("Active Composer requires a Session ID")
-  return id
-}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/screen.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/screen.tsx
index a18d2e43b52..2c7706c8ee7 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/screen.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/screen.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { ResizeHandle } from "@opencode-ai/ui/resize-handle"
 import { Icon } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon"
 import { MessageTimeline, SessionSummaryPanel } from "@/session/timeline/message-timeline"
 import { useServer } from "@/runtime/server/current"
+import { useLanguage } from "@/runtime/i18n/language"
 import { projectForSession } from "@/shell/layout/helpers"
 import type { SessionModel } from "@/session/model"
 import { SESSION_PANEL_WIDTH_MIN } from "@/session/session-panel-width"
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const SessionMobileFiles = lazy(async () => {
 export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
   const session = props.session
   const server = useServer()
+  const language = useLanguage()
   const detailsProject = createMemo(() => {
     const info = session.data.info()
     return info ? projectForSession(info, server.ctx.sync.data.project) : undefined
@@ -57,7 +59,6 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
     sideTerminalPresent: false,
     mobileTerminalCached: false,
     mobileMoveDismissed: false,
-    drop: { active: false, label: "" },
   })
   const [elements, setElements] = createStore<{
     side?: HTMLDivElement
@@ -77,11 +78,6 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
     () => elements.bottomTerminal ?? null,
     session.layout.tabKey,
   )
-  const dropPresence = createAnimatedPresence(
-    () => store.drop.active || undefined,
-    () => elements.dropzone ?? null,
-    session.layout.tabKey,
-  )
   const sideMotion = createMemo<{
     key?: string
     region: boolean
@@ -142,7 +138,20 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
     session,
     screen,
     timeline,
+    visible: conversationVisible,
   })
+  const dropLabel = createMemo(() => {
+    const input = composer.drop.input()
+    if (!input?.image && !input?.pdf) return language.t("ui.promptInput.dropFiles")
+    if (!input.pdf) return language.t("ui.promptInput.dropFiles.image")
+    if (!input.image) return language.t("ui.promptInput.dropFiles.pdf")
+    return language.t("ui.promptInput.dropFiles.imagePdf")
+  })
+  const dropPresence = createAnimatedPresence(
+    () => (composer.drop.active() ? dropLabel() : undefined),
+    () => elements.dropzone ?? null,
+    session.layout.tabKey,
+  )
 
   useUsageExceededDialogs()
 
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
                           review.mobile.setTab("changes")
                           session.layout.view().terminal.close()
                         }}
-                        backgroundTasks={composer.region.state.background.tasks()}
+                        backgroundTasks={composer.requests.background.tasks()}
                       />
                     )}
                   </Show>
@@ -208,7 +217,7 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
     <>
       <div
         data-slot="session-dropzone-blur"
-        data-visible={store.drop.active}
+        data-visible={composer.drop.active()}
         class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 z-[79] rounded-[inherit] opacity-[0.001] backdrop-blur-[1.5px] transition-opacity duration-200 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.215,0.61,0.355,1)] will-change-[opacity,backdrop-filter] data-[visible=true]:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-none"
         style={{
           "-webkit-mask-image":
@@ -223,15 +232,14 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
         <div
           ref={(element) => setElements("dropzone", element)}
           data-component="session-dropzone"
-          data-visible={store.drop.active}
+          data-visible={composer.drop.active()}
           class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 z-[80] grid place-items-center overflow-hidden rounded-[inherit] bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--v2-text-text-base)_var(--session-dropzone-wash),transparent)] opacity-100 transition-opacity duration-200 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.215,0.61,0.355,1)] data-[visible=false]:opacity-0 motion-reduce:transition-none"
         >
           <div class="absolute inset-0 bg-v2-background-bg-base/25" />
           <div
             class="absolute inset-y-0 left-1/2 w-full -translate-x-1/2 md:max-w-200 2xl:max-w-[1000px]"
             style={{
-              "-webkit-mask-image":
-                "linear-gradient(to right, transparent 0%, black 12%, black 88%, transparent 100%)",
+              "-webkit-mask-image": "linear-gradient(to right, transparent 0%, black 12%, black 88%, transparent 100%)",
               "mask-image": "linear-gradient(to right, transparent 0%, black 12%, black 88%, transparent 100%)",
             }}
           >
@@ -251,7 +259,7 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
           <div
             data-slot="session-dropzone-content"
             class="relative flex translate-y-0 flex-col items-center gap-5 opacity-100 transition-[opacity,transform] duration-200 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.215,0.61,0.355,1)] data-[visible=false]:translate-y-1 data-[visible=false]:opacity-0 motion-reduce:transition-none"
-            data-visible={store.drop.active}
+            data-visible={composer.drop.active()}
           >
             <div
               data-slot="session-dropzone-upload"
@@ -260,7 +268,7 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
             >
               <Icon name="arrow-up" size="normal" class="text-v2-icon-icon-muted" />
             </div>
-            <div class="text-[15px] font-[530] leading-6 text-v2-text-text-base">{store.drop.label}</div>
+            <div class="text-[15px] font-[530] leading-6 text-v2-text-text-base">{dropPresence.value()}</div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </Show>
@@ -301,7 +309,7 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
                 <MessageTimeline
                   hideHeader={!isDesktop()}
                   session={session}
-                  background={composer.region.state.background}
+                  background={composer.requests.background}
                   actions={composer.actions.timeline}
                   scroll={timeline.scroll}
                   onResumeScroll={timeline.actions.resume}
@@ -329,15 +337,8 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
         </Switch>
       </div>
 
-      <Show when={conversationVisible() ? session.identity.params.id : undefined} keyed>
-        {(_id) => (
-          <ActiveSessionComposerRegion
-            model={composer}
-            session={session}
-            onResponseSubmit={timeline.actions.resume}
-            onDropStateChange={(drop) => setStore("drop", drop)}
-          />
-        )}
+      <Show when={composer.active()} keyed>
+        {(model) => <ActiveSessionComposerRegion model={model} />}
       </Show>
     </>
   )