diff --git a/src/tui/tui-command-handlers.test.ts b/src/tui/tui-command-handlers.test.ts
index 544d5307612b..26687bd0ed53 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui-command-handlers.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/tui-command-handlers.test.ts
@@ -1069,6 +1069,45 @@ describe("tui command handlers", () => {
     expect(addSystem).toHaveBeenCalledWith("abort the current run before /new");
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    {
+      activeChatRunId: "active-run",
+      pendingSubmit: null,
+      activityStatus: "running",
+    },
+    {
+      activeChatRunId: null,
+      pendingSubmit: {
+        phase: "accepted" as const,
+        runId: "pending-run",
+        draftText: null,
+      },
+      activityStatus: "sending",
+    },
+    {
+      activeChatRunId: null,
+      pendingSubmit: {
+        phase: "sending" as const,
+        runId: "pending-run",
+        draftText: "pending",
+      },
+      activityStatus: "sending",
+    },
+    {
+      activeChatRunId: null,
+      pendingSubmit: null,
+      activityStatus: "finishing context",
+    },
+  ])("blocks /reset while the current session lifecycle is unfinished", async (runState) => {
+    const resetSession = vi.fn();
+    const { handleCommand, addSystem } = createHarness({ resetSession, ...runState });
+
+    await handleCommand("/reset");
+
+    expect(resetSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(addSystem).toHaveBeenCalledWith("abort the current run before /reset");
+  });
+
   it("serializes input until /new adopts the created session", async () => {
     let resolveCreate: ((value: { ok: true; key: string }) => void) | undefined;
     const createSession = vi.fn().mockImplementation(
diff --git a/src/tui/tui-command-handlers.ts b/src/tui/tui-command-handlers.ts
index c82b06bc3c8a..1526b4648d5b 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui-command-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/tui/tui-command-handlers.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,17 @@ export function createCommandHandlers(context: CommandHandlerContext) {
   const hasUnsafeSessionRollover = () =>
     hasTrackedAbortTarget() || state.activityStatus === "finishing context";
 
+  const rejectUnsafeSessionRollover = (command: "new" | "reset") => {
+    if (!hasUnsafeSessionRollover()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    // Reset interrupts admitted Gateway work, so both rollover commands must
+    // reject active, queued, and finishing runs before mutating the session.
+    chatLog.addSystem(`abort the current run before /${command}`);
+    tui.requestRender();
+    return true;
+  };
+
   const currentSessionPatchTarget = () => ({
     key: state.currentSessionKey,
     ...(state.currentSessionKey === "global" ? { agentId: state.currentAgentId } : {}),
@@ -736,9 +747,7 @@ export function createCommandHandlers(context: CommandHandlerContext) {
         break;
       }
       case "new":
-        if (hasUnsafeSessionRollover()) {
-          chatLog.addSystem("abort the current run before /new");
-          tui.requestRender();
+        if (rejectUnsafeSessionRollover("new")) {
           break;
         }
         sessionCreationInFlight = true;
@@ -769,6 +778,9 @@ export function createCommandHandlers(context: CommandHandlerContext) {
         }
         break;
       case "reset":
+        if (rejectUnsafeSessionRollover("reset")) {
+          break;
+        }
         try {
           // Clear token counts immediately to avoid stale display (#1523)
           state.sessionInfo.inputTokens = null;
diff --git a/src/tui/tui-pty-harness.e2e.test.ts b/src/tui/tui-pty-harness.e2e.test.ts
index 402d93034305..2f536b83da7c 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui-pty-harness.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/tui-pty-harness.e2e.test.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,11 @@ async function writeTuiPtyFixtureScript(dir: string) {
             return { runId };
           }
           const responseDelayMs =
-            opts.message === "slow prompt" || opts.message === "streaming prompt" ? 500 : 20;
+            opts.message === "slow prompt" ||
+            opts.message === "slow reset proof" ||
+            opts.message === "streaming prompt"
+              ? 500
+              : 20;
           if (opts.message === "streaming prompt") {
             setTimeout(() => {
               this.onEvent?.({
@@ -834,6 +838,30 @@ describe.sequential("TUI PTY harness", () => {
     TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
   );
 
+  it(
+    "keeps an active session intact when /reset is submitted from the terminal",
+    async () => {
+      const priorResetCount = (await readFixtureLog(fixture.logPath)).filter(
+        (entry) => entry.method === "resetSession",
+      ).length;
+
+      await fixture.run.write("slow reset proof\r");
+      await fixture.waitForLogEntry(
+        (entry) =>
+          entry.method === "sendChat" && objectFieldEquals(entry, "message", "slow reset proof"),
+      );
+      await fixture.run.write("/reset\r", { delay: false });
+      await fixture.run.waitForOutput("abort the current run before /reset");
+
+      const resetCalls = (await readFixtureLog(fixture.logPath)).filter(
+        (entry) => entry.method === "resetSession",
+      );
+      expect(resetCalls).toHaveLength(priorResetCount);
+      await fixture.run.waitForOutput("PTY_RESPONSE: slow reset proof");
+    },
+    TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  );
+
   it(
     "submits a follow-up prompt while a run is streaming",
     async () => {
diff --git a/src/tui/tui-pty-local.e2e.test.ts b/src/tui/tui-pty-local.e2e.test.ts
index 07df4e41ff0c..1f83d69dc281 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui-pty-local.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui/tui-pty-local.e2e.test.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ const GATEWAY_SCENARIOS = {
     holdFirstResponse: true,
     followupReplyText: "FOLLOWUP_RUN_COMPLETE",
   },
+  reset: {
+    agentId: "tui-pty-reset",
+    modelId: "tui-pty-reset",
+    toolsProfile: "minimal",
+    replyText: "FIRST_RUN_ACTIVE",
+    holdFirstResponse: true,
+    followupReplyText: "FOLLOWUP_RUN_COMPLETE",
+  },
   emptyReply: {
     agentId: "tui-pty-empty-reply",
     modelId: "tui-pty-empty-reply",
@@ -1128,6 +1136,50 @@ describe("TUI PTY real backends", () => {
     LOCAL_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
   );
 
+  registerGatewayTest(
+    "preserves a running session when /reset is typed against the real Gateway",
+    async ({ onTestFinished }) => {
+      const fixture = await startGatewayModeTui("reset", onTestFinished);
+      try {
+        await fixture.run.waitForOutput("gateway connected", LOCAL_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS);
+        await fixture.run.write("keep the active Gateway turn\r");
+        await waitFor({
+          timeoutMs: LOCAL_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+          read: () => (fixture.mockModel.requests().length === 1 ? true : null),
+          onTimeout: () =>
+            new Error(`active Gateway turn did not reach the model\n${fixture.run.output()}`),
+        });
+
+        await fixture.run.write("/reset\r", { delay: false });
+        await fixture.run.waitForOutput("abort the current run before /reset", 5_000);
+        expect(fixture.mockModel.requests()).toHaveLength(1);
+
+        fixture.mockModel.releaseFirstResponse();
+        await fixture.run.waitForOutput("FIRST_RUN_ACTIVE");
+
+        await fixture.run.write("continue the preserved Gateway session\r");
+        await waitFor({
+          timeoutMs: LOCAL_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS,
+          read: () => (fixture.mockModel.requests().length === 2 ? true : null),
+          onTimeout: () =>
+            new Error(
+              `preserved Gateway session did not accept its next turn\n${fixture.gateway.logs()}\n${fixture.run.output()}`,
+            ),
+        });
+        const preservedRequest = JSON.stringify(fixture.mockModel.requests()[1]?.body);
+        expect(preservedRequest).toContain("keep the active Gateway turn");
+        expect(preservedRequest).toContain("continue the preserved Gateway session");
+        await fixture.run.waitForOutput("FOLLOWUP_RUN_COMPLETE");
+
+        await fixture.run.write("/exit\r", { delay: false });
+        expect((await fixture.run.waitForExit()).exitCode).toBe(0);
+      } finally {
+        await fixture.cleanup();
+      }
+    },
+    LOCAL_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  );
+
   registerGatewayTest(
     "forwards an active-run prompt through the real Gateway followup queue",
     async ({ onTestFinished }) => {