diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts
index 63d349ad1379..1e1e37405d08 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import type { MutableRefObject } from 'react'
-import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react'
+import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
+import { type MutableRefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import type { NavigateFunction } from 'react-router-dom'
 
 import { revealTreePane } from '@/components/pane-shell/tree/store'
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { clearNotifications, notify, notifyError } from '@/store/notifications'
 import { $activeGatewayProfile, $newChatProfile, ensureGatewayProfile, normalizeProfileKey } from '@/store/profile'
 import { resolveNewSessionCwd, tombstoneSessions, untombstoneSessions } from '@/store/projects'
 import {
+  $activeSessionStoredId,
   $currentCwd,
   $currentFastMode,
   $currentModel,
@@ -177,6 +178,33 @@ export function useSessionActions({
   const copy = t.desktop
   const resumeRequestRef = useRef(0)
 
+  // Follow auto-compression's stored-id rotation. When the active session's
+  // stored id changes (compression ends the SessionDB session and forks a
+  // continuation), re-anchor the URL route + selection to the new id so the
+  // next send doesn't hit a stale stored→runtime mapping and trigger a full
+  // thread reload. replace: true — it's the same conversation, not a new
+  // history entry.
+  const rotatedStoredId = useStore($activeSessionStoredId)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!rotatedStoredId || rotatedStoredId === selectedStoredSessionIdRef.current) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const oldStoredId = selectedStoredSessionIdRef.current
+
+    setSelectedStoredSessionId(rotatedStoredId)
+    selectedStoredSessionIdRef.current = rotatedStoredId
+    navigate(sessionRoute(rotatedStoredId), { replace: true })
+
+    // Clean up the stale stored→runtime mapping so getRuntimeIdForStoredSession
+    // can't resolve the old id to this runtime (it would fail the storedSessionId
+    // check and return null, but leaving the stale key is sloppy).
+    if (oldStoredId) {
+      runtimeIdByStoredSessionIdRef.current.delete(oldStoredId)
+    }
+  }, [rotatedStoredId, navigate, runtimeIdByStoredSessionIdRef, selectedStoredSessionIdRef])
+
   const startFreshSessionDraft = useCallback(
     (options: boolean | FreshSessionDraftOptions = false) => {
       const draftOptions = typeof options === 'boolean' ? { replaceRoute: options } : options
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts
index 3e59dd972709..75b535835acc 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-state-cache.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import { preserveLocalAssistantErrors } from '@/lib/chat-messages'
 import { createClientSessionState } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
 import { setMutableRef } from '@/lib/mutable-ref'
 import {
+  $activeSessionId,
   $busy,
   $messages,
   noteSessionActivity,
   onSessionWatchdogClear,
+  setActiveSessionStoredId,
   setCurrentFastMode,
   setCurrentModel,
   setCurrentPersonality,
@@ -115,6 +117,15 @@ export function useSessionStateCache({
 
         if (previousStoredSessionId && previousStoredSessionId !== storedSessionId) {
           setSessionWorking(previousStoredSessionId, false)
+
+          // Auto-compression rotated the stored id on the active session. Signal
+          // the route-following effect in use-session-actions so the URL + selection
+          // re-anchor to the continuation id — otherwise the next send hits a stale
+          // stored→runtime mapping (getRuntimeIdForStoredSession returns null) and
+          // triggers a full thread reload via resumeStoredSession.
+          if (sessionId === $activeSessionId.get()) {
+            setActiveSessionStoredId(storedSessionId)
+          }
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts
index 78c66618e58b..b735b454d7bf 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ export const $sessionsLoading = atom(true)
 export const $workingSessionIds = atom<string[]>([])
 export const $activeSessionId = atom<string | null>(null)
 export const $selectedStoredSessionId = atom<string | null>(null)
+// Reactive signal for when the active session's stored id rotates (auto-
+// compression ends the SessionDB session and forks a continuation). The
+// route + selection must follow the rotation so the next send doesn't
+// trigger a full thread reload (getRuntimeIdForStoredSession would return
+// null for the old stored id, forcing resumeStoredSession). Set in
+// ensureSessionState when the cache entry's storedSessionId changes.
+export const $activeSessionStoredId = atom<string | null>(null)
 export const $messages = atom<ChatMessage[]>([])
 
 // Streaming-stable derivations of $messages. During a token stream the array
@@ -321,6 +328,8 @@ export const setSessionProfileTotals = (next: Updater<Record<string, number>>) =
 export const setSessionsLoading = (next: Updater<boolean>) => updateAtom($sessionsLoading, next)
 export const setWorkingSessionIds = (next: Updater<string[]>) => updateAtom($workingSessionIds, next)
 export const setActiveSessionId = (next: Updater<string | null>) => updateAtom($activeSessionId, next)
+export const setActiveSessionStoredId = (next: Updater<string | null>) =>
+  updateAtom($activeSessionStoredId, next)
 
 export const setSelectedStoredSessionId = (next: Updater<string | null>) => {
   updateAtom($selectedStoredSessionId, next)