diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/Design/ChatProTab.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/Design/ChatProTab.swift
index a8362a74e148..0bde2fb36837 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Sources/Design/ChatProTab.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Sources/Design/ChatProTab.swift
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ struct ChatProTab: View {
     @Environment(NodeAppModel.self) private var appModel
     @Environment(\.colorScheme) private var colorScheme
     @State private var viewModel: OpenClawChatViewModel?
+    @State private var programmaticSessionSwitchCounts: [String: Int] = [:]
 
     var body: some View {
         NavigationStack {
@@ -104,6 +105,14 @@ struct ChatProTab: View {
                 sessionKey: sessionKey,
                 transport: IOSGatewayChatTransport(gateway: self.appModel.operatorSession),
                 onSessionChanged: { sessionKey in
+                    if self.consumeProgrammaticSessionSwitch(sessionKey) {
+                        // Programmatic switches complete asynchronously; stale completions
+                        // must repair back to the current app-model session, not become focus.
+                        if sessionKey != self.appModel.chatSessionKey {
+                            self.syncChatViewModel()
+                        }
+                        return
+                    }
                     self.appModel.focusChatSession(sessionKey)
                 },
                 diagnosticsLog: { message in
@@ -112,9 +121,26 @@ struct ChatProTab: View {
             return
         }
         guard viewModel.sessionKey != sessionKey else { return }
+        self.recordProgrammaticSessionSwitch(sessionKey)
         viewModel.switchSession(to: sessionKey)
     }
 
+    private func recordProgrammaticSessionSwitch(_ sessionKey: String) {
+        self.programmaticSessionSwitchCounts[sessionKey, default: 0] += 1
+    }
+
+    private func consumeProgrammaticSessionSwitch(_ sessionKey: String) -> Bool {
+        guard let count = self.programmaticSessionSwitchCounts[sessionKey] else {
+            return false
+        }
+        if count <= 1 {
+            self.programmaticSessionSwitchCounts[sessionKey] = nil
+        } else {
+            self.programmaticSessionSwitchCounts[sessionKey] = count - 1
+        }
+        return true
+    }
+
     private var talkControl: OpenClawChatTalkControl {
         OpenClawChatTalkControl(
             isEnabled: self.appModel.talkMode.isEnabled,
diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/Design/CommandCenterTab.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/Design/CommandCenterTab.swift
index f0f81c192f66..97b2f1b6a4db 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Sources/Design/CommandCenterTab.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Sources/Design/CommandCenterTab.swift
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ struct CommandCenterTab: View {
                 trailing: "session",
                 color: self.gatewayConnected ? OpenClawBrand.ok : .secondary,
                 progress: nil,
-                route: .chat(self.appModel.chatSessionKey)),
+                route: .chat(self.appModel.defaultChatSessionKey)),
             WorkItem(
                 id: "talk-mode",
                 icon: "waveform",
diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift
index 6220857d3d4f..4a9b97da389c 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
                 let selected = (self.selectedAgentId ?? "").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
                 if !selected.isEmpty, !decoded.agents.contains(where: { $0.id == selected }) {
                     self.selectedAgentId = nil
+                    self.focusedChatSessionKey = nil
                 }
                 self.talkMode.updateMainSessionKey(self.mainSessionKey)
                 self.homeCanvasRevision &+= 1
@@ -779,13 +780,19 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
 
     func setSelectedAgentId(_ agentId: String?) {
         let trimmed = (agentId ?? "").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let nextSelectedAgentId = trimmed.isEmpty ? nil : trimmed
+        let currentSelectedAgentId = self.selectedAgentId?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let selectedAgentChanged = currentSelectedAgentId != nextSelectedAgentId
         let stableID = (self.connectedGatewayID ?? "").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
         if stableID.isEmpty {
-            self.selectedAgentId = trimmed.isEmpty ? nil : trimmed
+            self.selectedAgentId = nextSelectedAgentId
         } else {
-            self.selectedAgentId = trimmed.isEmpty ? nil : trimmed
+            self.selectedAgentId = nextSelectedAgentId
             GatewaySettingsStore.saveGatewaySelectedAgentId(stableID: stableID, agentId: self.selectedAgentId)
         }
+        if selectedAgentChanged {
+            self.focusedChatSessionKey = nil
+        }
         self.talkMode.updateMainSessionKey(self.mainSessionKey)
         self.homeCanvasRevision &+= 1
         if let relay = ShareGatewayRelaySettings.loadConfig() {
@@ -1837,9 +1844,13 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         {
             return focused
         }
+        return self.defaultChatSessionKey
+    }
+
+    var defaultChatSessionKey: String {
         // Keep chat aligned with the gateway's resolved main session key.
         // A hardcoded "ios" base creates synthetic placeholder sessions in the chat UI.
-        return self.mainSessionKey
+        self.mainSessionKey
     }
 
     func openChat(sessionKey: String?) {
@@ -2005,6 +2016,7 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         self.gatewayDefaultAgentId = nil
         self.gatewayAgents = []
         self.selectedAgentId = GatewaySettingsStore.loadGatewaySelectedAgentId(stableID: stableID)
+        self.focusedChatSessionKey = nil
         self.homeCanvasRevision &+= 1
         self.apnsLastRegisteredTokenHex = nil
     }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Tests/NodeAppModelInvokeTests.swift b/apps/ios/Tests/NodeAppModelInvokeTests.swift
index 6f8f9ab753f1..07f0259bf97d 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Tests/NodeAppModelInvokeTests.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Tests/NodeAppModelInvokeTests.swift
@@ -214,6 +214,44 @@ private final class MockBootstrapNotificationCenter: NotificationCentering, @unc
         #expect(appModel.mainSessionKey == "agent:agent-123:main")
     }
 
+    @Test @MainActor func selectingAgentClearsExplicitChatFocus() {
+        let appModel = NodeAppModel()
+        appModel.gatewayDefaultAgentId = "main"
+        let rustSessionKey = SessionKey.makeAgentSessionKey(agentId: "rust-claw", baseKey: "main")
+
+        appModel.setSelectedAgentId("rust-claw")
+        #expect(appModel.chatSessionKey == rustSessionKey)
+        appModel.focusChatSession(rustSessionKey)
+
+        appModel.setSelectedAgentId("main")
+        #expect(appModel.defaultChatSessionKey == "main")
+        #expect(appModel.mainSessionKey == "main")
+        #expect(appModel.chatSessionKey == "main")
+    }
+
+    @Test @MainActor func sameSelectedAgentKeepsExplicitChatFocus() {
+        let appModel = NodeAppModel()
+        appModel.gatewayDefaultAgentId = "main"
+        appModel.setSelectedAgentId("main")
+        appModel.openChat(sessionKey: "incident-42")
+
+        appModel.setSelectedAgentId("main")
+        #expect(appModel.defaultChatSessionKey == "main")
+        #expect(appModel.chatSessionKey == "incident-42")
+    }
+
+    @Test @MainActor func defaultChatSessionKeyIgnoresExplicitChatFocus() {
+        let appModel = NodeAppModel()
+        appModel.gatewayDefaultAgentId = "main"
+        appModel.setSelectedAgentId("rust-claw")
+        appModel.openChat(sessionKey: "incident-42")
+
+        #expect(appModel.defaultChatSessionKey == SessionKey.makeAgentSessionKey(
+            agentId: "rust-claw",
+            baseKey: "main"))
+        #expect(appModel.chatSessionKey == "incident-42")
+    }
+
     @Test @MainActor func execApprovalPromptPresentationTracksLatestNotificationTap() throws {
         let appModel = NodeAppModel()
         try appModel._test_presentExecApprovalPrompt(