diff --git a/packages/mobile-voice/src/app/index.tsx b/packages/mobile-voice/src/app/index.tsx
index 7cadcfa2fc..f08a37dea5 100644
--- a/packages/mobile-voice/src/app/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile-voice/src/app/index.tsx
@@ -1813,6 +1813,13 @@ export default function DictationScreen() {
           }
         },
       )
+
+      // Safety timeout: if the Reanimated animation callback never fires (e.g. app
+      // backgrounded during the 320ms animation), force-reset isSending so the user
+      // isn't permanently blocked from sending new prompts.
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        completeSend()
+      }, 5_000)
     } catch {
       setMonitorStatus("Failed to send prompt")
       void Haptics.notificationAsync(Haptics.NotificationFeedbackType.Error).catch(() => {})
@@ -2155,6 +2162,11 @@ export default function DictationScreen() {
     ],
   }))
 
+  // Inverse of waveform: visible when waveform is hidden, fades out when waveform appears
+  const animatedSwipeHintStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
+    opacity: interpolate(waveformVisibility.value, [0, 1], [1, 0], Extrapolation.CLAMP),
+  }))
+
   const maxDropdownListHeight = DROPDOWN_VISIBLE_ROWS * DROPDOWN_ROW_HEIGHT
   const serverMenuEntries = Math.max(servers.length, 1) + Math.max(discoveredServerOptions.length, 1)
   const estimatedServerMenuRowsHeight = Math.min(
@@ -3437,7 +3449,7 @@ export default function DictationScreen() {
                         <ScrollView
                           ref={scrollViewRef}
                           style={{ width: pagerPageWidth }}
-                          contentContainerStyle={styles.transcriptionContent}
+                          contentContainerStyle={[styles.transcriptionContent, styles.transcriptionContentLive]}
                           onContentSizeChange={() => scrollViewRef.current?.scrollToEnd({ animated: true })}
                         >
                           <Animated.View style={animatedTranscriptSendStyle}>
@@ -3447,6 +3459,14 @@ export default function DictationScreen() {
                               <Text style={styles.placeholderText}>Your transcription will appear here…</Text>
                             )}
                           </Animated.View>
+                          <Animated.View style={[styles.swipeHint, animatedSwipeHintStyle]} pointerEvents="none">
+                            {!displayedTranscript && !isSending ? (
+                              <>
+                                <Text style={styles.swipeHintText}>Swipe left to see previous prompts</Text>
+                                <Text style={styles.swipeHintArrow}>→</Text>
+                              </>
+                            ) : null}
+                          </Animated.View>
                         </ScrollView>
                       ) : (
                         <ScrollView
@@ -3595,7 +3615,7 @@ export default function DictationScreen() {
                     <ScrollView
                       ref={scrollViewRef}
                       style={{ width: pagerPageWidth }}
-                      contentContainerStyle={styles.transcriptionContent}
+                      contentContainerStyle={[styles.transcriptionContent, styles.transcriptionContentLive]}
                       onContentSizeChange={() => scrollViewRef.current?.scrollToEnd({ animated: true })}
                     >
                       <Animated.View style={animatedTranscriptSendStyle}>
@@ -3605,6 +3625,14 @@ export default function DictationScreen() {
                           <Text style={styles.placeholderText}>Your transcription will appear here…</Text>
                         )}
                       </Animated.View>
+                      <Animated.View style={[styles.swipeHint, animatedSwipeHintStyle]} pointerEvents="none">
+                        {!displayedTranscript && !isSending ? (
+                          <>
+                            <Text style={styles.swipeHintText}>Swipe left to see previous prompts</Text>
+                            <Text style={styles.swipeHintArrow}>→</Text>
+                          </>
+                        ) : null}
+                      </Animated.View>
                     </ScrollView>
                   ) : (
                     <ScrollView style={{ width: pagerPageWidth }} contentContainerStyle={styles.transcriptionContent}>
@@ -4924,7 +4952,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     justifyContent: "space-between",
   },
   promptHistoryLabel: {
-    color: "#6B7A99",
+    color: "#555",
     fontSize: 13,
     fontWeight: "700",
     letterSpacing: 0.6,
@@ -4935,7 +4963,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     fontSize: 24,
     fontWeight: "500",
     lineHeight: 34,
-    color: "#8B96AD",
+    color: "#888",
   },
   modelErrorBadge: {
     alignSelf: "flex-start",
@@ -4966,6 +4994,25 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     fontWeight: "500",
     color: "#333",
   },
+  transcriptionContentLive: {
+    justifyContent: "space-between",
+  },
+  swipeHint: {
+    flexDirection: "row",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    alignSelf: "flex-end",
+    gap: 6,
+  },
+  swipeHintText: {
+    color: "#444",
+    fontSize: 13,
+    fontWeight: "500",
+  },
+  swipeHintArrow: {
+    color: "#444",
+    fontSize: 15,
+    fontWeight: "600",
+  },
   waveformBoxesRow: {
     position: "absolute",
     left: 20,
diff --git a/packages/mobile-voice/src/hooks/use-monitoring.ts b/packages/mobile-voice/src/hooks/use-monitoring.ts
index f7ebf9663a..471ab9153e 100644
--- a/packages/mobile-voice/src/hooks/use-monitoring.ts
+++ b/packages/mobile-voice/src/hooks/use-monitoring.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ export function useMonitoring({
   const [appState, setAppState] = useState<AppStateStatus>(AppState.currentState)
 
   const foregroundMonitorAbortRef = useRef<AbortController | null>(null)
+  const foregroundPollIntervalRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null>(null)
   const monitorJobRef = useRef<MonitorJob | null>(null)
+  const syncSessionStateRef = useRef<
+    ((input: { serverID: string; sessionID: string; preserveStatusLabel?: boolean }) => Promise<void>) | null
+  >(null)
   const pendingNotificationEventsRef = useRef<{ payload: NotificationPayload; source: "received" | "response" }[]>([])
   const notificationHandlerRef = useRef<(payload: NotificationPayload, source: "received" | "response") => void>(
     (payload, source) => {
@@ -240,6 +244,10 @@ export function useMonitoring({
       aborter.abort()
       foregroundMonitorAbortRef.current = null
     }
+    if (foregroundPollIntervalRef.current) {
+      clearInterval(foregroundPollIntervalRef.current)
+      foregroundPollIntervalRef.current = null
+    }
   }, [])
 
   const loadLatestAssistantResponse = useCallback(
@@ -378,52 +386,89 @@ export function useMonitoring({
 
       const base = job.opencodeBaseURL.replace(/\/+$/, "")
 
-      void (async () => {
-        try {
-          const response = await expoFetch(`${base}/event`, {
-            signal: abortController.signal,
-            headers: {
-              Accept: "text/event-stream",
-              "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
-            },
-          })
+      // SSE stream with automatic recovery on failure or natural close
+      const connectSSE = () => {
+        void (async () => {
+          try {
+            const response = await expoFetch(`${base}/event`, {
+              signal: abortController.signal,
+              headers: {
+                Accept: "text/event-stream",
+                "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
+              },
+            })
 
-          if (!response.ok || !response.body) {
-            throw new Error(`SSE monitor failed (${response.status})`)
-          }
-
-          for await (const message of parseSSEStream(response.body)) {
-            let parsed: OpenCodeEvent | null = null
-            try {
-              parsed = JSON.parse(message.data) as OpenCodeEvent
-            } catch {
-              continue
+            if (!response.ok || !response.body) {
+              throw new Error(`SSE monitor failed (${response.status})`)
             }
 
-            if (!parsed) continue
-            const sessionID = extractSessionID(parsed)
-            if (sessionID !== job.sessionID) continue
-
-            if (parsed.type === "permission.asked") {
-              const request = parsePendingPermissionRequest(parsed.properties)
-              if (request) {
-                upsertPendingPermission(request)
+            for await (const message of parseSSEStream(response.body)) {
+              let parsed: OpenCodeEvent | null = null
+              try {
+                parsed = JSON.parse(message.data) as OpenCodeEvent
+              } catch {
+                continue
               }
+
+              if (!parsed) continue
+              const sessionID = extractSessionID(parsed)
+              if (sessionID !== job.sessionID) continue
+
+              if (parsed.type === "permission.asked") {
+                const request = parsePendingPermissionRequest(parsed.properties)
+                if (request) {
+                  upsertPendingPermission(request)
+                }
+              }
+
+              const eventType = classifyMonitorEvent(parsed)
+              if (!eventType) continue
+
+              const active = monitorJobRef.current
+              if (!active || active.id !== job.id) return
+              handleMonitorEvent(eventType, job)
             }
 
-            const eventType = classifyMonitorEvent(parsed)
-            if (!eventType) continue
-
-            const active = monitorJobRef.current
-            if (!active || active.id !== job.id) return
-            handleMonitorEvent(eventType, job)
+            // Stream ended naturally (server closed connection) -- fall through to recovery
+          } catch {
+            if (abortController.signal.aborted) return
+            // SSE failed (network drop, server restart, etc.) -- fall through to recovery
           }
-        } catch {
+
+          // Recovery: if this job is still active and we weren't explicitly aborted, poll session status
           if (abortController.signal.aborted) return
+          const active = monitorJobRef.current
+          if (!active || active.id !== job.id) return
+
+          const serverID = activeServerIdRef.current
+          const sessionID = activeSessionIdRef.current
+          if (serverID && sessionID) {
+            void syncSessionStateRef.current?.({ serverID, sessionID })
+          }
+        })()
+      }
+
+      connectSSE()
+
+      // Periodic polling fallback: check session status every 20s in case SSE silently drops
+      foregroundPollIntervalRef.current = setInterval(() => {
+        const active = monitorJobRef.current
+        if (!active || active.id !== job.id) {
+          if (foregroundPollIntervalRef.current) {
+            clearInterval(foregroundPollIntervalRef.current)
+            foregroundPollIntervalRef.current = null
+          }
+          return
         }
-      })()
+
+        const serverID = activeServerIdRef.current
+        const sessionID = activeSessionIdRef.current
+        if (serverID && sessionID) {
+          void syncSessionStateRef.current?.({ serverID, sessionID, preserveStatusLabel: true })
+        }
+      }, 20_000)
     },
-    [handleMonitorEvent, stopForegroundMonitor, upsertPendingPermission],
+    [activeServerIdRef, activeSessionIdRef, handleMonitorEvent, stopForegroundMonitor, upsertPendingPermission],
   )
 
   const beginMonitoring = useCallback(
@@ -518,9 +563,24 @@ export function useMonitoring({
         if (!input.preserveStatusLabel) {
           setMonitorStatus("")
         }
+        return
+      }
+
+      // runtimeStatus is null (fetch failed or unparseable) -- retry after a short delay
+      // if a monitor job is still active, so we don't leave the user stuck
+      if (runtimeStatus === null && monitorJobRef.current) {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          const serverID = activeServerIdRef.current
+          const sessionID = activeSessionIdRef.current
+          if (serverID && sessionID && monitorJobRef.current) {
+            void syncSessionStateRef.current?.({ serverID, sessionID })
+          }
+        }, 5_000)
       }
     },
     [
+      activeServerIdRef,
+      activeSessionIdRef,
       appState,
       fetchSessionRuntimeStatus,
       loadLatestAssistantResponse,
@@ -532,6 +592,10 @@ export function useMonitoring({
     ],
   )
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    syncSessionStateRef.current = syncSessionState
+  }, [syncSessionState])
+
   const handleNotificationPayload = useCallback(
     async (payload: NotificationPayload, source: "received" | "response") => {
       const activeServer = activeServerIdRef.current
diff --git a/packages/mobile-voice/src/hooks/use-server-sessions.ts b/packages/mobile-voice/src/hooks/use-server-sessions.ts
index f237b17526..1ae72403cc 100644
--- a/packages/mobile-voice/src/hooks/use-server-sessions.ts
+++ b/packages/mobile-voice/src/hooks/use-server-sessions.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export function useServerSessions() {
         return
       }
 
-      const resolvedSessionsURL = `${activeBase}/experimental/session?limit=100`
+      const resolvedSessionsURL = `${activeBase}/experimental/session?limit=100&roots=true`
       const sessionsRes = await fetch(resolvedSessionsURL)
       if (!current()) {
         console.log("[Server] refresh:stale-skip", { id: server.id, req })