diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
index 79990884085d1..589128c6ce84a 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ import {
 } from "react";
 import {
   Alert,
-  AppState,
   Keyboard,
   Platform,
   useWindowDimensions,
@@ -144,6 +143,7 @@ import { ComposerQueuedEditBanner } from "./ComposerQueuedEdit";
 import { useThreadQueuedCount } from "./ThreadQueueControl";
 import type { ThreadContentPresentation } from "./threadContentPresentation";
 import { resolveThreadFeedSubmissionAnchor } from "./thread-feed-live-follow";
+import { useKeyboardResumeGuard } from "./use-keyboard-resume-guard";
 import { useGlobalVoiceInput } from "../voice-input/VoiceInputProvider";
 
 export interface ThreadDetailScreenProps {
@@ -356,37 +356,8 @@ export const ThreadDetailScreen = memo(function ThreadDetailScreen(props: Thread
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
   const isKeyboardVisible = useKeyboardState((state) => state.isVisible);
   const liveKeyboardHeight = useKeyboardState((state) => state.height);
-  // Android can swallow the IME hide callbacks when the app is backgrounded
-  // mid keyboard-hide (the reported repro: send — which blurs and starts the
-  // hide — then Home within a second). The keyboard library's height AND
-  // visibility then stay frozen open, so gating the sticky translation on
-  // visibility alone still strands the composer after resume. Quarantine the
-  // translation on every Android resume instead; any sign of a live keyboard
-  // stream — an owned input gaining focus, or any visibility/height movement —
-  // lifts it. A healthy resume sees no visual difference (the translation is
-  // already zero while the keyboard is closed).
-  const [keyboardStateSuspect, setKeyboardStateSuspect] = useState(false);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (Platform.OS !== "android") {
-      return;
-    }
-    const subscription = AppState.addEventListener("change", (state) => {
-      if (state === "active") {
-        setKeyboardStateSuspect(true);
-      }
-    });
-    return () => {
-      subscription.remove();
-    };
-  }, []);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setKeyboardStateSuspect(false);
-  }, [isKeyboardVisible, liveKeyboardHeight]);
-  const handleOwnedInputFocusChange = useCallback((focused: boolean) => {
-    if (focused) {
-      setKeyboardStateSuspect(false);
-    }
-  }, []);
+  const { keyboardStateSuspect, onInputFocusChange: handleOwnedInputFocusChange } =
+    useKeyboardResumeGuard(isKeyboardVisible, liveKeyboardHeight);
   const windowHeight = useWindowDimensions().height;
   const navigationHeaderHeight = useContext(HeaderHeightContext) || insets.top + 44;
   const agentLabel = `${props.selectedThread.modelSelection.instanceId} agent`;
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-keyboard-resume-guard.test.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-keyboard-resume-guard.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2bb09937c1262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-keyboard-resume-guard.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { act, useLayoutEffect } from "react";
+import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+const harness = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  platform: "android",
+  listeners: new Set<(state: string) => void>(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("react-native", () => ({
+  Platform: {
+    get OS() {
+      return harness.platform;
+    },
+  },
+  AppState: {
+    addEventListener: (_event: "change", listener: (state: string) => void) => {
+      harness.listeners.add(listener);
+      return { remove: () => harness.listeners.delete(listener) };
+    },
+  },
+}));
+
+import { useKeyboardResumeGuard } from "./use-keyboard-resume-guard";
+
+let root: Root;
+let guard: ReturnType<typeof useKeyboardResumeGuard>;
+
+function Probe(props: { visible: boolean; height: number }) {
+  const state = useKeyboardResumeGuard(props.visible, props.height);
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    guard = state;
+  });
+  return <div>{state.keyboardStateSuspect ? "resting" : "following keyboard"}</div>;
+}
+
+function render(visible = true, height = 320) {
+  act(() => root.render(<Probe visible={visible} height={height} />));
+}
+
+function appState(state: string) {
+  act(() => {
+    for (const listener of harness.listeners) listener(state);
+  });
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  Object.assign(globalThis, { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: true });
+  harness.platform = "android";
+  root = createRoot(document.createElement("div"));
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => root.unmount());
+  expect(harness.listeners.size).toBe(0);
+});
+
+describe("useKeyboardResumeGuard", () => {
+  it("keeps following an open keyboard after switching apps without a new focus or height event", () => {
+    render();
+    act(() => guard.onInputFocusChange(true));
+    appState("background");
+    appState("active");
+    expect(guard.keyboardStateSuspect).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores stale open-keyboard state after sending and backgrounding during dismissal", () => {
+    render();
+    act(() => guard.onInputFocusChange(true));
+    act(() => guard.onInputFocusChange(false));
+    appState("background");
+    appState("active");
+    expect(guard.keyboardStateSuspect).toBe(true);
+    render();
+    expect(guard.keyboardStateSuspect).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("resumes following the keyboard when an owned input is focused again", () => {
+    render();
+    appState("background");
+    appState("active");
+    expect(guard.keyboardStateSuspect).toBe(true);
+    act(() => guard.onInputFocusChange(true));
+    expect(guard.keyboardStateSuspect).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts a keyboard height update after returning with no focused input", () => {
+    render();
+    appState("background");
+    appState("active");
+    render(true, 340);
+    expect(guard.keyboardStateSuspect).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts a keyboard hide event even if its reported height did not change", () => {
+    render();
+    appState("background");
+    appState("active");
+    render(false, 320);
+    expect(guard.keyboardStateSuspect).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves iOS keyboard transitions enabled across app switches", () => {
+    harness.platform = "ios";
+    render();
+    appState("background");
+    appState("active");
+    expect(guard.keyboardStateSuspect).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-keyboard-resume-guard.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-keyboard-resume-guard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bb8c3a7f0b421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/use-keyboard-resume-guard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { AppState, Platform } from "react-native";
+
+export function useKeyboardResumeGuard(isKeyboardVisible: boolean, keyboardHeight: number) {
+  const ownedInputFocused = useRef(false);
+  const [keyboardStateSuspect, setKeyboardStateSuspect] = useState(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (Platform.OS !== "android") return;
+    const subscription = AppState.addEventListener("change", (state) => {
+      // A focused input keeps its keyboard across app switches without another
+      // focus or height event. Only distrust a resumed keyboard after blur:
+      // Android can lose the hide event if backgrounded during dismissal.
+      if (state === "active") setKeyboardStateSuspect(!ownedInputFocused.current);
+    });
+    return () => subscription.remove();
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setKeyboardStateSuspect(false);
+  }, [isKeyboardVisible, keyboardHeight]);
+
+  const onInputFocusChange = useCallback((focused: boolean) => {
+    ownedInputFocused.current = focused;
+    if (focused) setKeyboardStateSuspect(false);
+  }, []);
+
+  return { keyboardStateSuspect, onInputFocusChange };
+}