diff --git a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
index 3a9de819..17d8bb00 100644
--- a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
+++ b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   // short window, only the app's synthetic tap-to-position mouse event should
   // reach xterm.
   const TOUCH_COMPAT_MOUSE_SUPPRESS_MS = 450;
+  const TUI_PROMPT_DEFAULT_ROWS_FROM_BOTTOM = 4;
 
   function isTerminalQueryResponse(data) {
     return TERMINAL_QUERY_RESPONSE_PATTERN.test(data) || TERMINAL_OSC_RESPONSE_PATTERN.test(data);
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
     shouldSuppressTerminalQueryResponse,
     USER_SCROLL_STICKY_SUPPRESS_MS,
     TOUCH_COMPAT_MOUSE_SUPPRESS_MS,
+    TUI_PROMPT_DEFAULT_ROWS_FROM_BOTTOM,
   };
   global.CODEMAN_XTERM_THEMES = CODEMAN_XTERM_THEMES;
   global.codemanCurrentXtermTheme = currentXtermTheme;
@@ -421,6 +423,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       let lastTime = 0;
       let scrollFrame = null;
       let isTouching = false;
+      let touchForwardsToApp = false;
+      let touchLastX = 0;
 
       const scrollLoop = (timestamp) => {
         const dt = lastTime ? (timestamp - lastTime) / 16.67 : 1;
@@ -429,12 +433,20 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
         if (!isTouching && Math.abs(velocity) > 0.3) {
           // Momentum phase — convert pixel velocity to lines
           const lines = Math.round(velocity / cellHeight());
-          if (lines !== 0) this.terminal.scrollLines(lines);
+          if (lines !== 0) {
+            if (touchForwardsToApp) {
+              this._sendSyntheticSgrWheel(touchLastX, touchLastY, lines);
+            } else {
+              this._noteTerminalUserScroll(lines);
+              this.terminal.scrollLines(lines);
+            }
+          }
           velocity *= 0.92;
           scrollFrame = requestAnimationFrame(scrollLoop);
         } else if (!isTouching) {
           scrollFrame = null;
           velocity = 0;
+          touchForwardsToApp = false;
         } else {
           scrollFrame = requestAnimationFrame(scrollLoop);
         }
@@ -445,17 +457,29 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
 
       let didScroll = false; // track whether touchmove fired (tap vs scroll)
       let touchStartY = 0;
+      let tapStartedWithTerminalFocus = false;
       const TAP_THRESHOLD = 8; // px — ignore micro-drift to distinguish tap from scroll
       container.addEventListener(
         'touchstart',
         (ev) => {
           if (ev.touches.length === 1) {
+            touchLastX = ev.touches[0].clientX;
             touchLastY = ev.touches[0].clientY;
             touchStartY = touchLastY;
             velocity = 0;
             pixelAccum = 0;
             isTouching = true;
             didScroll = false;
+            touchForwardsToApp = this._shouldForwardTouchScrollToApp();
+            tapStartedWithTerminalFocus = this._isMobileTerminalInputFocused();
+            const touchStartIntent = this._classifyMobileTerminalTap(touchLastX, touchLastY);
+            if (touchStartIntent !== 'input') {
+              // Cancel xterm/browser focus before the compatibility click can
+              // open the OS keyboard. Content taps are re-emitted as SGR on
+              // touchend; history taps deliberately remain inert.
+              ev.preventDefault();
+              this._blurMobileTerminalInput();
+            }
             lastTime = 0;
             if (scrollFrame) {
               cancelAnimationFrame(scrollFrame);
@@ -463,7 +487,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
             }
           }
         },
-        { passive: true }
+        { passive: false }
       );
 
       container.addEventListener(
@@ -482,6 +506,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
             // fling, so a jittery tap would both position the cursor AND scroll.
             if (!didScroll) return;
             ev.preventDefault();
+            touchLastX = ev.touches[0].clientX;
             const delta = touchLastY - touchY; // positive = scroll down
             pixelAccum += delta;
             velocity = delta * 1.2;
@@ -490,8 +515,12 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
             const ch = cellHeight();
             const lines = Math.trunc(pixelAccum / ch);
             if (lines !== 0) {
-              this._noteTerminalUserScroll(lines);
-              this.terminal.scrollLines(lines);
+              if (touchForwardsToApp) {
+                this._sendSyntheticSgrWheel(touchLastX, touchY, lines);
+              } else {
+                this._noteTerminalUserScroll(lines);
+                this.terminal.scrollLines(lines);
+              }
               pixelAccum -= lines * ch;
             }
           }
@@ -507,44 +536,13 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
             scrollFrame = requestAnimationFrame(scrollLoop);
           }
           if (!didScroll && this.terminal) {
-            // ── Tap-to-position cursor ──────────────────────────────────
-            // Synthesize a click from the real touch point so the foreground app
-            // moves its cursor to the tapped cell (iOS doesn't reliably do this
-            // itself under touch-action:none). CRITICAL: only when mouse tracking
-            // is ON. xterm disables its local SelectionService while mouse events
-            // are active, so the synthetic click is forwarded to the PTY as an SGR
-            // report (cursor moves). But when tracking is OFF, that same click
-            // drives xterm's LOCAL selection (detail 1/2/3 → char/word/line) — a
-            // tap on CJK text would select & copy it instead of positioning. So
-            // gate strictly on the live mouse-tracking mode.
             const touch = ev.changedTouches && ev.changedTouches[0];
-            const mouseMode = this.terminal.modes?.mouseTrackingMode;
-            const mouseTrackingOn = !!mouseMode && mouseMode !== 'none';
             if (touch) {
               this._suppressTrustedTapMouseEvents();
-            }
-            if (touch && mouseTrackingOn) {
-              this._dispatchSyntheticTerminalClick(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
-            } else if (touch && this._sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()) {
-              // The server strips mouse-tracking DECSETs from claude/codex/gemini
-              // output (isAltScreenStripMode, session.ts) so the wheel keeps
-              // scrolling scrollback — which leaves THIS xterm permanently at
-              // mouseTrackingMode 'none' even though the TUI on the PTY side has
-              // tracking ON and still understands SGR reports. Encode the report
-              // ourselves and send it straight to the PTY: no DOM click is
-              // dispatched, so xterm's local selection can't trigger either.
-              this._sendSyntheticSgrTap(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
-            }
-            this._syncMobileHelperTextareaToCursor();
-            // Route subsequent typing to the right place: keep the CJK input
-            // field focused when Chinese input is on, otherwise the terminal.
-            const cjkInput = document.getElementById('cjkInput');
-            if (cjkInput?.classList.contains('cjk-input-visible')) {
-              cjkInput.focus();
-            } else {
-              this.terminal.focus();
+              this._handleMobileTerminalTap(touch, tapStartedWithTerminalFocus);
             }
           }
+          tapStartedWithTerminalFocus = false;
         },
         { passive: true }
       );
@@ -555,6 +553,8 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
           isTouching = false;
           velocity = 0;
           pixelAccum = 0;
+          touchForwardsToApp = false;
+          tapStartedWithTerminalFocus = false;
         },
         { passive: true }
       );
@@ -2629,6 +2629,163 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     } catch {}
   },
 
+  _isMobileTerminalInputFocused() {
+    const active = document.activeElement;
+    return (
+      active === this.terminal?.textarea ||
+      active?.classList?.contains('xterm-helper-textarea') ||
+      active?.id === 'cjkInput'
+    );
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Separate terminal input from TUI-owned content on touch devices. A hidden
+   * keyboard must not consume taps on expandable readbacks, tool results, or
+   * decision rows; those taps belong to the foreground CLI. The visible prompt
+   * row remains the deliberate keyboard target.
+   */
+  _classifyMobileTerminalTap(clientX, clientY) {
+    if (!this._terminalViewportAtBottom()) return 'history';
+
+    const pos = this._clientPointToCell(clientX, clientY);
+    if (!pos || !this.terminal) return 'input';
+
+    const mouseMode = this.terminal.modes?.mouseTrackingMode;
+    const mouseTrackingOn = !!mouseMode && mouseMode !== 'none';
+    if (!mouseTrackingOn && !this._sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()) return 'input';
+
+    // Permission/elicitation prompts own the full live terminal until answered.
+    if (document.body?.classList?.contains('terminal-action-pending')) return 'content';
+
+    const buffer = this.terminal.buffer?.active;
+    if (!buffer?.getLine) return 'input';
+
+    const rows = Math.max(1, this.terminal.rows || 1);
+    const lines = [];
+    const wrappedRows = [];
+    let hasVisibleContent = false;
+    for (let row = 0; row < rows; row++) {
+      const line = buffer.getLine(buffer.viewportY + row);
+      const text = line?.translateToString?.(true) || '';
+      lines.push(text);
+      wrappedRows.push(Boolean(line?.isWrapped));
+      if (text.trim()) hasVisibleContent = true;
+    }
+    if (!hasVisibleContent) return 'input';
+
+    const cursorRow = Math.max(0, Math.min(rows - 1, buffer.cursorY || 0));
+    const mode = this.sessions?.get(this.activeSessionId)?.mode || 'claude';
+    let promptRow = -1;
+    let menuSelectionVisible = false;
+
+    if (mode === 'opencode') {
+      if (lines[cursorRow]?.includes('\u2503')) promptRow = cursorRow;
+    } else {
+      for (let row = rows - 1; row >= 0; row--) {
+        const promptMatch = lines[row].match(/^\s*[❯›]/);
+        if (!promptMatch) continue;
+        const tail = lines[row].slice(promptMatch[0].length).trim();
+        // A highlighted numbered choice is a menu row, not an editable prompt.
+        const hasSiblingChoice = lines.some(
+          (line, choiceRow) => choiceRow !== row && /^\s+\d+[.)]\s/.test(line)
+        );
+        if (/^\d+[.)]\s/.test(tail) && hasSiblingChoice) {
+          menuSelectionVisible = true;
+          break;
+        }
+        promptRow = row;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const tappedRow = pos.row - 1;
+    let logicalLineStart = tappedRow;
+    while (logicalLineStart > 0 && wrappedRows[logicalLineStart]) logicalLineStart--;
+    let logicalLineEnd = tappedRow;
+    while (logicalLineEnd + 1 < rows && wrappedRows[logicalLineEnd + 1]) logicalLineEnd++;
+    const tappedLine = lines.slice(logicalLineStart, logicalLineEnd + 1).join('');
+    if (
+      mode === 'claude' &&
+      /^\s*[•·]\s*Working\b.*(?:background|esc to interrupt)/i.test(tappedLine)
+    ) {
+      return 'content';
+    }
+    if (menuSelectionVisible) return 'content';
+    if (promptRow >= 0) {
+      const inputEnd = cursorRow >= promptRow ? cursorRow : promptRow;
+      if (tappedRow >= promptRow && tappedRow <= inputEnd) return 'input';
+    } else if (
+      tappedRow === cursorRow ||
+      tappedRow >=
+        Math.max(
+          0,
+          rows -
+            window.CodemanTerminalInput
+              .TUI_PROMPT_DEFAULT_ROWS_FROM_BOTTOM
+        )
+    ) {
+      // During redraws a CLI can temporarily omit its prompt marker or place
+      // the cursor above a status footer. Keep the live cursor and a stable
+      // lower-screen focus band usable without turning transcript rows above
+      // that band into keyboard targets.
+      return 'input';
+    }
+
+    return 'content';
+  },
+
+  _blurMobileTerminalInput() {
+    const active = document.activeElement;
+    if (
+      active === this.terminal?.textarea ||
+      active?.classList?.contains('xterm-helper-textarea') ||
+      active?.id === 'cjkInput'
+    ) {
+      active.blur?.();
+    }
+  },
+
+  _focusMobileTerminalInput() {
+    this._syncMobileHelperTextareaToCursor();
+    const cjkInput = document.getElementById('cjkInput');
+    if (cjkInput?.classList.contains('cjk-input-visible')) {
+      cjkInput.focus();
+    } else {
+      this.terminal?.focus();
+    }
+  },
+
+  _handleMobileTerminalTap(touch, startedWithTerminalFocus) {
+    if (!touch || !this.terminal) return 'history';
+    const intent = this._classifyMobileTerminalTap(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
+    if (intent === 'history') {
+      this._blurMobileTerminalInput();
+      return intent;
+    }
+
+    const mouseMode = this.terminal.modes?.mouseTrackingMode;
+    const mouseTrackingOn = !!mouseMode && mouseMode !== 'none';
+    const shouldActivate = intent === 'content' || startedWithTerminalFocus;
+    if (shouldActivate && mouseTrackingOn) {
+      // xterm's mouse encoder owns live DECSET modes. The synthetic DOM click
+      // follows the same path as a desktop click.
+      this._dispatchSyntheticTerminalClick(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
+    } else if (shouldActivate && this._sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()) {
+      // Claude/Codex/Gemini DECSETs are stripped from the browser stream, so
+      // report directly to the PTY while retaining local touch scrollback.
+      this._sendSyntheticSgrTap(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
+    }
+
+    if (intent === 'content') {
+      // A synthetic xterm click can focus its helper textarea. Blur after the
+      // report so collapsing a readback never opens or retains the keyboard.
+      this._blurMobileTerminalInput();
+    } else {
+      this._focusMobileTerminalInput();
+    }
+    return intent;
+  },
+
   // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
   // Synthetic tap → mouse report
   // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -2760,6 +2917,15 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     return this._terminalViewportAtBottom();
   },
 
+  // Claude keeps most transcript history inside its own TUI rather than xterm
+  // scrollback. On verified versions, route a touch drag through the same SGR
+  // wheel path as desktop. Codex keeps the existing local touch behavior.
+  _shouldForwardTouchScrollToApp() {
+    const session = this.sessions?.get(this.activeSessionId);
+    if (session?.mode !== 'claude') return false;
+    return this._shouldForwardWheelToApp({ shiftKey: false });
+  },
+
   // Encode wheel ticks as SGR reports (button 64 = up, 65 = down) at the pointer
   // cell. Reports are coalesced into one fire-and-forget write per ~40ms: a
   // trackpad emits dozens of wheel events per second and each send becomes a
diff --git a/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts b/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
index 5032f653..d403cbf3 100644
--- a/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
+++ b/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
@@ -605,25 +605,226 @@ describe('Virtual Keyboard', () => {
       expect(state?.bodyClass).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    it('focuses the terminal helper textarea when the terminal is tapped', async () => {
-      await page.evaluate(() => {
+    it('collapses a terminal readback without focusing the hidden textarea', async () => {
+      const point = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+        window.__sentInputs = [];
+        app.activeSessionId = 'mobile-readback-tap-test';
+        app.sessions.set('mobile-readback-tap-test', {
+          id: 'mobile-readback-tap-test',
+          mode: 'codex',
+          status: 'running',
+        });
+        app._sendInputAsync = (_sessionId: string, input: string) => {
+          window.__sentInputs.push(input);
+        };
+        app.hideWelcome();
+        const settings = app.loadAppSettingsFromStorage();
+        settings.cjkInputEnabled = false;
+        app.saveAppSettingsToStorage(settings);
+        app._updateCjkInputState();
+        app.terminal.reset();
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) =>
+          app.terminal.write('Agent readback\r\n  tap to collapse\r\n\r\n› ask', resolve)
+        );
+        app.terminal.focus();
+
+        const screen = app.terminal.element?.querySelector('.xterm-screen');
+        const cell = app.terminal._core?._renderService?.dimensions?.css?.cell;
+        const rect = screen?.getBoundingClientRect();
+        if (!rect || !cell?.width || !cell?.height) return null;
+        return {
+          x: rect.left + cell.width * 2,
+          y: rect.top + cell.height / 2,
+        };
+      });
+      expect(point).not.toBeNull();
+
+      await page.touchscreen.tap(point!.x, point!.y);
+
+      const state = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+        activeClass: document.activeElement?.className,
+        sentInputs: window.__sentInputs,
+      }));
+      expect(state.activeClass).not.toContain('xterm-helper-textarea');
+      expect(state.sentInputs).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(state.sentInputs[0]).toMatch(/^\x1b\[<0;\d+;1M\x1b\[<0;\d+;1m$/);
+    });
+
+    it('prevents Claude subagent status taps from opening the hidden keyboard input', async () => {
+      const point = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+        window.__sentInputs = [];
+        app.activeSessionId = 'mobile-claude-subagent-tap-test';
+        app.sessions.set('mobile-claude-subagent-tap-test', {
+          id: 'mobile-claude-subagent-tap-test',
+          mode: 'claude',
+          cliVersion: '2.1.220',
+          status: 'working',
+        });
+        app._sendInputAsync = (_sessionId: string, input: string) => {
+          window.__sentInputs.push(input);
+        };
+        app.hideWelcome();
+        app.terminal.reset();
+        const statusRow = Math.max(0, app.terminal.rows - 2);
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) =>
+          app.terminal.write(
+            `${'\r\n'.repeat(statusRow)}• Working (1m 50s • esc to interrupt) · 1 background teammate`,
+            resolve
+          )
+        );
+        app.terminal.focus();
+
+        const screen = app.terminal.element?.querySelector('.xterm-screen');
+        const cell = app.terminal._core?._renderService?.dimensions?.css?.cell;
+        const rect = screen?.getBoundingClientRect();
+        if (!screen || !rect || !cell?.width || !cell?.height) return null;
+        const cursorRow = app.terminal.buffer.active.cursorY;
+        const x = rect.left + cell.width * 2;
+        const y = rect.top + cell.height * (cursorRow + 0.5);
+        return {
+          x,
+          y,
+          intent: app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(x, y),
+          cursorRow,
+          screenBottom: rect.bottom,
+        };
+      });
+      expect(point).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          intent: 'content',
+        })
+      );
+
+      const dispatch = await page.evaluate(({ x, y }) => {
+        const target = document.querySelector('#terminalContainer .xterm-screen');
+        if (!(target instanceof Element)) {
+          return { prevented: false, insideTerminal: false, targetClass: null };
+        }
+        const touch = new Touch({
+          identifier: 3,
+          target,
+          clientX: x,
+          clientY: y,
+          pageX: x,
+          pageY: y,
+        });
+        const allowed = target.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent('touchstart', {
+            touches: [touch],
+            changedTouches: [touch],
+            bubbles: true,
+            cancelable: true,
+          })
+        );
+        target.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent('touchend', {
+            touches: [],
+            changedTouches: [touch],
+            bubbles: true,
+            cancelable: true,
+          })
+        );
+        return {
+          prevented: !allowed,
+          insideTerminal: Boolean(target.closest('#terminalContainer')),
+          targetClass: target.className,
+        };
+      }, point!);
+
+      const state = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+        activeClass: document.activeElement?.className,
+        sentInputs: window.__sentInputs,
+      }));
+      expect(dispatch).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          prevented: true,
+          insideTerminal: true,
+        })
+      );
+      expect(state.activeClass).not.toContain('xterm-helper-textarea');
+      expect(state.sentInputs).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('focuses the terminal helper textarea when the visible prompt is tapped', async () => {
+      const point = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+        window.__sentInputs = [];
         app.activeSessionId = 'mobile-focus-visible-input-test';
         app.sessions.set('mobile-focus-visible-input-test', {
           id: 'mobile-focus-visible-input-test',
           mode: 'codex',
           status: 'running',
         });
+        app._sendInputAsync = (_sessionId: string, input: string) => {
+          window.__sentInputs.push(input);
+        };
         app.hideWelcome();
         const settings = app.loadAppSettingsFromStorage();
         settings.cjkInputEnabled = false;
         app.saveAppSettingsToStorage(settings);
         app._updateCjkInputState();
+        app.terminal.reset();
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) =>
+          app.terminal.write('Agent readback\r\n  tap to collapse\r\n\r\n› ask', resolve)
+        );
+        (document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null)?.blur?.();
+
+        const screen = app.terminal.element?.querySelector('.xterm-screen');
+        const cell = app.terminal._core?._renderService?.dimensions?.css?.cell;
+        const rect = screen?.getBoundingClientRect();
+        if (!rect || !cell?.width || !cell?.height) return null;
+        return {
+          x: rect.left + cell.width * 2,
+          y: rect.top + cell.height * (app.terminal.buffer.active.cursorY + 0.5),
+        };
       });
+      expect(point).not.toBeNull();
 
-      await page.locator('#terminalContainer').tap({ position: { x: 40, y: 40 } });
+      await page.touchscreen.tap(point!.x, point!.y);
+
+      const state = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+        activeClass: document.activeElement?.className,
+        sentInputs: window.__sentInputs,
+      }));
+      expect(state.activeClass).toContain('xterm-helper-textarea');
+      expect(state.sentInputs).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('focuses the live Claude cursor when a redraw omits the prompt glyph', async () => {
+      const point = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+        window.__sentInputs = [];
+        app.activeSessionId = 'mobile-focus-promptless-claude-test';
+        app.sessions.set('mobile-focus-promptless-claude-test', {
+          id: 'mobile-focus-promptless-claude-test',
+          mode: 'claude',
+          status: 'running',
+        });
+        app._sendInputAsync = (_sessionId: string, input: string) => {
+          window.__sentInputs.push(input);
+        };
+        app.hideWelcome();
+        app.terminal.reset();
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => app.terminal.write('Claude response\r\nready for input', resolve));
+        (document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null)?.blur?.();
+
+        const screen = app.terminal.element?.querySelector('.xterm-screen');
+        const cell = app.terminal._core?._renderService?.dimensions?.css?.cell;
+        const rect = screen?.getBoundingClientRect();
+        if (!rect || !cell?.width || !cell?.height) return null;
+        return {
+          x: rect.left + cell.width * 2,
+          y: rect.top + cell.height * (app.terminal.buffer.active.cursorY + 0.5),
+        };
+      });
+      expect(point).not.toBeNull();
+
+      await page.touchscreen.tap(point!.x, point!.y);
 
-      const activeClass = await page.evaluate(() => document.activeElement?.className);
-      expect(activeClass).toContain('xterm-helper-textarea');
+      const state = await page.evaluate(() => ({
+        activeClass: document.activeElement?.className,
+        sentInputs: window.__sentInputs,
+      }));
+      expect(state.activeClass).toContain('xterm-helper-textarea');
+      expect(state.sentInputs).toEqual([]);
     });
 
     it('keeps terminal touch drag available for scrollback with the visible textarea enabled', async () => {
@@ -695,6 +896,77 @@ describe('Virtual Keyboard', () => {
       expect(calls.some((lines) => lines !== 0)).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('routes Claude touch drags to its transcript without moving local xterm history', async () => {
+      const result = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+        app.activeSessionId = 'mobile-claude-scroll-test';
+        app.sessions.set('mobile-claude-scroll-test', {
+          id: 'mobile-claude-scroll-test',
+          mode: 'claude',
+          cliVersion: '2.1.220',
+          status: 'running',
+        });
+        app.hideWelcome();
+
+        const sgrCalls: number[] = [];
+        const localCalls: number[] = [];
+        app._sendSyntheticSgrWheel = (_x: number, _y: number, lines: number) => {
+          sgrCalls.push(lines);
+        };
+        app.terminal.scrollLines = (lines: number) => {
+          localCalls.push(lines);
+        };
+
+        const target =
+          document.querySelector('#terminalContainer .xterm-screen') ?? document.getElementById('terminalContainer');
+        if (!target) return { sgrCalls, localCalls };
+        const rect = target.getBoundingClientRect();
+        const x = rect.left + rect.width / 2;
+        const startY = rect.top + Math.min(100, rect.height - 20);
+        const endY = startY + 100;
+
+        function createTouch(y: number) {
+          return new Touch({
+            identifier: 2,
+            target,
+            clientX: x,
+            clientY: y,
+            pageX: x,
+            pageY: y,
+          });
+        }
+
+        target.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent('touchstart', {
+            touches: [createTouch(startY)],
+            changedTouches: [createTouch(startY)],
+            bubbles: true,
+            cancelable: true,
+          })
+        );
+        target.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent('touchmove', {
+            touches: [createTouch(endY)],
+            changedTouches: [createTouch(endY)],
+            bubbles: true,
+            cancelable: true,
+          })
+        );
+        target.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent('touchend', {
+            touches: [],
+            changedTouches: [createTouch(endY)],
+            bubbles: true,
+            cancelable: true,
+          })
+        );
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+        return { sgrCalls, localCalls };
+      });
+
+      expect(result.sgrCalls.some((lines) => lines < 0)).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.localCalls).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
     it('keeps typed phone text in the terminal local echo path', async () => {
       await page.evaluate(() => {
         window.__sentInputs = [];
diff --git a/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts b/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
index 7c4ad557..81f7e531 100644
--- a/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
+++ b/test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,17 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 function loadTerminalUiHarness() {
   const CodemanApp = function CodemanApp(this: any) {};
   let now = 1_000;
+  let keyboardVisible = false;
+  let activeElement: unknown = null;
   const context = vm.createContext({
     window: {},
+    document: {
+      body: { classList: { contains: () => false } },
+      get activeElement() {
+        return activeElement;
+      },
+      getElementById: () => null,
+    },
     CodemanApp,
     console: { warn: vi.fn(), log: vi.fn() },
     _crashDiag: { log: vi.fn() },
@@ -25,6 +34,11 @@ function loadTerminalUiHarness() {
     MobileDetection: {
       isTouchDevice: () => true,
     },
+    KeyboardHandler: {
+      get keyboardVisible() {
+        return keyboardVisible;
+      },
+    },
     DEC_SYNC_STRIP_RE: /\x1b\[\?2026[hl]/g,
     TERMINAL_CHUNK_SIZE: 32 * 1024,
   });
@@ -38,6 +52,12 @@ function loadTerminalUiHarness() {
     setNow: (value: number) => {
       now = value;
     },
+    setKeyboardVisible: (visible: boolean) => {
+      keyboardVisible = visible;
+    },
+    setActiveElement: (element: unknown) => {
+      activeElement = element;
+    },
   };
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +75,130 @@ function createElementHarness() {
   };
 }
 
+function createTerminalGrid(lines: string[], cursorY: number, wrappedRows = new Set<number>()) {
+  const textarea = {
+    classList: { contains: (name: string) => name === 'xterm-helper-textarea' },
+    blur: vi.fn(),
+  };
+  return {
+    cols: 80,
+    rows: lines.length,
+    modes: { mouseTrackingMode: 'none' },
+    buffer: {
+      active: {
+        viewportY: 0,
+        baseY: 0,
+        cursorY,
+        getLine: (row: number) =>
+          row >= 0 && row < lines.length
+            ? { isWrapped: wrappedRows.has(row), translateToString: () => lines[row] }
+            : undefined,
+      },
+    },
+    element: {
+      querySelector: (selector: string) =>
+        selector === '.xterm-screen' ? { getBoundingClientRect: () => ({ left: 0, top: 0 }) } : null,
+    },
+    _core: { _renderService: { dimensions: { css: { cell: { width: 8, height: 16 } } } } },
+    textarea,
+    focus: vi.fn(),
+  };
+}
+
 describe('terminal touch tap mouse guard', () => {
+  it('recognizes focus only when a terminal input owns the active element', () => {
+    const { app, setActiveElement } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    const textarea = { classList: { contains: () => true } };
+    app.terminal = { textarea };
+
+    setActiveElement(null);
+    expect(app._isMobileTerminalInputFocused()).toBe(false);
+
+    setActiveElement(textarea);
+    expect(app._isMobileTerminalInputFocused()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('routes a readback row to the TUI while keeping the prompt row as keyboard input', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'codex' }]]);
+    app.terminal = createTerminalGrid(
+      ['Agent readback mentions › inline', '  tap to collapse', '', '', '› ask', 'gpt-5 · Context 80% left'],
+      4
+    );
+
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 1)).toBe('content'); // inline marker is not a prompt
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 17)).toBe('content'); // row 2: readback
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 65)).toBe('input'); // row 5: prompt
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 81)).toBe('content'); // row 6: status
+  });
+
+  it('classifies Claude background-agent status as content rather than keyboard input', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude', cliVersion: '2.1.220' }]]);
+    app.terminal = createTerminalGrid(
+      ['', '', '', '• Working (1m 50s • esc to ', 'interrupt) · 1 background teammate', ''],
+      4,
+      new Set([4])
+    );
+
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 65)).toBe('content');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the live cursor focusable when Claude temporarily omits its prompt glyph', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude' }]]);
+    app.terminal = createTerminalGrid(['Prior response', '', 'ready for input', '', 'status footer', ''], 2);
+
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 33)).toBe('input');
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 1)).toBe('content');
+  });
+
+  it('treats a highlighted numbered choice as TUI content, not an input prompt', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude' }]]);
+    app.terminal = createTerminalGrid(['Would you like to proceed?', '', '❯ 1. Yes', '  2. No', '', ''], 2);
+
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 33)).toBe('content');
+    expect(app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(9, 49)).toBe('content');
+  });
+
+  it('collapses TUI readback content without opening or retaining the keyboard', () => {
+    const { app, setActiveElement } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'codex' }]]);
+    app.terminal = createTerminalGrid(
+      ['Agent readback', '  tap to collapse', '', '', '› ask', 'gpt-5 · Context 80% left'],
+      4
+    );
+    app._sendInputAsync = vi.fn();
+    setActiveElement(app.terminal.textarea);
+
+    expect(app._handleMobileTerminalTap({ clientX: 9, clientY: 17 }, true)).toBe('content');
+    expect(app._sendInputAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith('sess-1', '\x1b[<0;2;2M\x1b[<0;2;2m');
+    expect(app.terminal.textarea.blur).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(app.terminal.focus).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the first prompt tap focus-only so it cannot activate a CLI row', () => {
+    const { app, setActiveElement } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'codex' }]]);
+    app.terminal = createTerminalGrid(
+      ['Agent readback', '  tap to collapse', '', '', '› ask', 'gpt-5 · Context 80% left'],
+      4
+    );
+    app._sendInputAsync = vi.fn();
+    setActiveElement(null);
+
+    expect(app._handleMobileTerminalTap({ clientX: 9, clientY: 65 }, false)).toBe('input');
+    expect(app._sendInputAsync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(app.terminal.focus).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
   it('suppresses browser trusted compatibility mouse events during the tap window', () => {
     const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
     const { element, dispatch } = createElementHarness();
@@ -370,6 +513,25 @@ describe('terminal touch tap mouse guard', () => {
     expect(app._shouldForwardWheelToApp({ shiftKey: false })).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it('touch: forwards verified Claude transcript scrolling but keeps Codex touch in local history', () => {
+    const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
+    app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';
+    app.terminal = {
+      modes: { mouseTrackingMode: 'none' },
+      buffer: { active: { viewportY: 50, baseY: 50 } },
+    };
+
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'claude', cliVersion: '2.1.220' }]]);
+    expect(app._shouldForwardTouchScrollToApp()).toBe(true);
+
+    app.loadAppSettingsFromStorage = () => ({ terminalWheelLocalScrollback: true });
+    expect(app._shouldForwardTouchScrollToApp()).toBe(false);
+
+    app.loadAppSettingsFromStorage = () => ({ terminalWheelLocalScrollback: false });
+    app.sessions = new Map([['sess-1', { mode: 'codex' }]]);
+    expect(app._shouldForwardTouchScrollToApp()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('wheel: the local-scrollback opt-out pins the plain wheel to local scrollback (issue #154)', () => {
     const { app } = loadTerminalUiHarness();
     app.activeSessionId = 'sess-1';