diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/regression/btw-sidebar.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/regression/btw-sidebar.spec.ts
index 208b1e870e84..43a345a8013d 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/regression/btw-sidebar.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/regression/btw-sidebar.spec.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,149 @@ import { expectSessionTitle } from "../utils/waits"
 
 test.use({ viewport: { width: 1440, height: 900 } })
 
+test("keeps separate one-shot /btw answers and restores them after reload", async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+  const prompts: unknown[] = []
+  const generations: { sessionID: string; prompt: string }[] = []
+
+  const { editor } = await openSession(page, {
+    name: "BtwQuestions",
+    onPrompt: (input) => prompts.push(input),
+    generate: (input) => {
+      generations.push(input)
+
+      return {
+        text: input.prompt.includes("second question")
+          ? "Second answer"
+          : `First answer\n\n${"A detailed explanation of the first question.\n\n".repeat(100)}End of first answer`,
+      }
+    },
+  })
+
+  const panel = page.locator('[data-slot="session-btw-panel"]')
+  await editor.fill("/btw first question")
+  await editor.press("Enter")
+  await expect(panel.getByText("First answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("textbox")).toHaveCount(0)
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Send", exact: true })).toHaveCount(0)
+  await panel.getByText("End of first answer", { exact: true }).scrollIntoViewIfNeeded()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("End of first answer", { exact: true })).toBeInViewport()
+  await editor.fill("/btw second question")
+  await editor.press("Enter")
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Second answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  const first = page.getByRole("tab", { name: "first question", exact: true })
+  const second = page.getByRole("tab", { name: "second question", exact: true })
+  await expect(first).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(second).toHaveAttribute("data-selected", "")
+  await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath("separate-tabs.png") })
+  expect(generations).toHaveLength(2)
+  expect(generations[1]?.prompt).not.toContain("first question")
+  expect(generations[1]?.prompt).not.toContain("First answer")
+
+  await page.reload()
+  await expect(first).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(second).toHaveAttribute("data-selected", "")
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Second answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await first.click()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("First answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Second answer", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0)
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("textbox")).toHaveCount(0)
+  await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath("restored-answer.png") })
+
+  // Closing a tab forgets its question; the other tab and its answer survive a reload.
+  await first.click({ button: "middle" })
+  await expect(first).toHaveCount(0)
+  await expect(second).toHaveAttribute("data-selected", "")
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Second answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await page.reload()
+  await expect(second).toHaveAttribute("data-selected", "")
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Second answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(first).toHaveCount(0)
+  expect(generations).toHaveLength(2)
+  expect(prompts).toEqual([])
+})
+
+test("isolates concurrent side questions and makes an interrupted reload retryable", async ({ page }) => {
+  const held = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
+  const attempts: string[] = []
+  const prompts: unknown[] = []
+
+  const { editor } = await openSession(page, {
+    name: "BtwConcurrent",
+    onPrompt: (input) => prompts.push(input),
+    generate: async (input) => {
+      attempts.push(input.prompt)
+
+      if (input.prompt.includes("slow question") && attempts.length === 1) {
+        await held.promise
+
+        return { text: "Abandoned answer" }
+      }
+
+      return { text: input.prompt.includes("fast question") ? "Fast answer" : "Retried answer" }
+    },
+  })
+
+  const panel = page.locator('[data-slot="session-btw-panel"]')
+  await editor.fill("/btw slow question")
+  await editor.press("Enter")
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("status")).toContainText("Working")
+  await editor.fill("/btw fast question")
+  await editor.press("Enter")
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Fast answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await page.getByRole("tab", { name: "slow question", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("status")).toContainText("Working")
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Fast answer", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0)
+
+  await page.reload()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Couldn’t answer that question", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("status")).toHaveCount(0)
+  expect(attempts).toHaveLength(2)
+  await panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Retry", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Retried answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  expect(attempts).toHaveLength(3)
+  expect(attempts[2]).toContain("slow question")
+  expect(attempts[2]).not.toContain("fast question")
+  held.resolve()
+  await page.getByRole("tab", { name: "fast question", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Fast answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await page.getByRole("tab", { name: "slow question", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Retried answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Abandoned answer", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0)
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("textbox")).toHaveCount(0)
+  expect(prompts).toEqual([])
+})
+
+test("keeps many long-titled side tabs usable at a narrow desktop width", async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 900, height: 700 })
+
+  const { editor } = await openSession(page, {
+    name: "BtwOverflow",
+    generate: () => ({ text: "Saved overflow answer" }),
+  })
+
+  const panel = page.locator('[data-slot="session-btw-panel"]')
+  const questions = Array.from({ length: 12 }, (_, index) => `Side ${index + 1}: ${"long-title-".repeat(30)}`)
+
+  for (const question of questions) {
+    await editor.fill(`/btw ${question}`)
+    await editor.press("Enter")
+    await expect(page.getByRole("tab", { name: question, exact: true })).toHaveAttribute("data-selected", "")
+    await expect(panel.getByText("Saved overflow answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  }
+
+  await expect(page.getByRole("tab", { name: /^Side \d+:/ })).toHaveCount(12)
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("textbox")).toHaveCount(0)
+  await page.reload()
+  await expect(page.getByRole("tab", { name: /^Side \d+:/ })).toHaveCount(12)
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Saved overflow answer", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath("narrow-many-tabs.png") })
+})
+
 test("answers /btw in the side panel without admitting a prompt", async ({ page }) => {
   const generations: { sessionID: string; prompt: string }[] = []
   const prompts: unknown[] = []
   const generated = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
-  const abandoned = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
+  const leftBehind = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
   const main = { id: "ses_btw_sidebar", title: "Side question session" }
   const other = { id: "ses_btw_sidebar_other", title: "Other side question session" }
   const ownerWarnings: string[] = []
@@ -28,7 +166,7 @@ test("answers /btw in the side panel without admitting a prompt", async ({ page
       if (input.sessionID === other.id) return { text: "This answer belongs to the **other session**." }
 
       if (input.prompt.includes("left behind")) {
-        await abandoned.promise
+        await leftBehind.promise
 
         return { text: "This answer arrived after the user left." }
       }
@@ -47,7 +185,6 @@ test("answers /btw in the side panel without admitting a prompt", async ({ page
   await suggestion.click()
   await expect(editor).toHaveText("/btw ")
   await editor.press("Enter")
-
   const panel = page.locator('[data-slot="session-btw-panel"]')
   await expect(panel).toBeHidden()
   await expect(page.getByText("Add a question after /btw", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
@@ -59,7 +196,10 @@ test("answers /btw in the side panel without admitting a prompt", async ({ page
   await expect(panel).toBeVisible()
   await expect(panel.getByRole("textbox")).toHaveCount(0)
   await expect(panel.getByRole("status")).toContainText("Working")
-  await expect(page.getByRole("tab", { name: "/btw" })).toHaveAttribute("data-selected", "")
+  await expect(page.getByRole("tab", { name: "how does the retry loop work?", exact: true })).toHaveAttribute(
+    "data-selected",
+    "",
+  )
   generated.resolve()
   await expect(panel.getByText("how does the retry loop work?", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
   await expect(panel.getByText("exponential backoff", { exact: false })).toBeVisible()
@@ -75,13 +215,11 @@ test("answers /btw in the side panel without admitting a prompt", async ({ page
   await editor.fill("/btw what belongs here?")
   await editor.press("Enter")
   await expect(panel.getByText("other session", { exact: false })).toBeVisible()
-
   await page.locator(`[data-titlebar-tab-link][href="${sessionHref(main.id)}"]`).click()
   await expectSessionTitle(page, main.title)
   await expect(panel.getByText("exponential backoff", { exact: false })).toBeVisible()
   await expect(panel.getByText("other session", { exact: false })).toHaveCount(0)
 
-  // Leaving a session abandons its in-flight question, so it reads as failed on return.
   await editor.fill("/btw is this question left behind?")
   await editor.press("Enter")
   await expect(panel.getByRole("status")).toContainText("Working")
@@ -89,13 +227,35 @@ test("answers /btw in the side panel without admitting a prompt", async ({ page
   await expectSessionTitle(page, other.title)
   await page.locator(`[data-titlebar-tab-link][href="${sessionHref(main.id)}"]`).click()
   await expectSessionTitle(page, main.title)
-  await expect(panel.getByText("Couldn’t answer that question", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
-  await expect(panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Retry", exact: true })).toBeVisible()
-  abandoned.resolve()
+  // Leaving the session does not abandon its question: it is still working, and its answer lands once it arrives.
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("status")).toContainText("Working")
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Home", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/$/)
+  leftBehind.resolve()
+  await page.locator(`[data-titlebar-tab-link][href="${sessionHref(main.id)}"]`).click()
+  await expectSessionTitle(page, main.title)
+  await expect(panel.getByText("This answer arrived after the user left.", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("Couldn’t answer that question", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0)
+  expect(generations.filter((item) => item.prompt.includes("left behind"))).toHaveLength(1)
 
   await page.reload()
   await expectSessionTitle(page, main.title)
-  await expect(page.getByRole("tab", { name: "/btw" })).toHaveCount(0)
-  await expect(panel).toHaveCount(0)
+  await expect(page.getByRole("tab", { name: "is this question left behind?", exact: true })).toHaveAttribute(
+    "data-selected",
+    "",
+  )
+  await expect(panel.getByText("This answer arrived after the user left.", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("status")).toHaveCount(0)
+  await page.getByRole("tab", { name: "how does the retry loop work?", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(panel.getByText("exponential backoff", { exact: false })).toBeVisible()
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Home", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/$/)
+  await page.locator(`[data-titlebar-tab-link][href="${sessionHref(main.id)}"]`).click()
+  await expectSessionTitle(page, main.title)
+  await expect(page.getByRole("tab", { name: "how does the retry loop work?", exact: true })).toHaveAttribute(
+    "data-selected",
+    "",
+  )
+  await expect(panel.getByText("exponential backoff", { exact: false })).toBeVisible()
   expect(ownerWarnings).toEqual([])
 })
diff --git a/packages/app/src/composer/submit.test.ts b/packages/app/src/composer/submit.test.ts
index 9c98efbc7c42..83b5077c898d 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/composer/submit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/composer/submit.test.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function session(input: {
 }
 
 describe("Composer submission", () => {
-  test("runs a client argument command without admitting it to the session", async () => {
+  test("applies the selection and runs a client argument command without admitting it to the session", async () => {
     const state = createMemoryComposerState().capture()
 
     const image = {
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ describe("Composer submission", () => {
       }
     }).submit(new Event("submit"))
 
-    expect(calls).toEqual(["btw"])
+    // Client commands such as /btw generate with the session's model, so the composer's selection commits first.
+    expect(calls).toEqual(["switch-agent", "switch-model", "btw"])
     expect(history).toEqual([])
     expect(state.current()).toEqual([{ type: "text", content: "", start: 0, end: 0 }, image])
     expect(state.context.items()).toHaveLength(1)
diff --git a/packages/app/src/composer/submit.ts b/packages/app/src/composer/submit.ts
index 8f7301fd377d..55b279163692 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/composer/submit.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/composer/submit.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ export function createComposerSubmit(input: ComposerSubmitInput) {
       submitting.add(input.adapter.state)
 
       try {
+        // Client commands such as /btw answer with the session's model, so apply the composer's selection first,
+        // following the same steer rule as server commands.
+        const selection = currentSelection(input)
+
+        if (input.adapter.kind === "active-session" && selection && (input.delivery?.(false) ?? "steer") === "steer")
+          await applySelection(
+            input.adapter.session(),
+            selection,
+            input.adapter.controls().model.selection.trackSessionCommit,
+          )
         clearClientCommand(input, prompt)
         await clientCommand()
       } catch (error) {
@@ -272,25 +282,22 @@ function readSubmission(
 
   if (!text.trim() && !prompt.some(isAttachment) && comments === 0) return
 
-  const controls = input.adapter.controls()
-  const model = controls.model.selection.current()
-  const agent = controls.agents.current
+  const selection = currentSelection(input)
 
-  if (!model || !agent) {
+  if (!selection) {
     input.notify.missingSelection()
 
     return
   }
 
-  const variant = controls.model.selection.variant.current()
   const retry = input.adapter.state.retry.current()
 
   const retryID =
     retry &&
-    retry.agent === agent &&
-    retry.providerID === model.provider.id &&
-    retry.modelID === model.id &&
-    (retry.variant ?? "default") === (variant ?? "default")
+    retry.agent === selection.agent &&
+    retry.providerID === selection.model.providerID &&
+    retry.modelID === selection.model.modelID &&
+    (retry.variant ?? "default") === (selection.variant ?? "default")
       ? retry.id
       : undefined
 
@@ -301,15 +308,25 @@ function readSubmission(
     context,
     text,
     images,
-    selection: {
-      agent,
-      model: { modelID: model.id, providerID: model.provider.id },
-      variant,
-    },
+    selection,
     delivery: input.delivery?.(alternate) ?? "steer",
   }
 }
 
+function currentSelection(input: ComposerSubmitInput): ComposerSelection | undefined {
+  const controls = input.adapter.controls()
+  const model = controls.model.selection.current()
+  const agent = controls.agents.current
+
+  if (!model || !agent) return
+
+  return {
+    agent,
+    model: { modelID: model.id, providerID: model.provider.id },
+    variant: controls.model.selection.variant.current(),
+  }
+}
+
 function clearSubmission(input: ComposerSubmitInput, submission: ReturnType<typeof createComposerSubmission>) {
   submission.clear()
   submission.target().mode.set("normal")
diff --git a/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/index.ts b/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/index.ts
index 2e61fc8502ac..c834901fad42 100644
--- a/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/index.ts
+++ b/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
-import { Extension } from "../sdk"
+import { Schema } from "effect"
+import { Extension, Store } from "../sdk"
 import en from "./i18n/en"
 
+const Chats = Schema.Struct({
+  chats: Schema.Array(
+    Schema.Struct({ id: Schema.String, question: Schema.String, answer: Schema.optional(Schema.String) }),
+  ),
+})
+
 export default Extension.define({
   id: "btw",
+  stores: {
+    // Each open /btw tab's chat (its question and answer), kept until its tab closes.
+    chats: Store.session(Chats, { chats: [] }),
+  },
   i18n: { en },
 })
diff --git a/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/model.ts b/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/model.ts
index e13f6d3116c6..86fbd722888a 100644
--- a/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/model.ts
+++ b/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { batch, onCleanup } from "solid-js"
+import { batch, createRoot, getOwner, onCleanup } from "solid-js"
 import { createStore } from "solid-js/store"
 import { showToast } from "@opencode/ui/toast"
 import { createKeyed, type MountedSession, type SetupContext } from "../sdk"
@@ -10,38 +10,58 @@ const instructions = [
   "Do not call any tools and do not take any actions.",
 ].join(" ")
 
-const empty = {
-  question: "",
-  answer: "",
-  error: false,
-  pending: false,
-}
-
-/** Side questions per session. Window-local: a reload drops them, and with them the tab. */
+/** One-shot side questions per session, one tab each, stored until the tab closes. */
 export function createBtw(ctx: SetupContext<typeof Btw>) {
-  const sessions = ctx.sessions
-  const layout = ctx.layout
-  const [states, setStates] = createStore<Record<string, typeof empty>>({})
-  const requests = new Map<string, number>()
+  const owner = getOwner()
   const controllers = new Map<string, AbortController>()
+  const [requests, setRequests] = createStore<{ pending: string[] }>({ pending: [] })
+  const saved = (session: MountedSession) => ctx.stores.chats(session)
 
-  const stop = (key: string) => {
-    const controller = controllers.get(key)
-
-    if (!controller) return
-    controller.abort()
-    controllers.delete(key)
-
-    if (states[key]?.pending) setStates(key, { pending: false, error: true })
+  const stop = (id: string) => {
+    controllers.get(id)?.abort()
+    controllers.delete(id)
+    setRequests("pending", (list) => list.filter((item) => item !== id))
   }
 
-  // Leaving a session abandons its in-flight question; the same session moving to another directory does not.
-  createKeyed(
-    () => sessions.current()?.key,
-    (key) => onCleanup(() => stop(key)),
-  )
+  // In-flight questions keep running when the user leaves their session and answer into its store; only a reload,
+  // closing the question's tab or disposing the extension abandons one, which leaves it retryable.
   onCleanup(() => Array.from(controllers.keys()).forEach(stop))
 
+  const entry = (session: MountedSession, id: string) => saved(session).value?.chats.find((item) => item.id === id)
+  const pending = (id: string) => requests.pending.includes(id)
+
+  const generate = (session: MountedSession, id: string) => {
+    const item = entry(session, id)
+
+    if (!item || pending(id)) return
+
+    const store = saved(session)
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    controllers.set(id, controller)
+    setRequests("pending", (list) => [...list, id])
+
+    return (
+      session.server.client.session
+        .generate(
+          { sessionID: session.id, prompt: [instructions, item.question].join("\n\n") },
+          { signal: controller.signal },
+        )
+        .then((result) => {
+          if (ctx.signal.aborted || controller.signal.aborted) return
+          store.update((draft) => {
+            const chat = draft.chats.find((item) => item.id === id)
+
+            if (chat) chat.answer = result.text.trim()
+          })
+        })
+        // A missing answer is the retry state; no transient error flag is stored.
+        .catch(() => undefined)
+        .finally(() => {
+          if (controllers.get(id) === controller) stop(id)
+        })
+    )
+  }
+
   const ask = (value?: string) => {
     const question = value?.trim()
 
@@ -51,54 +71,69 @@ export function createBtw(ctx: SetupContext<typeof Btw>) {
       return
     }
 
-    const session = sessions.current()
+    const session = ctx.sessions.current()
 
     if (!session?.id) return
 
-    const key = session.key
-    const request = (requests.get(key) ?? 0) + 1
-    requests.set(key, request)
-    controllers.get(key)?.abort()
-    const controller = new AbortController()
-    controllers.set(key, controller)
-    // The tab lists only while its session has a question, and the host drops unlisted transient keys, so
-    // record the question in the same batch that opens the tab.
-    batch(() => {
-      setStates(key, { question, answer: "", error: false, pending: true })
-      layout.open(`${ctx.id}:main`, session)
+    const store = saved(session)
+    const id = crypto.randomUUID()
+
+    // Desktop storage loads asynchronously. Record the question and open its tab once the store has loaded, in one
+    // batch, because the host drops a transient tab its panel does not list. Leaving the session first cancels it.
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      const controller = new AbortController()
+      const signal = AbortSignal.any([controller.signal, ctx.signal])
+
+      createRoot((dispose) => {
+        const done = () => {
+          signal.removeEventListener("abort", done)
+          dispose()
+          resolve()
+        }
+
+        signal.addEventListener("abort", done, { once: true })
+        createKeyed(
+          () => ctx.sessions.current()?.key === session.key,
+          () => onCleanup(() => controller.abort()),
+        )
+        createKeyed(
+          () => store.ready(),
+          () => {
+            if (signal.aborted) return
+            batch(() => {
+              store.update((draft) => {
+                draft.chats.push({ id, question })
+              })
+              ctx.layout.open(`${ctx.id}:${id}`, session, { tab: "select" })
+            })
+            // Release the composer once the request starts, not when its answer arrives.
+            void generate(session, id)
+            done()
+          },
+        )
+      }, owner)
     })
-
-    return session.server.client.session
-      .generate(
-        {
-          sessionID: session.id,
-          prompt: [instructions, question].join("\n\n"),
-        },
-        { signal: controller.signal },
-      )
-      .then((result) => {
-        if (controller.signal.aborted || requests.get(key) !== request) return
-        setStates(key, { answer: result.text.trim(), pending: false })
-      })
-      .catch(() => {
-        if (controller.signal.aborted || requests.get(key) !== request) return
-        setStates(key, { error: true, pending: false })
-      })
-      .finally(() => {
-        if (controllers.get(key) === controller) controllers.delete(key)
-      })
   }
 
-  const state = (session: MountedSession) => states[session.key]
-
   return {
     ask,
-    has: (session: MountedSession) => !!state(session),
-    answer: (session: MountedSession) => (state(session) ?? empty).answer,
-    error: (session: MountedSession) => (state(session) ?? empty).error,
-    pending: (session: MountedSession) => (state(session) ?? empty).pending,
-    question: (session: MountedSession) => (state(session) ?? empty).question,
-    retry: (session: MountedSession) => ask((state(session) ?? empty).question),
+    saved,
+    pending,
+    question: (session: MountedSession, id: string) => entry(session, id)?.question,
+    answer: (session: MountedSession, id: string) => entry(session, id)?.answer,
+    error: (session: MountedSession, id: string) => {
+      const item = entry(session, id)
+
+      return !!item && item.answer === undefined && !pending(id)
+    },
+    retry: generate,
+    /** Closing a tab forgets its question and answer. */
+    remove: (session: MountedSession, id: string) => {
+      stop(id)
+      saved(session).update((draft) => {
+        draft.chats = draft.chats.filter((item) => item.id !== id)
+      })
+    },
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/panel.tsx b/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/panel.tsx
index 3af7b3f75155..151e13f1fc1c 100644
--- a/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/panel.tsx
+++ b/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/panel.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import { Markdown } from "@opencode/session-ui/markdown"
 import { useExtension, type MountedSession } from "../sdk"
 import type { BtwModel } from "./model"
 
-export default function SessionBtwPanel(props: { btw: BtwModel; session: MountedSession }) {
+export default function SessionBtwPanel(props: { btw: BtwModel; session: MountedSession; id: string }) {
   const ctx = useExtension()
   const system = ctx.system
-  const answer = () => props.btw.answer(props.session)
+  const answer = () => props.btw.answer(props.session, props.id)
   // A new token for each answer, so the copied mark clears when the answer changes.
   const shown = createMemo(on(answer, () => ({})))
   const [copiedAnswer, setCopiedAnswer] = createSignal<object>()
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default function SessionBtwPanel(props: { btw: BtwModel; session: Mounted
   return (
     <div class="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col bg-v2-background-bg-base" data-slot="session-btw-panel">
       <div class="flex shrink-0 items-start justify-between gap-3 border-b border-v2-border-border-base px-5 py-4">
-        <div class="min-w-0 text-13-regular text-text-weak">{props.btw.question(props.session)}</div>
+        <div class="min-w-0 text-13-regular text-text-weak">{props.btw.question(props.session, props.id)}</div>
         <Show when={answer()}>
           <Tooltip value={copied() ? ctx.t("common.copied") : ctx.t("copy")}>
             <IconButton
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export default function SessionBtwPanel(props: { btw: BtwModel; session: Mounted
 
       <div class="relative min-h-0 flex-1">
         <Switch>
-          <Match when={props.btw.pending(props.session)}>
+          <Match when={props.btw.pending(props.id)}>
             <div
               data-component="session-working"
               role="status"
@@ -57,20 +57,22 @@ export default function SessionBtwPanel(props: { btw: BtwModel; session: Mounted
               <TextShimmer text={ctx.t("session.timeline.working")} active />
             </div>
           </Match>
-          <Match when={props.btw.error(props.session)}>
+          <Match when={props.btw.error(props.session, props.id)}>
             <div class="flex h-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 px-8 pb-24 text-center">
               <div class="text-13-regular text-text-weak">{ctx.t("error")}</div>
-              <Button size="small" variant="outline" onClick={() => props.btw.retry(props.session)}>
+              <Button size="small" variant="outline" onClick={() => props.btw.retry(props.session, props.id)}>
                 {ctx.t("retry")}
               </Button>
             </div>
           </Match>
           <Match when={answer()}>
-            <ScrollView class="absolute inset-0">
-              <div class="px-5 py-4 pb-8">
-                <Markdown text={answer()} class="text-14-regular" />
-              </div>
-            </ScrollView>
+            {(text) => (
+              <ScrollView class="absolute inset-0">
+                <div class="px-5 py-4 pb-8">
+                  <Markdown text={text()} class="text-14-regular" />
+                </div>
+              </ScrollView>
+            )}
           </Match>
         </Switch>
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/renderer.tsx b/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/renderer.tsx
index ac34537bfe83..1a80809362b7 100644
--- a/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/renderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/gui-extensions/src/btw/renderer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createMemo, lazy, onCleanup, Suspense } from "solid-js"
 import { Icon } from "@opencode/ui/icon"
-import { Command, onIdle, Panel, type PanelTab, type Setup } from "../sdk"
+import { Command, createKeyed, onIdle, Panel, type PanelTab, type Setup } from "../sdk"
 import type Btw from "./index"
 import { createBtw } from "./model"
 
@@ -13,18 +13,19 @@ const setup: Setup<typeof Btw> = (ctx) => {
   // Changes when a session mounts or unmounts, not on every switch between sessions.
   const mounted = createMemo(() => !!sessions.current())
 
-  const tab: PanelTab = {
-    id: "main",
-    get title() {
-      return ctx.t("tab.title")
+  // Tab objects per session, reused so strip updates and session switches do not rebuild a trigger.
+  const tabs = new Map<string, Map<string, PanelTab>>()
+
+  // Drops the tab objects of sessions whose shell tab closed.
+  createKeyed(
+    () => [...sessions.list().map((session) => session.key), sessions.current()?.key].join("\u0000"),
+    () => {
+      const keep = new Set([...sessions.list().map((session) => session.key), sessions.current()?.key])
+      tabs.forEach((_cache, key) => {
+        if (!keep.has(key)) tabs.delete(key)
+      })
     },
-    label: () => (
-      <div class="flex items-center gap-1.5">
-        <Icon name="bubble-5" size="small" />
-        <span>{ctx.t("tab.title")}</span>
-      </div>
-    ),
-  }
+  )
 
   ctx.add(
     Command,
@@ -48,13 +49,52 @@ const setup: Setup<typeof Btw> = (ctx) => {
     transient: true,
     // Layouts saved before extensions store the tab as "btw"; as a panel key it leaves like any unlisted transient tab.
     legacy: { btw: "main" },
-    // The answer lives only in this window's memory, so the tab lists while its session has one.
-    list: (input) => (input.open.includes("main") && btw.has(input.session) ? [tab] : []),
+    // One tab per stored question. Until the session's store loads, its tabs stay listed but hidden so restore keeps
+    // them; afterwards a tab without a stored question leaves the strip.
+    list: (input) => {
+      if (input.open.length === 0) return []
+
+      const saved = btw.saved(input.session)
+      const cache = tabs.get(input.session.key) ?? new Map<string, PanelTab>()
+      tabs.set(input.session.key, cache)
+
+      return input.open.flatMap((id) => {
+        if (saved.ready() && !saved.value?.chats.some((item) => item.id === id)) return []
+
+        const existing = cache.get(id)
+
+        if (existing) return [existing]
+
+        const tab: PanelTab = {
+          id,
+          get title() {
+            return saved.value?.chats.find((item) => item.id === id)?.question ?? ctx.t("tab.title")
+          },
+          get hidden() {
+            return !saved.ready()
+          },
+          label: (state) => (
+            <div class="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1.5">
+              <Icon name="bubble-5" size="small" />
+              <span class="truncate">{btw.question(state.session, id) ?? ctx.t("tab.title")}</span>
+            </div>
+          ),
+        }
+
+        cache.set(id, tab)
+
+        return [tab]
+      })
+    },
     render: (props) => (
       <Suspense>
-        <SessionBtwPanel btw={btw} session={props.session} />
+        <SessionBtwPanel btw={btw} session={props.session} id={props.tab.id} />
       </Suspense>
     ),
+    close: (input) => {
+      btw.remove(input.session, input.tab.id)
+      tabs.get(input.session.key)?.delete(input.tab.id)
+    },
   })
 }