diff --git a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
index da4dba17..1e244518 100644
--- a/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
+++ b/src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
@@ -3462,6 +3462,60 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
     }
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Which 'content' taps should DISMISS the mobile keyboard. Expandable
+   * readbacks, tool results and decision rows are TUI-owned: tapping them acts
+   * on the CLI, so popping the keyboard there is wrong. An inert transcript row
+   * still sends its mouse report, but must keep the keyboard reachable —
+   * touchstart's preventDefault cancels the compatibility click that would
+   * otherwise focus xterm, so focus has to be restored explicitly.
+   */
+  _isActionableMobileTerminalTap(clientX, clientY) {
+    if (document.body?.classList?.contains('terminal-action-pending')) return true;
+
+    const pos = this._clientPointToCell(clientX, clientY);
+    const buffer = this.terminal?.buffer?.active;
+    if (!pos || !buffer?.getLine) return false;
+
+    const rows = Math.max(1, this.terminal.rows || 1);
+    const lines = [];
+    const wrappedRows = [];
+    for (let row = 0; row < rows; row++) {
+      const line = buffer.getLine(buffer.viewportY + row);
+      lines.push(line?.translateToString?.(true) || '');
+      wrappedRows.push(Boolean(line?.isWrapped));
+    }
+
+    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('');
+
+    // Match the AFFORDANCE a CLI prints, not the row's title text: an
+    // expandable readback, tool result or status row advertises how to act on
+    // it ("ctrl+r to expand", "tap to collapse", "esc to interrupt"). Keying on
+    // titles instead would only recognise the exact strings a fixture happens
+    // to use, and would let a real readback keep the keyboard open.
+    //
+    // The hint sits on its own row, so a readback's TITLE row — the one a
+    // finger actually lands on — carries no affordance text itself. Look at the
+    // adjacent row too, which is how these blocks are laid out in practice.
+    const affordance =
+      /\b(?:ctrl\+\w+|tap|click|enter|esc)\b[^.]{0,24}\bto\s+(?:expand|collapse|view|open|interrupt|see)\b/i;
+    const blockStart = Math.max(0, logicalLineStart - 1);
+    const blockEnd = Math.min(rows - 1, logicalLineEnd + 1);
+    for (let row = blockStart; row <= blockEnd; row++) {
+      if (affordance.test(lines[row])) return true;
+    }
+    if (/^\s*[•·]\s*Working\b/i.test(tappedLine)) return true;
+
+    const hasMenuPrompt = lines.some((line) => /^\s*[❯›]\s+\d+[.)]\s/.test(line));
+    const hasMenuChoice = lines.some((line) => /^\s+\d+[.)]\s/.test(line));
+    return hasMenuPrompt && hasMenuChoice;
+  },
+
   _focusMobileTerminalInput() {
     this._syncMobileHelperTextareaToCursor();
     const cjkInput = document.getElementById('cjkInput');
@@ -3493,7 +3547,7 @@ Object.assign(CodemanApp.prototype, {
       this._sendSyntheticSgrTap(touch.clientX, touch.clientY);
     }
 
-    if (intent === 'content') {
+    if (intent === 'content' && this._isActionableMobileTerminalTap(touch.clientX, touch.clientY)) {
       // 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();
diff --git a/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts b/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
index 6ea9accd..e583c21b 100644
--- a/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
+++ b/test/mobile/keyboard.test.ts
@@ -756,6 +756,205 @@ describe('Virtual Keyboard', () => {
 
     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('keeps the hidden keyboard input focused after an inert Claude transcript tap', async () => {
+      const point = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+        window.__sentInputs = [];
+        app.activeSessionId = 'mobile-claude-transcript-tap-test';
+        app.sessions.set('mobile-claude-transcript-tap-test', {
+          id: 'mobile-claude-transcript-tap-test',
+          mode: 'claude',
+          cliVersion: '2.1.220',
+          status: 'working',
+        });
+        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(
+            'Transcript row one\r\nTranscript row two\r\nTranscript row three\r\nTranscript row four\r\nTranscript row five\r\nTranscript row six\r\nTranscript row seven\r\nTranscript row eight\r\nTranscript row nine\r\nTranscript row ten\r\n\r\n❯ ',
+            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 transcriptRow = Math.max(1, Math.floor(cursorRow / 2));
+        const x = rect.left + cell.width * 2;
+        const y = rect.top + cell.height * (transcriptRow + 0.5);
+        return {
+          x,
+          y,
+          intent: app._classifyMobileTerminalTap(x, y),
+          activeClass: document.activeElement?.className,
+        };
+      });
+      expect(point).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          intent: 'content',
+          activeClass: expect.stringContaining('xterm-helper-textarea'),
+        })
+      );
+
+      await page.touchscreen.tap(point!.x, point!.y);
+
+      const activeClass = await page.evaluate(() => document.activeElement?.className);
+      expect(activeClass).toContain('xterm-helper-textarea');
+    });
+
+    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',