diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/services/flow-chat-manager/MessageModule.test.ts b/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/services/flow-chat-manager/MessageModule.test.ts
index ad86866b91..6977ca6519 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/services/flow-chat-manager/MessageModule.test.ts
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/services/flow-chat-manager/MessageModule.test.ts
@@ -1143,3 +1143,75 @@ describe('MessageModule device surface switch', () => {
     expect(mockNotificationError).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
+
+describe('MessageModule queued-drain silent re-queue on session busy', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    interruptedTurnRecoveryGate.resetForTests();
+    resetRuntimeStatuses();
+    mockPendingList.mockReturnValue([]);
+    mockGetCurrentState.mockReturnValue('idle');
+  });
+
+  it('re-queues a drained message silently when the session is revived non-IDLE', async () => {
+    // The drain gate passes on IDLE, but the state machine is revived busy by
+    // the time startTurn runs: transition(START) returns false and the driver
+    // tags the thrown error with isSessionBusy.
+    mockGetCurrentState
+      .mockReturnValueOnce('idle')
+      .mockReturnValue('processing');
+    mockTransition.mockResolvedValue(false);
+    const pendingItem = {
+      id: 'pending-resurrect',
+      sessionId: 'session-resurrect',
+      content: 'run it',
+      status: 'queued',
+      retryCount: 0,
+    };
+    mockPendingList.mockReturnValue([pendingItem]);
+    const session: any = {
+      sessionId: 'session-resurrect',
+      sessionKind: 'normal',
+      mode: 'agentic',
+      titleStatus: 'generated',
+      dialogTurns: [],
+      config: { modelName: 'auto' },
+      maxContextTokens: 32_000,
+    };
+    const context: any = {
+      flowChatStore: {
+        getSurfaceGeneration: () => 0,
+        getState: () => ({ sessions: new Map([[session.sessionId, session]]) }),
+        addDialogTurn: vi.fn((_s: string, turn: any) => session.dialogTurns.push(turn)),
+        deleteDialogTurn: vi.fn(),
+        updateSessionLastSubmittedMode: vi.fn(),
+        updateSessionMode: vi.fn(),
+      },
+      processingManager: {
+        registerStatus: vi.fn(),
+        clearSessionStatus: vi.fn(),
+      },
+      userCancelledSessionIds: new Set<string>(),
+      pendingHistoryLoads: new Map(),
+      contentBuffers: new Map(),
+      activeTextItems: new Map(),
+    };
+
+    await drainPendingQueue(context, session.sessionId);
+
+    // Silent re-queue, not failed, and no error surfaced.
+    expect(mockPendingSetStatus).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      session.sessionId,
+      pendingItem.id,
+      'queued',
+    );
+    expect(mockPendingSetStatus).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      session.sessionId,
+      pendingItem.id,
+      'failed',
+    );
+    expect(mockNotificationError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The message must stay queued for the next idle drain; never removed.
+    expect(mockPendingRemove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/services/flow-chat-manager/MessageModule.ts b/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/services/flow-chat-manager/MessageModule.ts
index 1f42704860..1d64eeb66f 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/services/flow-chat-manager/MessageModule.ts
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/services/flow-chat-manager/MessageModule.ts
@@ -410,6 +410,24 @@ export async function sendMessage(
       return;
     }
 
+    if ((error as any)?.isSessionBusy === true) {
+      // The session was revived busy after the drain gate confirmed IDLE.
+      // Do NOT surface a "Thinking process error" toast or mark the queued
+      // message failed; drop the optimistic turn and re-throw so the drain
+      // path re-queues the message until the next IDLE.
+      if (turnTracker.createdLocalTurnId && !options?.preserveTurnOnStartError) {
+        const state = context.flowChatStore.getState();
+        const currentSession = state.sessions.get(sessionId);
+        if (currentSession) {
+          context.flowChatStore.deleteDialogTurn(sessionId, turnTracker.createdLocalTurnId);
+        }
+      }
+      if (latestSendBySession.get(sendCoordinationKey) === sendAttempt) {
+        latestSendBySession.delete(sendCoordinationKey);
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
+
     log.error('Failed to send message', { sessionId: sessionId, error });
 
     const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Failed to send message';
@@ -607,6 +625,18 @@ export async function drainPendingQueue(
     // reset of the retry counter, and FIFO order is preserved).
     pendingQueueManager.remove(sessionId, next.id);
   } catch (error) {
+    // If the session was revived busy after the drain gate confirmed IDLE,
+    // re-queue the message and wait silently instead of marking it failed
+    // (which surfaces a "Thinking process error" toast and forces the user to
+    // manually retry). Auto-drain re-applies once the session returns to IDLE.
+    if ((error as any)?.isSessionBusy === true) {
+      log.debug('Pending queue item re-queued: session revived busy', {
+        sessionId,
+        itemId: next.id,
+      });
+      pendingQueueManager.setStatus(sessionId, next.id, 'queued');
+      return;
+    }
     log.error('Failed to drain pending queue item', { sessionId, itemId: next.id, error });
     // Mark in place. The auto-drain listener skips `failed` items so the user
     // can edit / send-now / delete without entering a tight retry loop.
diff --git a/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/session-drivers/local/LocalSessionDriver.ts b/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/session-drivers/local/LocalSessionDriver.ts
index 9ec277a6f9..6f3daf0691 100644
--- a/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/session-drivers/local/LocalSessionDriver.ts
+++ b/src/web-ui/src/flow_chat/session-drivers/local/LocalSessionDriver.ts
@@ -369,7 +369,16 @@ export const localSessionDriver: SessionDriver = {
     surfaceScope.assertCurrent('start session state machine');
     if (!startOk) {
       const currentState = stateMachineManager.getCurrentState(sessionId);
-      throw new Error(`Session is still busy finishing the previous turn (current state: ${currentState})`);
+      // The machine is not IDLE (e.g. it was revived after the pending queue
+      // drain gate confirmed IDLE). Throwing "still busy" surfaces a
+      // "Thinking process error" toast and marks the queued message failed.
+      // Tag the error instead so the caller re-queues the message silently
+      // and drains it once the session returns to IDLE.
+      const error = new Error(
+        `Session is still busy finishing the previous turn (current state: ${currentState})`,
+      );
+      (error as any).isSessionBusy = true;
+      throw error;
     }
 
     context.processingManager.registerStatus({