diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx
index 181d02a2aba..7d278c2ce48 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx
@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ export const ChatComposer = memo(function ChatComposer(props: ChatComposerProps)
   const [isComposerModelPickerOpen, setIsComposerModelPickerOpen] = useState(false);
   const [isComposerFocused, setIsComposerFocused] = useState(false);
   const isMobileViewport = useMediaQuery("max-sm");
+  const hasCoarsePointer = useMediaQuery({ pointer: "coarse" });
   const isComposerCollapsedMobile =
     isMobileViewport && !forceExpandedOnMobile && !isComposerFocused;
 
@@ -1800,7 +1801,7 @@ export const ChatComposer = memo(function ChatComposer(props: ChatComposerProps)
     }
     if (
       key === "Enter" &&
-      shouldSubmitComposerOnEnter({ isMobileViewport, shiftKey: event.shiftKey })
+      shouldSubmitComposerOnEnter({ isMobileViewport, hasCoarsePointer, shiftKey: event.shiftKey })
     ) {
       submitComposer();
       return true;
@@ -2006,8 +2007,7 @@ export const ChatComposer = memo(function ChatComposer(props: ChatComposerProps)
           isConnecting ||
           isComposerApprovalState ||
           pendingUserInputs.length > 0 ||
-          projectSelectionRequired ||
-          (environmentUnavailable !== null && activePendingProgress === null)
+          projectSelectionRequired
         ) {
           return false;
         }
@@ -2542,12 +2542,10 @@ export const ChatComposer = memo(function ChatComposer(props: ChatComposerProps)
                               ? "Ask for follow-up changes or attach images"
                               : "Ask anything, @tag files/folders, $use skills, or / for commands"
                 }
-                disabled={
-                  isConnecting ||
-                  isComposerApprovalState ||
-                  projectSelectionRequired ||
-                  (environmentUnavailable !== null && activePendingProgress === null)
-                }
+                // An unavailable environment must not lock the editor: this fork
+                // queues sends made while disconnected (`shouldQueueInitialSend`),
+                // so the user has to be able to type the message that gets queued.
+                disabled={isConnecting || isComposerApprovalState || projectSelectionRequired}
               />
               {showMobilePendingAnswerActions ? (
                 <div
diff --git a/apps/web/src/composer-logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/composer-logic.test.ts
index 99ac6bba716..5f0a084f90b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/composer-logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/composer-logic.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,26 @@ describe("shouldSubmitComposerOnEnter", () => {
   it("inserts a newline for Shift+Enter", () => {
     expect(shouldSubmitComposerOnEnter({ isMobileViewport: false, shiftKey: true })).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it("inserts a newline on a wide touch device, where Enter comes from an on-screen keyboard", () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldSubmitComposerOnEnter({
+        isMobileViewport: false,
+        hasCoarsePointer: true,
+        shiftKey: false,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("still submits on a wide fine-pointer device", () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldSubmitComposerOnEnter({
+        isMobileViewport: false,
+        hasCoarsePointer: false,
+        shiftKey: false,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("detectComposerTrigger", () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts b/apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts
index 2d1d3aed3b1..d5c06d1f40c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ export interface ComposerTrigger {
   rangeEnd: number;
 }
 
+// A coarse pointer means an on-screen keyboard, where Enter has to insert a
+// newline rather than send — the viewport check alone misses tablets and
+// 2-in-1s held in landscape, whose viewport is wider than the mobile breakpoint.
 export function shouldSubmitComposerOnEnter(input: {
   isMobileViewport: boolean;
   shiftKey: boolean;
+  hasCoarsePointer?: boolean;
 }): boolean {
-  return !input.isMobileViewport && !input.shiftKey;
+  return !input.isMobileViewport && !input.hasCoarsePointer && !input.shiftKey;
 }
 
 const isInlineTokenSegment = (