diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.test.ts
index 4f0c140ac229..16fd407f537b 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.test.ts
@@ -1085,6 +1085,62 @@ describe("buildThreadFeed", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("keeps imported V1 turns folded once the thread's first V2 run starts", () => {
+    const imported = <T extends OrchestrationV2TurnItem>(item: T, id: string) => ({
+      ...item,
+      id: TurnItemId.make(id),
+      runId: null,
+    });
+    const presented = (start: OrchestrationV2TurnItem) =>
+      deriveThreadFeedPresentation(
+        buildThreadFeed(
+          [
+            imported(userMessage("2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z"), "imported-prompt"),
+            imported(
+              {
+                ...assistantMessage("2026-06-20T00:00:02.000Z"),
+                messageId: MessageId.make("update"),
+              },
+              "imported-update",
+            ),
+            imported(command("2026-06-20T00:00:04.000Z"), "imported-ls"),
+            imported(
+              {
+                ...assistantMessage("2026-06-20T00:00:08.000Z"),
+                messageId: MessageId.make("answer"),
+              },
+              "imported-answer",
+            ),
+            start,
+          ].map((item, position) => projected(item, position)),
+        ),
+        { runId, status: "running", startedAt: "2026-06-20T00:01:00.000Z", completedAt: null },
+        new Set(),
+        new Set(),
+        "2026-06-20T00:01:00.000Z",
+      )
+        .slice(0, 4)
+        .map((entry) => (entry.type === "message" ? entry.message.role : entry.type));
+
+    // A sent prompt and an automatic wake both start V2 work below the import.
+    expect(
+      presented({
+        ...userMessage("2026-06-20T00:01:00.000Z"),
+        id: TurnItemId.make("new-prompt"),
+        messageId: MessageId.make("new-prompt"),
+      }),
+    ).toEqual(["user", "assistant", "run-fold", "assistant"]);
+    expect(
+      presented({
+        ...base("wake", "2026-06-20T00:01:00.000Z", 4),
+        type: "notification",
+        source: { kind: "background_task" },
+        outcome: "completed",
+        summary: "Background task finished",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual(["user", "assistant", "run-fold", "assistant"]);
+  });
+
   it("keeps a provider-native subagent's runless tool call live while it works", () => {
     const startedAt = "2026-06-20T00:00:01.000Z";
     const { exitCode: _exitCode, ...completedCommand } = command();
@@ -1116,9 +1172,10 @@ describe("buildThreadFeed", () => {
     expect(presented.some((entry) => entry.type === "thinking")).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("keeps a runless tail settled while a normal thread waits for its sent run", () => {
+  it("keeps a runless tail folded while a normal thread waits for its sent run", () => {
     // Right after a send the local clock runs before the server creates the
-    // run, and the latest run may still be queued: neither is runless work.
+    // run, and the latest run may still be queued: neither is runless work,
+    // so the settled tail must not reopen and shift the feed.
     const startedAt = "2026-06-20T00:00:05.000Z";
     const feed = buildThreadFeed([
       projected({ ...userMessage(), runId: null }, 0),
@@ -1135,9 +1192,7 @@ describe("buildThreadFeed", () => {
         new Set(),
         startedAt,
       );
-      const toggle = presented.find((entry) => entry.type === "work-toggle");
-      expect(toggle).toMatchObject({ live: false, shimmer: false });
-      expect(presented.at(-1)?.type).toBe("thinking");
+      expect(presented.map((entry) => entry.type)).toEqual(["message", "run-fold", "thinking"]);
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts
index 259b76c9b173..3a77324a7ac8 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/threadActivity.ts
@@ -972,13 +972,14 @@ export function failedFeedRunIds(
 }
 
 /**
- * A thread without runs (a provider-native subagent) folds each prompt's
- * response like a run; `isWorking` keeps its latest response open.
+ * A prompt without a run (a provider-native subagent, or a turn imported from
+ * V1) folds its response like a run. `runlessWorkActive` keeps the latest
+ * runless response open; V2 work must not reopen imported turns.
  */
 function deriveThreadFeedRunFolds(
   feed: ReadonlyArray<ThreadFeedEntry>,
   latestRun: ThreadFeedLatestRun | null,
-  isWorking: boolean,
+  runlessWorkActive: boolean,
 ): ReadonlyMap<string, ThreadFeedRunFold> {
   const firstAssistantMessageIdByRun = new Map<RunId, string>();
   const terminalAssistantMessageIdByRun = new Map<RunId, string>();
@@ -988,14 +989,15 @@ function deriveThreadFeedRunFolds(
     RunId,
     { entries: ThreadFeedEntry[]; startBoundary: string | null }
   >();
-  // Fold state is keyed by run, so each prompt of a runless thread lends its
-  // response a stable key of its own.
+  // Fold state is keyed by run, so each runless prompt lends its response a
+  // stable key of its own. Decide per prompt, not per thread: a V1 thread's
+  // first V2 run must not unfold every imported turn above it.
   let runlessKey: RunId | null = null;
   let pendingUserBoundary: string | null = null;
   for (const entry of feed) {
     if (entry.type === "message" && entry.message.role === "user") {
       pendingUserBoundary = entry.message.createdAt;
-      runlessKey = latestRun === null ? RunId.make(`runless:${entry.id}`) : null;
+      runlessKey = entry.message.runId == null ? RunId.make(`runless:${entry.id}`) : null;
       continue;
     }
     const runId =
@@ -1038,7 +1040,7 @@ function deriveThreadFeedRunFolds(
   for (const [runId, group] of groupsByRunId) {
     if (
       runId === activeRunId ||
-      (isWorking && runId === runlessKey) ||
+      (runlessWorkActive && runId === runlessKey) ||
       interruptedRunIds.has(runId) ||
       failedRunIds.has(runId) ||
       group.entries.some((entry) => entry.type === "message" && entry.message.streaming)
@@ -1161,7 +1163,11 @@ export function deriveThreadFeedPresentation(
   const activeTailGroup = sourceFeed.at(-1);
   const activeRunId = unsettledRunId(latestRun);
   const isWorking = activeWorkStartedAt !== null && latestRun?.status !== "preparing";
-  const foldsByAnchorId = deriveThreadFeedRunFolds(sourceFeed, latestRun, isWorking);
+  const foldsByAnchorId = deriveThreadFeedRunFolds(
+    sourceFeed,
+    latestRun,
+    isWorking && runlessWorkActive,
+  );
   const collapsedEntryIds = new Set<string>();
   for (const fold of foldsByAnchorId.values()) {
     if (!expandedRunIds.has(fold.runId)) {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts
index 7c2fb5bd8893..f87cb75b34b8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.test.ts
@@ -2230,6 +2230,76 @@ describe("deriveMessagesTimelineRows", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("keeps imported V1 turns folded once the thread's first V2 run starts", () => {
+    const at = (second: number) => `2026-01-01T00:00:${String(second).padStart(2, "0")}Z`;
+    const message = (
+      id: string,
+      role: "user" | "assistant",
+      second: number,
+      runId: string | null = null,
+    ) => ({
+      id,
+      kind: "message" as const,
+      createdAt: at(second),
+      message: {
+        id: id as never,
+        role,
+        text: id,
+        runId: runId as never,
+        createdAt: at(second),
+        updatedAt: at(second),
+        streaming: false,
+      },
+    });
+    const rows = (tail: ReadonlyArray<ReturnType<typeof message>>) =>
+      deriveMessagesTimelineRows({
+        timelineEntries: [
+          message("imported-prompt", "user", 0),
+          message("imported-update", "assistant", 4),
+          {
+            id: "imported-command",
+            kind: "work",
+            createdAt: at(5),
+            entry: {
+              id: "imported-command",
+              createdAt: at(5),
+              runId: null,
+              label: "Ran git",
+              command: "git status",
+              requestKind: "command",
+              tone: "tool" as const,
+              toolLifecycleStatus: "completed" as const,
+            },
+          },
+          message("imported-answer", "assistant", 8),
+          ...tail,
+        ],
+        latestRun: {
+          runId: "run-1" as never,
+          status: "running",
+          startedAt: at(20),
+          completedAt: null,
+        },
+        isWorking: true,
+        activeTurnStartedAt: at(20),
+        turnDiffSummaries: [],
+        supportsConversationRollback: false,
+      }).map((row) =>
+        row.kind === "message" ? `${row.message.role}:${row.message.id}` : row.kind,
+      );
+
+    // V2 work starts from a sent prompt, or with no new prompt (a wake or a resume).
+    expect(rows([message("new-prompt", "user", 20, "run-1")]).slice(0, 4)).toEqual([
+      "user:imported-prompt",
+      "turn-fold",
+      "assistant:imported-answer",
+      "user:new-prompt",
+    ]);
+    const withoutPrompt = rows([]);
+    expect(withoutPrompt).toContain("turn-fold");
+    expect(withoutPrompt).not.toContain("assistant:imported-update");
+  });
+
   it("shows a provider-native subagent's runless tools as live work while it works", () => {
     const entries = (commandStatus: "inProgress" | "completed") => [
       {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts
index 88da32d28fc3..09784aaf9dbd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.logic.ts
@@ -850,15 +850,17 @@ function failedTimelineRunIds(
 /**
  * Settled turns fold activity before their terminal assistant message behind
  * a "Worked for ..." row. Ordinary trailing work joins the fold, while failures
- * and work still in progress stay visible. A thread without runs (a
- * provider-native subagent) folds each prompt's response the same way.
+ * and work still in progress stay visible. A prompt without a run (a
+ * provider-native subagent, or a turn imported from V1) folds its response
+ * the same way.
  */
 function deriveTurnFolds(input: {
   timelineEntries: ReadonlyArray<TimelineEntry>;
   terminalAssistantMessageIds: ReadonlySet<string>;
   latestRun: TimelineLatestRun | null;
   unfoldedRunIds: ReadonlySet<RunId>;
-  isWorking: boolean;
+  /** Keeps the latest runless response open; V2 work must not reopen imported turns. */
+  runlessWorkActive: boolean;
 }): ReadonlyMap<string, TurnFold> {
   const interruptedRunIds = new Set<RunId>();
   for (const entry of input.timelineEntries) {
@@ -888,8 +890,9 @@ function deriveTurnFolds(input: {
   const groupsByRunId = new Map<RunId, TurnGroup>();
   const runlessFailedKeys = new Set<RunId>();
 
-  // Fold state is keyed by run, so each prompt of a runless thread lends its
-  // response a stable key of its own.
+  // Fold state is keyed by run, so each runless prompt lends its response a
+  // stable key of its own. Decide per prompt, not per thread: a V1 thread's
+  // first V2 run must not unfold every imported turn above it.
   let runlessKey: RunId | null = null;
   let pendingBoundary: { createdAt: string; anchorEntryId: string } | null = null;
   for (const [index, entry] of input.timelineEntries.entries()) {
@@ -898,7 +901,13 @@ function deriveTurnFolds(input: {
       pendingBoundary = nextEntry
         ? { createdAt: entry.createdAt, anchorEntryId: nextEntry.id }
         : null;
-      runlessKey = input.latestRun === null ? RunId.make(`runless:${entry.id}`) : null;
+      const boundaryRunId =
+        entry.kind === "message"
+          ? entry.message.runId
+          : entry.kind === "work"
+            ? entry.entry.runId
+            : null;
+      runlessKey = boundaryRunId == null ? RunId.make(`runless:${entry.id}`) : null;
       continue;
     }
     const runId = timelineEntryFoldRunId(entry, runlessKey);
@@ -940,7 +949,7 @@ function deriveTurnFolds(input: {
       input.unfoldedRunIds.has(runId) ||
       interruptedRunIds.has(runId) ||
       runlessFailedKeys.has(runId) ||
-      (input.isWorking && runId === runlessKey)
+      (input.runlessWorkActive && runId === runlessKey)
     ) {
       continue;
     }
@@ -1229,12 +1238,13 @@ export function deriveMessagesTimelineRows(input: {
     unsettledRunId,
     isWorking: input.isWorking,
   });
+  const runlessWorkActive = input.isWorking && input.runlessWorkActive === true;
   const foldsByAnchorEntryId = deriveTurnFolds({
     timelineEntries: timelineEntries,
     terminalAssistantMessageIds,
     latestRun: input.latestRun ?? null,
     unfoldedRunIds: new Set([...activeVisualResponseRunIds, ...failedRunIds]),
-    isWorking: input.isWorking,
+    runlessWorkActive,
   });
   const collapsedEntryIds = new Set<string>();
   for (const fold of foldsByAnchorEntryId.values()) {
@@ -1252,7 +1262,6 @@ export function deriveMessagesTimelineRows(input: {
       }
     }
   }
-  const runlessWorkActive = input.isWorking && input.runlessWorkActive === true;
   const runIdIsActiveResponse = (runId: RunId | null | undefined) =>
     runId == null ? runlessWorkActive : activeVisualResponseRunIds.has(runId);
   const workEntryIsInActiveRun = (entry: WorkLogEntry) =>