diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/layout/inspector-host.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/layout/inspector-host.tsx
index 4a24eafb9b6da..368b44f64988b 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/layout/inspector-host.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/layout/inspector-host.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ const PANE_HEADER_OPTIONS = { ...GLASS_HEADER_OPTIONS, headerShown: false };
 
 function PaneHeader(props: { readonly store: InspectorBarStore }) {
   const options = useSyncExternalStore(props.store.subscribe, props.store.getSnapshot);
-  return <V5StackHeader options={{ ...PANE_HEADER_OPTIONS, ...options }} canGoBack={false} />;
+  // Its own search identity, so opening the inspector doesn't morph the sidebar's search into it.
+  return (
+    <V5StackHeader
+      options={{ ...PANE_HEADER_OPTIONS, ...options }}
+      canGoBack={false}
+      searchIdentifier="inspector-search"
+    />
+  );
 }
 
 function PaneScreenContent(props: {
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
index 7cbc2a4091bd7..692518729f449 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ import Animated, {
 } from "react-native-reanimated";
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from "react-native-safe-area-context";
 import { useBarOverlap } from "../../components/ui/useBarInset";
-import { useWorkspaceContentWidth } from "../layout/workspace-content-width";
+import {
+  useWorkspaceContentWidth,
+  WorkspaceSettledContentWidthContext,
+} from "../layout/workspace-content-width";
 import { useAdaptiveWorkspaceLayout } from "../layout/adaptive-workspace-context";
 import { useNativeWorkspaceColumnsSupported } from "../../native/NativeWorkspaceColumns";
 import {
@@ -317,6 +320,17 @@ export interface ThreadDetailScreenProps {
 
 // iOS questions overlay the controls; Android questions stack with child approvals.
 const ComposerPanels = Platform.OS === "android" ? Animated.ScrollView : Animated.View;
+
+/** Hands the feed the screen width measured for a native column; elsewhere keeps the inherited one. */
+function ColumnWidth(props: { readonly width: number | null; readonly children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return props.width === null ? (
+    props.children
+  ) : (
+    <WorkspaceSettledContentWidthContext value={props.width}>
+      {props.children}
+    </WorkspaceSettledContentWidthContext>
+  );
+}
 const USAGE_LIMITS_PANEL_GAP = 12;
 const USAGE_LIMITS_PANEL_MIN_HEIGHT = 44;
 
@@ -1022,8 +1036,13 @@ function ThreadDetailBody(
   // Android lays the screen out below its opaque header and reports a zero
   // header height, so the window height overstates the room by the header.
   const [screenHeight, setScreenHeight] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const [screenWidth, setScreenWidth] = useState<number | null>(null);
   const handleScreenLayout = (event: LayoutChangeEvent) => {
     setScreenHeight(event.nativeEvent.layout.height);
+    const width = Math.round(event.nativeEvent.layout.width);
+    setScreenWidth((current) =>
+      current !== null && Math.abs(current - width) <= 1 ? current : width,
+    );
   };
   const screenAreaHeight = screenHeight ?? windowHeight;
   const draftViewportHeight = screenAreaHeight - navigationHeaderHeight - liveKeyboardHeight;
@@ -1211,6 +1230,13 @@ function ThreadDetailBody(
         }
       : { width: "auto", right: controlInsets.right },
   );
+  // A native column resizes the screen before JS hears of it. The feed and the composer take the
+  // measured width in one render, so they change size together rather than the composer first.
+  const columnWidth = usesNativeWorkspaceColumns && isSplitLayout ? screenWidth : null;
+  const columnComposerWidthStyle =
+    columnWidth === null
+      ? null
+      : { width: Math.max(0, columnWidth - controlInsets.left - controlInsets.right) };
   const selectedInstanceId = props.selectedThread.modelSelection.instanceId;
   useAtomMount(threadStreamHaptics(props.selectedThreadDetailRef));
   const selectedProviderSkills = (() => {
@@ -1436,54 +1462,58 @@ function ThreadDetailBody(
             )}
           >
             <WorkspaceMutationIdProvider threadRef={props.selectedThreadDetailRef}>
-              <ThreadFeed
-                toolCallVisibility={toolCallVisibility}
-                environmentId={props.environmentId}
-                threadId={props.selectedThread.id}
-                detailRef={props.selectedThreadDetailRef}
-                workspaceRoot={props.threadCwd}
-                feed={props.selectedThreadFeed}
-                pendingHandoff={props.pendingHandoff}
-                worktreeSetup={props.worktreeSetup}
-                setupWorkingStartedAt={props.setupWorkingStartedAt}
-                queuedMessages={props.queuedMessages}
-                dispatchingMessageId={props.dispatchingMessageId}
-                // A native subagent has no composer to edit a pending message in;
-                // Cancel on the edit banner would discard it.
-                onEditPendingMessage={
-                  isProviderSubagent || pendingMessageEditBlocked ? null : handleEditPendingMessage
-                }
-                contentPresentation={props.contentPresentation}
-                threadTitle={props.selectedThread.title}
-                latestRun={props.activityRun}
-                activeWorkStartedAt={props.activeWorkStartedAt}
-                runlessWorkActive={props.runlessWorkActive ?? false}
-                listRef={listRef}
-                freeze={freeze}
-                anchorMessageId={anchorMessageId}
-                jumpToMessageId={jumpMessageLoaded ? jumpMessageId : null}
-                onJumpedToMessage={() => finishThreadMessageJump(selectedThreadKey)}
-                contentInsetEndAdjustment={combinedContentInsetEndAdjustment}
-                keyboardOffset={composerKeyboardOffset}
-                sendingWithKeyboard={sendingWithKeyboard}
-                fitShortFeedToViewport={questionInFlow && !isKeyboardVisible}
-                contentTopInset={0}
-                contentBottomInset={
-                  questionInFlow
-                    ? 0
-                    : estimatedOverlayHeight +
-                      (showFloatingStatus ? FLOATING_WORKING_CONTROL_COVERAGE : 0)
-                }
-                contentMaxWidth={contentMaxWidth}
-                historyControls={props.historyControls}
-                contentSideInsets={nativeMetrics?.safeArea}
-                layoutVariant={layoutVariant}
-                usesAutomaticContentInsets={props.usesAutomaticContentInsets}
-                onHeaderMaterialVisibilityChange={props.onHeaderMaterialVisibilityChange}
-                onIsAtEndChange={setIsAtEnd}
-                skills={selectedProviderSkills}
-                onUseArtifactTemplate={handleUseArtifactTemplate}
-              />
+              <ColumnWidth width={columnWidth}>
+                <ThreadFeed
+                  toolCallVisibility={toolCallVisibility}
+                  environmentId={props.environmentId}
+                  threadId={props.selectedThread.id}
+                  detailRef={props.selectedThreadDetailRef}
+                  workspaceRoot={props.threadCwd}
+                  feed={props.selectedThreadFeed}
+                  pendingHandoff={props.pendingHandoff}
+                  worktreeSetup={props.worktreeSetup}
+                  setupWorkingStartedAt={props.setupWorkingStartedAt}
+                  queuedMessages={props.queuedMessages}
+                  dispatchingMessageId={props.dispatchingMessageId}
+                  // A native subagent has no composer to edit a pending message in;
+                  // Cancel on the edit banner would discard it.
+                  onEditPendingMessage={
+                    isProviderSubagent || pendingMessageEditBlocked
+                      ? null
+                      : handleEditPendingMessage
+                  }
+                  contentPresentation={props.contentPresentation}
+                  threadTitle={props.selectedThread.title}
+                  latestRun={props.activityRun}
+                  activeWorkStartedAt={props.activeWorkStartedAt}
+                  runlessWorkActive={props.runlessWorkActive ?? false}
+                  listRef={listRef}
+                  freeze={freeze}
+                  anchorMessageId={anchorMessageId}
+                  jumpToMessageId={jumpMessageLoaded ? jumpMessageId : null}
+                  onJumpedToMessage={() => finishThreadMessageJump(selectedThreadKey)}
+                  contentInsetEndAdjustment={combinedContentInsetEndAdjustment}
+                  keyboardOffset={composerKeyboardOffset}
+                  sendingWithKeyboard={sendingWithKeyboard}
+                  fitShortFeedToViewport={questionInFlow && !isKeyboardVisible}
+                  contentTopInset={0}
+                  contentBottomInset={
+                    questionInFlow
+                      ? 0
+                      : estimatedOverlayHeight +
+                        (showFloatingStatus ? FLOATING_WORKING_CONTROL_COVERAGE : 0)
+                  }
+                  contentMaxWidth={contentMaxWidth}
+                  historyControls={props.historyControls}
+                  contentSideInsets={nativeMetrics?.safeArea}
+                  layoutVariant={layoutVariant}
+                  usesAutomaticContentInsets={props.usesAutomaticContentInsets}
+                  onHeaderMaterialVisibilityChange={props.onHeaderMaterialVisibilityChange}
+                  onIsAtEndChange={setIsAtEnd}
+                  skills={selectedProviderSkills}
+                  onUseArtifactTemplate={handleUseArtifactTemplate}
+                />
+              </ColumnWidth>
             </WorkspaceMutationIdProvider>
           </RenderErrorBoundary>
         </View>
@@ -1533,18 +1563,25 @@ function ThreadDetailBody(
               pointerEvents="box-none"
               style={
                 questionInFlow
-                  ? isSplitLayout
-                    ? composerWidthStyle
-                    : undefined
-                  : [
-                      {
-                        position: "absolute",
-                        bottom: controlInsets.bottom,
-                        left: controlInsets.left,
-                        right: controlInsets.right,
-                      },
-                      composerWidthStyle,
-                    ]
+                  ? (columnComposerWidthStyle ?? (isSplitLayout ? composerWidthStyle : undefined))
+                  : columnComposerWidthStyle
+                    ? [
+                        {
+                          position: "absolute",
+                          bottom: controlInsets.bottom,
+                          left: controlInsets.left,
+                        },
+                        columnComposerWidthStyle,
+                      ]
+                    : [
+                        {
+                          position: "absolute",
+                          bottom: controlInsets.bottom,
+                          left: controlInsets.left,
+                          right: controlInsets.right,
+                        },
+                        composerWidthStyle,
+                      ]
               }
             >
               {/* No paddingTop here: the overlay's measured height becomes the
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/native/V5StackHeader.ios.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/native/V5StackHeader.ios.tsx
index f53e71ee23f68..c0df2b25618a9 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/native/V5StackHeader.ios.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/native/V5StackHeader.ios.tsx
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ export function V5StackHeader(props: {
   readonly column?: "primary" | "detail";
   /** The workspace's compose action, shown as its own group in this column's bar. */
   readonly onCompose?: () => void;
+  /** UIKit morphs search items that share an identifier between bars as columns change. */
+  readonly searchIdentifier?: string;
 }) {
   const { options } = props;
   const theme = useMobileNavigationTheme();
@@ -182,7 +184,14 @@ export function V5StackHeader(props: {
   const bottom = toolbar.flatMap<HeaderItem>((item, index) => {
     if (item.type === "mailSearchToolbar") return [];
     if (item.type === "searchBarPlacement")
-      return [{ type: "item", id: `toolbar-search:${index}`, searchBarPlacement: true }];
+      return [
+        {
+          type: "item",
+          id: `toolbar-search:${index}`,
+          searchBarPlacement: true,
+          ...(props.searchIdentifier ? { identifier: props.searchIdentifier } : {}),
+        },
+      ];
     return convertItems([item], `toolbar:${index}`);
   });
   if (mailSearch) {
@@ -199,7 +208,12 @@ export function V5StackHeader(props: {
     if (bottomSearch) {
       if (spacesSearch && bottom.length)
         bottom.push({ type: "spacer", id: "before-search", sizing: "fixed", width: 8 });
-      bottom.push({ type: "item", id: "home-search", searchBarPlacement: true });
+      bottom.push({
+        type: "item",
+        id: "home-search",
+        searchBarPlacement: true,
+        ...(props.searchIdentifier ? { identifier: props.searchIdentifier } : {}),
+      });
       if (spacesSearch && mailSearch.onComposePress)
         bottom.push({ type: "spacer", id: "after-search", sizing: "fixed", width: 8 });
     }