diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
index 65203b51..eb654815 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ impl ChatComposer {
     }
 
     /// Get the current composer text.
-    #[cfg(test)]
     pub(crate) fn current_text(&self) -> String {
         self.textarea.text().to_string()
     }
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/mod.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/mod.rs
index fc9f06c3..bd26581b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/mod.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ impl BottomPane {
     }
 
     /// Get the current composer text (for tests and programmatic checks).
-    #[cfg(test)]
     pub(crate) fn composer_text(&self) -> String {
         self.composer.current_text()
     }
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
index ec749f4b..26d813a8 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
@@ -427,12 +427,20 @@ impl ChatWidget {
 
         // If any messages were queued during the task, restore them into the composer.
         if !self.queued_user_messages.is_empty() {
-            let combined = self
+            let queued_text = self
                 .queued_user_messages
                 .iter()
                 .map(|m| m.text.clone())
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                 .join("\n");
+            let existing_text = self.bottom_pane.composer_text();
+            let combined = if existing_text.is_empty() {
+                queued_text
+            } else if queued_text.is_empty() {
+                existing_text
+            } else {
+                format!("{queued_text}\n{existing_text}")
+            };
             self.bottom_pane.set_composer_text(combined);
             // Clear the queue and update the status indicator list.
             self.queued_user_messages.clear();
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
index 7805e07e..18bc515b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
@@ -1299,6 +1299,40 @@ fn interrupt_restores_queued_messages_into_composer() {
     let _ = drain_insert_history(&mut rx);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn interrupt_prepends_queued_messages_before_existing_composer_text() {
+    let (mut chat, mut rx, mut op_rx) = make_chatwidget_manual();
+
+    chat.bottom_pane.set_task_running(true);
+    chat.bottom_pane
+        .set_composer_text("current draft".to_string());
+
+    chat.queued_user_messages
+        .push_back(UserMessage::from("first queued".to_string()));
+    chat.queued_user_messages
+        .push_back(UserMessage::from("second queued".to_string()));
+    chat.refresh_queued_user_messages();
+
+    chat.handle_codex_event(Event {
+        id: "turn-1".into(),
+        msg: EventMsg::TurnAborted(codex_core::protocol::TurnAbortedEvent {
+            reason: TurnAbortReason::Interrupted,
+        }),
+    });
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        chat.bottom_pane.composer_text(),
+        "first queued\nsecond queued\ncurrent draft"
+    );
+    assert!(chat.queued_user_messages.is_empty());
+    assert!(
+        op_rx.try_recv().is_err(),
+        "unexpected outbound op after interrupt"
+    );
+
+    let _ = drain_insert_history(&mut rx);
+}
+
 // Snapshot test: ChatWidget at very small heights (idle)
 // Ensures overall layout behaves when terminal height is extremely constrained.
 #[test]