diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
index 4695c656..946d6de9 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ impl ChatWidget {
     fn dispatch_command(&mut self, cmd: SlashCommand) {
         if !cmd.available_during_task() && self.bottom_pane.is_task_running() {
             let message = format!(
-                "'/'{}' is disabled while a task is in progress.",
+                "'/{}' is disabled while a task is in progress.",
                 cmd.command()
             );
             self.add_to_history(history_cell::new_error_event(message));
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/snapshots/codex_tui__chatwidget__tests__disabled_slash_command_while_task_running_snapshot.snap b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/snapshots/codex_tui__chatwidget__tests__disabled_slash_command_while_task_running_snapshot.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52b6807b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/snapshots/codex_tui__chatwidget__tests__disabled_slash_command_while_task_running_snapshot.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+source: tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
+expression: blob
+---
+🖐  '/model' is disabled while a task is in progress.
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
index 758d2877..117b4bad 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/tests.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,25 @@ fn lines_to_single_string(lines: &[ratatui::text::Line<'static>]) -> String {
     s
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn disabled_slash_command_while_task_running_snapshot() {
+    // Build a chat widget and simulate an active task
+    let (mut chat, mut rx, _op_rx) = make_chatwidget_manual();
+    chat.bottom_pane.set_task_running(true);
+
+    // Dispatch a command that is unavailable while a task runs (e.g., /model)
+    chat.dispatch_command(SlashCommand::Model);
+
+    // Drain history and snapshot the rendered error line(s)
+    let cells = drain_insert_history(&mut rx);
+    assert!(
+        !cells.is_empty(),
+        "expected an error message history cell to be emitted",
+    );
+    let blob = lines_to_single_string(cells.last().unwrap());
+    assert_snapshot!(blob);
+}
+
 fn open_fixture(name: &str) -> std::fs::File {
     // 1) Prefer fixtures within this crate
     {