diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/automation-forms.test.ts b/packages/ui/tests/browser/automation-forms.test.ts
index ae4493474..4f1e43514 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/automation-forms.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/automation-forms.test.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ test("an agent fills the real Mission editor: the title is replaced, not concate
     await page.addInitScript(desktopWindow)
     await page.route("**/api/**", route => route.fulfill({ json: {} }))
     await page.route("**/api/storage/config/ui", route => route.fulfill({ json: { settings: { missionProfileDefaults: [{ template: "all", profiles }] } } }))
-    // Creation Options embed the project's nesting depth: answer its read like a native runtime.
+    // Creation embeds the project's nesting depth: answer its read like a native runtime.
     await page.route("**/subagent-depth*", route => route.fulfill({ json: { location: { directory: "/fixture" }, capability: { minimum: 0 },
       effectiveDepth: 1, project: { path: "/fixture/.opencode/opencode.jsonc", depth: null, expectation: "e" } } }))
     let list: MissionMap[] = []
@@ -212,12 +212,11 @@ test("an agent fills the real Mission editor: the title is replaced, not concate
     await act({ action: "type", ref: title, text: "First draft" })
     assert.deepEqual(await act({ action: "type", ref: title, text: "Seam survey" }), { value: "Seam survey" }, "a second type replaces the first")
     assert.deepEqual(await act({ action: "type", ref: title, text: " (pilot)", clear: false }), { value: "Seam survey (pilot)" })
-    await act({ action: "click", ref: await refFor(/DisclosureTriangle "Options"/, "Options") })
     assert.deepEqual(await act({ action: "select", ref: await refFor(/combobox "Playbook"/, "Playbook"), values: ["Exploration"] }), { selected: ["Exploration"] })
     assert.match((await run.cdp.inspect(run.identity, { query: "Playbook" })).snapshot, /combobox "Playbook" \[e\d+\] value="Exploration"/)
     await page.waitForFunction(() => !(document.querySelector('form.mission-editor button[type="submit"]') as HTMLButtonElement)?.disabled)
     assert.equal(await page.getByLabel("Title", { exact: true }).inputValue(), "Seam survey (pilot)")
-    // Like an agent, wait for the Options section to finish reading before clicking under it.
+    // Like an agent, wait for the depth row to finish reading before clicking under it.
     await act({ action: "wait", text: "Inherit (1)" })
     await act({ action: "click", ref: await refFor(/button "Create"(?= \[)/, "Create") })
     await page.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelector("form.mission-editor") === null)
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ test("an agent fills the real Mission editor: the title is replaced, not concate
   } finally { await run.close() }
 })
 
-// The controller aims once, then dispatches: Options' first depth result, or a mission map
+// The controller aims once, then dispatches: creation's first depth result, or a mission map
 // refresh adding a panel banner while the form is open, may land in between.
 const existing = { ...createdMission({ title: "Existing mission", objective: "Existing mission", template: "custom" }), id: "msn_existing" }
 const map = (extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({ json: { available: true, projectID: "project", missions: panelMissions([existing]), generatedAt: 1, discardedEvents: 0, ...extra } })
@@ -283,8 +282,7 @@ for (const outcome of HELD_OUTCOMES) test(`Create keeps its place when ${outcome
     const { page, act, refFor } = run
     await act({ action: "click", ref: await refFor(/button "Create mission"/, "Create mission") })
     await act({ action: "type", ref: await refFor(/textbox "What should the mission do\?"/, "What should the mission do?"), text: "Hold a read" })
-    if (outcome.held === "depth") await act({ action: "click", ref: await refFor(/DisclosureTriangle "Options"/, "Options") })
-    else { holdMap = true; await page.evaluate(() => window.missionEditorLifetime.invalidate()) }
+    if (outcome.held !== "depth") { holdMap = true; await page.evaluate(() => window.missionEditorLifetime.invalidate()) }
     await requested.promise
     await page.waitForFunction(() => !(document.querySelector('form.mission-editor button[type="submit"]') as HTMLButtonElement)?.disabled)
     const create = page.locator('form.mission-editor button[type="submit"]'), before = await create.boundingBox()
diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/fixtures/mission-creation-start.tsx b/packages/ui/tests/browser/fixtures/mission-creation-start.tsx
index 92845342d..9c51beac9 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/fixtures/mission-creation-start.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/fixtures/mission-creation-start.tsx
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ function RealEditorFixture() {
     <Show when={editing()}><MissionEditor instanceId="fixture" directory="/fixture" viewDirectory="/fixture" projectID={projectID()}
       action={action} active={() => true} onCancel={() => setEditing(false)} onSaved={async (_mission, id) => {
         if (!id) throw new Error("Expected calendar-owned creation")
+        // Match MissionControl: retire the editor synchronously before reading its created document.
+        setEditing(false)
         const read = await serverApi.fetchMissionSchedule("fixture", id, { directory: "/fixture" })
         if (!read.document) throw new Error("Created Mission unavailable")
-        setDoc(read.document); setEditing(false); setSaved(value => value + 1)
+        setDoc(read.document); setSaved(value => value + 1)
       }} /></Show>
     <Show when={!editing() && doc() && controlsMounted()}><Controls /></Show>
     <AlertDialog />
diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-creation-start.test.ts b/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-creation-start.test.ts
index f4690ed92..0a9266ad7 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-creation-start.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-creation-start.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict"
 import { after, before, test } from "node:test"
 import { createServer, type Server } from "node:http"
-import { chromium, type Browser, type Page } from "playwright"
+import { chromium, type Browser, type Page, type Request } from "playwright"
 import { borrowFixture } from "./fixture-borrow"
 import { armFixtureNavigationBudget } from "./mission-panel-route"
 import { NativeMissionDocumentStore } from "../../../server/src/missions/mission-document-store"
@@ -101,9 +101,24 @@ async function setup(page: Page, options: { enabled?: boolean; lose?: "create" |
     await page.route("**/api/workspaces/fixture/missions", route => route.fulfill({ json: {
       available: true, version: 1, projectID: "project", missions: [], cleanups: [], generatedAt: 1, discardedEvents: 0 } }))
   }
+  const kinds = ["agent", "model", "provider"], completed: Request[] = []
+  const matches = (request: Request, kind: string) => request.method() === "GET"
+    && new URL(request.url()).pathname === `/workspaces/fixture/instance/api/${kind}`
+  // Capture body-completion receipts without starting action deadlines during navigation.
+  const remember = (request: Request) => { if (kinds.some(kind => matches(request, kind))) completed.push(request) }
+  page.on("requestfinished", remember)
+  const waitForCatalog = () => {
+    page.off("requestfinished", remember)
+    const early = completed.splice(0) // Initial receipts are consumed once; later waves require new events.
+    return Promise.all(kinds.map(async kind => {
+      if (!early.some(request => matches(request, kind))) await page.waitForEvent("requestfinished", { predicate: request => matches(request, kind) })
+    }))
+  }
   await page.goto(options.realEditor ? `${url}?realEditor=1` : url)
   await page.waitForFunction(realEditor => realEditor ? (window as any).realCreationStartFixture : (window as any).creationStartFixture, !!options.realEditor)
-  return { posts, reads, failedRequests, errors, get revision() { return doc.revision }, set activationGate(value: Promise<void>) { activationGate = value } }
+  if (options.realEditor) await waitForCatalog()
+  else page.off("requestfinished", remember)
+  return { posts, reads, failedRequests, errors, waitForCatalog, get revision() { return doc.revision }, set activationGate(value: Promise<void>) { activationGate = value } }
 }
 const save = (page: Page, requested = true) => page.evaluate(({ configuration, requested }) =>
   (window as any).creationStartFixture.save(configuration, requested), { configuration, requested })
@@ -194,13 +209,17 @@ test("real editor adopts discovered project before creation; lost Play remains r
     assert.ok(originalForm)
     assert.equal(await page.locator("[data-project]").textContent(), "undiscovered")
     await form.getByLabel("What should the mission do?", { exact: true }).fill("Inspect changes after project discovery")
-    await page.evaluate(() => (window as any).realCreationStartFixture.discoverProject())
+    await Promise.all([
+      f.waitForCatalog(),
+      page.evaluate(() => (window as any).realCreationStartFixture.discoverProject()),
+    ])
     await page.getByText("project", { exact: true }).waitFor()
     assert.equal(await originalForm.evaluate(element => element.isConnected && element === document.querySelector("form.mission-editor")), true,
       "project discovery must update the already-mounted MissionEditor")
     assert.equal(await form.getByLabel("What should the mission do?", { exact: true }).inputValue(), "Inspect changes after project discovery")
     await form.getByLabel("Criterion 1 type", { exact: true }).selectOption("daily")
     await form.getByRole("checkbox", { name: "Start on creation", exact: true }).check()
+    await form.getByLabel("Coordinator · Model", { exact: true }).locator("option:checked").filter({ hasText: "Fixture model" }).waitFor({ state: "attached" })
     await form.getByRole("button", { name: "Create", exact: true }).click()
     await form.waitFor({ state: "detached" }); await saved(page)
 
diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-navigation.test.ts b/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-navigation.test.ts
index d86d603cd..ccc40115a 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-navigation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-navigation.test.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ async function setup(missing = false, holdSchedule = false) {
     const pathname = new URL(route.request().url()).pathname
     requests.push(`${route.request().method()} ${pathname}`)
     if (pathname === "/api/events") return route.fulfill({ contentType: "text/event-stream", body: ": fixture\n\n" })
+    if (pathname.endsWith("/subagent-depth")) return route.fulfill({ json: { location: { directory: "/fixture" },
+      capability: { minimum: 0 }, effectiveDepth: 1, project: { path: "/fixture/.opencode/opencode.jsonc", depth: null, expectation: "e" } } })
     if (pathname.endsWith("/missions/scheduled")) return route.fulfill({ json: { version: 1, projectID: "project", schedules: [] } })
     if (pathname.endsWith("/missions/A/schedule") && holdSchedule) {
       scheduleReached.release(); await scheduleHeld.promise
diff --git a/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-recurrence-retry-order.test.ts b/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-recurrence-retry-order.test.ts
index 27db85c0e..ae5a11bb6 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-recurrence-retry-order.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tests/browser/mission-recurrence-retry-order.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { borrowFixture } from "./fixture-borrow"
 import { createMissionFailureDiagnostics } from "./mission-failure-diagnostics"
 import { chromium, type Browser, type Page, type Route } from "playwright"
 import type {} from "./fixtures/mission-editor-lifetime"
-import { clickMissionAction, missionRefresh, missionToolbarAction, selectMission } from "./mission-actions"
+import { clickMissionAction, missionRefresh, missionRow, missionToolbarAction, selectMission } from "./mission-actions"
 import type { RecurrenceSchedule } from "../../src/stores/mission-recurrence"
 import { recurrenceSnapshotSchema, recurrenceControlHttpSchema, recurrenceControlStatusSchema } from "../../../server/src/missions/recurrence-control-contract"
 
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ async function holdPartial(page: Page, action: "pause" | "stop", title = TITLE)
   await missionToolbarAction(page, CHECK(title)).waitFor()
   await page.locator(".mission-picker-selection-actions .mission-action-feedback [role=status]").getByText(UNCONFIRMED, { exact: true }).waitFor()
   assert.equal(await missionRefresh(page).getAttribute("aria-label"), RESEND)
+  // The partial result schedules a row read; feedback can precede its publication.
+  await missionRow(page, title).locator(".sr-only", { hasText: action === "pause" ? /^Daily · Paused/ : /^Daily · Stopped/ }).waitFor({ state: "attached" })
 }
 /** Starts an event-driven row read that stays in flight until released. */
 async function rowReadInFlight(page: Page, state: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof openPage>>["state"]) {