diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.i18n.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3d987b985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write .agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.md
+2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.md: fd08e7b6130bc8f7e3cd5287a9970f5fb47244a8
+2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.zh.md: 0c6bba4bbc8c3303d9c471c3164faa816438b333
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd08e7b613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Agent Note: TUI model-context resolution defers on the adapter-registration race
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+Cordis activates plugins by service availability, not configuration order, so the TUI (whose `inject` requires only the `llm` service) can mount before a configured adapter plugin such as `dsh-llm-pi-ai` finishes registering its provider routes. The TUI's model controller resolves the selected model's context window immediately on mount; when the agent's route pointed at a not-yet-registered provider, `resolveModelInfo` rejected with `NO_ADAPTER` and every fresh session printed `Could not resolve model context: no adapter registered for provider "…"` — a spurious error for a fully working configuration (the adapter registered milliseconds later, and chatting worked).
+
+## Decision
+
+The TUI model controller treats a `NO_ADAPTER` rejection of its context-window resolution as a transient state rather than an error: it parks the resolution silently and re-resolves on the next `llm/adapters-updated` commit — the payload-free registry notification `LlmService` already fires at every route commit point. A commit that still lacks the route parks the wait again, so unrelated topology changes stay silent. Any target change re-enters the resolution and clears the pending wait, so the deferred state can never go stale against the current selection; every other resolution error still prints the notice.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**Have the TUI wait for boot to settle before resolving.** The TUI has no Loader dependency (tests and embedders run without one) and "settled" is not observable from inside a plugin; adding a Loader coupling for one cosmetic resolution inverts the dependency direction.
+
+**Poll or retry with a timer.** A timer guesses at activation latency, still mis-prints on a slow adapter, and adds a tunable with no owner. The registry already announces every commit through `llm/adapters-updated`; subscribing is precise and free.
+
+**Order the config so adapters load first.** Row order carries no load semantics in the Loader (activation is service-driven by design), so this cannot be expressed in configuration.
+
+**Suppress NO_ADAPTER errors entirely.** A permanently missing adapter (typo in the provider name) would then never surface in the context-window path. Deferring keeps the signal: a wrong provider name still shows `model unset`-like behavior in the selector and fails loudly at dispatch, while the startup race resolves itself.
+
+**Resolve the context window per submitted message instead of at mount.** The send path already resolves per step (`prepareCall()`), and the indicator is displayed continuously, not only when sending; per-submit display resolution would leave the indicator blank until the first message and re-run adapter I/O for a value that only changes on route changes.
+
+## Consequences
+
+A genuinely misconfigured provider no longer prints the context-resolution error at startup — it surfaces at first dispatch instead, which is where the failure is actionable. The controller subscribes to every `llm/adapters-updated` commit but acts only while a wait is parked; the listener's disposer is released by the channel's `detachListeners()` through the controller's `detach()`, symmetric with the sibling channel listeners. Covered by three TUI tests: the deferred resolution stays silent through an unrelated commit and completes when the route's commit arrives, a target change drops the stale wait, and after channel detach a registry commit no longer re-enters resolution.
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c6bba4bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/bug-fix/2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Agent Note: TUI 模型上下文解析在适配器注册竞争时延后重试
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-07-30-tui-adapter-registration-race.md) | 中文
+
+## Problem
+
+Cordis 按服务可用性而非配置顺序激活插件，因此 TUI（其 `inject` 只要求 `llm` 服务）可能在 `dsh-llm-pi-ai` 这类已配置的适配器插件完成提供方路由注册之前就挂载。TUI 的模型控制器在挂载时立即解析所选模型的上下文窗口；当 agent 的路由指向尚未注册的提供方时，`resolveModelInfo` 以 `NO_ADAPTER` 拒绝，于是每个新会话都会打印 `Could not resolve model context: no adapter registered for provider "…"` —— 对一份完全正常的配置报出的虚假错误（适配器几毫秒后就完成注册，对话也一切正常）。
+
+## Decision
+
+TUI 模型控制器把上下文窗口解析中的 `NO_ADAPTER` 拒绝视为瞬态状态而非错误：静默搁置这次解析，并在下一次 `llm/adapters-updated` 提交时重新解析——这是 `LlmService` 本就在每个路由提交点发出的无载荷注册表通知。若某次提交仍缺少该路由，等待会被再次搁置，因此无关的拓扑变化保持沉默。任何目标变更都会重新进入解析并清除挂起的等待，因此延后状态绝不会相对当前选择变陈旧；其他所有解析错误仍照常打印通知。
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+**让 TUI 等启动结算后再解析。** TUI 不依赖 Loader（测试和嵌入方在没有 Loader 的环境下运行），而且"已结算"在插件内部不可观测；为一次外观性的解析引入 Loader 耦合会颠倒依赖方向。
+
+**用定时器轮询或重试。** 定时器只能猜测激活延迟，遇到慢适配器仍会误报，还会引入一个没有归属者的可调参数。注册表本就通过 `llm/adapters-updated` 公告每次提交；订阅它既精确又零成本。
+
+**调整配置顺序让适配器先加载。** Loader 中行顺序不承载加载语义（激活按设计由服务驱动），因此这无法用配置表达。
+
+**彻底压制 NO_ADAPTER 错误。** 那样的话，永久缺失的适配器（提供方名字拼错）在上下文窗口路径上就永远不会暴露。延后重试保留了信号：错误的提供方名字仍会在选择器中表现出类似 `model unset` 的行为，并在分派时大声失败，而启动竞争则自行化解。
+
+**改为在每次提交消息时解析上下文窗口，而不是在挂载时。** 发送路径本就按步解析（`prepareCall()`），且指示器是持续显示的，不只在发送时；按提交解析显示值会让指示器在首条消息之前一直空白，并为一个仅在路由变化时才变的值反复执行适配器 I/O。
+
+## Consequences
+
+真正配置错误的提供方不再在启动时打印上下文解析错误——它改在首次分派时暴露，那才是该失败可以被处理的地方。控制器订阅每次 `llm/adapters-updated` 提交，但只在有等待被搁置时才动作；监听器的 disposer 经由控制器的 `detach()` 在频道的 `detachListeners()` 中释放，与同级频道监听器保持对称。由三个 TUI 测试覆盖：延后的解析在无关提交中保持沉默、在该路由的提交到来时完成；目标变更丢弃陈旧等待；频道 detach 之后注册表提交不再重新进入解析。
diff --git a/docs/event-producer-consumer.md b/docs/event-producer-consumer.md
index 969a379513..61efba0675 100644
--- a/docs/event-producer-consumer.md
+++ b/docs/event-producer-consumer.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This matrix shows which packages dispatch each harness-owned event and which pac
 | `fs/observed` | `emit` | [`packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts:71`](../packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) (`emit`), [`tool-str-replace-editor`](../packages/fs/tool-str-replace-editor) (`emit`) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy), [`skill-local`](../packages/skill/skill-local) |
 | `fs/write-intent` | `waterfall` | [`packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts:54`](../packages/fs/fs/src/index.ts) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) (`waterfall`), [`tool-str-replace-editor`](../packages/fs/tool-str-replace-editor) (`waterfall`) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy) |
 | `goal/changed` | `emit` | [`packages/goal/goal/src/domain.ts:135`](../packages/goal/goal/src/domain.ts) | [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal) (`emit`) | [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session) |
-| `llm/adapters-updated` | `emit` | [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:70`](../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts) | [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy`, [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) |
+| `llm/adapters-updated` | `emit` | [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:70`](../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts) | [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy`, [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`tui`](../packages/ui/tui) |
 | `llm/stream` | `waterfall` | [`packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts:59`](../packages/llm/llm/src/index.ts) | [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm) (`waterfall`) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`llm-replay`](../packages/support/llm-replay), [`session-checkpoint-policy`](../packages/session-persistence/session-checkpoint-policy), [`session-title`](../packages/session-title/session-title) |
 | `session/created` | `emit` | [`packages/core/session/src/index.ts:71`](../packages/core/session/src/index.ts) | [`session`](../packages/core/session) (`events.dispatch`) | `apiproxy`, [`compact`](../packages/compact/compact), [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal), [`hook-protocol`](../packages/hooks/hook-protocol), [`jsonrpc`](../packages/ui/jsonrpc), [`llm-retry`](../packages/llm/llm-retry), [`permission`](../packages/ui/permission), [`plan-mode`](../packages/plan/plan-mode), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`session-persistence`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence), [`session-telemetry`](../packages/telemetry/session-telemetry), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`user-approval`](../packages/ui/user-approval) |
 | `session/disposed` | `emit` | [`packages/core/session/src/index.ts:81`](../packages/core/session/src/index.ts) | [`session`](../packages/core/session) (`events.dispatch`) | [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), `apiproxy`, [`session-persistence`](../packages/session-persistence/session-persistence), [`session-projection-cache`](../packages/session-projection/session-projection-cache), [`session-telemetry`](../packages/telemetry/session-telemetry), [`session-title`](../packages/session-title/session-title) |
diff --git a/packages/ui/tui/src/chat/model-command.ts b/packages/ui/tui/src/chat/model-command.ts
index 133a3d0d9f..c86b3b7e3d 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tui/src/chat/model-command.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tui/src/chat/model-command.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { AgentLlmTarget, AgentLlmTargetRef } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
-import { errorChain, type ReasoningEffortId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
+import { errorChain, LlmError, type ReasoningEffortId } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
 import type { TuiOverlaySession } from '../extension/types.ts'
 import { displayText } from '../components/text.ts'
 import {
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export interface ModelController {
   resetContextResolution(): void
   /** Forget the tracked selector overlay (shutdown). */
   clearOverlay(): void
+  /** Remove the adapter-registration listener (channel detach). */
+  detach(): void
 }
 
 type ContextResolution =
@@ -55,8 +57,15 @@ export function createModelController(deps: ModelControllerDeps): ModelControlle
   let modelOverlay: TuiOverlaySession | undefined
   let modelCommands = Promise.resolve()
 
+  // A route whose adapter has not registered yet. Loader activation order is
+  // service-driven, so the TUI can mount before a configured adapter plugin
+  // activates; that transient NO_ADAPTER is not an error — the resolution
+  // waits for the next `llm/adapters-updated` commit instead of surfacing it.
+  let awaitingAdapter = false
+
   const resolveContextWindow = (selected: AgentLlmTarget | undefined): void => {
     contextWindow = undefined
+    awaitingAdapter = false
     const resolution: Promise<ContextResolution> = selected === undefined
       ? Promise.resolve({ kind: 'resolved', contextWindow: undefined } as const)
       : ctx.llm.resolveModelInfo(selected.provider, selected.model).then(
@@ -67,6 +76,10 @@ export function createModelController(deps: ModelControllerDeps): ModelControlle
     void resolution.then((result) => {
       if (contextResolution !== resolution) return
       if (result.kind === 'error') {
+        if (selected !== undefined && result.error instanceof LlmError && result.error.code === 'NO_ADAPTER') {
+          awaitingAdapter = true
+          return
+        }
         deps.appendNotice(`Could not resolve model context: ${errorChain(result.error)}`, 'error')
         return
       }
@@ -74,6 +87,15 @@ export function createModelController(deps: ModelControllerDeps): ModelControlle
       deps.requestRender()
     })
   }
+  // The wait cannot go stale against `target.current`: every target change
+  // re-enters resolveContextWindow, which clears it. A commit that still
+  // lacks the route parks the resolution again rather than erroring, so
+  // unrelated topology changes stay silent. The disposer rides the channel's
+  // detachListeners() through detach(), matching the sibling listeners.
+  const disposeAdapterListener = ctx.on('llm/adapters-updated', () => {
+    if (deps.isDisposed() || !awaitingAdapter) return
+    resolveContextWindow(target.current)
+  })
   resolveContextWindow(target.current)
 
   const selectModel = (
@@ -187,5 +209,8 @@ export function createModelController(deps: ModelControllerDeps): ModelControlle
     clearOverlay(): void {
       modelOverlay = undefined
     },
+    detach(): void {
+      disposeAdapterListener()
+    },
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts b/packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts
index 62dfbeb154..b448477b4e 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tui/src/index.ts
@@ -1621,6 +1621,7 @@ export function createTuiChat(
     disposeAgent()
     disposeSchemeListener()
     disposeTargetListeners()
+    modelController.detach()
   }
 
   // Sweep reveal of the whole banner: the header wipes in left-to-right over
diff --git a/packages/ui/tui/tests/tui.spec.ts b/packages/ui/tui/tests/tui.spec.ts
index 5cedb59c64..c58f3bb1d5 100644
--- a/packages/ui/tui/tests/tui.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/tui/tests/tui.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import AgentRegistry, {
 } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent'
 import { createUserMessage,
   createToolResultMessage,
+  LlmError,
   ReasoningEffortId,
   type LlmCallConfig,
   type LlmModelReasoningInfo,
@@ -3807,6 +3808,96 @@ describe('pi-tui chat lifecycle and transcript', () => {
     await dispose(reasoningFailed)
   })
 
+  it('defers a NO_ADAPTER context resolution until the provider registers instead of surfacing an error', async () => {
+    // Loader activation order is service-driven: the TUI can mount before a
+    // configured adapter plugin activates, so the initial resolveModelInfo
+    // fails with NO_ADAPTER. That transient state must not print an error;
+    // the resolution retries on llm/adapters-updated.
+    const adapters = new Set<string>()
+    const result = await setup({
+      agentOptions: { provider: 'openai-codex', model: 'gpt-x' },
+      contextTokens: 50_000,
+      catalog: {
+        providers: [],
+        models: [],
+        resolveModelInfo: () => adapters.has('openai-codex')
+          ? Promise.resolve({ context: { contextWindow: 100_000 } })
+          : Promise.reject(new LlmError('no adapter registered for provider "openai-codex"', 'NO_ADAPTER')),
+      },
+    })
+    await tick()
+    expect(result.terminal.output).not.toContain('Could not resolve model context')
+
+    // A topology commit that still lacks the route parks the wait again.
+    result.ctx.emit('llm/adapters-updated')
+    await tick()
+    expect(result.terminal.output).not.toContain('% context')
+    expect(result.terminal.output).not.toContain('Could not resolve model context')
+
+    adapters.add('openai-codex')
+    result.ctx.emit('llm/adapters-updated')
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.terminal.output).toContain('% context')
+    })
+    expect(result.terminal.output).not.toContain('Could not resolve model context')
+
+    // A commit after satisfaction is a no-op for the resolved value.
+    result.ctx.emit('llm/adapters-updated')
+    await tick()
+    expect(result.terminal.output).not.toContain('Could not resolve model context')
+    await dispose(result)
+  })
+
+  it('stops listening for adapter registrations after channel detach', async () => {
+    // The listener disposer rides detachListeners() through the controller's
+    // detach(): after dispose, a registry commit must not re-enter resolution
+    // at all (the isDisposed() guard is a fallback, not the removal).
+    const calls: string[] = []
+    const result = await setup({
+      agentOptions: { provider: 'openai-codex', model: 'gpt-x' },
+      catalog: {
+        providers: [],
+        models: [],
+        resolveModelInfo: (provider) => {
+          calls.push(provider)
+          return Promise.reject(new LlmError('no adapter registered for provider "openai-codex"', 'NO_ADAPTER'))
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    await tick()
+    const callsAtDetach = calls.length
+    await result.controller.dispose()
+    result.ctx.emit('llm/adapters-updated')
+    await tick()
+    expect(calls.length).toBe(callsAtDetach)
+    await result.ctx.fiber.dispose()
+  })
+
+  it('drops a deferred NO_ADAPTER resolution when the target moved before the adapter registered', async () => {
+    const result = await setup({
+      agentOptions: { provider: 'openai-codex', model: 'gpt-x' },
+      catalog: {
+        providers: [{ id: 'alpha', name: 'Alpha' }],
+        models: [{ provider: 'alpha', id: 'a1', name: 'Alpha One' }],
+        resolveModelInfo: provider => provider === 'alpha'
+          ? Promise.resolve({ context: { contextWindow: 64_000 } })
+          : Promise.reject(new LlmError('no adapter registered for provider "openai-codex"', 'NO_ADAPTER')),
+      },
+    })
+    await tick()
+    // Switching the model re-resolves and clears the deferred wait, so the
+    // stale route's adapter arriving afterwards must be a no-op.
+    result.terminal.send('/model alpha/a1')
+    result.terminal.send('\r')
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(result.terminal.output).toContain('Model selected: alpha/a1')
+    })
+    result.ctx.emit('llm/adapters-updated')
+    await tick()
+    expect(result.terminal.output).not.toContain('Could not resolve model context')
+    await dispose(result)
+  })
+
   it('does not render a model catalog that resolves after TUI disposal', async () => {
     const deferred = Promise.withResolvers<never[]>()
     const result = await setup({