@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Link } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 import { MessagesSquareIcon } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { useProject, useThreadShell } from "~/state/entities";
+import { useThreadFamily } from "~/state/threads";
 import { ContextChip, ContextChipLabel } from "./ContextChip";
 import { ProjectFavicon } from "./ProjectFavicon";
 import { Tooltip, TooltipPopup, TooltipTrigger } from "./ui/tooltip";
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ export function ThreadContextChip(props: {
 }) {
   const { environmentId, threadId } = props.record;
   const shell = useThreadShell({ environmentId, threadId });
+  // Shells leave older settled threads out; the family read brings this one in.
+  useThreadFamily(environmentId, shell === null ? threadId : null);
   const project = useProject(shell ? scopeProjectRef(environmentId, shell.projectId) : null);
   const title = shell?.title?.trim() || props.record.title;
   return (
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "@t3tools/shared/threadLinks";
 
 import { useThreadRefs, useThreadShell } from "../../state/entities";
+import { useThreadFamily } from "../../state/threads";
 import { UnresolvedChip } from "../contextChipParts";
 import { ThreadContextChip } from "../ThreadContextChip";
 
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ export function MarkdownThreadLink(props: {
     written === null && decodedId !== null ? scopeThreadRef(environmentId, decodedId) : null,
   );
   const local = written ?? decoded;
+  // Shells leave older settled threads out; the family read brings the linked one in.
+  useThreadFamily(environmentId, local === null ? (decodedId ?? props.link.threadId) : null);
   const guess = local === null && props.link.environmentId === null;
   const refs = useThreadRefs(guess);
   const remote = useThreadShell(guess ? guessThreadLinkRef(props.link, refs) : null);