diff --git a/server/public/home.html b/server/public/home.html
index 86e206a..8fd12a6 100644
--- a/server/public/home.html
+++ b/server/public/home.html
@@ -3423,8 +3423,10 @@ function setDraft(kind,id,val){ try{ if(val&&val.trim()) localStorage.setItem(dr
 // #14: GUARANTEED save of the currently-open chat's draft — called the instant we leave it (switching chats
 // OR going back to the list). The per-keystroke 'input' save can be missed on mobile (predictive text / a
 // fast tap-away fires no final input event), which lost the whole draft on switch-and-return. Snapshotting
-// the composer value at leave-time makes it reliable regardless. Skipped while editing (that's not a draft).
-function persistCurrentDraft(){ try{ if(selected && !editTarget){ const inp=document.getElementById('msgInput'); if(inp) setDraft(selected.kind, selected.id, inp.value); } }catch(_){} }
+// the composer value at leave-time makes it reliable regardless. This ALSO covers leaving mid-EDIT: the edit
+// is abandoned (openConvo clears editTarget), and whatever's in the composer is kept as that chat's draft so
+// your typing isn't lost — it just returns as a normal draft (sending it posts a new message, not an edit).
+function persistCurrentDraft(){ try{ if(selected){ const inp=document.getElementById('msgInput'); if(inp) setDraft(selected.kind, selected.id, inp.value); } }catch(_){} }
 // Compositor-only open slide (workflow-verified). armOpenSlide() runs AFTER openConvo's synchronous
 // render: it pins the pane off-screen (chat-opening), lets a frame paint it, then adds .chat-anim on a
 // double-rAF so the compositor runs the 300ms transform with the main thread idle. All scrollTop/innerHTML