diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/chat.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/chat.tsx
index 683332b1..cc42712e 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/chat.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/chat.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { BackgroundUpdates } from "./background-updates";
 import { BrowserRunContext, BrowserToolCard } from "./browser-tool-card";
 import { BrowserThreadCard } from "./computer";
 import { ConversationQueue, type QueuedMessage } from "./conversation-queue";
-import { runConversationTurn } from "./conversation-run";
+import { replayedRunError, runConversationTurn } from "./conversation-run";
 import { MailToolCard } from "./mail-tool-card";
 import { FileThreadCard, TaskThreadCard } from "./thread-artifacts";
 import { type Selection, useMuseThread } from "./threads";
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ export function ChatScreen({
   const [saveError, setSaveError] = useState("");
   const [historyError, setHistoryError] = useState("");
   const [historyAttempt, setHistoryAttempt] = useState(0);
+  // Loads still replaying history. A count, so an old load finishing does not end a newer one.
+  const replaying = useRef(0);
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!isReady) return;
     let active = true;
@@ -213,12 +215,20 @@ export function ChatScreen({
     async function hydrate() {
       try {
         if (richThreads) {
-          if (selection.existing)
-            await runConversationTurn(
-              agentId,
-              () => copilotkit.connectAgent({ agent }),
-              (onError) => copilotkit.subscribe({ onError }),
-            );
+          if (selection.existing) {
+            // Replaying history re-emits past RUN_ERROR events; only connection failures block loading.
+            replaying.current += 1;
+            try {
+              await runConversationTurn(
+                agentId,
+                () => copilotkit.connectAgent({ agent }),
+                (onError) => copilotkit.subscribe({ onError }),
+                [replayedRunError],
+              );
+            } finally {
+              replaying.current -= 1;
+            }
+          }
         } else {
           const { messages } = await api.request<{ messages: Message[] }>("/api/conversation");
           if (active) agent.setMessages(messages);
@@ -299,6 +309,8 @@ export function ChatScreen({
     const subscription = copilotkit.subscribe({
       onError: (event) => {
         if (event.context?.agentId && event.context.agentId !== agentId) return;
+        // A failed turn saved in history is already over; it is not a failure of this session.
+        if (replaying.current > 0 && event.code === replayedRunError) return;
         const failure = event.error instanceof Error ? event.error : new Error(String(event.error));
         setError(failure.message);
       },
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/conversation-run.ts b/apps/mobile/src/conversation-run.ts
index 73e633ac..9eeae17e 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/conversation-run.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/conversation-run.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-type RunError = { error: unknown; context?: { agentId?: string } };
+type RunError = { error: unknown; code?: string; context?: { agentId?: string } };
+
+/** A RUN_ERROR event from the thread's saved history, not a failure of this call. */
+export const replayedRunError = "agent_run_error_event";
 
 /** CopilotKit emits run failures through onError even when runAgent resolves. */
 export async function runConversationTurn(
   agentId: string,
   execute: () => Promise<unknown>,
   subscribe: (listener: (event: RunError) => void) => { unsubscribe: () => void },
+  ignore: readonly string[] = [],
 ) {
   let failure: Error | undefined;
   const subscription = subscribe((event) => {
     if (event.context?.agentId && event.context.agentId !== agentId) return;
+    if (event.code && ignore.includes(event.code)) return;
     failure = event.error instanceof Error ? event.error : new Error(String(event.error));
   });
   try {
diff --git a/tests/conversation-sdk.test.ts b/tests/conversation-sdk.test.ts
index f266b302..8f92d817 100644
--- a/tests/conversation-sdk.test.ts
+++ b/tests/conversation-sdk.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { test } from "node:test";
 import { AbstractAgent } from "@ag-ui/client";
+import { EventType } from "@ag-ui/core";
 import { CopilotKitCore } from "@copilotkit/core";
-import { throwError } from "rxjs";
+import { of, throwError } from "rxjs";
 import { ConversationQueue } from "../apps/mobile/src/conversation-queue.ts";
-import { runConversationTurn } from "../apps/mobile/src/conversation-run.ts";
+import { replayedRunError, runConversationTurn } from "../apps/mobile/src/conversation-run.ts";
 
 test("an emitted CopilotKit run error stops the queue even when runAgent resolves", async () => {
   let attempts = 0;
@@ -36,3 +37,50 @@ test("an emitted CopilotKit run error stops the queue even when runAgent resolve
     ["second"],
   );
 });
+
+test("a failed turn saved in thread history does not block loading the conversation", async () => {
+  class ReplayingAgent extends AbstractAgent {
+    run() {
+      return throwError(() => new Error("not used"));
+    }
+    connect() {
+      return of(
+        { type: EventType.RUN_STARTED, threadId: "thread", runId: "old-run" },
+        { type: EventType.RUN_ERROR, message: "Missing Authentication header" },
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  const agent = new ReplayingAgent({ agentId: "default", threadId: "thread" });
+  const core = new CopilotKitCore({ agents__unsafe_dev_only: { default: agent } });
+  const connect = (ignore?: string[]) =>
+    runConversationTurn(
+      "default",
+      () => core.connectAgent({ agent }),
+      (onError) => core.subscribe({ onError }),
+      ignore,
+    );
+  await assert.rejects(connect(), /Missing Authentication header/);
+  await connect([replayedRunError]);
+});
+
+test("a connection failure still blocks loading the conversation", async () => {
+  class UnreachableAgent extends AbstractAgent {
+    run() {
+      return throwError(() => new Error("not used"));
+    }
+    connect() {
+      return throwError(() => new Error("Thread service unavailable"));
+    }
+  }
+  const agent = new UnreachableAgent({ agentId: "default", threadId: "thread" });
+  const core = new CopilotKitCore({ agents__unsafe_dev_only: { default: agent } });
+  await assert.rejects(
+    runConversationTurn(
+      "default",
+      () => core.connectAgent({ agent }),
+      (onError) => core.subscribe({ onError }),
+      [replayedRunError],
+    ),
+    /Thread service unavailable/,
+  );
+});