diff --git a/desktop/src/app/AppShell.tsx b/desktop/src/app/AppShell.tsx
index 1b12c7eeb..55011f5e1 100644
--- a/desktop/src/app/AppShell.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/app/AppShell.tsx
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ export function AppShell() {
   const [managedChannelId, setManagedChannelId] = React.useState<string | null>(
     null,
   );
-  const [openChannelManagementInEditMode, setOpenChannelManagementInEditMode] =
-    React.useState(false);
+  const [channelManagementRequest, setChannelManagementRequest] =
+    React.useState({ edit: false, id: 0 });
   const [searchFocusRequest, setSearchFocusRequest] = React.useState(0);
   const [browseDialogType, setBrowseDialogType] =
     React.useState<BrowseDialogType>(null);
@@ -646,7 +646,10 @@ export function AppShell() {
               setManagedChannelId(
                 typeof channelId === "string" ? channelId : null,
               );
-              setOpenChannelManagementInEditMode(options?.edit === true);
+              setChannelManagementRequest((request) => ({
+                edit: options?.edit === true,
+                id: request.id + 1,
+              }));
               setIsChannelManagementOpen(true);
             },
             getChannelReadAt,
@@ -912,16 +915,13 @@ export function AppShell() {
                       channels={channels}
                       currentPubkey={identityQuery.data?.pubkey}
                       isChannelManagementOpen={isChannelManagementOpen}
-                      openChannelManagementInEditMode={
-                        openChannelManagementInEditMode
-                      }
+                      channelManagementRequest={channelManagementRequest}
                       onBrowseChannelJoin={handleBrowseChannelJoin}
                       onBrowseDialogOpenChange={handleBrowseDialogOpenChange}
                       onChannelManagementOpenChange={(open) => {
                         setIsChannelManagementOpen(open);
                         if (!open) {
                           setManagedChannelId(null);
-                          setOpenChannelManagementInEditMode(false);
                         }
                       }}
                       onDeleteActiveChannel={() => {
diff --git a/desktop/src/app/AppShellOverlays.tsx b/desktop/src/app/AppShellOverlays.tsx
index ebb9bb3da..bf408a9fa 100644
--- a/desktop/src/app/AppShellOverlays.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/app/AppShellOverlays.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type AppShellOverlaysProps = {
   channels: Channel[];
   currentPubkey?: string;
   isChannelManagementOpen: boolean;
-  openChannelManagementInEditMode: boolean;
+  channelManagementRequest: { edit: boolean; id: number };
   onBrowseChannelJoin: (channelId: string) => Promise<void>;
   onBrowseDialogOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
   onChannelManagementOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function AppShellOverlays({
   channels,
   currentPubkey,
   isChannelManagementOpen,
-  openChannelManagementInEditMode,
+  channelManagementRequest,
   onBrowseChannelJoin,
   onBrowseDialogOpenChange,
   onChannelManagementOpenChange,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function AppShellOverlays({
           <ChannelManagementSheet
             channel={activeChannel}
             currentPubkey={currentPubkey}
-            initiallyEditing={openChannelManagementInEditMode}
+            managementRequest={channelManagementRequest}
             onDeleted={onDeleteActiveChannel}
             onOpenChange={onChannelManagementOpenChange}
             open={true}
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelManagementSheet.tsx b/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelManagementSheet.tsx
index 46b24822c..a4cbff368 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelManagementSheet.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/channels/ui/ChannelManagementSheet.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ type ChannelManagementSheetProps = {
   channel: Channel | null;
   animateSplitEnter?: boolean;
   currentPubkey?: string;
-  initiallyEditing?: boolean;
+  managementRequest?: { edit: boolean; id: number };
   layout?: "overlay" | "split";
   onDeleted?: () => void;
   onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export function ChannelManagementSheet({
   animateSplitEnter = false,
   channel,
   currentPubkey,
-  initiallyEditing = false,
+  managementRequest = { edit: false, id: 0 },
   layout = "overlay",
   onDeleted,
   onOpenChange,
@@ -203,10 +203,12 @@ export function ChannelManagementSheet({
   // Sync drafts from server only when the sheet opens or the channel changes -
   // not on every background refetch, which would clobber in-flight edits.
   const syncedForRef = React.useRef<string | null>(null);
+  const appliedEditRequestRef = React.useRef(0);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!open) {
       // Reset on close so the next open re-syncs from server.
       syncedForRef.current = null;
+      appliedEditRequestRef.current = managementRequest.id;
       setIsDeleteDialogOpen(false);
       setIsEditDialogOpen(false);
       setActiveView("summary");
@@ -217,23 +219,25 @@ export function ChannelManagementSheet({
     }
 
     const key = detail.id;
-    if (syncedForRef.current === key) {
-      return;
+    if (syncedForRef.current !== key) {
+      syncedForRef.current = key;
+      setNameDraft(detail.name);
+      setDescriptionDraft(detail.description);
+      setTopicDraft(detail.topic ?? "");
+      setPurposeDraft(detail.purpose ?? "");
+      setIsPrivateDraft(detail.visibility === "private");
+      setIsEphemeralDraft(detail.ttlSeconds !== null);
+      setTtlDraft(
+        detail.ttlSeconds !== null ? formatTtlDuration(detail.ttlSeconds) : "",
+      );
+      setActiveView("summary");
     }
-    syncedForRef.current = key;
 
-    setNameDraft(detail.name);
-    setDescriptionDraft(detail.description);
-    setTopicDraft(detail.topic ?? "");
-    setPurposeDraft(detail.purpose ?? "");
-    setIsPrivateDraft(detail.visibility === "private");
-    setIsEphemeralDraft(detail.ttlSeconds !== null);
-    setTtlDraft(
-      detail.ttlSeconds !== null ? formatTtlDuration(detail.ttlSeconds) : "",
-    );
-    setIsEditDialogOpen(initiallyEditing);
-    setActiveView("summary");
-  }, [detail, initiallyEditing, open]);
+    if (managementRequest.id !== appliedEditRequestRef.current) {
+      appliedEditRequestRef.current = managementRequest.id;
+      setIsEditDialogOpen(managementRequest.edit);
+    }
+  }, [detail, managementRequest.edit, managementRequest.id, open]);
 
   if (!channel) {
     return null;
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/ChannelContextMenu.tsx b/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/ChannelContextMenu.tsx
index 1f6777f15..93b27d0d6 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/ChannelContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/ChannelContextMenu.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+
 import {
   Archive,
   Bell,
@@ -32,13 +34,40 @@ import { StatusEmoji } from "@/features/user-status/ui/StatusEmoji";
 import type { Channel } from "@/shared/api/types";
 import { copyTextToClipboard } from "@/shared/lib/clipboard";
 import {
+  ContextMenu,
+  ContextMenuContent,
   ContextMenuItem,
   ContextMenuSeparator,
+  ContextMenuTrigger,
   ContextMenuSub,
   ContextMenuSubContent,
   ContextMenuSubTrigger,
 } from "@/shared/ui/context-menu";
 
+export function ChannelContextMenu({
+  children,
+  contentProps,
+  modal,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  contentProps: Omit<
+    React.ComponentProps<typeof ChannelContextMenuItems>,
+    "menuOpen"
+  >;
+  modal?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
+
+  return (
+    <ContextMenu modal={modal} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
+      <ContextMenuTrigger asChild>{children}</ContextMenuTrigger>
+      <ContextMenuContent forceMount className={open ? undefined : "hidden"}>
+        <ChannelContextMenuItems {...contentProps} menuOpen={open} />
+      </ContextMenuContent>
+    </ContextMenu>
+  );
+}
+
 function MoveToSectionSubmenu({
   channelId,
   sections,
@@ -143,6 +172,7 @@ function CopyChannelSubmenu({ channel }: { channel: Channel }) {
 export function ChannelContextMenuItems({
   channel,
   hasUnread,
+  menuOpen = false,
   isMuted,
   isStarred,
   sections,
@@ -160,6 +190,7 @@ export function ChannelContextMenuItems({
 }: {
   channel: Channel;
   hasUnread: boolean;
+  menuOpen?: boolean;
   isMuted?: boolean;
   isStarred?: boolean;
   sections?: ChannelSection[];
@@ -203,12 +234,26 @@ export function ChannelContextMenuItems({
       currentPubkey,
     ),
   );
-  const showManagementActions =
-    channel.channelType !== "dm" &&
-    channel.archivedAt === null &&
-    (selfMember?.role === "owner" ||
-      selfMember?.role === "admin" ||
-      canManageOwnedAgentChannel);
+  const canManageChannel =
+    selfMember?.role === "owner" ||
+    selfMember?.role === "admin" ||
+    canManageOwnedAgentChannel;
+  // Snapshot capabilities for each open session. Permission responses that
+  // arrive after the menu opens apply on the next open instead of inserting
+  // immediate actions beneath the user's pointer.
+  const [showManagementActions, setShowManagementActions] =
+    React.useState(false);
+  const menuWasOpenRef = React.useRef(false);
+  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (menuOpen && !menuWasOpenRef.current) {
+      setShowManagementActions(
+        channel.channelType !== "dm" &&
+          channel.archivedAt === null &&
+          canManageChannel,
+      );
+    }
+    menuWasOpenRef.current = menuOpen;
+  }, [canManageChannel, channel.archivedAt, channel.channelType, menuOpen]);
   const showStar = Boolean(onStarChannel && onUnstarChannel);
   const showReadToggle = hasUnread
     ? Boolean(onMarkChannelRead)
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/CustomChannelSection.tsx b/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/CustomChannelSection.tsx
index 5818c430a..3cc6cf933 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/CustomChannelSection.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/CustomChannelSection.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import {
   SidebarMenuItem,
 } from "@/shared/ui/sidebar";
 import { ChannelMenuButton } from "@/features/sidebar/ui/SidebarSection";
-import { ChannelContextMenuItems } from "@/features/sidebar/ui/ChannelContextMenu";
+import { ChannelContextMenu } from "@/features/sidebar/ui/ChannelContextMenu";
 import { deferMenuAction } from "@/features/sidebar/ui/sidebarMenuHelpers";
 import {
   DraggableChannelRow,
@@ -415,24 +415,31 @@ export function ChannelGroupSection({
           // AlertDialog. A modal ContextMenu would leave `pointer-events: none`
           // stuck on <body> when it closes as the dialog mounts, freezing the
           // whole app. Non-modal avoids installing that body guard entirely.
-          <ContextMenu key={channel.id} modal={false}>
-            <ContextMenuTrigger asChild>
-              <SidebarMenuItem className="content-visibility-auto-row">
-                {draggable ? (
-                  <DraggableChannelRow channelId={channel.id}>
-                    <ChannelMenuButton
-                      channel={channel}
-                      activeWorking={activeWorkingByChannelId?.get(channel.id)}
-                      hasUnread={unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id)}
-                      unreadCount={unreadChannelCounts.get(channel.id) ?? 0}
-                      isMuted={mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
-                      isActive={
-                        isActiveChannel && selectedChannelId === channel.id
-                      }
-                      onSelectChannel={onSelectChannel}
-                    />
-                  </DraggableChannelRow>
-                ) : (
+          <ChannelContextMenu
+            key={channel.id}
+            modal={false}
+            contentProps={{
+              channel,
+              hasUnread: unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id),
+              isMuted: mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id),
+              isStarred: starredChannelIds?.has(channel.id),
+              sections,
+              assignments,
+              onMarkChannelRead,
+              onMarkChannelUnread,
+              onMuteChannel,
+              onUnmuteChannel,
+              onStarChannel,
+              onUnstarChannel,
+              onAssignChannel,
+              onUnassignChannel,
+              onCreateSectionForChannel,
+              onLeaveChannel,
+            }}
+          >
+            <SidebarMenuItem className="content-visibility-auto-row">
+              {draggable ? (
+                <DraggableChannelRow channelId={channel.id}>
                   <ChannelMenuButton
                     channel={channel}
                     activeWorking={activeWorkingByChannelId?.get(channel.id)}
@@ -444,30 +451,20 @@ export function ChannelGroupSection({
                     }
                     onSelectChannel={onSelectChannel}
                   />
-                )}
-              </SidebarMenuItem>
-            </ContextMenuTrigger>
-            <ContextMenuContent>
-              <ChannelContextMenuItems
-                channel={channel}
-                hasUnread={unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id)}
-                isMuted={mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
-                isStarred={starredChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
-                sections={sections}
-                assignments={assignments}
-                onMarkChannelRead={onMarkChannelRead}
-                onMarkChannelUnread={onMarkChannelUnread}
-                onMuteChannel={onMuteChannel}
-                onUnmuteChannel={onUnmuteChannel}
-                onStarChannel={onStarChannel}
-                onUnstarChannel={onUnstarChannel}
-                onAssignChannel={onAssignChannel}
-                onUnassignChannel={onUnassignChannel}
-                onCreateSectionForChannel={onCreateSectionForChannel}
-                onLeaveChannel={onLeaveChannel}
-              />
-            </ContextMenuContent>
-          </ContextMenu>
+                </DraggableChannelRow>
+              ) : (
+                <ChannelMenuButton
+                  channel={channel}
+                  activeWorking={activeWorkingByChannelId?.get(channel.id)}
+                  hasUnread={unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id)}
+                  unreadCount={unreadChannelCounts.get(channel.id) ?? 0}
+                  isMuted={mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
+                  isActive={isActiveChannel && selectedChannelId === channel.id}
+                  onSelectChannel={onSelectChannel}
+                />
+              )}
+            </SidebarMenuItem>
+          </ChannelContextMenu>
         ))}
       </SidebarMenu>
     ) : null;
@@ -705,52 +702,49 @@ export function CustomChannelSection({
                       // modal={false}: see note on the other channel ContextMenu
                       // above — avoids the pointer-events lockup when Leave
                       // channel's AlertDialog opens.
-                      <ContextMenu key={channel.id} modal={false}>
-                        <ContextMenuTrigger asChild>
-                          <SidebarMenuItem>
-                            <DraggableChannelRow channelId={channel.id}>
-                              <ChannelMenuButton
-                                channel={channel}
-                                activeWorking={activeWorkingByChannelId?.get(
-                                  channel.id,
-                                )}
-                                hasUnread={unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id)}
-                                unreadCount={
-                                  unreadChannelCounts.get(channel.id) ?? 0
-                                }
-                                isMuted={mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
-                                isActive={
-                                  isActiveChannel &&
-                                  selectedChannelId === channel.id
-                                }
-                                onSelectChannel={onSelectChannel}
-                              />
-                            </DraggableChannelRow>
-                          </SidebarMenuItem>
-                        </ContextMenuTrigger>
-                        <ContextMenuContent>
-                          <ChannelContextMenuItems
-                            channel={channel}
-                            hasUnread={unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id)}
-                            isMuted={mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
-                            isStarred={starredChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
-                            sections={sections}
-                            assignments={assignments}
-                            onMarkChannelRead={onMarkChannelRead}
-                            onMarkChannelUnread={onMarkChannelUnread}
-                            onMuteChannel={onMuteChannel}
-                            onUnmuteChannel={onUnmuteChannel}
-                            onStarChannel={onStarChannel}
-                            onUnstarChannel={onUnstarChannel}
-                            onAssignChannel={onAssignChannel}
-                            onUnassignChannel={onUnassignChannel}
-                            onCreateSectionForChannel={
-                              onCreateSectionForChannel
-                            }
-                            onLeaveChannel={onLeaveChannel}
-                          />
-                        </ContextMenuContent>
-                      </ContextMenu>
+                      <ChannelContextMenu
+                        key={channel.id}
+                        modal={false}
+                        contentProps={{
+                          channel,
+                          hasUnread: unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id),
+                          isMuted: mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id),
+                          isStarred: starredChannelIds?.has(channel.id),
+                          sections,
+                          assignments,
+                          onMarkChannelRead,
+                          onMarkChannelUnread,
+                          onMuteChannel,
+                          onUnmuteChannel,
+                          onStarChannel,
+                          onUnstarChannel,
+                          onAssignChannel,
+                          onUnassignChannel,
+                          onCreateSectionForChannel,
+                          onLeaveChannel,
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        <SidebarMenuItem>
+                          <DraggableChannelRow channelId={channel.id}>
+                            <ChannelMenuButton
+                              channel={channel}
+                              activeWorking={activeWorkingByChannelId?.get(
+                                channel.id,
+                              )}
+                              hasUnread={unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id)}
+                              unreadCount={
+                                unreadChannelCounts.get(channel.id) ?? 0
+                              }
+                              isMuted={mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
+                              isActive={
+                                isActiveChannel &&
+                                selectedChannelId === channel.id
+                              }
+                              onSelectChannel={onSelectChannel}
+                            />
+                          </DraggableChannelRow>
+                        </SidebarMenuItem>
+                      </ChannelContextMenu>
                     ))}
                   </SidebarMenu>
                 ) : null}
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/SidebarSection.tsx b/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/SidebarSection.tsx
index 84b4a7a27..2bf4e603a 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/SidebarSection.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/sidebar/ui/SidebarSection.tsx
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@ import {
   X,
 } from "lucide-react";
 
-import {
-  ContextMenu,
-  ContextMenuContent,
-  ContextMenuTrigger,
-} from "@/shared/ui/context-menu";
-
-import { ChannelContextMenuItems } from "@/features/sidebar/ui/ChannelContextMenu";
+import { ChannelContextMenu } from "@/features/sidebar/ui/ChannelContextMenu";
 import type { ActiveChannelTurnSummary } from "@/features/agents/activeAgentTurnsStore";
 import { formatElapsed } from "@/features/agents/ui/agentSessionUtils";
 import { getEphemeralChannelDisplay } from "@/features/channels/lib/ephemeralChannel";
@@ -488,20 +482,20 @@ export function SidebarSection({
                 // The shared menu always renders copy actions, so every row
                 // gets a context menu regardless of read/mute availability.
                 return (
-                  <ContextMenu key={channel.id}>
-                    <ContextMenuTrigger asChild>{menuItem}</ContextMenuTrigger>
-                    <ContextMenuContent>
-                      <ChannelContextMenuItems
-                        channel={channel}
-                        hasUnread={unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id)}
-                        isMuted={mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id)}
-                        onMarkChannelRead={onMarkChannelRead}
-                        onMarkChannelUnread={onMarkChannelUnread}
-                        onMuteChannel={onMuteChannel}
-                        onUnmuteChannel={onUnmuteChannel}
-                      />
-                    </ContextMenuContent>
-                  </ContextMenu>
+                  <ChannelContextMenu
+                    key={channel.id}
+                    contentProps={{
+                      channel,
+                      hasUnread: unreadChannelIds.has(channel.id),
+                      isMuted: mutedChannelIds?.has(channel.id),
+                      onMarkChannelRead,
+                      onMarkChannelUnread,
+                      onMuteChannel,
+                      onUnmuteChannel,
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    {menuItem}
+                  </ChannelContextMenu>
                 );
               })}
             </SidebarMenu>
diff --git a/desktop/tests/e2e/channels.spec.ts b/desktop/tests/e2e/channels.spec.ts
index 1cb28503e..968956eae 100644
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/channels.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/channels.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 
 const GENERAL_CHANNEL_ID = "9a1657ac-f7aa-5db0-b632-d8bbeb6dfb50";
 const AGENTS_CHANNEL_ID = "94a444a4-c0a3-5966-ab05-530c6ddc2301";
+const RANDOM_CHANNEL_ID = "9dae0116-799b-5071-a0a8-fdd30a91a35d";
 const MOCK_IDENTITY_PUBKEY = "deadbeef".repeat(8);
 // Relay-only agent owned by the mock viewer (see e2eBridge.ts
 // OWNED_RELAY_AGENT_PUBKEY). Classified as a bot via mockRelayAgents and
@@ -2365,6 +2366,23 @@ test("channel context menu hides management actions from members and DMs", async
 }) => {
   await page.goto("/");
 
+  await page.getByTestId("channel-random").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("chat-title")).toHaveText("random");
+  await page.getByTestId("channel-management-trigger").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("channel-management-sheet")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const commandLog = await readCommandPayloadLog(page);
+      return commandLog.some(
+        ({ command, payload }) =>
+          command === "get_channel_members" &&
+          (payload as { channelId?: string }).channelId === RANDOM_CHANNEL_ID,
+      );
+    })
+    .toBe(true);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("channel-management-edit")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await page.getByTestId("auxiliary-panel-close").click();
+
   await page.getByTestId("channel-random").click({ button: "right" });
   await expect(
     page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Edit channel" }),
@@ -2395,7 +2413,7 @@ test("channel context menu archives a stream", async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(archiveItem).toBeVisible();
   await archiveItem.click();
 
-  await expect(page.getByTestId("stream-list")).not.toContainText("general");
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("channel-general")).toHaveCount(0);
   await openChannelBrowser(page);
   await expect(page.getByTestId("browse-channel-general")).toContainText(
     "archived",