diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/ChatInput/__tests__/chatDraft.test.tsx b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/ChatInput/__tests__/chatDraft.test.tsx
index ee37cd39417f..cc48fae080e7 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/ChatInput/__tests__/chatDraft.test.tsx
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/ChatInput/__tests__/chatDraft.test.tsx
@@ -197,4 +197,20 @@ describe("acting on a draft without showing it", () => {
       setItem.mockRestore();
     }
   });
+  it("keeps no copy of a draft once browser storage holds it", () => {
+    const draft = renderHook(() => useChatDraftAccess("session:chat-stored"));
+    const setItem = vi
+      .spyOn(window.sessionStorage, "setItem")
+      .mockImplementation(() => {
+        throw new Error("QuotaExceededError");
+      });
+    act(() => draft.result.current.write("Refused by storage"));
+    setItem.mockRestore();
+    act(() => draft.result.current.write("Stored"));
+
+    sessionStorage.clear();
+
+    // Storage is what holds the draft now, so clearing it clears the draft.
+    expect(draft.result.current.read()).toBe("");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/ChatInput/useChatDraft.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/ChatInput/useChatDraft.ts
index 8f64e6a90b73..39fff5aac050 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/ChatInput/useChatDraft.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/ChatInput/useChatDraft.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState, type SetStateAction } from "react";
 import { useAuthStore } from "@/lib/auth/hooks/useAuthStore";
 
 const subscribers = new Map<string, Set<(value: string) => void>>();
-// Each draft as last set on this page, for a reader that doesn't follow it
-// while browser storage is unavailable.
+// Drafts browser storage refused, for a reader that doesn't follow the draft.
+// A draft leaves once storage takes a later write of it.
 const written = new Map<string, string>();
 
 function readDraft(key: string | null) {
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ function readDraft(key: string | null) {
 
 function writeDraft(key: string | null, value: string) {
   if (!key || typeof window === "undefined") return;
-  written.set(key, value);
   try {
     if (value) sessionStorage.setItem(key, value);
     else sessionStorage.removeItem(key);
+    written.delete(key);
   } catch {
     /* Keep the in-memory draft when browser storage is unavailable. */
+    written.set(key, value);
   }
   subscribers.get(key)?.forEach((receive) => receive(value));
 }
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/__tests__/useAtResetJobs.test.tsx b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/__tests__/useAtResetJobs.test.tsx
index 5e9bc5421c79..0c280a68cbbb 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/__tests__/useAtResetJobs.test.tsx
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/__tests__/useAtResetJobs.test.tsx
@@ -70,4 +70,30 @@ describe("useAtResetJobs", () => {
       vi.useRealTimers();
     }
   });
+
+  it("looks at a turn hours away only now and then", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ shouldAdvanceTime: true });
+    vi.setSystemTime(JOB.run_at.getTime() - 3 * 60 * 60_000);
+    let reads = 0;
+    server.use(
+      http.get("*/api/chat/sessions/:sessionId/at-reset", () => {
+        reads += 1;
+        return HttpResponse.json({ jobs: [JOB] });
+      }),
+    );
+    try {
+      renderHook(() => useAtResetJobs("session-1"), {
+        wrapper: withQueryClient(),
+      });
+      await vi.waitFor(() => expect(reads).toBe(1));
+
+      await act(() => vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10 * 60_000));
+      expect(reads).toBe(1);
+
+      await act(() => vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5 * 60_000));
+      expect(reads).toBe(2);
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/__tests__/useScheduledSend.test.tsx b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/__tests__/useScheduledSend.test.tsx
index e2b9664cd0f5..7742406b6fb8 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/__tests__/useScheduledSend.test.tsx
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/__tests__/useScheduledSend.test.tsx
@@ -304,4 +304,30 @@ describe("useScheduledSend", () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  // The client throws on error statuses, so this answer is the only way the
+  // server can leave a send unset without an error; the composer has already
+  // cleared the message by then.
+  it("puts the message back when the server answers without the send", async () => {
+    server.use(
+      http.get("*/api/chat/sessions/:sessionId/at-reset", () =>
+        HttpResponse.json({ jobs: [] }),
+      ),
+      http.post("*/api/chat/sessions/:sessionId/at-reset", () =>
+        HttpResponse.json(null, { status: 202 }),
+      ),
+    );
+    const { result } = renderHook(
+      () => useScheduledSend({ sessionId: "chat-unset" }),
+      { wrapper: withQueryClient() },
+    );
+    const composer = renderHook(() =>
+      useChatDraft(sessionDraftKey("chat-unset")),
+    );
+
+    await expect(result.current.schedule("Draft the post")).rejects.toThrow();
+    await act(() => result.current.scheduleQuietly("Draft the post"));
+
+    expect(composer.result.current[0]).toBe("Draft the post");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/useAtResetJobs.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/useAtResetJobs.ts
index 2b1b29392405..7d286724ce59 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/useAtResetJobs.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/useAtResetJobs.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ export function useAtResetJobs(sessionId: string | null) {
   return { jobs, writeJobs };
 }
 
+const MINUTE = 60_000;
+const HOUR = 60 * MINUTE;
+
 function refetchEvery(jobs: AtResetTurn[]) {
   if (!jobs.length) return false;
   const untilDue =
     Math.min(...jobs.map((job) => new Date(job.run_at).getTime())) - Date.now();
   if (untilDue <= 0) return 10_000;
-  return Math.min(Math.max(untilDue, 1_000), 60_000);
+  // Changes made here update the list directly, and it's read again on
+  // focus, so a turn hours away only needs an occasional look.
+  const ceiling = untilDue > HOUR ? 15 * MINUTE : MINUTE;
+  return Math.min(Math.max(untilDue, 1_000), ceiling);
 }
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/useScheduledSend.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/useScheduledSend.ts
index fdd2ce418ea8..10e791fad2b4 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/useScheduledSend.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/components/SendAtReset/useScheduledSend.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ export function useScheduledSend({ sessionId, onSendNow, inputId }: Args) {
       const response = await scheduleSend
         .mutateAsync({ sessionId, data: { kind: "send", message } })
         .finally(onAnswered);
-      if (response.status !== 200) return;
+      // The client throws on error statuses. Any other answer without the
+      // job leaves the message unset, so it fails the same way and the
+      // message goes back to whoever cleared it.
+      if (response.status !== 200) throw new Error();
       const job = response.data;
       await writeJobs((all) => [...all.filter((j) => j.kind !== "send"), job]);
     } catch (error) {