diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/QuestionForm.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/QuestionForm.test.tsx
index b16639476e..6cdcb5e24a 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/QuestionForm.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/QuestionForm.test.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,34 @@ describe("QuestionForm initial text", () => {
     expect(Array.from(container.querySelectorAll("button")).find(button => button.textContent === "Submit answers")!.disabled).toBe(true);
     expect(submit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+  it("isolates pending requests with the same field ids and restores each edited draft when switching back", async () => {
+    async function showRequest(id: string, initialText: string) {
+      const set = { ...questionSet, questions: [{ ...questionSet.questions[0]!, initialText }] };
+      await act(async () => root.render(
+        <QuestionForm id={id} questionSet={set} draftKey={`question:${id}`} onSubmit={submit} />,
+      ));
+    }
+    const storedText = (id: string) => JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(`question:${id}`)!).answers.draft.text;
+
+    await showRequest("request-a", "Provider draft A");
+    await edit("Operator edit A");
+    await showRequest("request-b", "Provider draft B");
+    expect(input().value).toBe("Provider draft B");
+    expect(storedText("request-a")).toBe("Operator edit A");
+    expect(storedText("request-b")).toBe("Provider draft B");
+    await edit("Operator edit B");
+
+    await showRequest("request-a", "Refreshed provider draft A");
+    expect(input().value).toBe("Operator edit A");
+    await showRequest("request-b", "Refreshed provider draft B");
+    expect(input().value).toBe("Operator edit B");
+    expect(storedText("request-a")).toBe("Operator edit A");
+    expect(storedText("request-b")).toBe("Operator edit B");
+    expect(submit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    await act(async () => Array.from(container.querySelectorAll("button")).find(button => button.textContent === "Submit answers")!.click());
+    expect(submit).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({ schema: "paperclip.question_response.v1", answers: { draft: { text: "Operator edit B" } } });
+  });
+
   it("prefers an existing response and keeps text constraints on defaults", async () => {
     await render(questionSet, { schema: "paperclip.question_response.v1", answers: { draft: { text: "Existing answer" } } });
     expect(input().value).toBe("Existing answer");
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/QuestionForm.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/QuestionForm.tsx
index 824c6fad26..3e2ce71b8d 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/QuestionForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/QuestionForm.tsx
@@ -230,7 +230,13 @@ export function QuestionResponseSummary({
   );
 }
 
-export function QuestionForm({
+export function QuestionForm(props: QuestionFormProps) {
+  // Takeovers can reuse this component for another pending request. Remount
+  // before draft persistence runs so one request cannot overwrite another.
+  return <QuestionFormForRequest key={JSON.stringify([props.id, props.draftKey])} {...props} />;
+}
+
+function QuestionFormForRequest({
   id,
   questionSet,
   initialResponse,
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatCompactInteractionCard.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatCompactInteractionCard.tsx
index c655bb299e..1a04ba2fff 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatCompactInteractionCard.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatCompactInteractionCard.tsx
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ function AskUserQuestionsCard({
             const answer = response.answers[question.id];
             const otherText =
               question.answerMode === "text"
-                ? answer?.text?.trim()
+                ? (interaction.payload.questionSet ? answer?.text : answer?.text?.trim())
                 : answer?.customText?.trim();
             return {
               questionId: question.id,
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatInteractionCard.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatInteractionCard.test.tsx
index f720a5ae69..c912e2e727 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatInteractionCard.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatInteractionCard.test.tsx
@@ -683,6 +683,38 @@ describe("TaskChatInteractionCard", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it.each(["canonical_text", "canonical_custom", "legacy_custom"])("preserves the %s answer mapping", async (mode) => {
+    const submit = vi.fn();
+    const interaction = structuredClone(pendingAskUserQuestionsInteraction);
+    interaction.payload.questions = [{
+      id: "draft", prompt: "Edit", selectionMode: "single", required: true,
+      options: [{ id: "preset", label: "Preset" }, { id: "other", label: "Custom answer", freeText: true }],
+    }];
+    interaction.payload.questionSet = mode === "legacy_custom" ? undefined : {
+      schema: "paperclip.question_set.v1",
+      questions: [mode === "canonical_text"
+        ? { id: "draft", prompt: "Edit", required: true, answerMode: "text", initialText: "Provider draft" }
+        : { id: "draft", prompt: "Edit", required: true, answerMode: "single_select", options: [{ id: "preset", label: "Preset" }], customAnswer: { enabled: true, label: "Custom answer" } }],
+    };
+    await act(async () => root.render(
+      <TooltipProvider><ThemeProvider>
+        <TaskChatInteractionCard item={interactionItem(interaction)} presentation="takeover" onSubmitInteractionAnswers={submit} />
+      </ThemeProvider></TooltipProvider>,
+    ));
+    if (mode !== "canonical_text") {
+      await act(async () => Array.from(container.querySelectorAll("button")).find(button => button.textContent?.includes("Custom answer"))!.click());
+    }
+    const edited = "\n  Operator 漢字 edit\nLiteral \\n stays literal.  \n";
+    await act(async () => {
+      Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype, "value")!.set!.call(container.querySelector("textarea")!, edited);
+      container.querySelector("textarea")!.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+    });
+    await act(async () => Array.from(container.querySelectorAll("button")).find(button => button.textContent?.trim() === "Send answers" || button.textContent?.trim() === "Submit answers")!.click());
+    expect(submit).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(interaction, [{
+      questionId: "draft", optionIds: [], otherText: mode === "canonical_text" ? edited : edited.trim(),
+    }]);
+  });
+
   it("paginates item verdicts instead of expanding the whole review set", async () => {
     flushSync(() => {
       root.render(