diff --git a/frontend/src/components/layout/CommandPalette.tsx b/frontend/src/components/layout/CommandPalette.tsx
index ab753b72..d8c1d225 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/layout/CommandPalette.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/layout/CommandPalette.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react'
 import { useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { PILOT_INLINE_SCRIPT_EVENT } from '@/lib/pilotEvents'
 import {
   Search, Loader2, ArrowRight, FileText, Clock,
   Sparkles, LayoutDashboard, Tag, Plus, BookOpen, Terminal, Zap,
@@ -61,7 +62,11 @@ const QUICK_ACTIONS: PaletteItem[] = [
 ]
 
 // Phase 5: only surfaced when on a /pilot/:id route. Fires the inline-script
-// open event instead of navigating away to /scripts.
+// open event instead of navigating away to /scripts. The path is a sentinel
+// — handleSelect intercepts it and dispatches a window event rather than
+// navigating, so the chat page can toggle its inline panel without coupling
+// the global palette to chat-page state.
+const PILOT_INLINE_SCRIPT_PATH = '__pilot_inline_script__'
 const SCRIPTS_INLINE_QUICK_ACTION: PaletteItem = {
   id: 'action-scripts-inline',
   group: 'quick-actions',
@@ -86,12 +91,6 @@ function ItemIcon({ icon, className }: { icon: PaletteItem['icon'], className?:
   }
 }
 
-// Phase 5: sentinel path the palette uses to fire the inline-script-generator
-// open event instead of navigating. Listened for by AssistantChatPage when
-// the user is in an active session.
-export const PILOT_INLINE_SCRIPT_EVENT = 'flowpilot:open-inline-script'
-const PILOT_INLINE_SCRIPT_PATH = '__pilot_inline_script__'
-
 export function CommandPalette({ open, onClose }: CommandPaletteProps) {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const location = useLocation()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/pilotEvents.ts b/frontend/src/lib/pilotEvents.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92c92e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/pilotEvents.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Cross-component event names for the FlowPilot session UI.
+ *
+ * Lives in /lib (not /components) so importing the event name does NOT
+ * pull in any React component module. AssistantChatPage and CommandPalette
+ * both reference it without forming an import cycle, and Vite's
+ * react-fast-refresh "consistent components exports" check stays happy.
+ */
+
+// Phase 5: dispatched by the global Cmd+K palette when the engineer picks
+// "Open inline Script Generator" while on a /pilot/:id route. The chat
+// page subscribes via `window.addEventListener` and toggles its inline
+// Script Generator panel if there's an active suggested fix.
+export const PILOT_INLINE_SCRIPT_EVENT = 'flowpilot:open-inline-script'
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/AssistantChatPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/AssistantChatPage.tsx
index 78bbc6b9..4edc528a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/AssistantChatPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/AssistantChatPage.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { SuggestedFix } from '@/components/pilot/sections/SuggestedFix'
 import { ResolutionNotePreview as ResolutionNotePreviewPopover } from '@/components/pilot/ResolutionNotePreview'
 import { TemplateMatchPanel } from '@/components/pilot/script/TemplateMatchPanel'
 import { NoTemplateDialog } from '@/components/pilot/script/NoTemplateDialog'
-import { PILOT_INLINE_SCRIPT_EVENT } from '@/components/layout/CommandPalette'
+import { PILOT_INLINE_SCRIPT_EVENT } from '@/lib/pilotEvents'
 import { sessionFactsApi, type SessionFact } from '@/api/sessionFacts'
 import {
   sessionSuggestedFixesApi,
@@ -163,9 +163,7 @@ export default function AssistantChatPage() {
 
     const sendPrefill = async () => {
       // Clear stale task lane from previous session
-      setShowTaskLane(false)
-      setActiveQuestions([])
-      setActiveActions([])
+      resetSessionDerivedState()
       setActiveSessionStatus('active')
       setActivePsaTicketId(null)
 
@@ -274,6 +272,24 @@ export default function AssistantChatPage() {
     }
   }
 
+  // Single source of truth for "wipe every per-session task-lane state field"
+  // before switching to a different chat. Called from selectChat, handleNewChat,
+  // sendPrefill, and handleResumeNew so adding new lane-scoped state in future
+  // phases only requires touching this one helper. Forgetting to clear a field
+  // leaks the previous session's data into the new one (Phase 5 regression).
+  const resetSessionDerivedState = useCallback(() => {
+    setShowTaskLane(false)
+    setActiveQuestions([])
+    setActiveActions([])
+    setFacts([])
+    setActiveFix(null)
+    setPreviewKind(null)
+    setPreviewData(null)
+    setPreviewError(null)
+    setPreviewPosting(false)
+    setScriptPanelOpen(false)
+  }, [])
+
   // Phase 2 facts — fetch + handlers. `refreshFacts` is called from selectChat
   // and after each chat send, because the AI may have emitted [PROMOTE] markers
   // that synthesized new facts server-side (see unified_chat_service.
@@ -503,17 +519,9 @@ export default function AssistantChatPage() {
     currentChatRef.current = chatId
     setActiveChatId(chatId)
     // Clear TaskLane when switching chats — will restore from backend if available
-    setShowTaskLane(false)
-    setActiveQuestions([])
-    setActiveActions([])
+    resetSessionDerivedState()
     setActiveSessionStatus(null)
     setActivePsaTicketId(null)
-    setFacts([])
-    setActiveFix(null)
-    setPreviewData(null)
-    setPreviewError(null)
-    setPreviewKind(null)
-    setScriptPanelOpen(false)
     // Fire facts + active-fix fetches in parallel with session detail.
     refreshSessionDerived(chatId)
     try {
@@ -558,12 +566,8 @@ export default function AssistantChatPage() {
     // for the previous session sees a mismatch and bails — prevents stale task lane appearing
     // in the new empty session (same pattern as selectChat, which sets ref before its await).
     currentChatRef.current = null
-    // Clear stale state immediately — don't wait for API to return
-    setShowTaskLane(false)
-    setActiveQuestions([])
-    setActiveActions([])
-    setFacts([])
-    setScriptPanelOpen(false)
+    // Clear stale state immediately — don't wait for API to return.
+    resetSessionDerivedState()
     setMessages([])
     setActiveSessionStatus('active')
     setActivePsaTicketId(null)
@@ -763,10 +767,8 @@ export default function AssistantChatPage() {
   const handleResumeNew = async (summary: string) => {
     // Invalidate currentChatRef BEFORE the await — same guard as handleNewChat
     currentChatRef.current = null
-    // Clear stale state immediately — don't wait for API to return
-    setShowTaskLane(false)
-    setActiveQuestions([])
-    setActiveActions([])
+    // Clear stale state immediately — don't wait for API to return.
+    resetSessionDerivedState()
     setActiveSessionStatus('active')
     setActivePsaTicketId(null)
     try {