diff --git a/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs b/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
index d1cf748733127b4c5466d96d7507e5bf7c8a16ce..624cb5c0c685db4d1a8462bfcaaa79073a6612e4 100644
--- a/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/agent_ui/src/agent_panel.rs
@@ -618,6 +618,10 @@ impl AgentPanel {
                         }
                         cx.notify();
                     });
+                } else {
+                    panel.update(cx, |panel, cx| {
+                        panel.new_agent_thread(AgentType::NativeAgent, window, cx);
+                    });
                 }
                 panel
             })?;