diff --git a/src/agent/context.rs b/src/agent/context.rs
index 89232a9..6bbb161 100644
--- a/src/agent/context.rs
+++ b/src/agent/context.rs
@@ -776,6 +776,11 @@ impl ContextState {
         self.section_mut(section).push(node);
     }
 
+    /// Push without logging — for restoring from an existing log.
+    pub fn push_no_log(&mut self, section: Section, node: AstNode) {
+        self.section_mut(section).push(node);
+    }
+
     /// Replace the body of a leaf at `index` in `section`.
     /// Re-tokenizes to maintain the invariant.
     pub fn set_message(&mut self, section: Section, index: usize, body: NodeBody) {
diff --git a/src/agent/mod.rs b/src/agent/mod.rs
index 26b55de..ca11ffc 100644
--- a/src/agent/mod.rs
+++ b/src/agent/mod.rs
@@ -572,8 +572,9 @@ impl Agent {
         {
             let mut ctx = self.context.lock().await;
             ctx.clear(Section::Conversation);
+            // Push without logging — these are already in the log
             for node in nodes {
-                ctx.push(Section::Conversation, node);
+                ctx.push_no_log(Section::Conversation, node);
             }
         }
         self.compact().await;
diff --git a/src/user/mod.rs b/src/user/mod.rs
index 288e922..94a507e 100644
--- a/src/user/mod.rs
+++ b/src/user/mod.rs
@@ -377,20 +377,13 @@ async fn run(
         idle_state.decay_ewma();
         app.update_idle(&idle_state);
         app.agent_state = mind.subconscious_snapshots().await;
-        {
+        if let Ok(mut unc) = mind.unconscious.try_lock() {
             let toggles: Vec<String> = app.agent_toggles.drain(..).collect();
-            if !toggles.is_empty() {
-                let mut sub = mind.subconscious.lock().await;
-                let mut unc = mind.unconscious.lock().await;
-                for name in &toggles {
-                    if sub.toggle(name).is_none() {
-                        unc.toggle(name).await;
-                    }
+            for name in &toggles {
+                if mind.subconscious.lock().await.toggle(name).is_none() {
+                    unc.toggle(name).await;
                 }
             }
-        }
-        {
-            let unc = mind.unconscious.lock().await;
             app.unconscious_state = unc.snapshots();
             app.graph_health = unc.graph_health.clone();
         }