diff --git a/src/features/chat/application/composer/suggestions.ts b/src/features/chat/application/composer/suggestions.ts
index fc2244d7..c71a094d 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/application/composer/suggestions.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/application/composer/suggestions.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface ComposerSuggestion {
 
 export interface ComposerSuggestionOptions {
   activeThreadId?: string | null;
+  activeThreadEphemeral?: boolean;
   contextReferences?: ComposerContextReferences;
   dailyNoteReferences?: readonly DailyNoteReferenceCandidate[] | (() => readonly DailyNoteReferenceCandidate[]);
   permissionProfiles?: readonly RuntimePermissionProfileSummary[];
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ export function activeComposerSuggestions(
     modelOverrideSuggestions(beforeCursor, models) ??
     reasoningEffortOverrideSuggestions(beforeCursor, models, currentModel) ??
     permissionProfileOverrideSuggestions(beforeCursor, options.permissionProfiles ?? []) ??
-    activeSlashCommandSuggestions(beforeCursor) ??
+    activeSlashCommandSuggestions(beforeCursor, options.activeThreadEphemeral ?? false) ??
     activeSkillSuggestions(beforeCursor, skills) ??
     []
   );
@@ -392,7 +393,9 @@ function compareWikiLinkSuggestionTiebreakers(a: NoteCandidateMatch, b: NoteCand
   return b.mtime - a.mtime || a.basename.localeCompare(b.basename) || a.path.localeCompare(b.path);
 }
 
-function activeSlashCommandSuggestions(beforeCursor: string): ComposerSuggestion[] | null {
+const SIDE_CHAT_UNAVAILABLE_SLASH_COMMANDS = new Set(["/btw", "/fork", "/rollback"]);
+
+function activeSlashCommandSuggestions(beforeCursor: string, activeThreadEphemeral: boolean): ComposerSuggestion[] | null {
   const match = /^(\/[A-Za-z-]*)$/.exec(beforeCursor);
   if (match?.index === undefined) return null;
 
@@ -401,7 +404,10 @@ function activeSlashCommandSuggestions(beforeCursor: string): ComposerSuggestion
   const query = rawQuery.toLowerCase();
   if (SLASH_COMMANDS.some((item) => item.command.toLowerCase() === query)) return null;
   const start = match.index + match[0].lastIndexOf("/");
-  return SLASH_COMMANDS.filter((item) => item.command.toLowerCase().startsWith(query))
+  return SLASH_COMMANDS.filter(
+    (item) =>
+      item.command.toLowerCase().startsWith(query) && (!activeThreadEphemeral || !SIDE_CHAT_UNAVAILABLE_SLASH_COMMANDS.has(item.command)),
+  )
     .slice(0, 8)
     .map((item) => ({
       display: item.command,
diff --git a/src/features/chat/application/threads/thread-management-actions.ts b/src/features/chat/application/threads/thread-management-actions.ts
index ca3be6d6..aa4a0557 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/application/threads/thread-management-actions.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/application/threads/thread-management-actions.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ async function forkThreadFromTurn(
   turnId: string | null,
   archiveSource: boolean,
 ): Promise<void> {
+  const activeThread = threadManagementState(host).activeThread;
+  if (activeThread.id === threadId && activeThread.lifetime?.kind === "ephemeral") {
+    host.addSystemMessage("Side chats cannot be forked.");
+    return;
+  }
   if (chatTurnBusy(threadManagementState(host))) {
     host.addSystemMessage("Finish or interrupt the current turn before forking threads.");
     return;
@@ -167,6 +172,11 @@ async function renameThread(host: ThreadManagementActionsHost, threadId: string,
 }
 
 async function rollbackThread(host: ThreadManagementActionsHost, threadId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const activeThread = threadManagementState(host).activeThread;
+  if (activeThread.id === threadId && activeThread.lifetime?.kind === "ephemeral") {
+    host.addSystemMessage("Side chats cannot be rolled back.");
+    return;
+  }
   if (chatTurnBusy(threadManagementState(host))) {
     host.addSystemMessage("Interrupt the current turn before rolling back.");
     return;
diff --git a/src/features/chat/application/turns/slash-command-execution.ts b/src/features/chat/application/turns/slash-command-execution.ts
index 81326a84..e2f87a44 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/application/turns/slash-command-execution.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/application/turns/slash-command-execution.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ export async function executeSlashCommand(
         context.addSystemMessage("No active thread to fork.");
         return;
       }
+      if (context.activeThreadEphemeral) {
+        context.addSystemMessage("Side chats cannot be forked.");
+        return;
+      }
       await context.threadActions.forkThread(context.activeThreadId);
       return;
     case "btw":
@@ -186,6 +190,10 @@ export async function executeSlashCommand(
         context.addSystemMessage("No active thread to roll back.");
         return;
       }
+      if (context.activeThreadEphemeral) {
+        context.addSystemMessage("Side chats cannot be rolled back.");
+        return;
+      }
       await context.threadActions.rollbackThread(context.activeThreadId);
       return;
     case "compact":
diff --git a/src/features/chat/panel/composer-controller.ts b/src/features/chat/panel/composer-controller.ts
index 47f7f0d0..b4ecc4ed 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/panel/composer-controller.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/panel/composer-controller.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ export class ChatComposerController {
       this.options.currentModelForSuggestions(),
       {
         activeThreadId: state.activeThread.id,
+        activeThreadEphemeral: state.activeThread.lifetime?.kind === "ephemeral",
         contextReferences: this.contextReferences(),
         dailyNoteReferences: () => this.options.noteCandidateProvider.dailyNoteReferences(this.options.sourcePath()),
         permissionProfiles: state.connection.availablePermissionProfiles,
diff --git a/src/features/chat/panel/shell-read-model.ts b/src/features/chat/panel/shell-read-model.ts
index bc9b330c..a0e195b2 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/panel/shell-read-model.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/panel/shell-read-model.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@ export function createChatPanelShellReadModelBinding(initialState: ChatState): C
     threadStreamItems: streamItems,
     threadStreamStableItems: computed(() => threadStreamStableItems(threadStream.value)),
     threadStreamActiveItems: computed(() => threadStreamActiveItems(threadStream.value)),
-    threadStreamRollbackCandidate: computed(() => (turnBusy.value ? null : threadStreamRollbackCandidateFromItems(streamItems.value))),
+    threadStreamRollbackCandidate: computed(() =>
+      turnBusy.value || activeThread.value.lifetime?.kind === "ephemeral"
+        ? null
+        : threadStreamRollbackCandidateFromItems(streamItems.value),
+    ),
     threadStreamForkCandidates: computed(() =>
       turnBusy.value || activeThread.value.lifetime?.kind === "ephemeral" ? [] : forkCandidatesFromItems(streamItems.value),
     ),
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/application/composer/suggestions.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/application/composer/suggestions.test.ts
index a074eb46..e760424e 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/application/composer/suggestions.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/application/composer/suggestions.test.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ describe("composer suggestions", () => {
     expect(activeComposerSuggestions("/help", notes, [])).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it("omits unavailable thread mutations from side-chat slash suggestions", () => {
+    const options = { activeThreadEphemeral: true };
+
+    expect(suggestionReplacements(activeComposerSuggestions("/f", notes, [], [], [], null, options))).not.toContain("/fork");
+    expect(suggestionReplacements(activeComposerSuggestions("/r", notes, [], [], [], null, options))).not.toContain("/rollback");
+    expect(suggestionReplacements(activeComposerSuggestions("/b", notes, [], [], [], null, options))).not.toContain("/btw");
+    expect(suggestionReplacements(activeComposerSuggestions("/c", notes, [], [], [], null, options))).toContain("/compact");
+    expect(suggestionReplacements(activeComposerSuggestions("/g", notes, [], [], [], null, options))).toContain("/goal");
+  });
+
   it("bounds selection preview text before rendering it in the suggestion list", () => {
     const suggestion = activeComposerSuggestions("@sel", notes, [], [], [], null, {
       contextReferences: {
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/application/threads/thread-management-actions.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/application/threads/thread-management-actions.test.ts
index e5e8a47b..7c20c1d4 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/application/threads/thread-management-actions.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/application/threads/thread-management-actions.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import type {
 } from "../../../../../src/features/chat/application/threads/thread-mutation-transport";
 import type { ThreadStreamItem } from "../../../../../src/features/chat/domain/thread-stream/items";
 import { deferred, waitForAsyncWork } from "../../../../support/async";
-import { chatStateFixture } from "../../support/state";
+import { chatStateFixture, chatStateWith } from "../../support/state";
 import { chatStateThreadStreamItems, withChatStateThreadStreamItems } from "../../support/thread-stream";
 
 interface ThreadMutationTransportMock {
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ type ThreadManagementActionsHostMock = Omit<
 };
 
 describe("thread management actions", () => {
+  it("does not fork an ephemeral side chat", async () => {
+    const host = hostMock({
+      items: [],
+      activeThread: {
+        id: "side-thread",
+        lifetime: { kind: "ephemeral", sourceThreadId: "source", sourceThreadTitle: "Source" },
+      },
+    });
+    const controller = threadManagementActions(host);
+
+    await controller.forkThread("side-thread");
+
+    expect(host.threadTransport.forkThread).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(host.addSystemMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Side chats cannot be forked.");
+  });
+
   it("requests thread compaction and reports the shared status", async () => {
     const host = hostMock({ items: [] });
     const controller = threadManagementActions(host);
@@ -363,6 +379,22 @@ describe("thread management actions", () => {
     expect(callOrder(host.addSystemMessage)).toBeLessThan(callOrder(host.refreshAfterThreadMutation));
   });
 
+  it("does not roll back an ephemeral side chat", async () => {
+    const host = hostMock({
+      items: turnItems(),
+      activeThread: {
+        id: "side-thread",
+        lifetime: { kind: "ephemeral", sourceThreadId: "source", sourceThreadTitle: "Source" },
+      },
+    });
+    const controller = threadManagementActions(host);
+
+    await controller.rollbackThread("side-thread");
+
+    expect(host.threadTransport.rollbackThread).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(host.addSystemMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Side chats cannot be rolled back.");
+  });
+
   it("ignores stale rollback responses after the panel switches threads", async () => {
     const rollback = deferred<ThreadRollbackSnapshot | null>();
     const host = hostMock({ items: turnItems() });
@@ -512,14 +544,17 @@ function threadManagementActions(host: ThreadManagementActionsHost): ThreadManag
 
 function hostMock({
   items,
+  activeThread,
   operations: operationOverrides = {},
   threadTransport: transportOverrides = {},
 }: {
   items: ThreadStreamItem[];
+  activeThread?: Partial<ReturnType<typeof chatStateFixture>["activeThread"]>;
   operations?: Partial<ThreadOperationsMock>;
   threadTransport?: Partial<ThreadMutationTransportMock>;
 }): ThreadManagementActionsHostMock {
-  const state = withChatStateThreadStreamItems(chatStateFixture(), items);
+  let state = withChatStateThreadStreamItems(chatStateFixture(), items);
+  if (activeThread) state = chatStateWith(state, { activeThread });
   const stateStore = createChatStateStore(state);
   const threadTransport: ThreadMutationTransportMock = {
     compactThread: vi.fn<ThreadMutationTransport["compactThread"]>().mockResolvedValue(true),
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/application/turns/slash-command-execution.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/application/turns/slash-command-execution.test.ts
index 4f0eabec..36c4ef9e 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/application/turns/slash-command-execution.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/application/turns/slash-command-execution.test.ts
@@ -299,6 +299,15 @@ describe("slash commands", () => {
     expect(ctx.addSystemMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/fork does not take arguments. Usage: /fork");
   });
 
+  it("does not fork a side chat", async () => {
+    const ctx = context({ activeThreadId: "side-thread", activeThreadEphemeral: true });
+
+    await executeSlashCommand("fork", "", ctx);
+
+    expect(ctx.threadActions.forkThread).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(ctx.addSystemMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Side chats cannot be forked.");
+  });
+
   it("opens a side chat from the active thread", async () => {
     const openSideChat = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     const ctx = context({ activeThreadId: "active-thread", openSideChat });
@@ -326,6 +335,15 @@ describe("slash commands", () => {
     expect(ctx.threadActions.rollbackThread).toHaveBeenCalledWith("active-thread");
   });
 
+  it("does not roll back a side chat", async () => {
+    const ctx = context({ activeThreadId: "side-thread", activeThreadEphemeral: true });
+
+    await executeSlashCommand("rollback", "", ctx);
+
+    expect(ctx.threadActions.rollbackThread).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(ctx.addSystemMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Side chats cannot be rolled back.");
+  });
+
   it("rejects /rollback without an active thread", async () => {
     const ctx = context({ activeThreadId: null });
 
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/panel/surface/projections.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/panel/surface/projections.test.ts
index 216b629f..62566c90 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/panel/surface/projections.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/panel/surface/projections.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,30 @@ import { withChatStateThreadStreamItems } from "../../support/thread-stream";
 installObsidianDomShims();
 
 describe("chat panel surface projections", () => {
+  it("does not project rollback actions for side chats", () => {
+    let state = chatStateFixture();
+    state = chatStateWith(state, {
+      activeThread: {
+        id: "side-thread",
+        lifetime: { kind: "ephemeral", sourceThreadId: "source", sourceThreadTitle: "Source" },
+      },
+    });
+    state = withChatStateThreadStreamItems(state, [
+      { id: "user", kind: "dialogue", dialogueKind: "user", role: "user", text: "Question", turnId: "turn" },
+      {
+        id: "assistant",
+        kind: "dialogue",
+        dialogueKind: "assistantResponse",
+        dialogueState: "completed",
+        role: "assistant",
+        text: "Answer",
+        turnId: "turn",
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(createChatPanelShellReadModelBinding(state).readModel.threadStream.rollbackCandidate.value).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("builds toolbar rows from immutable chat state snapshots", () => {
     let state = chatStateFixture();
     state = chatStateWith(state, { activeThread: { id: "thread-1" } });