diff --git a/lib/app/app_controller_desktop_thread_actions.dart b/lib/app/app_controller_desktop_thread_actions.dart
index 6a82a4a2..770385cb 100644
--- a/lib/app/app_controller_desktop_thread_actions.dart
+++ b/lib/app/app_controller_desktop_thread_actions.dart
@@ -260,9 +260,16 @@ extension AppControllerDesktopThreadActions on AppController {
       currentSessionKey,
       executionTarget: currentTarget,
     );
-    final workspacePath = assistantWorkspacePathForSession(
+    var workspacePath = assistantWorkspacePathForSession(
       currentSessionKey,
     ).trim();
+    if (workspacePath.isEmpty) {
+      await tryBindWorkspaceForOnlyChatFallbackInternal(
+        currentSessionKey,
+        currentTarget,
+      );
+      workspacePath = assistantWorkspacePathForSession(currentSessionKey).trim();
+    }
     if (workspacePath.isEmpty) {
       final error = StateError(
         appText(
@@ -586,4 +593,60 @@ extension AppControllerDesktopThreadActions on AppController {
     }
     return value.isEmpty ? null : value;
   }
+
+  Future<void> tryBindWorkspaceForOnlyChatFallbackInternal(
+    String sessionKey,
+    AssistantExecutionTarget currentTarget,
+  ) async {
+    if (currentTarget != AssistantExecutionTarget.singleAgent &&
+        currentTarget != AssistantExecutionTarget.auto) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final normalizedSessionKey = normalizedAssistantSessionKeyInternal(
+      sessionKey,
+    );
+    if (!singleAgentUsesAiChatFallbackForSession(normalizedSessionKey)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (assistantWorkspacePathForSession(normalizedSessionKey).trim().isNotEmpty) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    final candidateRoots = <String>{
+      settings.workspacePath.trim(),
+      Directory.current.path.trim(),
+      settings.remoteProjectRoot.trim(),
+    }.where((item) => item.isNotEmpty);
+    for (final root in candidateRoots) {
+      final threadWorkspace =
+          '${trimTrailingPathSeparatorInternal(root)}/.xworkmate/threads/${threadWorkspaceDirectoryNameInternal(normalizedSessionKey)}';
+      if (!ensureLocalWorkspaceDirectoryInternal(threadWorkspace)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      final existing = assistantThreadRecordsInternal[normalizedSessionKey];
+      upsertTaskThreadInternal(
+        normalizedSessionKey,
+        workspaceBinding: WorkspaceBinding(
+          workspaceId: normalizedSessionKey,
+          workspaceKind: WorkspaceKind.localFs,
+          workspacePath: threadWorkspace,
+          displayPath: threadWorkspace,
+          writable: existing?.workspaceBinding.writable ?? true,
+        ),
+        lifecycleState:
+            (existing?.lifecycleState ??
+                    const ThreadLifecycleState(
+                      archived: false,
+                      status: 'ready',
+                      lastRunAtMs: null,
+                      lastResultCode: null,
+                    ))
+                .copyWith(status: 'ready'),
+        updatedAtMs: DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch.toDouble(),
+      );
+      await flushAssistantThreadPersistenceInternal();
+      recomputeTasksInternal();
+      return;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/runtime/app_controller_ai_gateway_chat_suite_single_agent.dart b/test/runtime/app_controller_ai_gateway_chat_suite_single_agent.dart
index 8cfdf409..b1be1af7 100644
--- a/test/runtime/app_controller_ai_gateway_chat_suite_single_agent.dart
+++ b/test/runtime/app_controller_ai_gateway_chat_suite_single_agent.dart
@@ -443,6 +443,65 @@ void registerAppControllerAiGatewayChatSuiteSingleAgentTestsInternal() {
         );
       },
     );
+
+    test(
+      'AppController auto-binds a thread workspace in AI Chat fallback when workspace root is missing',
+      () async {
+        final tempDirectory = await createTempDirectoryInternal(
+          'xworkmate-single-agent-fallback-missing-workspace-',
+        );
+        final server = await FakeAiGatewayServerInternal.start(
+          responseMode: AiGatewayResponseModeInternal.json,
+        );
+        addTearDown(() async {
+          await server.close();
+        });
+
+        final store = createStoreFromTempDirectoryInternal(tempDirectory);
+        final client = FallbackOnlyGoAgentCoreClientInternal();
+        final controller = await createAppControllerInternal(
+          store: store,
+          availableSingleAgentProvidersOverride: const <SingleAgentProvider>[],
+          runtimeCoordinator: RuntimeCoordinator(
+            gateway: FakeGatewayRuntimeInternal(store: store),
+            codex: FakeCodexRuntimeInternal(),
+          ),
+          goAgentCoreClient: client,
+        );
+
+        await controller.settingsController.saveAiGatewayApiKey('live-key');
+        await controller.saveSettings(
+          controller.settings.copyWith(
+            workspacePath: '',
+            aiGateway: controller.settings.aiGateway.copyWith(
+              baseUrl: server.baseUrl,
+              availableModels: const <String>['moonshotai/kimi-k2.5'],
+              selectedModels: const <String>['moonshotai/kimi-k2.5'],
+            ),
+            defaultModel: 'moonshotai/kimi-k2.5',
+          ),
+          refreshAfterSave: false,
+        );
+        await controller.setAssistantExecutionTarget(
+          AssistantExecutionTarget.singleAgent,
+        );
+        await controller.setSingleAgentProvider(SingleAgentProvider.opencode);
+
+        await controller.sendChatMessage('你好', thinking: 'low');
+
+        final workspacePath = controller.assistantWorkspacePathForSession(
+          controller.currentSessionKey,
+        );
+        expect(client.capabilitiesCalls, greaterThanOrEqualTo(1));
+        expect(client.executeCalls, 0);
+        expect(server.requestCount, 1);
+        expect(workspacePath, isNotEmpty);
+        expect(
+          workspacePath,
+          contains('.xworkmate/threads/'),
+        );
+      },
+    );
   });
 
   group('Single Agent workspace resolution', () {