diff --git a/apps/web/components/github/my-github/pr-list.test.tsx b/apps/web/components/github/my-github/pr-list.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0dd4d7c425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/components/github/my-github/pr-list.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import type { GitHubPR, GitHubPRStatus } from "@/lib/types/github";
+import { pickPRForLaunch } from "./pr-list";
+
+function makePR(overrides?: Partial<GitHubPR>): GitHubPR {
+  return {
+    number: 42,
+    title: "Test PR",
+    url: "https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/42",
+    html_url: "https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/42",
+    state: "open",
+    head_branch: "",
+    base_branch: "",
+    author_login: "author",
+    repo_owner: "owner",
+    repo_name: "repo",
+    draft: false,
+    mergeable: true,
+    additions: 0,
+    deletions: 0,
+    requested_reviewers: [],
+    created_at: "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    updated_at: "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    merged_at: null,
+    closed_at: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function makeStatus(pr: GitHubPR): GitHubPRStatus {
+  return {
+    pr,
+    review_state: "",
+    checks_state: "",
+    mergeable_state: "unknown",
+    review_count: 0,
+    pending_review_count: 0,
+    checks_total: 0,
+    checks_passing: 0,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("pickPRForLaunch", () => {
+  it("prefers the enriched PR from the batched status (which carries head/base branches)", () => {
+    const rawSearchPR = makePR({ head_branch: "", base_branch: "" });
+    const enrichedPR = makePR({ head_branch: "feature/x", base_branch: "main" });
+
+    const result = pickPRForLaunch(rawSearchPR, makeStatus(enrichedPR));
+
+    expect(result.head_branch).toBe("feature/x");
+    expect(result.base_branch).toBe("main");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the raw PR when no status is loaded yet", () => {
+    const rawPR = makePR({ head_branch: "feature/raw", base_branch: "main" });
+
+    expect(pickPRForLaunch(rawPR, undefined).head_branch).toBe("feature/raw");
+    expect(pickPRForLaunch(rawPR, null).head_branch).toBe("feature/raw");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/components/github/my-github/pr-list.tsx b/apps/web/components/github/my-github/pr-list.tsx
index 4d2eb88df0..2fe0343dad 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/github/my-github/pr-list.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/github/my-github/pr-list.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ type PRListProps = {
   onStartTask: (payload: LaunchPayload) => void;
 };
 
+// Prefer the enriched PR returned by the batched status endpoint — the search
+// API used to populate `items` does not include head/base branches, so the
+// launcher needs the enriched copy to pre-fill the task dialog correctly.
+export function pickPRForLaunch(pr: GitHubPR, status: GitHubPRStatus | null | undefined): GitHubPR {
+  return status?.pr ?? pr;
+}
+
 function prStateIcon(pr: GitHubPR): { Icon: Icon; className: string } {
   if (pr.state === "merged")
     return { Icon: IconGitMerge, className: "text-purple-600 dark:text-purple-400" };
@@ -53,7 +60,12 @@ function StartTaskMenu({
   return (
     <DropdownMenu>
       <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
-        <Button size="sm" variant="outline" className="h-7 gap-1 cursor-pointer">
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="outline"
+          className="h-7 gap-1 cursor-pointer"
+          data-testid="pr-start-task-trigger"
+        >
           <IconPlus className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
           Task
           <IconChevronDown className="h-3 w-3" />
@@ -67,6 +79,8 @@ function StartTaskMenu({
               key={p.id}
               className="cursor-pointer gap-2 py-1.5"
               onSelect={() => launch(p)}
+              data-testid="pr-start-task-preset"
+              data-preset-id={p.id}
             >
               <ItemIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-muted-foreground shrink-0" />
               <div className="flex flex-col min-w-0">
@@ -94,7 +108,11 @@ function PRRow({
 }) {
   const { Icon: StateIcon, className: stateIconClass } = prStateIcon(pr);
   return (
-    <div className="flex items-start gap-3 px-4 py-3 hover:bg-muted/40 transition-colors">
+    <div
+      className="flex items-start gap-3 px-4 py-3 hover:bg-muted/40 transition-colors"
+      data-testid="pr-row"
+      data-pr-number={pr.number}
+    >
       <StateIcon className={cn("h-4 w-4 mt-1 shrink-0", stateIconClass)} />
       <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
         <Link
@@ -117,7 +135,11 @@ function PRRow({
         </div>
       </div>
       <div className="shrink-0">
-        <StartTaskMenu pr={pr} presets={presets} onStartTask={onStartTask} />
+        <StartTaskMenu
+          pr={pickPRForLaunch(pr, status)}
+          presets={presets}
+          onStartTask={onStartTask}
+        />
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/apps/web/components/github/my-github/quick-task-launcher.tsx b/apps/web/components/github/my-github/quick-task-launcher.tsx
index 03104a1dbc..f13ac32774 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/github/my-github/quick-task-launcher.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/github/my-github/quick-task-launcher.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ function matchRepo(repos: Repository[], owner: string, name: string): Repository
   );
 }
 
+function emptyToUndefined(value: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+  return value ? value : undefined;
+}
+
 function extractPayload(payload: LaunchPayload) {
   if (payload.kind === "pr") {
     return {
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ function extractPayload(payload: LaunchPayload) {
       title: payload.pr.title,
       owner: payload.pr.repo_owner,
       name: payload.pr.repo_name,
-      branch: payload.pr.head_branch,
+      branch: emptyToUndefined(payload.pr.head_branch),
     };
   }
   return {
@@ -60,6 +64,10 @@ function buildDialogState(payload: LaunchPayload, repositories: Repository[]): D
   const repo = matchRepo(repositories, data.owner, data.name);
   const description = payload.preset.prompt({ url: data.url, title: data.title });
   const title = `${payload.preset.label}: ${data.title}`;
+  // For a PR launch we want the dialog to display and check out the PR's head
+  // branch — matching the GitHub-URL-paste flow, where the branch selector
+  // auto-resolves to the PR head. Same branch for both: the chip shows it and
+  // the worktree checks it out.
   const checkoutBranch = payload.kind === "pr" ? data.branch : undefined;
   if (repo) {
     return {
diff --git a/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog-effects.ts b/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog-effects.ts
index a5a6802bcd..8274a57aa9 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog-effects.ts
+++ b/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog-effects.ts
@@ -99,11 +99,21 @@ export function useRepositoryAutoSelectEffect(
     } else if (repositories.length === 1) {
       pickId = repositories[0].id;
     }
-    void Promise.resolve().then(() =>
-      setRepositories([
-        pickId ? { key: "row-0", repositoryId: pickId, branch: "" } : { key: "row-0", branch: "" },
-      ]),
-    );
+    // Use the functional setter so the deferred microtask sees fresh state.
+    // Without this, a sibling effect (resetTaskForm / useLockedFieldSync) that
+    // seeds rows from `initialValues.repositoryId` synchronously races with
+    // this microtask — the microtask captured rows.length === 0 at queue time
+    // and would blindly clobber the initialValues-seeded row.
+    void Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+      setRepositories((prev) => {
+        if (prev.length > 0) return prev;
+        return [
+          pickId
+            ? { key: "row-0", repositoryId: pickId, branch: "" }
+            : { key: "row-0", branch: "" },
+        ];
+      });
+    });
   }, [open, repositories, rows, useGitHubUrl, workspaceId, setRepositories]);
 }
 
@@ -490,7 +500,7 @@ export function useTaskCreateDialogEffects(fs: DialogFormState, args: TaskCreate
   useDiscoverReposEffect(fs, open, workspaceId, repositoriesLoading, toast);
   useBranchAutoSelectEffect(fs);
   useCurrentLocalBranchEffect(fs, open, workspaceId, repositories);
-  useResetBranchOnLocalSwitchEffect(fs, isLocalExecutor);
+  useResetBranchOnLocalSwitchEffect(fs, isLocalExecutor, args.preserveBranch);
   useDefaultSelectionsEffect(fs, open, { agentProfiles, executors, workspaceDefaults }, workflows);
   useGitHubUrlBranchesEffect(fs, open);
 }
@@ -504,7 +514,11 @@ export function useTaskCreateDialogEffects(fs: DialogFormState, args: TaskCreate
 // tree. With the reset, switching to local always defaults to "current
 // branch on disk" and the user has to opt back into a different branch
 // explicitly.
-function useResetBranchOnLocalSwitchEffect(fs: DialogFormState, isLocalExecutor: boolean) {
+function useResetBranchOnLocalSwitchEffect(
+  fs: DialogFormState,
+  isLocalExecutor: boolean,
+  preserveBranch: string | undefined,
+) {
   const { repositories: rows, updateRepository } = fs;
   const wasLocalRef = useRef(isLocalExecutor);
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -512,7 +526,16 @@ function useResetBranchOnLocalSwitchEffect(fs: DialogFormState, isLocalExecutor:
     wasLocalRef.current = isLocalExecutor;
     if (!isLocalExecutor || prev) return; // only fire on false → true transition
     for (const row of rows) {
-      if (row.branch) updateRepository(row.key, { branch: "" });
+      // Preserve a branch the caller asked us to keep (e.g. the PR head branch
+      // when launching from a GitHub PR). Without this, the executor's async
+      // settle on dialog open looks like a worktree→local switch and clobbers
+      // the explicit branch choice, leaving the chip showing "current: main".
+      // Both `row.branch` and `preserveBranch` are bare branch names with no
+      // remote prefix — current callers (`initialValues.checkoutBranch` /
+      // `initialValues.branch`) never pass `origin/...` here.
+      if (row.branch && row.branch !== preserveBranch) {
+        updateRepository(row.key, { branch: "" });
+      }
     }
-  }, [isLocalExecutor, rows, updateRepository]);
+  }, [isLocalExecutor, rows, updateRepository, preserveBranch]);
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog-types.ts b/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog-types.ts
index 8daa0189e8..ffc0c68d01 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog-types.ts
+++ b/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog-types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type React from "react";
 import type { LocalRepository, Repository, Executor, Branch, Task } from "@/lib/types/http";
 import type { AgentProfileOption, WorkspaceState } from "@/lib/state/slices";
 import type {
@@ -128,6 +129,13 @@ export type TaskCreateEffectsArgs = {
    * worktree run that would trigger a destructive `git checkout` on submit.
    */
   isLocalExecutor: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Branch the caller wants preserved across the local-switch reset (e.g. the
+   * PR head branch when launching from a GitHub PR). The reset effect skips
+   * rows whose branch matches this value so the explicit caller choice isn't
+   * clobbered by the executor's async settle on mount.
+   */
+  preserveBranch?: string;
 };
 
 import type { FileAttachment } from "@/components/task/chat/file-attachment";
@@ -158,7 +166,7 @@ export type DialogFormState = {
    * order is the position the backend sees. There is no "primary" concept.
    */
   repositories: TaskRepoRow[];
-  setRepositories: (v: TaskRepoRow[]) => void;
+  setRepositories: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<TaskRepoRow[]>>;
   addRepository: () => void;
   removeRepository: (key: string) => void;
   updateRepository: (key: string, patch: Partial<TaskRepoRow>) => void;
@@ -265,7 +273,7 @@ export type SubmitHandlersDeps = {
   setHasTitle: (v: boolean) => void;
   setHasDescription: (v: boolean) => void;
   setTaskName: (v: string) => void;
-  setRepositories: (v: TaskRepoRow[]) => void;
+  setRepositories: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<TaskRepoRow[]>>;
   setGitHubBranch: (v: string) => void;
   setAgentProfileId: (v: string) => void;
   setExecutorId: (v: string) => void;
diff --git a/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog.tsx b/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog.tsx
index bf15108dbb..ce8c2de32d 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/task-create-dialog.tsx
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ export function useTaskCreateDialogSetup(props: TaskCreateDialogProps) {
     toast,
     workflows,
     isLocalExecutor: computed.isLocalExecutor,
+    preserveBranch: initialValues?.checkoutBranch || initialValues?.branch,
   });
   useLockedFieldSync(open, workflowId, initialValues, fs);
   const handlers = useDialogHandlers(fs, repositories);
diff --git a/apps/web/e2e/tests/task/create-task-from-pr-list.spec.ts b/apps/web/e2e/tests/task/create-task-from-pr-list.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27a25ff12a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/e2e/tests/task/create-task-from-pr-list.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import { test, expect } from "../../fixtures/test-base";
+import { makeGitEnv } from "../../helpers/git-helper";
+
+test.describe("Create task from GitHub PR list", () => {
+  // Cold-start backend boots can race on the first test in a worker.
+  test.describe.configure({ retries: 1 });
+
+  test("starting a task from a PR pre-fills the matching repo and the PR head branch", async ({
+    testPage,
+    apiClient,
+    seedData,
+    backend,
+  }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(60_000);
+
+    // seedData is worker-scoped, so the workspace can accumulate repos across
+    // test reruns. Use a unique owner/repo per invocation so matchRepo lands
+    // on exactly the one we just created.
+    const suffix = `${process.pid}-${Date.now()}`;
+    const ownerSlug = `owner-${suffix}`;
+    const repoSlug = `repo-${suffix}`;
+
+    // Create a real local git repo so the branch chip can enumerate branches.
+    // Both `main` and the PR head branch must exist locally — the chip lists
+    // local branches, not the GitHub mock's branches.
+    const repoDir = `${backend.tmpDir}/repos/pr-list-${suffix}`;
+    fs.mkdirSync(repoDir, { recursive: true });
+    const gitEnv = makeGitEnv(backend.tmpDir);
+    execSync("git init -b main", { cwd: repoDir, env: gitEnv });
+    execSync('git commit --allow-empty -m "init"', { cwd: repoDir, env: gitEnv });
+    execSync("git checkout -b feature/from-pr-list", { cwd: repoDir, env: gitEnv });
+    execSync('git commit --allow-empty -m "feature"', { cwd: repoDir, env: gitEnv });
+    execSync("git checkout main", { cwd: repoDir, env: gitEnv });
+
+    // Pre-seed a GitHub-backed repository that matches the mock PR's owner/repo.
+    // The launcher's matchRepo() looks up workspace repos by provider_owner/name.
+    await apiClient.createRepository(seedData.workspaceId, repoDir, "main", {
+      name: `${ownerSlug}/${repoSlug}`,
+      provider: "github",
+      provider_owner: ownerSlug,
+      provider_name: repoSlug,
+    });
+
+    await apiClient.mockGitHubReset();
+    await apiClient.mockGitHubSetUser("test-user");
+    await apiClient.mockGitHubAddBranches(ownerSlug, repoSlug, [
+      { name: "main" },
+      { name: "feature/from-pr-list" },
+    ]);
+    await apiClient.mockGitHubAddPRs([
+      {
+        number: 77,
+        title: "PR from GitHub page",
+        state: "open",
+        head_branch: "feature/from-pr-list",
+        base_branch: "main",
+        author_login: "test-user",
+        repo_owner: ownerSlug,
+        repo_name: repoSlug,
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    await testPage.goto("/github");
+
+    // Wait for the seeded PR row to render. The "Review requested" default
+    // preset matches because the mock user is the requested reviewer fallback
+    // for the seeded PR. We scope by data-pr-number to avoid catching any
+    // leftover PRs cached by previous tests.
+    const prRow = testPage.locator('[data-testid="pr-row"][data-pr-number="77"]');
+    await expect(prRow).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+
+    // Open the task launcher menu for this PR and choose the "Review" preset.
+    await prRow.getByTestId("pr-start-task-trigger").click();
+    await testPage.locator('[data-testid="pr-start-task-preset"][data-preset-id="review"]').click();
+
+    // The create-task dialog should open with the matching workspace repo
+    // selected and the PR head branch pre-filled in the branch chip.
+    const dialog = testPage.getByTestId("create-task-dialog");
+    await expect(dialog).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(dialog.getByTestId("repo-chip-trigger").first()).toContainText(
+      `${ownerSlug}/${repoSlug}`,
+    );
+    await expect(dialog.getByTestId("branch-chip-trigger").first()).toContainText(
+      "feature/from-pr-list",
+      { timeout: 10_000 },
+    );
+
+    // The dialog title should be derived from the preset + PR title.
+    await expect(testPage.getByTestId("task-title-input")).toHaveValue(
+      /Review: PR from GitHub page/,
+    );
+  });
+});