diff --git a/backend/apps/agents/browser/browser_agent.py b/backend/apps/agents/browser/browser_agent.py
index ef56738a..736d02e4 100644
--- a/backend/apps/agents/browser/browser_agent.py
+++ b/backend/apps/agents/browser/browser_agent.py
@@ -473,11 +473,14 @@ def delta_state(text: str, seen_lines: set[str]) -> str:
 # A button row whose name is exactly a Send control (not "Send InMail credit" or "Send a message to X"); used to hand the model the Send button after it types, so it never burns turns hunting a button that's right there.
 P_SEND_ROW_RE = re.compile(r'\[(\d+)\]\*?<\s*button\s+"([^"]*)"', re.I)
 
-# The submit-button labels across the popular composers, so the fast send-path COMPLETES on
-# X/IG/FB/Threads/YouTube, not just LinkedIn. EXACT match + button-only (P_SEND_ROW_RE) is the
-# safety: "Post" never matches "Post a job", a "Share" menuitem isn't a <button so it's excluded,
-# and every caller is post-fill (a hint, or the send-script's receipt-gated click), so a rare
-# opener-vs-submit mismatch fails safe (the composer just doesn't clear), never a false send.
+# TIGHT set for the ALWAYS-ON model hint (post_action_state). Kept to the unambiguous "Send" family
+# on purpose: this hint fires after ANY text fill, so a broad match ("Reply"/"Share"/"Comment"/
+# "Post") would mislabel a stray feed button as the Send button after an unrelated search fill.
+P_HINT_SEND_LABELS = frozenset({"send", "send now", "send message"})
+# BROAD submit vocabulary for the SEND-SCRIPT only (flag-gated + receipt-gated): lets the fast
+# send-path COMPLETE on X/IG/FB/Threads/YouTube. Safe ONLY there because the send-script re-verifies
+# the composer cleared the exact payload, so an opener-vs-submit mismatch fails safe, never a false
+# send. button-only (P_SEND_ROW_RE) + exact match keeps "Post" from matching "Post a job" etc.
 P_SEND_LABELS = frozenset({
     "send", "send now", "send message",              # LinkedIn / Gmail / DMs
     "post", "post all", "tweet", "reply",            # X / Threads compose + reply
@@ -486,8 +489,19 @@ P_SEND_LABELS = frozenset({
 
 
 def send_index_in_state(state_text: str):
-    """(index, name) of a real submit button in an interactives list, or None. Strict exact
-    match against P_SEND_LABELS so it never grabs an upsell or a profile 'Send a message' link."""
+    """(index, name) of a real Send button for the ALWAYS-ON model hint, or None. TIGHT exact match
+    (Send family only) so it never mislabels a common feed 'Reply'/'Share'/'Comment' button."""
+    for line in (state_text or "").splitlines():
+        m = P_SEND_ROW_RE.search(line)
+        if m and m.group(2).strip().lower() in P_HINT_SEND_LABELS:
+            return int(m.group(1)), m.group(2)
+    return None
+
+
+def send_submit_index_in_state(state_text: str):
+    """(index, name) of a submit button across the popular composers (Post/Reply/Tweet/...), for the
+    receipt-gated SEND-SCRIPT only. Broader than the hint matcher; safe because the send-script
+    verifies the composer cleared afterward, so a wrong match aborts, never sends."""
     for line in (state_text or "").splitlines():
         m = P_SEND_ROW_RE.search(line)
         if m and m.group(2).strip().lower() in P_SEND_LABELS:
@@ -1340,7 +1354,7 @@ async def run_browser_agent(
         try:
             p_script = await asyncio.wait_for(browser_send_script.run_send_script(
                 task, browser_id, tab_id, preloaded_perception,
-                execute_browser_tool, send_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox,
+                execute_browser_tool, send_submit_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox,
                 payload_source=user_prompt, current_url=current_url,
             ), timeout=30.0)
         except Exception as p_se:
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_browser_agent_loop.py b/backend/tests/test_browser_agent_loop.py
index 14f2f8a8..3f700fdb 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_browser_agent_loop.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_browser_agent_loop.py
@@ -1524,18 +1524,24 @@ def test_send_index_handoff_points_only_at_a_real_send_button():
     assert send_index_in_state("") is None
 
 
-def test_send_index_finds_the_popular_composers_submit_buttons():
-    # the generalization: the fast send-path must COMPLETE on X/IG/FB/YouTube, so the submit
-    # finder knows Post/Reply/Tweet/etc, not just LinkedIn's "Send".
-    from backend.apps.agents.browser.browser_agent import send_index_in_state
-    assert send_index_in_state('[3]<textbox "Post your reply">\n[8]<button "Reply">') == (8, "Reply")
-    assert send_index_in_state('[2]<textbox "What is happening?">\n[9]<button "Post">') == (9, "Post")
-    assert send_index_in_state('[4]<button "Tweet">') == (4, "Tweet")
-    assert send_index_in_state('[7]<button "Comment">') == (7, "Comment")
-    # exact + button-only keeps the safety: not a look-alike, not a menuitem, not an opener phrase
-    assert send_index_in_state('[5]<button "Post a job">') is None
-    assert send_index_in_state('[6]<menuitem "Share">') is None          # button-only excludes the Drive-Share false positive
-    assert send_index_in_state('[8]<button "Reply to Maya">') is None
+def test_send_submit_matcher_broad_but_hint_matcher_tight():
+    # SCOPING: the send-script's submit finder must know Post/Reply/Tweet/etc so the fast path
+    # COMPLETES on the giants; the ALWAYS-ON model hint must STAY tight so it never mislabels a
+    # stray feed 'Reply'/'Share'/'Comment' button as the Send button after an unrelated fill.
+    from backend.apps.agents.browser.browser_agent import send_index_in_state, send_submit_index_in_state
+    # broad (send-script) finds the popular composers' submit buttons
+    assert send_submit_index_in_state('[3]<textbox "Post your reply">\n[8]<button "Reply">') == (8, "Reply")
+    assert send_submit_index_in_state('[2]<textbox "What is happening?">\n[9]<button "Post">') == (9, "Post")
+    assert send_submit_index_in_state('[4]<button "Tweet">') == (4, "Tweet")
+    # exact + button-only keeps its own safety
+    assert send_submit_index_in_state('[5]<button "Post a job">') is None
+    assert send_submit_index_in_state('[6]<menuitem "Share">') is None
+    # TIGHT hint matcher: Send family only, and NOT the common feed buttons (the regression guard)
+    assert send_index_in_state('[44]<button "Send">') == (44, "Send")
+    assert send_index_in_state('[8]<button "Reply">') is None
+    assert send_index_in_state('[9]<button "Post">') is None
+    assert send_index_in_state('[7]<button "Comment">') is None
+    assert send_index_in_state('[3]<button "Share">') is None
 
 
 def test_strip_lone_surrogates():
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_browser_reveal.py b/backend/tests/test_browser_reveal.py
index 13441493..b0ce92fc 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_browser_reveal.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_browser_reveal.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ end, including the flag gating and the safety that reveal only forwards under th
 import pytest
 
 from backend.apps.agents.browser import browser_send_script as ss
-from backend.apps.agents.browser.browser_agent import send_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox
+from backend.apps.agents.browser.browser_agent import send_submit_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox
 
 TASK = "go to tyler chen's linkedin hes in entrepreneurs first and text him '[test] hello world r9-os'"
 NAMELESS = '[1]<link "Home">\n[2]<button "Search">'  # no name-matched composer, no opener
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async def test_structural_finder_fills_when_name_detector_misses(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("OSW_SENDSCRIPT_DRYRUN", "1")
     ex, calls = make_struct_exec({"found": True, "filled": True, "role": "contenteditable",
                                   "selector": '[data-osw-composer="1"]', "score": 6.2, "nearSubmit": True})
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK,
                                  current_url="https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/x/")
     assert r is not None and r["sent"] is False           # filled, stopped before the send
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async def test_structural_finder_declines_when_no_editable(monkeypatch):
     to the model path, never a false fire."""
     monkeypatch.setenv("OSW_COMPOSER_STRUCT", "1")
     ex, calls = make_struct_exec({"found": False})
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK, current_url="https://example.com/")
     assert r is None
     assert calls["find"] == 1
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async def test_structural_off_by_default_never_calls_finder(monkeypatch):
     is never invoked (the structural path can't perturb the default)."""
     monkeypatch.delenv("OSW_COMPOSER_STRUCT", raising=False)
     ex, calls = make_struct_exec({"found": True, "filled": True, "selector": "x", "role": "textarea"})
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK, current_url="https://example.com/")
     assert r is None
     assert calls["find"] == 0
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ async def test_reveal_flag_passed_to_finder_when_enabled(monkeypatch):
     ex, calls = make_struct_exec({"found": True, "filled": True, "role": "contenteditable",
                                   "selector": '[data-osw-composer="1"]', "score": 6.0,
                                   "nearSubmit": True, "reveals": ["trigger"]})
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK,
                                  current_url="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/")
     assert r is not None and r["sent"] is False
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ async def test_cross_nav_retry_after_open_first_navigates(monkeypatch):
          "selector": '[data-osw-composer="1"]', "score": 6.0, "reveals": ["scroll"]},
     ]
     ex, calls = make_struct_exec(seq)
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK,
                                  current_url="https://www.reddit.com/r/test")
     assert r is not None and r["sent"] is False
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ async def test_cross_nav_no_retry_when_reveal_did_not_navigate(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("OSW_COMPOSER_STRUCT", "1")
     monkeypatch.setenv("OSW_COMPOSER_REVEAL", "1")
     ex, calls = make_struct_exec({"found": False, "reveals": ["trigger:noop", "open-first:noop", "scroll"]})
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK, current_url="https://example.com/")
     assert r is None
     assert calls["find"] == 1
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ async def test_reveal_flag_off_by_default(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("OSW_COMPOSER_STRUCT", "1")
     monkeypatch.delenv("OSW_COMPOSER_REVEAL", raising=False)
     ex, calls = make_struct_exec({"found": False})
-    await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NAMELESS, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                              payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK, current_url="https://example.com/")
     find_call = next(c for c in calls["clicks"] if c[0] == "BrowserFindComposer")
     assert find_call[1].get("reveal") is False
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_browser_send_script.py b/backend/tests/test_browser_send_script.py
index 670d564e..3c758ab1 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_browser_send_script.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_browser_send_script.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ the correctness the live run would prove is."""
 import pytest
 
 from backend.apps.agents.browser import browser_send_script as ss
-from backend.apps.agents.browser.browser_agent import send_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox
+from backend.apps.agents.browser.browser_agent import send_submit_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox
 
 PROFILE = '[22]*<link "Tyler Chen Premium 1st">\n[50]*<link "Message">\n[51]<button "Follow">'
 COMPOSER_EMPTY = '[2]<textbox "Write a message">\n[9]<button "Attach">'
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ PROFILE_URL = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerchen1200/"
 
 async def run(task, state0, list_script, url=THREAD_URL):
     ex, calls = make_exec(list_script)
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(task, "b1", "", state0, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(task, "b1", "", state0, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, current_url=url)
     return r, calls
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ async def test_surface_gate_declines_when_no_composer_in_perception():
     messaging opener declines UNTOUCHED, regardless of URL, so the script never fires
     where a fill would land nowhere useful."""
     ex, calls = make_exec([COMPOSER_FILLED, COMPOSER_FILLED, COMPOSER_SENT])
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NO_COMPOSER, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", NO_COMPOSER, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK, current_url=FEED_URL)
     assert r is None
     assert not calls["clicks"]
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async def test_surface_gate_fires_on_a_NON_linkedin_composer():
     X_FILLED = '[3]<textbox "Post your reply" value="[test] hello world r9-os">\n[8]<button "Reply">'
     X_SENT = '[3]<textbox "Post your reply">\n[1]<link "Home">'
     ex, calls = make_exec([X_FILLED, X_FILLED, X_SENT])
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", X_COMPOSER, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", X_COMPOSER, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK,
                                  current_url="https://x.com/messages/123")
     assert r is not None and r["sent"] is True
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async def test_surface_gate_allows_profile_overlay():
     """The profile /in/ overlay is winnable via click-by-name (ground truth: its Send
     ranks out of the list but is a real button), so it's back in scope, not declined."""
     ex, calls = make_exec([COMPOSER_FILLED_NO_SEND, COMPOSER_FILLED_NO_SEND, COMPOSER_SENT])
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", COMPOSER_EMPTY, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", COMPOSER_EMPTY, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK, current_url=PROFILE_URL)
     assert r is not None and r["sent"] is True
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ async def test_send_via_click_by_name_when_send_absent_from_ranked_list():
     box but NO Send in the capped numbered list. The script falls back to
     click-by-name (the model's own send path there) and the receipt still passes."""
     ex, calls = make_exec([COMPOSER_FILLED_NO_SEND, COMPOSER_FILLED_NO_SEND, COMPOSER_SENT])
-    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", COMPOSER_EMPTY, ex, send_index_in_state,
+    r = await ss.run_send_script(TASK, "b1", "", COMPOSER_EMPTY, ex, send_submit_index_in_state,
                                  payload_in_textbox, payload_source=TASK, current_url=THREAD_URL)
     assert r is not None and r["sent"] is True
     # the send went through click-by-name, not an index click
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ async def test_composed_task_brief_quotes_fire_via_payload_source():
     real dispatch (r242/r243 declined live); the raw user prompt rides separately."""
     ex, calls = make_exec([COMPOSER_FILLED, COMPOSER_FILLED, COMPOSER_SENT])
     r = await ss.run_send_script(COMPOSED, "b1", "", COMPOSER_EMPTY, ex,
-                                 send_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox,
+                                 send_submit_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox,
                                  payload_source=TASK, current_url=THREAD_URL)
     assert r is not None and r["sent"] is True
     assert r["payload"] == "[test] hello world r9-os"
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ async def test_readonly_probe_never_fires():
     )
     ex, calls = make_exec([COMPOSER_FILLED, COMPOSER_FILLED, COMPOSER_SENT])
     r = await ss.run_send_script(probe, "b1", "", COMPOSER_EMPTY, ex,
-                                 send_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox,
+                                 send_submit_index_in_state, payload_in_textbox,
                                  payload_source=TASK, current_url=THREAD_URL)
     assert r is None
     assert not calls["clicks"]