diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-profiles-picker.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-profiles-picker.spec.ts
index d67de4da36..5dd5734710 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-profiles-picker.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-profiles-picker.spec.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@ import {
   expectAgentProfilesEmptyPrompt,
   expectProfileEditTooltip,
   expectComposerMode,
+  expectCreateProfileFromModelRow,
   expectComposerModel,
+  expectModelRowProfileActionBesideRow,
   expectModelRowSelected,
   expectProfileEditIsPencilOnly,
   expectProfileVisibleForProvider,
   openModelPicker,
   openAgentProfilesFromEmptyPrompt,
   seedAgentProfiles,
+  selectModelRow,
 } from "../support/helpers/agent-profiles";
 import { expectWorkspaceAgentConfiguration } from "../support/helpers/command-center-agent-controls";
 import { expectComposerVisible } from "../support/helpers/composer";
@@ -115,4 +118,34 @@ test.describe("Agent profiles in the model picker", () => {
       await seed.restore();
     }
   });
+
+  test("a model row and its create-profile action are separate buttons", async ({ page }) => {
+    const seed = await seedAgentProfiles([]);
+    const workspace = await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+      repoPrefix: "agent-profiles-row-action-",
+      title: "Agent profiles row action",
+      model: "ten-second-stream",
+      modeId: "load-test",
+    });
+
+    try {
+      const oneMinute = {
+        provider: "mock",
+        modelId: "one-minute-stream",
+        modelLabel: "One minute stream",
+      };
+      await openAgentRoute(page, workspace);
+      await expectComposerVisible(page);
+      await openModelPicker(page);
+      await expectModelRowProfileActionBesideRow(page, oneMinute);
+      await expectCreateProfileFromModelRow(page, oneMinute);
+      await expectComposerModel(page, "Ten second stream");
+      await openModelPicker(page);
+      await selectModelRow(page, oneMinute);
+      await expectComposerModel(page, oneMinute.modelLabel);
+    } finally {
+      await workspace.cleanup();
+      await seed.restore();
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/support/helpers/agent-profiles.ts b/packages/app/e2e/support/helpers/agent-profiles.ts
index d9bd9c4044..a538d256c0 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/support/helpers/agent-profiles.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/support/helpers/agent-profiles.ts
@@ -482,6 +482,50 @@ export async function expectModelRowSelected(
   ).toHaveAttribute("aria-selected", "true", { timeout: 30_000 });
 }
 
+function modelRow(page: Page, input: { provider: string; modelId: string }): Locator {
+  return pickerViewport(page).getByTestId(`model-row-${input.provider}-${input.modelId}`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * A model row's profile action is its own button. On web, a button inside the
+ * row's button is invalid HTML that React reports on every render.
+ */
+export async function expectModelRowProfileActionBesideRow(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { provider: string; modelId: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+  const row = modelRow(page, input);
+  await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await expect(pickerViewport(page).locator("button button")).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(row.getByRole("button")).toHaveCount(0);
+}
+
+/** The hover-revealed plus on an unprofiled model row opens a seeded profile form. */
+export async function expectCreateProfileFromModelRow(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { provider: string; modelId: string; modelLabel: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+  await modelRow(page, input).hover();
+  await pickerViewport(page)
+    .getByTestId(`model-create-profile-${input.provider}-${input.modelId}`)
+    .click();
+  const modal = editModal(page);
+  await expect(modal).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  await expect(modal.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Name", exact: true })).toHaveValue(
+    input.modelLabel,
+  );
+  await expect(modal.getByRole("button", { name: `Model (${input.modelLabel})` })).toBeVisible();
+  await modal.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel", exact: true }).click();
+  await expect(modal).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 30_000 });
+}
+
+export async function selectModelRow(
+  page: Page,
+  input: { provider: string; modelId: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+  await modelRow(page, input).click();
+}
+
 // ─── Cross-provider model search ───────────────────────────────────────────
 
 export async function searchAllModels(page: Page, query: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/model-browser.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/model-browser.tsx
index 67cb8d23ce..9d0c8f8bc3 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/model-browser.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/model-browser.tsx
@@ -625,13 +625,6 @@ function ModelRowProfileAction({
 }) {
   const isCompact = useIsCompactFormFactor();
   const visible = hovered || isNative || isCompact;
-  const handlePress = useCallback(
-    (event: GestureResponderEvent) => {
-      event.stopPropagation();
-      onPress();
-    },
-    [onPress],
-  );
   const pressableStyle = useCallback(
     ({ hovered: buttonHovered, pressed }: PressableStateCallbackType & { hovered?: boolean }) => [
       styles.rowIconButton,
@@ -645,7 +638,7 @@ function ModelRowProfileAction({
     <Tooltip delayDuration={250} enabledOnDesktop enabledOnMobile={false}>
       <TooltipTrigger asChild>
         <Pressable
-          onPress={handlePress}
+          onPress={onPress}
           hitSlop={8}
           style={pressableStyle}
           pointerEvents={visible ? "auto" : "none"}
@@ -778,7 +771,6 @@ function ModelRow({
   const pressableStyle = useCallback(
     ({ hovered, pressed }: PressableStateCallbackType & { hovered?: boolean }) => [
       styles.browserRow,
-      styles.browserModelRow,
       Boolean(hovered) && styles.browserRowHovered,
       pressed && styles.browserRowPressed,
     ],
@@ -787,7 +779,7 @@ function ModelRow({
 
   return (
     <View
-      style={styles.modelRowHoverBoundary}
+      style={[styles.modelRowHoverBoundary, styles.browserModelRow]}
       onPointerEnter={handlePointerEnter}
       onPointerLeave={handlePointerLeave}
     >
@@ -815,10 +807,17 @@ function ModelRow({
                 <ThemedCheck size={ICON_SIZE.sm} uniProps={foregroundMutedMapping} />
               ) : null}
             </View>
-            {profileAction}
+            {profileAction ? <View style={styles.rowIconButton} /> : null}
           </View>
         </View>
       </ModelBrowserPressable>
+      {/* The row renders a <button> on web, so its profile action sits beside it,
+          over the slot reserved above, rather than inside it. */}
+      {profileAction ? (
+        <View style={styles.modelRowProfileActionSlot} pointerEvents="box-none">
+          {profileAction}
+        </View>
+      ) : null}
     </View>
   );
 }
@@ -1590,6 +1589,13 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
   modelRowHoverBoundary: {
     position: "relative",
   },
+  modelRowProfileActionSlot: {
+    position: "absolute",
+    top: 0,
+    bottom: 0,
+    right: isWeb ? theme.spacing[3] : theme.spacing[6],
+    justifyContent: "center",
+  },
   browserModelRow: isWeb ? {} : { marginBottom: theme.spacing[1] },
   browserRowHovered: {
     backgroundColor: theme.colors.surface1,