diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/agent-hub.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/agent-hub.ts
index 39dd997e6..fd85bd748 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/agent-hub.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/agent-hub.ts
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ export class AgentHubOverlayComponent extends Container {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Whether the table view has no agents to show (every registered agent except
-	 * Main, after the persisted-subagent scan in the constructor). The double-←
-	 * gesture reads this to stay inert when there is nothing to open.
+	 * Whether the current table view has no agents to show (every registered agent
+	 * except Main). Persisted historical rows may arrive later; callers that need
+	 * those included must wait for {@link persistedSubagentsReady} first.
 	 */
 	get isEmpty(): boolean {
 		return this.#rows.length === 0;
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/controllers/selector-controller.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/controllers/selector-controller.ts
index b52d72668..92b8a1ac7 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/controllers/selector-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/controllers/selector-controller.ts
@@ -1426,18 +1426,27 @@ export class SelectorController {
 			sessionFile: this.ctx.sessionManager.getSessionFile() ?? null,
 		});
 
-		// The double-← gesture passes requireContent so it stays inert when there
-		// are no subagents to show; the explicit hub/observe keys still open the
-		// empty roster. The freshly built hub already ran the persisted-subagent
-		// scan, so its row count is the authoritative "is there anything to show".
+		const showReadyHub = () => {
+			// The double-← gesture passes requireContent so it stays inert when
+			// neither live nor persisted subagents are available. Persisted rows now
+			// load asynchronously, so defer the gate until that scan has refreshed the
+			// hub instead of treating the initial empty table as authoritative.
+			if (options?.requireContent && hub.isEmpty) {
+				hub.dispose();
+				return;
+			}
+
+			this.ctx.editorContainer.clear();
+			this.ctx.editorContainer.addChild(hub);
+			this.ctx.ui.setFocus(hub);
+			this.ctx.ui.requestRender();
+		};
+
 		if (options?.requireContent && hub.isEmpty) {
-			hub.dispose();
+			void hub.persistedSubagentsReady.then(showReadyHub);
 			return;
 		}
 
-		this.ctx.editorContainer.clear();
-		this.ctx.editorContainer.addChild(hub);
-		this.ctx.ui.setFocus(hub);
-		this.ctx.ui.requestRender();
+		showReadyHub();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-hub-activate.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-hub-activate.test.ts
index 1da36d345..8221e77da 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-hub-activate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/agent-hub-activate.test.ts
@@ -188,8 +188,9 @@ describe("Agent hub double-← gating", () => {
 		resetSettingsForTest();
 	});
 
-	function setup(agents: AgentRegistry) {
+	function setup(agents: AgentRegistry, sessionFile: string | null = null) {
 		let shown: AgentHubOverlayComponent | undefined;
+		const shownReady = Promise.withResolvers<AgentHubOverlayComponent>();
 		const editor = {};
 		const ctx = {
 			keybindings: { getKeys: () => [] },
@@ -201,17 +202,20 @@ describe("Agent hub double-← gating", () => {
 			editorContainer: {
 				clear: () => {},
 				addChild: (child: unknown) => {
-					if (child !== editor) shown = child as AgentHubOverlayComponent;
+					if (child !== editor) {
+						shown = child as AgentHubOverlayComponent;
+						shownReady.resolve(shown);
+					}
 				},
 			},
 			collabGuest: { agentRegistry: agents, hubRemote: undefined },
 			focusAgentSession: async () => {},
 			session: { getToolByName: () => undefined, extensionRunner: undefined },
-			sessionManager: { getCwd: () => TEST_CWD, getSessionFile: () => null },
+			sessionManager: { getCwd: () => TEST_CWD, getSessionFile: () => sessionFile },
 			hideThinkingBlock: false,
 		};
 		const controller = new SelectorController(ctx as unknown as InteractiveModeContext);
-		return { controller, shown: () => shown };
+		return { controller, shown: () => shown, shownReady: shownReady.promise };
 	}
 
 	function registerWorker(agents: AgentRegistry) {
@@ -254,6 +258,24 @@ describe("Agent hub double-← gating", () => {
 		shown()!.dispose();
 	});
 
+	it("requireContent opens the hub after persisted subagents load", async () => {
+		using tempDir = TempDir.createSync("@omp-agent-hub-require-content-");
+		const sessionFile = path.join(tempDir.path(), "main.jsonl");
+		const workerSessionFile = path.join(tempDir.path(), "main", "Worker.jsonl");
+		await Bun.write(sessionFile, "");
+		await Bun.write(workerSessionFile, "");
+		const agents = new AgentRegistry();
+		const { controller, shown, shownReady } = setup(agents, sessionFile);
+
+		controller.showAgentHub(new SessionObserverRegistry(), { requireContent: true });
+
+		expect(shown()).toBeUndefined();
+		const shownHub = await shownReady;
+		expect(shownHub).toBeDefined();
+		expect(agents.get("Worker")?.sessionFile).toBe(workerSessionFile);
+		shownHub!.dispose();
+	});
+
 	it("the explicit hub key opens the empty roster even with no subagents", () => {
 		const agents = new AgentRegistry();
 		const { controller, shown } = setup(agents);