diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-slash-completions.ts b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-slash-completions.ts
index a41e7f561c..0f364c5ccd 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-slash-completions.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-slash-completions.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   type DesktopThemeCommandOption,
   filterDesktopCommandsCatalog,
   isDesktopSlashExtensionCommand,
-  isDesktopSlashSuggestion,
+  isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions,
   rankSkillCommands,
   slashCompletionGroup
 } from '@/lib/desktop-slash-commands'
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ export function useSlashCompletions(options: {
         const isArgCompletion = replaceFrom > 1
         const prefix = isArgCompletion ? text.slice(0, replaceFrom) : ''
 
+        // An alias the user typed to completion (`/reset`) must surface even
+        // though aliases are hidden while browsing — otherwise the popover
+        // says "no matches" for a command Enter happily executes (#57641).
+        // Only an EXACT match unlocks it; a partial prefix keeps hiding.
+        const exactAliasQuery = isArgCompletion ? undefined : commandText(query).toLowerCase()
+
         const decorated = (result.items ?? [])
           .map(item => {
             if (!isArgCompletion) {
@@ -231,7 +237,10 @@ export function useSlashCompletions(options: {
 
             return { ...item, text: `${prefix}${argText}` }
           })
-          .filter(item => isArgCompletion || isDesktopSlashSuggestion(item.text))
+          .filter(
+            item =>
+              isArgCompletion || isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions(item.text, { exactAlias: exactAliasQuery })
+          )
           .map(item => ({
             ...item,
             // Arg suggestions (e.g. `/handoff <platform>`) live under one
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.test.ts
index d8620a985b..c49dedc118 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   isDesktopSlashCommand,
   isDesktopSlashExtensionCommand,
   isDesktopSlashSuggestion,
+  isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions,
   isModelPickerCommand,
   isPickerCommand,
   rankSkillCommands,
@@ -149,6 +150,22 @@ describe('desktop slash command curation', () => {
     expect(isDesktopSlashCommand('/reset')).toBe(true)
   })
 
+  it('surfaces an alias the user typed exactly, gated on desktop availability (#57641)', () => {
+    // Browsing (no exact query): aliases stay hidden — popover stays lean.
+    expect(isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions('/reset')).toBe(false)
+    // Exact typed query: the alias must appear, not "no matches".
+    expect(isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions('/reset', { exactAlias: '/reset' })).toBe(true)
+    expect(isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions('/reset', { exactAlias: 'reset' })).toBe(true)
+    // Partial prefixes and other queries keep aliases hidden.
+    expect(isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions('/reset', { exactAlias: 're' })).toBe(false)
+    expect(isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions('/reset', { exactAlias: '/new' })).toBe(false)
+    // A different alias never rides along with this query.
+    expect(isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions('/fork', { exactAlias: '/reset' })).toBe(false)
+    // Aliases whose canonical has no desktop surface stay hidden even on an
+    // exact match (isDesktopSlashCommand gate).
+    expect(isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions('/reload_mcp', { exactAlias: '/reload_mcp' })).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('filters built-in catalog noise but keeps skill / quick-command extensions', () => {
     const filtered = filterDesktopCommandsCatalog({
       categories: [
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts
index f952882106..f8308969a4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts
@@ -556,10 +556,28 @@ export function isDesktopSlashCommand(command: string): boolean {
 
 /** Gates discovery in the popover/completions. */
 export function isDesktopSlashSuggestion(command: string): boolean {
+  return isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions(command, {})
+}
+
+/**
+ * Same gate, with the one escape hatch the composer needs: an alias the user
+ * typed EXACTLY (`/reset`, not a browsing prefix) must surface, or the empty
+ * "no matches" popover reads as "this command doesn't exist" while Enter still
+ * executes it (#57641). Gated on `isDesktopSlashCommand` so aliases whose
+ * canonical has no desktop surface (e.g. `/reload_mcp`) stay hidden.
+ */
+export function isDesktopSlashSuggestionWithOptions(
+  command: string,
+  options: { exactAlias?: string } = {}
+): boolean {
   const normalized = normalizeCommand(command)
 
   // Aliases stay hidden so the popover isn't cluttered with duplicates.
   if (isAliasCommand(normalized)) {
+    if (options.exactAlias != null) {
+      return normalizeCommand(options.exactAlias) === normalized && isDesktopSlashCommand(normalized)
+    }
+
     return false
   }