diff --git a/ena-planner/ena-planner.js b/ena-planner/ena-planner.js
index 37da073..c0c28c7 100644
--- a/ena-planner/ena-planner.js
+++ b/ena-planner/ena-planner.js
@@ -1274,6 +1274,10 @@ async function runPlanningOnce(rawUserInput, silent = false, options = {}) {
 function getSendTextarea() { return document.getElementById('send_textarea'); }
 function getSendButton() { return document.getElementById('send_but') || document.getElementById('send_button'); }
 
+function isTrivialPlannerInput(text) {
+    return _bmeRuntime?.isTrivialUserInput?.(text)?.trivial === true;
+}
+
 function shouldInterceptNow() {
     const s = ensureSettings();
     if (!s.enabled || state.isPlanning) return false;
@@ -1281,6 +1285,7 @@ function shouldInterceptNow() {
     if (!ta) return false;
     const txt = String(ta.value ?? '').trim();
     if (!txt) return false;
+    if (isTrivialPlannerInput(txt)) return false;
     if (state.bypassNextSend) return false;
     if (s.skipIfPlotPresent && /<plot\b/i.test(txt)) return false;
     return true;
@@ -1293,6 +1298,7 @@ async function doInterceptAndPlanThenSend() {
 
     const raw = String(ta.value ?? '').trim();
     if (!raw) return;
+    if (isTrivialPlannerInput(raw)) return;
 
     state.isPlanning = true;
     setSendUIBusy(true);
diff --git a/event-binding.js b/event-binding.js
index 07ea609..4c4602f 100644
--- a/event-binding.js
+++ b/event-binding.js
@@ -315,8 +315,6 @@ export function onGenerationStartedController(
       : "";
   const snapshotText =
     runtime.normalizeRecallInputText?.(pendingIntentText || textareaText) || "";
-
-  if (!snapshotText) return null;
   const trivialInputResult = runtime.isTrivialUserInput?.(snapshotText);
   if (trivialInputResult?.trivial) {
     const context = runtime.getContext?.() || {};
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 24de30f..1168f53 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6662,22 +6662,17 @@ function buildNormalGenerationRecallInput(chat, options = {}) {
         }
       : null,
   ].filter(Boolean);
+  const activeTrivialSkip = getCurrentGenerationTrivialSkip();
+  if (activeTrivialSkip) {
+    clearPendingRecallSendIntent();
+    clearPendingHostGenerationInputSnapshot();
+    return createTrivialRecallSkipSentinel(activeTrivialSkip.reason);
+  }
+
   const selectedCandidate = sourceCandidates[0] || null;
   if (!selectedCandidate?.text) return null;
 
   const trivialInputResult = isTrivialUserInput(selectedCandidate.text);
-  const activeTrivialSkip = getCurrentGenerationTrivialSkip();
-  if (activeTrivialSkip) {
-    if (!trivialInputResult.trivial) {
-      clearCurrentGenerationTrivialSkip("stale-trivial-skip-replaced");
-    } else {
-      clearPendingRecallSendIntent();
-      clearPendingHostGenerationInputSnapshot();
-      return createTrivialRecallSkipSentinel(
-        activeTrivialSkip.reason || trivialInputResult.reason,
-      );
-    }
-  }
 
   if (trivialInputResult.trivial) {
     clearPendingRecallSendIntent();
@@ -9837,6 +9832,7 @@ async function onReembedDirect() {
     await initEnaPlanner({
       getContext,
       getExtensionPath: () => `scripts/extensions/third-party/${MODULE_NAME}`,
+      isTrivialUserInput,
       preparePlannerRecallHandoff,
       runPlannerRecallForEna,
     });
diff --git a/tests/trivial-user-input.mjs b/tests/trivial-user-input.mjs
index 8a4ad4d..ba8402f 100644
--- a/tests/trivial-user-input.mjs
+++ b/tests/trivial-user-input.mjs
@@ -89,6 +89,28 @@ async function testUnderMinTokensSkipsRecallAndExtraction() {
   assert.equal(harness.result.getCurrentGenerationTrivialSkip(), null);
 }
 
+async function testEmptyInputSkipsPriorHistoryFallback() {
+  const harness = await createGenerationRecallHarness();
+  harness.chat = [{ is_user: true, mes: "older real user message" }];
+  harness.__sendTextareaValue = "   ";
+
+  const startResult = harness.result.onGenerationStarted("normal", {}, false);
+  assert.equal(startResult, null);
+  assert.equal(
+    harness.result.getCurrentGenerationTrivialSkip()?.reason,
+    "empty",
+  );
+
+  await harness.result.onGenerationAfterCommands("normal", {}, false);
+  assert.equal(harness.runRecallCalls.length, 0);
+
+  const beforeCombine = await harness.result.onBeforeCombinePrompts();
+  assert.deepEqual(beforeCombine, {
+    skipped: true,
+    reason: "trivial:empty",
+  });
+}
+
 async function testNormalInputStillRecalls() {
   const harness = await createGenerationRecallHarness();
   harness.chat = [];
@@ -263,6 +285,7 @@ await Promise.resolve();
 testIsTrivialUserInputTable();
 await testSlashCommandSkipsRecallAndExtraction();
 await testUnderMinTokensSkipsRecallAndExtraction();
+await testEmptyInputSkipsPriorHistoryFallback();
 await testNormalInputStillRecalls();
 await testSentinelBlocksHistoryFallback();
 await testAfterCommandsTrivialSentinelMarksExtractionBypass();