diff --git a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
index 1952aab6..a098d258 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
+++ b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.filter
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onEach
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
 private val log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ServerModule::class.java)
@@ -220,35 +221,7 @@ class ServerModule(
                         ),
                     )
                 }
-                // Bind the per-repo project profile (curated .correx/project.toml) as an event so
-                // stages and replay read the recorded snapshot, never the live file (invariants #8/#9).
-                val workspaceRoot = runCatching {
-                    sessionRepository.getSession(sessionId).state.boundWorkspace?.workspaceRoot
-                }.getOrNull() ?: projectMemory?.repoRoot()
-                workspaceRoot?.let { root ->
-                    val projectProfile = ProjectProfileLoader.load(root)
-                    if (!projectProfile.isEmpty()) {
-                        eventStore.append(
-                            NewEvent(
-                                metadata = EventMetadata(
-                                    eventId = EventId(java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString()),
-                                    sessionId = sessionId,
-                                    timestamp = Clock.System.now(),
-                                    schemaVersion = 1,
-                                    causationId = null,
-                                    correlationId = null,
-                                ),
-                                payload = ProjectProfileBoundEvent(
-                                    sessionId = sessionId,
-                                    workspaceRoot = root,
-                                    about = projectProfile.about,
-                                    conventions = projectProfile.conventions,
-                                    commands = projectProfile.commands,
-                                ),
-                            ),
-                        )
-                    }
-                }
+                bindProjectProfile(sessionId)
                 runCatching {
                     orchestrator.run(sessionId, graph, sessionConfig)
                     // After a successful freestyle planning run, lock the plan and execute phase 2.
@@ -290,6 +263,38 @@ class ServerModule(
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Bind the per-repo project profile (curated .correx/project.toml) as an event so stages,
+     * router chat triage, and replay read the recorded snapshot, never the live file
+     * (invariants #8/#9). Shared by the workflow path and the chat-session path.
+     */
+    suspend fun bindProjectProfile(sessionId: SessionId) {
+        val workspaceRoot = runCatching {
+            sessionRepository.getSession(sessionId).state.boundWorkspace?.workspaceRoot
+        }.getOrNull() ?: projectMemory?.repoRoot() ?: return
+        val projectProfile = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { ProjectProfileLoader.load(workspaceRoot) }
+        if (projectProfile.isEmpty()) return
+        eventStore.append(
+            NewEvent(
+                metadata = EventMetadata(
+                    eventId = EventId(java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString()),
+                    sessionId = sessionId,
+                    timestamp = Clock.System.now(),
+                    schemaVersion = 1,
+                    causationId = null,
+                    correlationId = null,
+                ),
+                payload = ProjectProfileBoundEvent(
+                    sessionId = sessionId,
+                    workspaceRoot = workspaceRoot,
+                    about = projectProfile.about,
+                    conventions = projectProfile.conventions,
+                    commands = projectProfile.commands,
+                ),
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
     private fun launchSessionResume(sessionId: SessionId, graph: com.correx.core.transitions.graph.WorkflowGraph) {
         activeSessionJobs.computeIfAbsent(sessionId) {
             moduleScope.launch {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ws/GlobalStreamHandler.kt b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ws/GlobalStreamHandler.kt
index df499216..af657546 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ws/GlobalStreamHandler.kt
+++ b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ws/GlobalStreamHandler.kt
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ class GlobalStreamHandler(private val module: ServerModule) {
             payload = ChatSessionStartedEvent(sessionId = sessionId),
         ))
 
+        // Bind the per-repo project profile so router triage can cite conventions/commands.
+        // Parity with launchSessionRun — chat sessions previously never bound a profile.
+        runCatching { module.bindProjectProfile(sessionId) }
+            .onFailure { log.warn("project profile binding failed for chat session={}: {}", sessionId.value, it.message) }
+
         runCatching {
             module.routerFacade.onUserInput(sessionId, msg.text)
         }.onFailure {