Agent Host can send a queued steering message after removal or while it is being edited
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## Description
In an Agent Host chat in the Agents Window, a queued steering message can still be delivered after the user removes it from the queue. A steering message can also be delivered automatically while the user is actively editing that queued item.
Both behaviors make the visible queue state unreliable: removing a message does not reliably cancel it, and editing does not protect it from being consumed with incomplete or unintended content.
## Scenario 1: removed message is still sent
1. Start an Agent Host turn that runs long enough to accept steering messages.
2. Add a steering message to the queue.
3. Remove the steering message from the queue before it is delivered.
4. Let the current agent activity continue.
**Actual:** The removed steering message is subsequently sent to the agent.
**Expected:** Removing a queued steering message atomically cancels delivery. Once it disappears from the queue, it must never be sent.
## Scenario 2: message is sent while being edited
1. Start an Agent Host turn that runs long enough to accept steering messages.
2. Add a steering message to the queue.
3. Begin editing the queued message.
4. Keep the editor active while the queue would otherwise advance.
**Actual:** The steering message can be sent while it is still being edited.
**Expected:** Queue processing pauses for an item while it is being edited. The item should become eligible for delivery only after the edit is explicitly saved or otherwise completed.
## Related issues
- #289499 specifies that queue auto-send must not occur while a user is editing a queued item and that dismiss removes the item from the queue.
- #321389 addressed the visibility and placement of the cancellation UI, but not delivery after cancellation.
This report concerns the underlying queue state/delivery race rather than whether the controls are visible.
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