diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabFragment.kt
index a9af4a869666..7731d09efd68 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabFragment.kt
@@ -3108,7 +3108,13 @@ class BrowserTabFragment :
                 val anchor = duckChatButtonAnchor
                 duckChatButtonAnchor = null
                 viewLifecycleOwner.lifecycleScope.launch(dispatchers.main()) {
-                    duckChatContextual.launch(tabId, sourceUrl, anchor) { showDuckChatContextualSheet(tabId) }
+                    duckChatContextual.launch(tabId, sourceUrl, anchor) {
+                        if (sourceUrl == null) {
+                            viewModel.openDuckChatFromOmnibar(query = null, hasFocus = false, isNtp = true)
+                        } else {
+                            showDuckChatContextualSheet(tabId)
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
             is Command.StartAddressBarTrackersAnimation -> {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
index 97e4517e46a0..9febf504706c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
@@ -5897,37 +5897,49 @@ class BrowserTabViewModel @Inject constructor(
         }
 
         when {
-            // Contextual chat is about the page you're viewing, so it's only offered from the
-            // unfocused omnibar. Once the omnibar is focused (composing), fall through to full-screen
-            // Duck.ai.
-            duckAiFeatureState.showContextualMode.value && !isNtp && !hasFocus -> {
+            // Contextual chat is about the page you're viewing, so on a page it's only offered from
+            // the unfocused omnibar: once focused (composing), fall through to full-screen Duck.ai.
+            // The NTP omnibar is focused from the start, so there the menu hangs off an empty query
+            // instead, and only when it carries the Chats entry alongside New Chat.
+            duckAiFeatureState.showContextualMode.value &&
+                if (isNtp) query.isNullOrBlank() else !hasFocus -> {
                 command.value = Command.ShowDuckAIContextualMode(tabId, url)
             }
 
-            else -> {
-                val (url, submittedAiPrompt) = when {
-                    hasFocus && isNtp && query.isNullOrBlank() -> duckChat.getDuckChatUrl(query ?: "", false) to false
-                    hasFocus && queryUrlPredictor.isUrl(query ?: "") -> (query ?: "") to false
-                    hasFocus -> duckChat.getDuckChatUrl(query ?: "", true) to !query.isNullOrBlank()
-                    else -> duckChat.getDuckChatUrl(query ?: "", false) to false
-                }
-                if (duckChat.isDuckChatUrl(url.toUri())) {
-                    if (submittedAiPrompt) {
-                        browserInteractionsPlugins.getPlugins().forEach {
-                            it.onAiPromptSubmitted(source = DuckChatEntryPoint.ADDRESS_BAR_ICON.name.lowercase())
-                        }
-                    }
-                    duckChat.reportDuckChatEntry(
-                        DuckChatEntryPoint.ADDRESS_BAR_ICON,
-                        opensNewTab = false,
-                        hasPrompt = submittedAiPrompt,
-                    )
-                    submitQuery(url, QueryOrigin.FromUser, QuerySubmissionSource.INTERNAL_NAVIGATION)
-                } else {
-                    // The typed-URL branch above: genuinely a URL submission, not a Duck.ai one.
-                    onUserSubmittedQuery(url)
+            else -> openDuckChatFromOmnibar(query, hasFocus, isNtp)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Opens Duck.ai straight from the address bar icon. Also the fallback when the NTP menu declines
+     * to show, so that path keeps behaving exactly as it did before the menu existed.
+     */
+    fun openDuckChatFromOmnibar(
+        query: String?,
+        hasFocus: Boolean,
+        isNtp: Boolean,
+    ) {
+        val (url, submittedAiPrompt) = when {
+            hasFocus && isNtp && query.isNullOrBlank() -> duckChat.getDuckChatUrl(query ?: "", false) to false
+            hasFocus && queryUrlPredictor.isUrl(query ?: "") -> (query ?: "") to false
+            hasFocus -> duckChat.getDuckChatUrl(query ?: "", true) to !query.isNullOrBlank()
+            else -> duckChat.getDuckChatUrl(query ?: "", false) to false
+        }
+        if (duckChat.isDuckChatUrl(url.toUri())) {
+            if (submittedAiPrompt) {
+                browserInteractionsPlugins.getPlugins().forEach {
+                    it.onAiPromptSubmitted(source = DuckChatEntryPoint.ADDRESS_BAR_ICON.name.lowercase())
                 }
             }
+            duckChat.reportDuckChatEntry(
+                DuckChatEntryPoint.ADDRESS_BAR_ICON,
+                opensNewTab = false,
+                hasPrompt = submittedAiPrompt,
+            )
+            submitQuery(url, QueryOrigin.FromUser, QuerySubmissionSource.INTERNAL_NAVIGATION)
+        } else {
+            // The typed-URL branch above: genuinely a URL submission, not a Duck.ai one.
+            onUserSubmittedQuery(url)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
index 605b4d0229cf..e1d92ad10d6d 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
@@ -10142,6 +10142,37 @@ class BrowserTabViewModelTest {
         assertTrue(commandCaptor.allValues.any { it is Command.ShowDuckAIContextualMode })
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun whenOnDuckChatOmnibarButtonClickedOnNtpWithBlankQueryThenShowsContextualMenu() {
+        mockDuckAiContextualModeFlow.value = true
+
+        testee.onDuckChatOmnibarButtonClicked(query = null, hasFocus = true, isNtp = true)
+
+        verify(mockCommandObserver, atLeastOnce()).onChanged(commandCaptor.capture())
+        assertTrue(commandCaptor.allValues.any { it is Command.ShowDuckAIContextualMode })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenOnDuckChatOmnibarButtonClickedOnNtpWithTypedQueryThenOpensDuckChatNotMenu() {
+        mockDuckAiContextualModeFlow.value = true
+        whenever(mockOmnibarConverter.convertQueryToUrl(duckChatURL, null)).thenReturn(duckChatURL)
+
+        testee.onDuckChatOmnibarButtonClicked(query = "example", hasFocus = true, isNtp = true)
+
+        verify(mockDuckChat).getDuckChatUrl(eq("example"), eq(true), any())
+        verify(mockCommandObserver, atLeastOnce()).onChanged(commandCaptor.capture())
+        assertFalse(commandCaptor.allValues.any { it is Command.ShowDuckAIContextualMode })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenOpenDuckChatFromOmnibarOnNtpThenOpensDuckChatWithoutPrompt() {
+        whenever(mockOmnibarConverter.convertQueryToUrl(duckChatURL, null)).thenReturn(duckChatURL)
+
+        testee.openDuckChatFromOmnibar(query = null, hasFocus = false, isNtp = true)
+
+        verify(mockDuckChat).getDuckChatUrl(eq(""), eq(false), any())
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun whenOnDuckChatOmnibarButtonClickedFocusedWithContextualModeThenOpensDuckChatNotContextualSheet() {
         mockDuckAiContextualModeFlow.value = true
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/contextual/RealDuckChatContextual.kt b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/contextual/RealDuckChatContextual.kt
index 2e60be6dc900..5172ad952ad7 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/contextual/RealDuckChatContextual.kt
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/contextual/RealDuckChatContextual.kt
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ class RealDuckChatContextual @Inject constructor(
             showChatSurface()
             return
         }
+        if (sourceUrl == null && !duckChatInternal.isContextualMenuAllChatsEnabled()) {
+            // Nothing to ask about and no Chats entry, so a one-item menu would be worse than the
+            // caller's own fallback (opening Duck.ai).
+            showChatSurface()
+            return
+        }
         if (hasChatInProgress(sourceTabId)) {
             // The sheet would reopen the existing chat for this tab, so skip the entry menu and open it directly.
             showChatSurface()
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ class RealDuckChatContextual @Inject constructor(
                 ?.takeIf { duckDuckGoUrlDetector.isDuckDuckGoQueryUrl(it) }
                 ?.let { duckDuckGoUrlDetector.extractQuery(it) }
                 ?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() }
-            showMenu(sourceTabId, anchor, serpQuery, showChatSurface)
+            showMenu(sourceTabId, anchor, sourceUrl, serpQuery, showChatSurface)
         }
     }
 
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ class RealDuckChatContextual @Inject constructor(
     private fun showMenu(
         sourceTabId: String,
         anchor: View,
+        sourceUrl: String?,
         serpQuery: String?,
         onAskAboutPage: () -> Unit,
     ) {
@@ -117,7 +124,10 @@ class RealDuckChatContextual @Inject constructor(
             openNewChatTab(activity, sourceTabId)
         }
         val askItem = content.findViewById<PopupMenuItemView>(R.id.contextualChatMenuAskAboutPage)
-        if (serpQuery != null) {
+        if (sourceUrl == null) {
+            // No page open (NTP or a blank tab), so there is nothing to ask about.
+            askItem.gone()
+        } else if (serpQuery != null) {
             askItem.setPrimaryText(activity.getString(R.string.duckChatContextualAskAboutSearch))
             popup.onMenuItemClicked(askItem) {
                 duckChatPixels.reportContextualAddressBarMenuAskAboutSearchSelected()
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/nativeinput/NativeInputPlugin.kt b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/nativeinput/NativeInputPlugin.kt
index 0e2592e678cb..4a0cea9d9ee0 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/nativeinput/NativeInputPlugin.kt
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/nativeinput/NativeInputPlugin.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ interface NativeInputHost {
     /** Submit the current input as a chat message; opens a new chat session if the input is empty. */
     fun submit()
 
+    /** `true` when the input carries nothing submittable, i.e. [submit] would start an empty chat. */
+    fun isInputEmpty(): Boolean
+
+    /** The tab the widget is currently configured for, or null before it has been configured. */
+    fun tabId(): String?
+
     /** Stop the active chat stream. Delegates to the host's [NativeInputWidget.onStopTapped] callback. */
     fun stop()
 
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/plugins/StartChatNativeInputPlugin.kt b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/plugins/StartChatNativeInputPlugin.kt
index b702eb55b3ea..0eafe74f4966 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/plugins/StartChatNativeInputPlugin.kt
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/plugins/StartChatNativeInputPlugin.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ class StartChatNativeInputPlugin @Inject constructor() : NativeInputPlugin {
     override val containerId: Int = R.id.startChatContainer
 
     override fun createView(context: Context, host: NativeInputHost): View = StartChatView(context).apply {
-        onIconClicked = { host.submit() }
+        this.host = host
     }
 }
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/NativeInputModeWidget.kt b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/NativeInputModeWidget.kt
index 7124dc5e298e..004e4617c3f0 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/NativeInputModeWidget.kt
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/NativeInputModeWidget.kt
@@ -2072,6 +2072,10 @@ class NativeInputModeWidget @JvmOverloads constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    override fun isInputEmpty(): Boolean = inputField.text.getTextToSubmit() == null
+
+    override fun tabId(): String? = activeTabId
+
     override fun stop() {
         // Single chokepoint for every stop affordance (the streaming-plugin button routes here via
         // host.stop(), and the input-screen stop button calls stop() too), so the pixel fires once.
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatView.kt b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatView.kt
index aa4dcc89fd2c..5d67f2564607 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatView.kt
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatView.kt
@@ -29,11 +29,14 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
 import com.duckduckgo.anvil.annotations.InjectWith
 import com.duckduckgo.common.utils.ViewViewModelFactory
 import com.duckduckgo.di.scopes.ViewScope
+import com.duckduckgo.duckchat.api.DuckChatContextual
 import com.duckduckgo.duckchat.impl.R
+import com.duckduckgo.duckchat.impl.nativeinput.NativeInputHost
 import dagger.android.support.AndroidSupportInjection
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onEach
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
 @InjectWith(ViewScope::class)
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ class StartChatView @JvmOverloads constructor(
 
     @Inject lateinit var viewModelFactory: ViewViewModelFactory
 
+    @Inject lateinit var duckChatContextual: DuckChatContextual
+
     private val viewModel by lazy {
         ViewModelProvider(findViewTreeViewModelStoreOwner()!!, viewModelFactory)[StartChatViewModel::class.java]
     }
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ class StartChatView @JvmOverloads constructor(
     private val icon: ImageView by lazy { findViewById(R.id.aiChatIconMenu) }
     private var visibilityJob: Job? = null
 
-    var onIconClicked: (() -> Unit)? = null
+    var host: NativeInputHost? = null
 
     init {
         inflate(context, R.layout.view_start_chat, this)
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ class StartChatView @JvmOverloads constructor(
     override fun onAttachedToWindow() {
         AndroidSupportInjection.inject(this)
         super.onAttachedToWindow()
-        icon.setOnClickListener { onIconClicked?.invoke() }
+        icon.setOnClickListener { onIconTapped() }
         observeVisibility()
     }
 
@@ -71,6 +76,20 @@ class StartChatView @JvmOverloads constructor(
         visibilityJob = null
     }
 
+    private fun onIconTapped() {
+        val host = host ?: return
+        val tabId = host.tabId()
+        val scope = findViewTreeLifecycleOwner()?.lifecycleScope
+        val showMenu = viewModel.onIconClicked(inputEmpty = host.isInputEmpty()) == StartChatViewModel.IconAction.SHOW_MENU
+        if (!showMenu || tabId == null || scope == null) {
+            host.submit()
+            return
+        }
+        // No page behind the new tab page, so the menu drops Ask About Page and offers New Chat and
+        // Chats. Submitting stays the fallback for when the menu itself declines to show.
+        scope.launch { duckChatContextual.launch(tabId, sourceUrl = null, anchor = icon) { host.submit() } }
+    }
+
     private fun observeVisibility() {
         val scope = findViewTreeLifecycleOwner()?.lifecycleScope ?: return
         visibilityJob?.cancel()
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatViewModel.kt b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatViewModel.kt
index ecd77cf6c1f6..5a1dd8d7cb2f 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatViewModel.kt
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatViewModel.kt
@@ -31,10 +31,19 @@ import javax.inject.Inject
 @ContributesViewModel(ViewScope::class)
 class StartChatViewModel @Inject constructor(
     duckAiFeatureState: DuckAiFeatureState,
-    duckChatInternal: DuckChatInternal,
+    private val duckChatInternal: DuckChatInternal,
     nativeInputStateProvider: NativeInputStateProvider,
 ) : ViewModel() {
 
+    enum class IconAction { SUBMIT, SHOW_MENU }
+
+    /**
+     * An empty input has nothing to send, so it offers the Duck.ai menu instead of starting a chat.
+     * Anything typed always goes straight to Duck.ai.
+     */
+    fun onIconClicked(inputEmpty: Boolean): IconAction =
+        if (inputEmpty && duckChatInternal.isContextualMenuAllChatsEnabled()) IconAction.SHOW_MENU else IconAction.SUBMIT
+
     /**
      * Show the start-chat icon only when Duck.ai is available (feature enabled +
      * user setting on), the address bar shortcut is enabled, but the input-screen
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/res/layout/popup_contextual_chat_menu.xml b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/res/layout/popup_contextual_chat_menu.xml
index dce748fa8239..52afafbf00f8 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/res/layout/popup_contextual_chat_menu.xml
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/res/layout/popup_contextual_chat_menu.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         app:leadingIcon="@drawable/ic_chats_24"
-        app:primaryText="@string/duckChatContextualAllChats" />
+        app:primaryText="@string/duck_ai_chat_history_title" />
 
 </LinearLayout>
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index 90d7146a3854..1b53bb52c004 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/main/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,4 @@
     <!-- Duck.ai on/off, shown in the onboarding Duck.ai state choice -->
     <string name="duckChatOnboardingDuckAiStateOn">Turn Duck.ai On</string>
     <string name="duckChatOnboardingDuckAiStateOff">Keep Duck.ai Off</string>
-
-    <!-- Duck.ai address bar menu -->
-    <string name="duckChatContextualAllChats">All Chats</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/test/kotlin/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/contextual/RealDuckChatContextualTest.kt b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/test/kotlin/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/contextual/RealDuckChatContextualTest.kt
index 4ccdca7ba7f3..c591a60608a2 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/test/kotlin/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/contextual/RealDuckChatContextualTest.kt
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/test/kotlin/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/contextual/RealDuckChatContextualTest.kt
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ class RealDuckChatContextualTest {
         verifyNoInteractions(browserNav)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun whenNoPageAndChatsEntryDisabledThenChatSurfaceShownInsteadOfMenu() = runTest {
+        whenever(duckChatInternal.isContextualSheetRedesignEnabled()).thenReturn(true)
+        whenever(duckChatInternal.isContextualMenuAllChatsEnabled()).thenReturn(false)
+        var askAboutPageCount = 0
+
+        testee.launch("tabId", sourceUrl = null, anchor = anchor) { askAboutPageCount++ }
+
+        // A menu of just New Chat is worse than the caller's own fallback.
+        assertEquals(1, askAboutPageCount)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun whenChatInProgressThenAskAboutPageInvokedWithoutShowingMenu() = runTest {
         whenever(duckChatInternal.isContextualSheetRedesignEnabled()).thenReturn(true)
@@ -92,6 +104,7 @@ class RealDuckChatContextualTest {
     @Test
     fun whenStoredChatSessionExpiredThenTreatedAsNoChatInProgress() = runTest {
         whenever(duckChatInternal.isContextualSheetRedesignEnabled()).thenReturn(true)
+        whenever(duckChatInternal.isContextualMenuAllChatsEnabled()).thenReturn(true)
         whenever(contextualDataStore.getTabChatUrl("tabId")).thenReturn("https://duckduckgo.com/?chatId=123")
         whenever(contextualDataStore.getTabClosedTimestamp("tabId")).thenReturn(0L)
         whenever(sessionTimeoutProvider.sessionTimeoutMillis()).thenReturn(1L)
diff --git a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/test/kotlin/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatViewModelTest.kt b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/test/kotlin/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatViewModelTest.kt
index d4add35fe16c..f356d186908f 100644
--- a/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/test/kotlin/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/duckchat/duckchat-impl/src/test/kotlin/com/duckduckgo/duckchat/impl/ui/nativeinput/views/StartChatViewModelTest.kt
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ import com.duckduckgo.duckchat.api.nativeinput.NativeInputState.InputMode
 import com.duckduckgo.duckchat.api.nativeinput.NativeInputState.ToggleSelection
 import com.duckduckgo.duckchat.api.nativeinput.NativeInputStateProvider
 import com.duckduckgo.duckchat.impl.DuckChatInternal
+import com.duckduckgo.duckchat.impl.ui.nativeinput.views.StartChatViewModel.IconAction
 import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableSharedFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Rule
@@ -60,6 +62,27 @@ class StartChatViewModelTest {
 
     private val testee = StartChatViewModel(duckAiFeatureState, duckChatInternal, nativeInputStateProvider)
 
+    @Test
+    fun whenIconClickedWithEmptyInputAndMenuEnabledThenShowMenu() {
+        whenever(duckChatInternal.isContextualMenuAllChatsEnabled()).thenReturn(true)
+
+        assertEquals(IconAction.SHOW_MENU, testee.onIconClicked(inputEmpty = true))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenIconClickedWithEmptyInputAndMenuDisabledThenSubmit() {
+        whenever(duckChatInternal.isContextualMenuAllChatsEnabled()).thenReturn(false)
+
+        assertEquals(IconAction.SUBMIT, testee.onIconClicked(inputEmpty = true))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenIconClickedWithTypedInputThenSubmitEvenWithMenuEnabled() {
+        whenever(duckChatInternal.isContextualMenuAllChatsEnabled()).thenReturn(true)
+
+        assertEquals(IconAction.SUBMIT, testee.onIconClicked(inputEmpty = false))
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun whenSearchOnlyModeAndSearchToggleAndDuckAiEnabledThenVisible() = runTest {
         featureShowSettingsFlow.value = true