diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/events.schema.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/events.schema.ts
index a46cdfe09e..0e7dda1667 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/events.schema.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/src/api/events.schema.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ export const muxFrameSchema = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
   z.object({ type: z.literal('session/subscribed'), sessionId: sessionIdSchema, lastSeq: z.number().int() }),
   z.object({ type: z.literal('approval/requested'), sessionId: sessionIdSchema, approvalId: approvalRequestIdSchema, toolName: z.string(), callId: z.string().optional(), reason: z.string().optional() }),
   z.object({ type: z.literal('approval/resolved'), sessionId: sessionIdSchema, approvalId: approvalRequestIdSchema, outcome: z.union([z.literal('allowed-once'), z.literal('rejected'), z.literal('cancelled'), z.literal('unavailable')]) }),
-  z.object({ type: z.literal('question/requested'), sessionId: sessionIdSchema, questions: z.array(askUserQuestionItemSchema) }),
+  // Non-empty by wire contract: the user-interaction service rejects empty
+  // batches at ask() (EMPTY_QUESTIONS), so an empty frame is host breakage
+  // and must fail loud here, not reach the composer.
+  z.object({ type: z.literal('question/requested'), sessionId: sessionIdSchema, questions: z.array(askUserQuestionItemSchema).min(1) }),
   z.object({ type: z.literal('question/resolved'), sessionId: sessionIdSchema, questionRpcId: rpcIdSchema, outcome: z.union([z.literal('answered'), z.literal('cancelled')]) }),
   z.object({ type: z.literal('stream/error'), error: rpcErrorSchema }),
 ]) as unknown as z.ZodType<MuxFrame>
diff --git a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/rpc-schemas.spec.ts b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/rpc-schemas.spec.ts
index 4d2325a789..9f96deb86c 100644
--- a/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/rpc-schemas.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/host/apiproxy/tests/rpc-schemas.spec.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ describe('events frame schemas', () => {
     expect(askUserQuestionItemSchema.parse({ id: 'q', question: 'Q?' }).id).toBe('q')
   })
 
+  it('rejects an empty question batch (ask() guarantees at least one, so an empty frame is host breakage)', () => {
+    expect(() => muxFrameSchema.parse({ type: 'question/requested', sessionId: 's', questions: [] })).toThrow()
+  })
+
   it('accepts every host frame branch', () => {
     const frames = [
       { type: 'host/session-added', sessionId: 's', parentSessionId: 'p' },