diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
index 0080f4348d..665f085d27 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
@@ -149,12 +149,11 @@ import {
   handoffPrompt,
   handoffReviewComments,
   latestPullRequestReviewOutcomes,
-  loadingPullRequestCheckoutCommand,
   isStackedPullRequestBase,
   pullRequestActionMenuHasGroup,
   pullRequestActionNeedsHostRefresh,
   pullRequestComposerTarget,
-  pullRequestCheckoutCommand,
+  panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand,
   pullRequestFindingKey,
   pullRequestHandoffLabels,
   PULL_REQUEST_MERGE_METHOD_LABELS,
@@ -765,14 +764,12 @@ export function PullRequestDetailPanel({
     repositoryUrl !== null
       ? new URL(`/${encodeURIComponent(detail.author.login)}`, repositoryUrl).toString()
       : null;
-  const checkoutCommand = detail
-    ? pullRequestCheckoutCommand(
-        detail.provider,
-        detail.number,
-        detail.headBranch,
-        detail.headRepositoryNameWithOwner,
-      )
-    : null;
+  const checkoutCommand = panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand({
+    reference,
+    identity: repositoryIdentity,
+    summary: handoffSummary,
+    headRepositoryNameWithOwner: detail?.headRepositoryNameWithOwner,
+  });
   const onCheckoutCommandError = useCallback((error: Error) => {
     toastManager.add({
       type: "error",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts
index 57affb3076..9c0a93ea0d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   isPullRequestVerdictStale,
   isStackedPullRequestBase,
   loadingPullRequestCheckoutCommand,
+  panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand,
   isThreadOwnPullRequest,
   latestPullRequestReviewOutcomes,
   newestPullRequestCommitAt,
@@ -114,6 +115,51 @@ describe("pull request checkout commands", () => {
       ),
     ).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it("keeps a checkout command available from the list summary while detail loads", () => {
+    const pullRequest = reference("github.com");
+    expect(
+      panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand({
+        reference: pullRequest,
+        identity: undefined,
+        summary: { provider: "github", number: 42, headBranch: "topic" },
+      }),
+    ).toBe("gh pr checkout 42");
+    expect(
+      panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand({
+        reference: pullRequest,
+        identity: undefined,
+        summary: null,
+      }),
+    ).toBe("gh pr checkout 42");
+  });
+
+  it("does not invent a checkout command for an unknown host or incomplete Bitbucket detail", () => {
+    expect(
+      panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand({
+        reference: reference("forge.example"),
+        identity: undefined,
+        summary: null,
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand({
+        reference: reference("bitbucket.org"),
+        identity: undefined,
+        summary: { provider: "bitbucket", number: 42, headBranch: "topic" },
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand({
+        reference: reference("bitbucket.org"),
+        identity: undefined,
+        summary: { provider: "bitbucket", number: 42, headBranch: "topic" },
+        headRepositoryNameWithOwner: "acme/web",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(
+      "git clone --single-branch --branch topic https://bitbucket.org/acme/web.git t3code-pr-42",
+    );
+  });
 });
 
 const TIMELINE_SOURCE: Pick<
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
index b34cab9b5c..70b161c9c7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,23 @@ export function loadingPullRequestCheckoutCommand(
   return pullRequestCheckoutCommand(provider, reference.number, "");
 }
 
+/** Keep the checkout affordance stable while richer PR detail is loading. */
+export function panelPullRequestCheckoutCommand(input: {
+  readonly reference: PullRequestRef;
+  readonly identity: RepositoryIdentity | null | undefined;
+  readonly summary: Pick<PullRequestDetail, "provider" | "number" | "headBranch"> | null;
+  readonly headRepositoryNameWithOwner?: string | null | undefined;
+}): string | null {
+  return input.summary
+    ? pullRequestCheckoutCommand(
+        input.summary.provider,
+        input.summary.number,
+        input.summary.headBranch,
+        input.headRepositoryNameWithOwner,
+      )
+    : loadingPullRequestCheckoutCommand(input.reference, input.identity);
+}
+
 /** Activity changes only when the same host resource reports a newer revision. */
 export function shouldRefreshPullRequestActivity(
   previous: { readonly key: string; readonly updatedAt: string } | null,