diff --git a/.changeset/am-dialog-popover-clipping.md b/.changeset/am-dialog-popover-clipping.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66fc9803756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/am-dialog-popover-clipping.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"kilo-code": patch
+---
+
+Fix the reasoning-variant and mode dropdowns being clipped inside the New Worktree dialog. The dialog's scroll-container overflow escape now covers all inline selector popovers, not just the model picker, so dropdowns render fully above the prompt input.
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/agent-manager/agent-manager.css b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/agent-manager/agent-manager.css
index 4007ad8b9e1..173f3277092 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/agent-manager/agent-manager.css
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/agent-manager/agent-manager.css
@@ -2709,10 +2709,11 @@ body.am-wt-dragging-active * {
   overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
-.am-nv-dialog .am-prompt-input-container:has([class~="model-selector-popover"][data-component="popover-content"]),
-.am-nv-dialog-content:has([class~="model-selector-popover"][data-component="popover-content"]),
-[data-component="dialog"]:has(.am-nv-dialog [class~="model-selector-popover"][data-component="popover-content"])
-  [data-slot="dialog-body"] {
+/* While any inline (non-portaled) selector popover is open, let it escape the
+   dialog's scroll containers. Covers model, thinking-variant, and mode pickers. */
+.am-nv-dialog .am-prompt-input-container:has([data-component="popover-content"]),
+.am-nv-dialog-content:has([data-component="popover-content"]),
+[data-component="dialog"]:has(.am-nv-dialog [data-component="popover-content"]) [data-slot="dialog-body"] {
   overflow: visible;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/stories/agent-manager.stories.tsx b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/stories/agent-manager.stories.tsx
index fbad72deba7..b35303e1273 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/stories/agent-manager.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/stories/agent-manager.stories.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { FileTree } from "../../diff-viewer/FileTree"
 import { DiffPanel } from "../../agent-manager/DiffPanel"
 import { FullScreenDiffView } from "../../diff-viewer/FullScreenDiffView"
 import { WorktreeItem } from "../../agent-manager/WorktreeItem"
+import { NewWorktreeDialog } from "../../agent-manager/NewWorktreeDialog"
+import { useDialog } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/context/dialog"
 import { ChatView } from "../components/chat/ChatView"
 import { registerVscodeToolOverrides } from "../components/chat/VscodeToolOverrides"
 import { SessionContext } from "../context/session"
@@ -929,6 +931,43 @@ export const TabBarSingleTab: Story = {
   ),
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// NewWorktreeDialog — variant dropdown must escape the dialog scroll containers
+// (regression: inline popovers were clipped by .am-nv-dialog-content overflow)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const NewWorktreeVariantOpener = () => {
+  const dialog = useDialog()
+  const open = () => {
+    if (document.querySelector("[data-component='popover-content']")) return
+    window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("openVariantPicker"))
+    requestAnimationFrame(open)
+  }
+  onMount(() => {
+    dialog.show(() => <NewWorktreeDialog onClose={() => {}} />)
+    requestAnimationFrame(open)
+  })
+  return null
+}
+
+export const NewWorktreeVariantDropdown1280: Story = {
+  name: "NewWorktreeDialog — variant dropdown open",
+  parameters: { layout: "fullscreen" },
+  render: () => {
+    const session = {
+      ...mockSessionValue(),
+      configModel: () => ({ providerID: "kilo", modelID: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6" }),
+    }
+    return (
+      <StoryProviders noPadding>
+        <SessionContext.Provider value={session as any}>
+          <NewWorktreeVariantOpener />
+        </SessionContext.Provider>
+      </StoryProviders>
+    )
+  },
+}
+
 const searchSection = { id: "polish", name: "Polish", color: "Blue", order: 0, collapsed: false }
 const slackedSection = { id: "slacked", name: "SLACKED", color: "Yellow", order: 1, collapsed: false }
 const sidebarSearchItems: SidebarSearchItem[] = [