diff --git a/server/Makefile b/server/Makefile
index ca5e872ac01..e3d08bdf789 100644
--- a/server/Makefile
+++ b/server/Makefile
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-jira-v4.8.0
 PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-playbooks-v2.11.1
 PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-servicenow-v2.4.0
 PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-zoom-v1.13.0
-PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-agents-v2.6.0
+PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-agents-v2.6.1
 PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-boards-v9.4.0
 PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-user-survey-v1.1.1
 PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-mscalendar-v1.7.0
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-dataminr-v2.0.0
 # the way we pre-package FIPS and non-FIPS plugins.
 ifeq ($(FIPS_ENABLED),true)
 	PLUGIN_PACKAGES  = mattermost-plugin-playbooks-v2.11.1%2B329b65c-fips
-	PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-agents-v2.6.0%2B7824854-fips
+	PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-agents-v2.6.1%2B0b1b771-fips
 	PLUGIN_PACKAGES += mattermost-plugin-boards-v9.4.0%2B4b7dd4b-fips
 endif
 
diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor.test.tsx b/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor.test.tsx
index cba4e23d08f..af1af8c26a5 100644
--- a/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor.test.tsx
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor.test.tsx
@@ -299,6 +299,49 @@ describe('components/avanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor', () => {
         expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Write to Other Channel')).toHaveValue('a different draft');
     });
 
+    it('should mount and send when rootId is omitted, as plugins may do via window.Components', async () => {
+        // Plugins reach AdvancedTextEditor through the untyped window.Components bridge, so
+        // TypeScript cannot enforce the required rootId prop. An undefined rootId used to
+        // mismatch the draft's '' on every render pass, throwing React error #301 on mount
+        // and, once mounted, leaving the post-submit draft reset silently dropped.
+        const message = 'a message sent from a composer without a rootId';
+
+        renderWithContext(
+            <AdvancedTextEditor
+                {...baseProps}
+                rootId={undefined as unknown as string}
+            />,
+            mergeObjects(initialState, {
+                entities: {
+                    roles: {
+                        roles: {
+                            user_roles: {permissions: [Permissions.CREATE_POST]},
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+            }),
+        );
+
+        const textbox = screen.getByTestId('post_textbox');
+
+        // SuggestionBox listens to onInput, not onChange.
+        fireEvent.input(textbox, {target: {value: message}});
+        expect(textbox).toHaveValue(message);
+
+        await act(async () => {
+            fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('SendMessageButton'));
+        });
+
+        expect(mockedOnSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            channelId,
+            '',
+            expect.objectContaining({message, channelId, rootId: ''}),
+            expect.anything(),
+            undefined,
+        );
+        expect(textbox).toHaveValue('');
+    });
+
     it('should submit a destination-owned draft while the textbox still holds the previous channel value', async () => {
         const sourceDraft = 'stale draft from the source channel';
         const destinationMessage = 'new message composed for the destination channel';
diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor.tsx b/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor.tsx
index f58bf0cd769..ccab9589847 100644
--- a/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor.tsx
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/advanced_text_editor.tsx
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export type Props = {
 const AdvancedTextEditor = ({
     location,
     channelId,
-    rootId,
+    rootId: rootIdProp,
     postId,
     isThreadView = false,
     placeholder,
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ const AdvancedTextEditor = ({
     afterSubmit,
     storageKey,
 }: Props) => {
+    // rootId is typed as required, but plugins reach this component through the untyped
+    // window.Components bridge and may omit it. Every draft carries '' rather than undefined
+    // for a non-thread composer, so an undefined prop desyncs the id comparisons below.
+    const rootId = rootIdProp ?? '';
+
     const {formatMessage} = useIntl();
 
     const dispatch = useDispatch();