diff --git a/.changeset/session-picker-exit-shortcuts.md b/.changeset/session-picker-exit-shortcuts.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87fdc855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/session-picker-exit-shortcuts.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Allow the startup session picker to exit with repeated Ctrl-C or Ctrl-D.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/dialogs/session-picker.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/dialogs/session-picker.ts
index a8524cb6..b39ced4a 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/dialogs/session-picker.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/dialogs/session-picker.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ export class SessionPickerComponent extends Container implements Focusable {
     colors: ColorPalette;
     onSelect: (sessionId: string) => void;
     onCancel: () => void;
+    onCtrlC?: () => void;
+    onCtrlD?: () => void;
     maxVisibleSessions?: number;
   }) {
     super();
@@ -104,9 +106,22 @@ export class SessionPickerComponent extends Container implements Focusable {
     this.onSelect = opts.onSelect;
     this.onCancel = opts.onCancel;
     this.maxVisibleSessions = opts.maxVisibleSessions ?? 4;
+    this.onCtrlC = opts.onCtrlC;
+    this.onCtrlD = opts.onCtrlD;
   }
 
+  private readonly onCtrlC?: () => void;
+  private readonly onCtrlD?: () => void;
+
   handleInput(data: string): void {
+    if (matchesKey(data, Key.ctrl('c'))) {
+      this.onCtrlC?.();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (matchesKey(data, Key.ctrl('d'))) {
+      this.onCtrlD?.();
+      return;
+    }
     if (matchesKey(data, Key.escape)) {
       this.onCancel();
       return;
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts
index cd777a0f..f3ae15d8 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/kimi-tui.ts
@@ -1750,18 +1750,32 @@ export class KimiTUI {
 
   private async bootstrapFromPicker(): Promise<void> {
     await this.fetchSessions();
-    this.mountSessionPicker(() => {
-      this.hideSessionPicker();
-      void this.stop();
-    });
+    this.mountSessionPicker(
+      () => {
+        this.hideSessionPicker();
+        void this.stop();
+      },
+      {
+        onCtrlC: () => {
+          this.state.editor.onCtrlC?.();
+        },
+        onCtrlD: () => {
+          this.state.editor.onCtrlD?.();
+        },
+      },
+    );
   }
 
   hideSessionPicker(): void {
+    this.editorKeyboard.clearPendingExit();
     this.state.activeDialog = null;
     this.restoreEditor();
   }
 
-  private mountSessionPicker(onCancel: () => void): void {
+  private mountSessionPicker(
+    onCancel: () => void,
+    shortcuts: { readonly onCtrlC?: () => void; readonly onCtrlD?: () => void } = {},
+  ): void {
     this.state.activeDialog = 'session-picker';
     this.mountEditorReplacement(
       new SessionPickerComponent({
@@ -1777,6 +1791,8 @@ export class KimiTUI {
           });
         },
         onCancel,
+        onCtrlC: shortcuts.onCtrlC,
+        onCtrlD: shortcuts.onCtrlD,
       }),
     );
   }
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/dialogs/session-picker.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/dialogs/session-picker.test.ts
index 5f584531..13c014a6 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/dialogs/session-picker.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/dialogs/session-picker.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,27 @@ describe('SessionPickerComponent', () => {
     vi.restoreAllMocks();
   });
 
+  it('forwards Ctrl-C and Ctrl-D to optional host shortcuts', () => {
+    const onCtrlC = vi.fn();
+    const onCtrlD = vi.fn();
+    const component = new SessionPickerComponent({
+      sessions: [],
+      loading: false,
+      currentSessionId: '',
+      colors: getColorPalette('dark'),
+      onSelect: vi.fn(),
+      onCancel: vi.fn(),
+      onCtrlC,
+      onCtrlD,
+    });
+
+    component.handleInput('\u0003');
+    component.handleInput('\u0004');
+
+    expect(onCtrlC).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onCtrlD).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
   it('renders millisecond updated_at timestamps as relative times', () => {
     const now = new Date('2026-05-11T12:00:00.000Z').getTime();
     vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(now);
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/kimi-tui-startup.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/kimi-tui-startup.test.ts
index 3b5a0c14..144dae4c 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/kimi-tui-startup.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/kimi-tui-startup.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ interface StartupDriver {
   init(): Promise<boolean>;
   handleLoginCommand(): Promise<void>;
   handleLogoutCommand(): Promise<void>;
+  stop(exitCode?: number): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 interface RuntimeStateDriver extends StartupDriver {
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ function makeSession(overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
     setPlanMode: vi.fn(async () => {}),
     getGoal: vi.fn(async () => ({ goal: null })),
     onEvent: vi.fn(() => () => {}),
+    getResumeState: vi.fn(() => null),
     listSkills: vi.fn(async () => []),
     close: vi.fn(async () => {}),
     ...overrides,
@@ -361,6 +363,34 @@ describe("KimiTUI startup", () => {
     expect(driver.state.startupState).toBe("picker");
   });
 
+  it("clears startup picker exit confirmation before resuming a selected session", async () => {
+    const session = makeSession({ id: "ses-picked" });
+    const harness = makeHarness(session, {
+      listSessions: vi.fn(async () => [
+        {
+          id: "ses-picked",
+          title: "Picked session",
+          workDir: "/tmp/proj-a",
+          updatedAt: Date.now(),
+        },
+      ]),
+    });
+    const driver = makeDriver(harness, makeStartupInput({ session: "" }));
+    const stop = vi.spyOn(driver, "stop").mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+    await expect((driver as unknown as MigrateExitDriver).initMainTui()).resolves.toBe(false);
+    await (driver as unknown as { bootstrapFromPicker(): Promise<void> }).bootstrapFromPicker();
+
+    const picker = driver.state.editorContainer.children[0] as { handleInput(data: string): void };
+    picker.handleInput("\u0003");
+    picker.handleInput("\r");
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+    driver.state.editor.onCtrlC?.();
+
+    expect(stop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("tracks terminal theme reports while auto theme is active", () => {
     const harness = makeHarness();
     const driver = makeDriver(