diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
index 09c494dc76..c65f43ebb1 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
@@ -1276,6 +1276,7 @@ object ChatModel {
     }
   }
 
+  @Synchronized
   private fun addTerminalItem(item: TerminalItem, maxItems: Int) {
     if (terminalItems.value.size >= maxItems) {
       terminalItems.value = terminalItems.value.subList(1, terminalItems.value.size)
diff --git a/plans/2026-10-19-terminal-items-race.md b/plans/2026-10-19-terminal-items-race.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66275b486f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plans/2026-10-19-terminal-items-race.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Chat console log: concurrent writes crash and lose rows
+
+Issue #7755.
+
+## Problem
+
+`ChatModel.addTerminalItem(item, maxItems)` reads `terminalItems.value` for the size check, again for `subList`, and again for the append, without a lock. While no chat console is open, it runs on the caller's thread: `sendCmd` on the IO dispatcher, the receiver loop, and the migration receivers, several at once. (With a console open, writes are posted to the main thread.)
+
+Two concurrent calls can:
+- crash with `IndexOutOfBoundsException: toIndex = 201` in `subList`: another thread appended between the size check and `subList`, after an earlier race had already taken the list past the cap;
+- lose a row: both read the same list and the second write replaces the first;
+- keep the list above the cap.
+
+On Android the crash shows "View crashed"; on both platforms the command's result or the received event is dropped.
+
+## Fix
+
+`@Synchronized` on the private `addTerminalItem(item, maxItems)`, which is the only writer of `terminalItems`. Every write is then a single read-trim-append, on whichever thread it runs; the console still does not hop to the main thread while closed (#4992).
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- The issue's diff (a lock field plus a single snapshot trimmed with `drop`): also correct, but it adds a field and changes trimming: after developer tools are turned off (cap 500 → 200) it cuts the log to 200 at once, where master trims one row per new item.
+- Always posting the write to the main thread: correct, but every command and event would pay a coroutine and main-thread post while the console is closed, during the event bursts that trigger this.
+- A lock-free compare-and-set or `MutableStateFlow.update`: no precedent in this code, changes the reader or the type.
+- Clamping the `subList` bounds: stops the crash but still loses rows.
+
+## Not included
+
+- iOS keeps the log in an actor, so it has no such race; its rows can appear out of order because they are logged from unstructured tasks (cosmetic).
+- #7415 (console row keys) touches other files; together they fix the duplicate-key crash, this crash and the lost rows.
+
+## Testing
+
+A JVM harness against the built desktop jars (not committed): several threads call `addTerminalItem` with the cap at 200; master loses rows and throws, the fix keeps exactly 200 with none lost. Desktop GUI regression of the chat console (commands, responses, rows added while closed, the cap, the console window); Android smoke test.