diff --git a/docs/api-migrations.md b/docs/api-migrations.md
index 91c73723..b2eb9675 100644
--- a/docs/api-migrations.md
+++ b/docs/api-migrations.md
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ covered separately.
 
 ## Unreleased: component API and MyGo parity
 
+### Pending-aware application model reads
+
+`Lui_app.model app` now returns the latest reduced model even before a pending
+signal update is published. This applies to regular, extension-enabled and
+reloadable application constructors. Reading the model does not flush the
+scheduler, run view updates or emit patches; view signals keep their existing
+batched publication semantics.
+
+An async context fence can capture `(Lui_app.model app).context_revision` before
+starting a request and read it again before accepting the response. The revision
+must be incremented by the reducer for every context publication, including an
+A-to-B-to-A sequence in one flush. A published view signal cannot replace this
+fresh read because intermediate updates may be coalesced. Existing callers that
+read after `Lui_app.flush` require no changes; callers that intentionally need a
+published view snapshot must read their borrowed model signal instead.
+
 ### MyGo transparent dynamic anchors
 
 `box` nodes with `display="contents"` now render their children directly into
diff --git a/src/lui_app.ml b/src/lui_app.ml
index a95da77b..b50d7222 100644
--- a/src/lui_app.ml
+++ b/src/lui_app.ml
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ type ('model, 'action) reducer_app = {
 let reduce model_state reducer action =
   Signal.update model_state (fun current -> reducer current action)
 
+let latest_model model_state =
+  match Signal.state_pending model_state with
+  | Some model -> model
+  | None -> Signal.get_state model_state
+
 let restore_state_scopes state_scopes saved =
   Hashtbl.iter
     (fun path scope ->
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ let create_with_extensions ?virtual_rows backend registry initial_model reducer
     app_scheduler = scheduler;
     app_runtime = application;
     app_scope = scope;
-    app_read_model = (fun () -> Signal.get_state model_state);
+    app_read_model = (fun () -> latest_model model_state);
     app_send_action = send_action;
     app_root_node = root;
     app_lifecycle_state = lifecycle;
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ let create_reloadable_with_extensions ?virtual_rows backend registry source_hash
       app_scheduler = scheduler;
       app_runtime = application;
       app_scope = scope;
-      app_read_model = (fun () -> Signal.get_state model_state);
+      app_read_model = (fun () -> latest_model model_state);
       app_send_action = send_action;
       app_root_node = root;
       app_lifecycle_state = lifecycle;
diff --git a/src/lui_app.mli b/src/lui_app.mli
index 4f1c90f3..985be32d 100644
--- a/src/lui_app.mli
+++ b/src/lui_app.mli
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ val start : ('a, 'b) reducer_app -> bool
 val flush : ('a, 'b) reducer_app -> bool
 val dispose : ('a, 'b) reducer_app -> bool
 val disposed : ('a, 'b) reducer_app -> bool
+
+(** Read the latest reduced model, including pending actions, without flushing
+    signal publication or rendering patches. *)
 val model : ('a, 'b) reducer_app -> 'a
 val root_node : ('a, 'b) reducer_app -> int
 val runtime : ('a, 'b) reducer_app -> Lui_runtime.application
diff --git a/test/test_lui.ml b/test/test_lui.ml
index 01e2c162..299883b1 100644
--- a/test/test_lui.ml
+++ b/test/test_lui.ml
@@ -103,6 +103,39 @@ let test_backend_receives_patches () =
        !batches);
   ignore (Lui_app.dispose app)
 
+let test_model_reads_pending_reductions () =
+  let constructors =
+    [ "plain", (fun backend ->
+        Lui_app.create backend 0 counter_reducer counter_view)
+    ; "extensions", (fun backend ->
+        Lui_app.create_with_extensions backend (Lui_extension.registry ())
+          0 counter_reducer counter_view)
+    ; "reloadable", (fun backend ->
+        Lui_app.create_reloadable backend "source" "contract"
+          0 counter_reducer counter_view)
+    ; "reloadable extensions", (fun backend ->
+        Lui_app.create_reloadable_with_extensions backend
+          (Lui_extension.registry ()) "source" "contract"
+          0 counter_reducer counter_view)
+    ]
+  in
+  List.iter
+    (fun (name, create) ->
+       let app = create (recording_backend ()) in
+       ignore (Lui_app.start app);
+       let batch_count = List.length !batches in
+       ignore (Lui_app.send app `Increment);
+       ignore (Lui_app.send app `Increment);
+       Alcotest.(check int) (name ^ ": pending reductions")
+         2 (Lui_app.model app);
+       Alcotest.(check int) (name ^ ": reading does not flush")
+         batch_count (List.length !batches);
+       flush_app app;
+       Alcotest.(check int) (name ^ ": published reductions")
+         2 (Lui_app.model app);
+       ignore (Lui_app.dispose app))
+    constructors
+
 (* A node mounted and dropped inside one pending batch has its ops
    elided; surviving insert/move indices it offset must be renumbered so
    the stream stays incrementally valid for the backend. *)
@@ -5610,6 +5643,8 @@ let () =
           Alcotest.test_case "ordered picked file batches" `Quick test_picked_files_batch;
           Alcotest.test_case "gallery composer batches" `Quick test_gallery_composer_batches;
           Alcotest.test_case "lifecycle" `Quick test_app_lifecycle;
+          Alcotest.test_case "pending model reads" `Quick
+            test_model_reads_pending_reductions;
           Alcotest.test_case "backend patches" `Quick
             test_backend_receives_patches;
           Alcotest.test_case "same-batch create+drop renumbers" `Quick