diff --git a/src/cleveragents/interactive/session.py b/src/cleveragents/interactive/session.py
index bf81fdca3..586c74c05 100644
--- a/src/cleveragents/interactive/session.py
+++ b/src/cleveragents/interactive/session.py
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ class InteractiveSession:
                     # Process the message
                     self.add_to_history("user", user_input)
 
+                    # Update the per-turn initial message so that routers and
+                    # template transforms always reference the latest user input.
+                    self.context["initial_message"] = user_input
+
                     if self.verbose:
                         print("Processing message...")