diff --git a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/actions.test.ts b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/actions.test.ts
index 295b6944..0e89449d 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/actions.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/actions.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const ipc = vi.hoisted(() => {
   return {
     ok,
     debugStep: vi.fn(() => ok(null)),
+    debugResume: vi.fn(() => ok(null)),
     debugForceStepOver: vi.fn(() => ok(null)),
     debugRunTo: vi.fn(() => ok(null)),
     debugStepInTargets: vi.fn(() => ok([] as Array<{ id: number; label: string }>)),
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ import type { DebugCapabilities } from "@/platform/ipc";
 import { registerDebugActions } from "../actions";
 import { breakpointsOf, loadBreakpoints } from "../breakpoints/store";
 import { loadSpecialBreakpoints, removeAllSpecial, useSpecialBreakpoints } from "../breakpoints/special";
-import { publishContext, useDebug, type DebugSession } from "../state";
+import { publishContext, updateExecutionPoint, useExecutionPoint, useDebug, type DebugSession } from "../state";
 import { focusDebugView, blurDebugView } from "../ui/focusedView";
 import { useOverlays } from "../ui/popoverStore";
 
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ function paused(p: Partial<DebugSession> = {}) {
   };
   useDebug.setState({ sessions: { 3: s }, active: 3 });
   publishContext();
+  updateExecutionPoint();
 }
 
 function caret(path: string, language: string, doc: string, line: number) {
@@ -154,15 +156,41 @@ describe("debugger actions (IDEA parity)", () => {
     expect(getAction("debug.jumpToSource")!.keyWhen).toBe("debugFramesFocus || debugVariablesFocus");
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ["debug.resume", "debugResume"],
+    ["debug.stepOver", "debugStep"],
+    ["debug.stepInto", "debugStep"],
+    ["debug.stepOut", "debugStep"],
+    ["debug.forceStepOver", "debugForceStepOver"],
+    ["debug.forceStepInto", "debugStep"],
+    ["debug.smartStepInto", "debugStep"],
+    ["debug.runToCursor", "debugRunTo"],
+    ["debug.forceRunToCursor", "debugRunTo"],
+    ["debug.resetFrame", "debugRestartFrame"],
+  ] as const)("%s clears the old execution point before its request", async (id, command) => {
+    paused({ caps: caps({ restartFrame: true }) });
+    caret("/p/app.py", "python", "a\nb\nc", 2);
+    const request = ipc[command].mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      expect(useExecutionPoint.getState().path).toBeNull();
+      expect(useDebug.getState().sessions[3]?.status).toBe("running");
+      return ipc.ok(null);
+    });
+    await executeAction(id);
+    expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
   it("Force Step Over / Force Step Into / Force Run to Cursor", async () => {
     paused();
     caret("/p/app.py", "python", "a\nb\nc\nd", 2);
     await executeAction("debug.forceStepOver");
     expect(ipc.debugForceStepOver).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3, 1);
+    paused();
     await executeAction("debug.forceStepInto");
     expect(ipc.debugStep).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3, 1, "into");
+    paused();
     await executeAction("debug.forceRunToCursor");
     expect(ipc.debugRunTo).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3, 1, "/p/app.py", 2, true);
+    paused();
     await executeAction("debug.runToCursor");
     expect(ipc.debugRunTo).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(3, 1, "/p/app.py", 2, false);
   });
@@ -180,6 +208,7 @@ describe("debugger actions (IDEA parity)", () => {
     expect(ipc.debugStepInTargets).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3, 71);
     expect(useOverlays.getState().smartStep?.targets.map((t) => t.label)).toEqual(["str(i)", "parse(str(i))"]);
 
+    paused({ caps: caps({ stepInTargets: true }) });
     ipc.debugStepInTargets.mockReturnValueOnce(ipc.ok([{ id: 5, label: "parse()" }]));
     await executeAction("debug.smartStepInto");
     await settle();
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/editor.test.ts b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/editor.test.ts
index b975cca6..c7967b7d 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/editor.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/editor.test.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,60 @@ describe("breakpoint gutter clicks", () => {
 });
 
 describe("execution point", () => {
+  it("keeps the execution line synchronized if inline rendering throws", async () => {
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: null, values: {} });
+    const errors: unknown[] = [];
+    const view = new EditorView({
+      state: EditorState.create({
+        doc: "x\nx\nx",
+        extensions: [executionPoint(ctx), EditorView.exceptionSink.of((e) => errors.push(e))],
+      }),
+      parent: document.body,
+    });
+    views.push(view);
+    const values: Record<string, string> = Object.defineProperty({}, "x", {
+      enumerable: true,
+      get() {
+        throw new Error("inline rendering failed");
+      },
+    });
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: ctx.path, line: 0, top: true, values });
+    await flush();
+    expect(errors).toHaveLength(1);
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ line: 2, values: {} });
+    await flush();
+    expect(view.dom.querySelectorAll(".cm-line")[2]!.className).toContain(styles.execLine);
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: null });
+    await flush();
+    expect(view.dom.querySelector(`.${styles.execLine}`)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps refreshing the execution line around Object.prototype names", async () => {
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: null, values: {} });
+    const view = makeView("String text = Integer.toString(40);\nint count = 40;\ncount++;\ncount++;");
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: ctx.path, line: 1, top: true, values: { text: "40" } });
+    await flush();
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ line: 3, values: { text: "40", count: "42" } });
+    await flush();
+    expect(view.dom.querySelector(`.${styles.execLine}`)?.textContent).toContain("count++");
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: null, values: {} });
+    await flush();
+    expect(view.dom.querySelector(`.${styles.execLine}`)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each([2, null])("refreshes a cached editor state when remounted at %s", async (line) => {
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: ctx.path, line: 0, top: true, values: {} });
+    const view = makeView("first\nsecond\nthird");
+    const state = view.state;
+    view.destroy();
+    views.splice(views.indexOf(view), 1);
+    useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: line == null ? null : ctx.path, line: line ?? 0, values: {} });
+    const restored = new EditorView({ state, parent: document.body });
+    views.push(restored);
+    await flush();
+    expect(restored.dom.querySelector(`.${styles.execLine}`)?.textContent ?? null).toBe(line == null ? null : "third");
+  });
+
   it("highlights the suspended line and shows inline values", async () => {
     const view = makeView("x = 1\ny = x + 1\nprint(y)");
     useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: ctx.path, line: 1, top: true, values: { x: "1", y: "2" } });
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/executionState.test.ts b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/executionState.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cbbde52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/executionState.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { StackFrame, Variable } from "@/platform/ipc";
+
+const ipc = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const ok = <T>(data: T) => ({ status: "ok" as const, data });
+  return {
+    ok,
+    debugCapabilities: vi.fn(async () => ok(null)),
+    debugThreads: vi.fn(async () =>
+      ok([
+        { id: 5, name: "http-nio-8179-exec-5" },
+        { id: 1, name: "main" },
+      ]),
+    ),
+    debugStackTrace: vi.fn(async () => ok([] as StackFrame[])),
+    debugScopes: vi.fn(async () => ok([{ name: "Locals", variablesReference: 10, expensive: false }])),
+    debugVariables: vi.fn(async () => ok([] as Variable[])),
+  };
+});
+vi.mock("@/platform/ipc", async (orig) => {
+  const real = await orig<typeof import("@/platform/ipc")>();
+  const { ok: _ok, ...commands } = ipc;
+  return { ...real, commands: { ...real.commands, ...commands } };
+});
+vi.mock("@/workbench/contributions", async (orig) => ({
+  ...(await orig<typeof import("@/workbench/contributions")>()),
+  maybeEditorService: () => ({ openFile: vi.fn(async () => {}) }),
+}));
+import { adoptSession, handleDebugEvent, selectThread, resumeExecution, useDebug, useExecutionPoint } from "../state";
+
+const path = "/proj/MsMemberUtils.java";
+const frame = (line: number, id = 100): StackFrame => ({
+  id,
+  name: "queryMsTicket",
+  path,
+  line,
+  column: 0,
+  presentationHint: null,
+});
+const stopped = (threadId = 5, allThreadsStopped = false) =>
+  handleDebugEvent(1, { kind: "stopped", threadId, allThreadsStopped, reason: "step", description: null });
+const settle = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+function deferred<T>() {
+  let resolve!: (v: T) => void;
+  const promise = new Promise<T>((r) => {
+    resolve = r;
+  });
+  return { promise, resolve };
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  useDebug.setState({ sessions: {}, active: null, stopSeq: 0 });
+  useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: null, line: 0, top: true, values: {} });
+  adoptSession(1, { adapter: "java-debug" });
+  ipc.debugStackTrace.mockResolvedValue(ipc.ok([frame(6840)]));
+  ipc.debugVariables.mockResolvedValue(ipc.ok([]));
+});
+
+describe("execution point state", () => {
+  it.each([false, true])("selects each stopped thread and its fresh top frame (all=%s)", async (all) => {
+    stopped(5, all);
+    await settle();
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState()).toMatchObject({ path, line: 6840 });
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockResolvedValueOnce(ipc.ok([frame(6842)]));
+    stopped(5, all);
+    await settle();
+    expect(useDebug.getState().sessions[1]).toMatchObject({ selectedThread: 5, selectedFrame: 100 });
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState()).toMatchObject({ path, line: 6842 });
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockResolvedValueOnce(ipc.ok([frame(9)]));
+    stopped(1, all);
+    await settle();
+    expect(useDebug.getState().sessions[1]?.selectedThread).toBe(1);
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState()).toMatchObject({ path, line: 9 });
+  });
+
+  it("clears the old point while a new stack or selected thread is loading", async () => {
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    const pending = deferred<ReturnType<typeof ipc.ok<StackFrame[]>>>();
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockReturnValueOnce(pending.promise);
+    stopped();
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState().path).toBeNull();
+    pending.resolve(ipc.ok([frame(6842)]));
+    await settle();
+    const other = deferred<ReturnType<typeof ipc.ok<StackFrame[]>>>();
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockReturnValueOnce(other.promise);
+    const selecting = selectThread(1, 1);
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState().path).toBeNull();
+    other.resolve(ipc.ok([frame(9)]));
+    await selecting;
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState().line).toBe(9);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores a stack response from an earlier stop on the same thread", async () => {
+    const old = deferred<ReturnType<typeof ipc.ok<StackFrame[]>>>();
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockReturnValueOnce(old.promise);
+    stopped();
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockResolvedValueOnce(ipc.ok([frame(6842)]));
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    old.resolve(ipc.ok([frame(6840)]));
+    await settle();
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState()).toMatchObject({ path, line: 6842 });
+    expect(useDebug.getState().sessions[1]?.frames[0]?.line).toBe(6842);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the selected paused thread when only another thread continues", async () => {
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    handleDebugEvent(1, { kind: "continued", threadId: 1, allThreadsContinued: false });
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState().path).toBe(path);
+    expect(useDebug.getState().sessions[1]?.status).toBe("paused");
+    handleDebugEvent(1, { kind: "continued", threadId: 5, allThreadsContinued: false });
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState().path).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each(["continued", "terminated"] as const)("clears the execution point on %s", async (kind) => {
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    handleDebugEvent(1, kind === "continued" ? { kind, threadId: 5, allThreadsContinued: true } : { kind });
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState()).toMatchObject({ path: null, values: {} });
+  });
+
+  it("retains locals whose names are Object.prototype properties", async () => {
+    const names = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Object.prototype);
+    ipc.debugVariables.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      ipc.ok(
+        names.map((name) => ({ name, value: "known", typeName: null, variablesReference: 0, evaluateName: name })),
+      ),
+    );
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    for (const name of names) expect(Object.hasOwn(useExecutionPoint.getState().values, name), name).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it.each(["step", "continue"])("clears suspended data before a %s request resolves", async () => {
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    const pending = deferred<void>();
+    const request = vi.fn(() => {
+      expect(useExecutionPoint.getState().path).toBeNull();
+      expect(useDebug.getState().sessions[1]).toMatchObject({ status: "running", frames: [], selectedFrame: null });
+      return pending.promise;
+    });
+    const result = resumeExecution(1, request);
+    expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockResolvedValueOnce(ipc.ok([frame(6842)]));
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    pending.resolve();
+    await result;
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState()).toMatchObject({ path, line: 6842 });
+  });
+
+  it("restores suspended data if the command fails without a newer event", async () => {
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    await expect(
+      resumeExecution(1, async () => {
+        throw new Error("rejected");
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("rejected");
+    expect(useDebug.getState().sessions[1]?.status).toBe("paused");
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState()).toMatchObject({ path, line: 6840 });
+  });
+
+  it("does not restore an older stop when a failed command has already stopped again", async () => {
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    let reject!: (e: Error) => void;
+    const result = resumeExecution(
+      1,
+      () =>
+        new Promise((_, r) => {
+          reject = r;
+        }),
+    );
+    const rejected = expect(result).rejects.toThrow("rejected");
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockResolvedValueOnce(ipc.ok([frame(6842)]));
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    reject(new Error("rejected"));
+    await rejected;
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState()).toMatchObject({ path, line: 6842 });
+  });
+
+  it("discards locals from an earlier stop even when the frame ID is reused", async () => {
+    const old = deferred<ReturnType<typeof ipc.ok<Variable[]>>>();
+    ipc.debugVariables.mockReturnValueOnce(old.promise);
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    ipc.debugStackTrace.mockResolvedValueOnce(ipc.ok([frame(6842)]));
+    ipc.debugVariables.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      ipc.ok([{ name: "count", value: "42", typeName: null, variablesReference: 0, evaluateName: "count" }]),
+    );
+    stopped();
+    await settle();
+    old.resolve(ipc.ok([{ name: "count", value: "40", typeName: null, variablesReference: 0, evaluateName: "count" }]));
+    await settle();
+    expect(useExecutionPoint.getState().values.count).toBe("42");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/smartStep.test.ts b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/smartStep.test.ts
index 84eb48fd..eeffc599 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/smartStep.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/smartStep.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { EditorState } from "@codemirror/state";
 import { EditorView } from "@codemirror/view";
 import { _addEditor, _removeEditor, type TextEditorHandle } from "@/editor/api";
-import { useExecutionPoint } from "../state";
+import { adoptSession, useDebug, useExecutionPoint } from "../state";
 import { useOverlays } from "../ui/popoverStore";
 import {
   calleeName,
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ describe("picking in the editor", () => {
   });
 
   function setup() {
+    useDebug.setState({ sessions: {}, active: null });
+    adoptSession(3, { status: "paused", selectedThread: 1, stoppedThread: 1 });
     const ctx = { doc: 1, path: "/p/app.py", language: "python", uiMode: null, readOnly: false };
     const view = new EditorView({
       state: EditorState.create({ doc: "def f():\n    x = parse(str(i))\n", extensions: [smartStepTargets(ctx)] }),
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/values.test.ts b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/values.test.ts
index 38a5bcfc..15ee72a7 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/values.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/values.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ describe("value classification", () => {
     );
     expect(inlineValuesFor("return 1", values)).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it.each(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Object.prototype))("only displays an own local named %s", (name) => {
+    expect(inlineValuesFor(name, { count: "40" })).toBeNull();
+    expect(inlineValuesFor(name, Object.fromEntries([[name, "known"]]))).toBe(`${name}: known`);
+    expect(inlineValuesFor(name, Object.create({ [name]: "inherited" }))).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 const frame = (id: number, path: string | null, hint: string | null = null, line = 9): StackFrame => ({
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/actions.ts b/src/features/debugger/actions.ts
index 235b86be..098395a0 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/actions.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/actions.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { debugUnsupportedReason, launchConfigFor } from "./launch";
 import { isRemoteConfig, REMOTE_JVM, remoteAttachConfig, remoteJvmTarget } from "./remote";
 import {
   activeSession,
+  resumeExecution,
   evaluate,
   isLive,
   rerunSession,
@@ -89,7 +90,10 @@ function breakpointPathAllowed(path: string): boolean {
 export function runToLine(path: string, line: number) {
   const t = pausedTarget();
   if (t && breakpointPathAllowed(path))
-    void report("Run to Cursor failed", call(commands.debugRunTo(t.s.id, t.thread, path, line, false)));
+    void report(
+      "Run to Cursor failed",
+      resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugRunTo(t.s.id, t.thread, path, line, false))),
+    );
 }
 
 function notSupported(what: string, s: DebugSession) {
@@ -115,15 +119,17 @@ async function smartStepInto() {
   if (!t) return;
   const frame = selectedFrame(t.s);
   if (!frame || !sessionSupports("stepInTargets", t.s)) {
-    await call(commands.debugStep(t.s.id, t.thread, "into"));
+    await resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugStep(t.s.id, t.thread, "into")));
     return;
   }
   const targets = pausedLineTargets(await call(commands.debugStepInTargets(t.s.id, frame.id)));
   if (targets.length <= 1) {
-    await call(
-      targets[0]
-        ? commands.debugStepInTarget(t.s.id, t.thread, targets[0].id)
-        : commands.debugStep(t.s.id, t.thread, "into"),
+    await resumeExecution(t.s.id, () =>
+      call(
+        targets[0]
+          ? commands.debugStepInTarget(t.s.id, t.thread, targets[0].id)
+          : commands.debugStep(t.s.id, t.thread, "into"),
+      ),
     );
     return;
   }
@@ -317,7 +323,11 @@ export function registerDebugActions(): () => void {
     when: paused,
     run: () => {
       const t = pausedTarget();
-      if (t) void report(title, call(commands.debugStep(t.s.id, t.thread, kind)));
+      if (t)
+        void report(
+          title,
+          resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugStep(t.s.id, t.thread, kind))),
+        );
     },
   });
 
@@ -400,7 +410,11 @@ export function registerDebugActions(): () => void {
       when: paused,
       run: () => {
         const t = pausedTarget();
-        if (t) void report("Resume failed", call(commands.debugResume(t.s.id, t.thread)));
+        if (t)
+          void report(
+            "Resume failed",
+            resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugResume(t.s.id, t.thread))),
+          );
       },
     },
     {
@@ -432,7 +446,11 @@ export function registerDebugActions(): () => void {
       when: paused,
       run: () => {
         const t = pausedTarget();
-        if (t) void report("Force Step Over failed", call(commands.debugForceStepOver(t.s.id, t.thread)));
+        if (t)
+          void report(
+            "Force Step Over failed",
+            resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugForceStepOver(t.s.id, t.thread))),
+          );
       },
     },
     {
@@ -445,7 +463,11 @@ export function registerDebugActions(): () => void {
       when: paused,
       run: () => {
         const t = pausedTarget();
-        if (t) void report("Force Step Into failed", call(commands.debugStep(t.s.id, t.thread, "into")));
+        if (t)
+          void report(
+            "Force Step Into failed",
+            resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugStep(t.s.id, t.thread, "into"))),
+          );
       },
     },
     {
@@ -484,7 +506,10 @@ export function registerDebugActions(): () => void {
           notSupported("Reset Frame", t.s);
           return;
         }
-        void report("Reset Frame failed", call(commands.debugRestartFrame(t.s.id, frame.id)));
+        void report(
+          "Reset Frame failed",
+          resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugRestartFrame(t.s.id, frame.id))),
+        );
       },
     },
     {
@@ -531,7 +556,10 @@ export function registerDebugActions(): () => void {
         const t = pausedTarget();
         const c = cursor();
         if (t && c && breakpointPathAllowed(c.path))
-          void report("Run to Cursor failed", call(commands.debugRunTo(t.s.id, t.thread, c.path, c.line, false)));
+          void report(
+            "Run to Cursor failed",
+            resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugRunTo(t.s.id, t.thread, c.path, c.line, false))),
+          );
       },
     },
     {
@@ -545,7 +573,10 @@ export function registerDebugActions(): () => void {
         const t = pausedTarget();
         const c = cursor();
         if (t && c && breakpointPathAllowed(c.path))
-          void report("Force Run to Cursor failed", call(commands.debugRunTo(t.s.id, t.thread, c.path, c.line, true)));
+          void report(
+            "Force Run to Cursor failed",
+            resumeExecution(t.s.id, () => call(commands.debugRunTo(t.s.id, t.thread, c.path, c.line, true))),
+          );
       },
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/editor/execution.ts b/src/features/debugger/editor/execution.ts
index f466e459..749bce22 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/editor/execution.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/editor/execution.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ function currentExec(path: string): Exec | null {
 export function inlineValuesFor(text: string, values: Record<string, string>): string | null {
   const parts: string[] = [];
   for (const id of identifiersIn(text)) {
+    if (!Object.hasOwn(values, id)) continue;
     const v = values[id];
     if (v === undefined) continue;
     parts.push(`${id}: ${inlineValue(v, 40)}`);
@@ -80,33 +81,48 @@ export function executionPoint(ctx: EditorDocContext): Extension {
     provide: (f) => EditorView.decorations.compute([f], (state) => lineDecorations(state, state.field(f))),
   });
 
+  // Keep the execution line alive even if an inline-value renderer fails.
+  const sync = ViewPlugin.fromClass(
+    class {
+      private unsub: () => void;
+      private pending = false;
+      private destroyed = false;
+      constructor(readonly view: EditorView) {
+        this.unsub = useExecutionPoint.subscribe(() => this.refresh());
+        // Hidden tabs retain EditorState while their views are unmounted.
+        this.refresh();
+      }
+      refresh() {
+        if (this.pending) return;
+        this.pending = true;
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          this.pending = false;
+          if (this.destroyed) return;
+          const next = currentExec(path);
+          const cur = this.view.state.field(execField);
+          const moved = cur?.line !== next?.line || cur?.top !== next?.top || !!cur !== !!next;
+          // Locals can change without moving the execution point.
+          this.view.dispatch(moved ? { effects: setExec.of(next) } : {});
+        });
+      }
+      destroy() {
+        this.destroyed = true;
+        this.unsub();
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
   const inline = ViewPlugin.fromClass(
     class {
       decorations: DecorationSet = Decoration.none;
-      private unsub: () => void;
-      private pending = false;
       private destroyed = false;
       private unsubSettings: () => void;
       constructor(readonly view: EditorView) {
         this.decorations = this.build();
-        // Settings › Debugger › Data Views › Show values inline.
         this.unsubSettings = onWorkflowSettingsChange(
           (s) => s.debugger.inlineValues,
           () => queueMicrotask(() => !this.destroyed && this.view.dispatch({})),
         );
-        this.unsub = useExecutionPoint.subscribe(() => {
-          if (this.pending) return;
-          this.pending = true;
-          queueMicrotask(() => {
-            this.pending = false;
-            if (this.destroyed) return;
-            const next = currentExec(path);
-            const cur = this.view.state.field(execField);
-            const moved = cur?.line !== next?.line || cur?.top !== next?.top || !!cur !== !!next;
-            // An empty transaction still rebuilds the inline values (locals arrive after the frame).
-            this.view.dispatch(moved ? { effects: setExec.of(next) } : {});
-          });
-        });
       }
 
       update(u: ViewUpdate) {
@@ -136,12 +152,11 @@ export function executionPoint(ctx: EditorDocContext): Extension {
 
       destroy() {
         this.destroyed = true;
-        this.unsub();
         this.unsubSettings();
       }
     },
     { decorations: (v) => v.decorations },
   );
 
-  return [execField, inline];
+  return [execField, sync, inline];
 }
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/editor/smartStep.ts b/src/features/debugger/editor/smartStep.ts
index 6eec156e..c5617ab4 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/editor/smartStep.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/editor/smartStep.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { editorsFor, activeEditor, type EditorDocContext, type TextEditorHandle
 import { call, commands, type DebugSessionId, type StepInTarget } from "@/platform/ipc";
 import { suspendKeyboardDispatch } from "@/platform/keymap";
 import { notifications } from "@/workbench/contributions";
-import { useExecutionPoint } from "../state";
+import { useExecutionPoint, resumeExecution } from "../state";
 import { useOverlays, type InlineStepTarget } from "../ui/popoverStore";
 import styles from "./editor.module.css";
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export function chooseStepTarget(id?: number) {
   const target = id ?? s.inline?.ranges[s.inline.index]?.id;
   cancelSmartStep();
   if (target == null) return;
-  void call(commands.debugStepInTarget(s.session, s.thread, target)).catch((e) =>
+  void resumeExecution(s.session, () => call(commands.debugStepInTarget(s.session, s.thread, target))).catch((e) =>
     notifications().notify({
       group: "run",
       level: "error",
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/state.ts b/src/features/debugger/state.ts
index d983c628..e910ff0c 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/state.ts
+++ b/src/features/debugger/state.ts
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ export function selectSession(id: DebugSessionId) {
 
 export async function selectThread(id: DebugSessionId, threadId: number) {
   patch(id, { selectedThread: threadId, frames: [], selectedFrame: null });
+  updateExecutionPoint();
   await loadFrames(id, threadId, true);
 }
 
@@ -652,7 +653,7 @@ export function selectFrame(id: DebugSessionId, frameId: number, reveal = true)
   updateExecutionPoint();
   const s = useDebug.getState().sessions[id];
   const frame = s?.frames.find((f) => f.id === frameId);
-  if (reveal && frame?.path) {
+  if (reveal && useDebug.getState().active === id && frame?.path) {
     void maybeEditorService()?.openFile(frame.path, {
       selection: { line: frame.line, col: frame.column },
       focus: false,
@@ -662,6 +663,7 @@ export function selectFrame(id: DebugSessionId, frameId: number, reveal = true)
 }
 
 async function loadFrames(id: DebugSessionId, threadId: number, reveal: boolean) {
+  const before = useDebug.getState().sessions[id];
   let frames: StackFrame[] = [];
   try {
     frames = await call(commands.debugStackTrace(id, threadId));
@@ -669,7 +671,7 @@ async function loadFrames(id: DebugSessionId, threadId: number, reveal: boolean)
     console.warn("stackTrace failed", e);
   }
   const s = useDebug.getState().sessions[id];
-  if (!s || s.status !== "paused" || s.selectedThread !== threadId) return;
+  if (!s || s.status !== "paused" || s.selectedThread !== threadId || s.frames !== before?.frames) return;
   patch(id, { frames });
   const top = frames.find((f) => f.path && f.presentationHint !== "label") ?? frames[0];
   if (top?.path && (s.stopReason === "breakpoint" || s.stopReason === "function breakpoint")) {
@@ -707,19 +709,21 @@ async function loadThreads(id: DebugSessionId) {
 
 /** Locals of `frameId` (first non-expensive scope) for inline values. */
 async function loadLocals(id: DebugSessionId, frameId: number) {
-  const values: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const frames = useDebug.getState().sessions[id]?.frames;
+  const values: Record<string, string> = Object.create(null);
   try {
     const scopes = await call(commands.debugScopes(id, frameId));
     const scope = scopes.find((sc) => !sc.expensive);
     if (scope) {
       const vars = await call(commands.debugVariables(id, scope.variablesReference));
-      for (const v of vars) if (v.name && !(v.name in values)) values[v.name] = v.value;
+      for (const v of vars) if (v.name && !Object.hasOwn(values, v.name)) values[v.name] = v.value;
     }
   } catch {
     // No inline values.
   }
   const s = useDebug.getState().sessions[id];
-  if (useDebug.getState().active !== id || s?.selectedFrame !== frameId) return;
+  if (useDebug.getState().active !== id || s?.status !== "paused" || s.selectedFrame !== frameId || s.frames !== frames)
+    return;
   useExecutionPoint.setState({ values });
 }
 
@@ -729,6 +733,7 @@ export async function showExecutionPoint(id: DebugSessionId) {
   if (!s || s.status !== "paused" || s.stoppedThread == null) return;
   if (s.selectedThread !== s.stoppedThread) {
     patch(id, { selectedThread: s.stoppedThread, frames: [], selectedFrame: null });
+    updateExecutionPoint();
     await loadFrames(id, s.stoppedThread, false);
   }
   const cur = useDebug.getState().sessions[id];
@@ -757,6 +762,32 @@ export function updateExecutionPoint() {
   useExecutionPoint.setState({ path: frame.path, line: frame.line, top, values: {} });
 }
 
+/** Invalidate suspended data before sending a command that resumes execution. */
+export async function resumeExecution(id: DebugSessionId, request: () => Promise<unknown>) {
+  const before = useDebug.getState().sessions[id];
+  if (!before || before.status !== "paused") return;
+  const frames: StackFrame[] = [];
+  patch(id, { status: "running", frames, selectedFrame: null, stoppedThread: null });
+  updateExecutionPoint();
+  try {
+    await request();
+  } catch (e) {
+    const current = useDebug.getState().sessions[id];
+    // A stop/continue/termination received during the request owns the newer state.
+    if (current?.status === "running" && current.frames === frames) {
+      patch(id, {
+        status: before.status,
+        frames: before.frames,
+        selectedFrame: before.selectedFrame,
+        stoppedThread: before.stoppedThread,
+      });
+      updateExecutionPoint();
+      if (before.selectedFrame != null) void loadLocals(id, before.selectedFrame);
+    }
+    throw e;
+  }
+}
+
 // --- watches -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export function addWatch(expression: string) {
@@ -862,6 +893,7 @@ export function handleDebugEvent(id: DebugSessionId, event: DebugEvent) {
       });
       useDebug.setState((st) => ({ active: id, stopSeq: st.stopSeq + 1 }));
       publishContext();
+      updateExecutionPoint();
       void loadThreads(id);
       void loadFrames(id, event.threadId, true);
       const dbg = workflowSettings().debugger;
@@ -876,6 +908,7 @@ export function handleDebugEvent(id: DebugSessionId, event: DebugEvent) {
     case "continued": {
       const cur = useDebug.getState().sessions[id]!;
       if (cur.status === "terminated") break;
+      if (!event.allThreadsContinued && event.threadId !== (cur.selectedThread ?? cur.stoppedThread)) break;
       patch(id, {
         status: "running",
         frames: [],
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/ui/Overlays.tsx b/src/features/debugger/ui/Overlays.tsx
index 14806793..1f4ae51e 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/ui/Overlays.tsx
+++ b/src/features/debugger/ui/Overlays.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   updateBreakpoint,
   useBreakpoints,
 } from "../breakpoints/store";
-import { activeSession, addWatch, evaluate, isLive, startSession, useDebug } from "../state";
+import { activeSession, addWatch, evaluate, isLive, startSession, useDebug, resumeExecution } from "../state";
 import {
   addMethodBreakpoint,
   removeAllSpecial,
@@ -978,7 +978,9 @@ function SmartStepChooser() {
   const pick = (targetId: number) => {
     if (!state) return;
     close();
-    void call(commands.debugStepInTarget(state.session, state.thread, targetId)).catch((e) =>
+    void resumeExecution(state.session, () =>
+      call(commands.debugStepInTarget(state.session, state.thread, targetId)),
+    ).catch((e) =>
       notifications().notify({ group: "run", level: "error", title: "Smart Step Into failed", body: errorText(e) }),
     );
   };