diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orchestration/db/worker-terminal/worker-terminal-attention-query.ts b/src/main/runtime/orchestration/db/worker-terminal/worker-terminal-attention-query.ts
index 36f6bd3b3fe..c007632a1c9 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orchestration/db/worker-terminal/worker-terminal-attention-query.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orchestration/db/worker-terminal/worker-terminal-attention-query.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ export type WorkerAttentionFacts = {
   terminationReason: TerminalExitCause['kind'] | null
   isRoot: boolean
   workerState: WorkerDispatchState | null
+  workerStage: string | null
   dispatchStatus: DispatchStatus
   /** Execution host of the worker's terminal resource; a remote row with no connection id is
    *  unverifiable. `undefined` when no resource was ever materialized. */
   hostScope?: string | null
+  /** A released resource is an execution-host confirmation that the terminal is gone. */
+  releaseState?: string | null
 }
 
 export function getWorkerAttentionFactsForDispatches(
@@ -37,8 +40,9 @@ export function getWorkerAttentionFactsForDispatches(
   const rows = this.db
     .prepare(
       `SELECT d.id AS dispatch_id, d.task_id, d.status AS dispatch_status,
-              d.termination_reason, w.state AS worker_state, t.parent_id AS parent_task_id,
-              r.id AS resource_id, r.host_scope,
+              d.termination_reason, w.state AS worker_state, w.stage AS worker_stage,
+              t.parent_id AS parent_task_id,
+              r.id AS resource_id, r.host_scope, r.release_state,
               EXISTS (
                 SELECT 1 FROM question_threads q
                  WHERE q.dispatch_id = d.id AND q.status = 'pending'
@@ -65,9 +69,11 @@ export function getWorkerAttentionFactsForDispatches(
     dispatch_status: DispatchStatus
     termination_reason: TerminalExitCause['kind'] | null
     worker_state: WorkerDispatchState | null
+    worker_stage: string | null
     parent_task_id: string | null
     resource_id: string | null
     host_scope: string | null
+    release_state: string | null
     pending_input: number
     pending_approval: number
     pending_guidance: number
@@ -105,8 +111,11 @@ export function getWorkerAttentionFactsForDispatches(
           terminationReason: row.termination_reason,
           isRoot: row.parent_task_id === null,
           workerState: row.worker_state,
+          workerStage: row.worker_stage,
           dispatchStatus: row.dispatch_status,
-          ...(row.resource_id === null ? {} : { hostScope: row.host_scope })
+          ...(row.resource_id === null
+            ? {}
+            : { hostScope: row.host_scope, releaseState: row.release_state })
         }
       ]
     })
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orchestration/worker-attention-context.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/orchestration/worker-attention-context.test.ts
index 24c4b90e0d1..c25733086c6 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orchestration/worker-attention-context.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orchestration/worker-attention-context.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function facts(overrides: Partial<WorkerAttentionFacts> = {}): WorkerAttentionFa
     terminationReason: null,
     isRoot: false,
     workerState: 'ready',
+    workerStage: 'prompt_delivered',
     dispatchStatus: 'dispatched',
     ...overrides
   }
@@ -68,6 +69,37 @@ describe('worker attention liveness', () => {
     expect(attention).toEqual({ categories: [], requiresAction: false })
   })
 
+  it('reads a released resource as exited, not as a stale live pane', () => {
+    const attention = projectWorkerAttentionContext({
+      // worker-list called the same dispatch exited while this pane classified from a status.
+      facts: facts({
+        outcome: 'outcome_unknown',
+        hostScope: '{"kind":"local","hostId":"local"}',
+        releaseState: 'released'
+      }),
+      isRoot: false,
+      status: status({ evidenceObservedAt: NOW - AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - 60_000 }),
+      now: NOW
+    })
+
+    expect(attention).toEqual({ categories: [], requiresAction: false })
+  })
+
+  it('reads a released worker stage as exited, not as a stale live pane', () => {
+    const attention = projectWorkerAttentionContext({
+      facts: facts({
+        outcome: 'outcome_unknown',
+        workerStage: 'released',
+        hostScope: '{"kind":"local","hostId":"local"}'
+      }),
+      isRoot: false,
+      status: status({ evidenceObservedAt: NOW - AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - 60_000 }),
+      now: NOW
+    })
+
+    expect(attention).toEqual({ categories: [], requiresAction: false })
+  })
+
   it('treats a settled worker stop as exited rather than unverifiable', () => {
     const attention = projectWorkerAttentionContext({
       facts: facts({ workerState: 'stopped', outcome: 'in_progress' }),
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orchestration/worker-attention-context.ts b/src/main/runtime/orchestration/worker-attention-context.ts
index cae42edbb6e..c252f0c4be1 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orchestration/worker-attention-context.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orchestration/worker-attention-context.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ export function projectWorkerAttentionContext(args: {
     liveness: projectLiveness(
       {
         workerState: args.facts.workerState,
+        workerStage: args.facts.workerStage,
         terminationReason: args.facts.terminationReason,
-        resource: args.facts.hostScope === undefined ? null : { hostScope: args.facts.hostScope }
+        resource:
+          args.facts.hostScope === undefined
+            ? null
+            : { hostScope: args.facts.hostScope, releaseState: args.facts.releaseState }
       },
       args.status,
       args.now