diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-legacy-projection-record.ts b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-legacy-projection-record.ts
index 9f5077c8d4d..ead64d3d6f9 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-legacy-projection-record.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-legacy-projection-record.ts
@@ -113,32 +113,6 @@ export function requireProjectionRecord(
   return record
 }
 
-export function rollbackUnpublishedProjection(
-  records: Map<string, ProjectionRecord>,
-  cursors: ReadonlyMap<string, PtyProjectionCursor>,
-  idsByPty: Map<string, string[]>,
-  id: string
-): boolean {
-  const record = records.get(id)
-  if (!record || record.state !== 'committed') {
-    return false
-  }
-  const { identity, beforeScanner } = record.semantics
-  const cursor = cursors.get(identity.ptyId)
-  if (
-    !cursor ||
-    cursor.providerGeneration !== identity.providerGeneration ||
-    cursor.ptyIncarnation !== identity.ptyIncarnation ||
-    cursor.displayEnd !== identity.displayEnd
-  ) {
-    return false
-  }
-  cursor.displayEnd = identity.displayStart
-  cursor.scanner = { ...beforeScanner }
-  reclaimProjectionRecord(records, idsByPty, id, identity.ptyId)
-  return true
-}
-
 export function closeProjectionPty(
   cursors: Map<string, PtyProjectionCursor>,
   ptyId: string,
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-legacy-projection.ts b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-legacy-projection.ts
index c1042d4815f..435211d5ca6 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-legacy-projection.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-legacy-projection.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   projectionError,
   reclaimProjectionRecord,
   requireProjectionRecord,
-  rollbackUnpublishedProjection,
   scannerSnapshot,
   type LegacySshProjectionDebugSnapshot,
   type LegacySshProjectionReservation,
@@ -212,15 +211,8 @@ export class SshPtyLegacyProjectionLedger {
     return transferred
   }
 
-  transferUnpublished(id: string, _reason: string): boolean {
-    const transferred = rollbackUnpublishedProjection(
-      this.records,
-      this.cursorByPty,
-      this.idsByPty,
-      id
-    )
-    this.transferredCount += Number(transferred)
-    return transferred
+  transferUnpublished(id: string, reason: string): boolean {
+    return this.transfer([id], reason) === 1
   }
 
   transferGeneration(providerGeneration: number, reason: string): number {
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission-entry.ts b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission-entry.ts
index e73884f1efa..a9894181e71 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission-entry.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission-entry.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export type AdmissionEntry = {
   run: () => { sequence: number; completion: Promise<void> }
   resolve: (receipt: SshPtyModelAdmissionReceipt) => void
   reject: (error: Error) => void
-  state: 'queued' | 'running' | 'pressure'
+  state: 'queued' | 'running' | 'pressure' | 'settled'
 }
 
 export type PtyUsage = AdmissionCharge & {
@@ -74,6 +74,47 @@ export function takePressureEntriesForGeneration(
   return removed
 }
 
+export function cancelAdmissionGeneration(args: {
+  pressure: AdmissionEntry[]
+  usageByPty: Map<string, PtyUsage>
+  idleWaiters: Map<string, Set<() => void>>
+  providerGeneration: number
+  error: Error
+  release: (key: SshPtyModelAdmissionKey, charge: AdmissionCharge) => void
+}): number {
+  let pressureBytes = 0
+  for (const entry of takePressureEntriesForGeneration(args.pressure, args.providerGeneration)) {
+    pressureBytes += entry.charge.bytes
+    entry.state = 'settled'
+    entry.reject(args.error)
+  }
+  for (const [id, usage] of args.usageByPty) {
+    const canceled = usage.queued.filter(
+      (entry) => entry.key.providerGeneration === args.providerGeneration
+    )
+    usage.queued = usage.queued.filter(
+      (entry) => entry.key.providerGeneration !== args.providerGeneration
+    )
+    if (usage.running?.key.providerGeneration === args.providerGeneration) {
+      canceled.push(usage.running)
+      usage.running = null
+    }
+    for (const entry of canceled) {
+      if (entry.state === 'settled') {
+        continue
+      }
+      entry.state = 'settled'
+      args.release(entry.key, entry.charge)
+      entry.reject(args.error)
+    }
+    if (!usage.running && usage.queued.length === 0 && usage.sourceUnits === 0) {
+      args.usageByPty.delete(id)
+    }
+    resolveAdmissionIdleWaiters(args.usageByPty, args.pressure, args.idleWaiters, id)
+  }
+  return pressureBytes
+}
+
 export function takePausedGeneration(
   paused: Map<string, SshPtyModelAdmissionKey>,
   providerGeneration: number
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission.test.ts
index 95178659c44..4d267ef83b0 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission.test.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,71 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { SshPtyModelAdmission } from './ssh-pty-model-admission'
 
 function deferred() {
   let resolve!: () => void
-  const promise = new Promise<void>((promiseResolve) => {
+  let reject!: (error: Error) => void
+  const promise = new Promise<void>((promiseResolve, promiseReject) => {
     resolve = promiseResolve
+    reject = promiseReject
   })
-  return { promise, resolve }
+  return { promise, resolve, reject }
+}
+
+function accept(admission: SshPtyModelAdmission, completion: Promise<void>) {
+  return admission.accept({ ptyId: 'pty-1', providerGeneration: 7 }, 'data', 4, () => ({
+    sequence: 4,
+    completion
+  }))
 }
 
 describe('SshPtyModelAdmission', () => {
-  it('owns the sole running entry through disposal', async () => {
-    const completion = deferred()
+  it('cancels a never-settling running entry when its generation closes', async () => {
     const admission = new SshPtyModelAdmission()
-    const receipt = admission.accept({ ptyId: 'pty-1', providerGeneration: 7 }, 'data', 4, () => ({
-      sequence: 4,
-      completion: completion.promise
-    }))
-    let idle = false
-    const idleReceipt = admission.whenIdle({ ptyId: 'pty-1', providerGeneration: 7 }).then(() => {
-      idle = true
-    })
+    const receipt = accept(admission, new Promise<void>(() => {}))
+    const idle = admission.whenIdle({ ptyId: 'pty-1', providerGeneration: 7 })
 
-    admission.dispose()
-    await Promise.resolve()
-    expect(idle).toBe(false)
-    completion.resolve()
+    admission.closeGeneration(7, 'provider-closed')
 
-    await expect(receipt).rejects.toThrow('ssh_model_admission_generation_closed')
-    await idleReceipt
+    await expect(receipt).rejects.toThrow('provider-closed')
+    await expect(idle).resolves.toBeUndefined()
     expect(admission.getDebugSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ sourceUnits: 0, bytes: 0 })
   })
+
+  it('cancels a never-settling running entry on disposal', async () => {
+    const admission = new SshPtyModelAdmission()
+    const receipt = accept(admission, new Promise<void>(() => {}))
+    const idle = admission.whenIdle({ ptyId: 'pty-1', providerGeneration: 7 })
+
+    admission.dispose()
+
+    await expect(receipt).rejects.toThrow('ssh_model_admission_disposed')
+    await expect(idle).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    expect(admission.getDebugSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ sourceUnits: 0, bytes: 0 })
+  })
+
+  it.each(['resolve', 'reject'] as const)(
+    'ignores a late completion %s after cancellation',
+    async (settle) => {
+      const completion = deferred()
+      const admission = new SshPtyModelAdmission()
+      const onResolve = vi.fn()
+      const onReject = vi.fn()
+      const receipt = accept(admission, completion.promise)
+      const observed = receipt.then(onResolve, onReject)
+
+      admission.closeGeneration(7, 'provider-closed')
+      await observed
+      if (settle === 'resolve') {
+        completion.resolve()
+      } else {
+        completion.reject(new Error('late emulator failure'))
+      }
+      await Promise.resolve()
+
+      expect(onResolve).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(onReject).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(onReject.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toMatchObject({ message: 'provider-closed' })
+      expect(admission.getDebugSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ sourceUnits: 0, bytes: 0 })
+    }
+  )
 })
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission.ts b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission.ts
index 792c5a9cc5b..e074b707aed 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-model-admission.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import {
   admissionError,
   admissionKeyId,
   canReserveAdmission,
+  cancelAdmissionGeneration,
   pressureHasAdmissionKey,
   retainedBytes,
   resolveAdmissionIdleWaiters,
   takePausedGeneration,
-  takePressureEntriesForGeneration,
   type AdmissionCharge,
   type AdmissionEntry,
   type PtyUsage
@@ -83,26 +83,14 @@ export class SshPtyModelAdmission {
   closeGeneration(providerGeneration: number, reason = 'provider-generation-closed'): void {
     this.closingGenerations.add(providerGeneration)
     const error = admissionError(reason)
-    for (const entry of takePressureEntriesForGeneration(this.pressure, providerGeneration)) {
-      this.pressureBytes -= entry.charge.bytes
-      entry.reject(error)
-    }
-    for (const [id, usage] of this.usageByPty) {
-      const queued = usage.queued.filter(
-        (entry) => entry.key.providerGeneration === providerGeneration
-      )
-      usage.queued = usage.queued.filter(
-        (entry) => entry.key.providerGeneration !== providerGeneration
-      )
-      for (const entry of queued) {
-        this.release(entry.key, entry.charge)
-        entry.reject(error)
-      }
-      if (!usage.running && usage.queued.length === 0 && usage.sourceUnits === 0) {
-        this.usageByPty.delete(id)
-      }
-      resolveAdmissionIdleWaiters(this.usageByPty, this.pressure, this.idleWaiters, id)
-    }
+    this.pressureBytes -= cancelAdmissionGeneration({
+      pressure: this.pressure,
+      usageByPty: this.usageByPty,
+      idleWaiters: this.idleWaiters,
+      providerGeneration,
+      error,
+      release: (key, charge) => this.release(key, charge)
+    })
     for (const key of takePausedGeneration(this.pausedKeys, providerGeneration)) {
       try {
         this.resumeProvider(key)
@@ -228,35 +216,42 @@ export class SshPtyModelAdmission {
     try {
       execution = entry.run()
     } catch (error) {
-      this.finishEntry(id, usage, entry)
-      entry.reject(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)))
+      if (this.finishEntry(id, usage, entry)) {
+        entry.reject(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)))
+      }
       return
     }
     void execution.completion.then(
       () => {
-        this.finishEntry(id, usage, entry)
-        if (this.closingGenerations.has(entry.key.providerGeneration)) {
-          entry.reject(admissionError('ssh_model_admission_generation_closed'))
-        } else {
-          entry.resolve({
-            ptyId: entry.key.ptyId,
-            providerGeneration: entry.key.providerGeneration,
-            sequence: execution.sequence
-          })
+        if (!this.finishEntry(id, usage, entry)) {
+          return
         }
+        entry.resolve({
+          ptyId: entry.key.ptyId,
+          providerGeneration: entry.key.providerGeneration,
+          sequence: execution.sequence
+        })
       },
       (error) => {
-        this.finishEntry(id, usage, entry)
-        entry.reject(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)))
+        if (this.finishEntry(id, usage, entry)) {
+          entry.reject(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)))
+        }
       }
     )
   }
 
-  private finishEntry(id: string, usage: PtyUsage, entry: AdmissionEntry): void {
-    if (usage.running === entry) {
-      usage.running = null
+  private finishEntry(id: string, usage: PtyUsage, entry: AdmissionEntry): boolean {
+    if (entry.state !== 'running' || usage.running !== entry) {
+      return false
     }
+    usage.running = null
+    entry.state = 'settled'
     this.release(entry.key, entry.charge)
+    this.cleanupUsage(id, usage)
+    return true
+  }
+
+  private cleanupUsage(id: string, usage: PtyUsage): void {
     this.startNext(id, usage)
     if (!usage.running && usage.queued.length === 0 && usage.sourceUnits === 0) {
       this.usageByPty.delete(id)
@@ -276,6 +271,9 @@ export class SshPtyModelAdmission {
   }
 
   private maybeResumeAndPromote(): void {
+    if (this.disposed) {
+      return
+    }
     for (let index = 0; index < this.pressure.length; ) {
       const entry = this.pressure[index]!
       const hasEarlierEntryForPty = this.pressure
@@ -309,7 +307,9 @@ export class SshPtyModelAdmission {
         continue
       }
       this.pausedKeys.delete(id)
-      this.resumeProvider(key)
+      try {
+        this.resumeProvider(key)
+      } catch {}
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-output-intake.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-output-intake.test.ts
index 82c7c428943..49f37d4fdd8 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-output-intake.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/ssh-pty-output-intake.test.ts
@@ -195,8 +195,9 @@ describe('SshPtyOutputIntake', () => {
     harness.completions[1]!.resolve()
     await next
     expect(projections[1]).toMatchObject({
-      identity: { displayStart: 0 },
-      beforeScanner: { tail: '', pendingSubscribe: false }
+      identity: { displayStart: 5 },
+      beforeScanner: { tail: '\x1b[?20', pendingSubscribe: false },
+      decision: 'subscribed'
     })
   })
 
@@ -319,8 +320,10 @@ describe('SshPtyOutputIntake', () => {
     await expect(queued).rejects.toThrow('provider-closed')
     await expect(exit).rejects.toThrow('provider-closed')
     await expect(harness.intake.acceptData(event())).rejects.toThrow('ssh_output_stale_generation')
+    await expect(running).rejects.toThrow('provider-closed')
+    expect(harness.intake.getDebugSnapshot().model).toMatchObject({ sourceUnits: 0, bytes: 0 })
     harness.completions[0]!.resolve()
-    await expect(running).rejects.toThrow('ssh_model_admission_generation_closed')
+    await Promise.resolve()
     expect(harness.intake.getDebugSnapshot().exitBarriers).toBe(0)
   })
 
@@ -343,7 +346,8 @@ describe('SshPtyOutputIntake', () => {
 
     await expect(pressured).rejects.toThrow('provider-closed')
     expect(harness.dependencies.resumeProvider).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, 'pty-1')
+    await expect(running).rejects.toThrow('provider-closed')
     harness.completions[0]!.resolve()
-    await expect(running).rejects.toThrow('ssh_model_admission_generation_closed')
+    await Promise.resolve()
   })
 })