diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/terminal-tab-actions-unrouted-close.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/terminal-tab-actions-unrouted-close.test.ts
index cf27db5cc07..bbd50608ffd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/terminal-tab-actions-unrouted-close.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/terminal-tab-actions-unrouted-close.test.ts
@@ -88,4 +88,15 @@ describe('closeTerminalTab before the worktree catalog names a host', () => {
     expect(onClosed).toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(closeWebRuntimeSessionTabMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('closes a parked local tab whose process exited as a pty-exit, never a user close', () => {
+    // A user close would tombstone the tab and retire its session (verify-15a 5e).
+    isWebRuntimeSessionActiveMock.mockReturnValue(false)
+    const closeTab = vi.fn()
+    getStateMock.mockReturnValue(unhydratedState('pty-1', closeTab))
+
+    closeTerminalTab('tab-1', { hostCloseReason: 'pty-exit', lifecyclePtyId: 'pty-1' })
+
+    expect(closeTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith('tab-1', expect.objectContaining({ reason: 'pty-exit' }))
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/terminal-tab-actions.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/terminal-tab-actions.ts
index 12747726d96..bc6b7de2cf1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/terminal-tab-actions.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal/terminal-tab-actions.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ export function closeTerminalTab(
   }
 
   closeLocalTerminalTabState(terminalTabId, {
-    reason: options?.reason,
+    // A parked tab's process exit carries only the host reason, to keep the pin guard above.
+    reason: options?.reason ?? (options?.hostCloseReason === 'pty-exit' ? 'pty-exit' : undefined),
     ...(options?.captureRecentlyClosed !== undefined
       ? { captureRecentlyClosed: options.captureRecentlyClosed }
       : {}),