diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-capture-provider-terminal-buffer.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-capture-provider-terminal-buffer.ts
index acf4f60532a..09c97160534 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-capture-provider-terminal-buffer.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-capture-provider-terminal-buffer.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithCaptureProviderTerminalBuffer extends OrcaRuntimeWit
       return read
     }
     const blankFallback = shouldFallbackToVisibleTerminalSnapshot(read, opts)
+    const forceVisibleCapture = providerSnapshot.freshVisibleCapture === true
     const recoveredWorkerFallback =
       read.tail.length === 0 && this.legacyWorkerRecovery.hasRecoveredPty(ptyId)
     // Why: a live daemon session no pane ever attached has ingested zero bytes,
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithCaptureProviderTerminalBuffer extends OrcaRuntimeWit
     const providerModeUnknown =
       this.providerSnapshotPreferredPtys.has(ptyId) && !this.providerModeTrackersByPtyId.has(ptyId)
     if (
+      !forceVisibleCapture &&
       !blankFallback &&
       !recoveredWorkerFallback &&
       !providerModeUnknown &&
@@ -124,8 +126,11 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithCaptureProviderTerminalBuffer extends OrcaRuntimeWit
     ) {
       return read
     }
-    const visibleState = await this.readVisibleTerminalState(ptyId)
+    const visibleState = await this.readVisibleTerminalState(ptyId, {
+      freshCapture: providerSnapshot.freshVisibleCapture
+    })
     if (
+      !forceVisibleCapture &&
       !blankFallback &&
       !recoveredWorkerFallback &&
       !knownAlternateScreen &&
@@ -149,6 +154,7 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithCaptureProviderTerminalBuffer extends OrcaRuntimeWit
     snapshotOptions: RuntimeProviderSnapshotReadOptions = {}
   ): Promise<RuntimeTerminalProjection> {
     const generation = this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId)
+    const attachmentId = this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId)
     const lineLimit = terminalReadLimit(limit, DEFAULT_TERMINAL_READ_LIMIT)
     const snapshot = await this.serializeProviderTerminalBuffer(
       ptyId,
@@ -163,10 +169,17 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithCaptureProviderTerminalBuffer extends OrcaRuntimeWit
     if (snapshotOptions.visibleScreenOnly) {
       const projection = await this.parseVisibleSnapshot(snapshot)
       // Live bytes ordered after the provider frame make that frame stale.
-      return this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId) === generation &&
-        this.getPtyOutputSequence(ptyId) <= snapshot.seq
-        ? projection
-        : { lines: [] }
+      if (
+        this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId) !== generation ||
+        this.getPtyOutputSequence(ptyId) > snapshot.seq ||
+        this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId) !== attachmentId
+      ) {
+        return { lines: [] }
+      }
+      return {
+        ...projection,
+        screenCapture: this.recordVisibleScreenCapture(ptyId, generation, snapshot.seq, 'provider')
+      }
     }
     const data = `${snapshot.scrollbackAnsi ?? ''}${snapshot.data}`
     if (data.length === 0) {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-core.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-core.ts
index 8214f750676..8fbe6a08e42 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-core.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-core.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,25 @@ export const PROVEN_ABSENT_LEAF_PTY_TTL_MS = 15_000
 
 export const TERMINAL_INTERACTIVE_WAIT_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 2_000
 
-export type RuntimeTerminalProjection = { lines: string[]; draft?: string }
+/** Host-owned provenance for one rendered terminal-screen capture.
+ *
+ * The revision advances only when a provider/renderer/emulator actually captures a
+ * frame. Reusing a cache entry preserves its revision; consumers must never mint a
+ * wall-clock timestamp while projecting that entry.
+ */
+export type RuntimeScreenCapture = {
+  attachmentId: string
+  generation: number
+  outputSequence: number
+  revision: number
+  source: 'provider' | 'renderer' | 'headless'
+}
+
+export type RuntimeTerminalProjection = {
+  lines: string[]
+  draft?: string
+  screenCapture?: RuntimeScreenCapture
+}
 
 export function assertAgentPromptRequestActive(signal?: AbortSignal): void {
   if (signal?.aborted) {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-fit-override-listeners.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-fit-override-listeners.ts
index 5ef17ce4c2e..4b40aaacb69 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-fit-override-listeners.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-fit-override-listeners.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
   RuntimePtyWorktreeRecord,
   RuntimeVisibleTerminalState
 } from './runtime-terminal-state-records'
+import type { RuntimeScreenCapture } from './orca-runtime-core'
 import type { TerminalKittyKeyboardModeTracker } from '../../shared/terminal-kitty-keyboard-mode-tracker'
 import type { PtyProviderBufferSnapshot } from '../providers/types'
 import type { WaitBlockedCheckState } from './wait-blocked-check-state'
@@ -66,11 +67,21 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithFitOverrideListeners extends OrcaRuntimeWithStopRequ
 
   protected providerVisibleStateReadsByPtyId = new Map<
     string,
-    { generation: number; promise: Promise<RuntimeVisibleTerminalState | null> }
+    {
+      generation: number
+      freshCapture: boolean
+      promise: Promise<RuntimeVisibleTerminalState | null>
+    }
   >()
 
   protected providerVisibleRetryAtByPtyId = new Map<string, number>()
 
+  /** Latest host-owned screen provenance observed for each PTY. This is a bridge
+   *  for wait evaluation; the projection itself carries the same provenance. */
+  protected visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId = new Map<string, RuntimeScreenCapture>()
+
+  protected nextVisibleScreenCaptureRevision = 1
+
   protected providerSnapshotsWithLiveModeTransition = new WeakSet<PtyProviderBufferSnapshot>()
 
   protected ptyLifecycleGenerationById = new Map<string, number>()
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-get-terminal-interactive-wait.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-get-terminal-interactive-wait.ts
index a87f6cc03f2..136b8ce8062 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-get-terminal-interactive-wait.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-get-terminal-interactive-wait.ts
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithGetTerminalInteractiveWait extends OrcaRuntimeWithAd
     if (incarnationId) {
       return `${record.ptyId}:${incarnationId}`
     }
-    // Why: legacy providers may omit process incarnation; retain the prior restart-degraded fence.
-    return `${this.runtimeId}:${record.ptyId}:${record.ptyGeneration}`
+    // Legacy providers may omit process incarnation. Reuse the host-owned
+    // lifecycle attachment identity used by readiness evidence so polls,
+    // title resolution, timeout settlement, and screen probes fence the same
+    // replacement boundary.
+    return this.getPtyAttachmentId(record.ptyId)
   }
 
   getExactWorkerProviderSession(
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-on-pty-data.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-on-pty-data.ts
index 1f55a7d2404..eccf886bb93 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-on-pty-data.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-on-pty-data.ts
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithOnPtyData extends OrcaRuntimeWithPreparePtyExecution
           ptyRecord.lastExplicitAgentStatus = {
             state: latestAgentStatus.state,
             updatedAt: at,
-            ...(ptyRecord.incarnationId ? { attachmentId: ptyRecord.incarnationId } : {})
+            outputSequence,
+            attachmentId: this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId)
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-on-pty-exit.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-on-pty-exit.ts
index 6ddf877f87c..52bec4938c0 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-on-pty-exit.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-on-pty-exit.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithOnPtyExit extends OrcaRuntimeWithOnClientDisconnecte
     this.providerModeSnapshotScansByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     this.providerBufferAcquisitionsByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     this.providerVisibleStateByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
+    this.visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     this.providerVisibleRetryAtByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     this.agentPromptExplicitStatusFloorByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     // Safe against respawn: `getPtyLifecycleGeneration` lazily mints from the
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-record-agent-prompt-lifecycle-state.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-record-agent-prompt-lifecycle-state.ts
index 999f23d6ad3..26c9b148f95 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-record-agent-prompt-lifecycle-state.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-record-agent-prompt-lifecycle-state.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithRecordAgentPromptLifecycleState extends OrcaRuntimeW
     return this.ptyOutputSequenceById.get(ptyId) ?? 0
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Resolve one host-owned attachment identity for evidence that has no provider
+   * incarnation. The lifecycle generation is retired on every exit/replacement,
+   * so a legacy/null-incarnation PTY is never treated as an anonymous wildcard.
+   */
+  protected getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId: string): string {
+    const incarnationId = this.ptysById.get(ptyId)?.incarnationId
+    if (incarnationId) {
+      return `${ptyId}:${incarnationId}`
+    }
+    return `${this.runtimeId}:${ptyId}:generation:${this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId)}`
+  }
+
   protected getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId: string): number {
     const existing = this.ptyLifecycleGenerationById.get(ptyId)
     if (existing !== undefined) {
@@ -89,6 +102,10 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithRecordAgentPromptLifecycleState extends OrcaRuntimeW
     this.agentPromptLifecycleByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     this.agentPromptPermissionSequenceByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     this.agentPromptExplicitStatusFloorByPtyId.set(ptyId, Date.now())
+    const pty = this.ptysById.get(ptyId)
+    if (pty) {
+      pty.lastExplicitAgentStatus = null
+    }
     this.legacyWorkerRecovery.deleteRecoveredPty(ptyId)
     // Why: a respawn under the same session id needs its own subscriber-driven attach.
     this.terminalViewSubscribers.resetGeneration(ptyId)
@@ -96,6 +113,7 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithRecordAgentPromptLifecycleState extends OrcaRuntimeW
     // it; a respawn must neither reuse its frame nor join its in-flight call.
     this.providerBufferAcquisitionsByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     this.providerVisibleStateByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
+    this.visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
     this.providerVisibleRetryAtByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-resolve-exit-waiters.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-resolve-exit-waiters.ts
index 5cb6252f368..8410d0b3c44 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-resolve-exit-waiters.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-resolve-exit-waiters.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithResolveExitWaiters extends OrcaRuntimeWithBindPtyInc
     // provider-supported readiness fact; name-only or otherwise unbound observations stay open.
     for (const waiter of [...waiters]) {
       if (waiter.condition === 'tui-idle') {
+        if (
+          waiter.processIncarnation === null ||
+          this.getTerminalProcessIncarnation(handle) !== waiter.processIncarnation
+        ) {
+          this.removeWaiter(waiter)
+          waiter.reject(new Error('terminal_handle_stale'))
+          continue
+        }
         const observation = this.observeTuiIdleForLeaf(leaf, waiter.evidenceCursor)
         if (observation.state !== 'ready') {
           continue
@@ -103,6 +111,14 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithResolveExitWaiters extends OrcaRuntimeWithBindPtyInc
     // Why: same re-ranking as resolveTuiIdleWaiters above.
     for (const waiter of [...waiters]) {
       if (waiter.condition === 'tui-idle') {
+        if (
+          waiter.processIncarnation === null ||
+          this.getTerminalProcessIncarnation(handle) !== waiter.processIncarnation
+        ) {
+          this.removeWaiter(waiter)
+          waiter.reject(new Error('terminal_handle_stale'))
+          continue
+        }
         const observation = this.observeTuiIdleForPty(pty, waiter.evidenceCursor)
         if (observation.state !== 'ready') {
           continue
@@ -133,7 +149,10 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithResolveExitWaiters extends OrcaRuntimeWithBindPtyInc
     return observeTuiIdle({
       record: {
         ...leaf,
-        attachmentId: leaf.ptyId ? (this.ptysById.get(leaf.ptyId)?.incarnationId ?? null) : null
+        attachmentId: leaf.ptyId ? this.getPtyAttachmentId(leaf.ptyId) : null,
+        screenCapture: leaf.ptyId
+          ? (this.visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId.get(leaf.ptyId) ?? null)
+          : null
       },
       rendererTitle: leaf.paneTitle ?? this.tabs.get(leaf.tabId)?.title ?? null,
       readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => promptAgent !== null,
@@ -181,7 +200,8 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithResolveExitWaiters extends OrcaRuntimeWithBindPtyInc
       record: {
         ...pty,
         lastOscTitleObservedAt: pty.lastOscTitleEpochMs,
-        attachmentId: pty.incarnationId
+        attachmentId: this.getPtyAttachmentId(pty.ptyId),
+        screenCapture: this.visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId.get(pty.ptyId) ?? null
       },
       rendererTitle: adoptedTitle,
       readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => adoptedIdle || promptAgent !== null,
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-runtime-id.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-runtime-id.ts
index 1b9ca39407f..12a2eca3c76 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-runtime-id.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-runtime-id.ts
@@ -324,10 +324,18 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithRuntimeId {
     getAdoptedPtyIdleStatus: (pty) => this.getAdoptedPtyExplicitIdleStatus(pty),
     getAdoptedPtyTitle: (pty) => this.getAdoptedPtyTitle(pty),
     getPaneAgent: (ptyId) => this.getPaneAgentForTuiIdle(ptyId),
-    getFirstPartyAgentStatus: (ptyId) =>
-      (ptyId ? this.ptysById.get(ptyId)?.lastExplicitAgentStatus : null) ?? null,
-    getAttachmentId: (ptyId) => (ptyId ? (this.ptysById.get(ptyId)?.incarnationId ?? null) : null),
+    getFirstPartyAgentStatus: (ptyId) => {
+      const status = ptyId ? this.ptysById.get(ptyId)?.lastExplicitAgentStatus : null
+      return status ?? null
+    },
+    getAttachmentId: (ptyId) => (ptyId ? this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId) : null),
+    getScreenCapture: (ptyId) =>
+      ptyId ? (this.visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId.get(ptyId) ?? null) : null,
     getTerminalProcessIncarnation: (handle) => this.getTerminalProcessIncarnation(handle),
+    retire: (waiter, reason) => {
+      this.terminalWaiters.remove(waiter)
+      waiter.reject(new Error(reason))
+    },
     getLiveLeaf: (leaf) => this.leaves.get(this.getLeafKey(leaf.tabId, leaf.leafId)) ?? leaf,
     resolve: (waiter, result) => this.terminalWaiters.resolve(waiter, result)
   })
@@ -341,10 +349,13 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithRuntimeId {
       getAdoptedPtyTitle: (pty) => this.getAdoptedPtyTitle(pty),
       getTabTitle: (tabId) => this.tabs.get(tabId)?.title ?? null,
       getPaneAgent: (ptyId) => this.getPaneAgentForTuiIdle(ptyId),
-      getFirstPartyAgentStatus: (ptyId) =>
-        (ptyId ? this.ptysById.get(ptyId)?.lastExplicitAgentStatus : null) ?? null,
-      getAttachmentId: (ptyId) =>
-        ptyId ? (this.ptysById.get(ptyId)?.incarnationId ?? null) : null,
+      getFirstPartyAgentStatus: (ptyId) => {
+        const status = ptyId ? this.ptysById.get(ptyId)?.lastExplicitAgentStatus : null
+        return status ?? null
+      },
+      getAttachmentId: (ptyId) => (ptyId ? this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId) : null),
+      getScreenCapture: (ptyId) =>
+        ptyId ? (this.visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId.get(ptyId) ?? null) : null,
       getTerminalProcessIncarnation: (handle) => this.getTerminalProcessIncarnation(handle),
       startVisibleReadProbe: (waiter, waiterTimeoutMs) =>
         this.startTuiIdleVisibleReadProbe(waiter, waiterTimeoutMs)
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-start-tui-idle-visible-read-probe.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-start-tui-idle-visible-read-probe.ts
index 264e178170e..a1f2e2e0b95 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-start-tui-idle-visible-read-probe.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-start-tui-idle-visible-read-probe.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   buildTerminalWaitResult
 } from './terminal-wait-results'
 import { createSetupCompletionScanner } from './orchestration/setup-completion-signal'
+import type { RuntimeScreenCapture } from './orca-runtime-core'
 
 export class OrcaRuntimeWithStartTuiIdleVisibleReadProbe extends OrcaRuntimeWithCreateAgentPromptRenderGate {
   /** One bounded look at the provider's screen for an adopted PTY whose retained
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithStartTuiIdleVisibleReadProbe extends OrcaRuntimeWith
         retireOnTimeout: true,
         // Why: the ready banner stays in scrollback for the whole session, so
         // classifying history would call a working agent idle (#15569 review).
-        visibleScreenOnly: true
+        visibleScreenOnly: true,
+        freshVisibleCapture: true
       } satisfies RuntimeProviderSnapshotReadOptions),
       probeTimeoutMs,
       null
@@ -73,11 +75,15 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithStartTuiIdleVisibleReadProbe extends OrcaRuntimeWith
         const snapshotText = projection.tail.join('\n')
         const blockedReason = detectTerminalWaitBlockedReason(snapshotText)
         const promptAgent = detectKnownReadyPromptAgent(snapshotText)
+        const screenCapture = this.visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId.get(
+          this.getLivePtyForHandle(waiter.handle)?.pty.ptyId ?? ''
+        )
         const result = this.buildTuiIdleProbeResult(
           waiter.handle,
           blockedReason,
           promptAgent,
-          waiter.evidenceCursor
+          waiter.evidenceCursor,
+          screenCapture ?? null
         )
         if (!result) {
           return
@@ -94,7 +100,8 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithStartTuiIdleVisibleReadProbe extends OrcaRuntimeWith
     handle: string,
     blockedReason: RuntimeTerminalWaitBlockedReason | null,
     promptAgent: KnownReadyPromptAgent | null,
-    evidenceCursor?: TuiIdleEvidenceCursor
+    evidenceCursor?: TuiIdleEvidenceCursor,
+    screenCapture?: RuntimeScreenCapture | null
   ): RuntimeTerminalWait | null {
     const pty = this.getLivePtyForHandle(handle)
     if (pty) {
@@ -105,8 +112,8 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithStartTuiIdleVisibleReadProbe extends OrcaRuntimeWith
         record: {
           ...pty.pty,
           lastOscTitleObservedAt: pty.pty.lastOscTitleEpochMs,
-          attachmentId: pty.pty.incarnationId,
-          screenObservedAt: Date.now()
+          attachmentId: this.getPtyAttachmentId(pty.pty.ptyId),
+          screenCapture: screenCapture ?? null
         },
         rendererTitle: this.getAdoptedPtyTitle(pty.pty),
         readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => promptAgent !== null,
@@ -131,8 +138,8 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithStartTuiIdleVisibleReadProbe extends OrcaRuntimeWith
     const observation = observeTuiIdle({
       record: {
         ...leaf,
-        attachmentId: leaf.ptyId ? (this.ptysById.get(leaf.ptyId)?.incarnationId ?? null) : null,
-        screenObservedAt: Date.now()
+        attachmentId: leaf.ptyId ? this.getPtyAttachmentId(leaf.ptyId) : null,
+        screenCapture: screenCapture ?? null
       },
       rendererTitle: leaf.paneTitle ?? this.tabs.get(leaf.tabId)?.title ?? null,
       readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => promptAgent !== null,
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-visible-snapshot-preview.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-visible-snapshot-preview.ts
index ac9eb99a67b..d011d1eb631 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-visible-snapshot-preview.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-visible-snapshot-preview.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @ts-nocheck -- mechanically split from OrcaRuntimeService; behavior is covered by AST equivalence and characterization tests.
 import { OrcaRuntimeWithCaptureProviderTerminalBuffer } from './orca-runtime-capture-provider-terminal-buffer'
-import type { RuntimeTerminalProjection } from './orca-runtime-core'
+import type { RuntimeScreenCapture, RuntimeTerminalProjection } from './orca-runtime-core'
 import { buildPreview } from './terminal-tail-state'
 import type { RuntimeVisibleTerminalState } from './runtime-terminal-state-records'
 import {
@@ -31,26 +31,33 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithVisibleSnapshotPreview extends OrcaRuntimeWithCaptur
   }
 
   protected async readVisibleTerminalState(
-    ptyId: string
+    ptyId: string,
+    options: { freshCapture?: boolean } = {}
   ): Promise<RuntimeVisibleTerminalState | null> {
     const generation = this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId)
     const pending = this.providerVisibleStateReadsByPtyId.get(ptyId)
-    if (pending?.generation === generation) {
+    const freshCapture = options.freshCapture === true
+    if (pending?.generation === generation && (!freshCapture || pending.freshCapture)) {
       return pending.promise
     }
-    let entry: { generation: number; promise: Promise<RuntimeVisibleTerminalState | null> }
-    const promise = this.loadVisibleTerminalState(ptyId).finally(() => {
+    let entry: {
+      generation: number
+      freshCapture: boolean
+      promise: Promise<RuntimeVisibleTerminalState | null>
+    }
+    const promise = this.loadVisibleTerminalState(ptyId, options).finally(() => {
       if (this.providerVisibleStateReadsByPtyId.get(ptyId) === entry) {
         this.providerVisibleStateReadsByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
       }
     })
-    entry = { generation, promise }
+    entry = { generation, freshCapture, promise }
     this.providerVisibleStateReadsByPtyId.set(ptyId, entry)
     return promise
   }
 
   protected async loadVisibleTerminalState(
-    ptyId: string
+    ptyId: string,
+    options: { freshCapture?: boolean } = {}
   ): Promise<RuntimeVisibleTerminalState | null> {
     if (!this.providerSnapshotPreferredPtys.has(ptyId)) {
       return this.readHeadlessVisibleTerminalState(ptyId)
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithVisibleSnapshotPreview extends OrcaRuntimeWithCaptur
     const cached = this.providerVisibleStateByPtyId.get(ptyId)
     const trackedMode = this.providerModeTrackersByPtyId.get(ptyId)
     if (
+      !options.freshCapture &&
       cached?.generation === generation &&
       outputSequence <= cached.sequence &&
       (!trackedMode || trackedMode.isAlternateScreen === cached.isAlternateScreen)
@@ -69,25 +77,23 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithVisibleSnapshotPreview extends OrcaRuntimeWithCaptur
     }
     if (trackedMode && !trackedMode.isAlternateScreen) {
       const headlessState = await this.readHeadlessVisibleTerminalState(ptyId)
-      return headlessState
-        ? { ...headlessState, isAlternateScreen: false }
-        : {
-            lines: [],
-            isAlternateScreen: false,
-            sequence: outputSequence,
-            generation
-          }
+      return headlessState ? { ...headlessState, isAlternateScreen: false } : null
     }
     if ((this.providerVisibleRetryAtByPtyId.get(ptyId) ?? 0) > Date.now()) {
       return null
     }
 
+    const attachmentId = this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId)
     const snapshot = await this.serializeProviderTerminalBuffer(
       ptyId,
       { scrollbackRows: 0 },
       { timeoutMs: VISIBLE_TERMINAL_SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT_MS }
     )
-    if (!snapshot || this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId) !== generation) {
+    if (
+      !snapshot ||
+      this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId) !== generation ||
+      this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId) !== attachmentId
+    ) {
       this.providerVisibleRetryAtByPtyId.set(ptyId, Date.now() + VISIBLE_TERMINAL_SNAPSHOT_RETRY_MS)
       return null
     }
@@ -107,11 +113,18 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithVisibleSnapshotPreview extends OrcaRuntimeWithCaptur
     ) {
       return null
     }
+    const screenCapture = this.recordVisibleScreenCapture(
+      ptyId,
+      generation,
+      snapshot.seq,
+      'provider'
+    )
     const visibleState: RuntimeVisibleTerminalState = {
       ...projection,
       isAlternateScreen: snapshot.alternateScreen ?? false,
       sequence: snapshot.seq,
-      generation
+      generation,
+      screenCapture
     }
     this.providerVisibleStateByPtyId.set(ptyId, visibleState)
     return visibleState
@@ -125,10 +138,12 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithVisibleSnapshotPreview extends OrcaRuntimeWithCaptur
       return null
     }
     const generation = this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId)
+    const attachmentId = this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId)
     await state.writeChain
     if (
       this.headlessTerminals.get(ptyId) !== state ||
-      this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId) !== generation
+      this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId) !== generation ||
+      this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId) !== attachmentId
     ) {
       return null
     }
@@ -136,7 +151,13 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithVisibleSnapshotPreview extends OrcaRuntimeWithCaptur
       ...projectTerminalVisibleLines(state.emulator),
       isAlternateScreen: state.emulator.isAlternateScreen,
       sequence: state.outputSequence,
-      generation
+      generation,
+      screenCapture: this.recordVisibleScreenCapture(
+        ptyId,
+        generation,
+        state.outputSequence,
+        'headless'
+      )
     }
   }
 
@@ -183,9 +204,46 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithVisibleSnapshotPreview extends OrcaRuntimeWithCaptur
       if (!snapshot || snapshot.data.length === 0) {
         return { lines: [] }
       }
-      return this.parseVisibleSnapshot(snapshot)
+      const generation = this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId)
+      const attachmentId = this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId)
+      const outputSequence =
+        typeof snapshot.seq === 'number' ? snapshot.seq : this.getPtyOutputSequence(ptyId)
+      const projection = await this.parseVisibleSnapshot(snapshot)
+      if (
+        this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId) !== generation ||
+        this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId) !== attachmentId ||
+        this.getPtyOutputSequence(ptyId) > outputSequence
+      ) {
+        return { lines: [] }
+      }
+      return {
+        ...projection,
+        screenCapture: this.recordVisibleScreenCapture(
+          ptyId,
+          generation,
+          outputSequence,
+          'renderer'
+        )
+      }
     } catch {
       return { lines: [] }
     }
   }
+
+  protected recordVisibleScreenCapture(
+    ptyId: string,
+    generation: number,
+    outputSequence: number,
+    source: RuntimeScreenCapture['source']
+  ): RuntimeScreenCapture {
+    const capture: RuntimeScreenCapture = {
+      attachmentId: this.getPtyAttachmentId(ptyId),
+      generation,
+      outputSequence,
+      revision: this.nextVisibleScreenCaptureRevision++,
+      source
+    }
+    this.visibleScreenCaptureByPtyId.set(ptyId, capture)
+    return capture
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-contracts.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-contracts.ts
index 23a82565eb4..aae224ae2ae 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-contracts.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-contracts.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ export type RuntimeProviderSnapshotReadOptions = {
   timeoutMs?: number
   retireOnTimeout?: boolean
   visibleScreenOnly?: boolean
+  /** Force an actual screen capture; cache reuse keeps the prior provenance. */
+  freshVisibleCapture?: boolean
 }
 
 /** Agent-prompt writes add the correlation inputs a queued-acceptance receipt needs. */
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-idle-polls.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-idle-polls.ts
index 2c8e2fc6143..7fe00b1d90b 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-idle-polls.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-idle-polls.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   type TuiIdleEvidenceRecord
 } from './tui-idle-evidence'
 import type { TuiAgent } from '../../shared/tui-agent'
+import type { RuntimeScreenCapture } from './orca-runtime-core'
 
 import type { TerminalWaiter } from './runtime-terminal-contracts'
 import type { RuntimeLeafRecord, RuntimePtyWorktreeRecord } from './runtime-terminal-state-records'
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ type RuntimeTerminalIdlePollDependencies = {
   getPaneAgent(ptyId: string | null | undefined): TuiAgent | null
   getFirstPartyAgentStatus(ptyId: string | null | undefined): FirstPartyAgentStatus
   getAttachmentId?(ptyId: string | null | undefined): string | null
+  getScreenCapture?(ptyId: string | null | undefined): RuntimeScreenCapture | null
+  getTerminalProcessIncarnation?(handle: string): string | null
+  retire?(waiter: TerminalWaiter, reason: string): void
   /** Re-read the record the waiter registered against; see `liveLeaf` below. */
   getLiveLeaf(leaf: RuntimeLeafRecord): RuntimeLeafRecord
   resolve(waiter: TerminalWaiter, result: RuntimeTerminalWait): void
@@ -91,6 +95,14 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalIdlePolls {
       return
     }
     const { waiter } = entry
+    if (
+      this.deps.getTerminalProcessIncarnation &&
+      waiter.processIncarnation !== this.deps.getTerminalProcessIncarnation(waiter.handle)
+    ) {
+      this.stop(entry)
+      this.deps.retire?.(waiter, 'terminal_handle_stale')
+      return
+    }
     // Why re-read: `syncWindowGraph` rebuilds `this.leaves` with fresh objects on every
     // renderer publish, so the record captured at registration stops advancing. Reading the
     // live record keeps readiness and first-party status tied to the current attachment.
@@ -111,7 +123,8 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalIdlePolls {
       const observation = observeTuiIdle({
         record: {
           ...leaf,
-          attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null
+          attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null,
+          screenCapture: this.deps.getScreenCapture?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null
         } satisfies TuiIdleEvidenceRecord,
         rendererTitle: leaf.paneTitle ?? this.deps.getTabTitle(leaf.tabId),
         readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => promptAgent !== null,
@@ -141,6 +154,14 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalIdlePolls {
       return
     }
     const { waiter, pty } = entry
+    if (
+      this.deps.getTerminalProcessIncarnation &&
+      waiter.processIncarnation !== this.deps.getTerminalProcessIncarnation(waiter.handle)
+    ) {
+      this.stop(entry)
+      this.deps.retire?.(waiter, 'terminal_handle_stale')
+      return
+    }
     // Why no re-read here: `ptysById` has a single create-once `set` site, so PTY
     // records are mutated in place rather than swapped, and a capture stays live.
     const agent = this.deps.getPaneAgent(pty.ptyId)
@@ -162,7 +183,8 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalIdlePolls {
         record: {
           ...pty,
           lastOscTitleObservedAt: pty.lastOscTitleEpochMs,
-          attachmentId: pty.incarnationId
+          attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(pty.ptyId) ?? pty.incarnationId,
+          screenCapture: this.deps.getScreenCapture?.(pty.ptyId) ?? null
         } satisfies TuiIdleEvidenceRecord,
         rendererTitle: adoptedTitle,
         readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => adoptedIdle || promptAgent !== null,
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-state-records.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-state-records.ts
index 9f02212f4ce..ec7eef16abb 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-state-records.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-state-records.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type { TerminalTailWaitState } from './terminal-wait-tail-state'
 import type { PtyShellOwnershipMirror } from './pty-shell-ownership-mirror'
 import type { TerminalExitCause } from '../../shared/terminal-exit-cause'
 import type { AgentSessionOwnerBinding } from '../../shared/agent-session-host-authority'
+import type { RuntimeScreenCapture } from './orca-runtime-core'
 
 type RuntimeTerminalTailState = {
   tailBuffer: string[]
@@ -71,7 +72,12 @@ export type RuntimePtyWorktreeRecord = RuntimeTerminalTailState & {
   /** Latest first-party state from the agent's own OSC 9999 status stream — what the
    *  agent SAYS it is doing, as opposed to `lastAgentStatus`, which is inferred from its
    *  OSC title. Optional: absent until a payload lands. */
-  lastExplicitAgentStatus?: { state: AgentStatusState; updatedAt: number } | null
+  lastExplicitAgentStatus?: {
+    state: AgentStatusState
+    updatedAt: number
+    outputSequence?: number
+    attachmentId?: string | null
+  } | null
   lastAgentStatusStartedAtEpochMs: number | null
   lastAgentStatusRichInvalidatedAtEpochMs: number | null
   lastOscTitle: string | null
@@ -116,6 +122,7 @@ export type RuntimeVisibleTerminalState = {
   isAlternateScreen: boolean
   sequence: number
   generation: number
+  screenCapture: RuntimeScreenCapture
 }
 
 export type ProviderBufferAcquisition = {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait-evidence.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait-evidence.ts
index c6ef2ec4a07..c901f1f7e73 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait-evidence.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait-evidence.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { RuntimeTerminalReadiness } from '../../shared/runtime-types'
 import type { TuiAgent } from '../../shared/tui-agent'
 import { detectKnownReadyPromptAgent } from './terminal-wait-detection'
 import type { RuntimeLeafRecord, RuntimePtyWorktreeRecord } from './runtime-terminal-state-records'
+import type { RuntimeScreenCapture } from './orca-runtime-core'
 import {
   observeTuiIdle,
   captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ type RuntimeTerminalWaitEvidenceDependencies = {
   getPaneAgent(ptyId: string | null | undefined): TuiAgent | null
   getFirstPartyAgentStatus(ptyId: string | null | undefined): FirstPartyAgentStatus
   getAttachmentId?(ptyId: string | null | undefined): string | null
+  getScreenCapture?(ptyId: string | null | undefined): RuntimeScreenCapture | null
 }
 
 export class RuntimeTerminalWaitEvidence {
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalWaitEvidence {
       record: {
         ...pty,
         lastOscTitleObservedAt: pty.lastOscTitleEpochMs,
-        attachmentId: pty.incarnationId
+        attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(pty.ptyId) ?? pty.incarnationId,
+        screenCapture: this.deps.getScreenCapture?.(pty.ptyId) ?? null
       },
       rendererTitle: adoptedTitle,
       readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => adoptedIdle || promptAgent !== null,
@@ -64,7 +67,8 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalWaitEvidence {
     return observeTuiIdle({
       record: {
         ...leaf,
-        attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null
+        attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null,
+        screenCapture: this.deps.getScreenCapture?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null
       },
       rendererTitle: leaf.paneTitle ?? this.deps.getTabTitle(leaf.tabId),
       readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => promptAgent !== null,
@@ -80,9 +84,10 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalWaitEvidence {
       {
         ...pty,
         lastOscTitleObservedAt: pty.lastOscTitleEpochMs,
-        attachmentId: pty.incarnationId
+        attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(pty.ptyId) ?? pty.incarnationId,
+        screenCapture: this.deps.getScreenCapture?.(pty.ptyId) ?? null
       },
-      pty.incarnationId
+      this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(pty.ptyId) ?? pty.incarnationId
     )
   }
 
@@ -90,7 +95,8 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalWaitEvidence {
     return captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor(
       {
         ...leaf,
-        attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null
+        attachmentId: this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null,
+        screenCapture: this.deps.getScreenCapture?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null
       },
       this.deps.getAttachmentId?.(leaf.ptyId) ?? null
     )
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait-timeouts.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait-timeouts.ts
index 0780ea48656..b2a78e5de52 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait-timeouts.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait-timeouts.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { TuiIdleEvidenceCursor } from './tui-idle-evidence'
 type RuntimeTerminalWaitTimeoutDependencies = {
   getLivePty(handle: string): { pty: RuntimePtyWorktreeRecord } | null
   getLiveLeaf(handle: string): { leaf: RuntimeLeafRecord }
+  getTerminalProcessIncarnation?(handle: string): string | null
 }
 
 export function resolvePtyTuiIdleTimeout(
@@ -16,8 +17,16 @@ export function resolvePtyTuiIdleTimeout(
   reject: (error: Error) => void,
   deps: RuntimeTerminalWaitTimeoutDependencies,
   evidence: RuntimeTerminalWaitEvidence,
-  evidenceCursor?: TuiIdleEvidenceCursor
+  evidenceCursor?: TuiIdleEvidenceCursor,
+  expectedProcessIncarnation?: string | null
 ): void {
+  if (
+    deps.getTerminalProcessIncarnation &&
+    expectedProcessIncarnation !== deps.getTerminalProcessIncarnation(handle)
+  ) {
+    reject(new Error('terminal_handle_stale'))
+    return
+  }
   const live = deps.getLivePty(handle)
   if (!live) {
     reject(new Error('terminal_handle_stale'))
@@ -45,8 +54,16 @@ export function resolveLeafTuiIdleTimeout(
   reject: (error: Error) => void,
   deps: RuntimeTerminalWaitTimeoutDependencies,
   evidence: RuntimeTerminalWaitEvidence,
-  evidenceCursor?: TuiIdleEvidenceCursor
+  evidenceCursor?: TuiIdleEvidenceCursor,
+  expectedProcessIncarnation?: string | null
 ): void {
+  if (
+    deps.getTerminalProcessIncarnation &&
+    expectedProcessIncarnation !== deps.getTerminalProcessIncarnation(handle)
+  ) {
+    reject(new Error('terminal_handle_stale'))
+    return
+  }
   let current: RuntimeLeafRecord
   try {
     current = deps.getLiveLeaf(handle).leaf
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait.ts
index bb77604899a..b359d5492a2 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-terminal-wait.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalWait {
               reject,
               this.deps,
               this.evidence,
-              waiter.evidenceCursor
+              waiter.evidenceCursor,
+              waiter.processIncarnation
             )
           }, effectiveTimeoutMs)
         }
@@ -159,7 +160,13 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalWait {
             )
           } else {
             this.polls.startPty(waiter, live.pty)
-            if (live.pty.lastAgentStatus === null && livePtyWaitText.length === 0) {
+            // A fresh screen capture can prove an unchanged ready CLI even when
+            // retained stream text is non-empty; generic bytes still never count
+            // as readiness without the provider's positive matcher.
+            if (
+              live.pty.lastAgentStatus !== 'working' &&
+              live.pty.lastAgentStatus !== 'permission'
+            ) {
               this.deps.startVisibleReadProbe(waiter, effectiveTimeoutMs)
             }
           }
@@ -237,7 +244,8 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalWait {
             reject,
             this.deps,
             this.evidence,
-            waiter.evidenceCursor
+            waiter.evidenceCursor,
+            waiter.processIncarnation
           )
         }, effectiveTimeoutMs)
       }
@@ -276,7 +284,10 @@ export class RuntimeTerminalWait {
             )
           } else {
             this.polls.startLeaf(waiter, live.leaf)
-            if (live.leaf.lastAgentStatus === null && liveLeafWaitText.length === 0) {
+            if (
+              live.leaf.lastAgentStatus !== 'working' &&
+              live.leaf.lastAgentStatus !== 'permission'
+            ) {
               this.deps.startVisibleReadProbe(waiter, effectiveTimeoutMs)
             }
           }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/terminal-wait-name-only-idle.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/terminal-wait-name-only-idle.test.ts
index a72853d5679..5f6f33c242a 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/terminal-wait-name-only-idle.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/terminal-wait-name-only-idle.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type { RuntimeSyncWindowGraph } from '../../shared/runtime-types'
 import type { AgentStatus } from '../../shared/agent-detection'
 import type { TuiAgent } from '../../shared/tui-agent'
 import type { RuntimeLeafRecord, RuntimePtyWorktreeRecord } from './runtime-terminal-state-records'
+import type { RuntimeScreenCapture } from './orca-runtime-core'
 import type { FirstPartyAgentStatus } from './tui-idle-evidence'
 import {
   captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ function createWait(options: {
   agent?: TuiAgent | null
   firstPartyStatus?: FirstPartyAgentStatus
   liveLeaf?: () => RuntimeLeafRecord
+  screenCapture?: RuntimeScreenCapture | null
 }) {
   const waiters = new RuntimeTerminalWaiterRegistry()
   const startVisibleReadProbe = vi.fn()
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ function createWait(options: {
     getAdoptedPtyTitle: () => options.adoptedTitle ?? null,
     getPaneAgent: () => options.agent ?? null,
     getFirstPartyAgentStatus: () => options.firstPartyStatus ?? null,
+    getAttachmentId: () => 'test-incarnation',
+    getScreenCapture: () => options.screenCapture ?? null,
     getTerminalProcessIncarnation: () => 'test-incarnation'
   }
   const polls = new RuntimeTerminalIdlePolls({
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
     const { wait } = createWait({ pty, agent: 'codex' })
     const result = wait.wait(HANDLE, { condition: 'tui-idle', timeoutMs: 60_000 })
     pty.lastOscTitle = EXPLICIT_IDLE_TITLE
-    pty.lastOutputAt = Date.now() + 1
+    pty.lastOscTitleAt = 2
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
     await expect(result).resolves.toMatchObject({ satisfied: true })
   })
@@ -146,10 +150,21 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
 
   it('accepts a provider-specific ready screen when launch metadata is absent', async () => {
     const pty = makeTuiIdlePty()
-    const { wait } = createWait({ pty, agent: null })
+    const screenCapture: RuntimeScreenCapture = {
+      attachmentId: 'test-incarnation',
+      generation: 1,
+      outputSequence: 1,
+      revision: 1,
+      source: 'headless'
+    }
+    const { wait } = createWait({
+      pty,
+      agent: null,
+      screenCapture
+    })
     const result = wait.wait(HANDLE, { condition: 'tui-idle', timeoutMs: 60_000 })
     pty.preview = 'OpenAI Codex\nModel: gpt-5\nDirectory: /tmp/repo'
-    pty.lastOutputAt = Date.now() + 1
+    screenCapture.revision = 2
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
     await expect(result).resolves.toMatchObject({
       satisfied: true,
@@ -166,7 +181,7 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
       adoptedTitle: 'OMP ready'
     })
     const result = wait.wait(HANDLE, { condition: 'tui-idle', timeoutMs: 60_000 })
-    pty.lastOscTitleEpochMs = Date.now() + 1
+    pty.lastOscTitleAt = 2
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
     await expect(result).resolves.toMatchObject({
       satisfied: true,
@@ -197,7 +212,7 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
     })
     const { wait } = createWait({ leaf, agent: 'codex', tabTitle: null })
     const result = wait.wait(HANDLE, { condition: 'tui-idle', timeoutMs: 60_000 })
-    leaf.lastOutputAt = Date.now() + 1
+    leaf.lastOscTitleAt = 2
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
     await expect(result).resolves.toMatchObject({ satisfied: true })
   })
@@ -294,6 +309,7 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
         record: {
           lastAgentStatus: 'idle',
           lastOscTitle: EXPLICIT_IDLE_TITLE,
+          lastOscTitleAt: 1,
           lastOscTitleObservedAt: now,
           lastOutputAt: now,
           attachmentId: 'inc-1'
@@ -314,6 +330,7 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
     const record: TuiIdleEvidenceRecord = {
       lastAgentStatus: 'idle',
       lastOscTitle: EXPLICIT_IDLE_TITLE,
+      lastOscTitleAt: 1,
       lastOscTitleObservedAt: now,
       lastOutputAt: now,
       attachmentId: 'inc-1'
@@ -330,7 +347,7 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
     ).toMatchObject({ state: 'unknown', agent: 'codex' })
     expect(
       observeTuiIdle({
-        record: { ...record, lastOscTitleObservedAt: now + 1, lastOutputAt: now + 1 },
+        record: { ...record, lastOscTitleAt: 2, lastOscTitleObservedAt: now + 1 },
         agent: 'codex',
         firstPartyStatus: null,
         evidenceCursor: cursor,
@@ -351,7 +368,7 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
     expect(settled).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
 
-    pty.lastOutputAt = Date.now()
+    pty.lastOscTitleAt = 2
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
     await expect(result).resolves.toMatchObject({ satisfied: true })
   })
@@ -397,7 +414,13 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
           lastAgentStatus: 'idle',
           lastOscTitle: NAME_ONLY_TITLE,
           lastOutputAt: now,
-          screenObservedAt: now + 1,
+          screenCapture: {
+            attachmentId: 'inc-1',
+            generation: 1,
+            outputSequence: 1,
+            revision: 1,
+            source: 'headless'
+          },
           attachmentId: 'inc-1'
         },
         agent: 'codex',
@@ -408,6 +431,141 @@ describe('tui-idle evidence ranking', () => {
       })
     ).toMatchObject({ state: 'ready', source: 'screen', agent: 'codex' })
   })
+
+  it('rejects a cached screen replay even when a caller wall clock advances', () => {
+    const capture = {
+      attachmentId: 'inc-1',
+      generation: 3,
+      outputSequence: 42,
+      revision: 7,
+      source: 'headless' as const
+    }
+    const record: TuiIdleEvidenceRecord = {
+      lastAgentStatus: 'idle',
+      lastOscTitle: NAME_ONLY_TITLE,
+      lastOutputAt: null,
+      attachmentId: 'inc-1',
+      screenCapture: capture,
+      screenObservedAt: Date.now() + 10_000
+    }
+    const cursor = captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor(record)
+    expect(
+      observeTuiIdle({
+        record: { ...record, screenObservedAt: Date.now() + 20_000 },
+        agent: 'codex',
+        firstPartyStatus: null,
+        evidenceCursor: cursor,
+        readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => true,
+        positiveBodyEvidenceAgent: 'codex'
+      })
+    ).toMatchObject({ state: 'unknown', agent: 'codex' })
+  })
+
+  it('accepts an unchanged screen only after a new host capture revision', () => {
+    const capture = {
+      attachmentId: 'inc-1',
+      generation: 3,
+      outputSequence: 42,
+      revision: 7,
+      source: 'headless' as const
+    }
+    const record: TuiIdleEvidenceRecord = {
+      lastAgentStatus: 'idle',
+      lastOscTitle: NAME_ONLY_TITLE,
+      lastOutputAt: null,
+      attachmentId: 'inc-1',
+      screenCapture: capture
+    }
+    const cursor = captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor(record)
+    expect(
+      observeTuiIdle({
+        record: { ...record, screenCapture: { ...capture, revision: 8 } },
+        agent: 'codex',
+        firstPartyStatus: null,
+        evidenceCursor: cursor,
+        readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => true,
+        positiveBodyEvidenceAgent: 'codex'
+      })
+    ).toMatchObject({ state: 'ready', source: 'screen', agent: 'codex' })
+  })
+
+  it('does not let a recapture of a pre-working screen outrank a stale working fact', () => {
+    const capture = {
+      attachmentId: 'inc-1',
+      generation: 3,
+      outputSequence: 42,
+      revision: 8,
+      source: 'headless' as const
+    }
+    const record: TuiIdleEvidenceRecord = {
+      lastAgentStatus: 'idle',
+      lastOscTitle: NAME_ONLY_TITLE,
+      lastOutputAt: null,
+      attachmentId: 'inc-1',
+      screenCapture: capture
+    }
+    expect(
+      observeTuiIdle({
+        record,
+        agent: 'codex',
+        firstPartyStatus: {
+          state: 'working',
+          updatedAt: Date.now() - 31 * 60 * 1000,
+          outputSequence: 42,
+          attachmentId: 'inc-1'
+        },
+        evidenceCursor: captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor({
+          ...record,
+          screenCapture: { ...capture, revision: 7 }
+        }),
+        readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => true,
+        positiveBodyEvidenceAgent: 'codex'
+      })
+    ).toMatchObject({ state: 'unknown', source: 'first-party', agent: 'codex' })
+    expect(
+      observeTuiIdle({
+        record: { ...record, screenCapture: { ...capture, outputSequence: 43, revision: 9 } },
+        agent: 'codex',
+        firstPartyStatus: {
+          state: 'working',
+          updatedAt: Date.now() - 31 * 60 * 1000,
+          outputSequence: 42,
+          attachmentId: 'inc-1'
+        },
+        evidenceCursor: captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor({
+          ...record,
+          screenCapture: { ...capture, revision: 7 }
+        }),
+        readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => true,
+        positiveBodyEvidenceAgent: 'codex'
+      })
+    ).toMatchObject({ state: 'ready', source: 'screen', agent: 'codex' })
+  })
+
+  it('does not treat an unknown attachment as a wildcard for a replacement', () => {
+    const cursor = captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor({
+      lastAgentStatus: 'idle',
+      lastOscTitle: NAME_ONLY_TITLE,
+      lastOutputAt: null,
+      attachmentId: null,
+      lastOscTitleAt: 1
+    })
+    expect(
+      observeTuiIdle({
+        record: {
+          lastAgentStatus: 'idle',
+          lastOscTitle: EXPLICIT_IDLE_TITLE,
+          lastOutputAt: null,
+          attachmentId: 'inc-replacement',
+          lastOscTitleAt: 2
+        },
+        agent: 'codex',
+        firstPartyStatus: null,
+        evidenceCursor: cursor,
+        readPositiveBodyEvidence: () => false
+      })
+    ).toMatchObject({ state: 'unknown', agent: 'codex' })
+  })
 })
 
 const E2E_WORKTREE_ID = 'repo-1::/tmp/name-only-idle'
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-agent-fixture.mjs b/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-agent-fixture.mjs
index cc12924f93c..994400b05d3 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-agent-fixture.mjs
+++ b/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-agent-fixture.mjs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const streaming = setInterval(() => {
     clearInterval(streaming)
     if (mode === 'explicit-idle') {
       process.stdout.write(osc('Codex ready'))
+    } else if (mode === 'ready-screen') {
+      process.stdout.write('\nOpenAI Codex\nModel: gpt-5\nDirectory: /tmp/tui-idle-real-pty\n')
     }
     return
   }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-evidence.ts b/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-evidence.ts
index 816ed49b93d..f31c7e5d9b8 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-evidence.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-evidence.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { getAgentReadinessCapability } from '../../shared/agent-readiness-capabi
 import { resolveExplicitTerminalTitleAgentType } from '../../shared/terminal-title-agent-type'
 import type { TuiAgent } from '../../shared/tui-agent'
 import { detectExplicitIdleStatusFromTitle } from './terminal-wait-detection'
+import type { RuntimeScreenCapture } from './orca-runtime-core'
 
 /**
  * Ranking the evidence that a `tui-idle` wait may settle on.
@@ -38,14 +39,18 @@ export type TuiIdleEvidenceRecord = {
   lastOscTitleObservedAt?: number | null
   /** Host-owned attachment identity. Historical bytes must never certify a replacement process. */
   attachmentId?: string | null
-  /** Host capture time for a visible-screen read; distinct from PTY stream output time. */
+  /** @deprecated Legacy wall-clock field; readiness ignores it in favor of screenCapture. */
   screenObservedAt?: number | null
+  /** Provenance of the visible screen text used by a readiness decision. */
+  screenCapture?: RuntimeScreenCapture | null
 }
 
 export type FirstPartyAgentStatus = {
   state: AgentStatusState
   /** When the host observed this provider fact, not when a replica replayed it. */
   updatedAt: number
+  /** PTY output sequence at the host observation, when available. */
+  outputSequence?: number
   attachmentId?: string | null
 } | null
 
@@ -54,7 +59,9 @@ export type FirstPartyAgentStatus = {
 export type TuiIdleEvidenceCursor = {
   attachmentId: string | null
   titleRevision: number | null
-  screenObservedAt: number | null
+  screenCaptureRevision: number | null
+  screenCaptureAttachmentId: string | null
+  screenCaptureGeneration: number | null
 }
 
 export type TuiIdleObservation = {
@@ -133,10 +140,10 @@ export function captureTuiIdleEvidenceCursor(
         ? record.lastOscTitleAt
         : typeof record.lastOscTitleObservedAt === 'number'
           ? record.lastOscTitleObservedAt
-          : typeof record.lastOutputAt === 'number'
-            ? record.lastOutputAt
-            : null,
-    screenObservedAt: record.screenObservedAt ?? record.lastOutputAt
+          : null,
+    screenCaptureRevision: record.screenCapture?.revision ?? null,
+    screenCaptureAttachmentId: record.screenCapture?.attachmentId ?? null,
+    screenCaptureGeneration: record.screenCapture?.generation ?? null
   }
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +152,12 @@ function hasEvidenceAfter(
   cursor: TuiIdleEvidenceCursor,
   source: 'title' | 'screen'
 ): boolean {
-  if (cursor.attachmentId !== null && record.attachmentId !== cursor.attachmentId) {
+  if (
+    cursor.attachmentId === null ||
+    record.attachmentId === null ||
+    record.attachmentId === undefined ||
+    record.attachmentId !== cursor.attachmentId
+  ) {
     return false
   }
   if (source === 'title') {
@@ -154,20 +166,24 @@ function hasEvidenceAfter(
         ? record.lastOscTitleAt
         : typeof record.lastOscTitleObservedAt === 'number'
           ? record.lastOscTitleObservedAt
-          : typeof record.lastOutputAt === 'number'
-            ? record.lastOutputAt
-            : null
+          : null
     return (
       currentRevision !== null &&
       (cursor.titleRevision === null || currentRevision > cursor.titleRevision)
     )
   }
-  const currentScreenObservation = record.screenObservedAt ?? record.lastOutputAt
-  return (
-    currentScreenObservation !== null &&
-    currentScreenObservation !== undefined &&
-    (cursor.screenObservedAt === null || currentScreenObservation > cursor.screenObservedAt)
-  )
+  const capture = record.screenCapture
+  if (
+    !capture ||
+    capture.attachmentId !== record.attachmentId ||
+    (cursor.screenCaptureAttachmentId !== null &&
+      capture.attachmentId !== cursor.screenCaptureAttachmentId) ||
+    (cursor.screenCaptureGeneration !== null &&
+      capture.generation !== cursor.screenCaptureGeneration)
+  ) {
+    return false
+  }
+  return cursor.screenCaptureRevision === null || capture.revision > cursor.screenCaptureRevision
 }
 
 function hasEvidenceAfterFirstPartyStatus(
@@ -191,8 +207,17 @@ function hasEvidenceAfterFirstPartyStatus(
       record.lastOscTitleObservedAt > status.updatedAt
     )
   }
-  const currentScreenObservation = record.screenObservedAt ?? record.lastOutputAt
-  return typeof currentScreenObservation === 'number' && currentScreenObservation > status.updatedAt
+  // A screen capture is a host observation, not a replayed stream timestamp. The
+  // operation cursor fences old captures; once a new same-attachment frame exists,
+  // it is newer evidence even when the provider screen itself is unchanged.
+  return Boolean(
+    record.screenCapture &&
+    (status.attachmentId === undefined ||
+      status.attachmentId === null ||
+      record.screenCapture.attachmentId === status.attachmentId) &&
+    (status.outputSequence === undefined ||
+      record.screenCapture.outputSequence > status.outputSequence)
+  )
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-name-only-real-pty.integration.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-name-only-real-pty.integration.test.ts
index 0d265a0a5bb..fe24f7ee97b 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-name-only-real-pty.integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/tui-idle-name-only-real-pty.integration.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ afterEach(() => {
   }
 })
 
-async function startRealAgentPane(mode: 'explicit-idle' | 'quiet', workMs: number) {
+async function startRealAgentPane(
+  mode: 'explicit-idle' | 'quiet' | 'ready-screen',
+  workMs: number
+) {
   const child = pty.spawn(process.execPath, [FIXTURE, mode, String(workMs)], {
     name: 'xterm-256color',
     cols: 120,
@@ -128,13 +131,14 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('tui-idle against a real agent pty
     expect(outcome.elapsedMs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1_500)
   }, 28_000)
 
-  it('satisfies once the real process goes quiet with the agent still in foreground', async () => {
-    const { runtime, handle } = await startRealAgentPane('quiet', 3_000)
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
+  it('satisfies an unchanged real ready screen through a fresh capture', async () => {
+    const { runtime, handle } = await startRealAgentPane('ready-screen', 3_000)
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 3_500))
 
     const outcome = await terminalWait(runtime, handle, 20_000)
     expect(outcome.satisfied).toBe(true)
-    // Corroboration is never instant: quiescence must elapse after the last byte.
-    expect(outcome.elapsedMs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3_000)
+    // The body was retained before registration; readiness comes from a current
+    // host-owned screen capture, not from requiring another PTY byte.
+    expect(outcome.elapsedMs).toBeLessThan(5_000)
   }, 28_000)
 })