diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-owner-recovery-retry.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-owner-recovery-retry.test.ts
index 9b6775a5f48..9c8f4bd6a14 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-owner-recovery-retry.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-owner-recovery-retry.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR } from '../../shared/pty-consumer-session'
-import { retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending } from './ssh-owner-recovery-retry'
+import {
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR,
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR
+} from '../../shared/pty-consumer-session'
+import { retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked } from './ssh-owner-recovery-retry'
 
 function publicationPendingError(): Error & { code: number } {
   return Object.assign(new Error('Owner grant publication is still pending'), {
@@ -8,6 +11,12 @@ function publicationPendingError(): Error & { code: number } {
   })
 }
 
+function supersededError(): Error & { code: number } {
+  return Object.assign(new Error('Owner recovery generation was superseded'), {
+    code: PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR
+  })
+}
+
 function openGate() {
   return {
     isCurrent: () => true,
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ describe('SSH owner recovery retry', () => {
       .mockRejectedValueOnce(publicationPendingError())
       .mockResolvedValue('recovered')
 
-    const recovery = retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending(attempt, openGate())
+    const recovery = retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked(attempt, openGate())
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(75)
 
     await expect(recovery).resolves.toBe('recovered')
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ describe('SSH owner recovery retry', () => {
     const error = publicationPendingError()
     const attempt = vi.fn<() => Promise<never>>().mockRejectedValue(error)
 
-    const recovery = retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending(attempt, openGate(), 60)
+    const recovery = retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked(attempt, openGate(), 60)
     const rejection = expect(recovery).rejects.toBe(error)
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60)
 
@@ -52,19 +61,31 @@ describe('SSH owner recovery retry', () => {
     const error = Object.assign(new Error('stale owner'), { code: -32041 })
     const attempt = vi.fn<() => Promise<never>>().mockRejectedValue(error)
 
-    await expect(retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending(attempt, openGate())).rejects.toBe(
-      error
-    )
+    await expect(retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked(attempt, openGate())).rejects.toBe(error)
     expect(attempt).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
   })
 
+  it('retries while a superseded transport is closing', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    const attempt = vi
+      .fn<() => Promise<string>>()
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(supersededError())
+      .mockResolvedValue('recovered')
+
+    const recovery = retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked(attempt, openGate())
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(25)
+
+    await expect(recovery).resolves.toBe('recovered')
+    expect(attempt).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+
   it('stops waiting when the relay channel closes', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     let current = true
     let close: (() => void) | undefined
     const error = publicationPendingError()
     const attempt = vi.fn<() => Promise<never>>().mockRejectedValue(error)
-    const recovery = retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending(attempt, {
+    const recovery = retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked(attempt, {
       isCurrent: () => current,
       onClosed: (listener) => {
         close = listener
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-owner-recovery-retry.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-owner-recovery-retry.ts
index 9449853acdb..e5e78d9a4f2 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-owner-recovery-retry.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-owner-recovery-retry.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import { PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR } from '../../shared/pty-consumer-session'
+import {
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR,
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR
+} from '../../shared/pty-consumer-session'
 
-// Why this budget is safe: the relay displaces a still-attached owner outright, so the only refusal
-// left is an incumbent grant whose publication has not settled — bounded by one relay response write.
+// Why: bound polling when publication is settling or a superseded attempt is closing its transport.
 export const SSH_OWNER_RECOVERY_WAIT_MS = 3_000
 const SSH_OWNER_RECOVERY_INITIAL_DELAY_MS = 25
 const SSH_OWNER_RECOVERY_MAX_DELAY_MS = 250
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ function waitForRetry(delayMs: number, gate: SshOwnerRecoveryRetryGate): Promise
   })
 }
 
-export async function retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending<T>(
+export async function retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked<T>(
   attempt: () => Promise<T>,
   gate: SshOwnerRecoveryRetryGate,
   waitMs: number = SSH_OWNER_RECOVERY_WAIT_MS
@@ -45,9 +47,10 @@ export async function retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending<T>(
     try {
       return await attempt()
     } catch (error) {
+      const code = (error as { code?: unknown } | null | undefined)?.code
       if (
-        (error as { code?: unknown } | null | undefined)?.code !==
-          PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR ||
+        (code !== PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR &&
+          code !== PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR) ||
         !gate.isCurrent()
       ) {
         throw error
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session-recovery-durability.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session-recovery-durability.test.ts
index be5cc07f80a..6e1fe81c5a5 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session-recovery-durability.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session-recovery-durability.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR } from '../../shared/pty-consumer-session'
+import {
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR,
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR
+} from '../../shared/pty-consumer-session'
 import { SshRelaySession } from './ssh-relay-session'
 import {
   createMismatchedOwnerRecoveryError,
@@ -195,6 +198,42 @@ describe('SshRelaySession consumer recovery durability', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  it('preserves persisted recovery while a superseding transport is still live', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      const targetId = 'target-owner-generation-superseded'
+      const deps = createMockDeps()
+      vi.mocked(deps.mockStore.getSshPtyConsumerRecovery).mockReturnValue({
+        targetId,
+        clientInstanceId: 'persisted-client',
+        serverBuildId: 'test-relay-build',
+        clientGeneration: 1,
+        ownerGeneration: 1,
+        ownerLease: 'persisted-owner'
+      })
+      const superseded = Object.assign(new Error('Owner recovery generation was superseded'), {
+        code: PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR
+      })
+      openConsumerSessionMock.mockRejectedValue(superseded)
+      const session = new SshRelaySession(
+        targetId,
+        deps.getMainWindow,
+        deps.mockStore,
+        deps.mockPortForward
+      )
+
+      const failed = expect(session.establish(deps.mockConn)).rejects.toBe(superseded)
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(3_000)
+      await failed
+
+      expect(openConsumerSessionMock.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(1)
+      expect(deps.mockStore.removeSshPtyConsumerRecovery).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      session.dispose()
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
   it('keeps destructive disposal pending until consumer recovery is removed', async () => {
     const { mockStore, mockPortForward, getMainWindow } = createMockDeps()
     vi.mocked(mockStore.getSshPtyConsumerRecovery).mockReturnValue({
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.ts
index ea293e5b8ca..3f1c5105d29 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ import type { Store } from '../persistence'
 import type { OrcaRuntimeService } from '../runtime/orca-runtime'
 import { DEFAULT_PTY_SOURCE_WINDOW_SU } from '../../shared/pty-source-credit-contract'
 import { PTY_CONSUMER_STALE_OWNER_RECOVERY_ERROR } from '../../shared/pty-consumer-session'
-import { retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending } from './ssh-owner-recovery-retry'
+import { retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked } from './ssh-owner-recovery-retry'
 import { runRemoteOrcaCli } from './ssh-remote-orca-cli'
 import {
   acknowledgeRemoteOrcaCliPostOutput,
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ export class SshRelaySession {
       outputFlowControl: { requestedWindowSu: DEFAULT_PTY_SOURCE_WINDOW_SU }
     }
     try {
-      return await retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhilePublicationPending(
+      return await retrySshOwnerRecoveryWhileBlocked(
         () =>
           openSshPtyConsumerSession(mux, {
             ...options,
diff --git a/src/relay/relay-pty-consumer-owner-displacement.test.ts b/src/relay/relay-pty-consumer-owner-displacement.test.ts
index 1c7bd076b20..89059119f5f 100644
--- a/src/relay/relay-pty-consumer-owner-displacement.test.ts
+++ b/src/relay/relay-pty-consumer-owner-displacement.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
   RelayDispatcher,
   type RelayClientSessionIdentity,
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import {
 } from './dispatcher'
 import { encodeJsonRpcFrame, MessageType } from './protocol'
 import { SshPtyConsumerSessionAdapter } from './ssh-pty-consumer-session-adapter'
-import { PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR } from '../shared/pty-consumer-session'
+import {
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR,
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR
+} from '../shared/pty-consumer-session'
 
 const endpointIdentity: RelayClientSessionIdentity = {
   principal: 'endpoint-principal',
@@ -59,13 +62,14 @@ describe('relay PTY consumer owner displacement', () => {
     // Why no settle deferral: a half-open peer is indistinguishable from a live one at the sink — writes
     // still "succeed" locally, so the relay never learns the owner is gone.
     const staleWrites: Buffer[] = []
+    const closeStaleTransport = vi.fn()
     dispatcher = new RelayDispatcher(
       (data, settle) => {
         staleWrites.push(Buffer.from(data))
         settle({ ok: true })
         return true
       },
-      { supportsWriteCallback: true },
+      { supportsWriteCallback: true, close: closeStaleTransport },
       endpointIdentity
     )
     const detached: number[] = []
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ describe('relay PTY consumer owner displacement', () => {
     expect(adapter.deliveryMode(1)).toBe('subscriber')
     expect(adapter.openDelivery(1, 'pty-2', 'incarnation-1')).toBeNull()
     expect(detached).toContain(1)
+    expect(closeStaleTransport).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
 
     // Why: retained, not closed — the reconnected owner still has to rotate the stale delivery forward.
     expect(adapter.getDebugSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ deliveryTokens: 1, graceTimers: 1 })
@@ -274,7 +279,7 @@ describe('relay PTY consumer owner displacement', () => {
     expect(detached).toContain(1)
   })
 
-  it('serializes overlapping reconnect grants without invalidating the original proof', async () => {
+  it('fences an old proof while its replacement is live', async () => {
     const incumbentWrites: Buffer[] = []
     dispatcher = new RelayDispatcher(
       (data, settle) => {
@@ -340,12 +345,24 @@ describe('relay PTY consumer owner displacement', () => {
     )
     await flushRequests()
 
-    expect(response(retryWrites, 4)!.result).toMatchObject({
+    expect(response(retryWrites, 4)!.error).toMatchObject({
+      code: PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR
+    })
+    expect(adapter.deliveryMode(firstReconnectClientId)).toBe('source-owner')
+    expect(adapter.deliveryMode(retryClientId)).toBe('subscriber')
+
+    dispatcher.detachClient(firstReconnectClientId)
+    dispatcher.feedClient(
+      retryClientId,
+      requestFrame(5, 'pty.openClient', ownerHelloParams(resume))
+    )
+    await flushRequests()
+
+    expect(response(retryWrites, 5)!.result).toMatchObject({
       role: 'session-owner',
       ownerGeneration: 3,
       ownerLease: incumbentGrant.ownerLease
     })
-    expect(adapter.deliveryMode(firstReconnectClientId)).toBe('subscriber')
     expect(adapter.deliveryMode(retryClientId)).toBe('source-owner')
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/relay/relay.ts b/src/relay/relay.ts
index d5003bdf649..568d6f30f3c 100644
--- a/src/relay/relay.ts
+++ b/src/relay/relay.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 import { createServer, createConnection, type Socket, type Server } from 'node:net'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
-import { unlinkSync, existsSync, statSync, readFileSync, chmodSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { unlinkSync, existsSync, statSync, readFileSync, chmodSync, closeSync } from 'node:fs'
 import {
   RELAY_SENTINEL,
   FrameDecoder,
@@ -597,6 +597,17 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
         }
         stdoutDrainWaiters.add(cb)
         return () => stdoutDrainWaiters.delete(cb)
+      },
+      close: () => {
+        stdoutAlive = false
+        flushStdoutDrainWaiters()
+        for (const fd of [process.stdin.fd, process.stdout.fd]) {
+          try {
+            closeSync(fd)
+          } catch {
+            // Already closed by the peer.
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     undefined,
diff --git a/src/shared/pty-consumer-owner-recovery.ts b/src/shared/pty-consumer-owner-recovery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfac94d7e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/pty-consumer-owner-recovery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import {
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR,
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR,
+  PTY_CONSUMER_STALE_OWNER_RECOVERY_ERROR,
+  type PtyConsumerAuthentication,
+  type PtyConsumerSessionHello
+} from './pty-consumer-session-contract'
+
+type IncumbentOwner = {
+  principal: string
+  clientInstanceId: string
+  generation: number
+  lease: string
+  state: 'pending' | 'active' | 'disconnected'
+  replaces?: { generation: number }
+}
+
+function throwRecoveryError(message: string, code: number): never {
+  throw Object.assign(new Error(message), { code })
+}
+
+export function assertPtyConsumerOwnerRecovery(
+  hello: PtyConsumerSessionHello,
+  authentication: PtyConsumerAuthentication,
+  current: IncumbentOwner
+): void {
+  const resume = hello.resume
+  if (!resume) {
+    throw new Error('Owner recovery proof is required')
+  }
+  if (
+    resume.ownerLease !== current.lease ||
+    hello.clientInstanceId !== current.clientInstanceId ||
+    authentication.principal !== current.principal
+  ) {
+    throwRecoveryError(
+      'Owner recovery lease is stale or belongs to another principal',
+      PTY_CONSUMER_STALE_OWNER_RECOVERY_ERROR
+    )
+  }
+  if (current.state === 'active' && resume.ownerGeneration < current.generation) {
+    throwRecoveryError(
+      'Owner recovery generation was superseded',
+      PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR
+    )
+  }
+  const generationMatches =
+    resume.ownerGeneration === current.generation ||
+    (current.state === 'pending' && resume.ownerGeneration === current.replaces?.generation) ||
+    (current.state === 'disconnected' && resume.ownerGeneration < current.generation)
+  if (!generationMatches) {
+    throwRecoveryError(
+      'Owner recovery generation is stale',
+      PTY_CONSUMER_STALE_OWNER_RECOVERY_ERROR
+    )
+  }
+  if (current.state === 'pending') {
+    throwRecoveryError(
+      'Owner grant publication is still pending',
+      PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/pty-consumer-session-contract.ts b/src/shared/pty-consumer-session-contract.ts
index 6d299a7658b..1e359a11f53 100644
--- a/src/shared/pty-consumer-session-contract.ts
+++ b/src/shared/pty-consumer-session-contract.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export const PTY_CONSUMER_STALE_OWNER_RECOVERY_ERROR = -32041
 // Why: recovery is blocked only while the incumbent owner's grant publication is still settling — a
 // window bounded by one response write, so the client may retry within a short budget.
 export const PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR = -32042
+export const PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR = -32043
 
 export type PtyConsumerRole = 'session-owner' | 'subscriber'
 
diff --git a/src/shared/pty-consumer-session.test.ts b/src/shared/pty-consumer-session.test.ts
index d1999639e6f..ce6282e8664 100644
--- a/src/shared/pty-consumer-session.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/pty-consumer-session.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
   PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR,
+  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR,
   PTY_CONSUMER_STALE_OWNER_RECOVERY_ERROR,
   PtyConsumerSession,
   type PtyConsumerAuthentication,
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ describe('PtyConsumerSession', () => {
     )
   })
 
-  it('retries overlapping recovery against the stable lease after publication commits', () => {
+  it('fences an old recovery generation after its replacement commits', () => {
     const session = createSession()
     const first = session.admit(ownerHello(), auth('connection-1'))
     first.commitPublication()
@@ -266,7 +267,19 @@ describe('PtyConsumerSession', () => {
     )
 
     replacement.commitPublication()
-    const retry = session.admit(ownerHello({ resume }), auth('connection-3'))
+    expect(() => session.admit(ownerHello({ resume }), auth('connection-3'))).toThrow(
+      expect.objectContaining({ code: PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_SUPERSEDED_ERROR })
+    )
+
+    const retry = session.admit(
+      ownerHello({
+        resume: {
+          ownerGeneration: replacement.grant.ownerGeneration!,
+          ownerLease: replacement.grant.ownerLease!
+        }
+      }),
+      auth('connection-3')
+    )
 
     expect(retry.grant).toMatchObject({
       role: 'session-owner',
@@ -278,6 +291,27 @@ describe('PtyConsumerSession', () => {
     expect(session.activeGrant('connection-1')).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('accepts an older stable proof after its replacement disconnects', () => {
+    const session = createSession()
+    const first = session.admit(ownerHello(), auth('connection-1'))
+    first.commitPublication()
+    const resume = {
+      ownerGeneration: first.grant.ownerGeneration!,
+      ownerLease: first.grant.ownerLease!
+    }
+    const replacement = session.admit(ownerHello({ resume }), auth('connection-2'))
+    replacement.commitPublication()
+    session.close('connection-2')
+
+    const retry = session.admit(ownerHello({ resume }), auth('connection-3'))
+
+    expect(retry.grant).toMatchObject({
+      role: 'session-owner',
+      ownerGeneration: 3,
+      ownerLease: first.grant.ownerLease
+    })
+  })
+
   it('retries overlapping recovery against the incumbent after publication rolls back', () => {
     const session = createSession()
     const first = session.admit(ownerHello(), auth('connection-1'))
diff --git a/src/shared/pty-consumer-session.ts b/src/shared/pty-consumer-session.ts
index 4afad1dd822..3baf502acd8 100644
--- a/src/shared/pty-consumer-session.ts
+++ b/src/shared/pty-consumer-session.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
 import {
   PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_GRACE_MS,
-  PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR,
   PTY_CONSUMER_SESSION_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
   PTY_CONSUMER_STALE_OWNER_RECOVERY_ERROR,
   type PtyConsumerAuthentication,
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   MAX_CAPABILITY_VERSIONS,
   validateHello
 } from './pty-consumer-session-hello'
+import { assertPtyConsumerOwnerRecovery } from './pty-consumer-owner-recovery'
 
 export * from './pty-consumer-session-contract'
 
@@ -228,23 +228,7 @@ export class PtyConsumerSession {
     if (!hello.resume) {
       return null
     }
-    const recoveryMatches =
-      hello.resume.ownerLease === current.lease &&
-      hello.clientInstanceId === current.clientInstanceId &&
-      authentication.principal === current.principal
-    if (!recoveryMatches) {
-      throw Object.assign(
-        new Error('Owner recovery lease is stale or belongs to another principal'),
-        { code: PTY_CONSUMER_STALE_OWNER_RECOVERY_ERROR }
-      )
-    }
-    if (current.state === 'pending') {
-      // Why coded: unlike a still-attached owner this cannot be fenced — the incumbent grant is mid
-      // publication, so there is nothing to displace yet. Bounded by one response write, so retryable.
-      throw Object.assign(new Error('Owner grant publication is still pending'), {
-        code: PTY_CONSUMER_OWNER_RECOVERY_PENDING_ERROR
-      })
-    }
+    assertPtyConsumerOwnerRecovery(hello, authentication, current)
     // Why an active owner is displaced rather than refused: the resume proof matched this owner's
     // generation, lease, client instance, and principal on a *different* transport, so the requester is
     // the same logical owner reconnecting. Waiting for the incumbent's socket to close is unbounded —