diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/queried-host-kinds.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/queried-host-kinds.test.ts
index 1f7ce2459d8..6e6e1b33db1 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/queried-host-kinds.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/queried-host-kinds.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { parseExecutionHostId } from '../../../../shared/execution-host'
-import { sshProviders } from '../provider/registry'
+import { localProvider, setLocalPtyProvider, sshProviders } from '../provider/registry'
 import { listProcessesWithHostScopeFromRuntimeController } from './inventory-operations'
+import { createUnavailablePtyProvider } from '../../../providers/unavailable-pty-provider'
 import type { PtyRuntimeControllerDeps } from './controller-deps'
 
 /**
@@ -21,7 +22,12 @@ import type { PtyRuntimeControllerDeps } from './controller-deps'
  * `kind === 'ssh'` in `orca-runtime-refresh-pty-worktree-records-with-controller-inventory.ts`.
  */
 describe('the hosts a PTY inventory can report having queried', () => {
+  const originalProvider = localProvider
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setLocalPtyProvider({ ...createUnavailablePtyProvider(), listProcesses: async () => [] })
+  })
   afterEach(() => {
+    setLocalPtyProvider(originalProvider)
     sshProviders.clear()
   })
 
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/spawn-preflight.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/spawn-preflight.ts
index e40f9bc431d..e73379df41c 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/spawn-preflight.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/spawn-preflight.ts
@@ -71,24 +71,7 @@ export async function prepareRuntimePtySpawn(
           terminalWindowsWslDistro: null
         }
   ctx.daemonShellOverride = ctx.terminalRuntimeOptions.shellOverride
-  ctx.isDaemonHostSpawn = !args.connectionId && !routesFreshSpawnsToLocalProvider(ctx.provider)
-  ctx.callerRequestedSessionId = args.sessionId?.trim()
-  ctx.requestedSessionId =
-    ctx.callerRequestedSessionId ??
-    (ctx.isDaemonHostSpawn && args.agentSessionCreateOperationId
-      ? ptySessionIdForAgentCreateOperation(args.worktreeId, args.agentSessionCreateOperationId)
-      : undefined)
-  ctx.sessionId =
-    ctx.requestedSessionId ??
-    (ctx.isDaemonHostSpawn ? mintPtySessionId(args.worktreeId) : undefined)
-  ctx.effectiveSessionRelayId =
-    ctx.sessionId !== undefined ? getRelayPtyId(args.connectionId, ctx.sessionId) : undefined
-  ctx.effectiveSessionAppId =
-    ctx.sessionId !== undefined ? getAppPtyId(args.connectionId, ctx.sessionId) : undefined
-  ctx.isNewDaemonSession =
-    !ctx.preAdoptedStablePane &&
-    ctx.isDaemonHostSpawn &&
-    (ctx.callerRequestedSessionId === undefined || args.isNewSession === true)
+  prepareRuntimeSessionIdentity(ctx)
   ctx.expectedWslDistro = !args.connectionId
     ? (resolveWslSessionContext({
         cwd: ctx.cwd,
@@ -135,6 +118,7 @@ export async function prepareRuntimePtySpawn(
         )
     if (freshSpawnRecovery) {
       await freshSpawnRecovery
+      prepareRuntimeSessionIdentity(ctx)
     }
   }
   ctx.codexSelectionTarget = getCodexSelectionTargetForPty(
@@ -278,3 +262,25 @@ export async function prepareRuntimePtySpawn(
 
   return null
 }
+
+function prepareRuntimeSessionIdentity(ctx: RuntimePtySpawnState): void {
+  const args = ctx.args
+  ctx.isDaemonHostSpawn = !args.connectionId && !routesFreshSpawnsToLocalProvider(ctx.provider)
+  ctx.callerRequestedSessionId = args.sessionId?.trim()
+  ctx.requestedSessionId =
+    ctx.callerRequestedSessionId ??
+    (ctx.isDaemonHostSpawn && args.agentSessionCreateOperationId
+      ? ptySessionIdForAgentCreateOperation(args.worktreeId, args.agentSessionCreateOperationId)
+      : undefined)
+  ctx.sessionId =
+    ctx.requestedSessionId ??
+    (ctx.isDaemonHostSpawn ? mintPtySessionId(args.worktreeId) : undefined)
+  ctx.effectiveSessionRelayId =
+    ctx.sessionId !== undefined ? getRelayPtyId(args.connectionId, ctx.sessionId) : undefined
+  ctx.effectiveSessionAppId =
+    ctx.sessionId !== undefined ? getAppPtyId(args.connectionId, ctx.sessionId) : undefined
+  ctx.isNewDaemonSession =
+    !ctx.preAdoptedStablePane &&
+    ctx.isDaemonHostSpawn &&
+    (ctx.callerRequestedSessionId === undefined || args.isNewSession === true)
+}
diff --git a/src/main/providers/settled-pty-writer-census.test.ts b/src/main/providers/settled-pty-writer-census.test.ts
index 1535b1dabe2..1890ae62213 100644
--- a/src/main/providers/settled-pty-writer-census.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/providers/settled-pty-writer-census.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { SshPtyProvider } from './ssh-pty-provider'
 import { createMockMux } from './ssh-pty-provider-mock-multiplexer'
 import { DaemonPtyRouter } from '../daemon/daemon-pty-router'
+import { WslDaemonPtyProvider } from '../wsl/wsl-daemon-pty-provider'
+import { createUnavailablePtyProvider } from './unavailable-pty-provider'
 import { DaemonPtyAdapter } from '../daemon/daemon-pty-adapter'
 
 vi.mock('electron', () => ({
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ const REPO_ROOT = join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..')
 const SETTLED_PTY_WRITER_FILES = [
   'src/main/providers/relay-pty-provider.ts',
   'src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-router.ts',
-  'src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-adapter.ts'
+  'src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-adapter.ts',
+  'src/main/wsl/wsl-daemon-pty-provider.ts'
 ]
 
 /** Where the provider-side settlement is actually decided; the adapter inherits its own. */
@@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ const SETTLED_WRITER_DECLARATIONS = [
   'src/main/providers/relay-pty-provider.ts',
   'src/main/providers/ssh-pty-provider-rpc-operations.ts',
   'src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-router.ts',
-  'src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-session-input.ts'
+  'src/main/daemon/daemon-pty-session-input.ts',
+  'src/main/wsl/wsl-daemon-pty-provider.ts',
+  'src/main/providers/unavailable-pty-provider.ts'
 ]
 
 function declaredProviderFiles(directory = join(REPO_ROOT, 'src/main')): string[] {
@@ -64,12 +69,16 @@ describe('settled PTY writer census', () => {
   })
 
   it('exposes a settled writer on every production provider instance', () => {
-    const daemonClient = { isConnected: () => false, onEvent: vi.fn(() => vi.fn()) }
-    const adapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter(daemonClient as never)
+    const adapter = new DaemonPtyAdapter({
+      socketPath: join(__dirname, 'census.sock'),
+      tokenPath: join(__dirname, 'census.token')
+    })
     const instances = [
       new SshPtyProvider('conn-census', createMockMux() as never),
       new DaemonPtyRouter({ current: adapter, legacy: [] }),
-      adapter
+      adapter,
+      new WslDaemonPtyProvider({ distro: 'Ubuntu', relayBuildId: 'census-build' }, adapter),
+      createUnavailablePtyProvider()
     ]
     for (const provider of instances) {
       expect(typeof provider.writeWithSettlement, provider.constructor.name).toBe('function')