diff --git a/docs/reference/antigravity-readiness-evidence.md b/docs/reference/antigravity-readiness-evidence.md
index 3c65c631863..56605f4597c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/antigravity-readiness-evidence.md
+++ b/docs/reference/antigravity-readiness-evidence.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Antigravity readiness: what the transcripts show
 
+## 2026-09-19: host contact and live prompt submission
+
+A regression marked an SSH terminal `unverifiable` after caching a ready screen.
+The wait incorrectly returned ready. Readiness now refuses that cached verdict
+while host contact is unverifiable, and the adopted-screen fallback rechecks
+liveness when an outstanding snapshot completes. Both cases pass runtime tests;
+this is simulated host loss, not a claim of real SSH validation. Reconnection
+snapshot freshness remains a separate validation task.
+
+In the hidden app, a real `terminal.send` with text plus Enter submitted a harmless
+prompt to installed agy. The rendered request failed with HTTP 401 and
+`ACCESS_TOKEN_TYPE_UNSUPPORTED`; the subsequent empty composer satisfied the
+readiness wait. The public RPC's guarded prompt route is limited to Claude/Codex,
+so this agy check proves ordinary input delivery, not guarded worker submission.
+
 ## 2026-09-19: ordinary wait and delivery integration
 
 The ordinary wait paths now consult the same current-screen classifier for
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/antigravity-ordinary-wait.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/antigravity-ordinary-wait.test.ts
index d945e887799..47bd447138c 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/antigravity-ordinary-wait.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/antigravity-ordinary-wait.test.ts
@@ -127,4 +127,23 @@ describe('Antigravity ordinary waits use the current screen', () => {
     runtime.onPtyData(TRANSCRIPT_PANE_PTY_ID, capture('antigravity-ready-plan-127'), Date.now())
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(deliver).toHaveBeenCalled(), { timeout: 4500 })
   }, 10000)
+
+  it('does not reuse a ready screen after the execution host becomes unverifiable', async () => {
+    const { runtime, handle } = await createTranscriptPane({
+      paneTitle: 'agy',
+      foregroundProcess: 'agy',
+      data: '',
+      connectionId: 'ssh-host'
+    })
+    runtime.seedHeadlessTerminal(TRANSCRIPT_PANE_PTY_ID, '\x1b[0m', { cols: 120, rows: 40 })
+    runtime.onPtyData(TRANSCRIPT_PANE_PTY_ID, capture('antigravity-ready-default-127'), Date.now())
+    await expect(
+      runtime.waitForTerminal(handle, { condition: 'tui-idle', timeoutMs: 3500 })
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ satisfied: true })
+    runtime.markPtyLivenessUnverifiable(TRANSCRIPT_PANE_PTY_ID, 'SSH transport disconnected')
+    await expect(
+      runtime.waitForTerminal(handle, { condition: 'tui-idle', timeoutMs: 2500 })
+    ).rejects.toThrow('timeout')
+    expect(runtime.getPtyLivenessVerdict(TRANSCRIPT_PANE_PTY_ID)?.status).toBe('unverifiable')
+  }, 10000)
 })
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/antigravity-visible-wait.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/antigravity-visible-wait.test.ts
index dfe6f7c8a26..f77e1b6cc14 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/antigravity-visible-wait.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/antigravity-visible-wait.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { HeadlessEmulator } from '../daemon/headless-emulator'
-import { createTranscriptPane } from './agent-transcript-pane-test-harness'
+import { createTranscriptPane, TRANSCRIPT_PANE_PTY_ID } from './agent-transcript-pane-test-harness'
 import { projectTerminalVisibleLines } from './orca-runtime-terminal-projection'
 
 vi.mock('electron', () => ({
@@ -58,4 +58,48 @@ describe('Antigravity adopted-terminal visible readiness probe', () => {
       }
     })
   }
+
+  it('does not accept a snapshot that finishes after losing contact with its host', async () => {
+    const emulator = new HeadlessEmulator({ cols: 120, rows: 40, scrollback: 0 })
+    try {
+      await emulator.write(
+        readFileSync(join(__dirname, '__fixtures__', 'antigravity-ready-default-127.txt'), 'utf8')
+      )
+      const screen = projectTerminalVisibleLines(emulator)
+      const { runtime, handle } = await createTranscriptPane({
+        paneTitle: 'agy',
+        foregroundProcess: 'agy',
+        data: '',
+        connectionId: 'ssh-host'
+      })
+      let release = () => {}
+      const pending = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        release = resolve
+      })
+      const read = vi.spyOn(runtime, 'readTerminal').mockImplementation(async () => {
+        await pending
+        return {
+          handle,
+          status: 'running',
+          tail: screen.lines,
+          draft: screen.draft,
+          source: 'screen',
+          truncated: false,
+          limited: false,
+          oldestCursor: '0',
+          nextCursor: '0',
+          latestCursor: '0',
+          returnedLineCount: screen.lines.length
+        }
+      })
+      const waiting = runtime.waitForTerminal(handle, { condition: 'tui-idle', timeoutMs: 600 })
+      const outcome = expect(waiting).rejects.toThrow('timeout')
+      expect(read).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      runtime.markPtyLivenessUnverifiable(TRANSCRIPT_PANE_PTY_ID, 'SSH transport disconnected')
+      release()
+      await outcome
+    } finally {
+      emulator.dispose()
+    }
+  })
 })
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 c53584f1b7e..67dc7f54d8a 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
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithStartTuiIdleVisibleReadProbe extends OrcaRuntimeWith
         ) {
           return
         }
+        const ptyId =
+          this.getLivePtyForHandle(waiter.handle)?.pty.ptyId ??
+          this.getLiveLeafForHandle(waiter.handle).leaf.ptyId
+        if (ptyId && this.getPtyLivenessVerdict(ptyId)?.status === 'unverifiable') {
+          return
+        }
         const snapshotText = projection.tail.join('\n')
         const blockedReason = detectTerminalWaitBlockedReason(snapshotText)
         if (!blockedReason && !isKnownReadyTerminalScreen(projection)) {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-visible-snapshot-preview.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-visible-snapshot-preview.ts
index 67142a6795a..3c334285509 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-visible-snapshot-preview.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-visible-snapshot-preview.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeWithVisibleSnapshotPreview extends OrcaRuntimeWithCaptur
     ) {
       return null
     }
+    if (this.getPtyLivenessVerdict(ptyId)?.status === 'unverifiable') {
+      return { ready: false, blockedReason: null }
+    }
     const cached = this.providerVisibleStateByPtyId.get(ptyId)
     if (
       cached?.generation === this.getPtyLifecycleGeneration(ptyId) &&