diff --git a/src/main/codex-cli/codex-home-process-lock.test.ts b/src/main/codex-cli/codex-home-process-lock.test.ts
index edb27bc83b3..e5a7eee7976 100644
--- a/src/main/codex-cli/codex-home-process-lock.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/codex-cli/codex-home-process-lock.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { homedir } from 'node:os'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
-  CODEX_HOME_PROCESS_LOCK_MAX_HOLD_MS,
   resolveCodexHomeProcessLockKey,
   resolveCodexHomeProcessLockKeyForSpawnEnv,
   withCodexHomeProcessLock
@@ -71,52 +70,25 @@ describe('withCodexHomeProcessLock', () => {
     await expect(withCodexHomeProcessLock('home-a', async () => 'after')).resolves.toBe('after')
   })
 
-  it('releases the lock when a hold never settles', async () => {
-    vi.useFakeTimers()
-    try {
-      const events: string[] = []
-      // A codex child whose surviving descendant keeps its stdio open never
-      // reports completion, so this hold never settles on its own.
-      void withCodexHomeProcessLock('home-wedged', () => new Promise<void>(() => {}))
-      const queued = withCodexHomeProcessLock('home-wedged', async () => {
-        events.push('queued:start')
-      })
-
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(CODEX_HOME_PROCESS_LOCK_MAX_HOLD_MS - 1)
-      expect(events).toEqual([])
-
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
-      await queued
-      expect(events).toEqual(['queued:start'])
-    } finally {
-      vi.useRealTimers()
-    }
-  })
-
-  it('measures the release cap from when a run starts, not when it is queued', async () => {
+  it('does not release a running lock based on elapsed time', async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers()
     try {
       const events: string[] = []
       const gate = deferred()
-      const first = withCodexHomeProcessLock('home-queued', async () => {
+      const first = withCodexHomeProcessLock('home-long-running', async () => {
         events.push('first:start')
         await gate.promise
       })
-      void withCodexHomeProcessLock('home-queued', () => new Promise<void>(() => {}))
-      const third = withCodexHomeProcessLock('home-queued', async () => {
-        events.push('third:start')
+      const second = withCodexHomeProcessLock('home-long-running', async () => {
+        events.push('second:start')
       })
 
-      // Time spent waiting behind a healthy run must not burn the wedged run's cap.
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(CODEX_HOME_PROCESS_LOCK_MAX_HOLD_MS - 1_000)
-      gate.resolve()
-      await first
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(CODEX_HOME_PROCESS_LOCK_MAX_HOLD_MS - 1)
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60 * 60_000)
       expect(events).toEqual(['first:start'])
 
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
-      await third
-      expect(events).toEqual(['first:start', 'third:start'])
+      gate.resolve()
+      await Promise.all([first, second])
+      expect(events).toEqual(['first:start', 'second:start'])
     } finally {
       vi.useRealTimers()
     }
diff --git a/src/main/codex-cli/codex-home-process-lock.ts b/src/main/codex-cli/codex-home-process-lock.ts
index 0d1f1224f8b..ef91a5705d9 100644
--- a/src/main/codex-cli/codex-home-process-lock.ts
+++ b/src/main/codex-cli/codex-home-process-lock.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@ import { normalizeRuntimePathForComparison } from '../../shared/cross-platform-p
 // so Orca's own spawns (quota probes, commit-message runs) serialize per home.
 // User terminal panes are intentionally not serialized here.
 
-type LockTail = {
-  settled: Promise<void>
-  /** Bounds the running hold; only needed once someone is queued behind it. */
-  armReleaseCap: () => void
-}
-
-const lockTails = new Map<string, LockTail>()
+const lockTails = new Map<string, Promise<unknown>>()
 
 export function resolveCodexHomeProcessLockKey(codexHomePath?: string | null): string {
   const home = codexHomePath ?? process.env.CODEX_HOME ?? join(homedir(), '.codex')
@@ -43,73 +37,19 @@ export function resolveCodexHomeProcessLockKeyForSpawnEnv(
   return normalizeRuntimePathForComparison(codexHome ?? join(homedir(), '.codex'))
 }
 
-// Why: a hold that never settles (a killed codex child whose descendant keeps
-// the inherited stdio open never reports close) would kill this home for the
-// rest of the session. Far above the 60s generation timeout so healthy runs and
-// their process teardown never trip it.
-export const CODEX_HOME_PROCESS_LOCK_MAX_HOLD_MS = 5 * 60_000
-
 export function withCodexHomeProcessLock<T>(lockKey: string, fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
-  const prior = lockTails.get(lockKey)
-  prior?.armReleaseCap()
-  const started = prior?.settled ?? Promise.resolve()
-  const run = started.then(fn)
-  const tail = createLockTail(started, run, lockKey)
+  const prior = lockTails.get(lockKey) ?? Promise.resolve()
+  const run = prior.then(fn)
+  // Why: keep the queue alive past a failed run so later entrants still start.
+  const tail = run.then(
+    () => undefined,
+    () => undefined
+  )
   lockTails.set(lockKey, tail)
-  void tail.settled.then(() => {
+  void tail.then(() => {
     if (lockTails.get(lockKey) === tail) {
       lockTails.delete(lockKey)
     }
   })
   return run
 }
-
-function createLockTail(
-  started: Promise<unknown>,
-  run: Promise<unknown>,
-  lockKey: string
-): LockTail {
-  let capTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
-  let running = false
-  let queuedBehind = false
-  let release!: () => void
-  const settled = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-    release = () => {
-      running = false
-      if (capTimer) {
-        clearTimeout(capTimer)
-        capTimer = null
-      }
-      resolve()
-    }
-  })
-  // The cap only counts time this entry actually holds the lock, so waiting
-  // behind a slow predecessor never shortens a run's own budget.
-  const armIfHolding = (): void => {
-    if (!running || !queuedBehind || capTimer) {
-      return
-    }
-    capTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-      console.warn(
-        `[codex-home-lock] releasing ${lockKey} after ${CODEX_HOME_PROCESS_LOCK_MAX_HOLD_MS}ms without completion`
-      )
-      release()
-    }, CODEX_HOME_PROCESS_LOCK_MAX_HOLD_MS)
-    if (typeof capTimer === 'object' && 'unref' in capTimer) {
-      capTimer.unref()
-    }
-  }
-  void started.then(() => {
-    running = true
-    armIfHolding()
-  })
-  // Why: keep the queue alive past a failed run so later entrants still start.
-  void run.then(release, release)
-  return {
-    settled,
-    armReleaseCap: () => {
-      queuedBehind = true
-      armIfHolding()
-    }
-  }
-}