diff --git a/src/cli/handlers/orchestration/gate-handlers.ts b/src/cli/handlers/orchestration/gate-handlers.ts
index f9ec4c6583f..c68112f9aa3 100644
--- a/src/cli/handlers/orchestration/gate-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/cli/handlers/orchestration/gate-handlers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { CommandHandler } from '../../dispatch'
 import { printResult } from '../../format'
 import { getOptionalJsonFlag, getOptionalStringFlag, getRequiredStringFlag } from '../../flags'
+import { refuseUnsentSessionAddress } from '../../session-caller-flags'
 import { callOrchestrationMutation } from './mutation-request'
 import { resolveCoordinatorTerminalHandle } from './terminal-identity'
 
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ export const ORCHESTRATION_GATE_HANDLERS: Record<string, CommandHandler> = {
 
   'orchestration gate-list': async ({ flags, client, cwd, json }) => {
     const run = getOptionalStringFlag(flags, 'run')
+    if (run) {
+      refuseUnsentSessionAddress(flags, 'from')
+    }
     // Why: named runs remain inspectable without a pane; only implicit runs resolve identity.
     const from = run ? undefined : await resolveCoordinatorTerminalHandle(flags, cwd, client)
     const result = await client.call<{
diff --git a/src/cli/handlers/orchestration/task-handlers.ts b/src/cli/handlers/orchestration/task-handlers.ts
index c4c943261e8..a6172c54f06 100644
--- a/src/cli/handlers/orchestration/task-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/cli/handlers/orchestration/task-handlers.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { printResult } from '../../format'
 import { getOptionalStringFlag, getRequiredStringFlag } from '../../flags'
 import { RuntimeClientError } from '../../runtime-client'
 import { abbreviateOrchestrationTasks } from '../../../shared/orchestration-task-summary'
+import { refuseUnsentSessionAddress } from '../../session-caller-flags'
 import { callOrchestrationMutation } from './mutation-request'
 import { resolveCoordinatorTerminalHandle } from './terminal-identity'
 
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ export const ORCHESTRATION_TASK_HANDLERS: Record<string, CommandHandler> = {
   'orchestration task-list': async ({ flags, client, cwd, json }) => {
     const brief = flags.has('brief')
     const run = getOptionalStringFlag(flags, 'run')
+    if (run) {
+      refuseUnsentSessionAddress(flags, 'from')
+    }
     const callerTerminalHandle = run
       ? undefined
       : await resolveCoordinatorTerminalHandle(flags, cwd, client)
diff --git a/src/cli/orchestration-session-caller-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/orchestration-session-caller-cli.test.ts
index 94beace608f..940a42ff2e1 100644
--- a/src/cli/orchestration-session-caller-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/orchestration-session-caller-cli.test.ts
@@ -360,6 +360,17 @@ describe.each([
     await invoke(command, flagMap({ run: 'run_1', from: `session:${SESSION}` }))
     expect(callsTo(method)[0]?.[callerParam]).toBeUndefined()
   })
+
+  it('refuses a session address it would not send for the host to check, before any request', async () => {
+    // With --run no caller is sent, so a `session:` address the host alone could place (another
+    // chat's, or this chat's pre-/clear root) would be dropped unchecked.
+    for (const other of [`session:${ROOT}`, 'session:0b5e2d7c-9a41-4c3e-8f62-7d1a3e5b9c08']) {
+      await expect(invoke(command, flagMap({ run: 'run_1', from: other }))).rejects.toMatchObject({
+        code: 'consumer_fenced'
+      })
+    }
+    expect(callMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
 })
 
 describe('the identity a session presents', () => {
diff --git a/src/cli/session-caller-flags.ts b/src/cli/session-caller-flags.ts
index 80078ffda7b..069c3230cfc 100644
--- a/src/cli/session-caller-flags.ts
+++ b/src/cli/session-caller-flags.ts
@@ -36,16 +36,44 @@ export function refuseConflictingSessionCallerFlags(
       !namesInjectedSession(declared, sessionId, env) &&
       !sessionAddressForHost(declared, sessionId, env)
     ) {
-      throw new RuntimeClientError(
-        'consumer_fenced',
-        `This command runs as agent session ${sessionId}, so --${flagName} ${declared} would act as a ` +
-          `different caller. Drop --${flagName}: this session's orchestration commands already act ` +
-          `as this session. No request was sent.`
-      )
+      throw conflictingCallerFlag(sessionId, flagName, declared)
     }
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * For a verb that sends no caller (`--run` names the Run), a session address the host would
+ * otherwise have checked is refused here, rather than dropped unchecked.
+ */
+export function refuseUnsentSessionAddress(
+  flags: ReadonlyMap<string, string | boolean>,
+  flagName: IdentityFlag,
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env
+): void {
+  const sessionId = readInjectedAgentSessionId(env)
+  const declared = flags.get(flagName)
+  if (
+    sessionId &&
+    typeof declared === 'string' &&
+    sessionAddressForHost(declared, sessionId, env)
+  ) {
+    throw conflictingCallerFlag(sessionId, flagName, declared)
+  }
+}
+
+function conflictingCallerFlag(
+  sessionId: string,
+  flagName: IdentityFlag,
+  declared: string
+): RuntimeClientError {
+  return new RuntimeClientError(
+    'consumer_fenced',
+    `This command runs as agent session ${sessionId}, so --${flagName} ${declared} would act as a ` +
+      `different caller. Drop --${flagName}: this session's orchestration commands already act ` +
+      `as this session. No request was sent.`
+  )
+}
+
 const IDENTITY_FLAGS: readonly IdentityFlag[] = ['from', 'terminal']
 
 /**