diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index a24373bd647..6ff6f05feb2 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import {
   installDevParentSignalQuit,
   installDevParentWatchdog,
   installUncaughtPipeErrorGuard,
+  installUnhandledRejectionLogging,
   isDevParentShutdownRequested,
   patchPackagedProcessPath,
   shouldInstallManagedHooks
@@ -451,6 +452,8 @@ const devAgentHookEndpointNamespace = devInstanceIdentity.isDev
   : undefined
 
 installUncaughtPipeErrorGuard()
+// Why (issue #9441): without this, one rejected background promise during startup restore kills main silently (exit 1, no crash report).
+installUnhandledRejectionLogging()
 // Why: expose the app version via process.env so main and the forked daemon can set TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION without importing electron.
 process.env.ORCA_APP_VERSION = app.getVersion()
 patchPackagedProcessPath()
diff --git a/src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts b/src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts
index 7d582880f28..311b5cda6e3 100644
--- a/src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/startup/configure-process.test.ts
@@ -596,3 +596,74 @@ describe('enableMainProcessGpuFeatures', () => {
     expect(app.commandLine.appendSwitch).toHaveBeenCalledWith('enable-features', 'ExistingFeature')
   })
 })
+
+describe('main-process fatal error guards (issue #9441)', () => {
+  it('installUnhandledRejectionLogging records durably and keeps the process alive', async () => {
+    vi.resetModules()
+    const record = vi.fn()
+    vi.doMock('../crash-reporting/durable-crash-breadcrumb', () => ({
+      recordDurableCrashBreadcrumb: record
+    }))
+    const { installUnhandledRejectionLogging } = await import('./configure-process')
+    const before = process.listeners('unhandledRejection').length
+    installUnhandledRejectionLogging()
+    const listeners = process.listeners('unhandledRejection')
+    expect(listeners.length).toBe(before + 1)
+    const listener = listeners.at(-1) as (reason: unknown, p: Promise<unknown>) => void
+    const consoleError = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    try {
+      // Why: invoking the listener directly must not throw — a throwing handler would still kill main.
+      expect(() =>
+        listener(Object.assign(new Error('spawn EAGAIN'), { code: 'EAGAIN' }), Promise.resolve())
+      ).not.toThrow()
+    } finally {
+      process.removeListener('unhandledRejection', listener as never)
+      consoleError.mockRestore()
+    }
+    expect(record).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'main_unhandled_rejection',
+      expect.objectContaining({ errorMessage: 'spawn EAGAIN', errorCode: 'EAGAIN' }),
+      'main_unhandled_rejection'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('recordFatalMainProcessError never throws even when the breadcrumb sink fails', async () => {
+    vi.resetModules()
+    vi.doMock('../crash-reporting/durable-crash-breadcrumb', () => ({
+      recordDurableCrashBreadcrumb: vi.fn(() => {
+        throw new Error('sink offline')
+      })
+    }))
+    const { recordFatalMainProcessError } = await import('./configure-process')
+    const consoleError = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    try {
+      expect(() =>
+        recordFatalMainProcessError('main_uncaught_exception', 'not-an-error')
+      ).not.toThrow()
+    } finally {
+      consoleError.mockRestore()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('uncaught pipe errors stay swallowed without a durable record', async () => {
+    vi.resetModules()
+    const record = vi.fn()
+    vi.doMock('../crash-reporting/durable-crash-breadcrumb', () => ({
+      recordDurableCrashBreadcrumb: record
+    }))
+    const { installUncaughtPipeErrorGuard } = await import('./configure-process')
+    const before = process.listeners('uncaughtException').length
+    installUncaughtPipeErrorGuard()
+    const listeners = process.listeners('uncaughtException')
+    expect(listeners.length).toBe(before + 1)
+    const listener = listeners.at(-1) as (error: unknown) => void
+    try {
+      listener(Object.assign(new Error('write EPIPE'), { code: 'EPIPE' }))
+    } finally {
+      process.removeListener('uncaughtException', listener as never)
+    }
+    // Why: EPIPE/EIO are expected pipe churn; recording them would flood the breadcrumb store.
+    expect(record).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    // The guard must still be installed after a swallowed pipe error (only real errors detach it).
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/startup/configure-process.ts b/src/main/startup/configure-process.ts
index a0f2f023678..fb5614ae797 100644
--- a/src/main/startup/configure-process.ts
+++ b/src/main/startup/configure-process.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { homedir } from 'node:os'
 import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { getVersionManagerBinPaths } from '../codex-cli/command'
+import { recordDurableCrashBreadcrumb } from '../crash-reporting/durable-crash-breadcrumb'
 import { getMainE2EConfig } from '../e2e-config'
 
 const DEV_PARENT_SHUTDOWN_GRACE_MS = 3000
@@ -90,6 +91,26 @@ export function resetDevParentShutdownRequestForTests(): void {
   devParentShutdownRequested = false
 }
 
+/** Durably record a main-process fatal/near-fatal error before default handling runs. Exported for tests. */
+export function recordFatalMainProcessError(kind: string, error: unknown): void {
+  try {
+    const err = error instanceof Error ? error : null
+    recordDurableCrashBreadcrumb(
+      kind,
+      {
+        errorName: err?.name ?? typeof error,
+        errorMessage: (err?.message ?? String(error)).slice(0, 500),
+        errorStack: (err?.stack ?? '').split('\n').slice(0, 12).join('\n'),
+        errorCode: String((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException | null)?.code ?? '')
+      },
+      kind
+    )
+  } catch {
+    // Why: diagnostics must never turn a fatal-error report into a second fault.
+  }
+  console.error(`[${kind}]`, error)
+}
+
 export function installUncaughtPipeErrorGuard(): void {
   const onUncaughtException = (error: unknown): void => {
     if (
@@ -102,6 +123,8 @@ export function installUncaughtPipeErrorGuard(): void {
       return
     }
 
+    // Why (issue #9441): the re-throw below exits with a clean code and no macOS crash report; record durably first or the death is undiagnosable in the field.
+    recordFatalMainProcessError('main_uncaught_exception', error)
     process.off('uncaughtException', onUncaughtException)
     // Why: throwing inside an uncaughtException handler exits with status 7 and hides the fault; re-throw next tick for the real stack.
     setImmediate(() => {
@@ -112,6 +135,19 @@ export function installUncaughtPipeErrorGuard(): void {
   process.on('uncaughtException', onUncaughtException)
 }
 
+/** Keep one failed background promise from silently killing the whole app.
+ *
+ * Node's default kills the process on an unhandled rejection. Large-profile startup restore runs
+ * hundreds of concurrent async chains (worktree scans, terminal reconnects) in main; a single
+ * rejection in any of them exited the app with no crash report (issue #9441). Log it durably and
+ * stay alive — dying cannot be less disruptive than continuing with one failed background task.
+ */
+export function installUnhandledRejectionLogging(): void {
+  process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason) => {
+    recordFatalMainProcessError('main_unhandled_rejection', reason)
+  })
+}
+
 export function patchPackagedProcessPath(): void {
   if (!app.isPackaged) {
     return