diff --git a/src/main/persistence/window-save-divergence.ts b/src/main/persistence/window-save-divergence.ts
index a088b595b5d..f6712503d44 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/window-save-divergence.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/window-save-divergence.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ export function windowSaveDivergences(
     ...rawPaths.keys()
   ])
   const result: WindowSaveDivergence[] = []
-  // Ignored, as main's own writes: pane bindings, resume records, default-tab marks, closed-tab records, row owners.
+  // Ignored, as main's own writes: pane bindings, resume records, default-tab marks, closed-tab records, row owners,
+  // clientHostedBrowserPagesByWorkspace and the topology revision.
   for (const workspace of workspaces) {
     const paths = [
       ...diffWorkspaceLayouts(was?.workspaces[workspace], now?.workspaces[workspace]),
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/quit-sleep-record-capture.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/quit-sleep-record-capture.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eed3d07131e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/quit-sleep-record-capture.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { SleepingAgentSessionRecord } from '../../../shared/agent-session-resume'
+import type { AppState } from '../store/types'
+import { createQuitSleepRecordCapture } from './quit-sleep-record-capture'
+import { createShutdownCheckpointPersist } from './shutdown-checkpoint-persist'
+
+const RECORD: SleepingAgentSessionRecord = {
+  paneKey: 'tab-1:11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111',
+  worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+  agent: 'claude',
+  providerSession: { key: 'session_id', id: 'session-1' },
+  prompt: '',
+  state: 'working',
+  capturedAt: 1,
+  updatedAt: 1
+}
+
+/** A window holding tab-1, whose quit capture records RECORD (and then finds it unchanged). */
+function windowStore() {
+  let records: AppState['sleepingAgentSessionsByPaneKey'] = {}
+  const state = (): AppState =>
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the capture reads only these fields.
+    ({
+      tabsByWorktree: { 'wt-1': [{ id: 'tab-1' }] },
+      sleepingAgentSessionsByPaneKey: records,
+      captureAllSleepingAgentSessions: () => {
+        records = { [RECORD.paneKey]: RECORD }
+      }
+    }) as unknown as AppState
+  return { getState: state }
+}
+
+function persist(stage: (args: { sleepRecords?: SleepingAgentSessionRecord[] }) => void) {
+  const capture = createQuitSleepRecordCapture(windowStore())
+  return createShutdownCheckpointPersist({
+    shouldCaptureSession: () => true,
+    captureTerminalBuffers: vi.fn(),
+    captureSleepingAgentSessions: capture.capture,
+    onSleepRecordsStaged: capture.staged,
+    buildSessionSnapshots: () => [],
+    buildUiPatch: () => ({}),
+    hasDirtyOpenFiles: () => false,
+    isDegradableShutdownInProgress: () => false,
+    stageBeforeUnloadSync: stage
+  })
+}
+
+describe('the quit capture’s resume records in a layout-owner build', () => {
+  it('sends the first capture’s records again on a stage retried after a failure', () => {
+    const staged: (SleepingAgentSessionRecord[] | undefined)[] = []
+    let fail = true
+    const checkpoint = persist(({ sleepRecords }) => {
+      staged.push(sleepRecords)
+      if (fail) {
+        throw new Error('stage failed')
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(() => checkpoint.run()).toThrow('stage failed')
+    fail = false
+    checkpoint.run()
+
+    expect(staged).toEqual([[RECORD], [RECORD]])
+  })
+
+  it('sends nothing again once a stage carried them', () => {
+    const staged: (SleepingAgentSessionRecord[] | undefined)[] = []
+    const checkpoint = persist(({ sleepRecords }) => staged.push(sleepRecords))
+
+    checkpoint.run()
+    checkpoint.run()
+
+    expect(staged).toEqual([[RECORD], undefined])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/quit-sleep-record-capture.ts b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/quit-sleep-record-capture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c352c4319b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/quit-sleep-record-capture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import type { AppState } from '../store/types'
+import type { SleepingAgentSessionRecord } from '../../../shared/agent-session-resume'
+import { changedSleepingRecords } from '../store/terminals/terminal-sleep-layout-owner'
+
+/**
+ * A layout-owner build's quit capture: the resume records it changed of tabs the window holds,
+ * since the last stage that carried them, so a stage retried after a failed one still sends the
+ * first capture's records.
+ */
+export function createQuitSleepRecordCapture(store: { getState: () => AppState }): {
+  capture: () => SleepingAgentSessionRecord[]
+  staged: () => void
+} {
+  let unstagedSince: AppState['sleepingAgentSessionsByPaneKey'] | null = null
+  return {
+    capture: () => {
+      const previous = unstagedSince ?? store.getState().sleepingAgentSessionsByPaneKey
+      unstagedSince = previous
+      store.getState().captureAllSleepingAgentSessions('quit')
+      const state = store.getState()
+      return changedSleepingRecords(state, previous, state.sleepingAgentSessionsByPaneKey).recorded
+    },
+    staged: () => {
+      unstagedSince = null
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/shutdown-checkpoint-persist.ts b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/shutdown-checkpoint-persist.ts
index 23194e31bc8..3eb4f025c41 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/shutdown-checkpoint-persist.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/shutdown-checkpoint-persist.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export type ShutdownCheckpointPersistDeps = {
   captureTerminalBuffers: () => void
   /** Returns the records it changed when main records them (a layout-owner build). */
   captureSleepingAgentSessions: () => SleepingAgentSessionRecord[] | void
+  /** The stage carried the capture's records: a retry's capture may diff from here. */
+  onSleepRecordsStaged?: () => void
   buildSessionSnapshots: () => WorkspaceSessionHostSnapshot[]
   buildUiPatch: () => Partial<PersistedUIState>
   hasDirtyOpenFiles: () => boolean
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@ export function createShutdownCheckpointPersist(
         ui: deps.buildUiPatch(),
         ...(sleepRecords && sleepRecords.length > 0 && !degraded ? { sleepRecords } : {})
       })
+      if (!degraded) {
+        deps.onSleepRecordsStaged?.()
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       // A durable-only stage has nothing safer left to fall back to.
       if (degraded) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/use-app-session-persistence.ts b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/use-app-session-persistence.ts
index 932083ff52d..6fcf4e888e8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/use-app-session-persistence.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/use-app-session-persistence.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ import {
   createShutdownCheckpointGuard
 } from '../lib/shutdown-checkpoint-guard'
 import { createShutdownCheckpointPersist } from './shutdown-checkpoint-persist'
-import { changedSleepingRecords } from '../store/terminals/terminal-sleep-layout-owner'
-import type { SleepingAgentSessionRecord } from '../../../shared/agent-session-resume'
+import { createQuitSleepRecordCapture } from './quit-sleep-record-capture'
 import { shutdownBufferCaptures } from '../components/terminal-pane/shutdown-buffer-captures'
 import {
   dispatchWindowCloseRequest,
@@ -36,14 +35,6 @@ import {
   ORCA_RENDERER_UNLOAD_PREVENTED_EVENT
 } from '../../../shared/renderer-shutdown-events'
 
-/** The quit capture, returning the resume records it changed of tabs the window holds. */
-function captureQuitSleepRecordsForMain(): SleepingAgentSessionRecord[] {
-  const previous = useAppStore.getState().sleepingAgentSessionsByPaneKey
-  useAppStore.getState().captureAllSleepingAgentSessions('quit')
-  const state = useAppStore.getState()
-  return changedSleepingRecords(state, previous, state.sleepingAgentSessionsByPaneKey).recorded
-}
-
 // Why: bound the resume-record loss window on a hard kill to ~1 min; capture skips unchanged records so per-tick cost is negligible.
 const SLEEPING_AGENT_RESUME_CAPTURE_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000
 
@@ -77,6 +68,9 @@ export function useAppSessionPersistence(): void {
     // two firings, PTY exit events can arrive and unmount TerminalPanes,
     // emptying shutdownBufferCaptures. The guard prevents the second call
     // from overwriting the good session data with an empty snapshot.
+    const quitSleepRecords = ORCA_LAYOUT_OWNER_IS_MAIN
+      ? createQuitSleepRecordCapture(useAppStore)
+      : null
     const shutdownCheckpointPersist = createShutdownCheckpointPersist({
       shouldCaptureSession: () => shouldPersistWorkspaceSession(useAppStore.getState()),
       captureTerminalBuffers: () => {
@@ -93,9 +87,10 @@ export function useAppSessionPersistence(): void {
       // map so a daemon/session death while the app is closed can still
       // cold-restore via the agent's resume command (#5232).
       // Switch point: the stage writes only the capture's changes into main's records.
-      captureSleepingAgentSessions: ORCA_LAYOUT_OWNER_IS_MAIN
-        ? captureQuitSleepRecordsForMain
+      captureSleepingAgentSessions: quitSleepRecords
+        ? quitSleepRecords.capture
         : () => useAppStore.getState().captureAllSleepingAgentSessions('quit'),
+      onSleepRecordsStaged: quitSleepRecords?.staged,
       // Why: re-read state after capture() calls populated scrollback buffers
       // into the store via Zustand setters. The shouldCaptureSession read is
       // only for the gating flags and would miss those updates.
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/runtime/runtime-layout-client.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/runtime/runtime-layout-client.test.ts
index 95c535e5755..5ddc9b01a59 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/runtime/runtime-layout-client.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/runtime/runtime-layout-client.test.ts
@@ -203,29 +203,35 @@ describe.each(targets)('runtime layout client over the %s transport', (_name, ta
     expect(positions).toEqual([3, 4, 5, 6])
   })
 
-  it('after a lost stream, keeps the last state and never reopens it', async () => {
-    subscribe()
-    const first = await opened(1)
-    first.send(
-      snapshot([
-        { key: 'a', layout: layout('a', ['t1', 't2']) },
-        { key: 'b', layout: layout('b') }
-      ])
-    )
-    first.drop()
-    expect(first.unsubscribed).toBe(true)
-    expect(status).toEqual({ state: 'lost' })
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60_000)
-    expect(host.streams).toHaveLength(1)
-    // The last state stays; a late frame from the dropped stream changes nothing.
-    first.send({ type: 'removed', key: 'a' })
-    expect(cache).toEqual({ a: layout('a', ['t1', 't2']), b: layout('b') })
-  })
+  it.skipIf(target.kind === 'local')(
+    'after a lost stream, keeps the last state and never reopens it',
+    async () => {
+      subscribe()
+      const first = await opened(1)
+      first.send(
+        snapshot([
+          { key: 'a', layout: layout('a', ['t1', 't2']) },
+          { key: 'b', layout: layout('b') }
+        ])
+      )
+      first.drop()
+      expect(first.unsubscribed).toBe(true)
+      expect(status).toEqual({ state: 'lost' })
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60_000)
+      expect(host.streams).toHaveLength(1)
+      // The last state stays; a late frame from the dropped stream changes nothing.
+      first.send({ type: 'removed', key: 'a' })
+      expect(cache).toEqual({ a: layout('a', ['t1', 't2']), b: layout('b') })
+    }
+  )
 
   it.each([
     ['a failed subscribe', () => host.rejectNextSubscribe(), async () => {}],
     ['an error frame', () => {}, async () => (await opened(1)).fail('stream failed')]
   ])('stops after %s without retrying', async (_case, before, fail) => {
+    if (target.kind === 'local') {
+      return
+    }
     before()
     const subscription = subscribe()
     await fail()
@@ -289,3 +295,94 @@ describe.each(targets)('runtime layout client over the %s transport', (_name, ta
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(stream.unsubscribed).toBe(true))
   })
 })
+
+describe('the local layout stream after a loss', () => {
+  let host: FakeHost
+  let cache: WorkspaceLayoutCache
+  let statuses: RuntimeLayoutStreamStatus[]
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
+    host = installFakeHost({ kind: 'local' })
+    cache = EMPTY_WORKSPACE_LAYOUT_CACHE
+    statuses = []
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+  })
+
+  const subscribe = () =>
+    subscribeRuntimeLayout(
+      { kind: 'local' },
+      {},
+      (frame) => {
+        cache = applyLayoutFrame(cache, frame)
+      },
+      (next) => {
+        statuses.push(next)
+      }
+    )
+
+  async function opened(count: number): Promise<FakeStream> {
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(host.streams).toHaveLength(count))
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    return host.streams[count - 1]!
+  }
+
+  const snapshot = (workspaces: { key: string; layout: PublishedWorkspaceLayout }[]) => ({
+    type: 'snapshot',
+    subscriptionId: 'layout-1',
+    workspaces
+  })
+
+  it('reopens it, and the new snapshot replaces the cache', async () => {
+    subscribe()
+    const first = await opened(1)
+    first.send(
+      snapshot([
+        { key: 'a', layout: layout('a') },
+        { key: 'b', layout: layout('b') }
+      ])
+    )
+    first.drop()
+    expect(statuses.at(-1)).toEqual({ state: 'lost' })
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_000)
+    const second = await opened(2)
+    expect(statuses.at(-1)).toEqual({ state: 'connecting' })
+    second.send(snapshot([{ key: 'a', layout: layout('a', ['t1']) }]))
+    expect(statuses.at(-1)).toEqual({ state: 'live' })
+    expect(cache).toEqual({ a: layout('a', ['t1']) })
+    // A late frame from the dropped stream changes nothing.
+    first.send({ type: 'removed', key: 'a' })
+    expect(cache).toEqual({ a: layout('a', ['t1']) })
+  })
+
+  it('waits longer after each failed reopen, and close stops a pending one', async () => {
+    const subscription = subscribe()
+    ;(await opened(1)).drop()
+    host.rejectNextSubscribe()
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_000)
+    expect(statuses.at(-1)).toEqual({ state: 'lost' })
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_999)
+    expect(host.streams).toHaveLength(1)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
+    await opened(2)
+    host.streams[1]!.drop()
+    subscription.close()
+    expect(statuses.at(-1)).toEqual({ state: 'closed' })
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60_000)
+    expect(host.streams).toHaveLength(2)
+  })
+
+  it('never reopens after a refusal', async () => {
+    subscribe()
+    ;(await opened(1)).fail('no layout stream', 'method_not_found')
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60_000)
+    expect(host.streams).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/runtime/runtime-layout-client.ts b/src/renderer/src/runtime/runtime-layout-client.ts
index 1b63efd54cd..b3c252f2fe3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/runtime/runtime-layout-client.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/runtime/runtime-layout-client.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ export type RuntimeLayoutStreamStatus =
 // An older host without the method, or a caller scope denied it: a retry gets the same answer.
 const REFUSAL_CODES = ['method_not_found', 'forbidden'] as const
 
+/** First wait before a lost local stream reopens; it doubles to the cap until a snapshot comes. */
+const LOCAL_REOPEN_DELAY_MS = 1_000
+const LOCAL_REOPEN_DELAY_CAP_MS = 30_000
+
 /**
- * Opens the stream once; `onFrame` gets a snapshot first, then that stream's changes. A local
- * stream ends only on close, document retirement or a refusal, so nothing reopens it. A remote
+ * Opens the stream; `onFrame` gets a snapshot first, then that stream's changes. A lost local
+ * stream reports `lost`, then reopens, and its snapshot replaces what the caller holds. A remote
  * stream that drops reports `lost`; reopening it belongs to the connection's reconnect.
  */
 export function subscribeRuntimeLayout(
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@ export function subscribeRuntimeLayout(
   let generation = 0
   let handle: { unsubscribe: () => void } | null = null
   let state: RuntimeLayoutStreamStatus['state'] = 'connecting'
+  let reopenTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+  let reopenDelay = LOCAL_REOPEN_DELAY_MS
 
   const setStatus = (status: RuntimeLayoutStreamStatus): void => {
     state = status.state
@@ -64,6 +70,15 @@ export function subscribeRuntimeLayout(
     }
     const refusal = REFUSAL_CODES.find((code) => hasRuntimeRpcErrorCode(error, code))
     stop(refusal ? { state: 'refused', code: refusal } : { state: 'lost' })
+    // Why: layout.apply still reaches main without the stream, so only main's own changes would
+    // go unseen until a relaunch.
+    if (!refusal && target.kind === 'local') {
+      reopenTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        reopenTimer = null
+        void open()
+      }, reopenDelay)
+      reopenDelay = Math.min(reopenDelay * 2, LOCAL_REOPEN_DELAY_CAP_MS)
+    }
   }
 
   const receive = (streamGeneration: number, value: unknown): void => {
@@ -90,6 +105,7 @@ export function subscribeRuntimeLayout(
       return
     }
     if (frame.type === 'snapshot') {
+      reopenDelay = LOCAL_REOPEN_DELAY_MS
       setStatus({ state: 'live' })
     } else if (state !== 'live') {
       // The host sends the snapshot first; a change before it has nothing to replace.
@@ -120,7 +136,11 @@ export function subscribeRuntimeLayout(
   void open()
   return {
     close: () => {
-      if (state === 'connecting' || state === 'live') {
+      if (reopenTimer) {
+        clearTimeout(reopenTimer)
+        reopenTimer = null
+        stop({ state: 'closed' })
+      } else if (state === 'connecting' || state === 'live') {
         stop({ state: 'closed' })
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/runtime/workspace-layout-frame-sync.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/runtime/workspace-layout-frame-sync.test.ts
index 84ed356504b..d8b1f7f991e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/runtime/workspace-layout-frame-sync.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/runtime/workspace-layout-frame-sync.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ import { reportWindowSessionWriteActivity } from '../lib/window-session-write-ac
 import { createStoreSessionMockApi } from '../store/slices/store-session-test-harness'
 import { createTestStore } from '../store/slices/store-test-helpers'
 import type { LayoutFrameSlices } from '../store/workspace-layout-frame-slices'
-import { afterLayoutFrame, endLayoutFramePositions } from './layout-frame-position'
+import {
+  afterLayoutFrame,
+  endLayoutFramePositions,
+  layoutFramesFlowing
+} from './layout-frame-position'
 import { holdTabPaneTree, requestTabPaneTreeRedraw } from './layout-owner-pane-intents'
 import { openWorkspaceLayoutFrameSync } from './workspace-layout-frame-sync'
 
@@ -344,6 +348,36 @@ describe('the window drawn from layout frames', () => {
     sync.close()
   })
 
+  it('after a lost stream reopens, its snapshot redraws every workspace from main', async () => {
+    const { store, sync, layouts } = await bootWithFrames('local', localDesktopSession())
+    sync.start()
+    await flushMicrotasks()
+    stream.onStatus!({ state: 'lost' })
+    expect(layoutFramesFlowing()).toBe(false)
+    // Drawn while no frame came; main's snapshot does not have it.
+    const drawn = { type: 'leaf' as const, leafId: 'drawn-by-the-window' }
+    store.setState({
+      terminalLayoutsByTabId: {
+        ...store.getState().terminalLayoutsByTabId,
+        'tab-shell': { ...store.getState().terminalLayoutsByTabId['tab-shell']!, root: drawn }
+      }
+    })
+
+    stream.onStatus!({ state: 'connecting' })
+    expect(layoutFramesFlowing()).toBe(true)
+    const renamed = structuredClone(layouts)
+    renamed[GIT_KEY]!.tabs.find((tab) => tab.id === 'tab-unbound')!.customTitle = 'from main'
+    stream.onFrame!(snapshot(renamed))
+    stream.onStatus!({ state: 'live' })
+    await flushMicrotasks()
+
+    const rows = store.getState().tabsByWorktree[GIT_KEY]!
+    expect(rows.find((tab) => tab.id === 'tab-unbound')!.customTitle).toBe('from main')
+    expect(store.getState().terminalLayoutsByTabId['tab-shell']!.root).not.toEqual(drawn)
+    expect(sync.terminalTab(GIT_KEY, 'tab-shell')).toBeDefined()
+    sync.close()
+  })
+
   it('shows a live title change of the focused pane at once, even while a write is owed', async () => {
     const { store, sync, layouts } = await bootWithFrames('local', localDesktopSession())
     sync.start()
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/runtime/workspace-layout-frame-sync.ts b/src/renderer/src/runtime/workspace-layout-frame-sync.ts
index 7c0f8e85cfc..3625edd8896 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/runtime/workspace-layout-frame-sync.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/runtime/workspace-layout-frame-sync.ts
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ export function openWorkspaceLayoutFrameSync(store: FrameSyncStore): WorkspaceLa
     (frame) => {
       cache = applyLayoutFrame(cache, frame)
       if (frame.type === 'snapshot') {
+        // A reopened stream's snapshot redraws every workspace: the window drew alone meanwhile.
+        if (snapshotReceived) {
+          shown = {}
+        }
         snapshotReceived = true
         live = started
       }
@@ -268,7 +272,11 @@ export function openWorkspaceLayoutFrameSync(store: FrameSyncStore): WorkspaceLa
       if (status.state === 'lost' || status.state === 'refused') {
         console.warn('[layout-owner] layout stream stopped:', status)
       }
-      if (status.state !== 'connecting' && status.state !== 'live') {
+      if (status.state === 'connecting' && !streamOpen) {
+        // The local stream reopens after a loss; replies wait for its frames again.
+        streamOpen = true
+        beginLayoutFramePositions()
+      } else if (status.state !== 'connecting' && status.state !== 'live') {
         streamOpen = false
         endLayoutFramePositions()
       }