diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-admission.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-admission.ts
index 66165139958..b881d55e771 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-admission.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-admission.ts
@@ -125,3 +125,14 @@ export function structuredHandoffRetryIsAdmissible(
     status.error?.recoverableOwner !== 'none'
   )
 }
+
+export function structuredHandoffRetryResumesStoppedOwner(
+  record: AgentSessionRecord,
+  params: AgentSessionHandoffRequest
+): boolean {
+  return (
+    record.lease.claimStatus === 'released' &&
+    record.lease.handoffStage === 'old-owner-stopped' &&
+    record.lease.handoffOperationId === params.envelope.clientOperationId
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-flow-context.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-flow-context.ts
index 9e5870289e8..f7bf717dea3 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-flow-context.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-flow-context.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ export function createStructuredHandoffFlowContext(input: {
   }
 }
 
+export function requireStructuredHandoffRecord(
+  deps: StructuredAgentSessionHandoffDeps,
+  sessionId: string
+): AgentSessionRecord {
+  const record = deps.store.getRecord(sessionId)
+  if (!record) {
+    throw new Error('agent_session_identity_required')
+  }
+  return record
+}
+
 export async function stopStructuredNativeTurn(
   deps: StructuredAgentSessionHandoffDeps,
   sessionId: string,
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-revalidation.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-revalidation.ts
index 79b50c7e9b8..8925392e117 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-revalidation.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-revalidation.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { AgentSessionRecord } from '../../../shared/agent-session-record'
 import type { AgentSessionHandoffRequest } from '../../../shared/agent-session-wire'
 import { activeStructuredAgentSessionTurnId } from '../../../shared/structured-agent-session-projection'
 import type { AgentSessionJournal } from '../agent-session-journal/journal-store'
+import { structuredHandoffRetryResumesStoppedOwner } from './structured-agent-session-handoff-admission'
 import { structuredSessionHasPendingPrompt } from './structured-agent-session-handoff-status'
 
 export function assertScheduledStructuredHandoffIsAdmissible(input: {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ export function assertScheduledStructuredHandoffIsAdmissible(input: {
   tuiStatus: 'idle' | 'busy'
 }): void {
   const { params, record } = input
-  if (params.action === 'retry') {
+  if (params.action === 'retry' && structuredHandoffRetryResumesStoppedOwner(record, params)) {
     return
   }
   const expectedOwner = params.direction === 'to-tui' ? 'native' : 'tui'
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.test.ts
index 4f32ef1279e..56f7a39c1ed 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.test.ts
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
     expect(new Set(messages.map((item) => item.itemId)).size).toBe(2)
     expect(store.getRecord(SESSION)?.lease).toMatchObject({
       runtimeKind: 'native',
-      claimStatus: 'live',
       handoffStage: null
     })
     expect(prepareTuiHistoryCatchup).toHaveBeenCalledWith(SESSION, forwardRecord.lease.runtimeFence)
@@ -707,27 +706,28 @@ describe('structured session ownership handoff', () => {
       owner: 'tui',
       error: { recoverableOwner: 'tui', details: 'terminal_handle_stale' }
     })
-    expect(store.getRecord(SESSION)?.lease).toMatchObject({
-      runtimeKind: 'tui',
-      claimStatus: 'live',
-      handoffStage: null,
-      handoffOperationId: null
-    })
   })
 
-  it('recovers native ownership when TUI launch or proof fails', async () => {
+  it('recovers native ownership and refuses retry over a new native turn', async () => {
     launchTui.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('resume proof failed'))
-    expect(await submit(request('to-tui', 'now'))).toMatchObject({ ok: true })
-    await waitForPhase('failed')
-    expect(coordinator.status(SESSION)).toMatchObject({
-      owner: 'native',
-      error: { recoverableOwner: 'native' }
+    const retryOperation = operationId()
+    expect(await submit(request('to-tui', 'now', { operationId: retryOperation }))).toMatchObject({
+      ok: true
     })
+    await waitForPhase('failed')
     expect(store.getRecord(SESSION)?.lease).toMatchObject({
       runtimeKind: 'native',
       claimStatus: 'live',
       handoffStage: null
     })
+    await appendStatus('running')
+    const retry = await submit(
+      request('to-tui', 'now', { action: 'retry', operationId: retryOperation })
+    )
+    expect(retry).toMatchObject({
+      ok: false,
+      refusal: { code: 'agent_session_conflict' }
+    })
   })
 
   it('stops a launched but uncommitted TUI before recovering native', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.ts
index 2f71010956f..2c8e54b18d7 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ import {
   admitStructuredHandoffRequest,
   refuseAdmittedStructuredHandoff,
   replayedStructuredHandoffRefusal,
-  structuredHandoffRetryIsAdmissible
+  structuredHandoffRetryIsAdmissible,
+  structuredHandoffRetryResumesStoppedOwner
 } from './structured-agent-session-handoff-admission'
-import { createStructuredHandoffFlowContext } from './structured-agent-session-handoff-flow-context'
+import {
+  createStructuredHandoffFlowContext,
+  requireStructuredHandoffRecord
+} from './structured-agent-session-handoff-flow-context'
 import { StructuredAgentSessionHandoffFlowRunner } from './structured-agent-session-handoff-flow-runner'
 import {
   beginStructuredManualRecovery,
@@ -58,10 +62,8 @@ export class StructuredAgentSessionHandoffCoordinator {
     })
   }
 
-  status(sessionId: string): AgentSessionHandoffStatus {
-    const current = this.statuses.get(sessionId)
-    return current ?? idleStructuredHandoffStatus(this.requireRecord(sessionId))
-  }
+  status = (sessionId: string): AgentSessionHandoffStatus =>
+    this.statuses.get(sessionId) ?? idleStructuredHandoffStatus(this.requireRecord(sessionId))
 
   drain = (): Promise<void> => this.flowRunner.drain()
 
@@ -171,8 +173,10 @@ export class StructuredAgentSessionHandoffCoordinator {
           'This handoff is no longer retryable.'
         )
       }
-      this.begin(callerKey, params, null, fingerprint)
-      return this.success(record.sessionId, false)
+      if (structuredHandoffRetryResumesStoppedOwner(record, params)) {
+        this.begin(callerKey, params, null, fingerprint)
+        return this.success(record.sessionId, false)
+      }
     }
     const expectedOwner = params.direction === 'to-tui' ? 'native' : 'tui'
     if (record.lease.runtimeKind !== expectedOwner || record.lease.claimStatus !== 'live') {
@@ -304,10 +308,6 @@ export class StructuredAgentSessionHandoffCoordinator {
   }
 
   private requireRecord(sessionId: string): AgentSessionRecord {
-    const record = this.deps.store.getRecord(sessionId)
-    if (!record) {
-      throw new Error('agent_session_identity_required')
-    }
-    return record
+    return requireStructuredHandoffRecord(this.deps, sessionId)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/agent-session-pty-write-gate.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/agent-session-pty-write-gate.test.ts
index 60d0a947810..7d3ef8e6576 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/agent-session-pty-write-gate.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/agent-session-pty-write-gate.test.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,26 @@ describe('admission through the store', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('admits proof input for the exact proven live owner during restore', () => {
+    publish(
+      agentSessionLeaseFixture({
+        ownerProcess: {
+          hostId: 'local',
+          pid: 4200,
+          processStartTimeMs: 10,
+          spawnToken: 'live-proof-token'
+        },
+        reservedSpawnToken: 'live-proof-token'
+      })
+    )
+    expect(gate.admitProof(PTY_ID, { sessionId: SESSION_ID, spawnToken: 'live-proof-token' })).toBe(
+      true
+    )
+    expect(gate.admitProof(PTY_ID, { sessionId: SESSION_ID, spawnToken: 'wrong-token' })).toBe(
+      false
+    )
+  })
+
   it('refuses when the record vanished from the store', () => {
     const admission = gate.admit(PTY_ID)
     expect(admission.admitted).toBe(false)
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/agent-session-pty-write-gate.ts b/src/main/runtime/agent-session-pty-write-gate.ts
index 06dd237a1c4..f252e6f938b 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/agent-session-pty-write-gate.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/agent-session-pty-write-gate.ts
@@ -73,14 +73,21 @@ export class AgentSessionPtyWriteGate {
   admitProof(ptyId: string, authority: { sessionId: string; spawnToken: string }): boolean {
     const binding = this.binding(ptyId)
     const lease = binding?.record?.lease
+    const provingReservation =
+      lease?.claimStatus === 'reserved' &&
+      lease.handoffStage === 'new-owner-proving' &&
+      lease.reservedSpawnToken === authority.spawnToken &&
+      (lease.ownerProcess === null || lease.ownerProcess.spawnToken === authority.spawnToken)
+    const reprovingLiveOwner =
+      lease?.claimStatus === 'live' &&
+      lease.handoffStage === null &&
+      lease.ownerProcess?.spawnToken === authority.spawnToken &&
+      lease.provenHandleLinkId !== null
     return Boolean(
       binding?.sessionId === authority.sessionId &&
       binding.record?.sessionId === authority.sessionId &&
       lease?.runtimeKind === 'tui' &&
-      lease.claimStatus === 'reserved' &&
-      lease.handoffStage === 'new-owner-proving' &&
-      lease.reservedSpawnToken === authority.spawnToken &&
-      (lease.ownerProcess === null || lease.ownerProcess.spawnToken === authority.spawnToken) &&
+      (provingReservation || reprovingLiveOwner) &&
       !lease.unreconciled
     )
   }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-structured-tui-tab-binding.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-structured-tui-tab-binding.test.ts
index 0c0692ee74b..6537a7f80e9 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-structured-tui-tab-binding.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-structured-tui-tab-binding.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import type { StructuredAgentSessionHandoffTransport } from '../native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-handoff-types'
 import { createEphemeralAgentSessionClaimSigner } from './agent-session-claim-identity'
+import { agentSessionPtyWriteGate } from './agent-session-pty-write-gate'
 import { OrcaRuntimeService } from './orca-runtime'
 
 const {
@@ -157,6 +158,8 @@ describe('structured TUI launch tab binding', () => {
     })
     expect(resolvePinnedCodexRolloutProof).toHaveBeenCalledWith(namespace.providerRoot, 'thread-1')
     expect(writeAgentSessionProof).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(agentSessionPtyWriteGate.boundSessionId('pty-cold-owner')).toBe('session-1')
+    agentSessionPtyWriteGate.unbindPty('pty-cold-owner')
   })
 
   it('proves the published launch tab before returning its revealed renderer binding', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
index 86212bf4c19..e447123215f 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
@@ -9310,6 +9310,7 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeService {
         if (!candidate?.tabId || !candidate.paneKey || !handle) {
           throw new Error('The owning agent terminal could not be recovered.')
         }
+        agentSessionPtyWriteGate.bindPty(candidate.ptyId, record.sessionId)
         const proof = durableOwner
           ? await this.resolveRecoveredStructuredTuiTranscript({
               handle,