diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/layout/terminal-pane-layout-restore.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/layout/terminal-pane-layout-restore.ts
index 09518d91f8d..5713ce708c4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/layout/terminal-pane-layout-restore.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/layout/terminal-pane-layout-restore.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { PaneManager } from '@/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store/index'
+import { wakeScrollbackPreview } from '@/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback'
 import { applyExpandedLayoutTo } from './expand/expanded-pane-layout'
 import { replayTerminalLayout } from './terminal-layout-replay'
 import { restoreScrollbackBuffers } from '../snapshots/saved-terminal-output-replay'
@@ -48,6 +49,14 @@ export function restoreTerminalPaneLayout(args: {
     refs.restoredViewportBlankingPanesRef,
     liveAltScreenLeafIds
   )
+  // WAKE-SCROLLBACK: waking remounts a cloud pane with a fresh, empty xterm; paint its kept pre-sleep
+  // output now (client-side, text + SGR) so it never shows blank before the woken snapshot's restore.
+  for (const pane of manager.getPanes()) {
+    const preview = wakeScrollbackPreview(pane.leafId)
+    if (preview !== null) {
+      pane.terminal.write(preview)
+    }
+  }
   const hasScrollbackRefs = Boolean(initialLayoutRef.current.scrollbackRefsByLeafId)
   if (
     restoredBuffers &&
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback.test.ts
index daab28205e0..8dcb1d7a63b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   finishWakeScrollbackRestore,
   forgetWakeScrollback,
   hasPendingWakeScrollback,
+  wakeScrollbackPreview,
   resetWakeScrollbackForTests
 } from './cloud-wake-scrollback'
 
@@ -243,6 +244,16 @@ describe('WAKE-SCROLLBACK', () => {
     expect(beginWakeScrollbackRestore('leaf-1', terminal)?.block).toContain('new')
   })
 
+  it('a pane remounted on wake (fresh, empty xterm) is painted with its kept output at once', async () => {
+    const before = pane(6)
+    await write(before, '\x1b[32m$ ls\x1b[0m\r\nREADME\r\n$ ')
+    capture(before, 'leaf-1')
+    const remounted = pane(6)
+    await write(remounted, wakeScrollbackPreview('leaf-1')!)
+    expect(text(remounted)).toEqual(['$ ls', 'README', '$'])
+    expect(wakeScrollbackPreview('leaf-none')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
   it('reports a pending restore only when there is output to put back', async () => {
     const empty = pane(4)
     captureWakeScrollback('leaf-e', empty, { sleptAt: SLEPT_AT, agentPane: false, maxRows: 5000 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback.ts
index 5029062f552..473f1ac8e0d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/cloud-wake-scrollback.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@ export function armWakeScrollback(leafIds: Iterable<string>): void {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * What a freshly mounted pane shows until its woken snapshot's restore: the kept output alone
+ * (text + SGR only), or null when there is none.
+ */
+export function wakeScrollbackPreview(leafId: string): string | null {
+  const text = pending.get(leafId)?.text ?? null
+  return text === null ? null : `\x1b[0m${sanitizeRestoredText(text)}\x1b[0m`
+}
+
 /** The pane has pre-sleep output waiting to be put back after its wake. */
 export function hasPendingWakeScrollback(leafId: string): boolean {
   return (pending.get(leafId)?.text ?? null) !== null