diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts
index 7ad97e6b692..cfb4c57b797 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.test.ts
@@ -8527,6 +8527,37 @@ describe('connectPanePty', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('resets cached parked terminal modes before authoritative snapshot replay', async () => {
+    const { connectPanePty } = await import('./pty-connection')
+    enableActiveRuntimeEnvironment()
+    const remotePtyId = 'remote:env-1@@terminal-1'
+    const transport = createMockTransport(remotePtyId)
+    const replayCallback: { current: ((data: string) => void) | null } = { current: null }
+    transport.connect.mockImplementation(async ({ callbacks }: { callbacks: ConnectCallbacks }) => {
+      replayCallback.current = callbacks.onReplayData ?? null
+      return { id: remotePtyId, replay: '' }
+    })
+    transportFactoryQueue.push(transport)
+
+    const pane = createPane(1)
+    pane.container.dataset.parkedViewportFrame = 'true'
+    pane.terminal.write = vi.fn((_data: string, callback?: () => void) => {
+      callback?.()
+    })
+
+    const binding = connectPanePty(pane as never, createManager(1) as never, createDeps() as never)
+    await flushAsyncTicks(6)
+    replayCallback.current?.('authoritative snapshot')
+    await flushAsyncTicks(12)
+
+    const writes = pane.terminal.write.mock.calls.map(([data]) => data)
+    expect(writes.indexOf('\x1bc')).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
+    expect(writes.indexOf('\x1bc')).toBeLessThan(writes.indexOf('authoritative snapshot'))
+    expect(writes).not.toContain('\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[H')
+    expect(pane.container.dataset.parkedViewportFrame).toBeUndefined()
+    binding.dispose()
+  })
+
   it('resizes the pane to the snapshot grid before replaying daemon snapshot bytes (bug #7279)', async () => {
     // Why: the daemon serializes soft-wrapped lines flat, so reattach must resize xterm to the snapshot grid before writing, or rows rewrap wrong.
     const { connectPanePty } = await import('./pty-connection')
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
index ec335002286..baeef05c946 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ import {
 } from './command-code-done-settle'
 import { canCommandCodeOutputOwnPane } from './command-code-output-ownership'
 import { isTerminalTabParked } from './terminal-parked-watcher-registry'
+import { consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrameMarker } from './terminal-parked-viewport-frame'
 import {
   getExecutionHostIdForWorktree,
   getSettingsForWorktreeRuntimeOwner
@@ -5692,7 +5693,9 @@ export function connectPanePty(
         // xterm. Local eager replay decides this earlier so metadata-only frames
         // can keep restored scrollback while still using the replay guard.
         if (clearBeforeReplay) {
-          await writeReplayDataAsync('\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[H')
+          await writeReplayDataAsync(
+            consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrameMarker(pane) ? '\x1bc' : '\x1b[2J\x1b[3J\x1b[H'
+          )
           if (!isCurrentPayload()) {
             continue
           }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-tab-watchers.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-tab-watchers.ts
index 42de06cac37..8c0d5bd082d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-tab-watchers.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-tab-watchers.ts
@@ -24,15 +24,20 @@ import {
 import { collapseParkedExitedLeaf, startParkedPtyWatcher } from './terminal-parked-pty-watcher'
 import {
   capturedPanesByTabId,
+  consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrames,
   disposeParkedTabWatchers,
   parkedWatchersByTabId,
   type ParkedTabWatcherEntry,
   type ParkedTerminalPaneCapture
 } from './terminal-parked-watcher-registry'
+import type { PaneManager } from '@/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager'
+import type { ReplayingPanesRef } from './replay-guard'
+import { replayParkedTerminalViewportFrames } from './terminal-parked-viewport-frame'
 
 // Why: re-export so callers keep one import surface; the registry split only breaks the store-slice import cycle.
 export {
   captureParkedTerminalPaneCandidates,
+  consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrames,
   disposeAllParkedTerminalWatchers,
   disposeRemovedWorktreeParkedTerminalWatchers,
   disposeParkedTerminalWatchersForPtyIds,
@@ -49,6 +54,29 @@ export {
 export type { ParkableTerminalTabModel } from './terminal-parked-watcher-reconciliation'
 export type ParkedTerminalPtyEligibility = (ptyId: string) => boolean
 
+export function replayParkedTerminalViewportForTab(args: {
+  manager: PaneManager
+  paneByLeafId: ReadonlyMap<string, number>
+  replayingPanesRef: ReplayingPanesRef
+  tabId: string
+  worktreeId: string
+}): number {
+  const state = useAppStore.getState()
+  const tab = state.tabsByWorktree[args.worktreeId]?.find(
+    (candidate) => candidate.id === args.tabId
+  )
+  return replayParkedTerminalViewportFrames({
+    manager: args.manager,
+    frames: consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrames(
+      args.tabId,
+      state.terminalLayoutsByTabId[args.tabId]?.ptyIdsByLeafId ?? {},
+      tab?.ptyId ?? null
+    ),
+    paneByLeafId: args.paneByLeafId,
+    replayingPanesRef: args.replayingPanesRef
+  })
+}
+
 const allowOrdinaryParkRestore = (ptyId: string): boolean =>
   isRemoteRuntimePtyId(ptyId) ||
   parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId) !== null ||
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-viewport-frame.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-viewport-frame.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dd2678b00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-viewport-frame.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { ManagedPane, PaneManager } from '@/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager'
+import type { PtyTransport } from './pty-transport'
+import {
+  captureParkedTerminalPanes,
+  captureParkedTerminalViewportFrame,
+  consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrameMarker,
+  replayParkedTerminalViewportFrames
+} from './terminal-parked-viewport-frame'
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({ replayIntoTerminal: vi.fn() }))
+
+vi.mock('./replay-guard', () => ({ replayIntoTerminal: mocks.replayIntoTerminal }))
+
+function makePane(
+  id = 1,
+  leafId = 'leaf-1'
+): {
+  pane: ManagedPane
+  serialize: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+} {
+  const serialize = vi.fn(() => 'cached viewport')
+  return {
+    pane: {
+      id,
+      leafId,
+      terminal: {
+        cols: 120,
+        rows: 40,
+        buffer: { active: { cursorX: 4, cursorY: 7 } }
+      },
+      container: { dataset: {} },
+      serializeAddon: { serialize }
+    } as unknown as ManagedPane,
+    serialize
+  }
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mocks.replayIntoTerminal.mockClear()
+})
+
+describe('parked terminal viewport frames', () => {
+  it('captures only the active viewport with an absolute cursor restore', () => {
+    const { pane, serialize } = makePane()
+
+    const frame = captureParkedTerminalViewportFrame(pane)
+
+    expect(serialize).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ scrollback: 0 })
+    expect(frame).toEqual({ data: 'cached viewport\x1b[8;5H', cols: 120, rows: 40 })
+  })
+
+  it('captures viewport frames only for paired runtime panes', () => {
+    const remote = makePane(1, 'remote-leaf')
+    const local = makePane(2, 'local-leaf')
+    const manager = {
+      getActivePane: () => remote.pane,
+      getPanes: () => [remote.pane, local.pane]
+    } as unknown as PaneManager
+    const transports = new Map<number, PtyTransport>([
+      [1, { getPtyId: () => 'remote:windows-low-spec@@terminal-1' } as PtyTransport],
+      [2, { getPtyId: () => 'local-pty' } as PtyTransport]
+    ])
+
+    const captures = captureParkedTerminalPanes(manager, transports)
+
+    expect(captures[0].viewportFrame?.data).toContain('cached viewport')
+    expect(captures[1]).not.toHaveProperty('viewportFrame')
+    expect(local.serialize).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('replays a matching-grid frame and skips a stale geometry', () => {
+    const matching = makePane(1, 'matching')
+    const stale = makePane(2, 'stale')
+    const manager = {
+      getPanes: () => [matching.pane, stale.pane],
+      hasWebglRenderer: () => false
+    } as unknown as PaneManager
+    const replayingPanesRef = { current: new Map<number, number>() }
+
+    const replayed = replayParkedTerminalViewportFrames({
+      manager,
+      frames: [
+        { leafId: 'matching', frame: { data: 'matching frame', cols: 120, rows: 40 } },
+        { leafId: 'stale', frame: { data: 'stale frame', cols: 80, rows: 24 } }
+      ],
+      paneByLeafId: new Map([
+        ['matching', 1],
+        ['stale', 2]
+      ]),
+      replayingPanesRef
+    })
+
+    expect(replayed).toBe(1)
+    expect(mocks.replayIntoTerminal).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(mocks.replayIntoTerminal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      matching.pane,
+      replayingPanesRef,
+      'matching frame',
+      expect.any(Object)
+    )
+    expect(consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrameMarker(matching.pane)).toBe(true)
+    expect(consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrameMarker(matching.pane)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-viewport-frame.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-viewport-frame.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ccd6ce13a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-viewport-frame.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import type { ManagedPane, PaneManager } from '@/lib/pane-manager/pane-manager'
+import type { PtyTransport } from './pty-transport'
+import { isRemoteRuntimePtyId } from '@/runtime/runtime-terminal-inspection'
+import { serializeWithAbsoluteCursor } from '../../../../shared/terminal-serialize-absolute-cursor'
+import { replayIntoTerminal, type ReplayingPanesRef } from './replay-guard'
+
+const MAX_PARKED_VIEWPORT_FRAME_CHARS = 256 * 1024
+const PARKED_VIEWPORT_FRAME_DATASET_KEY = 'parkedViewportFrame'
+
+export type ParkedTerminalViewportFrame = {
+  data: string
+  cols: number
+  rows: number
+}
+
+export type ParkedTerminalViewportFrameByLeaf = {
+  leafId: string
+  frame: ParkedTerminalViewportFrame
+}
+
+export function captureParkedTerminalPanes(
+  manager: PaneManager,
+  paneTransports: ReadonlyMap<number, PtyTransport>
+): {
+  ptyId: string | null
+  paneId: number
+  leafId: string
+  drivesTabTitle: boolean
+  viewportFrame?: ParkedTerminalViewportFrame
+}[] {
+  const activePaneId = manager.getActivePane()?.id
+  return manager.getPanes().map((pane) => {
+    const ptyId = paneTransports.get(pane.id)?.getPtyId() ?? null
+    const viewportFrame =
+      ptyId && isRemoteRuntimePtyId(ptyId) ? captureParkedTerminalViewportFrame(pane) : null
+    return {
+      ptyId,
+      paneId: pane.id,
+      leafId: pane.leafId,
+      drivesTabTitle: activePaneId === pane.id,
+      ...(viewportFrame ? { viewportFrame } : {})
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+export function captureParkedTerminalViewportFrame(
+  pane: ManagedPane
+): ParkedTerminalViewportFrame | null {
+  try {
+    if (pane.terminal.cols < 1 || pane.terminal.rows < 1) {
+      return null
+    }
+    const data = serializeWithAbsoluteCursor(pane.serializeAddon, pane.terminal, {
+      scrollback: 0
+    })
+    if (!data || data.length > MAX_PARKED_VIEWPORT_FRAME_CHARS) {
+      return null
+    }
+    return { data, cols: pane.terminal.cols, rows: pane.terminal.rows }
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+export function replayParkedTerminalViewportFrames(args: {
+  manager: PaneManager
+  frames: readonly ParkedTerminalViewportFrameByLeaf[]
+  paneByLeafId: ReadonlyMap<string, number>
+  replayingPanesRef: ReplayingPanesRef
+}): number {
+  let replayed = 0
+  for (const { leafId, frame } of args.frames) {
+    const paneId = args.paneByLeafId.get(leafId)
+    const pane = args.manager.getPanes().find((candidate) => candidate.id === paneId)
+    if (!pane || pane.terminal.cols !== frame.cols || pane.terminal.rows !== frame.rows) {
+      continue
+    }
+    replayIntoTerminal(pane, args.replayingPanesRef, frame.data, {
+      shouldRefreshViewportSynchronously: () => !args.manager.hasWebglRenderer(pane.id)
+    })
+    pane.container.dataset[PARKED_VIEWPORT_FRAME_DATASET_KEY] = 'true'
+    replayed += 1
+  }
+  return replayed
+}
+
+export function consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrameMarker(
+  pane: Pick<ManagedPane, 'container'>
+): boolean {
+  if (pane.container.dataset[PARKED_VIEWPORT_FRAME_DATASET_KEY] !== 'true') {
+    return false
+  }
+  delete pane.container.dataset[PARKED_VIEWPORT_FRAME_DATASET_KEY]
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-watcher-registry.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-watcher-registry.test.ts
index eb436c8e127..27fe5299683 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-watcher-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-watcher-registry.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from './pty-pre-handler-buffer'
 import {
   capturedPanesByTabId,
+  consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrames,
   parkedWatchersByTabId,
   pruneParkedTerminalWatchers,
   terminalWatcherLiveWorkspaceIds
@@ -90,4 +91,58 @@ describe('terminal parked watcher registry removal', () => {
     expect(capturedPanesByTabId.has(FLOATING_TAB_ID)).toBe(true)
     expect(floatingDispose).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('consumes a matching parked viewport frame exactly once', () => {
+    const frame = { data: 'cached viewport', cols: 120, rows: 40 }
+    capturedPanesByTabId.set(TAB_ID, {
+      worktreeId: 'removed-worktree',
+      panes: [
+        {
+          ptyId: PTY_ID,
+          paneId: 1,
+          leafId: 'leaf-1',
+          drivesTabTitle: true,
+          viewportFrame: frame
+        }
+      ]
+    })
+    parkedWatchersByTabId.set(TAB_ID, {
+      worktreeId: 'removed-worktree',
+      tabPtyId: PTY_ID,
+      paneIdByPtyId: new Map([[PTY_ID, 1]]),
+      disposersByPtyId: new Map([[PTY_ID, vi.fn()]])
+    })
+
+    expect(consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrames(TAB_ID, { 'leaf-1': PTY_ID }, null)).toEqual([
+      { leafId: 'leaf-1', frame }
+    ])
+    expect(consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrames(TAB_ID, { 'leaf-1': PTY_ID }, null)).toEqual([])
+    expect(capturedPanesByTabId.get(TAB_ID)?.panes[0]).not.toHaveProperty('viewportFrame')
+  })
+
+  it('drops a cached viewport when the parked PTY identity changed', () => {
+    capturedPanesByTabId.set(TAB_ID, {
+      worktreeId: 'removed-worktree',
+      panes: [
+        {
+          ptyId: PTY_ID,
+          paneId: 1,
+          leafId: 'leaf-1',
+          drivesTabTitle: true,
+          viewportFrame: { data: 'stale viewport', cols: 80, rows: 24 }
+        }
+      ]
+    })
+    parkedWatchersByTabId.set(TAB_ID, {
+      worktreeId: 'removed-worktree',
+      tabPtyId: 'replacement-pty',
+      paneIdByPtyId: new Map([['replacement-pty', 1]]),
+      disposersByPtyId: new Map([['replacement-pty', vi.fn()]])
+    })
+
+    expect(
+      consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrames(TAB_ID, { 'leaf-1': 'replacement-pty' }, null)
+    ).toEqual([])
+    expect(capturedPanesByTabId.get(TAB_ID)?.panes[0]).not.toHaveProperty('viewportFrame')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-watcher-registry.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-watcher-registry.ts
index 1f4b522040a..b418a8454c9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-watcher-registry.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/terminal-parked-watcher-registry.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
  */
 import { discardPreHandlerPtyState } from './pty-pre-handler-buffer'
 import { FLOATING_TERMINAL_WORKTREE_ID } from '../../../../shared/constants'
+import type {
+  ParkedTerminalViewportFrame,
+  ParkedTerminalViewportFrameByLeaf
+} from './terminal-parked-viewport-frame'
 
 export type ParkedTerminalPaneCapture = {
   ptyId: string | null
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ export type ParkedTerminalPaneCapture = {
   /** Stable terminal-layout leaf UUID (paneKey attribution). */
   leafId: string
   drivesTabTitle: boolean
+  viewportFrame?: ParkedTerminalViewportFrame
 }
 
 export type CapturedTabPanes = { worktreeId: string; panes: ParkedTerminalPaneCapture[] }
@@ -67,6 +72,32 @@ export function isTerminalTabParked(tabId: string): boolean {
   return (parkedWatchersByTabId.get(tabId)?.disposersByPtyId.size ?? 0) > 0
 }
 
+export function consumeParkedTerminalViewportFrames(
+  tabId: string,
+  expectedPtyIdsByLeafId: Readonly<Record<string, string>>,
+  fallbackPtyId: string | null
+): ParkedTerminalViewportFrameByLeaf[] {
+  const capture = capturedPanesByTabId.get(tabId)
+  if (!capture) {
+    return []
+  }
+  const useFallback = capture.panes.length === 1
+  const frames = isTerminalTabParked(tabId)
+    ? capture.panes.flatMap((pane) => {
+        const expectedPtyId =
+          expectedPtyIdsByLeafId[pane.leafId] ?? (useFallback ? fallbackPtyId : null)
+        return pane.viewportFrame && expectedPtyId && pane.ptyId === expectedPtyId
+          ? [{ leafId: pane.leafId, frame: pane.viewportFrame }]
+          : []
+      })
+    : []
+  capturedPanesByTabId.set(tabId, {
+    ...capture,
+    panes: capture.panes.map(({ viewportFrame: _viewportFrame, ...pane }) => pane)
+  })
+  return frames
+}
+
 export function disposeParkedTabWatchers(tabId: string): void {
   const entry = parkedWatchersByTabId.get(tabId)
   if (!entry) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/use-terminal-pane-lifecycle.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/use-terminal-pane-lifecycle.ts
index bc230ecd419..a461c6b0153 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/use-terminal-pane-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/use-terminal-pane-lifecycle.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@ import { fitAndFocusPanes, fitPanes } from './pane-helpers'
 import { markTerminalPinnedViewport } from '@/lib/pane-manager/terminal-scroll-intent'
 import { syncTerminalScrollIntentSoon } from '@/lib/pane-manager/terminal-scroll-intent-settle'
 import { registerRuntimeTerminalTab, scheduleRuntimeGraphSync } from '@/runtime/sync-runtime-graph'
-import { captureParkedTerminalPaneCandidates } from './terminal-parked-tab-watchers'
+import {
+  captureParkedTerminalPaneCandidates,
+  replayParkedTerminalViewportForTab
+} from './terminal-parked-tab-watchers'
+import { captureParkedTerminalPanes } from './terminal-parked-viewport-frame'
 import { e2eConfig } from '@/lib/e2e-config'
 import {
   PRIMARY_SELECTION_MAX_LENGTH,
@@ -1500,6 +1504,13 @@ export function useTerminalPaneLifecycle({
       replayingPanesRef,
       restoredViewportBlankingPanesRef
     )
+    replayParkedTerminalViewportForTab({
+      manager,
+      paneByLeafId: restoredPaneByLeafId,
+      replayingPanesRef,
+      tabId,
+      worktreeId
+    })
     const hasScrollbackRefs = Boolean(initialLayoutRef.current.scrollbackRefsByLeafId)
     if (
       restoredBuffers &&
@@ -1745,12 +1756,7 @@ export function useTerminalPaneLifecycle({
       captureParkedTerminalPaneCandidates(
         tabId,
         worktreeId,
-        manager.getPanes().map((capturedPane) => ({
-          ptyId: paneTransports.get(capturedPane.id)?.getPtyId() ?? null,
-          paneId: capturedPane.id,
-          leafId: capturedPane.leafId,
-          drivesTabTitle: manager.getActivePane()?.id === capturedPane.id
-        }))
+        captureParkedTerminalPanes(manager, paneTransports)
       )
       for (const transport of paneTransports.values()) {
         const ptyId = transport.getPtyId()
diff --git a/tests/e2e/paired-remote-terminal-parked-reveal-interactivity.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/paired-remote-terminal-parked-reveal-interactivity.spec.ts
index acabed0650e..7235d1f949c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/paired-remote-terminal-parked-reveal-interactivity.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/paired-remote-terminal-parked-reveal-interactivity.spec.ts
@@ -482,3 +482,76 @@ test('paired client keeps revealed remote terminals interactive', async ({
     await client.dispose()
   }
 })
+
+test('paired client fast-paints a parked terminal before the runtime responds', async ({
+  orcaPage
+}, testInfo) => {
+  test.setTimeout(180_000)
+  const offer = await createRuntimeDesktopPairingOffer(orcaPage)
+  const previousParkDelay = process.env.ORCA_E2E_TERMINAL_PARKING_DELAY_MS
+  process.env.ORCA_E2E_TERMINAL_PARKING_DELAY_MS = String(PARK_DELAY_MS)
+  const client = await launchPairedElectronClient(offer, testInfo, 'parked-fast-paint')
+  const createdTerminals: string[] = []
+  try {
+    const worktreeId = await orcaPage.evaluate(() => {
+      const id = window.__store?.getState().activeWorktreeId
+      if (!id) {
+        throw new Error('headed host has no active worktree')
+      }
+      return id
+    })
+    await expect
+      .poll(
+        () =>
+          client.page.evaluate(
+            (id) =>
+              window.__store
+                ?.getState()
+                .allWorktrees()
+                .some((worktree) => worktree.id === id) ?? false,
+            worktreeId
+          ),
+        { timeout: 60_000, message: 'paired client never saw the host worktree' }
+      )
+      .toBe(true)
+    await client.page.evaluate((id) => {
+      const state = window.__store?.getState()
+      state?.setActiveView('terminal')
+      state?.setActiveWorktree(id)
+    }, worktreeId)
+
+    const { target, decoys } = await seedScenario(client, worktreeId)
+    createdTerminals.push(target.terminal, ...decoys.map((decoy) => decoy.terminal))
+    await openClientTab(client.page, worktreeId, decoys[0].webTabId)
+    await openClientTab(client.page, worktreeId, decoys[1].webTabId)
+    await waitForTabParked(client.page, target.webTabId, { parkDelayMs: PARK_DELAY_MS })
+    await client.page.evaluate(async (selector) => {
+      await window.api.runtimeEnvironments.disconnect({ selector })
+    }, client.environmentId)
+
+    const startedAt = Date.now()
+    await openClientTab(client.page, worktreeId, target.webTabId)
+    expect(
+      await waitForPaneMarker(client.page, target.webTabId, 'READY:', 2_000),
+      'cold-parked viewport stayed blank while the paired runtime was disconnected'
+    ).toBe(true)
+    console.log(`[paired-reveal] cached viewport painted in ${Date.now() - startedAt}ms`)
+  } finally {
+    await client.page
+      .evaluate(async (selector) => {
+        await window.api.runtimeEnvironments.connect({ selector })
+      }, client.environmentId)
+      .catch(() => undefined)
+    for (const terminal of createdTerminals) {
+      await callEnvironment(client.page, client.environmentId, 'terminal.closeTab', {
+        terminal
+      }).catch(() => undefined)
+    }
+    if (previousParkDelay === undefined) {
+      delete process.env.ORCA_E2E_TERMINAL_PARKING_DELAY_MS
+    } else {
+      process.env.ORCA_E2E_TERMINAL_PARKING_DELAY_MS = previousParkDelay
+    }
+    await client.dispose()
+  }
+})