diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/TerminalPane.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/TerminalPane.tsx
index cb881533aeb..fc2da132f37 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/TerminalPane.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/TerminalPane.tsx
@@ -1069,14 +1069,6 @@ function TerminalPane(
     }
   }, [tabId, setTabLayout, worktreeId])
 
-  // Why: the dedupe cache mirrors what one host holds for one tab, so drop it when either changes or the pane unmounts.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const pusher = remotePaneLayoutPusherRef.current
-    return () => {
-      pusher?.reset()
-    }
-  }, [tabId, worktreeId])
-
   const clearPaneScrollback = useCallback(
     (pane: ManagedPane): void => {
       clearedScrollbackLeafIdsRef.current.add(pane.leafId)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/remote-pane-layout-push.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/remote-pane-layout-push.test.ts
index 6318e3b7037..ef9a0d63597 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/remote-pane-layout-push.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/remote-pane-layout-push.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function makeLayout(overrides: Partial<TerminalLayoutSnapshot> = {}): TerminalLa
 
 describe('createRemotePaneLayoutPusher', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    updateWebRuntimePaneLayout.mockClear()
+    updateWebRuntimePaneLayout.mockReset().mockResolvedValue(true)
   })
 
   it('pushes once across 100 persists of an unchanged layout', () => {
@@ -125,11 +125,33 @@ describe('createRemotePaneLayoutPusher', () => {
     expect(updateWebRuntimePaneLayout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
   })
 
-  it('re-pushes after reset so a remount re-establishes host geometry', () => {
+  it('does not carry a cached layout across worktrees', () => {
     const pusher = createRemotePaneLayoutPusher()
     pusher.push({ worktreeId: 'wt-1', tabId: 'tab-1', layout: makeLayout() })
-    pusher.reset()
+    pusher.push({ worktreeId: 'wt-2', tabId: 'tab-1', layout: makeLayout() })
+    expect(updateWebRuntimePaneLayout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+
+  it('retries an unchanged layout after a failed push', async () => {
+    updateWebRuntimePaneLayout.mockResolvedValueOnce(false)
+    const pusher = createRemotePaneLayoutPusher()
+    const input = { worktreeId: 'wt-1', tabId: 'tab-1', layout: makeLayout() }
+
+    pusher.push(input)
+    await Promise.resolve()
+    pusher.push(input)
+
+    expect(updateWebRuntimePaneLayout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+
+  it('re-pushes after a remount re-establishes host geometry', () => {
+    const pusher = createRemotePaneLayoutPusher()
     pusher.push({ worktreeId: 'wt-1', tabId: 'tab-1', layout: makeLayout() })
+    createRemotePaneLayoutPusher().push({
+      worktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      tabId: 'tab-1',
+      layout: makeLayout()
+    })
     expect(updateWebRuntimePaneLayout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/remote-pane-layout-push.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/remote-pane-layout-push.ts
index aa6e7fd0f7d..506bd7ea42f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/remote-pane-layout-push.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/remote-pane-layout-push.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { updateWebRuntimePaneLayout } from '@/runtime/web-runtime-session'
 
 export type RemotePaneLayoutPusher = {
   push: (input: { worktreeId: string; tabId: string; layout: TerminalLayoutSnapshot }) => void
-  reset: () => void
 }
 
 /**
@@ -13,23 +12,36 @@ export type RemotePaneLayoutPusher = {
  * Dedupe against the last push so unchanged layouts cost no remote round trip.
  */
 export function createRemotePaneLayoutPusher(): RemotePaneLayoutPusher {
-  let lastPushed: { tabId: string; snapshot: TerminalLayoutSnapshot } | null = null
+  let lastAttempt: {
+    id: number
+    worktreeId: string
+    tabId: string
+    snapshot: TerminalLayoutSnapshot
+  } | null = null
+  let nextAttemptId = 0
   return {
     push: ({ worktreeId, tabId, layout }) => {
-      if (lastPushed?.tabId === tabId && terminalLayoutEqual(lastPushed.snapshot, layout)) {
+      if (
+        lastAttempt?.worktreeId === worktreeId &&
+        lastAttempt.tabId === tabId &&
+        terminalLayoutEqual(lastAttempt.snapshot, layout)
+      ) {
         return
       }
-      lastPushed = { tabId, snapshot: layout }
+      const attempt = { id: ++nextAttemptId, worktreeId, tabId, snapshot: layout }
+      lastAttempt = attempt
       void updateWebRuntimePaneLayout({
         worktreeId,
         tabId,
         root: layout.root,
         expandedLeafId: layout.expandedLeafId,
         ...(layout.titlesByLeafId ? { titlesByLeafId: layout.titlesByLeafId } : {})
+      }).then((updated) => {
+        // Why: a disconnected or timed-out push carried no information, so the next persist must retry it.
+        if (!updated && lastAttempt?.id === attempt.id) {
+          lastAttempt = null
+        }
       })
-    },
-    reset: () => {
-      lastPushed = null
     }
   }
 }