diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-orphan-abandon-paths.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-orphan-abandon-paths.test.ts
index 9d08ac7da0f..cab697afd0d 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-orphan-abandon-paths.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-orphan-abandon-paths.test.ts
@@ -186,24 +186,24 @@ describe('SshRelaySession abandoned remote PTYs', () => {
     expect(clearProviderPtyState).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(APP_PTY_ID)
   })
 
-  it('retires the lease without a kill when the relay proves the PTY is gone', async () => {
-    // pty.attach verifies process liveness before answering not-found, so this is the one branch
-    // with positive proof of death — and a dead process needs no shutdown request.
+  // INVERTED for STA-3077 step E-0. This case previously asserted that a bare not-found retires the
+  // lease and reports `pty:exit { code: -1 }`, on the premise that attach proves liveness before
+  // answering not-found. It does not: the relay answers not-found for a pane-identity mismatch and
+  // for any id it merely cannot hand back, so the premise licensed a fabricated death certificate.
+  // The clause is kept — inverted — so the new intent stays covered rather than silently dropped.
+  it('leaves the shell running when the relay only reports the PTY as not found', async () => {
     const { deps, shutdown } = await establishWithFailingReattach(
       new Error('PTY "pty-live" not found')
     )
 
     expect(shutdown).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(deps.mockStore.markSshRemotePtyLease).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    expect(deps.mockStore.markSshRemotePtyLease).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'target-1',
       'pty-live',
       'expired'
     )
-    expect(clearProviderPtyState).toHaveBeenCalledWith(APP_PTY_ID)
-    expect(deps.mockWindow.webContents.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pty:exit', {
-      id: APP_PTY_ID,
-      code: -1
-    })
+    expect(clearProviderPtyState).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(APP_PTY_ID)
+    expect(deps.mockWindow.webContents.send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('pty:exit', expect.anything())
   })
 
   it('keeps a recovered session attached when reattach succeeds after an earlier drop', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session-rejected-delivery.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session-rejected-delivery.test.ts
index e4fbb44142f..90ec6857a46 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session-rejected-delivery.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session-rejected-delivery.test.ts
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ describe('SshRelaySession rejected PTY delivery recovery', () => {
     const recovery = reattachKnownPty.mock.calls[0]?.[0]
     expect(recovery?.ptyId).toBe('pty-bad')
     expect(Array.from(recovery?.activeLeaseByPtyId.keys() ?? [])).toEqual(['pty-bad'])
-    expect(Array.from(recovery?.expectedIdentityByPtyId.keys() ?? [])).toEqual([])
+    // The sibling `expectedIdentityByPtyId` clause is gone with the map itself (STA-3077 step A):
+    // reattach no longer carries pane identity at all, which subsumes "carries none for this pty".
     expect(recovery?.targetedDeliveryRecovery).toBe('fresh-activation')
     expect(deps.mockStore.markSshRemotePtyLeasesAttachedAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith('target-1', [
       'pty-bad'
@@ -356,7 +357,8 @@ describe('SshRelaySession rejected PTY delivery recovery', () => {
       internals.reattachRejectedPty('pty-bad', mux, 23, 'confirm-existing')
     ).resolves.toBe(true)
 
-    expect(attachForReconnect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pty-bad', undefined, checkpoint)
+    // Two args since step A dropped the expected-identity parameter from the attach call.
+    expect(attachForReconnect).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pty-bad', checkpoint)
     expect(commit).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
     expect(mux.dispose).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.test.ts
index 7478caa8c48..80ef9857f5e 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.test.ts
@@ -648,7 +648,11 @@ describe('SshRelaySession', () => {
     expect(mockStore.markSshRemotePtyLeasesAttachedAsync).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
-  it('invalidates and broadcasts remote PTYs that cannot reattach after relay reconnect', async () => {
+  // INVERTED for STA-3077 step E-0. This case previously asserted that a PTY the relay reports as
+  // not-found is invalidated and broadcast as an exit. A not-found is not proof of death, so the
+  // broadcast was a fabricated one; what must still hold is that the healthy sibling reattaches and
+  // the unproven one is left alone rather than written off.
+  it('leaves an unreattachable remote PTY alone while its sibling reattaches', async () => {
     const { mockConn, mockStore, mockPortForward, getMainWindow, mockWindow } = createMockDeps()
     const session = new SshRelaySession('target-1', getMainWindow, mockStore, mockPortForward)
     await session.establish(mockConn)
@@ -670,12 +674,9 @@ describe('SshRelaySession', () => {
 
     expect(mockAttach).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pty-stale')
     expect(mockAttach).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pty-live')
-    expect(clearProviderPtyState).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ssh:target-1@@pty-stale')
-    expect(deletePtyOwnership).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ssh:target-1@@pty-stale')
-    expect(mockWindow.webContents.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith('pty:exit', {
-      id: 'ssh:target-1@@pty-stale',
-      code: -1
-    })
+    expect(clearProviderPtyState).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('ssh:target-1@@pty-stale')
+    expect(deletePtyOwnership).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('ssh:target-1@@pty-stale')
+    expect(mockWindow.webContents.send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('pty:exit', expect.anything())
   })
 
   it('retries transient reattach failure without tearing down provider registration', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.ts
index ed072b9189b..fcebb46fc9f 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-relay-session.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { SshPtyProvider } from '../providers/ssh-pty-provider'
 import type { SshPtyAttachResult } from '../providers/ssh-pty-session-reattach'
 import type { SshPtyDataCallback, SshPtyExitCallback } from '../providers/ssh-pty-provider-contract'
 import type { SshPtyRecoveryActivationLease } from '../providers/ssh-pty-notification-routing'
-import { isSshPtyIdentityMismatchError, isSshPtyNotFoundError } from '../providers/ssh-pty-errors'
+import { isSshPtyNotFoundError } from '../providers/ssh-pty-errors'
 import { toAppSshPtyId, toRelaySshPtyId } from '../providers/ssh-pty-id'
 import { SshFilesystemProvider } from '../providers/ssh-filesystem-provider'
 import { isMethodNotFoundError } from './ssh-filesystem-stream-reader'
@@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@ export class SshRelaySession {
       if (!shouldContinue()) {
         return
       }
-      this.handlePtyReattachFailure(ptyId, appPtyId, pendingReattach, error)
+      this.handlePtyReattachFailure(ptyId, pendingReattach, error)
     } finally {
       recoveryActivationLease?.retire()
       sourceActivationLease?.rollback()
@@ -2561,40 +2561,19 @@ export class SshRelaySession {
 
   private handlePtyReattachFailure(
     ptyId: string,
-    appPtyId: string,
     pending: PendingPtyReattach,
     error: unknown
   ): void {
-    if (!isSshPtyNotFoundError(error)) {
-      pending.restoreRequired = 'reattachAttemptsExhausted'
-      this.wakeRecovery(pending)
-      console.warn(
-        `[ssh-relay-session] Leaving PTY ${ptyId} detached for ${this.targetId} after bounded reattach attempts failed: ${
-          error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-        }`
-      )
-      return
-    }
-    if (isSshPtyIdentityMismatchError(error)) {
-      console.warn(
-        `[ssh-relay-session] Ignoring stale PTY ${ptyId} for ${this.targetId} after relay identity mismatch: ${
-          error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-        }`
-      )
-      return
-    }
+    // No attach failure proves the shell exited — not even a not-found, which the relay also
+    // returns when it merely cannot hand this id back. Only an exit the relay observed on a live
+    // stream may report one, so every failure leaves the pane detached and recoverable.
+    pending.restoreRequired = 'reattachAttemptsExhausted'
+    this.wakeRecovery(pending)
     console.warn(
-      `[ssh-relay-session] Dropping stale PTY ${ptyId} for ${this.targetId} after relay reattach failed: ${
+      `[ssh-relay-session] Leaving PTY ${ptyId} detached for ${this.targetId} after reattach failed: ${
         error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
       }`
     )
-    clearProviderPtyState(appPtyId)
-    deletePtyOwnership(appPtyId)
-    this.store.markSshRemotePtyLease(this.targetId, ptyId, 'expired')
-    const win = this.getMainWindow()
-    if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) {
-      win.webContents.send('pty:exit', { id: appPtyId, code: -1 })
-    }
   }
 
   private async sourceRecoveryRequest(