diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/restored-subagent-liveness-sweep.test.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/restored-subagent-liveness-sweep.test.ts
index 394d6b001b2..616ba91102c 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/restored-subagent-liveness-sweep.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/restored-subagent-liveness-sweep.test.ts
@@ -375,6 +375,33 @@ describe('restored subagent liveness sweep', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  it('keeps a pane that rebinds its persisted PTY while the probe is pending', async () => {
+    const server = await restartWithInFlightSubagent()
+    const boundPtyIdByPaneKey: Record<string, string> = {}
+    let resolveProbe!: (live: boolean | null) => void
+    const probeLiveLocalPty = vi.fn(
+      () =>
+        new Promise<boolean | null>((resolve) => {
+          resolveProbe = resolve
+        })
+    )
+    try {
+      const sweep = sweepWith(server, {
+        probeLiveLocalPty,
+        boundPtyIdByPaneKey,
+        persistedPtyIdByPaneKey: { [PANE]: PTY }
+      })
+      await vi.waitFor(() => expect(probeLiveLocalPty).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(PTY))
+      boundPtyIdByPaneKey[PANE] = PTY
+      resolveProbe(false)
+
+      expect(await sweep).toBe(0)
+      expect(paneStatus(server).state).toBe('working')
+    } finally {
+      server.stop()
+    }
+  })
+
   it('leaves a pane whose lead is genuinely mid-turn at working', async () => {
     const server = await restartWithInFlightSubagent()
     try {
diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/restored-subagent-liveness-sweep.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/restored-subagent-liveness-sweep.ts
index b1b92bf6959..e659e53c460 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/restored-subagent-liveness-sweep.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/restored-subagent-liveness-sweep.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ export async function sweepRestoredSubagentsWithoutLiveAgent(
   return await deps.reap(
     (worktreeId) => deps.isLocalExecutionHost(worktreeId),
     async (paneKey) => {
-      const resolvePtyId = (): string | undefined =>
-        deps.getBoundPtyIdForPaneKey(paneKey) ?? deps.getPersistedPtyIdForPaneKey(paneKey)
-      const ptyId = resolvePtyId()
+      const boundPtyId = deps.getBoundPtyIdForPaneKey(paneKey)
+      const ptyId = boundPtyId ?? deps.getPersistedPtyIdForPaneKey(paneKey)
       if (!ptyId) {
         return true
       }
@@ -45,7 +44,9 @@ export async function sweepRestoredSubagentsWithoutLiveAgent(
           probesByPtyId.set(ptyId, probe)
         }
         const live = await probe
-        return resolvePtyId() !== ptyId || live !== false
+        const currentBoundPtyId = deps.getBoundPtyIdForPaneKey(paneKey)
+        // Why: cold restore can rebind the persisted id while its absence probe is in flight.
+        return currentBoundPtyId !== boundPtyId || live !== false
       } catch {
         return true
       }