diff --git a/src/main/providers/pty-spawn-result.ts b/src/main/providers/pty-spawn-result.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a126e7e77d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/providers/pty-spawn-result.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import type { TerminalOscLinkRange } from '../../shared/terminal-osc-link-ranges'
+import type { TuiAgent } from '../../shared/types'
+
+export type PtySpawnResult = {
+  /** App-facing PTY id. Remote providers must return globally routable ids,
+   *  not relay-local handles, because renderer/runtime IPC routes by this key. */
+  id: string
+  /** OS-level pid of the shell process, when available at spawn time.
+   *  Why: the memory collector needs this to walk each PTY's process
+   *  subtree. Daemon-backed providers return it from the RPC result;
+   *  local providers read it from node-pty. Null when the underlying
+   *  provider could not publish a pid (e.g., race during spawn). */
+  pid?: number | null
+  /** Minimal allowlisted launch ownership returned by daemon reattach. */
+  launchAgent?: TuiAgent
+  /** Local WSL context: null is native; undefined is unavailable/legacy. */
+  wslDistro?: string | null
+  /** ANSI snapshot of the terminal screen, present when reattaching to an
+   *  existing daemon session. Write this to xterm.js to restore visual state. */
+  snapshot?: string
+  /** Dimensions the snapshot was captured at. Resize xterm.js to these before
+   *  writing the snapshot so ANSI cursor positions land correctly. */
+  snapshotCols?: number
+  snapshotRows?: number
+  /** Provider sequence at the attach boundary. `reset` starts a new provider
+   *  generation; `continued` resumes the existing absolute domain. */
+  providerSequence?: {
+    value: number
+    generation: 'continued' | 'reset'
+  }
+  /** Kitty keyboard flags persisted in the daemon snapshot, threaded so the
+   *  re-seeded runtime emulator answers hidden `CSI ? u` with the real flags
+   *  (terminal-query-authority.md §kitty). Never replayed into a renderer
+   *  xterm — POST_REPLAY_REATTACH_RESET's kitty reset stays authoritative. */
+  snapshotKittyKeyboardFlags?: number
+  /** True when the spawn reattached to an existing daemon session. */
+  isReattach?: boolean
+  /** True when the reattached session uses the alternate screen buffer
+   *  (e.g., Codex CLI, vim). Normal-screen TUIs like Claude Code are false. */
+  isAlternateScreen?: boolean
+  /** Buffered output returned by relay pty.attach. Unlike snapshot, this is
+   *  incremental scrollback and must not clear the terminal before replay. */
+  replay?: string
+  /** True when the caller requested reattach (sessionId was provided) but the
+   *  relay PTY was gone (grace window elapsed). The renderer uses this to show
+   *  a brief "Session expired — new shell started" message. */
+  sessionExpired?: boolean
+  /** Present when cold-restoring from disk history after a daemon crash.
+   *  Contains the saved scrollback and CWD. The new shell spawns in the
+   *  saved CWD; the scrollback is written to xterm.js as read-only history. */
+  coldRestore?: {
+    scrollback: string
+    cwd: string
+    /** Optional for compatibility with restore payloads from older app code. */
+    cols?: number
+    rows?: number
+    oscLinks?: TerminalOscLinkRange[]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/providers/types.ts b/src/main/providers/types.ts
index 082903f8558..6941e4c3063 100644
--- a/src/main/providers/types.ts
+++ b/src/main/providers/types.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import type { StartupCommandDelivery } from '../../shared/codex-startup-delivery
 import type { TerminalOscLinkRange } from '../../shared/terminal-osc-link-ranges'
 import type { TerminalGitHubPRLink } from '../../shared/terminal-github-pr-link-detector'
 import type { GitProviderStatusOptions } from './git-provider-status-options'
+import type { PtySpawnResult } from './pty-spawn-result'
 
 // ─── PTY Provider ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -99,62 +100,7 @@ export type PtySpawnOptions = {
   terminalWindowsPowerShellImplementation?: 'auto' | 'powershell.exe' | 'pwsh.exe'
 }
 
-export type PtySpawnResult = {
-  /** App-facing PTY id. Remote providers must return globally routable ids,
-   *  not relay-local handles, because renderer/runtime IPC routes by this key. */
-  id: string
-  /** OS-level pid of the shell process, when available at spawn time.
-   *  Why: the memory collector needs this to walk each PTY's process
-   *  subtree. Daemon-backed providers return it from the RPC result;
-   *  local providers read it from node-pty. Null when the underlying
-   *  provider could not publish a pid (e.g., race during spawn). */
-  pid?: number | null
-  /** Minimal allowlisted launch ownership returned by daemon reattach. */
-  launchAgent?: TuiAgent
-  /** Local WSL context: null is native; undefined is unavailable/legacy. */
-  wslDistro?: string | null
-  /** ANSI snapshot of the terminal screen, present when reattaching to an
-   *  existing daemon session. Write this to xterm.js to restore visual state. */
-  snapshot?: string
-  /** Dimensions the snapshot was captured at. Resize xterm.js to these before
-   *  writing the snapshot so ANSI cursor positions land correctly. */
-  snapshotCols?: number
-  snapshotRows?: number
-  /** Provider sequence at the attach boundary. `reset` starts a new provider
-   *  generation; `continued` resumes the existing absolute domain. */
-  providerSequence?: {
-    value: number
-    generation: 'continued' | 'reset'
-  }
-  /** Kitty keyboard flags persisted in the daemon snapshot, threaded so the
-   *  re-seeded runtime emulator answers hidden `CSI ? u` with the real flags
-   *  (terminal-query-authority.md §kitty). Never replayed into a renderer
-   *  xterm — POST_REPLAY_REATTACH_RESET's kitty reset stays authoritative. */
-  snapshotKittyKeyboardFlags?: number
-  /** True when the spawn reattached to an existing daemon session. */
-  isReattach?: boolean
-  /** True when the reattached session uses the alternate screen buffer
-   *  (e.g., Codex CLI, vim). Normal-screen TUIs like Claude Code are false. */
-  isAlternateScreen?: boolean
-  /** Buffered output returned by relay pty.attach. Unlike snapshot, this is
-   *  incremental scrollback and must not clear the terminal before replay. */
-  replay?: string
-  /** True when the caller requested reattach (sessionId was provided) but the
-   *  relay PTY was gone (grace window elapsed). The renderer uses this to show
-   *  a brief "Session expired — new shell started" message. */
-  sessionExpired?: boolean
-  /** Present when cold-restoring from disk history after a daemon crash.
-   *  Contains the saved scrollback and CWD. The new shell spawns in the
-   *  saved CWD; the scrollback is written to xterm.js as read-only history. */
-  coldRestore?: {
-    scrollback: string
-    cwd: string
-    /** Optional for compatibility with restore payloads from older app code. */
-    cols?: number
-    rows?: number
-    oscLinks?: TerminalOscLinkRange[]
-  }
-}
+export type { PtySpawnResult }
 
 export type PtyProcessInfo = {
   id: string