diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/server/program-status/hook-precedence.test.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/server/program-status/hook-precedence.test.ts
index cb3c34fa9f6..c873db8f785 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/server/program-status/hook-precedence.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/server/program-status/hook-precedence.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ describe('programStatusHookYieldEndsAt', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  it("never lets a program's child roster reopen a turn the hooks settled", () => {
+    const hook = row({ state: 'done', agentType: 'pi' })
+    const heldOpen = report({
+      state: 'working',
+      agentType: 'pi',
+      mainAgent: { state: 'done', outcome: 'success', stateStartedAt: NOW }
+    })
+    expect(programStatusHookYieldEndsAt(hook, heldOpen, NOW + 1)).toBe(Infinity)
+  })
+
   it('keeps a question the hooks raised only from a working report that began before it', () => {
     for (const state of ['waiting', 'blocked'] as const) {
       const hook = row({ state, agentType: 'pi' })
diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/server/program-status/hook-precedence.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/server/program-status/hook-precedence.ts
index 22bb08bfc66..df80f7f8bbe 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/server/program-status/hook-precedence.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/server/program-status/hook-precedence.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { ParsedAgentStatusPayload } from '../../../../shared/agent-status-types'
+import { isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork } from '../../../../shared/agent-lead-status-fold'
 import type { EnrichedAgentHookEventPayload } from '../server-types'
 
 // Long tool calls can be hook-silent; allow sustained disagreement before yielding to OSC 7501.
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ export function programStatusHookYieldEndsAt(
   if (!sameAgent && previous.payload.state === 'done') {
     return undefined
   }
-  if (payload.state === previous.payload.state) {
+  // Why: the hook lane tracks its own children; a program's child roster must not reopen the hook's settled turn.
+  if (
+    payload.state === previous.payload.state ||
+    (previous.payload.state === 'done' && isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork(payload))
+  ) {
     return Infinity
   }
   // Settled turns are naturally silent; a later wait must prove intervening program work.
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/terminal/output/terminal-derived-agent-facts.ts b/src/main/runtime/terminal/output/terminal-derived-agent-facts.ts
index 8060adcd50a..e12cd4f624b 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/terminal/output/terminal-derived-agent-facts.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/terminal/output/terminal-derived-agent-facts.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ import { mapExplicitAgentStateToRuntimeTerminalStatus } from '../../runtime-work
 import type { RuntimeTerminalAgentStatusEvent } from '../../runtime-terminal-contracts'
 import { programStatusStateOutlivesProgram } from '../../../../shared/program-status/protocol'
 import type { ParsedAgentStatusPayload } from '../../../../shared/agent-status-types'
+import { isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork } from '../../../../shared/agent-lead-status-fold'
+import { AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS } from '../../../../shared/agent-status-freshness'
+import { lapsedProgramStatusChildHold } from '../../../../shared/program-status/agent-status-projector'
 
 // Why: programs report only changes, so a long `working` renews its row inside AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS.
 const PROGRAM_STATUS_LEASE_RENEWAL_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000
+// Why: the last renewal tick before the row would decay settles an unrefreshed child hold.
+const PROGRAM_STATUS_CHILD_HOLD_LAPSE_MS =
+  AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS - PROGRAM_STATUS_LEASE_RENEWAL_MS
 
 type TerminalAgentStatusTarget = Pick<
   RuntimeTerminalAgentStatusEvent,
@@ -26,7 +32,10 @@ export abstract class OrcaRuntimeWithCreateTerminalSideEffectCommandCodeDetector
   abstract getAgentStatusTerminalHandleForPaneKey(paneKey: string): string | undefined
 
   /** Each live OSC 7501 program's latest row payload; renewed while its PTY keeps a live facet. */
-  private readonly liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId = new Map<string, ParsedAgentStatusPayload>()
+  private readonly liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId = new Map<
+    string,
+    { payload: ParsedAgentStatusPayload; trackedAt: number }
+  >()
   private programStatusLeaseTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null
 
   protected createTerminalSideEffectCommandCodeDetector(
@@ -178,7 +187,7 @@ export abstract class OrcaRuntimeWithCreateTerminalSideEffectCommandCodeDetector
       this.liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
       return
     }
-    this.liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId.set(ptyId, payload)
+    this.liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId.set(ptyId, { payload, trackedAt: Date.now() })
     if (this.programStatusLeaseTimer === null) {
       this.programStatusLeaseTimer = setInterval(
         () => this.renewProgramStatusLeases(),
@@ -189,9 +198,29 @@ export abstract class OrcaRuntimeWithCreateTerminalSideEffectCommandCodeDetector
   }
 
   private renewProgramStatusLeases(): void {
-    for (const [ptyId, payload] of this.liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId) {
+    for (const [ptyId, { payload, trackedAt }] of this.liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId) {
+      if (!this.ptysById.has(ptyId)) {
+        this.liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
+        continue
+      }
+      // A child-held row outlives its done root's facet until children report or the hold lapses.
+      if (isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork(payload)) {
+        const lapsed = lapsedProgramStatusChildHold(
+          payload,
+          trackedAt,
+          Date.now(),
+          PROGRAM_STATUS_CHILD_HOLD_LAPSE_MS
+        )
+        if (lapsed) {
+          this.emitTerminalAgentStatusEvents(ptyId, {
+            payloads: [lapsed],
+            programStatusPayloads: new Set([lapsed])
+          })
+        }
+        continue
+      }
       // The live facet set is the authority on whether the program still runs.
-      if (!this.liveProgramStatusFacetPtyIds.has(ptyId) || !this.ptysById.has(ptyId)) {
+      if (!this.liveProgramStatusFacetPtyIds.has(ptyId)) {
         this.liveProgramStatusPayloadByPtyId.delete(ptyId)
         continue
       }
diff --git a/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.test.ts b/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.test.ts
index edb5b8d44a8..b043fe3659f 100644
--- a/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { createProgramStatusProjector } from './agent-status-projector'
+import {
+  createProgramStatusProjector,
+  lapsedProgramStatusChildHold
+} from './agent-status-projector'
 
 const b64 = (text: string): string => Buffer.from(text, 'utf8').toString('base64')
 const osc = (body: string): string => `\x1b]7501;${body}\x1b\\`
@@ -120,6 +123,59 @@ describe('createProgramStatusProjector', () => {
     expect(cleared.subagents).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
+  it("keeps a finished turn working while a child runs, stamping the turn's own end for both rows", () => {
+    const { feed, tick } = projector()
+    feed(osc('state=working:app=pi') + osc('state=working:id=subagents/run1:app=pi-subagents'))
+    tick(10)
+    expect(feed(osc('state=done:app=pi'))).toMatchObject([
+      {
+        state: 'working',
+        turnCompletedAt: 1010,
+        mainAgent: { state: 'done', outcome: 'success', stateStartedAt: 1010 },
+        subagents: [{ id: 'subagents/run1', state: 'working' }]
+      }
+    ])
+    tick(10)
+    const [settled] = feed(osc('state=done:id=subagents/run1:app=pi-subagents'))
+    expect(settled).toMatchObject({
+      state: 'done',
+      turnCompletedAt: 1010,
+      mainAgent: { state: 'done', outcome: 'success', stateStartedAt: 1010 }
+    })
+    expect(settled.subagents).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it("lapses a hold no child refreshed to the lead's done, keeping its completion stamp", () => {
+    const { feed } = projector()
+    feed(osc('state=working:app=pi') + osc('state=working:id=subagents/run1'))
+    const [held] = feed(osc('state=done:app=pi'))
+    expect(lapsedProgramStatusChildHold(held, 0, 999, 1000)).toBeNull()
+    const lapsed = lapsedProgramStatusChildHold(held, 0, 1000, 1000)
+    expect(lapsed).toMatchObject({
+      state: 'done',
+      turnCompletedAt: held.turnCompletedAt,
+      mainAgent: held.mainAgent
+    })
+    expect(lapsed?.subagents).toBeUndefined()
+    const [settled] = feed(osc('state=done:id=subagents/run1'))
+    expect(lapsedProgramStatusChildHold(settled, 0, 1000, 1000)).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('leaves live turns, failed children and an idle root as their root reports them', () => {
+    const { feed } = projector()
+    const last = (data: string) => feed(data).at(-1)
+    expect(
+      last(osc('state=working:app=claude-code') + osc('state=blocked:kind=question:id=task'))
+    ).toMatchObject({ state: 'working', subagents: [{ state: 'waiting' }] })
+    const failedChild = last(osc('state=blocked:id=task') + osc('state=done:app=claude-code'))
+    expect(failedChild).toMatchObject({ state: 'done', subagents: [{ state: 'blocked' }] })
+    expect(failedChild?.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
+    const resumed = projector()
+    expect(
+      resumed.feed(osc('state=idle:app=pi') + osc('state=working:id=subagents/run1')).at(-1)
+    ).toMatchObject({ state: 'done', sessionBoundary: true })
+  })
+
   it('reads a clear during live work as the program leaving, not a cancelled turn', () => {
     const { feed } = projector()
     feed(osc('state=working:app=claude-code'))
diff --git a/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.ts b/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.ts
index 56f4c0a1310..0f810d73748 100644
--- a/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.ts
+++ b/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import type { AgentStatusState, ParsedAgentStatusPayload } from '../agent-status
 import type { AgentSubagentSnapshot, AgentSubagentState } from '../agent-status-subagent-snapshot'
 import { AGENT_SUBAGENT_ID_MAX_LENGTH } from '../agent-status-subagent-snapshot'
 import type { AgentTurnOutcome } from '../agent-turn-outcome'
+import { foldMainAgentWithRowChildWork } from '../agent-hook-row-child-work-fold'
+import { isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork } from '../agent-lead-status-fold'
 import { createProgramStatusOscScanner } from './osc-scanner'
 import {
   programStatusDisplayText,
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ function blockedState(record: ProgramStatusRecord): 'waiting' | 'blocked' {
   return isTurnScopedProgramStatusKind(record.kind) ? 'waiting' : 'blocked'
 }
 
+function isRowHoldingChild(child: AgentSubagentSnapshot): boolean {
+  return child.state === 'working' || child.state === 'waiting'
+}
+
 function subagentState(record: ProgramStatusRecord): AgentSubagentState | null {
   switch (record.state) {
     case 'working':
@@ -77,6 +83,24 @@ export type ProgramStatusPayload = {
   removesRow?: true
 }
 
+/** Children report only changes, so a hold none refreshed within `lapseAfterMs` settles to the lead's verdict; its stamp keeps that quiet. */
+export function lapsedProgramStatusChildHold(
+  payload: ParsedAgentStatusPayload,
+  heldSince: number,
+  now: number,
+  lapseAfterMs: number
+): ParsedAgentStatusPayload | null {
+  if (
+    !payload.mainAgent ||
+    !isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork(payload) ||
+    now - heldSince < lapseAfterMs
+  ) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const { subagents: _subagents, ...lead } = payload
+  return { ...lead, state: payload.mainAgent.state }
+}
+
 type ProgramStatusProjector = {
   /** Return lifecycle payloads/root changes in chunk order (including unchanged store projections); facet is new, null when removed,
    * or absent when unchanged. */
@@ -93,6 +117,8 @@ export function createProgramStatusProjector(now: () => number = Date.now): Prog
   let lastRoot: RootProjection | null = null
   let lastKey: string | null = null
   let rootStateStartedAt = 0
+  // Set once children hold this root's done open; that row and its all-clear share one completion stamp.
+  let rootDoneHeldOpen = false
   let lastFacet: ProgramStatusFacet | undefined
   // Set when the program ends; the next projection starts a new invocation.
   let invocationEnded = false
@@ -176,14 +202,23 @@ export function createProgramStatusProjector(now: () => number = Date.now): Prog
       projection.outcome !== lastRoot?.outcome
     ) {
       rootStateStartedAt = now()
+      rootDoneHeldOpen = false
       lastKey = null
     }
     lastRoot = projection
     const agentType = agentTypeForProgramStatusApp(root?.app)
     const msg = programStatusDisplayText(root?.msg)
     const subagents = snapshotChildren()
+    // Why: async children outlive a finished turn (pi-subagents); failed/idle children and boundaries hold nothing.
+    const state =
+      projection.state === 'done' && projection.sessionBoundary !== true
+        ? foldMainAgentWithRowChildWork('done', {
+            payload: { subagents: subagents.filter(isRowHoldingChild) }
+          }).stateName
+        : projection.state
+    rootDoneHeldOpen ||= projection.state === 'done' && state !== 'done'
     const payload: ParsedAgentStatusPayload = {
-      state: projection.state,
+      state,
       prompt: '',
       ...(agentType ? { agentType } : {}),
       // Live work names what it is doing or waiting on; a finished turn names its result.
@@ -193,6 +228,8 @@ export function createProgramStatusProjector(now: () => number = Date.now): Prog
         : {}),
       ...(projection.sessionBoundary ? { sessionBoundary: true } : {}),
       ...(subagents.length > 0 ? { subagents } : {}),
+      // Hook rows announce a held turn's own done now; the all-clear restates it so it is not announced twice.
+      ...(rootDoneHeldOpen ? { turnCompletedAt: rootStateStartedAt } : {}),
       mainAgent: {
         state: projection.state,
         ...(projection.outcome ? { outcome: projection.outcome } : {}),