diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/ipc/renderer-kill.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/ipc/renderer-kill.ts
index c8ead4d8562..68b932bc278 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/pty/ipc/renderer-kill.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/ipc/renderer-kill.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   type ResolvedPtyHost
 } from '../provider/registry'
 import { finishPtyShutdown, isPtyAlreadyGoneError } from '../provider/liveness'
+import { stopLegacyRelayBridgedPty } from '../runtime/kill'
 
 export type PtyKillIpcDeps = {
   store?: Store
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ async function stopRendererOwnedPtyProcess(
   } = deps
   runtime?.markPtyStopRequested?.(args.id)
   const connectionId = getPtySshConnectionId(args.id)
+  const bridgedStop = stopLegacyRelayBridgedPty(args.id, connectionId, args.keepHistory === true)
+  if (bridgedStop) {
+    await bridgedStop
+    return
+  }
   // Why: wait for daemon startup before selecting the local provider, else a fallback shutdown falsely succeeds and orphans a restored daemon PTY (#7742).
   const startupPromise = getLocalPtyProviderStartupPromise(resolvePtyExecutionHost(args.id))
   if (startupPromise) {
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged-exit.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged-exit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d14a9556f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged-exit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { toAppSshPtyId } from '../../../../shared/ssh-pty-id'
+import type { PtyRuntimeControllerDeps } from './controller-deps'
+
+const bridge = vi.hoisted(() => ({ proven: true }))
+
+vi.mock('../../../ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-registry', () => ({
+  closeLegacyRelayPane: vi.fn(),
+  isLegacyRelayBridgedPty: () => true,
+  stopLegacyRelayPaneAndWait: async () => bridge.proven
+}))
+
+const { stopAndWaitPtyFromRuntimeController } = await import('./kill')
+
+describe('a proven stop-and-wait of a terminal an older relay still runs', () => {
+  it('tells the runtime the terminal exited, without tombstoning the lease the bridge retired', async () => {
+    for (const proven of [true, false]) {
+      bridge.proven = proven
+      const deps = {
+        runtime: { markPtyStopRequested: vi.fn(), onPtyExit: vi.fn() },
+        store: null,
+        getLocalPtyProviderStartupPromise: () => null,
+        shutdownProviderAndDetectExit: vi.fn(),
+        finishPtyShutdown: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+        rememberSyntheticKillExit: vi.fn(),
+        sendPtyExitToRenderer: vi.fn()
+      }
+      const ptyId = toAppSshPtyId('ssh-box', 'pty2:epoch:1')
+      await expect(
+        stopAndWaitPtyFromRuntimeController(
+          // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the bridged branch reads only these deps.
+          deps as unknown as PtyRuntimeControllerDeps,
+          ptyId,
+          { deadlineMs: Date.now() + 1_000 }
+        )
+      ).resolves.toBe(proven)
+      if (proven) {
+        expect(deps.finishPtyShutdown).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ptyId, null, null)
+        expect(deps.runtime.onPtyExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ptyId, 0, undefined)
+      } else {
+        expect(deps.finishPtyShutdown).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(deps.runtime.onPtyExit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      }
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged.test.ts
index d12b65e5395..545097d0d4d 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill-legacy-relay-bridged.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { toAppSshPtyId } from '../../../../shared/ssh-pty-id'
 import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../../shared/ssh-types'
-import { installLegacyRelayBridge } from '../../../ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-registry'
+import {
+  closeLegacyRelayPane,
+  installLegacyRelayBridge
+} from '../../../ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-registry'
+import { stopRendererOwnedPty, type PtyKillIpcDeps } from '../ipc/renderer-kill'
 import type { PtyRuntimeControllerDeps } from './controller-deps'
-import { killPtyFromRuntimeController } from './kill'
+import { killPtyFromRuntimeController, stopAndWaitPtyFromRuntimeController } from './kill'
 
 const TARGET = 'ssh-box'
 const lease: SshRemotePtyLease = {
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ describe('a generic kill of a terminal an older relay still runs', () => {
     installLegacyRelayBridge({
       leases: () => [lease],
       retireLease,
+      recordStop: vi.fn(),
       // Disconnected: the bridge can only record the stop for the next connect.
       connection: () => null,
       onPanesChanged: () => {},
@@ -50,3 +55,134 @@ describe('a generic kill of a terminal an older relay still runs', () => {
     installLegacyRelayBridge(null)
   })
 })
+
+describe('a tab close of a terminal an older relay still runs', () => {
+  it('hands the stop to the bridge instead of tombstoning the lease the bridge needs', async () => {
+    const leases: SshRemotePtyLease[] = [{ ...lease }]
+    const store = {
+      markSshRemotePtyLease: vi.fn((_target: string, relayPtyId: string) => {
+        for (const row of leases) {
+          if (row.ptyId === relayPtyId) {
+            row.state = 'terminated'
+          }
+        }
+      })
+    }
+    installLegacyRelayBridge({
+      leases: () => leases,
+      retireLease: vi.fn(),
+      recordStop: vi.fn(),
+      // Disconnected, so the SSH provider is unregistered: the bridge records the stop.
+      connection: () => null,
+      onPanesChanged: () => {},
+      onData: () => {},
+      onReplay: () => {},
+      onExit: () => {},
+      report: () => {}
+    })
+    const ptyId = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, lease.ptyId)
+    const deps = {
+      store,
+      getLocalPtyProviderStartupPromise: () => undefined,
+      shutdownProviderAndDetectExit: vi.fn(),
+      rememberSyntheticKillExit: vi.fn(),
+      sendPtyExitToRenderer: vi.fn()
+    }
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the bridged branch reads only these deps.
+    await stopRendererOwnedPty(deps as unknown as PtyKillIpcDeps, { id: ptyId })
+    expect(store.markSshRemotePtyLease).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(deps.shutdownProviderAndDetectExit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    // The transport's own close that follows still reaches a pending stop, not `not-bridged`.
+    await expect(closeLegacyRelayPane(ptyId)).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'unverifiable' })
+    installLegacyRelayBridge(null)
+  })
+
+  it('refuses a hibernation stop without recording a stop that would outlive it', async () => {
+    const recordStop = vi.fn()
+    const store = { markSshRemotePtyLease: vi.fn() }
+    installLegacyRelayBridge({
+      leases: () => [lease],
+      retireLease: vi.fn(),
+      recordStop,
+      connection: () => null,
+      onPanesChanged: () => {},
+      onData: () => {},
+      onReplay: () => {},
+      onExit: () => {},
+      report: () => {}
+    })
+    const deps = {
+      store,
+      getLocalPtyProviderStartupPromise: () => undefined,
+      shutdownProviderAndDetectExit: vi.fn(),
+      rememberSyntheticKillExit: vi.fn(),
+      sendPtyExitToRenderer: vi.fn()
+    }
+    await expect(
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the bridged branch reads only these deps.
+      stopRendererOwnedPty(deps as unknown as PtyKillIpcDeps, {
+        id: toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, lease.ptyId),
+        keepHistory: true
+      })
+    ).rejects.toThrow('legacy_relay_bridged_pty_cannot_sleep')
+    expect(recordStop).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(store.markSshRemotePtyLease).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    installLegacyRelayBridge(null)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('a stop-and-wait of a terminal an older relay still runs', () => {
+  function install(recordStop = vi.fn()) {
+    installLegacyRelayBridge({
+      leases: () => [lease],
+      retireLease: vi.fn(),
+      recordStop,
+      // Disconnected, so no SSH provider is registered for the target.
+      connection: () => null,
+      onPanesChanged: () => {},
+      onData: () => {},
+      onReplay: () => {},
+      onExit: () => {},
+      report: () => {}
+    })
+    const deps = {
+      runtime: null,
+      store: null,
+      getLocalPtyProviderStartupPromise: () => null,
+      shutdownProviderAndDetectExit: vi.fn(),
+      finishPtyShutdown: vi.fn()
+    }
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the bridged branch reads only these deps.
+    return deps as unknown as PtyRuntimeControllerDeps & {
+      finishPtyShutdown: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('records the stop with the bridge instead of tombstoning its lease (CLI close, worktree delete)', async () => {
+    const recordStop = vi.fn()
+    const deps = install(recordStop)
+    const ptyId = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, lease.ptyId)
+    await expect(
+      stopAndWaitPtyFromRuntimeController(deps, ptyId, { deadlineMs: Date.now() + 1_000 })
+    ).resolves.toBe(false)
+    expect(deps.finishPtyShutdown).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(recordStop).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      TARGET,
+      lease.ptyId,
+      expect.objectContaining({ attempts: 0 })
+    )
+    installLegacyRelayBridge(null)
+  })
+
+  it('leaves a reversible stop’s pane live, with no durable stop recorded', async () => {
+    const recordStop = vi.fn()
+    const deps = install(recordStop)
+    const ptyId = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, lease.ptyId)
+    await expect(
+      stopAndWaitPtyFromRuntimeController(deps, ptyId, { keepHistory: true })
+    ).resolves.toBe(false)
+    expect(deps.finishPtyShutdown).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(recordStop).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    installLegacyRelayBridge(null)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill.ts b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill.ts
index 5c281e35fcf..40f254739ab 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/pty/runtime/kill.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import type { PtyRuntimeControllerDeps } from './controller-deps'
 import { errorMessage } from '../../../../shared/error-message'
 import {
   closeLegacyRelayPane,
-  isLegacyRelayBridgedPty
+  isLegacyRelayBridgedPty,
+  stopLegacyRelayPaneAndWait
 } from '../../../ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-registry'
 
 // Bounds the wait for an observed exit to reach the runtime record when the caller set no deadline.
@@ -28,6 +29,25 @@ function publishSyntheticExit(
   deps.sendPtyExitToRenderer({ id: ptyId, code, ...(incarnationId ? { incarnationId } : {}) })
 }
 
+/**
+ * COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge, revisit 2027-01-15): an older relay's shell stops through the
+ * bridge, which retires its lease only on the relay's proof; tombstoning it here would orphan it.
+ * Every stop route checks this first, before reading the (absent) SSH provider. A reversible stop
+ * is refused: the bridge's recorded stop would outlive it and kill a shell the pane wakes back to.
+ */
+export function stopLegacyRelayBridgedPty(
+  ptyId: string,
+  connectionId: string | null,
+  reversible = false
+): Promise<unknown> | null {
+  if (!connectionId || !isLegacyRelayBridgedPty(ptyId)) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return reversible
+    ? Promise.reject(new Error('legacy_relay_bridged_pty_cannot_sleep'))
+    : closeLegacyRelayPane(ptyId)
+}
+
 export function killPtyFromRuntimeController(
   deps: PtyRuntimeControllerDeps,
   ptyId: string
@@ -42,10 +62,7 @@ export function killPtyFromRuntimeController(
   } = deps
   runtime?.markPtyStopRequested?.(ptyId)
   const connectionId = getPtySshConnectionId(ptyId)
-  // COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge, revisit 2027-01-15): an older relay's shell stops through the
-  // bridge, which retires its lease only on the relay's proof; tombstoning it here would orphan it.
-  if (connectionId && isLegacyRelayBridgedPty(ptyId)) {
-    void closeLegacyRelayPane(ptyId)
+  if (stopLegacyRelayBridgedPty(ptyId, connectionId)) {
     return true
   }
   // Why: close runtime tails without clearing provider ownership, so
@@ -134,7 +151,8 @@ export function retireRejectedPtyFromRuntimeController(
 }
 
 /**
- * Deliberately records no undelivered-stop intent, unlike `killPtyFromRuntimeController`.
+ * Deliberately records no undelivered-stop intent, unlike `killPtyFromRuntimeController`, except
+ * the legacy relay bridge's for a non-reversible stop (the tab is given up for good).
  *
  * Only a caller that gives the PTY up for good may leave a replayable kill order behind. This one
  * hands its failures back instead: worktree sleep marks these stops reversible and leaves the pane
@@ -155,6 +173,22 @@ export async function stopAndWaitPtyFromRuntimeController(
   } = deps
   runtime?.markPtyStopRequested?.(ptyId)
   const connectionId = getPtySshConnectionId(ptyId)
+  if (connectionId && isLegacyRelayBridgedPty(ptyId)) {
+    // A reversible stop must not leave the bridge's durable stop behind, so the pane stays live.
+    if (opts?.keepHistory) {
+      return false
+    }
+    const deadline = opts?.deadlineMs ?? Date.now() + OBSERVED_EXIT_RECORD_WAIT_MS
+    const stopped = await Promise.race([
+      stopLegacyRelayPaneAndWait(ptyId, deadline),
+      delay(Math.max(1, deadline - Date.now())).then(() => false)
+    ])
+    if (stopped) {
+      // The bridge already retired the lease on the relay's proof; the runtime learns it here.
+      publishSyntheticExit(deps, ptyId, 0, finishPtyShutdown(ptyId, null, store))
+    }
+    return stopped
+  }
   // Why: destructive teardown threads one absolute deadline through every await
   // below; each RPC leaf converts it to the remaining time when it issues, so
   // sequential RPCs share the budget and cannot overrun the sweep deadline.
diff --git a/src/main/persistence-ssh-pending-pty-kill.test.ts b/src/main/persistence-ssh-pending-pty-kill.test.ts
index 7b013b2d921..3f6a7aafb62 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence-ssh-pending-pty-kill.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence-ssh-pending-pty-kill.test.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ vi.mock('./telemetry/cohort-classifier', () => ({ getCohortAtEmit: vi.fn(() => (
 
 const NOW = 1_800_000_000_000
 
-// Relay-era builds record undelivered stops on the lease; this build only carries them so a
-// downgrade can still replay them.
+// Relay-era builds record undelivered stops on the lease; this build writes them only for the
+// legacy relay bridge, and otherwise carries them so a downgrade can still replay them.
 describe('persisted SSH pending PTY kills', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     testState.dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-test-'))
@@ -71,4 +71,22 @@ describe('persisted SSH pending PTY kills', () => {
       { ptyId: 'pty-2', pendingKill: undefined }
     ])
   })
+
+  it('keeps a stop the legacy relay bridge records across a restart, until it clears it', async () => {
+    const store = createStoreWithSshRemotePtyLeases([
+      { targetId: 'ssh-1', ptyId: 'pty2:epoch-a:1', state: 'detached', tabId: 'tab-1' }
+    ])
+    store.setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKill('ssh-1', 'pty2:epoch-a:1', {
+      requestedAt: NOW,
+      attempts: 0
+    })
+
+    const reloaded = createStore()
+    expect(reloaded.getSshRemotePtyLeases('ssh-1')[0]).toMatchObject({
+      state: 'detached',
+      pendingKill: { requestedAt: NOW, attempts: 0 }
+    })
+    reloaded.setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKill('ssh-1', 'pty2:epoch-a:1', null)
+    expect(createStore().getSshRemotePtyLeases('ssh-1')[0].pendingKill).toBeUndefined()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/leasing-ssh-ptys/ssh-pty-lease-operations.ts b/src/main/persistence/leasing-ssh-ptys/ssh-pty-lease-operations.ts
index 3fee959c955..2576b708d83 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/leasing-ssh-ptys/ssh-pty-lease-operations.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/leasing-ssh-ptys/ssh-pty-lease-operations.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import type { PersistedState } from '../../../shared/persisted-state-types'
+import type { SshPendingPtyKill } from '../../../shared/ssh-pending-pty-kill'
 import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
 import { invalidateLocalWorktreeMetadataPruneInputs } from '../../local-worktree-metadata-prune-gate'
 import { pruneRetiredSshRemotePtyLeaseTombstones } from './ssh-pty-lease-tombstone-retention'
 
-// Leases come only from relay-era profiles; this build retires them and never writes new ones.
+// Leases come only from relay-era profiles; this build retires them and never creates new ones.
 export type SshPtyLeaseOperations = {
   state: PersistedState
   toStoredPtyId: (targetId: string, ptyId: string) => string
@@ -49,6 +50,29 @@ export function markSshRemotePtyLease(
   }
 }
 
+/** The legacy relay bridge's record of a closed tab's undelivered stop; null clears it. */
+export function setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKill(
+  operations: SshPtyLeaseOperations,
+  targetId: string,
+  ptyId: string,
+  pendingKill: SshPendingPtyKill | null
+): void {
+  const relayPtyId = operations.toStoredPtyId(targetId, ptyId)
+  const lease = operations.state.sshRemotePtyLeases?.find(
+    (entry) => entry.targetId === targetId && entry.ptyId === relayPtyId
+  )
+  if (!lease || (!pendingKill && !lease.pendingKill)) {
+    return
+  }
+  if (pendingKill) {
+    lease.pendingKill = pendingKill
+  } else {
+    delete lease.pendingKill
+  }
+  lease.updatedAt = Date.now()
+  operations.flush()
+}
+
 export function removeSshRemotePtyLeases(
   operations: SshPtyLeaseOperations,
   targetId: string
diff --git a/src/main/persistence/loading-store/ssh-lease-recovery-operations.ts b/src/main/persistence/loading-store/ssh-lease-recovery-operations.ts
index 5787fdcf222..d1415701769 100644
--- a/src/main/persistence/loading-store/ssh-lease-recovery-operations.ts
+++ b/src/main/persistence/loading-store/ssh-lease-recovery-operations.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import type { SshPendingPtyKill } from '../../../shared/ssh-pending-pty-kill'
 import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
 import {
   getSshRemotePtyLeases as getSshRemotePtyLeasesOperation,
   markSshRemotePtyLease as markSshRemotePtyLeaseOperation,
   removeSshRemotePtyLeases as removeSshRemotePtyLeasesOperation,
+  setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKill as setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKillOperation,
   type SshPtyLeaseOperations
 } from '../leasing-ssh-ptys/ssh-pty-lease-operations'
 import {
@@ -58,6 +60,19 @@ export class SshLeaseRecoveryOperations {
     markSshRemotePtyLeaseOperation(getSshPtyLeaseOperations(this), targetId, ptyId, state)
   }
 
+  setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKill(
+    targetId: string,
+    ptyId: string,
+    pendingKill: SshPendingPtyKill | null
+  ): void {
+    setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKillOperation(
+      getSshPtyLeaseOperations(this),
+      targetId,
+      ptyId,
+      pendingKill
+    )
+  }
+
   removeSshRemotePtyLeases(targetId: string): void {
     removeSshRemotePtyLeasesOperation(getSshPtyLeaseOperations(this), targetId)
   }
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/README.md b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/README.md
index 81d51d14eed..6543a51c943 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/README.md
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ nobody is prompted.
 - A dropped connection, or a disconnect that hangs the bridge up, is `unverifiable` and reattaches
   later; removing the target is what empties its panes. A pane retires (lease `terminated`)
   only when its relay reports the exit, or every relay for the target answered without it.
+- Closing a bridged tab, by any stop route, sends the relay's own `pty.shutdown`. A stop the relay
+  can't take yet is kept on the lease as `pendingKill`, so it survives a restart; that lease is
+  listed for the stop but never served as a pane again. A stop no later run could fence to the same
+  process (a legacy `pty-N` id with no incarnation) gets one try, then the lease ends.
+- Sleeping a bridged pane is refused (the pane stays live): its stop would be durable, so it would
+  outlive the sleep. A stop-and-wait caller succeeds only on the relay's exit proof.
 
 **Touches** `ipc/ssh.ts`, `ipc/ssh-connect-flow.ts`, `ipc/ssh-host-server-on-connect-wiring.ts`,
 `ipc/ssh-session-teardown.ts`, the conversion gate's `bridged` verdict
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts
index 6093e52b62d..8cc8aefe512 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import {
   legacyRelayBridgedPanes,
   resizeLegacyRelayPane,
   setLegacyRelayPaneOutputPaused,
-  terminalsBucket,
   writeLegacyRelayPane
 } from './legacy-relay-bridge-registry'
+import { terminalsBucket } from './legacy-relay-daily-activity'
 
 const PtyIdSchema = z.string().min(1).max(4096)
 const SizeSchema = z.number().int().positive().max(10_000)
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ const PausedArgsSchema = z.object({ ptyId: PtyIdSchema, paused: z.boolean() })
 const ResizeArgsSchema = z.object({ ptyId: PtyIdSchema, cols: SizeSchema, rows: SizeSchema })
 
 export function registerLegacyRelayBridgeIpc(args: {
-  store: Pick<Store, 'getSshRemotePtyLeases' | 'markSshRemotePtyLease' | 'getSshTarget'>
+  store: Pick<
+    Store,
+    | 'getSshRemotePtyLeases'
+    | 'markSshRemotePtyLease'
+    | 'setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKill'
+    | 'getSshTarget'
+  >
   getMainWindow: () => BrowserWindow | null
   connection: (targetId: string) => SshConnection | null
   runtime?: () => OrcaRuntimeService | null
@@ -47,8 +53,13 @@ export function registerLegacyRelayBridgeIpc(args: {
   }
   installLegacyRelayBridge({
     leases: (targetId) => args.store.getSshRemotePtyLeases(targetId),
-    retireLease: (targetId, relayPtyId) =>
-      args.store.markSshRemotePtyLease(targetId, relayPtyId, 'terminated'),
+    retireLease: (targetId, relayPtyId) => {
+      // The exit delivered any recorded stop; cleared first so the retire can prune the tombstone.
+      args.store.setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKill(targetId, relayPtyId, null)
+      args.store.markSshRemotePtyLease(targetId, relayPtyId, 'terminated')
+    },
+    recordStop: (targetId, relayPtyId, pendingKill) =>
+      args.store.setSshRemotePtyLeasePendingKill(targetId, relayPtyId, pendingKill),
     connection: args.connection,
     ...(args.runtime
       ? {
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-leases.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-leases.ts
index 12fa0178fc8..31c7f95b607 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-leases.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-leases.ts
@@ -15,35 +15,59 @@ export const ATTACH_WAIT_MS = 20_000
 /** The one attach refusal backed by the relay's own liveness check (1.4.2xx relays). */
 export const PROVEN_EXITED = /PTY ".+" not found \(process exited\)/i
 
-/**
- * One a relay-era pane still names and nobody closed: a lease with a stop still pending, or one a
- * newer pane won, was meant to go away and is never brought back.
- */
-export function isBridgeableLease(lease: SshRemotePtyLease): boolean {
+/** A relay-era pane's lease whose shell may still run; one a newer pane won is never brought back. */
+function isRelayEraPaneLease(lease: SshRemotePtyLease): boolean {
   return (
     lease.state !== 'terminated' &&
     typeof lease.tabId === 'string' &&
     lease.tabId.length > 0 &&
-    !lease.pendingKill &&
     !lease.supersededBy &&
     !lease.relayIdRecycled
   )
 }
 
+/** One a relay-era pane still names and nobody closed. */
+export function isBridgeableLease(lease: SshRemotePtyLease): boolean {
+  return isRelayEraPaneLease(lease) && !lease.pendingKill
+}
+
+/**
+ * One whose tab closed before its relay confirmed the stop. The bridge still lists its relay to
+ * send the stop, including after a restart, but never serves it as a pane again.
+ */
+export function isStoppingLease(lease: SshRemotePtyLease): boolean {
+  return isRelayEraPaneLease(lease) && Boolean(lease.pendingKill)
+}
+
 export function bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(
   leases: readonly SshRemotePtyLease[]
 ): Map<string, SshRemotePtyLease> {
   return new Map(leases.filter(isBridgeableLease).map((lease) => [lease.ptyId, lease]))
 }
 
-export function leasedAppPtyIds(targetId: string, leases: SshRemotePtyLease[]): Set<string> {
-  return new Set(
-    [...bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(leases).keys()].map((relayPtyId) =>
-      toAppSshPtyId(targetId, relayPtyId)
-    )
+/** Every lease the bridge lists a relay for: the panes it serves and the stops it owes. */
+export function listedLeasesByRelayId(
+  leases: readonly SshRemotePtyLease[]
+): Map<string, SshRemotePtyLease> {
+  return new Map(
+    leases
+      .filter((lease) => isBridgeableLease(lease) || isStoppingLease(lease))
+      .map((lease) => [lease.ptyId, lease])
   )
 }
 
+export function leasedAppPtyIds(targetId: string, leases: SshRemotePtyLease[]): Set<string> {
+  return toAppPtyIds(targetId, bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(leases))
+}
+
+export function listedAppPtyIds(targetId: string, leases: SshRemotePtyLease[]): Set<string> {
+  return toAppPtyIds(targetId, listedLeasesByRelayId(leases))
+}
+
+function toAppPtyIds(targetId: string, leases: Map<string, SshRemotePtyLease>): Set<string> {
+  return new Set([...leases.keys()].map((relayPtyId) => toAppSshPtyId(targetId, relayPtyId)))
+}
+
 /** One leased pane the bridge tracks, and the relay endpoint that listed it. */
 export type Pane = {
   lease: SshRemotePtyLease
@@ -52,6 +76,37 @@ export type Pane = {
   state: 'live' | 'unverifiable'
   /** What the listing relay claimed about the process, for the relay-era CLI's identity checks. */
   listed?: LegacyRelayPty
+  /** Its tab closed and its stop is still owed: listed for the stop, never served. */
+  stopping?: true
+}
+
+export function toPane(
+  lease: SshRemotePtyLease,
+  relayPtyId: string,
+  endpoint: string | null,
+  state: Pane['state'],
+  listed?: LegacyRelayPty
+): Pane {
+  return {
+    lease,
+    relayPtyId,
+    endpoint,
+    state,
+    ...(listed ? { listed } : {}),
+    ...(lease.pendingKill ? { stopping: true as const } : {})
+  }
+}
+
+/** The panes a bridge serves; a closed tab's pane, its stop owed or its lease ended, is not one. */
+export function servedBridgedPanes(
+  targetId: string,
+  panes: ReadonlyMap<string, Pane>,
+  leases: readonly SshRemotePtyLease[]
+): LegacyRelayBridgedPane[] {
+  const served = bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(leases)
+  return [...panes]
+    .filter(([, pane]) => !pane.stopping && served.has(pane.relayPtyId))
+    .map(([ptyId, pane]) => toBridgedPane(targetId, ptyId, pane))
 }
 
 export type LegacyRelayLivePane = { ptyId: string; incarnationId?: string; terminalHandle?: string }
@@ -59,15 +114,18 @@ export type LegacyRelayLivePane = { ptyId: string; incarnationId?: string; termi
 /** The live leased pane a pane key's stable leaf names; the lease is the desktop's own record. */
 export function findLivePane(
   panes: ReadonlyMap<string, Pane>,
-  paneKey: string
+  paneKey: string,
+  leases: readonly SshRemotePtyLease[]
 ): LegacyRelayLivePane | null {
   const parsed = parsePaneKey(paneKey)
   if (!parsed) {
     return null
   }
+  const served = bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(leases)
   for (const [ptyId, pane] of panes) {
     // Why the leaf alone: a moved pane's lease takes its new tab, but its shell keeps the old key.
-    if (pane.state === 'live' && pane.lease.leafId === parsed.leafId) {
+    const named = pane.lease.leafId === parsed.leafId && served.has(pane.relayPtyId)
+    if (pane.state === 'live' && !pane.stopping && named) {
       const { incarnationId, terminalHandle } = pane.listed ?? {}
       return {
         ptyId,
@@ -79,7 +137,7 @@ export function findLivePane(
   return null
 }
 
-export function toBridgedPane(targetId: string, ptyId: string, pane: Pane): LegacyRelayBridgedPane {
+function toBridgedPane(targetId: string, ptyId: string, pane: Pane): LegacyRelayBridgedPane {
   return {
     ptyId,
     targetId,
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-registry.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-registry.ts
index 355cfc37197..ea05f2ee281 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-registry.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-registry.ts
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ import type {
   LegacyRelayBridgedPane
 } from '../../../shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract'
 import { parseAppSshPtyId } from '../../../shared/ssh-pty-id'
+import type { SshPendingPtyKill } from '../../../shared/ssh-pending-pty-kill'
 import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
 import type { SshConnection } from '../connection/ssh-connection'
 import { waitForSentinel } from './ssh-relay-sentinel'
-import { probeRelayEndpointIncumbent } from './ssh-relay-endpoint-incumbent'
-import { isWindowsRemoteHost } from '../ssh-remote-platform'
 import type { OrcaRuntimeService } from '../../runtime/orca-runtime'
 import { LegacyRelayClient } from './legacy-relay-client'
 import { createLegacyRelayCliServer } from './legacy-relay-cli-server'
-import { listLegacyRelayEndpoints, type LegacyRelayEndpoint } from './legacy-relay-endpoints'
+import { listLegacyRelayEndpoints, posixEndpointExited } from './legacy-relay-endpoints'
 import { LegacyRelayTargetBridge } from './legacy-relay-target-bridge'
 import { LegacyRelayHiddenOutput } from './legacy-relay-hidden-output'
 import { LegacyRelayPaneStops } from './legacy-relay-pane-stops'
@@ -25,7 +24,8 @@ import { reportDailyRelayActivity, watchDailyRelayActivity } from './legacy-rela
 import {
   bridgeableLeasesByRelayId,
   isBridgeableLease,
-  leasedAppPtyIds
+  listedAppPtyIds,
+  listedLeasesByRelayId
 } from './legacy-relay-bridge-leases'
 
 /** How long a connect waits for the first look at its relays before publishing the host. */
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ const START_BUDGET_MS = 20_000
 /** How long an attach waits for a target whose connection is still coming up. */
 const CONNECTION_WAIT_MS = 20_000
 
-type TerminalsBucket = EventProps<'ssh_host_server_legacy_relay_bridge'>['terminals']
 type ReportPhase = EventProps<'ssh_host_server_legacy_relay_bridge'>['phase']
 
 export type LegacyRelayBridgeHost = {
   leases: (targetId: string) => SshRemotePtyLease[]
+  /** The relay proved the exit; any stop still recorded for it was delivered. */
   retireLease: (targetId: string, relayPtyId: string) => void
+  /** Persists a closed tab's stop on its lease, so a restart still sends it. */
+  recordStop: (targetId: string, relayPtyId: string, pendingKill: SshPendingPtyKill) => void
   connection: (targetId: string) => SshConnection | null
   onPanesChanged: (panes: LegacyRelayBridgedPane[]) => void
   onData: (ptyId: string, data: string) => void
@@ -84,21 +86,9 @@ export function installLegacyRelayBridge(next: LegacyRelayBridgeHost | null): vo
     : null
 }
 
-export function terminalsBucket(count: number): TerminalsBucket {
-  if (count <= 0) {
-    return 'none'
-  }
-  if (count === 1) {
-    return '1'
-  }
-  if (count < 5) {
-    return '2_4'
-  }
-  return count < 10 ? '5_9' : '10_plus'
-}
-
-function hasBridgeableLeases(targetId: string): boolean {
-  return host?.leases(targetId).some(isBridgeableLease) ?? false
+/** Panes it serves, or closed tabs' stops it still owes. */
+function hasListedLeases(targetId: string): boolean {
+  return listedLeasesByRelayId(host?.leases(targetId) ?? []).size > 0
 }
 
 function bridgeFor(targetId: string): LegacyRelayTargetBridge | null {
@@ -157,6 +147,7 @@ function bridgeFor(targetId: string): LegacyRelayTargetBridge | null {
     onData: (ptyId, data) => hiddenOutput?.onData(ptyId, data),
     onExit: (ptyId, code) => {
       hiddenOutput?.forget(ptyId)
+      stopsFor(targetId).exited(ptyId)
       installed.onExit(ptyId, code)
     },
     onTerminalExited: () => installed.report(targetId, 'terminal_exited', 0)
@@ -170,34 +161,17 @@ function stopsFor(targetId: string): LegacyRelayPaneStops {
   if (existing) {
     return existing
   }
-  const created = new LegacyRelayPaneStops(targetId, () => host?.leases(targetId) ?? [])
+  const created = new LegacyRelayPaneStops(targetId, () => host)
   paneStops.set(targetId, created)
   return created
 }
 
-/** A dead socket is the one failed open that proves its relay gone; Windows pipes never are. */
-async function posixEndpointExited(
-  conn: SshConnection,
-  endpoint: LegacyRelayEndpoint
-): Promise<boolean> {
-  if (isWindowsRemoteHost(endpoint.host) || !endpoint.nodePath) {
-    return false
-  }
-  const incumbent = await probeRelayEndpointIncumbent(
-    conn,
-    endpoint.host,
-    endpoint.nodePath,
-    endpoint.endpoint
-  )
-  return incumbent.verdict === 'exited'
-}
-
 /**
  * Called once a connect reaches the host's managed server: looks at the relays this target left,
  * so the panes they still run are known before the renderer remounts them on the new server.
  */
 export async function startLegacyRelayBridge(targetId: string): Promise<void> {
-  if (!hasBridgeableLeases(targetId)) {
+  if (!hasListedLeases(targetId)) {
     // Leases retired while hung up publish nothing themselves; this connect is the next answer.
     releaseHeldPanes(targetId)
     return
@@ -266,7 +240,9 @@ export async function attachLegacyRelayPane(
   replayInStream = false
 ): Promise<LegacyRelayBridgeAttachResult> {
   const targetId = parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId)?.connectionId
-  if (!targetId || !host || !hasBridgeableLeases(targetId)) {
+  const serves = targetId ? host?.leases(targetId).some(isBridgeableLease) : false
+  // A closed tab's pane whose stop is owed is never served again.
+  if (!targetId || !serves || stopsFor(targetId).owes(ptyId)) {
     return { status: 'not-bridged' }
   }
   const bridge = bridgeFor(targetId)
@@ -329,22 +305,33 @@ export function setLegacyRelayPaneOutputPaused(ptyId: string, paused: boolean):
   hiddenOutput?.setPaused(ptyId, paused)
 }
 
-/** Whether this PTY is an older relay's terminal the bridge serves, so only the bridge stops it. */
+/** Whether this PTY is an older relay's terminal the bridge serves or owes a stop, so only the
+ *  bridge stops it. */
 export function isLegacyRelayBridgedPty(ptyId: string): boolean {
   const targetId = parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId)?.connectionId
-  return Boolean(targetId && host && leasedAppPtyIds(targetId, host.leases(targetId)).has(ptyId))
+  return Boolean(targetId && host && listedAppPtyIds(targetId, host.leases(targetId)).has(ptyId))
 }
 
 /** Its tab closed: the relay stops the shell, or is asked once it can be reached. */
 export async function closeLegacyRelayPane(ptyId: string): Promise<LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult> {
   const targetId = parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId)?.connectionId
-  if (!targetId || !host || !hasBridgeableLeases(targetId)) {
+  if (!targetId || !host || !hasListedLeases(targetId)) {
     return { status: 'not-bridged' }
   }
   // Disconnected: recorded now, and the target's next connect lists the relay and sends the stop.
   return stopsFor(targetId).stop(ptyId, host.connection(targetId) ? bridgeFor(targetId) : null)
 }
 
+/** A close that settles only on the relay's exit proof, by the deadline. */
+export async function stopLegacyRelayPaneAndWait(
+  ptyId: string,
+  deadlineMs: number
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const targetId = parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId)?.connectionId
+  const bridge = targetId && host?.connection(targetId) ? bridgeFor(targetId) : null
+  return targetId && host ? stopsFor(targetId).stopAndWait(ptyId, bridge, deadlineMs) : false
+}
+
 export function detachLegacyRelayPane(ptyId: string, acquisitionId: number): void {
   bridgeForPty(ptyId)?.detach(ptyId, acquisitionId)
 }
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-restart-stop.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-restart-stop.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1ba410516d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-restart-stop.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { toAppSshPtyId } from '../../../shared/ssh-pty-id'
+import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
+import type { SshConnection } from '../connection/ssh-connection'
+import { getRemoteHostPlatform } from '../ssh-remote-platform'
+
+const TARGET = 'ssh-box'
+const RELAY_PTY = 'pty2:epoch:1'
+const PTY = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, RELAY_PTY)
+
+const relay = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const shutdowns: string[] = []
+  return { ptys: new Set<string>(), shutdowns }
+})
+
+vi.mock('./legacy-relay-endpoints', () => ({
+  listLegacyRelayEndpoints: async () => ({
+    kind: 'listed',
+    exhaustive: true,
+    endpoints: [
+      {
+        endpoint: '/home/me/.orca-remote/relay-x.sock',
+        connectCommand: 'node relay.js --connect',
+        wrapCommand: true,
+        host: getRemoteHostPlatform('linux-x64'),
+        nodePath: 'node'
+      }
+    ]
+  })
+}))
+
+vi.mock('./legacy-relay-client', () => ({
+  LegacyRelayClient: {
+    open: async () => {
+      const exits = new Set<(id: string, code: number) => void>()
+      return {
+        ownerClaim: null,
+        closed: false,
+        list: async () => [...relay.ptys].map((relayPtyId) => ({ relayPtyId })),
+        shutdown: async (id: string) => {
+          relay.shutdowns.push(id)
+          relay.ptys.delete(id)
+          exits.forEach((listener) => listener(id, 0))
+        },
+        onData: () => () => {},
+        onExit: (listener: (id: string, code: number) => void) => {
+          exits.add(listener)
+          return () => exits.delete(listener)
+        },
+        onClose: () => () => {},
+        close: () => {}
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}))
+
+const registry = await import('./legacy-relay-bridge-registry')
+
+/** The persisted leases, which are all a restart keeps. */
+let leases: SshRemotePtyLease[]
+let connected: boolean
+
+function installHost(): void {
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the mocked endpoints and client never touch the connection.
+  const connection = {} as SshConnection
+  registry.installLegacyRelayBridge({
+    leases: () => leases,
+    retireLease: (_target, relayPtyId) => {
+      leases = leases.map((row) => {
+        if (row.ptyId !== relayPtyId) {
+          return row
+        }
+        const { pendingKill: _delivered, ...rest } = row
+        return { ...rest, state: 'terminated' }
+      })
+    },
+    recordStop: (_target, relayPtyId, pendingKill) => {
+      leases = leases.map((row) => {
+        if (row.ptyId !== relayPtyId) {
+          return row
+        }
+        const { pendingKill: _dropped, ...rest } = row
+        return pendingKill ? { ...rest, pendingKill } : rest
+      })
+    },
+    connection: () => (connected ? connection : null),
+    onPanesChanged: () => {},
+    onData: () => {},
+    onReplay: () => {},
+    onExit: () => {},
+    report: () => {}
+  })
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  registry.installLegacyRelayBridge(null)
+})
+
+describe('a bridged tab closed while disconnected', () => {
+  it('still stops its shell when Orca restarts before reconnecting', async () => {
+    relay.ptys = new Set([RELAY_PTY])
+    relay.shutdowns = []
+    leases = [
+      {
+        targetId: TARGET,
+        ptyId: RELAY_PTY,
+        tabId: 'tab-1',
+        leafId: 'leaf-1',
+        state: 'detached',
+        createdAt: 1,
+        updatedAt: 1
+      }
+    ]
+    connected = false
+    installHost()
+    await expect(registry.closeLegacyRelayPane(PTY)).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'unverifiable' })
+
+    // Restart, then reconnect.
+    installHost()
+    await expect(registry.attachLegacyRelayPane(PTY)).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'not-bridged' })
+    connected = true
+    await registry.startLegacyRelayBridge(TARGET)
+
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([RELAY_PTY])
+    expect(registry.legacyRelayBridgedPanes()).toEqual([])
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
+    expect(leases[0].pendingKill).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('a stop-and-wait of a connected bridged tab', () => {
+  it('settles true only on the relay’s exit report', async () => {
+    relay.ptys = new Set([RELAY_PTY])
+    relay.shutdowns = []
+    leases = [
+      {
+        targetId: TARGET,
+        ptyId: RELAY_PTY,
+        tabId: 'tab-1',
+        leafId: 'leaf-1',
+        state: 'detached',
+        createdAt: 1,
+        updatedAt: 1
+      }
+    ]
+    connected = true
+    installHost()
+    await registry.startLegacyRelayBridge(TARGET)
+    await expect(registry.stopLegacyRelayPaneAndWait(PTY, Date.now() + 5_000)).resolves.toBe(true)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([RELAY_PTY])
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-teardown.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-teardown.test.ts
index f4d6b5291a9..bcc86aa430e 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-teardown.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-teardown.test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ beforeEach(async () => {
   registry.installLegacyRelayBridge({
     leases: () => leases,
     retireLease: vi.fn(),
+    recordStop: vi.fn(),
     connection: () => null,
     // Main publishes to the window as legacy-relay-bridge-ipc.ts does.
     onPanesChanged: (panes) => renderer.listeners.forEach((listener) => listener(panes)),
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ describe('attaching a bridged pane', () => {
     registry.installLegacyRelayBridge({
       leases: () => leases,
       retireLease: vi.fn(),
+      recordStop: vi.fn(),
       connection: () => connection,
       onPanesChanged: vi.fn(),
       onData: vi.fn(),
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-timers.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-timers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab3baa81c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-timers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { LegacyRelayExitProofs } from './legacy-relay-bridge-timers'
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.useFakeTimers()
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.useRealTimers()
+})
+
+describe('waiting on a bridged pane’s exit proof', () => {
+  it('settles every overlapping waiter on one exit', async () => {
+    const proofs = new LegacyRelayExitProofs()
+    const first = proofs.wait('pty', 5_000)
+    const second = proofs.wait('pty', 5_000)
+    proofs.observe('pty')
+    await expect(Promise.all([first, second])).resolves.toEqual([true, true])
+  })
+
+  it('never lets an earlier waiter’s deadline drop a later one', async () => {
+    const proofs = new LegacyRelayExitProofs()
+    const stale = proofs.wait('pty', 1_000)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(500)
+    const retry = proofs.wait('pty', 5_000)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(600)
+    await expect(stale).resolves.toBe(false)
+    proofs.observe('pty')
+    await expect(retry).resolves.toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('answers false on dispose', async () => {
+    const proofs = new LegacyRelayExitProofs()
+    const waiting = proofs.wait('pty', 5_000)
+    proofs.dispose()
+    await expect(waiting).resolves.toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-timers.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-timers.ts
index 78bfcb6cd5f..c3750e57eb6 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-timers.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-bridge-timers.ts
@@ -64,3 +64,40 @@ export class LegacyRelayWaiters {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/** Stops awaiting the relay's exit proof (its report, or a complete listing without the pane). */
+export class LegacyRelayExitProofs {
+  private readonly waiting = new Map<string, Set<(exited: boolean) => void>>()
+
+  /** Each caller settles on its own: true on the exit, false at its deadline or on dispose. */
+  wait(ptyId: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise<boolean> {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      const waiters = this.waiting.get(ptyId) ?? new Set()
+      this.waiting.set(ptyId, waiters)
+      const settle = (exited: boolean): void => {
+        clearTimeout(timer)
+        waiters.delete(settle)
+        if (waiters.size === 0 && this.waiting.get(ptyId) === waiters) {
+          this.waiting.delete(ptyId)
+        }
+        resolve(exited)
+      }
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => settle(false), timeoutMs)
+      waiters.add(settle)
+    })
+  }
+
+  observe(ptyId: string): void {
+    for (const settle of Array.from(this.waiting.get(ptyId) ?? [])) {
+      settle(true)
+    }
+  }
+
+  dispose(): void {
+    for (const ptyId of Array.from(this.waiting.keys())) {
+      for (const settle of Array.from(this.waiting.get(ptyId) ?? [])) {
+        settle(false)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-daily-activity.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-daily-activity.ts
index 5677d526d12..44b6ab81346 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-daily-activity.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-daily-activity.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
  * One `active` telemetry row per target per UTC day while it bridges relay terminals, so the
  * relay's retirement can see who still uses it. COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge): revisit 2027-01-15.
  */
+import type { EventProps } from '../../../shared/telemetry-events'
+
+type TerminalsBucket = EventProps<'ssh_host_server_legacy_relay_bridge'>['terminals']
 type ActivityReport = (targetId: string, phase: 'active', terminals: number) => void
 
 /** Why a timer: a terminal left attached across midnight changes no pane and attaches nothing. */
@@ -43,3 +46,16 @@ export function watchDailyRelayActivity(
   }, CHECK_INTERVAL_MS)
   timer.unref?.()
 }
+
+export function terminalsBucket(count: number): TerminalsBucket {
+  if (count <= 0) {
+    return 'none'
+  }
+  if (count === 1) {
+    return '1'
+  }
+  if (count < 5) {
+    return '2_4'
+  }
+  return count < 10 ? '5_9' : '10_plus'
+}
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-endpoints.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-endpoints.ts
index 96263f12bfa..2011aa775b7 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-endpoints.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-endpoints.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { SHORT_RELAY_SOCKET_DIR_PREFIX } from '../relay-socket-path-limit'
 import { execCommand } from '../remote-exec/remote-exec-command'
 import { readRelayDaemonRuntimes } from './ssh-relay-endpoint-runtime'
 import { relaySocketNameForInstanceId } from './ssh-relay-instance-id'
+import { probeRelayEndpointIncumbent } from './ssh-relay-endpoint-incumbent'
 import { readRemoteHomeCommand } from '../ssh-remote-commands'
 import { resolveRemoteNodePath } from '../ssh-remote-node-resolution'
 import { detectRemoteHostPlatform } from '../ssh-remote-platform-detection'
@@ -209,3 +210,20 @@ async function listWindowsEndpoints(
   }
   return { kind: 'listed', endpoints, exhaustive }
 }
+
+/** A dead socket is the one failed open that proves its relay gone; Windows pipes never are. */
+export async function posixEndpointExited(
+  conn: SshConnection,
+  endpoint: LegacyRelayEndpoint
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (isWindowsRemoteHost(endpoint.host) || !endpoint.nodePath) {
+    return false
+  }
+  const incumbent = await probeRelayEndpointIncumbent(
+    conn,
+    endpoint.host,
+    endpoint.nodePath,
+    endpoint.endpoint
+  )
+  return incumbent.verdict === 'exited'
+}
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-pane-stops.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-pane-stops.ts
index 77d15a3169b..af3233731b0 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-pane-stops.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-pane-stops.ts
@@ -5,17 +5,24 @@
  * Held outside the bridge, so a reconnect's new bridge still sends them. A stop is pending until
  * the relay reports the exit or a listing proves the terminal gone; while the relay can't be asked
  * the answer is `unverifiable` and the stop goes out once it can. Loss of contact is never exit.
+ *
+ * A stop whose process can be named after a restart is persisted as the lease's `pendingKill`, the
+ * relay-era record of the same intent, so closing a tab and quitting before reconnecting still
+ * stops the shell. The relay connection is the other proof of identity, and it does not survive.
  */
+import { parseAppSshPtyId, toAppSshPtyId } from '../../../shared/ssh-pty-id'
+import type { SshPendingPtyKill } from '../../../shared/ssh-pending-pty-kill'
 import type { SshRemotePtyLease } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
 import type { LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult } from '../../../shared/legacy-relay-bridge-contract'
-import { leasedAppPtyIds } from './legacy-relay-bridge-leases'
-import { LegacyRelayRetry } from './legacy-relay-bridge-timers'
+import { isStoppingLease, listedAppPtyIds } from './legacy-relay-bridge-leases'
+import { LegacyRelayExitProofs, LegacyRelayRetry } from './legacy-relay-bridge-timers'
 import type { LegacyRelayClient } from './legacy-relay-client'
+import type { LegacyRelayBridgeHost } from './legacy-relay-bridge-registry'
 import type { LegacyRelayTargetBridge } from './legacy-relay-target-bridge'
 
 type StopTarget = Pick<
   LegacyRelayTargetBridge,
-  'snapshot' | 'liveRoute' | 'listedIncarnation' | 'refresh'
+  'paneState' | 'liveRoute' | 'listedIncarnation' | 'refresh'
 >
 
 /**
@@ -24,31 +31,55 @@ type StopTarget = Pick<
  */
 type PendingStop = { incarnationId?: string; client?: LegacyRelayClient }
 
+/** How long a sent unfenced stop keeps its pane tracked for the relay's exit report. */
+const UNFENCED_EXIT_WAIT_MS = 5_000
+
 export class LegacyRelayPaneStops {
   private readonly closing = new Map<string, PendingStop>()
   private bridge: StopTarget | null = null
   private readonly relist = new LegacyRelayRetry(() => void this.bridge?.refresh())
+  private readonly exits = new LegacyRelayExitProofs()
 
   constructor(
     private readonly targetId: string,
-    private readonly leases: () => SshRemotePtyLease[]
+    private readonly host: () => Pick<
+      LegacyRelayBridgeHost,
+      'leases' | 'recordStop' | 'retireLease'
+    > | null
   ) {}
 
+  private leases(): SshRemotePtyLease[] {
+    return this.host()?.leases(this.targetId) ?? []
+  }
+
+  private persist(relayPtyId: string, pendingKill: SshPendingPtyKill): void {
+    this.host()?.recordStop(this.targetId, relayPtyId, pendingKill)
+  }
+
   /** `bridge` is null while the target is disconnected; its next listing sends the stop. */
   async stop(ptyId: string, bridge: StopTarget | null): Promise<LegacyRelayBridgeCloseResult> {
-    const pane = bridge?.snapshot().find((entry) => entry.ptyId === ptyId)
-    if (!pane && !leasedAppPtyIds(this.targetId, this.leases()).has(ptyId)) {
+    const state = bridge?.paneState(ptyId)
+    if (!state && !listedAppPtyIds(this.targetId, this.leases()).has(ptyId)) {
       return { status: 'exited' }
     }
-    // A repeated close while the relay can't be asked keeps the identity the first one saw.
-    const earlier = this.closing.get(ptyId)
-    const incarnationId = bridge?.listedIncarnation(ptyId) ?? earlier?.incarnationId
-    const client = bridge?.liveRoute(ptyId)?.client ?? earlier?.client
+    // A repeated close keeps the identity the first one saw; the id may now name another process.
+    const earlier = this.pending(ptyId)
+    const incarnationId = earlier ? earlier.incarnationId : bridge?.listedIncarnation(ptyId)
+    const client = earlier ? earlier.client : bridge?.liveRoute(ptyId)?.client
     this.closing.set(ptyId, {
       ...(incarnationId ? { incarnationId } : {}),
       ...(client ? { client } : {})
     })
-    if (!bridge || pane?.state !== 'live') {
+    if (!this.record(ptyId, incarnationId)) {
+      // Unfenced: only this connection can prove the process, and a restart would forget the close,
+      // so it gets one try now and the lease ends as any closed tab's does.
+      const attempted = Boolean(bridge) && state === 'live'
+      const sent = bridge && attempted ? await this.send(ptyId, bridge) : false
+      // A failed reply may still have stopped it, so its exit report gets the same chance.
+      this.abandon(ptyId, bridge, attempted)
+      return sent ? { status: 'requested' } : { status: 'unverifiable' }
+    }
+    if (!bridge || state !== 'live') {
       return { status: 'unverifiable' }
     }
     const sent = await this.send(ptyId, bridge)
@@ -57,22 +88,44 @@ export class LegacyRelayPaneStops {
     return sent ? { status: 'requested' } : { status: 'unverifiable' }
   }
 
+  /** True only once the relay proves the exit (its report, or a complete listing without it). */
+  async stopAndWait(
+    ptyId: string,
+    bridge: StopTarget | null,
+    deadlineMs: number
+  ): Promise<boolean> {
+    // Armed before the stop is sent, so an exit that beats its reply, or a lost reply, still counts.
+    const exited = this.exits.wait(ptyId, Math.max(1, deadlineMs - Date.now()))
+    // A stop sent to a live pane may still prove out after a failed reply; an unsent one cannot.
+    const sendable = bridge?.paneState(ptyId) === 'live'
+    const stopped = this.stop(ptyId, bridge).then((result) =>
+      result.status === 'exited' ? true : result.status === 'requested' || sendable ? exited : false
+    )
+    return Promise.race([exited.then((proven) => proven || stopped), stopped])
+  }
+
+  /** The bridge saw the pane exit. */
+  exited(ptyId: string): void {
+    this.exits.observe(ptyId)
+  }
+
   /** Runs after each listing: re-sends pending stops, re-listing on backoff while one still runs. */
   flush(bridge: StopTarget): void {
     this.bridge = bridge
-    const panes = new Map(bridge.snapshot().map((pane) => [pane.ptyId, pane]))
-    const leased = leasedAppPtyIds(this.targetId, this.leases())
+    const leases = this.leases()
+    const listed = listedAppPtyIds(this.targetId, leases)
+    const owed = new Set([...this.closing.keys(), ...this.persisted(leases).keys()])
     let pending = false
-    for (const ptyId of this.closing.keys()) {
-      const pane = panes.get(ptyId)
-      if (!pane) {
-        if (!leased.has(ptyId)) {
+    for (const ptyId of owed) {
+      const state = bridge.paneState(ptyId)
+      if (!state) {
+        if (!listed.has(ptyId)) {
           this.closing.delete(ptyId)
         }
         continue
       }
       pending = true
-      if (pane.state === 'live') {
+      if (state === 'live') {
         void this.send(ptyId, bridge)
       }
     }
@@ -85,17 +138,73 @@ export class LegacyRelayPaneStops {
 
   dispose(): void {
     this.relist.cancel()
+    this.exits.dispose()
     this.closing.clear()
   }
 
+  /** Whether its tab closed and the stop is still owed, recorded now or by a previous run. */
+  owes(ptyId: string): boolean {
+    return this.pending(ptyId) !== undefined
+  }
+
   get size(): number {
     return this.closing.size
   }
 
+  /** This session's record of the stop, else the one a previous run persisted. */
+  private pending(ptyId: string): PendingStop | undefined {
+    return this.closing.get(ptyId) ?? this.persisted(this.leases()).get(ptyId)
+  }
+
+  private persisted(leases: SshRemotePtyLease[]): Map<string, PendingStop> {
+    const stops = new Map<string, PendingStop>()
+    for (const lease of leases) {
+      if (isStoppingLease(lease)) {
+        const incarnationId = lease.pendingKill?.incarnationId
+        stops.set(toAppSshPtyId(this.targetId, lease.ptyId), incarnationId ? { incarnationId } : {})
+      }
+    }
+    return stops
+  }
+
+  /** Persists a stop a later run can fence (a `pty2:` id or a listed incarnation); false if none. */
+  private record(ptyId: string, incarnationId: string | undefined): boolean {
+    const relayPtyId = parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId)?.relayPtyId
+    if (!relayPtyId || (!incarnationId && !relayPtyId.startsWith('pty2:'))) {
+      return false
+    }
+    const earlier = this.leases().find((lease) => lease.ptyId === relayPtyId)?.pendingKill
+    // A repeated close keeps the first one's age, which a downgraded build's expiry reads.
+    if (!earlier || earlier.incarnationId !== incarnationId) {
+      this.persist(relayPtyId, {
+        requestedAt: Date.now(),
+        ...(incarnationId ? { incarnationId } : {}),
+        attempts: 0
+      })
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The stop can't be proven to reach the tab's process, so it is never sent. The lease ends as any
+   * closed tab's does, so a process that took the id is never served under the closed tab.
+   */
+  private abandon(ptyId: string, bridge: StopTarget | null, attempted = false): void {
+    this.closing.delete(ptyId)
+    const relayPtyId = parseAppSshPtyId(ptyId)?.relayPtyId
+    if (relayPtyId) {
+      this.host()?.retireLease(this.targetId, relayPtyId)
+    }
+    // The next listing drops the pane it still holds for that lease; after an attempted stop, only
+    // once the relay's exit report had its chance, since dropping the pane first would hide it.
+    const relist = attempted ? this.exits.wait(ptyId, UNFENCED_EXIT_WAIT_MS) : Promise.resolve()
+    void relist.then(() => bridge?.refresh())
+  }
+
   /** The old relay's own stop, fenced to the process the tab ran; false when it can't be asked. */
   private async send(ptyId: string, bridge: StopTarget): Promise<boolean> {
     const route = bridge.liveRoute(ptyId)
-    const pending = this.closing.get(ptyId)
+    const pending = this.pending(ptyId)
     if (!route || !pending) {
       return false
     }
@@ -107,7 +216,7 @@ export class LegacyRelayPaneStops {
       ? listed === pending.incarnationId || (listed === undefined && sameProcess)
       : sameProcess
     if (!proven) {
-      this.closing.delete(ptyId)
+      this.abandon(ptyId, bridge)
       return false
     }
     try {
@@ -116,7 +225,7 @@ export class LegacyRelayPaneStops {
     } catch (error) {
       // The relay's own fence refused it: that id now runs another process.
       if (/incarnation mismatch/i.test(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error))) {
-        this.closing.delete(ptyId)
+        this.abandon(ptyId, bridge)
       }
       return false
     }
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-target-bridge.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-target-bridge.test.ts
index 26b2eceea6d..763f749274e 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-target-bridge.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-target-bridge.test.ts
@@ -123,15 +123,33 @@ let endpointExited: boolean
 let stops: LegacyRelayPaneStops
 let events: { data: string[]; exits: string[]; exitedTelemetry: number; panesChanged: number }
 
+/** Persists stops onto the leases, as the store does, so a fresh instance models a restart. */
+function paneStops(): LegacyRelayPaneStops {
+  return new LegacyRelayPaneStops(TARGET, () => ({
+    leases: () => leases.filter((row) => row.state !== 'terminated'),
+    recordStop: (_target, relayPtyId, pendingKill) => {
+      leases = leases.map((row) => (row.ptyId === relayPtyId ? { ...row, pendingKill } : row))
+    },
+    retireLease: (_target, relayPtyId) => retire(relayPtyId)
+  }))
+}
+
+/** As the store's retire records: terminated, and any stop it carried delivered. */
+function retire(relayPtyId: string): void {
+  leases = leases.map((row) => {
+    if (row.ptyId !== relayPtyId) {
+      return row
+    }
+    const { pendingKill: _delivered, ...rest } = row
+    return { ...rest, state: 'terminated' }
+  })
+}
+
 function bridge(overrides: Partial<LegacyRelayTargetBridgeDeps> = {}): LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
   const subject: LegacyRelayTargetBridge = new LegacyRelayTargetBridge({
     targetId: TARGET,
     leases: () => leases.filter((row) => row.state !== 'terminated'),
-    retireLease: (relayPtyId) => {
-      leases = leases.map((row) =>
-        row.ptyId === relayPtyId ? { ...row, state: 'terminated' } : row
-      )
-    },
+    retireLease: retire,
     listEndpoints: async () => listing,
     openClient: async () => {
       if (relay.openError) {
@@ -147,7 +165,11 @@ function bridge(overrides: Partial<LegacyRelayTargetBridgeDeps> = {}): LegacyRel
       stops.flush(subject)
     },
     onData: (_id, chunk) => events.data.push(chunk),
-    onExit: (id) => events.exits.push(id),
+    onExit: (id) => {
+      events.exits.push(id)
+      // As the registry wires it.
+      stops.exited(id)
+    },
     onTerminalExited: () => {
       events.exitedTelemetry += 1
     },
@@ -168,7 +190,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     incarnations: new Map(),
     exitOnShutdown: true
   }
-  stops = new LegacyRelayPaneStops(TARGET, () => leases.filter((row) => row.state !== 'terminated'))
+  stops = paneStops()
   leases = [lease()]
   listing = { kind: 'listed', endpoints: [ENDPOINT], exhaustive: true }
   endpointExited = false
@@ -331,6 +353,16 @@ describe('one target’s legacy relay bridge', () => {
     const subject = bridge()
     await subject.refresh()
     expect(subject.snapshot()).toEqual([])
+    expect(stops.owes(PTY)).toBe(false)
+    // Listed only for its stop, which an unfenced legacy id never proves, so it is dropped.
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+    expect(leases[0].pendingKill).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('never lists a relay for a lease a newer pane won', async () => {
+    leases = [lease({ supersededBy: 'pty-3' }), lease({ ptyId: 'pty-4', tabId: undefined })]
+    relay.ptys = new Set(['pty-1', 'pty-4'])
+    await bridge().refresh()
     expect(relay.clients).toEqual([])
   })
 
@@ -347,6 +379,7 @@ describe('one target’s legacy relay bridge', () => {
 
   it('retires a stopped shell once a listing proves it gone, without an exit report', async () => {
     relay.exitOnShutdown = false
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-1')
     const subject = bridge()
     await subject.refresh()
     await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
@@ -400,6 +433,126 @@ describe('one target’s legacy relay bridge', () => {
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000)
     expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
     expect(stops.size).toBe(0)
+    // The closed tab's lease ends, so the stranger is never served under it.
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
+    expect(subject.snapshot()).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('never re-aims a repeated close at a process that took the closed tab’s relay id', async () => {
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-1')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.openError = new Error('ssh down')
+    relay.clients[0].drop()
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    // A restarted relay reuses the id for another shell, and the close repeats before any flush.
+    const client = fakeClient(relay)
+    const recycled = {
+      paneState: () => 'live' as const,
+      liveRoute: () => ({ client, relayPtyId: 'pty-1' }),
+      listedIncarnation: () => 'inc-2',
+      refresh: async () => {}
+    }
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: stop() reads only these members.
+    await stops.stop(PTY, recycled as unknown as LegacyRelayTargetBridge)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
+  })
+
+  it('proves a stop only by the relay’s exit report, never by the stop’s reply', async () => {
+    const epochPty = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, 'pty2:epoch:1')
+    leases = [lease({ ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' })]
+    relay.ptys = new Set(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    await expect(stops.stopAndWait(epochPty, subject, Date.now() + 5_000)).resolves.toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('settles on the relay’s exit report even when the stop’s own reply is lost', async () => {
+    const epochPty = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, 'pty2:epoch:1')
+    leases = [lease({ ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' })]
+    const client = fakeClient(relay)
+    client.shutdown = async () => {
+      stops.exited(epochPty)
+      throw new Error('request timed out')
+    }
+    const lostReply = {
+      paneState: () => 'live' as const,
+      liveRoute: () => ({ client, relayPtyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' }),
+      listedIncarnation: () => undefined,
+      refresh: async () => {}
+    }
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: stop() reads only these members.
+    const target = lostReply as unknown as LegacyRelayTargetBridge
+    await expect(stops.stopAndWait(epochPty, target, Date.now() + 5_000)).resolves.toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('still settles on an exit report that trails a failed stop reply', async () => {
+    const epochPty = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, 'pty2:epoch:1')
+    leases = [lease({ ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' })]
+    relay.ptys = new Set(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+    relay.shutdownError = new Error('request timed out')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    const settled = stops.stopAndWait(epochPty, subject, Date.now() + 5_000)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100)
+    relay.clients[0].emitExit('pty2:epoch:1', 0)
+    await expect(settled).resolves.toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('still sees an unfenced stop’s exit report that trails its reply, never re-serving the pane', async () => {
+    relay.exitOnShutdown = false
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    const settled = stops.stopAndWait(PTY, subject, Date.now() + 5_000)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty-1'])
+    expect(subject.snapshot()).toEqual([])
+    relay.clients[0].emitExit('pty-1', 0)
+    await expect(settled).resolves.toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('still sees an unfenced stop’s exit report after its reply timed out', async () => {
+    relay.shutdownError = new Error('request timed out')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    const settled = stops.stopAndWait(PTY, subject, Date.now() + 5_000)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100)
+    expect(subject.snapshot()).toEqual([])
+    relay.clients[0].emitExit('pty-1', 0)
+    await expect(settled).resolves.toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('leaves a taken stop unproven while no exit report or complete listing confirms it', async () => {
+    const epochPty = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, 'pty2:epoch:1')
+    leases = [lease({ ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' })]
+    relay.ptys = new Set(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+    relay.exitOnShutdown = false
+    // A relay may run that no endpoint accounts for, so absence from the listing is not exit.
+    listing = { kind: 'listed', endpoints: [ENDPOINT], exhaustive: false }
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    const settled = stops.stopAndWait(epochPty, subject, Date.now() + 1_000)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_000)
+    await expect(settled).resolves.toBe(false)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+  })
+
+  it('never attaches a pane whose tab closed while the attach waited for its relay', async () => {
+    const epochPty = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, 'pty2:epoch:1')
+    leases = [lease({ ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' })]
+    relay.ptys = new Set(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+    relay.openError = new Error('ssh down')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    const attach = subject.attach(epochPty)
+    // The tab closes while the attach waits for the unreachable relay.
+    await stops.stop(epochPty, null)
+    relay.openError = null
+    relay.shutdownError = new Error('timed out')
+    await subject.refresh()
+    await expect(attach).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'not-bridged' })
+    expect(relay.clients.every((client) => client.writes.length === 0)).toBe(true)
   })
 
   it('sends a close recorded while disconnected once the next bridge lists the pane', async () => {
@@ -412,11 +565,91 @@ describe('one target’s legacy relay bridge', () => {
     expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty2:epoch:1'])
   })
 
+  it('sends a close recorded while disconnected after a restart before the reconnect', async () => {
+    const epochPty = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, 'pty2:epoch:1')
+    leases = [lease({ ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' })]
+    relay.ptys = new Set(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+    await stops.stop(epochPty, null)
+    // Restart: only the persisted leases survive.
+    stops = paneStops()
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty2:epoch:1'])
+    // A closed tab's shell is stopped, never offered back as a pane to reattach.
+    expect(subject.snapshot()).toEqual([])
+    expect(leases[0]).toMatchObject({ state: 'terminated' })
+    expect(leases[0].pendingKill).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the first close’s record when the tab’s close repeats', async () => {
+    const epochPty = toAppSshPtyId(TARGET, 'pty2:epoch:1')
+    leases = [lease({ ptyId: 'pty2:epoch:1' })]
+    await stops.stop(epochPty, null)
+    const first = leases[0].pendingKill
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5_000)
+    await stops.stop(epochPty, null)
+    expect(leases[0].pendingKill).toBe(first)
+  })
+
+  it('restores a fenced stop across a restart and sends it only to the same process', async () => {
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-1')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.openError = new Error('ssh down')
+    relay.clients[0].drop()
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    subject.dispose()
+    stops = paneStops()
+    relay.openError = null
+    await bridge().refresh()
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual(['pty-1#inc-1'])
+  })
+
+  it('drops a restored stop whose relay id now names another process, never serving it', async () => {
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-1')
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.openError = new Error('ssh down')
+    relay.clients[0].drop()
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    subject.dispose()
+    stops = paneStops()
+    relay.incarnations.set('pty-1', 'inc-2')
+    relay.openError = null
+    const next = bridge()
+    await next.refresh()
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000)
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+    expect(leases[0]).toMatchObject({ state: 'terminated' })
+    expect(leases[0].pendingKill).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(next.snapshot()).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('stops serving an unfenced legacy pane once its one stop failed', async () => {
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    relay.shutdownError = new Error('timed out')
+    await stops.stop(PTY, subject)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    expect(subject.snapshot()).toEqual([])
+    expect(subject.livePaneCount()).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('never serves an unfenced legacy pane again after its tab closed and Orca restarted', async () => {
+    await expect(stops.stop(PTY, null)).resolves.toEqual({ status: 'unverifiable' })
+    stops = paneStops()
+    const subject = bridge()
+    await subject.refresh()
+    expect(subject.snapshot()).toEqual([])
+    expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+  })
+
   it('never replays a blind close for a legacy id that could name another shell', async () => {
     await stops.stop(PTY, null)
     await bridge().refresh()
     expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
-    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('detached')
+    // The tab closed, so its lease ends as any closed tab's does.
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
   })
 
   it('never replays a fenced legacy stop to a relay that no longer reports the incarnation', async () => {
@@ -441,8 +674,10 @@ describe('one target’s legacy relay bridge', () => {
     relay.shutdownError = null
     relay.clients[0].drop()
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000)
-    expect(relay.clients.length).toBeGreaterThan(1)
     expect(relay.shutdowns).toEqual([])
+    // One try only: the lease ends as any closed tab's does, so no later relay is ever asked.
+    expect(leases[0].state).toBe('terminated')
+    expect(subject.snapshot()).toEqual([])
   })
 
   it('never republishes a pane that exited while a refresh was asking its relay', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-target-bridge.ts b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-target-bridge.ts
index 0835e9b82d6..aace59391c8 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-target-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/legacy-relay/legacy-relay-target-bridge.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ import type { LegacyRelayEndpoint, LegacyRelayEndpointListing } from './legacy-r
 import { LegacyRelayRetry, LegacyRelayWaiters } from './legacy-relay-bridge-timers'
 import {
   ATTACH_WAIT_MS,
-  bridgeableLeasesByRelayId,
   findLivePane,
   leasedAppPtyIds,
+  listedLeasesByRelayId,
   type LegacyRelayPty,
   PROVEN_EXITED,
-  toBridgedPane,
+  servedBridgedPanes,
+  toPane,
   type Pane
 } from './legacy-relay-bridge-leases'
 
@@ -57,9 +58,12 @@ type EndpointState = {
 export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
   private readonly endpoints = new Map<string, EndpointState>()
   private readonly panes = new Map<string, Pane>()
-  readonly livePaneForKey = (paneKey: string) => findLivePane(this.panes, paneKey)
+  readonly livePaneForKey = (paneKey: string) =>
+    findLivePane(this.panes, paneKey, this.deps.leases())
   /** The process identity the relay listed for a pane, which fences a stop against a recycled id. */
   readonly listedIncarnation = (ptyId: string) => this.panes.get(ptyId)?.listed?.incarnationId
+  /** Whether a relay lists a pane now, including one whose stop is owed; undefined when untracked. */
+  readonly paneState = (ptyId: string) => this.panes.get(ptyId)?.state
   private readonly attached = new Map<string, Set<number>>()
   private readonly waiters = new LegacyRelayWaiters()
   private readonly retry = new LegacyRelayRetry(() => void this.refresh())
@@ -73,16 +77,12 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
 
   constructor(private readonly deps: LegacyRelayTargetBridgeDeps) {}
 
-  get targetId(): string {
-    return this.deps.targetId
-  }
-
   livePaneCount(): number {
-    return [...this.panes.values()].filter((pane) => pane.state === 'live').length
+    return this.snapshot().filter((pane) => pane.state === 'live').length
   }
 
   snapshot(): LegacyRelayBridgedPane[] {
-    return [...this.panes].map(([ptyId, pane]) => toBridgedPane(this.deps.targetId, ptyId, pane))
+    return servedBridgedPanes(this.deps.targetId, this.panes, this.deps.leases())
   }
 
   /** Re-reads every relay; concurrent callers share one pass. */
@@ -106,10 +106,14 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
       )
       pane = this.panes.get(ptyId)
     }
+    const leased = leasedAppPtyIds(this.deps.targetId, this.deps.leases()).has(ptyId)
     if (!pane) {
-      const leased = leasedAppPtyIds(this.deps.targetId, this.deps.leases()).has(ptyId)
       return leased ? { status: 'unverifiable' } : { status: 'exited' }
     }
+    // A close recorded while this attach waited: its stop is owed, so the pane is never served.
+    if (!leased) {
+      return { status: 'not-bridged' }
+    }
     const client = pane.endpoint ? this.endpoints.get(pane.endpoint)?.client : null
     if (pane.state !== 'live' || !client) {
       return { status: 'unverifiable' }
@@ -173,7 +177,7 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
       return
     }
     this.looked = true
-    const leases = bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(this.deps.leases())
+    const leases = listedLeasesByRelayId(this.deps.leases())
     if (leases.size === 0) {
       this.closeIdleClients(new Set())
       this.replacePanes(new Map())
@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
     for (const [relayPtyId, lease] of leases) {
       const ptyId = toAppSshPtyId(this.deps.targetId, relayPtyId)
       if (!seeded.has(ptyId)) {
-        seeded.set(ptyId, { lease, relayPtyId, endpoint: null, state: 'unverifiable' })
+        seeded.set(ptyId, toPane(lease, relayPtyId, null, 'unverifiable'))
       }
     }
     if (seeded.size !== this.panes.size) {
@@ -212,14 +216,12 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
     }
     const next = new Map<string, Pane>()
     // Why re-read: a lease retired while the relays were asked (an exit) must not come back live.
-    const current = [...bridgeableLeasesByRelayId(this.deps.leases())].filter(([id]) =>
-      leases.has(id)
-    )
+    const current = [...listedLeasesByRelayId(this.deps.leases())].filter(([id]) => leases.has(id))
     for (const [relayPtyId, lease] of current) {
       const ptyId = toAppSshPtyId(this.deps.targetId, relayPtyId)
       const listed = listedBy.get(relayPtyId)
       if (listed) {
-        next.set(ptyId, { lease, relayPtyId, endpoint: listed.endpoint, state: 'live', listed })
+        next.set(ptyId, toPane(lease, relayPtyId, listed.endpoint, 'live', listed))
       } else if (complete) {
         // Every relay this target could have left answered, and none holds it.
         const wasLive = this.panes.get(ptyId)?.endpoint
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ export class LegacyRelayTargetBridge {
         this.emitExit(ptyId, -1, Boolean(wasLive))
       } else {
         // Unreachable: loss of contact is never exit, so the pane waits.
-        next.set(ptyId, { lease, relayPtyId, endpoint: null, state: 'unverifiable' })
+        next.set(ptyId, toPane(lease, relayPtyId, null, 'unverifiable'))
       }
     }
     this.closeIdleClients(new Set([...next.values()].map((pane) => pane.endpoint ?? '')))
diff --git a/src/shared/ssh-pending-pty-kill.ts b/src/shared/ssh-pending-pty-kill.ts
index 6619dc0fc7d..b7fa477fb36 100644
--- a/src/shared/ssh-pending-pty-kill.ts
+++ b/src/shared/ssh-pending-pty-kill.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /** A `pty.shutdown` a relay-era client issued to an SSH host and could not confirm, carried on its
- *  `SshRemotePtyLease`. This build never records or replays one; it keeps the field through
- *  load and save so a downgraded build can still replay it. */
+ *  `SshRemotePtyLease`. This build records and replays one only through the legacy relay bridge,
+ *  for a closed tab whose older relay still runs its shell; a downgraded build replays it too. */
 export type SshPendingPtyKill = {
   requestedAt: number
   /** The host-minted PTY incarnation this kill was aimed at, and the fence.
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ssh-orcad-legacy-relay-bridge.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/ssh-orcad-legacy-relay-bridge.spec.ts
index abc886fa133..e0f023c2c3d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ssh-orcad-legacy-relay-bridge.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/ssh-orcad-legacy-relay-bridge.spec.ts
@@ -512,3 +512,113 @@ test('a relay terminal in a project another desktop already moved keeps working
     await desktopB.dispose()
   }
 })
+
+test('a bridged tab closed while disconnected stops its shell even after a restart', async ({
+  testRepoPath
+}, testInfo: TestInfo) => {
+  test.setTimeout(25 * 60_000)
+  host = startDockerSshHostTarget(testInfo)
+  const targetId = `ssh-bridge-close-${Date.now()}`
+  const relay = await installReleasedRelayOnDockerHost(host, TEMPLATE_SOURCE!)
+  const ours = await startDockerRelayWithShell(host, relay, targetId, 'before-upgrade')
+  const theirs = await startDockerRelayWithShell(host, relay, 'another-desktop', 'theirs')
+  const bridgedPtyId = toAppSshPtyId(targetId, ours.relayPtyId)
+  const session = createRestartSession(testInfo, { ORCA_ORCAD_TEMPLATE_PATH: TEMPLATE_SOURCE! })
+  const ourLease = (): { state?: unknown; pendingKill?: unknown } | undefined => {
+    const leases = readPersistedProfileState(session.userDataDir).sshRemotePtyLeases
+    return (Array.isArray(leases) ? leases : []).find(
+      (lease: { ptyId?: unknown }) => lease.ptyId === ours.relayPtyId
+    )
+  }
+  let app: ElectronApplication | null = null
+  try {
+    const first = await session.launch()
+    app = first.app
+    await waitForSessionReady(first.page)
+    await first.page.evaluate((repoPath) => window.api.repos.add({ path: repoPath }), testRepoPath)
+    await session.close(app)
+    app = null
+    const seeded = seedRelayEraProfile(
+      session.userDataDir,
+      {
+        label: `legacy relay bridge close E2E ${Date.now()}`,
+        host: host.host,
+        port: host.port,
+        username: 'root',
+        identityFile: host.identityFile,
+        identitiesOnly: true,
+        relayGracePeriodSeconds: 1
+      },
+      { repoPath: DOCKER_SSH_HOST_REMOTE_REPO_PATH, folderPath: '/tmp' },
+      { targetId, relayPtyId: ours.relayPtyId }
+    )
+
+    const upgraded = await launchUpgraded(session)
+    app = upgraded.app
+    let page = upgraded.page
+    await waitForSessionReady(page)
+    await page.evaluate(
+      ({ worktreeId, hostId, tabId }) => {
+        const state = window.__store!.getState()
+        state.setActiveWorktree(worktreeId, hostId)
+        state.setActiveTab(tabId)
+        state.setActiveTabType('terminal', worktreeId)
+      },
+      {
+        worktreeId: seeded.worktreeId,
+        hostId: toSshExecutionHostId(targetId),
+        tabId: seeded.terminalTabId!
+      }
+    )
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => managedServer(page, targetId), { timeout: 8 * 60_000 })
+      .toMatchObject({ kind: 'managed' })
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => bridgedPanes(page), { timeout: BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS })
+      .toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ ptyId: bridgedPtyId, state: 'live' })])
+
+    // Disconnected, the tab closes through both of its routes: the renderer's PTY kill, which
+    // finds no SSH provider, and then the bridge transport's own close.
+    await page.evaluate((id) => window.api.ssh.disconnect({ targetId: id }), targetId)
+    await page.evaluate(async (ptyId) => {
+      await window.api.pty.kill(ptyId)
+      await window.api.legacyRelayBridge?.close({ ptyId })
+    }, bridgedPtyId)
+    // Loss of contact is never exit: the shell still runs, and its stop is owed.
+    expect(await listDockerRelayPtys(host, relay, ours.sockPath)).toEqual([ours.relayPtyId])
+
+    // Restart before reconnecting: only the persisted stop survives.
+    await session.close(app)
+    app = null
+    expect(ourLease()?.state).not.toBe('terminated')
+    expect(ourLease()?.pendingKill).toBeTruthy()
+
+    const restarted = await launchUpgraded(session)
+    app = restarted.app
+    page = restarted.page
+    await waitForSessionReady(page)
+    await page.evaluate((id) => window.api.ssh.connect({ targetId: id }), targetId)
+    // A failed listing is not absence: only the relay's own empty answer proves the shell stopped.
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => listDockerRelayPtys(host!, relay, ours.sockPath).catch(() => ['<unreachable>']), {
+        timeout: BRIDGE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+        intervals: [2_000]
+      })
+      .toEqual([])
+    // Never offered back as a pane to reattach.
+    expect(await bridgedPanes(page)).toEqual([])
+    await session.close(app)
+    app = null
+    expect(ourLease()?.pendingKill).toBeUndefined()
+
+    // Another desktop's relay keeps running its shell, untouched.
+    expect(await echoThroughDockerRelay(host, relay, theirs, 'still-here')).toContain(
+      'GOT:still-here'
+    )
+  } finally {
+    if (app) {
+      await session.close(app)
+    }
+    await session.dispose()
+  }
+})