diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/server-last-status-lead-boundary.test.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/server-last-status-lead-boundary.test.ts
index a78476f21bc..23ea0560e41 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/server-last-status-lead-boundary.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/server-last-status-lead-boundary.test.ts
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ describe('Persisted Claude lead boundaries', () => {
       lastAssistantMessage: 'Lead finished.',
       subagents: [expect.objectContaining({ id: 'arestored-child', state: 'working' })]
     })
-    const turnCompletedAt = firstServer.getStatusSnapshot()[0]?.turnCompletedAt
-    expect(turnCompletedAt).toEqual(expect.any(Number))
+    // A subagent holds the lead's finish, so its Stop is not stamped for announcement.
+    expect(firstServer.getStatusSnapshot()[0]?.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
     expect(firstServer._getStateForTests().lastStatusByPaneKey.get(PANE)?.hookEventName).toBe(
       'Stop'
     )
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('Persisted Claude lead boundaries', () => {
         agentType: 'claude',
         prompt: 'finish after child',
         lastAssistantMessage: 'Lead finished.',
-        turnCompletedAt
+        mainAgent: expect.objectContaining({ state: 'done' })
       })
       expect(server.getStatusSnapshot()[0]?.restoredUnconfirmed).toBeUndefined()
       expect(server.getStatusSnapshot()[0]?.subagents).toBeUndefined()
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('Persisted Claude lead boundaries', () => {
       expect(server.getStatusSnapshot()[0]).toMatchObject({
         state: 'done',
         agentType: 'claude',
-        turnCompletedAt: expect.any(Number)
+        mainAgent: expect.objectContaining({ state: 'done' })
       })
       expect(server.getStatusSnapshot()[0]?.restoredUnconfirmed).toBeUndefined()
     } finally {
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-agent-wait-calls.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-agent-wait-calls.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62ab8fb5184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-agent-wait-calls.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { BoundedMap } from '../../shared/bounded-map'
+import { runsOrcaOrchestrationWait } from '../../shared/orca-cli-invocations'
+import {
+  claudeRecord,
+  claudeToolUses,
+  readClaudeMessageEnvelope
+} from './structured/journal/claude-structured-item-translation'
+
+/** Bash calls that block on `orca orchestration check --wait`, by tool_use_id, until their background task starts. */
+export class ClaudeAgentWaitCalls {
+  // A foreground wait never starts a task (or is moved to the background later), so bound what waits for one.
+  private readonly pending = new BoundedMap<string, true>({ maxEntries: 256 })
+
+  observe(message: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+    const envelope = readClaudeMessageEnvelope(message)
+    for (const tool of envelope ? claudeToolUses(envelope) : []) {
+      if (runsOrcaOrchestrationWait(claudeRecord(tool.input)?.command)) {
+        this.pending.set(tool.id, true)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  take(toolUseId: string | undefined): boolean {
+    return toolUseId !== undefined && this.pending.delete(toolUseId)
+  }
+
+  clear(): void {
+    this.pending.clear()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-background-stop-records.test.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-background-stop-records.test.ts
index 75f4c03e873..c9b3a4feb82 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-background-stop-records.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-background-stop-records.test.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ describe('a background Stop acts on the host child records', () => {
           task_id: 'agent-1',
           patch: { status: 'completed' }
         }
+      },
+      {
+        at: 7_000,
+        frame: {
+          type: 'system',
+          subtype: 'task_notification',
+          task_id: 'agent-1',
+          status: 'completed'
+        }
       }
     ])
 
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-background-task-rows.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-background-task-rows.ts
index 9ee358e6159..fddc499afb9 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-background-task-rows.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-background-task-rows.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { AgentJournalTurnScope } from '../../shared/agent-session-journal-turn-scope'
 import { isSettledBackgroundTaskState } from '../../shared/native-chat/input/native-chat-background-task-row'
 import type { StructuredAgentSessionEventSink } from '../native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-event-sink'
+import { BoundedMap } from '../../shared/bounded-map'
 import { record, taskAliasId } from './claude-background-task-frames'
 import {
   claudeBackgroundTaskPatchChange,
@@ -79,11 +80,29 @@ export class ClaudeBackgroundTaskRows {
     return { ...this.ledgers.sizes, overflowTerminalRows: this.overflowTerminalRows.size }
   }
 
+  /** Notification frames that already opened a wake turn; a redelivered one must not open another. */
+  private readonly wakeFrames = new BoundedMap<string, true>({ maxEntries: 64 })
+
   /** Null outside observe so teardown writes cannot reopen a turn. */
   private journaling: { frame: Record<string, unknown>; observedAt: number } | null = null
 
   observe(message: Record<string, unknown>, observedAt: number = this.now()): boolean {
     this.journaling = { frame: message, observedAt }
+    // Claude wakes the lead for any task the lead launched, rowless subagents included; open that turn at the notification, once per frame.
+    const toolUseId =
+      message.subtype === 'task_notification' ? taskAliasId(message.tool_use_id) : undefined
+    const frameId = typeof message.uuid === 'string' ? message.uuid : undefined
+    if (
+      message.type === 'system' &&
+      toolUseId &&
+      this.deps.isForwardedParentTool(toolUseId) &&
+      !(frameId && this.wakeFrames.has(frameId))
+    ) {
+      if (frameId) {
+        this.wakeFrames.set(frameId, true)
+      }
+      this.deps.openOutputTurn?.(message, observedAt)
+    }
     try {
       return this.observeFrame(message)
     } finally {
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-child-work-decoder.test.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-child-work-decoder.test.ts
index 7291540abcc..0aaf043146b 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-child-work-decoder.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-child-work-decoder.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,48 @@ describe('Claude child-work decoder', () => {
     expect(decoder.drain(600)).toEqual([])
   })
 
+  it('marks a background orca orchestration check --wait as the worker wait it is', () => {
+    const decoder = new ClaudeChildWorkDecoder()
+    decoder.observe({
+      type: 'assistant',
+      session_id: 'provider-1',
+      uuid: 'assistant-1',
+      parent_tool_use_id: null,
+      message: {
+        role: 'assistant',
+        content: [
+          {
+            type: 'tool_use',
+            id: 'toolu_wait',
+            name: 'Bash',
+            input: {
+              command: `ORCA_RUN=${'x'.repeat(200)} orca orchestration check --wait --json`,
+              run_in_background: true
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    })
+    decoder.observe(
+      system('task_started', {
+        task_id: 'wait-1',
+        tool_use_id: 'toolu_wait',
+        task_type: 'local_bash',
+        description: 'Wait for next worker message',
+        is_backgrounded: true
+      })
+    )
+    expect(decoder.drain(500)).toMatchObject([
+      {
+        type: 'live',
+        child: {
+          kind: 'command',
+          operation: { toolName: 'Bash', input: 'orca orchestration check --wait' }
+        }
+      }
+    ])
+  })
+
   it("carries a child's progress: the tool it last ran, its summary and its usage", () => {
     const decoder = decoderWith(foregroundAgent)
     decoder.observe(
@@ -117,6 +159,16 @@ describe('Claude child-work decoder', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('ends a background agent at the notification that wakes its launcher, not the update before it', () => {
+    for (const status of ['completed', 'failed', 'killed']) {
+      const decoder = decoderWith(backgroundAgent)
+      decoder.observe(system('task_updated', { task_id: 'agent-bg', patch: { status } }))
+      expect(decoder.drain(500)).toEqual([])
+      decoder.observe(system('task_notification', { task_id: 'agent-bg', status }))
+      expect(decoder.drain(600)).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ type: 'ended' })])
+    }
+  })
+
   it("reads nothing from a roster, a turn's end or a spawn call's result", () => {
     const decoder = decoderWith(foregroundAgent, backgroundAgent)
     decoder.observe(system('background_tasks_changed', { tasks: [] }))
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-child-work-decoder.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-child-work-decoder.ts
index 3dab5a42f81..2629493c625 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-child-work-decoder.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-child-work-decoder.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import {
   terminalClaudeTaskRunState
 } from './claude-background-task-frames'
 import { isClaudeSubagentTask } from './claude-subagent-task-frames'
+import { ClaudeAgentWaitCalls } from './claude-agent-wait-calls'
+import { ORCA_ORCHESTRATION_WAIT_COMMAND } from '../../shared/orca-cli-invocations'
 import {
   claudeChildWorkOutcome,
   claudeTaskProgressFacts,
@@ -36,8 +38,12 @@ type DecodedClaudeTask = {
   name?: string
   description?: string
   toolUseId?: string
+  /** Runs `orca orchestration check --wait`: waiting on worker agents, so agent work. */
+  awaitsAgents?: true
 }
 
+type ClaudeToolOwner = (toolUseId: string) => string | null
+
 type PendingEdge = (observedAt: number) => AgentChildWorkEvidence
 
 function observation(
@@ -49,7 +55,14 @@ function observation(
 ): AgentChildWorkLiveObservation {
   const operation: AgentChildWorkOperation | undefined = facts.toolName
     ? { toolName: facts.toolName, basis: 'reported', observedAt }
-    : undefined
+    : task.awaitsAgents
+      ? {
+          toolName: 'Bash',
+          input: ORCA_ORCHESTRATION_WAIT_COMMAND,
+          basis: 'reported',
+          observedAt
+        }
+      : undefined
   return {
     handle: {
       idKind: 'task_id',
@@ -74,12 +87,21 @@ export class ClaudeChildWorkDecoder {
   /** Retain ended runs for the session to distinguish wakes from late starts. */
   private readonly ended = new Map<
     string,
-    { run: string | undefined; outcome: AgentChildWorkOutcome }
+    {
+      run: string | undefined
+      outcome: AgentChildWorkOutcome
+      task?: DecodedClaudeTask
+    }
   >()
   private waiting: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set()
   private pending: PendingEdge[] = []
-
-  observe(message: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  private readonly agentWaits = new ClaudeAgentWaitCalls()
+  /** `ownerOf` names the subagent that made a child tool call; an ending task wakes it. */
+  observe(message: Record<string, unknown>, ownerOf?: ClaudeToolOwner): void {
+    if (message.type === 'assistant') {
+      this.agentWaits.observe(message)
+      return
+    }
     if (message.type !== 'system') {
       return
     }
@@ -95,14 +117,19 @@ export class ClaudeChildWorkDecoder {
         this.progressed(id, message)
         return
       case 'task_updated':
-        this.updated(id, record(message.patch))
+        this.updated(id, record(message.patch), ownerOf)
         return
       case 'task_notification':
-        this.end(id, message.status, {
-          runId: taskAliasId(message.tool_use_id),
-          lastMessage: taskText(message.summary),
-          totalTokens: taskUsageTotalTokens(message)
-        })
+        this.end(
+          id,
+          message.status,
+          {
+            runId: taskAliasId(message.tool_use_id),
+            lastMessage: taskText(message.summary),
+            totalTokens: taskUsageTotalTokens(message)
+          },
+          ownerOf
+        )
     }
   }
 
@@ -120,6 +147,7 @@ export class ClaudeChildWorkDecoder {
   clear(): void {
     this.live.clear()
     this.ended.clear()
+    this.agentWaits.clear()
     this.waiting = new Set()
     this.pending.push((observedAt) => ({ type: 'session-ended', observedAt }))
   }
@@ -131,10 +159,11 @@ export class ClaudeChildWorkDecoder {
   }
 
   private started(id: string, message: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+    const toolUseId = taskAliasId(message.tool_use_id)
+    const awaitsAgents = this.agentWaits.take(toolUseId)
     if (message.ambient === true || message.skip_transcript === true) {
       return
     }
-    const toolUseId = taskAliasId(message.tool_use_id)
     const existing = this.live.get(id)
     const ended = existing ? undefined : this.ended.get(id)
     const restart = ended !== undefined
@@ -155,13 +184,23 @@ export class ClaudeChildWorkDecoder {
         running: liveClaudeTaskRunState(message.status) !== null || existing?.running === true,
         name: taskName(message) ?? existing?.name,
         description: taskDescription(message.description) ?? existing?.description,
-        toolUseId: toolUseId ?? existing?.toolUseId
+        toolUseId: toolUseId ?? existing?.toolUseId,
+        ...(awaitsAgents || existing?.awaitsAgents ? { awaitsAgents: true as const } : {})
       },
       {},
       restart
     )
   }
 
+  /** Claude resumes a finished subagent when a task it launched notifies; show it working from that frame, not its restart a moment later. */
+  private wakeOwner(toolUseId: string | undefined, ownerOf: ClaudeToolOwner | undefined): void {
+    const ownerId = toolUseId ? ownerOf?.(toolUseId) : null
+    const owner = ownerId ? this.ended.get(ownerId) : undefined
+    if (ownerId && owner?.outcome === 'succeeded' && owner.task?.kind === 'agent') {
+      this.upsert(ownerId, { ...owner.task, running: true }, {}, true)
+    }
+  }
+
   private progressed(id: string, message: Record<string, unknown>): void {
     const task = this.live.get(id)
     if (!task) {
@@ -175,15 +214,22 @@ export class ClaudeChildWorkDecoder {
     )
   }
 
-  private updated(id: string, patch: Record<string, unknown> | null): void {
+  private updated(
+    id: string,
+    patch: Record<string, unknown> | null,
+    ownerOf: ClaudeToolOwner | undefined
+  ): void {
     if (!patch) {
       return
     }
+    const existing = this.live.get(id)
     if (terminalClaudeTaskRunState(patch.status) !== null) {
-      this.end(id, patch.status, { lastMessage: taskText(patch.error) })
+      // A background agent's ending always notifies its launcher at once; ending here would show the launcher finished before that wake.
+      if (existing?.backgrounded !== true || existing.kind !== 'agent') {
+        this.end(id, patch.status, { lastMessage: taskText(patch.error) }, ownerOf)
+      }
       return
     }
-    const existing = this.live.get(id)
     // Late updates cannot reopen an ended task.
     if (!existing && this.ended.has(id)) {
       return
@@ -204,7 +250,8 @@ export class ClaudeChildWorkDecoder {
         running: running || existing?.running === true,
         name: name ?? existing?.name,
         description: description ?? existing?.description,
-        toolUseId: existing?.toolUseId
+        toolUseId: existing?.toolUseId,
+        ...(existing?.awaitsAgents ? { awaitsAgents: true as const } : {})
       },
       {},
       false
@@ -239,12 +286,22 @@ export class ClaudeChildWorkDecoder {
       runId?: string
       lastMessage?: string
       totalTokens?: number
-    }
+    },
+    ownerOf?: ClaudeToolOwner
   ): void {
     const task = this.live.get(id)
     this.live.delete(id)
     const outcome = claudeChildWorkOutcome(status)
-    this.ended.set(id, { run: reported.runId ?? task?.toolUseId, outcome })
+    this.ended.set(id, {
+      run: reported.runId ?? task?.toolUseId,
+      outcome,
+      // Kept only for an agent a task it launched can wake.
+      ...(task?.kind === 'agent' ? { task } : {})
+    })
+    // Every ending but a stop notifies, which wakes the subagent that launched the task.
+    if (outcome !== 'cancelled') {
+      this.wakeOwner(reported.runId ?? task?.toolUseId, ownerOf)
+    }
     this.pending.push((observedAt) => ({
       type: 'ended',
       observedAt,
diff --git a/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-event-delivery.ts b/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-event-delivery.ts
index 2531adf01e6..5e8c92719d9 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-event-delivery.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/structured/claude-structured-event-delivery.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function emitClaudeStructuredSessionEvent({
     session?.childWork.clear()
     session?.backgroundTasks.clear()
   } else if (event.type === 'message') {
-    session?.childWork.observe(event.message)
+    session?.childWork.observe(event.message, session.translator?.childToolOwner)
     session?.backgroundTasks.observe(event.message, event.startsTurn === true)
   } else if (event.type === 'prompt-cancelled') {
     // Clear waiting before journaling cancellation so status cannot wait on a closed card.
diff --git a/src/main/external-conversations/external-conversation-events.ts b/src/main/external-conversations/external-conversation-events.ts
index 78b070910ed..d2313e03285 100644
--- a/src/main/external-conversations/external-conversation-events.ts
+++ b/src/main/external-conversations/external-conversation-events.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ export class ConversationEvents {
         deliver: (item) => this.told(item),
         setTimer: (run, delayMs) => this.deps.setTimer(run, delayMs),
         started: (item) => this.started(item),
-        stopped: (item) => this.ended(item, agentMainAgentVerdict(item.row))
+        stopped: (item) => this.ended(item, agentMainAgentVerdict(item.row)),
+        everyLeadTurn: true
       })
       const unsubscribe = this.deps.onAgentPaneChange((change) => {
         this.settleRejected(change.paneKey)
diff --git a/src/main/external-conversations/external-conversation-prompts.test.ts b/src/main/external-conversations/external-conversation-prompts.test.ts
index 6d2374d1e93..83c375aa89b 100644
--- a/src/main/external-conversations/external-conversation-prompts.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/external-conversations/external-conversation-prompts.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import type { AgentPaneChange } from '../agent-hooks/agent-transition-detector'
 import type { AgentStatusIpcPayload } from '../../shared/agent-status-ipc-payload'
-import type { AgentPhase, AgentTransition } from '../../shared/agent-transitions'
+import {
+  AGENT_DONE_QUIET_MS,
+  type AgentPhase,
+  type AgentTransition
+} from '../../shared/agent-transitions'
 import type { ConversationEvent, ConversationSnapshot } from './external-conversation-events'
 import type { ConversationKey } from './external-conversation-types'
 import {
@@ -223,6 +227,56 @@ describe('ExternalConversationSeam watch', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('tells the reply of a turn its subagent holds open, then the wake-up turn that follows', async () => {
+    const { seam, host, hookRows, paneChange } = await linked()
+    const seen: ConversationEvent[] = []
+    seam.watch(host, (event) => {
+      if (event.kind !== 'snapshot') {
+        seen.push(event)
+      }
+    })
+    const observedWorking: AgentPaneChange = {
+      kind: 'observed',
+      paneKey: PANE,
+      workspace: { worktreeId: WORKTREE, sshHostId: null },
+      phase: 'working',
+      at: 2
+    }
+    hookRows.set(PANE, hookRow({ turnStartedAt: 100 }))
+    paneChange(moved('rest', 'working', 'prompt-submitted'))
+    paneChange(observedWorking)
+    // The lead's turn ended; its running subagent keeps the row working and holds the notification.
+    const launched = { state: 'done' as const, stateStartedAt: 300, outcome: 'success' as const }
+    hookRows.set(
+      PANE,
+      hookRow({ turnStartedAt: 100, lastAssistantMessage: 'Launched.', mainAgent: launched })
+    )
+    paneChange(observedWorking)
+    hookRows.set(PANE, hookRow({ turnStartedAt: 400 }))
+    paneChange(observedWorking)
+    hookRows.set(
+      PANE,
+      hookRow({
+        state: 'done',
+        stateStartedAt: 500,
+        turnStartedAt: 400,
+        lastAssistantMessage: 'Subagent done.',
+        mainAgent: { state: 'done', stateStartedAt: 500, outcome: 'success' }
+      })
+    )
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      paneChange(moved('working', 'done', 'turn-finished'))
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(AGENT_DONE_QUIET_MS)
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+
+    expect(
+      seen.flatMap((event) => (event.kind === 'turn-ended' ? [event.lastAssistantMessage] : []))
+    ).toEqual(['Launched.', 'Subagent done.'])
+  })
+
   it('names the turn a reply belongs to as turn events do, only while watched and linked', async () => {
     const { seam, host, hookRows, paneChange } = await linked()
     expect(seam.replyTarget(PANE)).toBeNull()
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-claude-subagent-row.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-claude-subagent-row.test.ts
index 63dd00f43b5..b2fb6e766f6 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-claude-subagent-row.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-claude-subagent-row.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import { isSubagentBlock } from '../../../shared/native-chat/native-chat-types'
 import { activeStructuredAgentSessionTurnId } from '../../../shared/agent-session/view/structured-agent-session-live-turn'
 import { acpChildWorkStatusSink } from '../../acp/acp-structured-child-work.test-support'
 import { RESUMED_BY_MESSAGE } from '../../claude/claude-captured-task-frames.test-fixture'
+import {
+  result,
+  says,
+  type CapturedFrame
+} from '../../claude/claude-captured-frame-builders.test-fixture'
 import { WAKES_AFTER_ITS_SHELL } from '../../claude/claude-captured-wake-frames.test-fixture'
 import { ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapter } from '../../claude/structured/claude-structured-session-adapter'
 import {
@@ -213,6 +218,42 @@ it("keeps an agent whose helper the store refused past idle cleanup, until the s
   await eventually(() => expect(strip()?.incomplete).toBeUndefined())
 })
 
+it('announces a helper that outlives the turn once, after the lead answers its final result', async () => {
+  const connection = claude.connections[0]!
+  const completions: string[] = []
+  host.subscribeTurnCompletions({
+    id: 'completions',
+    emit: (event) => {
+      if (event.type === 'completion') {
+        completions.push(event.completion.turnId)
+      }
+    }
+  })
+  await sendAndEcho(connection, 'Sleep in the background.')
+  const start = clock
+  // The capture omits the lead's replies: Claude wakes it after each of the helper's notifications.
+  const leadWake = (at: number, uuid: string): CapturedFrame[] => [
+    { at, frame: says(uuid, 'Noted.', null) },
+    { at: at + 1, frame: result('success') }
+  ]
+  const frames: CapturedFrame[] = WAKES_AFTER_ITS_SHELL.flatMap((captured, index) =>
+    captured.frame.subtype === 'task_notification' && captured.frame.task_id === 'agent-1'
+      ? [captured, ...leadWake(captured.at + 1_000, `lead-wake-${index}`)]
+      : [captured]
+  )
+  for (const [index, captured] of frames.entries()) {
+    clock = start + captured.at
+    frame(connection, { uuid: `frame-${index}`, ...captured.frame })
+    await host.flushStreamedEvents(SESSION)
+  }
+
+  // The first turn and the wake while the helper's own shell runs stay quiet; the wake its final notification opens announces.
+  const finalNotification = frames.findLastIndex(
+    ({ frame }) => frame.subtype === 'task_notification'
+  )
+  await eventually(() => expect(completions).toEqual([`frame-${finalNotification}`]))
+})
+
 it('keeps a helper working while its own shell runs and through its wake-up, ending on its answer', async () => {
   const connection = claude.connections[0]!
   await sendAndEcho(connection, 'Sleep in the background.')
@@ -246,7 +287,8 @@ it('keeps a helper working while its own shell runs and through its wake-up, end
       state: 'completed',
       tokens: 18_181,
       startedAt: start + 15,
-      settledAt: start + 46_198
+      // Settled by its notification, which wakes the lead, not the update a millisecond before.
+      settledAt: start + 46_199
     })
   )
   expect(strip()).toEqual([])
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-client-delivery.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-client-delivery.ts
index 6bda665c8cc..d2ff988b1ac 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-client-delivery.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-client-delivery.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ export class StructuredAgentSessionClientDelivery {
       sessions,
       now,
       readStatusState: (sessionId, journal) =>
-        this.statusFeed.journalProjection(sessionId, journal)?.state ?? null
+        this.statusFeed.journalProjection(sessionId, journal)?.state ?? null,
+      readChildWork: (sessionId) => this.statusFeed.readChildWork(sessionId)
     })
     this.sendSettlement = new StructuredAgentSessionSendSettlement((sessionId) =>
       this.settlementReading(sessionId, this.requireJournal(sessionId))
@@ -173,7 +174,11 @@ export class StructuredAgentSessionClientDelivery {
     sessionId: string,
     evidence: AgentChildWorkEvidence[],
     producer?: StructuredAgentSessionChildWorkProducer
-  ): void => this.statusFeed.publishChildWork(sessionId, evidence, producer)
+  ): void => {
+    this.statusFeed.publishChildWork(sessionId, evidence, producer)
+    // A drain can be the moment a held turn becomes finished.
+    this.turnCompletionFeed.observe(sessionId)
+  }
 
   readStopping = (sessionId: string): boolean => {
     const projection = this.statusFeed.journalProjection(sessionId)
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-recovered-turn-clock.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-recovered-turn-clock.test.ts
index 9f1fb34a69d..c3a4cf6206b 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-recovered-turn-clock.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-recovered-turn-clock.test.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ async function sessionWithRunningTurn() {
   const completions = new StructuredAgentSessionTurnCompletionFeed({
     sessions,
     now: () => clock,
-    readStatusState: (sessionId, source) => feed.journalProjection(sessionId, source)?.state ?? null
+    readStatusState: (sessionId, source) =>
+      feed.journalProjection(sessionId, source)?.state ?? null,
+    readChildWork: (sessionId) => feed.readChildWork(sessionId)
   })
   const completionEvents: AgentSessionTurnCompletionEvent[] = []
   completions.subscribe({ id: 'dot-1', emit: (event) => completionEvents.push(event) })
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-child-work.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-child-work.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a83f2c06135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-child-work.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import type {
+  AgentJournalRenderItem,
+  AgentJournalSubmission,
+  AgentJournalTurnLifecycle
+} from '../../../shared/agent-session/journal/agent-session-journal-types'
+import { agentJournalSubmissionKey } from '../../../shared/agent-session/journal/agent-session-journal-item-key'
+import type { AgentChildWorkLivenessCandidate } from '../../../shared/agent-status-child-work-liveness'
+import { projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState } from '../../../shared/agent-session/view/structured-agent-session-projection'
+import { StructuredAgentSessionTurnCompletionFeed } from './structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed'
+
+const LOCATION = {
+  executionHostId: 'local',
+  wslDistro: null,
+  workspaceId: 'workspace-1',
+  workspaceKind: 'git-worktree'
+} as const
+const SUBAGENT = { kind: 'agent', state: 'working' } as const
+const DEV_SERVER = { kind: 'command', state: 'working' } as const
+
+function turnItem(lifecycle: AgentJournalTurnLifecycle, sequence = 2): AgentJournalRenderItem {
+  return {
+    itemId: `codex:turn:${lifecycle.turnId}`,
+    revision: 1,
+    sequence,
+    observedAt: sequence,
+    body: { kind: 'turn', ...lifecycle }
+  }
+}
+
+// A turn the agent opened itself keys its lifecycle row to itself.
+function selfStarted(lifecycle: AgentJournalTurnLifecycle): AgentJournalTurnLifecycle {
+  return { ...lifecycle, userItemId: `codex:turn:${lifecycle.turnId}` }
+}
+
+function harness(childWork: AgentChildWorkLivenessCandidate[]) {
+  let items: AgentJournalRenderItem[] = []
+  let submissions: AgentJournalSubmission[] = []
+  let sequence = 0
+  const journal = { cursor: () => ({ epoch: 'epoch-1', sequence }) }
+  const feed = new StructuredAgentSessionTurnCompletionFeed({
+    sessions: new Map([['session-1', { journal, params: { location: LOCATION } }]]),
+    now: () => 1_700,
+    readStatusState: () => projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(items, submissions),
+    readChildWork: () => childWork
+  })
+  const outcomes: [string, string][] = []
+  feed.subscribe({
+    id: 'sub',
+    emit: (event) => {
+      if (event.type === 'completion') {
+        outcomes.push([event.completion.turnId, event.completion.outcome])
+      }
+    }
+  })
+  const commit = (next: AgentJournalRenderItem[], nextSubmissions: AgentJournalSubmission[]) => {
+    items = next
+    submissions = nextSubmissions
+    sequence += 1
+    feed.observe('session-1')
+  }
+  return {
+    outcomes,
+    feed,
+    commit,
+    settle: (lifecycle: AgentJournalTurnLifecycle) => {
+      commit([turnItem({ ...lifecycle, state: 'running', outcome: undefined })], [])
+      commit([turnItem(lifecycle)], [])
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('a turn that settles while its child work is still live', () => {
+  it('holds the finish until the last subagent drains, then announces that turn once', () => {
+    const childWork: AgentChildWorkLivenessCandidate[] = [SUBAGENT]
+    const h = harness(childWork)
+    h.settle({ turnId: 'turn-1', state: 'completed', outcome: 'success' })
+    expect(h.outcomes).toEqual([])
+
+    childWork[0] = { ...SUBAGENT, state: 'done' }
+    h.feed.observe('session-1')
+    h.feed.observe('session-1')
+    expect(h.outcomes).toEqual([['turn-1', 'success']])
+  })
+
+  it('holds a coordinator waiting on workers through a background orca orchestration check --wait', () => {
+    const h = harness([{ ...DEV_SERVER, operation: { input: 'orca orchestration check --wait' } }])
+    h.settle({ turnId: 'turn-1', state: 'completed', outcome: 'success' })
+    expect(h.outcomes).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('does not hold a failed turn', () => {
+    const h = harness([SUBAGENT])
+    h.settle({ turnId: 'turn-1', state: 'completed', outcome: 'failure' })
+    expect(h.outcomes).toEqual([['turn-1', 'failure']])
+  })
+
+  it('lets a dev server hold only a turn the agent started itself, with nothing steered into it', () => {
+    const user = harness([DEV_SERVER])
+    user.settle({ turnId: 'turn-1', state: 'completed', outcome: 'success' })
+    expect(user.outcomes).toEqual([['turn-1', 'success']])
+
+    const woken = harness([DEV_SERVER])
+    woken.settle(selfStarted({ turnId: 'wake-1', state: 'completed', outcome: 'success' }))
+    expect(woken.outcomes).toEqual([])
+
+    const steered = harness([DEV_SERVER])
+    const steer: AgentJournalSubmission = {
+      clientMessageId: 'm1',
+      fence: 1,
+      payloadFingerprint: 'm1',
+      providerItemId: null,
+      reason: null,
+      submittedAt: 10,
+      resolvedAt: 20,
+      handoverRecorded: true,
+      dispatchState: 'accepted',
+      answeredInTurn: { turnItemId: 'codex:turn:wake-1', via: 'steer' }
+    }
+    const message: AgentJournalRenderItem = {
+      itemId: agentJournalSubmissionKey('m1'),
+      revision: 0,
+      sequence: 1,
+      observedAt: 1,
+      body: { kind: 'message', role: 'user', blocks: [{ type: 'text', text: 'm1' }] }
+    }
+    steered.commit(
+      [message, turnItem(selfStarted({ turnId: 'wake-1', state: 'running' }))],
+      [steer]
+    )
+    steered.commit(
+      [
+        message,
+        turnItem(selfStarted({ turnId: 'wake-1', state: 'completed', outcome: 'success' }))
+      ],
+      [steer]
+    )
+    expect(steered.outcomes).toEqual([['wake-1', 'success']])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed.test.ts
index 37eef3ff846..7d7bec74fef 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed.test.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ function harness(): {
   const feed = new StructuredAgentSessionTurnCompletionFeed({
     sessions,
     now: () => 1_700,
-    readStatusState: () => projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(items, submissions, fence)
+    readStatusState: () => projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(items, submissions, fence),
+    readChildWork: () => []
   })
   const events: AgentSessionTurnCompletionEvent[] = []
   return {
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed.ts
index 209ac349ff4..617e3c3d979 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turn-completion-feed.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ import type {
   AgentSessionAttentionEdge,
   StructuredAttentionState
 } from '../../../shared/agent-session/agent-session-attention'
+import {
+  foldAgentLeadStatus,
+  heldTurnCountsAsFinished
+} from '../../../shared/agent-lead-status-fold'
+import {
+  agentChildWorkLiveness,
+  type AgentChildWorkLivenessCandidate
+} from '../../../shared/agent-status-child-work-liveness'
 import type { StructuredAgentSessionLatestRequest } from '../../../shared/agent-session/requests/structured-agent-session-latest-request'
 import type { AgentSessionJournal } from '../agent-session-journal/journal-store'
 import type { StructuredAgentSessionStatusState } from './structured-agent-session-status-feed'
@@ -38,6 +46,7 @@ export type StructuredAgentSessionTurnCompletionFeedDeps = {
     sessionId: string,
     journal?: AgentSessionJournal
   ) => StructuredAgentSessionStatusState | null
+  readChildWork: (sessionId: string) => readonly AgentChildWorkLivenessCandidate[] | undefined
 }
 
 type RequestMark = Pick<StructuredAgentSessionLatestRequest, 'kind' | 'id'>
@@ -173,7 +182,8 @@ export class StructuredAgentSessionTurnCompletionFeed {
     if (
       state.owesWork ||
       !request ||
-      (baseline.settled?.kind === request.kind && baseline.settled.id === request.id)
+      (baseline.settled?.kind === request.kind && baseline.settled.id === request.id) ||
+      this.heldByLiveWork(sessionId, state, request)
     ) {
       return null
     }
@@ -193,6 +203,25 @@ export class StructuredAgentSessionTurnCompletionFeed {
     }
   }
 
+  /** A successful turn is finished only when the combined row would be done; a held request stays unaccounted so a later observe can announce it. */
+  private heldByLiveWork(
+    sessionId: string,
+    state: StructuredAgentSessionStatusState,
+    request: StructuredAgentSessionLatestRequest
+  ): boolean {
+    if (request.outcome !== 'success' || state.summary.status === 'attention') {
+      return false
+    }
+    const held = foldAgentLeadStatus({
+      leadState: 'done',
+      childWorkLiveness: agentChildWorkLiveness(this.deps.readChildWork(sessionId))
+    })
+    return (
+      held.stateName !== 'done' &&
+      !heldTurnCountsAsFinished(held, request.outcome, request.selfStarted === true)
+    )
+  }
+
   private broadcast(
     event: AgentSessionAttentionEdge,
     audience: 'all' | 'legacy' | 'prompt-aware'
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/structured-agent-session-mobile-retirement.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/structured-agent-session-mobile-retirement.test.ts
index 78084fcfbc8..467fa20c29d 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/structured-agent-session-mobile-retirement.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/structured-agent-session-mobile-retirement.test.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ describe('host prompt delivery and retirement', () => {
             ]
           ]),
           readStatusState: () => projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(items),
+          readChildWork: () => undefined,
           now: () => 42
         })
         feed.subscribe({ id: 'legacy', emit: (event) => legacy.push(event) })
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/terminal-agent-turn-news.ts b/src/main/runtime/terminal-agent-turn-news.ts
index 6f1768261b4..632fca07f0d 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/terminal-agent-turn-news.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/terminal-agent-turn-news.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Share desktop completion/input timing and hook rows; phone/connector listeners choose wording and transport.
 import type { AgentPaneChange } from '../agent-hooks/agent-transition-detector'
+import { mainAgentTurnInterrupted } from '../../shared/agent-lead-status-fold'
 import { agentTurnEndedOnPurpose } from '../../shared/agent-main-agent-verdict'
 import type { AgentStatusIpcPayload } from '../../shared/agent-status-ipc-payload'
 import { AGENT_DONE_QUIET_MS } from '../../shared/agent-transitions'
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ export type TerminalAgentTurnNewsDeps<Prepared> = {
   stopped?: (news: TerminalAgentTurnNewsItem) => void
   /** Opt-in: a finish is news only once the pane's children settle too, not when its lead agent does. */
   allClearOnly?: true
+  /** Opt-in: every turn the lead agent ends is news, even one the host holds back from notifications while children run. */
+  everyLeadTurn?: true
 }
 
 type PendingFinish = {
@@ -60,10 +63,11 @@ export class TerminalAgentTurnNews<Prepared> {
     const finished = transition === 'turn-finished' || transition === 'errored'
     const row = finished || transition === 'needs-input' ? this.deps.readHookRow(paneKey) : null
     // The all-clear of a turn announced when its lead agent finished: that finish still stands.
+    const leadTurnEndedAt = row ? this.leadTurnEndedAt(row) : undefined
     if (
       finished &&
-      row?.turnCompletedAt !== undefined &&
-      this.finishedTurnByPane.get(paneKey) === row.turnCompletedAt
+      leadTurnEndedAt !== undefined &&
+      this.finishedTurnByPane.get(paneKey) === leadTurnEndedAt
     ) {
       return
     }
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ export class TerminalAgentTurnNews<Prepared> {
     if (!row || row.state !== 'working' || !worktreeId) {
       return
     }
-    const { turnCompletedAt } = row
+    const turnCompletedAt = this.leadTurnEndedAt(row)
     if (turnCompletedAt === undefined || this.deps.allClearOnly) {
       this.workingSeen.add(paneKey)
       return
@@ -140,14 +144,26 @@ export class TerminalAgentTurnNews<Prepared> {
   private seed(paneKey: string): void {
     const row = this.deps.readHookRow(paneKey)
     // An all-clear listener never heard the lead's finish, so its stamp announces nothing.
-    if (row?.turnCompletedAt !== undefined && !this.deps.allClearOnly) {
-      this.finishedTurnByPane.set(paneKey, row.turnCompletedAt)
+    const leadTurnEndedAt = row ? this.leadTurnEndedAt(row) : undefined
+    if (leadTurnEndedAt !== undefined && !this.deps.allClearOnly) {
+      this.finishedTurnByPane.set(paneKey, leadTurnEndedAt)
     }
     if (row?.state === 'working') {
       this.workingSeen.add(paneKey)
     }
   }
 
+  /** The host's announce stamp; for every-lead-turn listeners, else the end of a lead turn its children still hold open. */
+  private leadTurnEndedAt(row: AgentStatusIpcPayload): number | undefined {
+    if (row.turnCompletedAt !== undefined || !this.deps.everyLeadTurn) {
+      return row.turnCompletedAt
+    }
+    const lead = row.mainAgent
+    return lead?.state === 'done' && !mainAgentTurnInterrupted(lead)
+      ? lead.stateStartedAt
+      : undefined
+  }
+
   private announce(
     paneKey: string,
     worktreeId: string,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/agent-hook-completion-background-turn-notifications.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/agent-hook-completion-background-turn-notifications.test.ts
index b5fb688cf64..147b2d661bc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/agent-hook-completion-background-turn-notifications.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/agent-hook-completion-background-turn-notifications.test.ts
@@ -155,41 +155,90 @@ describe('Claude background-turn completion notifications', () => {
     return { banners, rows }
   }
 
-  it('announces a subagent turn at Stop with that turn’s text, not when the child later drains', async () => {
-    const { banners, rows } = await play([
+  // Real Claude 2.1.287 PTY hooks (see the fixture's scenarios): every background-subagent run announces once, after the wake-up turn that consumes the last result.
+  it.each([
+    'one-subagent',
+    'two-subagents-together',
+    'subagent-resumed',
+    'subagent-with-own-shell',
+    'subagent-idle-ctrl-c'
+  ])('announces the %s capture once, when everything has drained', async (scenario) => {
+    const records: {
+      scenario: string
+      t: number
+      kind: string
+      payload?: Record<string, unknown>
+    }[] = (
+      await readFile(
+        new URL(
+          '../../../shared/__fixtures__/claude-task-notification-hooks.jsonl',
+          import.meta.url
+        ),
+        'utf8'
+      )
+    )
+      .split('\n')
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .map((line) => JSON.parse(line))
+    const events = records.flatMap((record) =>
+      record.scenario === scenario && record.kind === 'hook' && record.payload
+        ? [{ at: 1_700_000_000_000 + Math.round(record.t * 1000), payload: record.payload }]
+        : []
+    )
+    const lastStop = events.findLast((event) => event.payload.hook_event_name === 'Stop')
+
+    const { banners } = await play(events)
+
+    // A plain done waits out the quiet window before it is announced.
+    expect(banners.map((banner) => banner.at)).toEqual([(lastStop?.at ?? 0) + HOOK_DONE_QUIET_MS])
+  })
+
+  it('announces a coordinator waiting on workers in the background once, at its final turn', async () => {
+    const wait = 'orca orchestration check --wait --types worker_done,escalation --json'
+    const waitFor = (id: string, at: number) => [
       {
-        at: 1_700_000_000_000,
-        payload: { hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'review the PR' }
-      },
-      {
-        at: 1_700_000_001_000,
+        at,
         payload: {
-          hook_event_name: 'SubagentStart',
-          agent_id: 'a1',
-          agent_type: 'general-purpose'
+          hook_event_name: 'PostToolUse',
+          tool_name: 'Bash',
+          tool_input: { command: wait, run_in_background: true },
+          tool_response: { backgroundTaskId: id }
         }
       },
       {
-        at: 1_700_000_006_000,
+        at: at + 1_000,
         payload: {
           hook_event_name: 'Stop',
-          last_assistant_message: 'Which cells need hand-verification?',
-          background_tasks: [{ id: 'a1', type: 'subagent', status: 'running' }]
+          last_assistant_message: 'Waiting for workers.',
+          background_tasks: [{ id, type: 'shell', status: 'running', command: wait }]
         }
-      },
+      }
+    ]
+    const wake = (id: string, at: number) => ({
+      at,
+      payload: {
+        hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit',
+        prompt: `<task-notification>\n<task-id>${id}</task-id>\n<status>completed</status>\n</task-notification>`
+      }
+    })
+
+    const { banners } = await play([
+      { at: 1_700_000_000_000, payload: { hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'run it' } },
+      ...waitFor('w1', 1_700_000_001_000),
+      wake('w1', 1_700_000_060_000),
+      ...waitFor('w2', 1_700_000_061_000),
+      wake('w2', 1_700_000_120_000),
       {
-        at: 1_700_000_055_000,
-        payload: { hook_event_name: 'SubagentStop', agent_id: 'a1' }
+        at: 1_700_000_121_000,
+        payload: {
+          hook_event_name: 'Stop',
+          last_assistant_message: 'All workers done.',
+          background_tasks: []
+        }
       }
     ])
 
-    const stop = rows.find((row) => row.lastAssistantMessage?.includes('hand-verification'))
-    expect(stop?.state).toBe('working')
-    expect(stop?.turnCompletedAt).toBe(1_700_000_006_000)
-    expect(banners).toHaveLength(1)
-    expect(banners[0]?.at).toBe(1_700_000_006_000)
-    expect(banners[0]?.body).toBe('Which cells need hand-verification?')
-    expect(banners[0]?.stateStartedAt).toBe(1_700_000_006_000)
+    expect(banners).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ body: 'All workers done.' })])
   })
 
   it('notifies each background-shell turn with a distinct notification identity', async () => {
@@ -234,7 +283,7 @@ describe('Claude background-turn completion notifications', () => {
     expect(banners[0]?.stateStartedAt).not.toBe(banners[1]?.stateStartedAt)
   })
 
-  it('applies the provider retirement to visible rows and quit capture without announcing the parent twice', async () => {
+  it('applies the provider retirement to visible rows and quit capture, announcing the parent once it is done', async () => {
     const { observeAgentHookCompletionForNotification } =
       await import('./agent-hook-completion-notifications')
     actualStore = createTestStore()
@@ -321,14 +370,14 @@ describe('Claude background-turn completion notifications', () => {
       }
       const before = store.getState().agentStatusByPaneKey[PANE_KEY]!
       const beforeEvent = current!
-      expect(beforeEvent.payload.turnCompletedAt).toBe(Date.parse(kill.timestamp) - 1_000)
+      expect(beforeEvent.payload.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
       expect(before.turnEndedAt).toBeUndefined()
       expect(before.turnEndDisposition).toBeUndefined()
       expect(before.subagents?.[0]?.id).toBe('a123')
       poller.schedule(current!)
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(HOOK_DONE_QUIET_MS)
       await poller.poll(PANE_KEY)
-      expect(dispatchTerminalNotification).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(dispatchTerminalNotification).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
       await appendFile(path, `${JSON.stringify(kill)}\n`)
       await poller.poll(PANE_KEY)
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(HOOK_DONE_QUIET_MS)
@@ -338,7 +387,6 @@ describe('Claude background-turn completion notifications', () => {
       expect(after.mainAgent).toEqual(before.mainAgent)
       expect(current?.hookEventName).toBe('SubagentStop')
       expect(current?.toolAgentId).toBe('a123')
-      expect(current?.payload.turnCompletedAt).toBe(beforeEvent.payload.turnCompletedAt)
       expect(after.turnEndedAt).toBeUndefined()
       expect(after.turnEndDisposition).toBeUndefined()
       expect(dispatchTerminalNotification).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener-claude-subagents.test.ts b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener-claude-subagents.test.ts
index c8911601c54..c7adc5f1e93 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener-claude-subagents.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener-claude-subagents.test.ts
@@ -41,47 +41,6 @@ describe('shared agent-hook-listener', () => {
       expect(stop?.payload.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
     })
 
-    it('stamps turnCompletedAt on a gated lead Stop and repeats it on the all-clear', () => {
-      vi.useFakeTimers()
-      try {
-        vi.setSystemTime(1_700_000_005_000)
-        claudeEvent({ hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'review the PR' })
-        claudeEvent({
-          hook_event_name: 'SubagentStart',
-          agent_id: 'a1',
-          agent_type: 'general-purpose'
-        })
-        const stop = claudeEvent({
-          hook_event_name: 'Stop',
-          last_assistant_message: 'Which cells need hand-verification?',
-          background_tasks: [
-            {
-              id: 'a1',
-              type: 'subagent',
-              status: 'running',
-              description: 'Review loop',
-              agent_type: 'general-purpose'
-            }
-          ]
-        })
-        expect(stop?.payload.state).toBe('working')
-        expect(stop?.payload.turnCompletedAt).toBe(1_700_000_005_000)
-        expect(stop?.payload.lastAssistantMessage).toBe('Which cells need hand-verification?')
-
-        vi.setSystemTime(1_700_000_055_000)
-        const drained = claudeEvent({ hook_event_name: 'SubagentStop', agent_id: 'a1' })
-        expect(drained?.payload.state).toBe('done')
-        expect(drained?.payload.turnCompletedAt).toBe(1_700_000_005_000)
-
-        claudeEvent({ hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'next turn' })
-        const nextStop = claudeEvent({ hook_event_name: 'Stop', background_tasks: [] })
-        expect(nextStop?.payload.state).toBe('done')
-        expect(nextStop?.payload.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
-      } finally {
-        vi.useRealTimers()
-      }
-    })
-
     it('does not stamp an interrupted Stop even while a child still gates the pane', () => {
       claudeEvent({ hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'review the PR' })
       claudeEvent({
@@ -717,14 +676,12 @@ describe('shared agent-hook-listener', () => {
       // The lead is done; answering resumes the child and holds working only while it runs.
       expect(clearClaudeAnsweredQuestionWait(state, PANE_KEY)).toEqual({
         state: 'working',
-        turnCompletedAt: expect.any(Number),
         // The main agent's own fact rides beside the gated state: it finished, no verdict was given.
         mainAgent: { state: 'done', stateStartedAt: expect.any(Number) }
       })
       expect(state.claudeLeadStateByPaneKey.get(PANE_KEY)).toEqual({
         state: 'done',
-        stateStartedAt: expect.any(Number),
-        turnCompletedAt: expect.any(Number)
+        stateStartedAt: expect.any(Number)
       })
 
       const drained = claudeEvent({ hook_event_name: 'SubagentStop', agent_id: 'a1' })
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener-claude-task-notification.test.ts b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener-claude-task-notification.test.ts
index 3bf28648462..48754bc6703 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener-claude-task-notification.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener-claude-task-notification.test.ts
@@ -134,14 +134,8 @@ describe('Claude owed task notifications outside the captures', () => {
 
     // A stamped working row is announced at once; this Stop is ~100 ms from the wake-up turn.
     const owedOnly = post({ hook_event_name: 'Stop', background_tasks: [] })
+    expect(owedOnly?.payload.state).toBe('working')
     expect(owedOnly?.payload.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
-
-    launchAgent(post, 'a2')
-    const childRunning = post({
-      hook_event_name: 'Stop',
-      background_tasks: [{ id: 'a2', type: 'subagent', status: 'running' }]
-    })
-    expect(childRunning?.payload.turnCompletedAt).toEqual(expect.any(Number))
   })
 
   it('drops what a replaced conversation was owed', () => {
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-events.ts b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-events.ts
index f5a35f37407..af041df65aa 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-events.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-events.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import type { ParsedAgentStatusPayload } from '../../agent-status-types'
-import { isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork } from '../../agent-lead-status-fold'
+import {
+  heldTurnCountsAsFinished,
+  isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork
+} from '../../agent-lead-status-fold'
 import { isAskUserQuestionTool } from '../../agent-question-answered-intent'
 import { readClaudeBackgroundAgentTasks } from '../../claude-background-task-inventory'
 import {
@@ -281,7 +284,8 @@ export function normalizeClaudeEvent(
   })
   // Reuse resolved state for compact ownership instead of folding twice (#15202).
   const effectiveState = resolvedStatus.stateName
-  // Pin held turn identity by end time for later all-clear pairing; cancelled turns earn no completion stamp.
+  const ownPreviousLead = previousLead?.waitingAgentId ? previousLead.stateBeforeWait : previousLead
+  // Stamp (announce now, pair the later all-clear) only a held turn that already counts as finished; cancelled turns earn none.
   const turnCompletedAt =
     eventAgentId === undefined &&
     isTurnBoundary &&
@@ -290,6 +294,7 @@ export function normalizeClaudeEvent(
       state: resolvedStatus.stateName,
       mainAgent: { state: reportedStateName }
     }) &&
+    heldTurnCountsAsFinished(resolvedStatus, outcome, ownPreviousLead?.taskWakeupTurn === true) &&
     // Owed notifications wake the lead within ~100ms; announcing first would duplicate completion.
     claudePaneHasRunningChildWork(state, paneKey)
       ? Date.now()
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-pane-hold-evidence.ts b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-pane-hold-evidence.ts
index c9df6e9cbd3..3d3edd78e08 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-pane-hold-evidence.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-pane-hold-evidence.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import { foldAgentLeadStatus, type AgentLeadStatusResolution } from '../../agent-lead-status-fold'
 import { agentChildWorkLivenessFromEvidence } from '../../agent-status-child-work-liveness'
-import { claudeLiveOwedTaskNotificationKinds } from '../../claude-owed-task-notifications'
+import {
+  claudeLiveOwedTaskNotificationKinds,
+  claudeTasksAwaitAgents
+} from '../../claude-owed-task-notifications'
 import { claudeRosterHasWorkingSubagent } from '../../claude-subagent-roster'
 import type { ClaudeLeadTurnState, HookListenerState } from '../listener-state'
 import { mainAgentIdleSince } from '../main-agent-turn-state'
 
 /** Everything that can hold a pane whose main agent's own turn is over. */
 type ClaudePaneHoldEvidence = {
-  /** A sub-agent the roster tracks as working. */
+  /** A sub-agent the roster tracks as working, or a shell waiting on worker agents. */
   runningAgent: boolean
   /** A running shell or a scheduled session cron. */
   runningNonAgent: boolean
@@ -24,13 +27,16 @@ export function claudePaneHoldEvidence(
     paneKey
   )
 ): ClaudePaneHoldEvidence {
+  const launched = state.claudeLaunchedBackgroundTasksByPaneKey.get(paneKey)
   const owed = claudeLiveOwedTaskNotificationKinds(
-    state.claudeLaunchedBackgroundTasksByPaneKey.get(paneKey),
+    launched,
     mainAgent?.state === 'done',
     mainAgentIdleSince(state.claudeLeadStateByPaneKey.get(paneKey))
   )
   return {
-    runningAgent: claudeRosterHasWorkingSubagent(state.claudeSubagentRosterByPaneKey.get(paneKey)),
+    runningAgent:
+      claudeRosterHasWorkingSubagent(state.claudeSubagentRosterByPaneKey.get(paneKey)) ||
+      claudeTasksAwaitAgents(launched),
     runningNonAgent:
       state.claudeRunningNonAgentTaskPaneKeys.has(paneKey) ||
       state.claudeActiveSessionCronPaneKeys.has(paneKey),
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-task-notification-delivery.ts b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-task-notification-delivery.ts
index 8451216b411..e064eafea5d 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-task-notification-delivery.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-hook-listener/providers/claude-task-notification-delivery.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function trackClaudeTaskNotificationDelivery(
   if (eventName === 'PostToolUse') {
     const toolName = readString(hookPayload, 'tool_name')
     const response = hookPayload['tool_response']
-    const launch = readClaudeBackgroundTaskLaunch(toolName, response)
+    const launch = readClaudeBackgroundTaskLaunch(toolName, response, hookPayload['tool_input'])
     if (launch) {
       const launched = tasks ?? new Map()
       state.claudeLaunchedBackgroundTasksByPaneKey.set(paneKey, launched)
@@ -57,8 +57,22 @@ export function trackClaudeTaskNotificationDelivery(
       settleClaudeTaskNotification(tasks, notification.taskId)
     }
     return knownTask || continuesWakeupTurn
-  } else if (tasks && (eventName === 'Stop' || eventName === 'StopFailure') && inventory.present) {
-    oweClaudeShellTaskNotifications(tasks, new Set(inventory.runningNonAgentTaskIds), Date.now())
+  } else if ((eventName === 'Stop' || eventName === 'StopFailure') && inventory.present) {
+    if (inventory.runningAgentWaitIds.length > 0) {
+      tasks ??= new Map()
+      state.claudeLaunchedBackgroundTasksByPaneKey.set(paneKey, tasks)
+      for (const id of inventory.runningAgentWaitIds) {
+        recordClaudeBackgroundTaskLaunch(tasks, {
+          id,
+          kind: 'shell',
+          awaitsAgents: true,
+          listedOnly: true
+        })
+      }
+    }
+    if (tasks) {
+      oweClaudeShellTaskNotifications(tasks, new Set(inventory.runningNonAgentTaskIds), Date.now())
+    }
   }
   return false
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-lead-status-fold.ts b/src/shared/agent-lead-status-fold.ts
index 7b1a80a4646..deb4ded3ee1 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-lead-status-fold.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-lead-status-fold.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ export function foldAgentLeadStatus(input: AgentLeadStatusFoldInput): AgentLeadS
   return { stateName: 'done' }
 }
 
+/** A turn held open by live work still counts as finished when it failed, or when only monitoring holds a turn the user started; agent work holds it until the row reaches done, and a turn the agent started itself stays held by a monitor that will wake it again. */
+export function heldTurnCountsAsFinished(
+  resolution: AgentLeadStatusResolution,
+  outcome: AgentMainAgentStatus['outcome'],
+  selfStarted: boolean
+): boolean {
+  return outcome === 'failure' || (resolution.workingMode === 'monitoring' && !selfStarted)
+}
+
 /** Derive child-held status from lead and combined states; storing it could contradict either fact. */
 export function isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork(row: {
   state: AgentStatusState
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-session/requests/structured-agent-session-latest-request.ts b/src/shared/agent-session/requests/structured-agent-session-latest-request.ts
index c6c8ac48809..1b3dafe3dfb 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-session/requests/structured-agent-session-latest-request.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-session/requests/structured-agent-session-latest-request.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export type StructuredAgentSessionLatestRequest = {
   outcome: AgentJournalTurnOutcome | null
   /** When it settled: the turn's end, or the refusal. Undefined while it runs. */
   settledAt: number | undefined
+  /** The agent opened this turn itself (e.g. woken by a background task) and the user steered nothing into it. */
+  selfStarted?: true
 }
 
 /** Commands and steers have no independent request; their turns own any response. */
@@ -78,7 +80,10 @@ export function latestStructuredAgentSessionRequest(
         id: turn.turnId,
         turnState: turn.state,
         outcome: readAgentJournalTurnOutcome(turn),
-        settledAt: turn.state === 'running' ? undefined : turnEndedAt(item, turn)
+        settledAt: turn.state === 'running' ? undefined : turnEndedAt(item, turn),
+        ...(turn.userItemId === item.itemId && !steeredInto(submissions, item.itemId)
+          ? { selfStarted: true as const }
+          : {})
       }
     }
     const submission = rejected.get(item.itemId)
@@ -100,6 +105,14 @@ export function latestStructuredAgentSessionRequest(
   return null
 }
 
+/** A user message steered into a turn the agent started makes it the user's turn too. */
+function steeredInto(submissions: readonly AgentJournalSubmission[], turnItemId: string): boolean {
+  return submissions.some(
+    ({ answeredInTurn }) =>
+      answeredInTurn?.via === 'steer' && answeredInTurn.turnItemId === turnItemId
+  )
+}
+
 /** Exclude sends that failed nobody and never became turns; include provider-journaled user rows, even from children/history/old hosts. */
 export function hasStructuredAgentSessionRequest(
   items: readonly AgentJournalRenderItem[],
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-status-child-work-liveness.ts b/src/shared/agent-status-child-work-liveness.ts
index 9f7c3fff24b..d16cebada2c 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-status-child-work-liveness.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-status-child-work-liveness.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ORCA_ORCHESTRATION_WAIT_COMMAND } from './orca-cli-invocations'
 import type {
   AgentChildWorkKind,
   AgentChildWorkMembership,
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ export type AgentChildWorkLiveness = 'waiting' | 'working' | 'monitoring' | null
 export type AgentChildWorkLivenessCandidate = {
   kind: AgentChildWorkKind
   state?: AgentChildWorkState
+  /** What the child runs; a producer marks a worker wait with the canonical wait command, which is agent work. */
+  operation?: { input?: string } | null
 }
 
 export type AgentChildWorkLivenessEvidence = {
@@ -24,6 +27,12 @@ export function isAgentChildWorkKind(kind: AgentChildWorkKind): boolean {
   return kind === 'agent'
 }
 
+function isAgentChildWork(child: AgentChildWorkLivenessCandidate): boolean {
+  return (
+    isAgentChildWorkKind(child.kind) || child.operation?.input === ORCA_ORCHESTRATION_WAIT_COMMAND
+  )
+}
+
 /** Only explicit settlement retires work: missing states, unknown kinds and lost contact stay active. Roster lifetime bounds this fail-active policy (session close; Claude provider ended); in-place blocked failures would remain working until then. */
 export function isLiveChildWork(child: AgentChildWorkLivenessCandidate): boolean {
   return child.state !== 'done' && child.state !== 'idle'
@@ -57,8 +66,9 @@ export function agentChildWorkLiveness(
       continue
     }
     hasWaitingChildWork ||= isWaitingChildWork(child)
-    hasLiveAgentWork ||= isAgentChildWorkKind(child.kind)
-    hasLiveNonAgentWork ||= !isAgentChildWorkKind(child.kind)
+    const agentWork = isAgentChildWork(child)
+    hasLiveAgentWork ||= agentWork
+    hasLiveNonAgentWork ||= !agentWork
   }
   return agentChildWorkLivenessFromEvidence({
     hasWaitingChildWork,
diff --git a/src/shared/claude-background-task-inventory.ts b/src/shared/claude-background-task-inventory.ts
index 498fdb58f50..f6629425122 100644
--- a/src/shared/claude-background-task-inventory.ts
+++ b/src/shared/claude-background-task-inventory.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { classifyClaudeBackgroundTaskKind } from './claude-background-task-kind'
 import { isAgentChildWorkKind } from './agent-status-child-work-liveness'
+import { runsOrcaOrchestrationWait } from './orca-cli-invocations'
 
 const CLAUDE_TERMINAL_BACKGROUND_TASK_STATUSES = new Set([
   'idle',
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ export function readClaudeBackgroundAgentTasks(hookPayload: Record<string, unkno
   hasRunningNonAgentTask: boolean
   /** Ids of the running shell-like entries; one without an id is counted but not listed. */
   runningNonAgentTaskIds: string[]
+  /** Running shells blocked on `orca orchestration check --wait`, which recovers them after a listener restart. */
+  runningAgentWaitIds: string[]
 } {
   const raw = hookPayload['background_tasks']
   if (!Array.isArray(raw)) {
@@ -49,13 +52,15 @@ export function readClaudeBackgroundAgentTasks(hookPayload: Record<string, unkno
       tasks: [],
       truncated: false,
       hasRunningNonAgentTask: false,
-      runningNonAgentTaskIds: []
+      runningNonAgentTaskIds: [],
+      runningAgentWaitIds: []
     }
   }
   const tasks: ClaudeBackgroundAgentTask[] = []
   let truncated = false
   let hasRunningNonAgentTask = false
   const runningNonAgentTaskIds: string[] = []
+  const runningAgentWaitIds: string[] = []
   for (const item of raw) {
     if (typeof item !== 'object' || item === null) {
       truncated = true
@@ -79,6 +84,9 @@ export function readClaudeBackgroundAgentTasks(hookPayload: Record<string, unkno
       const id = typeof obj.id === 'string' ? obj.id.trim() : ''
       if (id.length > 0) {
         runningNonAgentTaskIds.push(id)
+        if (runsOrcaOrchestrationWait(obj.command)) {
+          runningAgentWaitIds.push(id)
+        }
       }
     }
     if (!isAgentTask) {
@@ -96,5 +104,12 @@ export function readClaudeBackgroundAgentTasks(hookPayload: Record<string, unkno
       teammate: taskType === 'teammate'
     })
   }
-  return { present: true, tasks, truncated, hasRunningNonAgentTask, runningNonAgentTaskIds }
+  return {
+    present: true,
+    tasks,
+    truncated,
+    hasRunningNonAgentTask,
+    runningNonAgentTaskIds,
+    runningAgentWaitIds
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/claude-background-task-status.test.ts b/src/shared/claude-background-task-status.test.ts
index a602d65e466..93dfcd9721d 100644
--- a/src/shared/claude-background-task-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/claude-background-task-status.test.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ describe('Claude background task status', () => {
     expect(typeof monitoring?.turnCompletedAt).toBe('number')
   })
 
-  it('stamps a lead that ends into a working subagent, which carries no monitoring mode', () => {
+  it('holds the finish of a lead that ends into a working subagent, unless the lead failed', () => {
     const state = createHookListenerState()
 
     claudeEvent(state, SOURCE_PANE, { hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'delegate' })
@@ -199,10 +199,79 @@ describe('Claude background task status', () => {
       hook_event_name: 'Stop',
       background_tasks: [{ id: 'child-1', type: 'subagent', status: 'running' }]
     })
-
-    // Child work keeps the spinner, but the ended lead still needs a notification stamp.
     expect(childWorking).toMatchObject({ state: 'working', workingMode: undefined })
-    expect(typeof childWorking?.turnCompletedAt).toBe('number')
+    expect(childWorking?.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
+
+    claudeEvent(state, SOURCE_PANE, { hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'again' })
+    const failed = claudeEvent(state, SOURCE_PANE, {
+      hook_event_name: 'StopFailure',
+      background_tasks: [{ id: 'child-1', type: 'subagent', status: 'running' }]
+    })
+    expect(failed).toMatchObject({ state: 'working', workingMode: undefined })
+    expect(typeof failed?.turnCompletedAt).toBe('number')
+  })
+
+  it('holds a coordinator waiting on workers in the background, even across a listener restart', () => {
+    const wait = {
+      id: 'wait-1',
+      type: 'shell',
+      status: 'running',
+      description: 'Wait for next worker message',
+      command:
+        '/usr/local/bin/orca orchestration check --wait --types worker_done --json 2>/dev/null'
+    }
+    const launched = createHookListenerState()
+    claudeEvent(launched, SOURCE_PANE, { hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'run' })
+    claudeEvent(launched, SOURCE_PANE, {
+      hook_event_name: 'PostToolUse',
+      tool_name: 'Bash',
+      tool_input: { command: wait.command, run_in_background: true },
+      tool_response: { backgroundTaskId: 'wait-1' }
+    })
+    // Only the dev server is still listed; the ended wait's notification is still owed.
+    const owed = claudeEvent(launched, SOURCE_PANE, {
+      hook_event_name: 'Stop',
+      background_tasks: [RUNNING_SHELL]
+    })
+    expect(owed).toMatchObject({ state: 'working', workingMode: undefined })
+    expect(owed?.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
+
+    const restarted = createHookListenerState()
+    claudeEvent(restarted, SOURCE_PANE, { hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'run' })
+    const listed = claudeEvent(restarted, SOURCE_PANE, {
+      hook_event_name: 'Stop',
+      background_tasks: [wait]
+    })
+    expect(listed).toMatchObject({ state: 'working', workingMode: undefined })
+    expect(listed?.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
+    // Only listed, it may be a subagent's wait, whose result never reaches this agent.
+    expect(
+      claudeEvent(restarted, SOURCE_PANE, { hook_event_name: 'Stop', background_tasks: [] })?.state
+    ).toBe('done')
+  })
+
+  it('does not stamp a wake-up turn that ends with only a monitor that will wake it again', () => {
+    const state = createHookListenerState()
+
+    claudeEvent(state, SOURCE_PANE, { hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit', prompt: 'watch' })
+    claudeEvent(state, SOURCE_PANE, {
+      hook_event_name: 'PostToolUse',
+      tool_name: 'Bash',
+      tool_input: { command: 'sleep 15', run_in_background: true },
+      tool_response: { backgroundTaskId: RUNNING_SHELL.id }
+    })
+    claudeEvent(state, SOURCE_PANE, { hook_event_name: 'Stop', background_tasks: [RUNNING_SHELL] })
+    claudeEvent(state, SOURCE_PANE, {
+      hook_event_name: 'UserPromptSubmit',
+      prompt: `<task-notification>\n<task-id>${RUNNING_SHELL.id}</task-id>\n<event>tick</event>`
+    })
+    const wakeEnd = claudeEvent(state, SOURCE_PANE, {
+      hook_event_name: 'Stop',
+      background_tasks: [RUNNING_SHELL]
+    })
+
+    expect(wakeEnd).toMatchObject({ state: 'working', workingMode: 'monitoring' })
+    expect(wakeEnd?.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   it('does not stamp a turn that is still running in the foreground', () => {
diff --git a/src/shared/claude-owed-task-notifications.ts b/src/shared/claude-owed-task-notifications.ts
index 5b06ac98b5c..e8481309d5a 100644
--- a/src/shared/claude-owed-task-notifications.ts
+++ b/src/shared/claude-owed-task-notifications.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { isRecord } from './agent-status-child-work-value-guards'
+import { runsOrcaOrchestrationWait } from './orca-cli-invocations'
+
 /** Main-agent background tasks keyed by launch/notification task ID. Notifications can arrive a turn after task end and an empty Stop; owed work keeps the pane active (#23942). Captures: __fixtures__/claude-task-notification-hooks.jsonl. */
 export type ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTasks = Map<string, ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTask>
 
@@ -11,6 +14,10 @@ type ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTask = {
   settled?: true
   /** A delivered notification, distinct from a lease that merely gave up waiting. */
   notificationDelivered?: true
+  /** A shell blocked on worker agents (`orca orchestration check --wait`): agent work, not monitoring. */
+  awaitsAgents?: true
+  /** Known only from the main agent's task list (e.g. after a listener restart): a subagent may own it, so it owes the main agent nothing. */
+  listedOnly?: true
 }
 
 /** An idle notification lease is expectation, not proof: Stop never promises an empty queue and posts can be lost/reordered. Captured deliveries took 40–130ms; Claude idle_prompt consistently fired after 60s. */
@@ -22,8 +29,13 @@ const CLAUDE_LAUNCHED_BACKGROUND_TASK_LIMIT = 256
 /** The task id a main-agent PostToolUse reports for work it left running in the background. */
 export function readClaudeBackgroundTaskLaunch(
   toolName: string | undefined,
-  toolResponse: unknown
-): { id: string; kind: ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTask['kind'] } | null {
+  toolResponse: unknown,
+  toolInput?: unknown
+):
+  | (Pick<ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTask, 'kind' | 'awaitsAgents'> & {
+      id: string
+    })
+  | null {
   if (typeof toolResponse !== 'object' || toolResponse === null) {
     return null
   }
@@ -37,22 +49,40 @@ export function readClaudeBackgroundTaskLaunch(
   const rawShellId =
     response.backgroundTaskId ?? (toolName === 'Monitor' ? response.taskId : undefined)
   const shellId = typeof rawShellId === 'string' ? rawShellId.trim() : ''
-  return shellId.length > 0 ? { id: shellId, kind: 'shell' } : null
+  if (shellId.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const command = isRecord(toolInput) ? toolInput.command : undefined
+  return {
+    id: shellId,
+    kind: 'shell',
+    ...(runsOrcaOrchestrationWait(command) ? { awaitsAgents: true as const } : {})
+  }
 }
 
 export function recordClaudeBackgroundTaskLaunch(
   tasks: ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTasks,
-  launch: { id: string; kind: ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTask['kind'] }
+  launch: Pick<ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTask, 'kind' | 'awaitsAgents' | 'listedOnly'> & {
+    id: string
+  }
 ): void {
   const previous = tasks.get(launch.id)
   if (previous) {
     if (previous.kind === launch.kind) {
-      previous.launchUnconfirmed = undefined
+      previous.awaitsAgents ||= launch.awaitsAgents
+      if (!launch.listedOnly) {
+        previous.launchUnconfirmed = undefined
+        previous.listedOnly = undefined
+      }
     }
     return
   }
   if (makeClaudeTaskRecordRoom(tasks)) {
-    tasks.set(launch.id, { kind: launch.kind })
+    tasks.set(launch.id, {
+      kind: launch.kind,
+      ...(launch.awaitsAgents ? { awaitsAgents: true as const } : {}),
+      ...(launch.listedOnly ? { listedOnly: true as const } : {})
+    })
   }
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +114,11 @@ export function recordClaudeUnconfirmedAgentEnd(
   now: number
 ): void {
   if (!tasks.has(agentId) && makeClaudeTaskRecordRoom(tasks)) {
-    tasks.set(agentId, { kind: 'agent', launchUnconfirmed: true, notificationOwedAt: now })
+    tasks.set(agentId, {
+      kind: 'agent',
+      launchUnconfirmed: true,
+      notificationOwedAt: now
+    })
   }
 }
 
@@ -132,7 +166,11 @@ export function oweClaudeShellTaskNotifications(
 ): void {
   for (const [id, task] of tasks) {
     if (task.kind === 'shell' && !runningShellIds.has(id)) {
-      task.notificationOwedAt ??= now
+      if (task.listedOnly) {
+        tasks.delete(id)
+      } else {
+        task.notificationOwedAt ??= now
+      }
     }
   }
 }
@@ -229,12 +267,22 @@ function claudeOwedTaskNotificationKinds(tasks: ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTasks |
   const owed = { agent: false, shell: false }
   for (const task of tasks?.values() ?? []) {
     if (task.launchUnconfirmed !== true && task.notificationOwedAt !== undefined) {
-      owed[task.kind] = true
+      owed[task.awaitsAgents ? 'agent' : task.kind] = true
     }
   }
   return owed
 }
 
+/** A recorded worker wait lives from launch until its notification is delivered, stopped or given up on. */
+export function claudeTasksAwaitAgents(tasks: ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTasks | undefined): boolean {
+  for (const task of tasks?.values() ?? []) {
+    if (task.awaitsAgents) {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
 /** Return owed kinds after expiring idle debt; undefined mainAgentIdleSince means this event is the idle boundary. */
 export function claudeLiveOwedTaskNotificationKinds(
   tasks: ClaudeLaunchedBackgroundTasks | undefined,
diff --git a/src/shared/orca-browser-cli-commands.ts b/src/shared/orca-browser-cli-commands.ts
index dd3cd281a52..1cae56cadcb 100644
--- a/src/shared/orca-browser-cli-commands.ts
+++ b/src/shared/orca-browser-cli-commands.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { COMMAND_TOKEN_SCAN_MAX_CHARS, getCommandTokenPathBasename } from './command-token-scanner'
-import { tokenizeCommandLine } from './agent-command-line-entrypoint'
+import { orcaCliInvocations } from './orca-cli-invocations'
 
 /** The browser CLI's command keys per handler group. Kept apart from the CLI's
  *  lazy handler imports so the renderer and mobile can read them too. */
@@ -103,34 +102,15 @@ const BROWSER_COMMAND_WORDS = new Set<string>(
   )
 )
 
-// The published launcher names per platform, plus the dev build's.
-const ORCA_CLI_BASENAME = /^orca(?:-dev|-ide)?(?:\.cmd|\.exe)?$/i
-const ENV_ASSIGNMENT = /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=/
-
 export type OrcaBrowserCommand = { pageId: string | null }
 
 /** The first `orca <browser command>` a shell command line runs, with the page it
  *  targets, or null when it runs none. Quoted text is an argument, never a command. */
 export function parseOrcaBrowserCommand(command: string): OrcaBrowserCommand | null {
-  const scanned = command.slice(0, COMMAND_TOKEN_SCAN_MAX_CHARS)
-  for (const segment of splitUnquotedSegments(scanned)) {
-    const tokens = tokenizeCommandLine(segment)
-    let index = 0
-    while (index < tokens.length && ENV_ASSIGNMENT.test(tokens[index])) {
-      index += 1
-    }
-    const binary = tokens[index]
-    const word = tokens[index + 1]
-    if (
-      binary !== undefined &&
-      word !== undefined &&
-      ORCA_CLI_BASENAME.test(getCommandTokenPathBasename(binary)) &&
-      BROWSER_COMMAND_WORDS.has(word)
-    ) {
-      return { pageId: pageFlagValue(tokens.slice(index + 2)) }
-    }
-  }
-  return null
+  const args = orcaCliInvocations(command).find((invocation) =>
+    BROWSER_COMMAND_WORDS.has(invocation[0] ?? '')
+  )
+  return args ? { pageId: pageFlagValue(args.slice(1)) } : null
 }
 
 function pageFlagValue(args: readonly string[]): string | null {
@@ -145,25 +125,3 @@ function pageFlagValue(args: readonly string[]): string | null {
   }
   return null
 }
-
-/** Splits a command line at `&&`, `||`, `;`, `|` and newlines outside quotes. */
-function splitUnquotedSegments(commandLine: string): string[] {
-  const segments: string[] = []
-  let current = ''
-  let quote: '"' | "'" | null = null
-  for (let index = 0; index < commandLine.length; index += 1) {
-    const char = commandLine[index]
-    if (quote === null && (char === '"' || char === "'")) {
-      quote = char
-    } else if (quote === char) {
-      quote = null
-    } else if (quote === null && (char === ';' || char === '|' || char === '&' || char === '\n')) {
-      segments.push(current)
-      current = ''
-      continue
-    }
-    current += char
-  }
-  segments.push(current)
-  return segments
-}
diff --git a/src/shared/orca-cli-invocations.ts b/src/shared/orca-cli-invocations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64c7b65b043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/orca-cli-invocations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { COMMAND_TOKEN_SCAN_MAX_CHARS, getCommandTokenPathBasename } from './command-token-scanner'
+import { tokenizeCommandLine } from './agent-command-line-entrypoint'
+
+// The published launcher names per platform, plus the dev build's.
+const ORCA_CLI_BASENAME = /^orca(?:-dev|-ide)?(?:\.cmd|\.exe)?$/i
+const ENV_ASSIGNMENT = /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=/
+
+/** The arguments of each `orca ...` a shell command line runs, in order. Quoted text is an argument, never a command. */
+export function orcaCliInvocations(command: string): string[][] {
+  const invocations: string[][] = []
+  for (const segment of splitUnquotedSegments(command.slice(0, COMMAND_TOKEN_SCAN_MAX_CHARS))) {
+    const tokens = tokenizeCommandLine(segment)
+    let index = 0
+    while (index < tokens.length && ENV_ASSIGNMENT.test(tokens[index])) {
+      index += 1
+    }
+    const binary = tokens[index]
+    if (binary !== undefined && ORCA_CLI_BASENAME.test(getCommandTokenPathBasename(binary))) {
+      invocations.push(tokens.slice(index + 1))
+    }
+  }
+  return invocations
+}
+
+/** Canonical form a child row carries for a worker wait; raw commands outgrow the operation preview. */
+export const ORCA_ORCHESTRATION_WAIT_COMMAND = 'orca orchestration check --wait'
+
+/** A command that blocks on `orca orchestration check --wait` is waiting on worker agents, not monitoring. */
+export function runsOrcaOrchestrationWait(command: unknown): boolean {
+  return (
+    typeof command === 'string' &&
+    command.includes('orchestration') &&
+    orcaCliInvocations(command).some(
+      (args) => args[0] === 'orchestration' && args[1] === 'check' && args.includes('--wait')
+    )
+  )
+}
+
+/** Splits a command line at `&&`, `||`, `;`, `|` and newlines outside quotes. */
+function splitUnquotedSegments(commandLine: string): string[] {
+  const segments: string[] = []
+  let current = ''
+  let quote: '"' | "'" | null = null
+  for (let index = 0; index < commandLine.length; index += 1) {
+    const char = commandLine[index]
+    if (quote === null && (char === '"' || char === "'")) {
+      quote = char
+    } else if (quote === char) {
+      quote = null
+    } else if (quote === null && (char === ';' || char === '|' || char === '&' || char === '\n')) {
+      segments.push(current)
+      current = ''
+      continue
+    }
+    current += char
+  }
+  segments.push(current)
+  return segments
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.test.ts b/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.test.ts
index b043fe3659f..ca2e7515a2c 100644
--- a/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.test.ts
@@ -123,39 +123,47 @@ 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", () => {
+  it('keeps a finished turn working while a child runs, leaving it to the all-clear to announce', () => {
     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' }]
-      }
-    ])
+    const [held] = feed(osc('state=done:app=pi'))
+    expect(held).toMatchObject({
+      state: 'working',
+      mainAgent: { state: 'done', outcome: 'success', stateStartedAt: 1010 },
+      subagents: [{ id: 'subagents/run1', state: 'working' }]
+    })
+    expect(held.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
     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.turnCompletedAt).toBeUndefined()
     expect(settled.subagents).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
-  it("lapses a hold no child refreshed to the lead's done, keeping its completion stamp", () => {
+  it("stamps a failed turn's own end while a child still runs, 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=error:app=pi'))).toMatchObject([
+      { state: 'working', turnCompletedAt: 1010, mainAgent: { state: 'done', outcome: 'failure' } }
+    ])
+    tick(10)
+    expect(feed(osc('state=done:id=subagents/run1:app=pi-subagents'))).toMatchObject([
+      { state: 'done', turnCompletedAt: 1010 }
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("lapses a hold no child refreshed to the lead's done, keeping its verdict", () => {
     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).toMatchObject({ state: 'done', mainAgent: held.mainAgent })
     expect(lapsed?.subagents).toBeUndefined()
     const [settled] = feed(osc('state=done:id=subagents/run1'))
     expect(lapsedProgramStatusChildHold(settled, 0, 1000, 1000)).toBeNull()
diff --git a/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.ts b/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.ts
index 0f810d73748..2902c3005e4 100644
--- a/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.ts
+++ b/src/shared/program-status/agent-status-projector.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import type { AgentSubagentSnapshot, AgentSubagentState } from '../agent-status-
 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 {
+  heldTurnCountsAsFinished,
+  isAgentStatusHeldOpenByChildWork
+} from '../agent-lead-status-fold'
 import { createProgramStatusOscScanner } from './osc-scanner'
 import {
   programStatusDisplayText,
@@ -210,13 +213,15 @@ export function createProgramStatusProjector(now: () => number = Date.now): Prog
     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 =
+    const held =
       projection.state === 'done' && projection.sessionBoundary !== true
         ? foldMainAgentWithRowChildWork('done', {
             payload: { subagents: subagents.filter(isRowHoldingChild) }
-          }).stateName
-        : projection.state
-    rootDoneHeldOpen ||= projection.state === 'done' && state !== 'done'
+          })
+        : null
+    const state = held?.stateName ?? projection.state
+    rootDoneHeldOpen ||=
+      held !== null && state !== 'done' && heldTurnCountsAsFinished(held, projection.outcome, false)
     const payload: ParsedAgentStatusPayload = {
       state,
       prompt: '',
@@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ 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.
+      // A held turn that counts as finished is announced now; the all-clear restates it so it is not announced twice.
       ...(rootDoneHeldOpen ? { turnCompletedAt: rootStateStartedAt } : {}),
       mainAgent: {
         state: projection.state,
diff --git a/tests/e2e/cross-version-wire/cross-version-structured-attention-frames.unit.test.ts b/tests/e2e/cross-version-wire/cross-version-structured-attention-frames.unit.test.ts
index f2c084814d2..4584f4364f5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/cross-version-wire/cross-version-structured-attention-frames.unit.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/cross-version-wire/cross-version-structured-attention-frames.unit.test.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ async function framesFor(
   const feed = new host.StructuredAgentSessionTurnCompletionFeed({
     sessions,
     now: () => 10,
-    readStatusState: () => host.projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(items, [])
+    readStatusState: () => host.projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(items, []),
+    readChildWork: () => undefined
   })
   const hostCalls = structuredHostStub(SESSION, WORKSPACE)
   hostCalls.subscribeTurnCompletions = vi.fn((subscriber: unknown) => feed.subscribe(subscriber))
diff --git a/tests/e2e/structured-attention-host-read-retirement.unit.test.ts b/tests/e2e/structured-attention-host-read-retirement.unit.test.ts
index 49aea0cf6f5..74dd2e7c63e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/structured-attention-host-read-retirement.unit.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/structured-attention-host-read-retirement.unit.test.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ function attentionPath(directory: string) {
       ]
     ]),
     readStatusState: () => projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(items),
+    readChildWork: () => undefined,
     now: () => 42
   })
   feed.subscribe({
diff --git a/tests/e2e/structured-attention-read-retirement.test-fixture.tsx b/tests/e2e/structured-attention-read-retirement.test-fixture.tsx
index e9323f86b51..4535f9698e6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/structured-attention-read-retirement.test-fixture.tsx
+++ b/tests/e2e/structured-attention-read-retirement.test-fixture.tsx
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
       ]
     ]),
     readStatusState: () => projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(fixture.items),
+    readChildWork: () => undefined,
     now: hostClock
   })
   fixture = {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/structured-attention-read-retirement.unit.test.ts b/tests/e2e/structured-attention-read-retirement.unit.test.ts
index 18ce71c3f61..fe749e1455c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/structured-attention-read-retirement.unit.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/structured-attention-read-retirement.unit.test.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ describe('Explicit desktop read acknowledgements', () => {
         ]
       ]),
       readStatusState: () => projectStructuredAgentSessionStatusState(otherItems),
+      readChildWork: () => undefined,
       now: () => 42
     })
     const delivery = createStructuredAttentionMobileDelivery({