diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns.test.ts
index ad799447b38..31df2c44551 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ afterEach(async () => {
 })
 
 describe('performCancel', () => {
-  it('acknowledges a confirmed cancel without settling the foreground turn', async () => {
+  it('acknowledges only the request and leaves the running lifecycle row intact', async () => {
     root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-turn-cancel-'))
     const journal = await journals.open({ identity: IDENTITY, journalDir: root })
     const lifecycleIdentity = {
@@ -74,54 +74,6 @@ describe('performCancel', () => {
     ])
   })
 
-  it('settles an already-finished turn and keeps repeated stop notes bounded', async () => {
-    root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-turn-cancel-finished-'))
-    const journal = await journals.open({ identity: IDENTITY, journalDir: root })
-    await journal.appendItem(
-      {
-        provider: 'legacy',
-        agent: 'codex',
-        sessionId: 'session-1',
-        recordId: 'turn-lifecycle:turn-1'
-      },
-      {
-        kind: 'status',
-        text: 'Agent is working...',
-        turnLifecycle: { turnId: 'turn-1', state: 'running' }
-      },
-      { fence: 1 }
-    )
-    const cancelTurn = vi.fn(async () => ({ cancelled: false }))
-    const ctx: AgentSessionTurnContext = {
-      sessionId: 'session-1',
-      journal,
-      fence: 1,
-      adapter: { cancelTurn } as unknown as StructuredAgentSessionAdapter,
-      persistOptions: async () => undefined,
-      resolvedBy: 'client-1',
-      publish: vi.fn(),
-      now: () => 1
-    }
-
-    const first = await performCancel(ctx, {
-      clientOperationId: 'cancel-1',
-      turnId: 'turn-1'
-    })
-    const itemCountAfterFirst = journal.snapshot().items.length
-    const second = await performCancel(ctx, {
-      clientOperationId: 'cancel-2',
-      turnId: 'turn-1'
-    })
-
-    expect(first).toEqual({ ok: true, value: { turnId: 'turn-1', cancelled: false } })
-    expect(second).toEqual({ ok: true, value: { turnId: 'turn-1', cancelled: false } })
-    expect(cancelTurn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
-    expect(journal.snapshot().items).toHaveLength(itemCountAfterFirst)
-    expect(journal.snapshot().items.map((item) => item.body)).toEqual([
-      { kind: 'status', text: 'The provider had already finished this turn.' }
-    ])
-  })
-
   it('stops background tasks without interrupting the foreground turn or writing a row', async () => {
     root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-background-task-cancel-'))
     const journal = await journals.open({ identity: IDENTITY, journalDir: root })
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns.ts
index 10429fbc0af..3bd98a61735 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-turns.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ import type {
   AgentSessionDispatchOutcome,
   StructuredAgentSessionAdapter
 } from './structured-agent-session-adapter'
-import type { JournalLifecycleMutationInput } from '../agent-session-journal/journal-row-builders'
-import { runningTurnLifecycleTombstoneMutations } from './structured-agent-session-unexpected-exit'
 export { performSetOption } from './structured-agent-session-turns-options'
 export { performPrompt } from './structured-agent-session-turns-prompt'
 
@@ -156,7 +154,6 @@ export async function performCancel(
   }
 ): Promise<TurnOutcome<AgentSessionCancelResult>> {
   let cancelled = false
-  let alreadyFinished = false
   let note = 'Cancellation requested.'
   try {
     cancelled = input.scope
@@ -175,7 +172,6 @@ export async function performCancel(
           })
         ).cancelled
     if (!cancelled) {
-      alreadyFinished = true
       note = 'The provider had already finished this turn.'
     }
   } catch (error) {
@@ -186,23 +182,7 @@ export async function performCancel(
   if (input.scope) {
     return { ok: true, value: { turnId: input.turnId, cancelled } }
   }
-  if (alreadyFinished) {
-    const mutations: JournalLifecycleMutationInput[] = [
-      {
-        kind: 'item',
-        identity: { provider: 'orca', clientMessageId: input.turnId },
-        body: { kind: 'status', text: note }
-      },
-      ...runningTurnLifecycleTombstoneMutations(ctx.journal.snapshot().items, input.turnId)
-    ]
-    await ctx.journal.appendLifecycleBatch({
-      settlementId: `cancel-finished:${ctx.sessionId}:${input.turnId}`,
-      fence: ctx.fence,
-      mutations
-    })
-    ctx.publish()
-  } else {
-    await appendStatus(ctx, input.turnId, note)
-  }
+  // Keyed by the operation id so a replayed cancel upserts one item, not two.
+  await appendStatus(ctx, input.clientOperationId, note)
   return { ok: true, value: { turnId: input.turnId, cancelled } }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-unexpected-exit.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-unexpected-exit.ts
index fd3554035ad..af7f2ccfde3 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-unexpected-exit.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-unexpected-exit.ts
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ function unexpectedExitFallbackMutations(
   stableSettlementId: string
 ): JournalLifecycleMutationInput[] {
   const mutations: JournalLifecycleMutationInput[] = []
-  const items = session.journal.snapshot().items
-  for (const item of items) {
+  const tombstones: JournalLifecycleMutationInput[] = []
+  for (const item of session.journal.snapshot().items) {
     const identity = parseAgentJournalItemKey(item.itemId)
     if (!identity) {
       continue
@@ -203,37 +203,19 @@ function unexpectedExitFallbackMutations(
     if (terminal) {
       mutations.push({ kind: 'item', identity, body: terminal })
     }
+    if (item.body.kind === 'status' && item.body.turnLifecycle?.state === 'running') {
+      tombstones.push({ kind: 'tombstone', identity })
+    }
   }
   mutations.push({
     kind: 'item',
     identity: { provider: 'orca', clientMessageId: stableSettlementId },
     body: { kind: 'status', text: boundJournalStatusText(`Provider exited: ${event.reason}`) }
   })
-  mutations.push(...runningTurnLifecycleTombstoneMutations(items))
+  mutations.push(...tombstones)
   return mutations
 }
 
-export function runningTurnLifecycleTombstoneMutations(
-  items: readonly AgentJournalRenderItem[],
-  turnId?: string
-): JournalLifecycleMutationInput[] {
-  const tombstones: JournalLifecycleMutationInput[] = []
-  for (const item of items) {
-    if (
-      item.body.kind !== 'status' ||
-      item.body.turnLifecycle?.state !== 'running' ||
-      (turnId !== undefined && item.body.turnLifecycle.turnId !== turnId)
-    ) {
-      continue
-    }
-    const identity = parseAgentJournalItemKey(item.itemId)
-    if (identity) {
-      tombstones.push({ kind: 'tombstone', identity })
-    }
-  }
-  return tombstones
-}
-
 function terminalExitBody(item: AgentJournalRenderItem): AgentJournalItemBody | null {
   if (item.body.kind === 'tool-call' && item.body.state === 'running') {
     return { ...item.body, state: 'failed' }