diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-open-turn.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-open-turn.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e9d4235db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-open-turn.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+// The session's open turn, and the lifecycle row that publishes it.
+//
+// Sole owner of turn identity: the row this writes carries the same id it holds,
+// and that row's id is what a client's Stop names. Readers ask here rather than
+// keeping a copy, so there is nothing to disagree with.
+
+import type { StructuredAgentSessionEventSink } from '../native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-event-sink'
+import {
+  claudeTurnLifecycleItem,
+  type ClaudeCurrentTurn,
+  type ClaudeTurnEnd
+} from './claude-turn-lifecycle-item'
+import { createClaudeTurnOpener, type ClaudeTurnSource } from './claude-turn-opening'
+
+export type ClaudeOpenTurnDeps = {
+  sink: StructuredAgentSessionEventSink
+  /** Settles the superseded turn's children; they get no later event of their own. */
+  settleChildren: (groupKey: string | null) => void
+}
+
+export class ClaudeOpenTurn {
+  private current: ClaudeCurrentTurn | null = null
+  /** Provider output may not reopen a turn after the session ended or a turn
+   *  failed: nothing would ever close the turn it opened, and the row would read
+   *  working for the life of the session. Only an accepted send lifts it. */
+  private reopenSuppressed = false
+  private readonly opener: (
+    frame: Record<string, unknown>,
+    source: ClaudeTurnSource | null,
+    observedAt: number
+  ) => void
+
+  constructor(private readonly deps: ClaudeOpenTurnDeps) {
+    this.opener = createClaudeTurnOpener({
+      isTurnOpen: () => this.isOpen,
+      isSuppressed: () => this.reopenSuppressed,
+      open: (turn, observedAt) => this.open(turn, observedAt)
+    })
+  }
+
+  get id(): string | null {
+    return this.current?.turnId ?? null
+  }
+
+  get groupKey(): string | null {
+    return this.current ? `${this.current.sessionId}:${this.current.turnId}` : null
+  }
+
+  get isOpen(): boolean {
+    return this.current !== null
+  }
+
+  /** Open a turn, ending whichever one was still open. A new turn starting is the
+   *  only end the previous one gets when its result never arrives; settling it
+   *  later would sweep THIS turn. */
+  open(turn: ClaudeCurrentTurn, observedAt: number): void {
+    if (this.current) {
+      this.deps.settleChildren(this.groupKey)
+      this.publish(this.current, { state: 'interrupted', completedAt: observedAt })
+    }
+    this.current = turn
+    this.publish(turn)
+    this.deps.sink.setActivity?.(null)
+  }
+
+  /** The provider produced, so a turn is running. Idempotent: every frame of one
+   *  reply stays inside the turn its first frame opened. A subagent's output is
+   *  its parent turn's work and never a turn of its own. */
+  ensureOpen(
+    frame: Record<string, unknown>,
+    source: ClaudeTurnSource | null,
+    observedAt: number
+  ): void {
+    this.opener(frame, source, observedAt)
+  }
+
+  /** End the open turn, if one is open, and clear the live activity line. */
+  settle(end: ClaudeTurnEnd): void {
+    if (this.current) {
+      this.publish(this.current, end)
+      this.current = null
+    }
+    this.deps.sink.setActivity?.(null)
+  }
+
+  /** An accepted send is the only thing that lifts the latch. */
+  allowReopen(): void {
+    this.reopenSuppressed = false
+  }
+
+  suppressReopen(): void {
+    this.reopenSuppressed = true
+  }
+
+  /** A turn that failed is not resumed by whatever the provider says next; the
+   *  next send is what resumes it. The latch only ever sets here. */
+  suppressReopenOnFailure(failed: boolean): void {
+    this.reopenSuppressed ||= failed
+  }
+
+  private publish(turn: ClaudeCurrentTurn, end?: ClaudeTurnEnd): void {
+    const item = claudeTurnLifecycleItem(turn, end)
+    this.deps.sink.appendItem(item.identity, item.body, item.options)
+    // Preserve first-work evidence when completion arrives before the journal drains.
+    this.deps.sink.publish({ coalescingKey: item.publishCoalescingKey })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-control-actions.test.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-control-actions.test.ts
index e9afa9bac25..9d9b8310206 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-control-actions.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-control-actions.test.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ describe('answerClaudePrompt', () => {
         cancel: vi.fn(() => ({ accepted: true as const })),
         resolve: resolvePrompt
       },
+      currentTurnId: null,
       flush: vi.fn(),
       pendingStreamedBlocks: 0,
       dispose: vi.fn()
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch-admission.test.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch-admission.test.ts
index 6ed8f91f072..57e7a56e59f 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch-admission.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch-admission.test.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('Claude structured dispatch admission', () => {
         clientMessageId: 'client-2',
         providerIdentity: { provider: 'claude', sessionId: 'provider-session', uuid: queuedUuid }
       })
-      expect(session.activeTurnId).toBe(queuedUuid)
+      expect(session.dispatchWaiters).toHaveLength(0)
     } finally {
       vi.useRealTimers()
     }
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch.test.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch.test.ts
index 05a3ce8092f..d5b8bc2451f 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('Claude structured dispatch image limits', () => {
     }
   )
 
-  it('takes the active turn identity from a replay that lands after dispatch returned', async () => {
+  it('settles the waiter from a replay that lands after dispatch returned', async () => {
     const session = sessionFor()
     const dispatched = dispatchClaudeTurn(session, {
       clientMessageId: 'client-1',
@@ -47,11 +47,9 @@ describe('Claude structured dispatch image limits', () => {
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(session.dispatchWaiters).toHaveLength(1))
     const sentUuid = (session.dispatchWaiters[0] as { sentUuid?: string }).sentUuid
     await expect(dispatched).resolves.toEqual({ state: 'admitted' })
-    expect(session.activeTurnId).toBeUndefined()
 
     expect(resolveClaudeReplayWaiter(session, userReplayFrame(sentUuid!, 'one'))).toBe(true)
-    expect(session.activeTurnId).toBe(sentUuid)
-    expect(session.activeTurnSequence).toBe(session.dispatchSequence)
+    expect(session.dispatchWaiters).toHaveLength(0)
   })
 
   it('recovers the active identity when a replay lands after the child died', async () => {
@@ -68,8 +66,7 @@ describe('Claude structured dispatch image limits', () => {
     expect(session.retiredDispatchWaiters).toHaveLength(1)
 
     expect(resolveClaudeReplayWaiter(session, userReplayFrame(sentUuid!, 'one'))).toBe(true)
-    expect(session.activeTurnId).toBe(sentUuid)
-    expect(session.activeTurnSequence).toBe(session.dispatchSequence)
+    expect(session.retiredDispatchWaiters).toHaveLength(0)
   })
 
   it('settles the send the replay proves was delivered, whenever it arrives', async () => {
@@ -410,7 +407,7 @@ describe('Claude structured dispatch image limits', () => {
     expect(resolveClaudeReplayWaiter(session, userReplayFrame('fresh-replay', 'retry me'))).toBe(
       true
     )
-    expect(session.activeTurnId).toBe('fresh-replay')
+    expect(session.dispatchWaiters).toHaveLength(0)
   })
 
   it('does not claim an SDK-pulled frame was unwritten when its write outcome is ambiguous', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch.ts
index 84253b765f6..a69508ce071 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-dispatch.ts
@@ -144,18 +144,13 @@ function settleWaiter(
   }
   waiter.settledUuid = uuid
   waiter.resolve(uuid)
-  // Dispatch returned on admission. Settle delivery unfenced while the sequence
-  // still fences which turn owns the identity; see `recoverLateIdentity`.
+  // Dispatch returned on admission, so the replay is what settles delivery.
   if (waiter.clientMessageId) {
     onSettledLate?.({
       clientMessageId: waiter.clientMessageId,
       providerIdentity: { provider: 'claude', sessionId: session.providerSessionId, uuid }
     })
   }
-  if (waiter.dispatchSequence === session.dispatchSequence) {
-    session.activeTurnId = uuid
-    session.activeTurnSequence = waiter.dispatchSequence
-  }
 }
 
 function forgetRetiredWaiter(session: ClaudeSession, waiter: ClaudeDispatchWaiter): void {
@@ -176,18 +171,14 @@ function recoverLateIdentity(
     return false
   }
   // The provider acted on this dispatch, so the send it came from is delivered.
-  // Unfenced on purpose: the dispatch-sequence check below only decides which
-  // turn owns the identity, while delivery is settled for good either way.
+  // Unfenced on purpose: the dispatch-sequence check below only decides whether
+  // this replay still opens a turn, while delivery is settled for good either way.
   if (waiter.clientMessageId) {
     onSettledLate?.({
       clientMessageId: waiter.clientMessageId,
       providerIdentity: { provider: 'claude', sessionId: session.providerSessionId, uuid }
     })
   }
-  if (waiter.dispatchSequence === session.dispatchSequence) {
-    session.activeTurnId = uuid
-    session.activeTurnSequence = waiter.dispatchSequence
-  }
   return isUserReplay && waiter.dispatchSequence === session.dispatchSequence
 }
 
@@ -293,7 +284,7 @@ export async function dispatchClaudeTurn(
   if (session.dispatchWaiters.length >= MAX_ACTIVE_DISPATCH_WAITERS) {
     return { state: 'rejected', reason: DISPATCH_REJECTED_QUEUE_FULL }
   }
-  const dispatchSequence = ++session.dispatchSequence
+  ++session.dispatchSequence
   // Read the sent content, not the journal blocks: only the mapped trailing prompt decides
   // whether Claude runs a command, so the two cannot disagree about which frame settles this.
   const acceptsResult = claudeDispatchInvokesSlashCommand(content)
@@ -319,8 +310,6 @@ export async function dispatchClaudeTurn(
     if (waiter.settledUuid) {
       const uuid = await replayed
       if (uuid) {
-        session.activeTurnId = uuid
-        session.activeTurnSequence = dispatchSequence
         return {
           state: 'accepted',
           providerIdentity: { provider: 'claude', sessionId: session.providerSessionId, uuid }
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-journal-translation.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-journal-translation.ts
index 216e760315c..e34b4aed111 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-journal-translation.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-journal-translation.ts
@@ -36,16 +36,11 @@ import {
   claudeStreamTurnStartSource,
   claudeStreamTurnSource,
   claudeTurnOpenedBySendEcho,
-  createClaudeTurnOpener,
   isRootClaudeFrame,
   type ClaudeTurnSource
 } from './claude-turn-opening'
-import {
-  claudeTurnEndForResult,
-  claudeTurnLifecycleItem,
-  type ClaudeCurrentTurn,
-  type ClaudeTurnEnd
-} from './claude-turn-lifecycle-item'
+import { claudeTurnEndForResult } from './claude-turn-lifecycle-item'
+import { ClaudeOpenTurn } from './claude-open-turn'
 import { ClaudeJournalPrompts } from './claude-structured-journal-prompts'
 
 export type ClaudeJournalTranslatorDeps = {
@@ -59,6 +54,9 @@ export type ClaudeJournalTranslatorDeps = {
 export type ClaudeJournalTranslator = {
   handle: (event: ClaudeStructuredSessionEvent) => void
   journalPrompts: Pick<ClaudeJournalPrompts, 'cancel' | 'resolve'>
+  /** The open turn's provider id — the same id its journal row carries, and the one
+   *  a client's Stop names. Sole owner: no reader keeps a copy to disagree with. */
+  readonly currentTurnId: string | null
   flush: () => void
   /** Streamed blocks still awaiting a final frame. A settled turn leaves none. */
   readonly pendingStreamedBlocks: number
@@ -86,20 +84,17 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
   const tools = new Map<string, ClaudeToolUse>()
   const prompts = new ClaudeJournalPrompts(deps)
   const streamedBlocks = createClaudeStreamedBlockRegistry()
-  let currentTurn: ClaudeCurrentTurn | null = null
-  /** Provider output may not reopen a turn after the session ended or a turn
-   *  failed: nothing would ever close the turn it opened, and the row would read
-   *  working for the life of the session. Only an accepted send lifts it. */
-  let reopenSuppressed = false
-  const groupKeyOf = (turn: ClaudeCurrentTurn | null): string | null =>
-    turn ? `${turn.sessionId}:${turn.turnId}` : null
+  const turn = new ClaudeOpenTurn({
+    sink: deps.sink,
+    settleChildren: (groupKey) => subagents.settleTurn(groupKey)
+  })
   const providerFallback = createClaudeProviderFrameFallback(
     deps.sink,
     deps.fallbackIdPrefix ?? 'acquisition'
   )
   const subagents = new ClaudeSubagentRoster({
     sink: deps.sink,
-    currentGroupKey: () => groupKeyOf(currentTurn)
+    currentGroupKey: () => turn.groupKey
   })
   const streamedText = createClaudeStreamedTextCheckpoints({
     ...(deps.coalesceMs === undefined ? {} : { coalesceMs: deps.coalesceMs }),
@@ -110,42 +105,14 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
     }
   })
 
-  const publishLifecycle = (turn: ClaudeCurrentTurn, end?: ClaudeTurnEnd): void => {
-    const item = claudeTurnLifecycleItem(turn, end)
-    deps.sink.appendItem(item.identity, item.body, item.options)
-    // Preserve first-work evidence when completion arrives before the journal drains.
-    deps.sink.publish({ coalescingKey: item.publishCoalescingKey })
-  }
-
-  /** Open a turn, ending whichever one was still open. A new turn starting is the
-   *  only end the previous one gets when its result never arrives; settling it
-   *  later would sweep THIS turn. */
-  const openTurn = (turn: ClaudeCurrentTurn, observedAt: number): void => {
-    if (currentTurn) {
-      subagents.settleTurn(groupKeyOf(currentTurn))
-      publishLifecycle(currentTurn, { state: 'interrupted', completedAt: observedAt })
-    }
-    currentTurn = turn
-    publishLifecycle(turn)
-    deps.sink.setActivity?.(null)
-  }
-
-  /** The provider produced, so a turn is running. Idempotent: every frame of one
-   *  reply stays inside the turn its first frame opened. A subagent's output is
-   *  its parent turn's work and never a turn of its own. */
-  const ensureTurnOpen = createClaudeTurnOpener({
-    isTurnOpen: () => currentTurn !== null,
-    isSuppressed: () => reopenSuppressed,
-    open: openTurn
-  })
-
   const publishActivity = (kind: string, payload: unknown): void => {
-    if (!currentTurn) {
+    const turnId = turn.id
+    if (turnId === null) {
       return
     }
     const text = claudeProviderFrameActivity(kind, payload)
     if (text !== undefined) {
-      deps.sink.setActivity?.(text ? { turnId: currentTurn.turnId, text } : null)
+      deps.sink.setActivity?.(text ? { turnId, text } : null)
     }
   }
 
@@ -154,7 +121,7 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
     // `message_start` is the provider's turn boundary. Keep the first text
     // delta as a compatibility fallback for streams that omit it.
     const source = delta ? claudeStreamTurnSource(message) : claudeStreamTurnStartSource(message)
-    ensureTurnOpen(message, source, observedAt)
+    turn.ensureOpen(message, source, observedAt)
     if (!delta) {
       return false
     }
@@ -188,17 +155,17 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
       uuid: envelope.uuid,
       assistant: envelope.role === 'assistant'
     }
-    const openOutputTurn = (): void => ensureTurnOpen(message, source, observedAt)
+    const openOutputTurn = (): void => turn.ensureOpen(message, source, observedAt)
     if (body) {
       // Opening before the append is what brackets a turn around its own first
       // output; a reader that scans back to the turn record and stops would
       // otherwise look straight past the row that opened it.
-      ensureTurnOpen(message, source, observedAt)
+      turn.ensureOpen(message, source, observedAt)
       deps.sink.appendItem(identity, body)
       changed = true
     }
     for (const tool of claudeToolUses(outputEnvelope)) {
-      ensureTurnOpen(message, source, observedAt)
+      turn.ensureOpen(message, source, observedAt)
       tools.set(tool.id, tool)
       deps.sink.appendItem(
         claudeToolIdentity(envelope.sessionId, tool.id),
@@ -223,7 +190,7 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
       changed = true
     }
     if (thinking) {
-      ensureTurnOpen(message, source, observedAt)
+      turn.ensureOpen(message, source, observedAt)
       deps.sink.appendItem(claudeThinkingIdentity(envelope.sessionId, envelope.uuid), {
         kind: 'message',
         role: 'reasoning',
@@ -244,8 +211,8 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
       userItemId: agentJournalItemKey(identity)
     })
     if (sendEchoTurn) {
-      reopenSuppressed = false
-      openTurn(sendEchoTurn, observedAt)
+      turn.allowReopen()
+      turn.open(sendEchoTurn, observedAt)
     }
     if (changed) {
       deps.sink.publish()
@@ -260,18 +227,11 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
         streamedText.flush()
         // No event will ever settle a child once the provider is gone.
         subagents.settleSession()
-        if (currentTurn) {
-          // The host saw the child end, so the turn's end is observed, not lost.
-          publishLifecycle(currentTurn, {
-            state: 'interrupted',
-            completedAt: event.observedAt ?? Date.now()
-          })
-          currentTurn = null
-        }
+        // The host saw the child end, so the turn's end is observed, not lost.
+        turn.settle({ state: 'interrupted', completedAt: event.observedAt ?? Date.now() })
         // A frame that arrives after the child is gone must not open a turn no
         // event can close.
-        reopenSuppressed = true
-        deps.sink.setActivity?.(null)
+        turn.suppressReopen()
         return
       }
       if (event.type === 'message' && handleStream(event.message, event.observedAt ?? Date.now())) {
@@ -291,21 +251,11 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
         const settlesTurn = isRootClaudeFrame(event.message)
         if (settlesTurn) {
           prompts.retryPendingCancellations()
+          turn.suppressReopenOnFailure(event.message.is_error === true)
           // The turn is over however it ended, so a foreground child still
           // reported as working will never be settled by an event.
-          // A turn that failed, or that the user stopped, is not resumed by
-          // whatever the provider says next; the next send is what resumes it.
-          // The latch only ever sets here; an accepted send is what lifts it.
-          reopenSuppressed ||= event.message.is_error === true
-          subagents.settleTurn(groupKeyOf(currentTurn))
-          if (currentTurn) {
-            publishLifecycle(
-              currentTurn,
-              claudeTurnEndForResult(event.message, event.observedAt ?? Date.now())
-            )
-            currentTurn = null
-          }
-          deps.sink.setActivity?.(null)
+          subagents.settleTurn(turn.groupKey)
+          turn.settle(claudeTurnEndForResult(event.message, event.observedAt ?? Date.now()))
           // The turn is over. A block still awaiting its final keeps the text the
           // flush above journaled, but its live state goes: an interrupted turn
           // would otherwise retain that text for the life of the session.
@@ -335,6 +285,9 @@ export function createClaudeJournalTranslator(
       }
     },
     journalPrompts: prompts,
+    get currentTurnId() {
+      return turn.id
+    },
     flush: streamedText.flush,
     get pendingStreamedBlocks() {
       return streamedText.pending
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-prompt-ownership.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-prompt-ownership.ts
index 1dd73f23552..a76825887e1 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-prompt-ownership.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-prompt-ownership.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ import {
 import type { ClaudeLateDispatchSettlement } from './claude-structured-dispatch'
 import type { ClaudeSession } from './claude-structured-session-state'
 
+/** Conservative user-facing window: below the 10s init and 30s control deadlines, trading
+ * residual slow-pump risk for ensuring delivery bookkeeping cannot block Stop indefinitely. */
+export const CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_TIMEOUT_MS = 3_000
+const CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_POLL_MS = 50
+
 type CancelInput = Parameters<StructuredAgentSessionAdapter['cancelTurn']>[0]
 type AnswerInput = Parameters<StructuredAgentSessionAdapter['answerPrompt']>[0]
 
@@ -47,6 +52,40 @@ function requireSession(sessions: Map<string, ClaudeSession>, sessionId: string)
   return session
 }
 
+function waitForClaudeDispatchAdmission(
+  admitted: () => boolean,
+  timeoutMs = CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_TIMEOUT_MS
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    let settled = false
+    let deadline: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+    let poll: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null
+    const finish = (value: boolean): void => {
+      if (settled) {
+        return
+      }
+      settled = true
+      if (deadline) {
+        clearTimeout(deadline)
+      }
+      if (poll) {
+        clearInterval(poll)
+      }
+      resolve(value)
+    }
+    const check = (): void => {
+      if (admitted()) {
+        finish(true)
+      }
+    }
+    deadline = setTimeout(() => finish(false), timeoutMs)
+    poll = setInterval(check, CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_POLL_MS)
+    check()
+    deadline.unref?.()
+    poll.unref?.()
+  })
+}
+
 export async function cancelClaudeStructuredTurn(input: {
   request: CancelInput
   sessions: Map<string, ClaudeSession>
@@ -71,20 +110,61 @@ export async function cancelClaudeStructuredTurn(input: {
     session.prompts.releaseClaim(claim)
     return { cancelled: false }
   }
+  // The translator owns turn identity. A session with no journal has published no
+  // turn row for a client to name, so it holds no identity this request can contradict.
+  const ownsRequestedTurn = (): boolean => {
+    const translator = session.translator
+    if (!translator) {
+      return session.dispatchSequence === 0
+    }
+    const currentTurnId = translator.currentTurnId
+    return currentTurnId === null
+      ? session.dispatchSequence === 0
+      : currentTurnId === request.turnId
+  }
+  // The host supplies the durable latest submission; direct adapter callers fall back to
+  // the current in-memory waiter so an unknown dispatch remains fenced without a latch.
+  const dispatchAdmissionIsCurrent = (): boolean =>
+    request.dispatchStatus
+      ? request.dispatchStatus.state === 'accepted' ||
+        request.dispatchStatus.state === 'rejected' ||
+        (request.dispatchStatus.state === 'unknown' && request.dispatchStatus.recovered)
+      : session.dispatchSequence === 0 ||
+        ![...session.dispatchWaiters, ...session.retiredDispatchWaiters].some(
+          (waiter) => waiter.dispatchSequence === session.dispatchSequence
+        )
+  // Prompt cancellation has a separate callback-settlement contract, so only a provider with
+  // cancelQueued can release its uncertain queued send. Ordinary Stop gets a bounded escape below.
+  const dispatchAdmissionAllowsCancellation = (): boolean =>
+    dispatchAdmissionIsCurrent() ||
+    (Boolean(prompt) && supportsClaudeQueuedInterruptCancellation(session))
+  const compactionOwnsTurn = (): boolean => compactions.ownsTurn(request.sessionId, request.turnId)
+  const currentDispatchHasRetiredWaiter = (): boolean =>
+    session.retiredDispatchWaiters.some(
+      (waiter) => waiter.dispatchSequence === session.dispatchSequence
+    )
+  let dispatchAdmissionExpired = false
+  if (
+    !prompt &&
+    !compactionOwnsTurn() &&
+    !dispatchAdmissionAllowsCancellation() &&
+    (request.dispatchStatus !== undefined || currentDispatchHasRetiredWaiter())
+  ) {
+    dispatchAdmissionExpired = !(await waitForClaudeDispatchAdmission(
+      dispatchAdmissionAllowsCancellation
+    ))
+  }
   const isCurrent = (): boolean =>
     sessions.get(request.sessionId) === session &&
     session.fence === request.fence &&
     session.acquisitionGeneration === acquisitionGeneration &&
     (claim && prompt
-      ? session.activeTurnId === request.turnId &&
+      ? ownsRequestedTurn() &&
         session.prompts.ownsBoundClaim(claim, prompt.itemId, request.turnId) &&
-        (session.activeTurnSequence === session.dispatchSequence ||
-          supportsClaudeQueuedInterruptCancellation(session))
-      : compactions.ownsTurn(request.sessionId, request.turnId) ||
-        (session.activeTurnId === undefined
-          ? session.dispatchSequence === 0
-          : session.activeTurnId === request.turnId &&
-            session.activeTurnSequence === session.dispatchSequence))
+        (dispatchAdmissionAllowsCancellation() || dispatchAdmissionExpired)
+      : compactionOwnsTurn() ||
+        (ownsRequestedTurn() &&
+          (dispatchAdmissionAllowsCancellation() || dispatchAdmissionExpired)))
   let interruptConfirmed = false
   try {
     const result = await cancelClaudeTurn(
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-acquisition.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-acquisition.ts
index eb7bc9b7251..2895bcf557c 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-acquisition.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-acquisition.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export async function acquireClaudeSession({
   const { canUseTool, onUserDialog } = buildClaudePermissionCallbacks({
     sessionId,
     prompts,
-    currentTurnId: () => liveSession?.activeTurnId ?? null,
+    currentTurnId: () => translator?.currentTurnId ?? null,
     emit: (event) =>
       callbacks.deliver(attempt, sessionId, () => callbacks.emit(liveSession, input.events, event))
   })
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-adapter.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-adapter.ts
index f62541b50e9..9357e9635f6 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-adapter.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export class ClaudeStructuredSessionAdapter implements StructuredAgentSessionAda
       journalItemId,
       promptKey,
       questionId,
-      session.activeTurnId ?? null
+      session.translator?.currentTurnId ?? null
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-state.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-state.ts
index 30e830af64e..4c4808b64d8 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-state.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-state.ts
@@ -147,16 +147,12 @@ export type ClaudeSession = {
   restoreSkippedOptions: Set<string>
   /** CLI-advertised protocol capabilities from init; gates interrupt-receipt handling. */
   capabilities: readonly string[]
-  /** Provider uuid of the most recently admitted turn, if one is active. */
-  activeTurnId?: string
   backgroundTasks: ClaudeBackgroundTaskTracker
   /** The `/` surface the CLI reports for itself; seeded from init, kept current
    *  by later init and `commands_changed` frames. */
   commands: ClaudeSlashCommandCatalog
   /** Monotonic fence advanced when a dispatch starts, including unresolved dispatches. */
   dispatchSequence: number
-  /** Dispatch sequence that admitted activeTurnId. */
-  activeTurnSequence?: number
   /** Fences overlapping option writes so a late completion cannot restore stale state. */
   optionMutationSequence: number
   /** Shared durable-close write; a failed write clears this for a retry. */
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-test-support.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-test-support.ts
index e728263d058..352a7ed18ec 100644
--- a/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-test-support.ts
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-structured-session-test-support.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   type ClaudeStructuredLaunch,
   type ClaudeStructuredSessionEvent
 } from './claude-structured-session-adapter'
+import type { StructuredAgentSessionEventSink } from '../native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-event-sink'
 
 export const PROVIDER_SESSION_ID = '819cf9f8-e43c-4ad7-b50f-54aa158a726a'
 
@@ -245,10 +246,21 @@ export async function acquired(
     undefined,
     onDispatchSettledLate
   )
-  await adapter.acquire({ identity: identityFor(), fence: 7, spawnToken: 'spawn-9' })
+  await adapter.acquire({
+    identity: identityFor(),
+    fence: 7,
+    spawnToken: 'spawn-9',
+    // Production acquires with a journal sink, and turn identity lives on the
+    // translator it builds; without one this fixture models no session that ships.
+    events: recordingJournalSink()
+  })
   return adapter
 }
 
+export function recordingJournalSink(): StructuredAgentSessionEventSink {
+  return { appendItem: () => {}, appendTombstone: () => {}, publish: () => {} }
+}
+
 export function tick(): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve))
 }
diff --git a/src/main/claude/claude-turn-ownership.test.ts b/src/main/claude/claude-turn-ownership.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..661138daf96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/claude/claude-turn-ownership.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+// Which turn a Stop is allowed to interrupt, for turns the provider opened on its
+// own as well as turns Orca's own send echo opened.
+
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { AgentJournalItemBody } from '../../shared/agent-session-journal-types'
+import { readAgentJournalTurn } from '../../shared/agent-session-turn-record'
+import type { StructuredAgentSessionEventSink } from '../native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-event-sink'
+import { agentJournalItemKey } from '../../shared/agent-session-journal-item-key'
+import { StructuredSessionCompaction } from '../native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-session-compaction'
+import {
+  CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  cancelClaudeStructuredTurn
+} from './claude-structured-prompt-ownership'
+import { sessionFor } from './claude-structured-dispatch-test-support'
+import {
+  PROVIDER_SESSION_ID,
+  USER_MESSAGE,
+  adapterFor,
+  fakeClaude,
+  identityFor,
+  type FakeConnection
+} from './claude-structured-session-test-support'
+
+function journalSink(): {
+  sink: StructuredAgentSessionEventSink
+  bodies: Map<string, AgentJournalItemBody>
+} {
+  const bodies = new Map<string, AgentJournalItemBody>()
+  return {
+    bodies,
+    sink: {
+      appendItem: (identity, body) => bodies.set(agentJournalItemKey(identity), body),
+      appendTombstone: (identity) => bodies.delete(agentJournalItemKey(identity)),
+      publish: vi.fn()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** The turn row a client would read, which is the id its Stop carries. */
+function runningTurnId(bodies: Map<string, AgentJournalItemBody>): string | null {
+  for (const body of bodies.values()) {
+    const turn = readAgentJournalTurn(body)
+    if (turn?.state === 'running') {
+      return turn.turnId
+    }
+  }
+  return null
+}
+
+async function acquiredWithJournal(claude: ReturnType<typeof fakeClaude>): Promise<{
+  adapter: ReturnType<typeof adapterFor>
+  bodies: Map<string, AgentJournalItemBody>
+  connection: FakeConnection
+}> {
+  const { sink, bodies } = journalSink()
+  const adapter = adapterFor(claude)
+  await adapter.acquire({
+    identity: identityFor(),
+    fence: 7,
+    spawnToken: 'spawn-9',
+    events: sink
+  })
+  const connection = claude.connections[0]
+  if (!connection) {
+    throw new Error('expected Claude connection')
+  }
+  return { adapter, bodies, connection }
+}
+
+function completeTurn(connection: FakeConnection, uuid: string): void {
+  connection.handlers.onMessage?.({
+    type: 'result',
+    subtype: 'success',
+    uuid,
+    session_id: PROVIDER_SESSION_ID,
+    is_error: false,
+    terminal_reason: 'completed',
+    duration_ms: 12
+  })
+}
+
+/** The provider resuming on its own — a background task reporting in wakes the agent. */
+function providerOutput(connection: FakeConnection, uuid: string): void {
+  connection.handlers.onMessage?.({
+    type: 'assistant',
+    uuid,
+    session_id: PROVIDER_SESSION_ID,
+    parent_tool_use_id: null,
+    message: { role: 'assistant', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'picking this back up' }] }
+  })
+}
+
+describe('Claude turn ownership', () => {
+  it('stops a turn the provider opened after the session already dispatched once', async () => {
+    const claude = fakeClaude({ replayUuid: 'echo-turn' })
+    const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+
+    await adapter.dispatch({
+      sessionId: 'session-1',
+      clientMessageId: 'client-1',
+      body: USER_MESSAGE,
+      fence: 7
+    })
+    expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('echo-turn')
+    completeTurn(connection, 'result-1')
+    expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBeNull()
+
+    providerOutput(connection, 'provider-turn')
+    // The client cancels with the journal row's id, which is the provider frame's.
+    expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('provider-turn')
+
+    await expect(
+      adapter.cancelTurn({ sessionId: 'session-1', turnId: 'provider-turn', fence: 7 })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: true })
+    expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('refuses a stale id after the owned turn settles', async () => {
+    const claude = fakeClaude({ replayUuid: 'echo-turn' })
+    const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+
+    await adapter.dispatch({
+      sessionId: 'session-1',
+      clientMessageId: 'client-1',
+      body: USER_MESSAGE,
+      fence: 7
+    })
+    expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('echo-turn')
+    completeTurn(connection, 'result-1')
+    expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBeNull()
+
+    await expect(
+      adapter.cancelTurn({ sessionId: 'session-1', turnId: 'echo-turn', fence: 7 })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: false })
+    expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the prior dispatch fence after an unknown later send', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      const claude = fakeClaude({ replayUuid: 'echo-turn' })
+      const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+
+      await adapter.dispatch({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        clientMessageId: 'client-1',
+        body: USER_MESSAGE,
+        fence: 7
+      })
+      expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('echo-turn')
+      const sendFirst = connection.send
+      connection.send = async (message) => {
+        if (connection.sent.length > 0) {
+          throw new Error('input pump stopped')
+        }
+        await sendFirst(message)
+      }
+
+      await expect(
+        adapter.dispatch({
+          sessionId: 'session-1',
+          clientMessageId: 'client-2',
+          body: USER_MESSAGE,
+          fence: 7
+        })
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({ state: 'unknown' })
+
+      const cancellation = adapter.cancelTurn({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        turnId: 'echo-turn',
+        fence: 7
+      })
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_TIMEOUT_MS - 1)
+      expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(false)
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
+      await expect(cancellation).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: true })
+      expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(true)
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('lets a queued-cancel provider release an unresolved ordinary Stop', async () => {
+    const claude = fakeClaude({
+      replayUuid: 'echo-turn',
+      capabilities: ['interrupt_cancel_queued_v1']
+    })
+    const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+
+    await adapter.dispatch({
+      sessionId: 'session-1',
+      clientMessageId: 'client-1',
+      body: USER_MESSAGE,
+      fence: 7
+    })
+    expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('echo-turn')
+
+    await expect(
+      adapter.cancelTurn({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        turnId: 'echo-turn',
+        fence: 7,
+        dispatchStatus: { state: 'unknown', recovered: false }
+      })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: true })
+    expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('lets ordinary Stop proceed after the unresolved delivery fence expires', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      const claude = fakeClaude({ replayUuid: 'echo-turn' })
+      const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+
+      await adapter.dispatch({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        clientMessageId: 'client-1',
+        body: USER_MESSAGE,
+        fence: 7
+      })
+      expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('echo-turn')
+
+      const cancellation = adapter.cancelTurn({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        turnId: 'echo-turn',
+        fence: 7,
+        dispatchStatus: { state: 'unknown', recovered: false }
+      })
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_TIMEOUT_MS - 1)
+      expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(false)
+
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
+      await expect(cancellation).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: true })
+      expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(true)
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('releases ordinary Stop as soon as a retired delivery fence settles', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      const session = sessionFor()
+      session.dispatchSequence = 1
+      session.translator = {
+        handle: vi.fn(),
+        journalPrompts: { cancel: vi.fn(), resolve: vi.fn() },
+        currentTurnId: 'turn-1',
+        flush: vi.fn(),
+        pendingStreamedBlocks: 0,
+        dispose: vi.fn()
+      }
+      session.retiredDispatchWaiters = [
+        {
+          acceptsResult: false,
+          clientMessageId: 'client-2',
+          sentUuid: 'uncertain',
+          dispatchSequence: 1,
+          replayContentKey: 'ship-it',
+          resolve: vi.fn(),
+          retired: true
+        }
+      ]
+      const interrupt = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+      session.connection.interrupt = interrupt
+      const cancellation = cancelClaudeStructuredTurn({
+        request: { sessionId: 'session-1', turnId: 'turn-1', fence: 1 },
+        sessions: new Map([['session-1', session]]),
+        compactions: new StructuredSessionCompaction(),
+        admitPromptCancellation: () => true
+      })
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100)
+      session.retiredDispatchWaiters = []
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100)
+      const settledBeforeDeadline = interrupt.mock.calls.length > 0
+      if (!settledBeforeDeadline) {
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_TIMEOUT_MS)
+        await cancellation
+      }
+      expect(settledBeforeDeadline).toBe(true)
+      await expect(cancellation).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: true })
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('does not wait when the dispatch admission is already current', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      const claude = fakeClaude({ replayUuid: 'echo-turn' })
+      const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+
+      await adapter.dispatch({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        clientMessageId: 'client-1',
+        body: USER_MESSAGE,
+        fence: 7
+      })
+      expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('echo-turn')
+
+      await expect(
+        adapter.cancelTurn({ sessionId: 'session-1', turnId: 'echo-turn', fence: 7 })
+      ).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: true })
+      expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(true)
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('honors an unresolved journal submission before the first in-memory dispatch', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      const claude = fakeClaude({ replayUuid: null })
+      const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+      providerOutput(connection, 'provider-turn')
+      expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('provider-turn')
+
+      const cancellation = adapter.cancelTurn({
+        sessionId: 'session-1',
+        turnId: 'provider-turn',
+        fence: 7,
+        dispatchStatus: { state: 'pending', recovered: false }
+      })
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(CLAUDE_DISPATCH_ADMISSION_TIMEOUT_MS - 1)
+      expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(false)
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
+      await expect(cancellation).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: true })
+      expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(true)
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('still stops an echo-opened turn', async () => {
+    const claude = fakeClaude({ replayUuid: 'echo-turn' })
+    const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+
+    await adapter.dispatch({
+      sessionId: 'session-1',
+      clientMessageId: 'client-1',
+      body: USER_MESSAGE,
+      fence: 7
+    })
+    expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('echo-turn')
+
+    await expect(
+      adapter.cancelTurn({ sessionId: 'session-1', turnId: 'echo-turn', fence: 7 })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: true })
+    expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('refuses a stale turn id once the provider opened a newer turn', async () => {
+    const claude = fakeClaude({ replayUuid: 'echo-turn' })
+    const { adapter, bodies, connection } = await acquiredWithJournal(claude)
+
+    await adapter.dispatch({
+      sessionId: 'session-1',
+      clientMessageId: 'client-1',
+      body: USER_MESSAGE,
+      fence: 7
+    })
+    completeTurn(connection, 'result-1')
+    providerOutput(connection, 'provider-turn')
+    expect(runningTurnId(bodies)).toBe('provider-turn')
+
+    await expect(
+      adapter.cancelTurn({ sessionId: 'session-1', turnId: 'echo-turn', fence: 7 })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: false })
+    await expect(
+      adapter.cancelTurn({ sessionId: 'session-1', turnId: 'not-a-turn', fence: 7 })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ cancelled: false })
+    expect(connection.calls.some((call) => call.subtype === 'interrupt')).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-observation.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-observation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f13f2a423e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-observation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import type { AgentJournalSubmission } from '../../../shared/agent-session-journal-types'
+import { latestJournalDispatchObservation } from './journal-dispatch-observation'
+
+describe('latestJournalDispatchObservation', () => {
+  it('uses the newest submission in the requested fence', () => {
+    const submissions = [
+      {
+        clientMessageId: 'unknown-7',
+        fence: 7,
+        payloadFingerprint: 'unknown-7',
+        dispatchState: 'unknown' as const,
+        recovered: true as const,
+        providerItemId: null,
+        reason: null,
+        resolvedAt: null,
+        submittedAt: 1
+      },
+      {
+        clientMessageId: 'pending-8',
+        fence: 8,
+        payloadFingerprint: 'pending-8',
+        dispatchState: 'pending' as const,
+        providerItemId: null,
+        reason: null,
+        resolvedAt: null,
+        submittedAt: 2
+      },
+      {
+        clientMessageId: 'pending-7',
+        fence: 7,
+        payloadFingerprint: 'pending-7',
+        dispatchState: 'pending' as const,
+        providerItemId: null,
+        reason: null,
+        resolvedAt: null,
+        submittedAt: 2
+      },
+      {
+        clientMessageId: 'accepted-7',
+        fence: 7,
+        payloadFingerprint: 'accepted-7',
+        dispatchState: 'accepted' as const,
+        providerItemId: 'item-7',
+        reason: null,
+        resolvedAt: 3,
+        submittedAt: 4
+      }
+    ] satisfies AgentJournalSubmission[]
+    const journal = { submissions: () => submissions }
+
+    expect(latestJournalDispatchObservation(journal, 7)).toEqual({
+      state: 'accepted',
+      recovered: false
+    })
+    expect(latestJournalDispatchObservation(journal, 8)).toEqual({
+      state: 'pending',
+      recovered: false
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('returns no observation when the fence has no submission', () => {
+    expect(latestJournalDispatchObservation({ submissions: () => [] }, 7)).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-observation.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-observation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d5248b4163a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-observation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import type {
+  AgentJournalDispatchState,
+  AgentJournalSubmission
+} from '../../../shared/agent-session-journal-types'
+
+export type AgentJournalDispatchObservation = {
+  state: AgentJournalDispatchState
+  recovered: boolean
+}
+
+/** Returns the latest write-ahead submission for the execution fence. */
+export function latestJournalDispatchObservation(
+  journal: {
+    submissions: () => readonly AgentJournalSubmission[]
+  },
+  fence: number
+): AgentJournalDispatchObservation | null {
+  const latest = journal
+    .submissions()
+    .reduce<AgentJournalSubmission | null>(
+      (current, submission) =>
+        submission.fence === fence &&
+        (current === null || submission.submittedAt >= current.submittedAt)
+          ? submission
+          : current,
+      null
+    )
+  return latest ? { state: latest.dispatchState, recovered: latest.recovered === true } : null
+}
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-adapter.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-adapter.ts
index e5daa9991d9..729b0e212f1 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-adapter.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type {
   AgentJournalItemIdentity,
   AgentJournalItemBody,
   AgentJournalMessageItem,
+  AgentJournalDispatchState,
   AgentSessionJournalIdentity
 } from '../../../shared/agent-session-journal-types'
 import type { AgentSessionProviderHandleLink } from '../../../shared/agent-session-provider-handle'
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ export type StructuredAgentSessionAdapter = {
     turnId: string
     fence: number
     prompt?: { itemId: string }
+    /** Latest journal submission for this fence, when the host has one. */
+    dispatchStatus?: { state: AgentJournalDispatchState; recovered: boolean } | null
   }): Promise<{ cancelled: boolean }>
   stopBackgroundTasks?(input: {
     sessionId: string
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-host-handoff.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-host-handoff.ts
index 9a3266541be..4fad01d32a4 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-host-handoff.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-host-handoff.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type { AgentSessionSubscribers } from './structured-agent-session-subscri
 import { StructuredTuiTranscriptCatchup } from './structured-tui-transcript-catchup'
 import { adapterSupportsCreateIfDeclared } from './structured-agent-session-provider-support'
 import { retryLoadedStructuredAgentSessionSettlement } from './structured-agent-session-settlement-retry'
+import { latestJournalDispatchObservation } from '../agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-observation'
 
 type HostHandoffAccess = {
   session: (sessionId: string) => StructuredAgentSessionHostSession
@@ -101,8 +102,18 @@ export function createStructuredAgentSessionHostHandoff(
     },
     acknowledgeNativeRelease: (sessionId) => deps.adapter.acknowledgeSessionRelease?.(sessionId),
     acquireNative: (input) => acquireNativeHandoffOwner(deps, host, input),
-    acquireNativeStop: async (sessionId, turnId, fence) =>
-      (await deps.adapter.cancelTurn({ sessionId, turnId, fence })).cancelled,
+    acquireNativeStop: async (sessionId, turnId, fence) => {
+      const session = host.session(sessionId)
+      const dispatchStatus = latestJournalDispatchObservation(session.journal, fence)
+      return (
+        await deps.adapter.cancelTurn({
+          sessionId,
+          turnId,
+          fence,
+          ...(dispatchStatus ? { dispatchStatus } : {})
+        })
+      ).cancelled
+    },
     importTuiHistory: (input) => importTuiHistory(deps, host, input),
     retryPendingSettlement: (sessionId) =>
       retryLoadedStructuredAgentSessionSettlement({
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 c666047e1e7..fb254bbf1e5 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
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type {
 } from '../../../shared/agent-session-wire'
 import { DISPATCH_DOUBT_PERSISTENCE_FAILED } from '../agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-doubt-reasons'
 import type { AgentSessionJournal } from '../agent-session-journal/journal-store'
+import { latestJournalDispatchObservation } from '../agent-session-journal/journal-dispatch-observation'
 import type {
   AgentSessionDispatchOutcome,
   StructuredAgentSessionAdapter
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ export async function performCancel(
   let cancelled = false
   let note = 'Cancellation requested.'
   try {
+    const dispatchStatus = latestJournalDispatchObservation(ctx.journal, ctx.fence)
     cancelled = input.scope
       ? (
           await ctx.adapter.stopBackgroundTasks?.({
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ export async function performCancel(
             sessionId: ctx.sessionId,
             turnId: input.turnId,
             fence: ctx.fence,
+            ...(dispatchStatus ? { dispatchStatus } : {}),
             ...(input.prompt ? { prompt: { itemId: input.prompt.itemId } } : {})
           })
         ).cancelled
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/claude-structured-session-integration.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/claude-structured-session-integration.test.ts
index d464d87e8f7..f6b540bc5af 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/claude-structured-session-integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/claude-structured-session-integration.test.ts
@@ -600,6 +600,18 @@ describe('a structured Claude session over agentSession.*', () => {
       `claude:${PROVIDER_SESSION}:assistant-leaf`
     )
 
+    // A background task can wake Claude after the preceding dispatch settled.
+    // This assistant frame opens the provider-owned turn without an Orca send
+    // echo; Stop must target that frame's id rather than the settled user row.
+    claude.live().handlers.onMessage?.({
+      type: 'assistant',
+      session_id: PROVIDER_SESSION,
+      uuid: 'provider-opened-assistant',
+      parent_tool_use_id: null,
+      message: { role: 'assistant', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Background task update.' }] }
+    })
+    await getStructuredAgentSessionHost()?.flushStreamedEvents(SESSION)
+
     claude.live().handlers.onMessage?.({
       type: 'system',
       subtype: 'background_tasks_changed',
@@ -672,10 +684,14 @@ describe('a structured Claude session over agentSession.*', () => {
 
     await expect(
       ok('agentSession.cancel', {
-        envelope: envelope('agentSession.cancel', { turnId: 'user-1' }, created.fence),
-        turnId: 'user-1'
+        envelope: envelope(
+          'agentSession.cancel',
+          { turnId: 'provider-opened-assistant' },
+          created.fence
+        ),
+        turnId: 'provider-opened-assistant'
       })
-    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ turnId: 'user-1', cancelled: true })
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({ turnId: 'provider-opened-assistant', cancelled: true })
     expect(claude.live().calls.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ subtype: 'interrupt' })
 
     const host = getStructuredAgentSessionHost() as unknown as {
@@ -700,13 +716,13 @@ describe('a structured Claude session over agentSession.*', () => {
     })
     expect(claude.live().launch.options).toMatchObject({
       resume: PROVIDER_SESSION,
-      resumeSessionAt: 'assistant-leaf'
+      resumeSessionAt: 'provider-opened-assistant'
     })
     expect(host.deps.store.getRecord(SESSION).providerHandleChain.at(-1)).toMatchObject({
       handle: {
         provider: 'claude',
         sessionId: PROVIDER_SESSION,
-        leafUuid: 'assistant-leaf'
+        leafUuid: 'provider-opened-assistant'
       },
       origin: 'resumed'
     })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-languages/register-shell-markdown-aliases.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-languages/register-shell-markdown-aliases.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d977b4322e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-languages/register-shell-markdown-aliases.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { registerShellMarkdownAliases } from './register-shell-markdown-aliases'
+
+function createMonacoMock(aliases: string[] = ['Shell', 'sh']) {
+  return {
+    languages: {
+      getLanguages: vi.fn(() => [{ id: 'shell', aliases }]),
+      register: vi.fn()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('registerShellMarkdownAliases', () => {
+  it('registers bash alongside the built-in shell aliases', () => {
+    const monaco = createMonacoMock()
+
+    registerShellMarkdownAliases(monaco)
+
+    expect(monaco.languages.register).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      id: 'shell',
+      aliases: ['Shell', 'sh', 'bash']
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('does not register the alias again when Monaco already exposes it', () => {
+    const monaco = createMonacoMock(['Shell', 'sh', 'Bash'])
+
+    registerShellMarkdownAliases(monaco)
+
+    expect(monaco.languages.register).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-languages/register-shell-markdown-aliases.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-languages/register-shell-markdown-aliases.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1cad43f1dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-languages/register-shell-markdown-aliases.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import type * as Monaco from 'monaco-editor'
+
+type MonacoModule = typeof Monaco
+
+// Why: Monaco resolves Markdown fences by alias (never extension) and its shell
+// language declares `bash` only as an extension, so ```bash rendered plain while
+// ```sh highlighted. Re-registering id 'shell' merges the alias and keeps the
+// built-in tokenizer; `Shell` stays first because Monaco uses the first alias as
+// the language's display name.
+export function registerShellMarkdownAliases(monaco: {
+  languages: Pick<MonacoModule['languages'], 'getLanguages' | 'register'>
+}): void {
+  const bashAlreadyRegistered = monaco.languages
+    .getLanguages()
+    .some(
+      ({ id, aliases }) =>
+        id === 'shell' && aliases?.some((alias) => alias.toLowerCase() === 'bash')
+    )
+  if (bashAlreadyRegistered) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  monaco.languages.register({ id: 'shell', aliases: ['Shell', 'sh', 'bash'] })
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-setup.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-setup.ts
index 523ecf8e77b..57a42fc230f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-setup.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/monaco-setup.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import tsWorker from 'monaco-editor/esm/vs/language/typescript/ts.worker?worker'
 import { registerAstroLanguage } from './monaco-languages/register-astro'
 import { registerJsonlLanguage } from './monaco-languages/register-jsonl'
 import { registerNimLanguage } from './monaco-languages/register-nim'
+import { registerShellMarkdownAliases } from './monaco-languages/register-shell-markdown-aliases'
 import { registerSvelteLanguage } from './monaco-languages/register-svelte'
 import { registerVueLanguage } from './monaco-languages/register-vue'
 import { installMonacoDelayerCancellationGuard } from './monaco-delayer-cancellation-guard'
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ registerSvelteLanguage(monaco)
 registerAstroLanguage(monaco)
 registerNimLanguage(monaco)
 registerJsonlLanguage(monaco)
+registerShellMarkdownAliases(monaco)
 installMonacoDelayerCancellationGuard()
 installMonacoDiffEditorDisposalGuard(monaco)
 installMonacoPeekReferencesPreviewOptions()
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-status-store-snapshot-budget.ts b/src/shared/agent-status-store-snapshot-budget.ts
index 6ae4dc8f040..dfb4665a01a 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-status-store-snapshot-budget.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-status-store-snapshot-budget.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import {
 } from './agent-status-store-contract'
 import type { AgentChildWorkAliasRecord } from './agent-status-child-work-alias'
 import type { AgentChildWorkRecord } from './agent-status-child-work'
-import type { AgentStatusFactRecord } from './agent-status-store-contract'
+import type {
+  AgentStatusFactRecord,
+  AgentStatusTombstoneRecord
+} from './agent-status-store-contract'
 import type { AgentStatusParentRecord } from './agent-status-store-parent'
 import type { AgentStatusStoreState } from './agent-status-store-state'
-import type { AgentStatusTombstoneRecord } from './agent-status-store-contract'
 import { getUtf8ByteLength } from './utf8-byte-limits'
 
 type AgentStatusSnapshotRecord =
diff --git a/tests/e2e/markdown-source-bash-highlighting.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/markdown-source-bash-highlighting.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33b0e0ed82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/markdown-source-bash-highlighting.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import type { Locator, Page } from '@stablyai/playwright-test'
+import { test, expect } from './helpers/orca-app'
+import { waitForActiveWorktree, waitForSessionReady } from './helpers/store'
+import {
+  cleanupMarkdownFixture,
+  createMarkdownFixture,
+  getActiveWorktreeContext,
+  openMarkdownFixture,
+  waitForRichMarkdownEditor
+} from './helpers/markdown-editor-fixture'
+
+const MARKDOWN = `\`\`\`bash
+printf '%s\\n' "build complete" # bash-highlight-marker
+\`\`\`
+
+\`\`\`sh
+printf '%s\\n' "build complete" # shell-control-marker
+\`\`\`
+`
+
+async function switchToSourceMode(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const store = window.__store
+    if (!store) {
+      throw new Error('window.__store is not available')
+    }
+    const state = store.getState()
+    if (!state.activeFileId) {
+      throw new Error('No active editor file')
+    }
+    state.setMarkdownViewMode(state.activeFileId, 'source')
+  })
+}
+
+async function distinctLeafTokenColors(line: Locator): Promise<number> {
+  return line.locator('span').evaluateAll((spans) => {
+    const colors = spans
+      .filter((span) => span.childElementCount === 0 && span.textContent?.trim())
+      .map((span) => window.getComputedStyle(span).color)
+    return new Set(colors).size
+  })
+}
+
+test('highlights bash and sh fences in Markdown Source mode', async ({ orcaPage }, testInfo) => {
+  await waitForSessionReady(orcaPage)
+  await waitForActiveWorktree(orcaPage)
+
+  const context = await getActiveWorktreeContext(orcaPage)
+  let filePath: string | null = null
+
+  try {
+    filePath = await createMarkdownFixture(
+      context,
+      '.orca-e2e-markdown-source-highlighting',
+      'bash-and-sh',
+      testInfo.workerIndex,
+      MARKDOWN
+    )
+    await openMarkdownFixture(orcaPage, context, filePath)
+    await waitForRichMarkdownEditor(orcaPage)
+    await switchToSourceMode(orcaPage)
+
+    const monaco = orcaPage.locator('.monaco-editor').first()
+    await expect(monaco).toBeVisible({ timeout: 25_000 })
+
+    for (const marker of ['bash-highlight-marker', 'shell-control-marker']) {
+      const line = monaco.locator('.view-line').filter({ hasText: marker })
+      await expect(line).toHaveCount(1)
+      await expect
+        .poll(() => distinctLeafTokenColors(line), {
+          message: `${marker} should render with distinct shell token colors`
+        })
+        .toBeGreaterThan(1)
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await cleanupMarkdownFixture(filePath)
+  }
+})