diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useTerminalSession.test.tsx b/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useTerminalSession.test.tsx
index 99e2dcba7..aa4238762 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useTerminalSession.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useTerminalSession.test.tsx
@@ -300,6 +300,35 @@ describe("useTerminalSession", () => {
 		expect(muxes[1].inputs).toEqual([["handle-1", "echo ok\r"]]);
 	});
 
+	it("does not reconnect a broken live pane on ordinary session updates", () => {
+		const muxes: FakeMux[] = [];
+		const createMux = () => {
+			const fake = createFakeMux();
+			muxes.push(fake);
+			return fake.mux;
+		};
+		const queryClient = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+		const wrapper = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => (
+			<QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>{children}</QueryClientProvider>
+		);
+		const view = renderHook(
+			({ attachedSession }) => useTerminalSession(attachedSession, { daemonReady: true, createMux }),
+			{ initialProps: { attachedSession: session }, wrapper },
+		);
+		const terminal = createFakeTerminal();
+		act(() => {
+			view.result.current.attach(terminal);
+		});
+		act(() => muxes[0].emitError("handle-1", "no such pane"));
+		expect(view.result.current.state).toBe("error");
+
+		view.rerender({ attachedSession: { ...session, status: "idle", updatedAt: "tick-1" } });
+		view.rerender({ attachedSession: { ...session, status: "working", updatedAt: "tick-2" } });
+
+		expect(view.result.current.state).toBe("error");
+		expect(muxes).toHaveLength(1);
+	});
+
 	it("surfaces pane errors and refetches, with no automatic retry", () => {
 		const { view, muxes, invalidateSpy } = setup();
 		act(() => muxes[0].emitError("handle-1", "no such pane"));
diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useTerminalSession.ts b/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useTerminalSession.ts
index c6ea31326..fbfdd7826 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useTerminalSession.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/hooks/useTerminalSession.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export function useTerminalSession(session: WorkspaceSession | undefined, option
 
 	const sessionRef = useRef(session);
 	sessionRef.current = session;
+	const previousSessionStatusRef = useRef(session?.status);
 	const optionsRef = useRef(options);
 	optionsRef.current = options;
 	const stateRef = useRef<TerminalSessionState>(state);
@@ -326,7 +327,17 @@ export function useTerminalSession(session: WorkspaceSession | undefined, option
 	useEffect(() => {
 		const r = runtime.current;
 		const handle = session?.terminalHandleId ?? null;
-		if (!handle || session?.status === "terminated" || r.detached || !r.terminal) return;
+		const previousStatus = previousSessionStatusRef.current;
+		previousSessionStatusRef.current = session?.status;
+		if (
+			!handle ||
+			previousStatus !== "terminated" ||
+			session?.status === "terminated" ||
+			r.detached ||
+			!r.terminal
+		) {
+			return;
+		}
 		if (r.handle !== handle) return;
 		if (stateRef.current !== "exited" && stateRef.current !== "error") return;
 		if (optionsRef.current.daemonReady) {
@@ -335,7 +346,7 @@ export function useTerminalSession(session: WorkspaceSession | undefined, option
 		} else {
 			transition("reattaching");
 		}
-	}, [connect, session?.status, session?.terminalHandleId, session?.updatedAt, transition]);
+	}, [connect, session?.status, session?.terminalHandleId, transition]);
 
 	// Belt-and-braces: never leak a socket past unmount, even if the owner
 	// forgot to call detach.