@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ export interface OpenIntegrationSessionOpts {
   retryPolicy?: RetryPolicy;
   /** Fields merged over harness.deps, e.g. a real scheduler when retry delays must elapse. */
   depsOverrides?: Partial<Dependencies>;
+  /** Reuse an existing session cwd, so the agent loads that session's store. */
+  cwd?: string;
 }
 
 export async function openIntegrationSession(
@@ -170,7 +172,8 @@ export async function openIntegrationSession(
     throw new Error("openIntegrationSession requires at least one source");
   }
   const defaultSource = opts.defaultSourceId ?? primarySource.id;
-  const cwd = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "corbits-integration-cwd-"));
+  const cwd =
+    opts.cwd ?? mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "corbits-integration-cwd-"));
   const workdir = join(cwd, ".agent-state", "integration-session");
   const evidenceArchiveHolder: { current: CompactionArchive | undefined } = {
     current: undefined,
@@ -380,18 +383,39 @@ export async function openIntegrationSession(
   };
 }
 
-export async function closeIntegrationSession(
+async function releaseIntegrationAgent(
   session: IntegrationSession,
 ): Promise<void> {
   try {
     await session.agent.close();
   } finally {
     await session.toolset.dispose();
     session.harness.dispose();
+  }
+}
+
+export async function closeIntegrationSession(
+  session: IntegrationSession,
+): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await releaseIntegrationAgent(session);
+  } finally {
     rmSync(session.cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * The TUI reload path: close the agent without a final commit, then build a
+ * fresh one on the same session store. The new session owns the cwd.
+ */
+export async function rebuildIntegrationSession(
+  session: IntegrationSession,
+  opts: OpenIntegrationSessionOpts,
+): Promise<IntegrationSession> {
+  await releaseIntegrationAgent(session);
+  return openIntegrationSession({ ...opts, cwd: session.cwd });
+}
+
 export interface TurnResult {
   events: ReactorEmittedEvent[];
   reply: string;
 
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+/**
+ * An approved ask whose agent is rebuilt from the same store before the next
+ * cycle commit (the TUI's deferred reload) must not leave the parked call's
+ * pending operation behind: the rebuilt reactor would re-arm its gate and, at
+ * the original deadline, answer an already-answered call with "approval timed
+ * out".
+ */
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, spyOn, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import type { ReactorEmittedEvent } from "@intx/inference";
+import type { ConversationTurn } from "@intx/types/runtime";
+
+import { createPermissionGate } from "../src/permission/gate.js";
+import { createReactorAuthorize } from "../src/permission/reactor-authorize.js";
+import {
+  createApprovalResume,
+  resolveParkedCallIdFromStore,
+} from "../src/session/approval-resume.js";
+import {
+  closeIntegrationSession,
+  openIntegrationSession,
+  rebuildIntegrationSession,
+  runUntilDone,
+  runUntilSuspended,
+  type IntegrationSession,
+} from "./integration-harness.js";
+
+// Ask-tier, but answered locally: nothing listens on the discard port.
+const CLOSED_PORT_PROBE = "curl -sS --max-time 1 http://127.0.0.1:9/";
+
+// Reactor gates run on the real clock (setTimeout + Date.now), not the
+// inference harness clock, so the approval deadline is driven here. Only
+// timers at least this long are held; everything shorter keeps real timing.
+const HELD_TIMER_MIN_MS = 30 * 60_000;
+
+interface HeldTimer {
+  dueAt: number;
+  fire: () => void;
+  cleared: boolean;
+}
+
+function holdLongTimers() {
+  const realNow = Date.now.bind(Date);
+  const realSetTimeout = globalThis.setTimeout;
+  const realClearTimeout = globalThis.clearTimeout;
+  let offset = 0;
+  const held = new Map<object, HeldTimer>();
+  const now = spyOn(Date, "now").mockImplementation(() => realNow() + offset);
+  const set = spyOn(globalThis, "setTimeout").mockImplementation(((
+    fire: () => void,
+    delay?: number,
+    ...args: unknown[]
+  ) => {
+    if (delay === undefined || delay < HELD_TIMER_MIN_MS) {
+      return realSetTimeout(fire, delay, ...args);
+    }
+    const handle = {};
+    held.set(handle, { dueAt: Date.now() + delay, fire, cleared: false });
+    return handle;
+  }) as typeof setTimeout);
+  const clear = spyOn(globalThis, "clearTimeout").mockImplementation(((
+    handle: Parameters<typeof clearTimeout>[0],
+  ) => {
+    const timer =
+      typeof handle === "object" && handle !== null
+        ? held.get(handle)
+        : undefined;
+    if (timer !== undefined) {
+      timer.cleared = true;
+      return;
+    }
+    realClearTimeout(handle);
+  }) as typeof clearTimeout);
+  return {
+    /** Move the clock to `at` and fire every held timer due by then. */
+    advanceTo(at: number): void {
+      offset = at - realNow();
+      for (const timer of held.values()) {
+        if (timer.cleared || timer.dueAt > at) continue;
+        timer.cleared = true;
+        timer.fire();
+      }
+    },
+    restore(): void {
+      clear.mockRestore();
+      set.mockRestore();
+      now.mockRestore();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function deferredApprovalGate() {
+  let release: ((outcome: { allow: boolean }) => void) | undefined;
+  return {
+    asked: () => release !== undefined,
+    gate: createPermissionGate({
+      approvals: [],
+      interactive: true,
+      skipPermissions: false,
+      auto: false,
+      reactorGated: true,
+      requestApproval: () =>
+        new Promise((resolve) => {
+          release = resolve;
+        }),
+    }),
+    approve: () => release?.({ allow: true }),
+  };
+}
+
+async function waitFor(
+  predicate: () => boolean,
+  what: string,
+  ms = 5_000,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const deadline = performance.now() + ms;
+  while (!predicate()) {
+    if (performance.now() > deadline) throw new Error(`timed out: ${what}`);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+  }
+}
+
+function toolResultsFor(
+  turns: readonly ConversationTurn[],
+  callId: string,
+): string[] {
+  return turns
+    .flatMap((turn) => turn.content)
+    .flatMap((block) =>
+      block.type === "tool_result" && block.callId === callId
+        ? [JSON.stringify(block.content)]
+        : [],
+    );
+}
+
+function collect(session: IntegrationSession): ReactorEmittedEvent[] {
+  const events: ReactorEmittedEvent[] = [];
+  void (async () => {
+    for await (const event of session.agent.stream()) events.push(event);
+  })().catch(() => undefined);
+  return events;
+}
+
+const cleanups: (() => Promise<void> | void)[] = [];
+afterEach(async () => {
+  for (const cleanup of cleanups.splice(0).reverse()) await cleanup();
+});
+
+interface Reloaded {
+  session: IntegrationSession;
+  /** Events from the rebuilt agent, collected from its start. */
+  events: ReactorEmittedEvent[];
+  callId: string;
+  deadline: number;
+  clock: ReturnType<typeof holdLongTimers>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parks `command` on an ask, approves it, and once `reloadWhen` holds for
+ * the approved run, rebuilds the agent on the same store. The model turn
+ * after the approved result stays open, so the reload always lands before
+ * the reply terminal commits the cycle.
+ */
+async function approveThenReload(
+  command: string,
+  reloadWhen: (
+    session: IntegrationSession,
+    events: ReactorEmittedEvent[],
+  ) => boolean,
+): Promise<Reloaded> {
+  const ctx = deferredApprovalGate();
+  const sessionOpts = {
+    permissionGate: ctx.gate,
+    authorize: createReactorAuthorize(ctx.gate),
+  };
+  let session = await openIntegrationSession(sessionOpts);
+  cleanups.push(() => closeIntegrationSession(session));
+
+  session.harness.scenario.replyOnce("anthropic", {
+    toolCalls: [{ name: "run_shell", args: { command } }],
+  });
+  session.harness.scenario.stall();
+
+  const turn = await runUntilSuspended(session, "Probe the local port.");
+  if (turn.result.type !== "suspended") throw new Error("did not park");
+  const { correlationId } = turn.result;
+  const parked = (await session.storage.load()).pendingOperations.find(
+    (op) => op.correlationId === correlationId,
+  );
+  const callId = parked?.suspendedCall?.id;
+  const deadline = parked?.timeoutAt;
+  if (callId === undefined || deadline === undefined) {
+    throw new Error("parked call has no persisted call id or deadline");
+  }
+
+  const resume = createApprovalResume({
+    getAgent: () => session.agent,
+    gate: ctx.gate,
+    resolveParkedCallId: (id) =>
+      resolveParkedCallIdFromStore(session.storage, id),
+  });
+  const handling = resume.handle(turn.result);
+  await waitFor(ctx.asked, "approval prompt");
+  ctx.approve();
+  expect(await handling).toBe(true);
+  void session.harness
+    .run({ wallClockBudgetMs: 30_000 })
+    .catch(() => undefined);
+  const before = session;
+  await waitFor(() => reloadWhen(before, turn.events), "reload point");
+
+  const clock = holdLongTimers();
+  cleanups.push(() => clock.restore());
+  session = await rebuildIntegrationSession(session, sessionOpts);
+  return { session, events: collect(session), callId, deadline, clock };
+}
+
+/** Moves past the original approval deadline and lets the reactor react. */
+async function passDeadline(reloaded: Reloaded): Promise<void> {
+  reloaded.clock.advanceTo(reloaded.deadline + 1_000);
+  await reloaded.session.harness
+    .run({ wallClockBudgetMs: 2_000 })
+    .catch(() => undefined);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+}
+
+describe("integration: approving an ask, then reloading the agent", () => {
+  test.serial(
+    "after the approved result: the rebuilt agent continues, and the old deadline adds no result",
+    async () => {
+      const reloaded = await approveThenReload(
+        CLOSED_PORT_PROBE,
+        (session) => session.harness.scenario.matchedRequests().length === 2,
+      );
+      const { session, callId } = reloaded;
+      expect(
+        toolResultsFor(await session.agent.history(), callId),
+      ).toHaveLength(1);
+
+      session.harness.scenario.replyOnce("anthropic", { text: "Port closed." });
+      const followUp = await runUntilDone(session, "Continue.");
+      expect(followUp.reply).toBe("Port closed.");
+
+      await passDeadline(reloaded);
+      expect(reloaded.events.filter((e) => e.type === "reactor.error")).toEqual(
+        [],
+      );
+      const results = toolResultsFor(await session.agent.history(), callId);
+      expect(results).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(results.join("")).not.toContain("approval timed out");
+    },
+    20_000,
+  );
+
+  // The reload interrupts the approved call, which the closing reactor
+  // answers itself. What an interrupted call should report is not pinned
+  // here; only that the old deadline cannot add a second result.
+  test.serial(
+    "during the approved call: the old deadline adds no second result",
+    async () => {
+      const reloaded = await approveThenReload(
+        `sleep 20; ${CLOSED_PORT_PROBE}`,
+        (_session, events) => events.some((e) => e.type === "tool.start"),
+      );
+      const { session, callId } = reloaded;
+      expect(
+        toolResultsFor(await session.agent.history(), callId),
+      ).toHaveLength(1);
+
+      await passDeadline(reloaded);
+      expect(reloaded.events.filter((e) => e.type === "reactor.error")).toEqual(
+        [],
+      );
+      expect(
+        toolResultsFor(await session.agent.history(), callId),
+      ).toHaveLength(1);
+    },
+    20_000,
+  );
+});