@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   createSendInputTool,
 } from "./lifecycle-tools.js";
 import { createSubAgentSessionStore } from "./session-store.js";
+import { occupancyShouldYieldWait } from "./mailbox-mail-drive.js";
 import { INTENT_DEFAULT_DIRECTOR } from "../agent/directors/registry.js";
 import { createPermissionGate } from "../permission/gate.js";
 import { agentLaneIsLive, fleetProgress } from "../tui/agent-progress.js";
@@ -3792,6 +3793,173 @@ describe("wait_agents occupancy yield (CL-7518)", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("wait_agents timed_out collection (CL-8028)", () => {
+  test("a yield on an already-terminal record still delivers its report and collects it", async () => {
+    const deps = makeDeps(async () => ({ report: "shipped" }));
+    const spawn = createSpawnAgentTool(deps);
+    const wait = createWaitAgentsTool({
+      sessions: deps.sessions,
+      fleetRecords: deps.fleetRecords,
+      shouldYieldWait: () => occupancyShouldYieldWait(deps.fleetRecords),
+    });
+    const spawned = await callTool(spawn, {
+      description: "lane",
+      prompt: "do it",
+      intent: "explore",
+    });
+    const id = spawned.agent_id as string;
+    await waitUntilMailboxTerminal(deps.fleetRecords, deps.sessions, id);
+    // The real occupancy predicate trips on the uncollected terminal, so
+    // this wait yields — but it must still hand over the report, never a
+    // bare done that strands the record for resume.
+    expect(occupancyShouldYieldWait(deps.fleetRecords)).toBe(true);
+    const waited = await callTool(wait, { targets: [id], timeout_ms: 5_000 });
+    expect(waited.timed_out).toBe(true);
+    const row = defined((waited.results as Record<string, unknown>[])[0]);
+    expect(row.status).toBe("done");
+    expect(row.report).toBe("shipped");
+    expect(deps.fleetRecords.peek(id)?.collected).toBe(true);
+    // The collected report no longer trips the predicate, so the next wait
+    // proceeds instead of yielding the same way forever.
+    expect(occupancyShouldYieldWait(deps.fleetRecords)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("a second wait after the yielded wait is not stranded without a report", async () => {
+    const deps = makeDeps(async () => ({ report: "shipped" }));
+    const spawn = createSpawnAgentTool(deps);
+    const wait = createWaitAgentsTool({
+      sessions: deps.sessions,
+      fleetRecords: deps.fleetRecords,
+      shouldYieldWait: () => occupancyShouldYieldWait(deps.fleetRecords),
+    });
+    const spawned = await callTool(spawn, {
+      description: "lane",
+      prompt: "do it",
+      intent: "explore",
+    });
+    const id = spawned.agent_id as string;
+    await waitUntilMailboxTerminal(deps.fleetRecords, deps.sessions, id);
+    const first = await callTool(wait, { targets: [id], timeout_ms: 5_000 });
+    expect(first.timed_out).toBe(true);
+    expect(defined((first.results as { report?: string }[])[0]).report).toBe(
+      "shipped",
+    );
+
+    const second = await callTool(wait, { targets: [id], timeout_ms: 5_000 });
+    expect(second.timed_out).toBe(false);
+    const row = defined((second.results as Record<string, unknown>[])[0]);
+    expect(row.status).toBe("done");
+    expect(row.report).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("resume_agent is allowed after a timed_out wait that delivered the report", async () => {
+    const sessions = createSubAgentSessionStore();
+    const fleetRecords = createFleetMailbox(sessions);
+    const followupGate = deferred<string>();
+    const worker = sessions.start({
+      description: "retained",
+      agentId: "explorer",
+      brief: "b",
+      retained: true,
+    });
+    sessions.markRunning(worker.id);
+    fleetRecords.register(worker.id);
+    sessions.registerInterrupt(worker.id, () => undefined);
+    sessions.registerFollowup(worker.id, async () => followupGate.promise);
+    sessions.complete(worker.id, "first report");
+    await waitUntilMailboxTerminal(fleetRecords, sessions, worker.id);
+
+    const wait = createWaitAgentsTool({
+      sessions,
+      fleetRecords,
+      shouldYieldWait: () => occupancyShouldYieldWait(fleetRecords),
+    });
+    const resume = createResumeAgentTool({ sessions, fleetRecords });
+
+    const waited = await callTool(wait, {
+      targets: [worker.id],
+      timeout_ms: 5_000,
+    });
+    expect(waited.timed_out).toBe(true);
+    expect(defined((waited.results as { report?: string }[])[0]).report).toBe(
+      "first report",
+    );
+
+    // The collected first turn must not read as "not collected": resume
+    // proceeds to the followup instead of demanding another wait first.
+    if (resume.kind !== "full") throw new Error("expected full tool");
+    const resumed = await resume.handler(
+      {
+        id: "resume-after-yield",
+        name: "resume_agent",
+        arguments: { target: worker.id, message: "go on" },
+      },
+      new AbortController().signal,
+    );
+    expect(resumed.isError).not.toBe(true);
+    expect(String(resumed.content)).toContain("running");
+
+    followupGate.resolve("second report");
+    await waitUntilMailboxTerminal(fleetRecords, sessions, worker.id);
+    // Occupancy still asks to yield on the fresh uncollected terminal, but
+    // the yielded wait hands over the followup report and collects it —
+    // the resumed turn is not stranded the way the first turn was.
+    const done = await callTool(wait, {
+      targets: [worker.id],
+      timeout_ms: 5_000,
+    });
+    expect(done.timed_out).toBe(true);
+    expect(defined((done.results as { report?: string }[])[0]).report).toBe(
+      "second report",
+    );
+    expect(fleetRecords.peek(worker.id)?.collected).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("a mixed yield takes the done report and peeks the running sibling", async () => {
+    const liveGate = deferred<RunSubAgentResult>();
+    const deps = makeDeps(async (params) => {
+      if (params.description === "done lane") return { report: "shipped" };
+      return liveGate.promise;
+    });
+    const spawn = createSpawnAgentTool(deps);
+    const wait = createWaitAgentsTool({
+      sessions: deps.sessions,
+      fleetRecords: deps.fleetRecords,
+      shouldYieldWait: () => occupancyShouldYieldWait(deps.fleetRecords),
+    });
+    const doneSpawn = await callTool(spawn, {
+      description: "done lane",
+      prompt: "do it",
+      intent: "explore",
+    });
+    const liveSpawn = await callTool(spawn, {
+      description: "live lane",
+      prompt: "do it",
+      intent: "explore",
+    });
+    const doneId = doneSpawn.agent_id as string;
+    const liveId = liveSpawn.agent_id as string;
+    await waitUntilMailboxTerminal(deps.fleetRecords, deps.sessions, doneId);
+    expect(occupancyShouldYieldWait(deps.fleetRecords)).toBe(true);
+    const waited = await callTool(wait, {
+      targets: [doneId, liveId],
+      timeout_ms: 5_000,
+    });
+    expect(waited.timed_out).toBe(true);
+    const results = waited.results as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    const doneRow = defined(results.find((row) => row.agent_id === doneId));
+    const liveRow = defined(results.find((row) => row.agent_id === liveId));
+    expect(doneRow.status).toBe("done");
+    expect(doneRow.report).toBe("shipped");
+    expect(deps.fleetRecords.peek(doneId)?.collected).toBe(true);
+    expect(liveRow.status).toBe("running");
+    expect(liveRow.report).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(deps.sessions.get(liveId)?.status).toBe("running");
+    expect(deps.fleetRecords.peek(liveId)?.collected).not.toBe(true);
+    liveGate.resolve({ report: "ok" });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("wait_agents tool copy", () => {
   test("names the doom-loop exemption for still-pending polls", () => {
     expect(waitAgentsToolDefinition.description).toContain("doom-loop guard");
 
@@ -1559,8 +1559,10 @@ interface WaitAgentsDeps {
   /**
    * Supported but unwired in production: no current mount passes this
    * (TUI does not mount wait_agents; exec mounts without the predicate).
-   * When true, finish the wait as a timeout (workers untouched, no take)
-   * so occupancy can deliver mailbox mail or a queued operator steer.
+   * When true, finish the wait as a timeout so occupancy can deliver
+   * mailbox mail or a queued operator steer. Live and awaiting_director
+   * records stay peeked (workers keep running); terminals are taken
+   * unless already bodyHanded.
    */
   shouldYieldWait?: () => boolean;
 }
@@ -1575,9 +1577,10 @@ function isWaitTerminal(id: string, fleetRecords: FleetMailboxHandle): boolean {
  * elapses, or the optional (currently unwired in production)
  * `shouldYieldWait` predicate is true. Driven by the session
  * store's mailbox (`subscribe`) raced against a timer and the parent tool
- * signal; never polls. Timeout, abort, and yield have no side effects:
- * workers keep running and remain waitable. Overlay writers wake this wait
- * via `sessions.wake()`.
+ * signal; never polls. Timeout, abort, and yield do not interrupt
+ * workers: live and awaiting_director stay peeked; terminals are taken
+ * unless already bodyHanded. Overlay writers wake this wait via
+ * `sessions.wake()`.
  */
 async function waitForTerminal(
   sessions: SubAgentSessionStore,
@@ -1694,7 +1697,13 @@ export function createWaitAgentsTool(deps: WaitAgentsDeps): AgentTool {
 
       // Terminal overlay/session projections are marked collected once
       // delivered here; a running record is only peeked, so it stays waitable.
-      // A yield leaves reports for occupancy (mailbox mail / ask-wake).
+      // A yield leaves live records for occupancy (mailbox mail / ask-wake):
+      // running/queued stay peeked and the awaiting_director question above
+      // stays with the wake path. Terminal records are always taken, even on
+      // a yield or timeout — CL-8028: reporting done with no report while the
+      // record stays uncollected blocks resume_agent ("call wait_agents
+      // first") and the occupancy yield predicate stays true on the
+      // uncollected terminal, so every later wait yields the same way.
       const results = targets.map((id) => {
         const record = deps.fleetRecords.peek(id);
         if (record === undefined) {
@@ -1727,7 +1736,11 @@ export function createWaitAgentsTool(deps: WaitAgentsDeps): AgentTool {
         if (isLiveWaitStatus(record.status)) {
           return { agent_id: id, status: record.status };
         }
-        if (yielded || record.bodyHanded === true) {
+        // CL-8028: a terminal status shown here must be collected. Falling
+        // through to takeAndProjectMailboxRecord even when yielded (see the
+        // note above) so a timed_out wait never reports done without its
+        // report while leaving the record uncollected.
+        if (record.bodyHanded === true) {
           return {
             agent_id: id,
             status: record.status,