diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/registry/agent-lifecycle.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/registry/agent-lifecycle.ts
index 1cdbf51c5..0f5606990 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/registry/agent-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/registry/agent-lifecycle.ts
@@ -176,21 +176,35 @@ export class AgentLifecycleManager {
 
 	/**
 	 * Reclaim a provably-dead parked corpse so a fresh spawn can reuse its id.
-	 * A ref qualifies only when it still resolves to `expected`, is `parked`
-	 * with no live session, this manager does not own it (no in-memory reviver
-	 * adoption), and no park/revive is in flight. Such a ref cannot be revived
-	 * — {@link ensureLive} throws for it — yet {@link AgentRegistry.registerIfAvailable}
-	 * refuses to overwrite it, so one construction failure or isolated-run park
-	 * would otherwise poison the id for the whole process (#8490).
+	 * Refuses live, adopted, in-flight, or cold-revivable refs. For a parked ref
+	 * restored from disk, the persisted factory is consulted before removal
+	 * because cold revivers are created lazily by {@link ensureLive}.
 	 *
 	 * Only refs in the registry this manager owns are touched; the transcript
 	 * stays readable at `history://<id>`. Returns true when the corpse was
 	 * unregistered.
 	 */
-	reclaimDeadCorpse(id: string, expected: AgentRef): boolean {
+	async reclaimDeadCorpse(id: string, expected: AgentRef): Promise<boolean> {
 		const ref = this.#registry.get(id);
 		if (ref !== expected || ref.status !== "parked" || ref.session) return false;
 		if (this.#adopted.has(id) || this.#parks.has(id) || this.#revivals.has(id)) return false;
+
+		const persistedFactory = ref.sessionFile ? this.#persistedReviverFactory : undefined;
+		if (persistedFactory) {
+			try {
+				if (await persistedFactory(ref)) return false;
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.warn("AgentLifecycleManager.reclaimDeadCorpse: persisted reviver probe failed", {
+					id,
+					error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+				});
+				return false;
+			}
+			// The factory awaited I/O; another lifecycle operation may now own or
+			// have replaced this ref. Revalidate every reclaim invariant.
+			if (this.#registry.get(id) !== ref || ref.status !== "parked" || ref.session) return false;
+			if (this.#adopted.has(id) || this.#parks.has(id) || this.#revivals.has(id)) return false;
+		}
 		return this.#registry.unregister(id, ref);
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
index c5e410c39..0df643414 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/sdk.ts
@@ -3044,7 +3044,7 @@ async function createAgentSessionScoped(options: CreateAgentSessionOptions): Pro
 			// registry it manages; the corpse's transcript stays at history://.
 			const stale = agentRegistry.get(resolvedAgentId);
 			const lifecycle = AgentLifecycleManager.global();
-			if (stale && lifecycle.manages(agentRegistry) && lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse(resolvedAgentId, stale)) {
+			if (stale && lifecycle.manages(agentRegistry) && (await lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse(resolvedAgentId, stale))) {
 				registeredAgentRef = agentRegistry.registerIfAvailable(registrationInput, null);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/registry/agent-lifecycle.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/registry/agent-lifecycle.test.ts
index 95fe8b8c8..0f5d12619 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/registry/agent-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/registry/agent-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ describe("AgentLifecycleManager", () => {
 			session: live.session,
 			status: "running",
 		});
-		expect(lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Live-Sub", registry.get("Live-Sub")!)).toBe(false);
+		expect(await lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Live-Sub", registry.get("Live-Sub")!)).toBe(false);
 		expect(registry.get("Live-Sub")?.session).toBe(live.session);
 
 		// An adopted (revivable) parked agent is never reclaimed.
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ describe("AgentLifecycleManager", () => {
 			status: "parked",
 		});
 		lifecycle.adopt("Adopted-Sub", { idleTtlMs: 0, revive: async () => makeSessionStub().session }, adopted);
-		expect(lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Adopted-Sub", adopted)).toBe(false);
+		expect(await lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Adopted-Sub", adopted)).toBe(false);
 		expect(registry.get("Adopted-Sub")).toBe(adopted);
 
 		// A stale expected ref (points at a different agent) is never reclaimed.
-		expect(lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Corpse-Sub", adopted)).toBe(false);
+		expect(await lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Corpse-Sub", adopted)).toBe(false);
 
 		// The corpse is reclaimed, and its id becomes registerable again.
-		expect(lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Corpse-Sub", corpse)).toBe(true);
+		expect(await lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Corpse-Sub", corpse)).toBe(true);
 		expect(registry.get("Corpse-Sub")).toBeUndefined();
 		const respawn = registry.registerIfAvailable(
 			{ id: "Corpse-Sub", displayName: "task", kind: "sub", session: null, status: "running" },
@@ -199,6 +199,32 @@ describe("AgentLifecycleManager", () => {
 		expect(registry.get("Corpse-Sub")).toBe(respawn);
 	});
 
+	it("reclaimDeadCorpse preserves an unadopted parked ref when its persisted session can cold-revive", async () => {
+		const revived = makeSessionStub();
+		const cold = registry.register({
+			id: "Cold-Sub",
+			displayName: "task",
+			kind: "sub",
+			session: null,
+			sessionFile: "/tmp/Cold-Sub.jsonl",
+			status: "parked",
+		});
+		let factoryCalls = 0;
+		lifecycle.setPersistedSubagentReviverFactory(async ref => {
+			factoryCalls++;
+			expect(ref).toBe(cold);
+			return async () => revived.session;
+		}, 0);
+
+		expect(await lifecycle.reclaimDeadCorpse("Cold-Sub", cold)).toBe(false);
+		expect(registry.get("Cold-Sub")).toBe(cold);
+		expect(factoryCalls).toBe(1);
+
+		// The preserved ref remains messageable through the normal cold-revive path.
+		expect(await lifecycle.ensureLive("Cold-Sub")).toBe(revived.session);
+		expect(registry.get("Cold-Sub")?.session).toBe(revived.session);
+	});
+
 	it("concurrent ensureLive calls during a slow revive coalesce into one reviver run", async () => {
 		const gate = deferred();
 		const revived = makeSessionStub();