diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
index 1ba85b677..2d534757a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ import {
   normalizeCompatibleAgentTitleForOwner,
   resolveCompatibleAgentTypeForOwner
 } from '../../../../shared/agent-title-owner'
+import { resolvePaneAgentOwner } from '../../../../shared/pane-agent-owner'
 import { resolveCommittedTitleAgentType } from '@/lib/pane-agent-evidence'
 import {
   isExpectedAgentProcess,
@@ -1497,11 +1498,13 @@ export function connectPanePty(
       (entry) => entry.id === deps.tabId
     )
     return (
-      tab?.launchAgent ??
-      paneStartup?.launchAgent ??
-      paneStartup?.initialAgentStatus?.agent ??
-      commandInferredPaneAgent ??
-      state.agentStatusByPaneKey[cacheKey]?.agentType
+      resolvePaneAgentOwner({
+        launchAgent: tab?.launchAgent,
+        startupLaunchAgent: paneStartup?.launchAgent,
+        initialStatusAgent: paneStartup?.initialAgentStatus?.agent,
+        commandInferredAgent: commandInferredPaneAgent,
+        hookAgent: state.agentStatusByPaneKey[cacheKey]?.agentType
+      }) ?? undefined
     )
   }
   // Why: the renderer veto (owner evidence beating a Gemini-looking title) must
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent-pi-identity.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent-pi-identity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abe494ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent-pi-identity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { resolveTabAgentFromSignals } from './use-tab-agent'
+
+// Pi/OMP share a title-identity group: OMP wraps Pi and emits Pi-compatible
+// wrapper title frames. These tests pin how the tab-icon resolver keeps an
+// OMP-owned pane on OMP (and a Pi-owned pane on Pi) as those frames arrive,
+// including when the pane loses its host-owned launchAgent on a mirrored or
+// restored client.
+describe('resolveTabAgentFromSignals — Pi/OMP identity', () => {
+  it('keeps OMP launch identity over Pi-compatible wrapper titles after activity', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        launchAgent: 'omp'
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: 'pi',
+        launchAgent: 'omp'
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: false,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: 'pi',
+        launchAgent: 'omp'
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: 'Terminal 1',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        siblingHookAgent: 'pi',
+        launchAgent: 'omp'
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ OMP',
+        hookAgent: 'omp',
+        launchAgent: 'pi'
+      })
+    ).toBe('pi')
+
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: 'zsh',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'pi',
+        launchAgent: 'omp'
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: false,
+        title: 'zsh',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        siblingCompletedHookAgent: 'pi',
+        launchAgent: 'omp'
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a restored/mirrored OMP pane on OMP when launchAgent is gone', () => {
+    // Why: a mirrored or restored OMP pane loses its host-owned launchAgent but
+    // keeps emitting Pi-compatible wrapper title frames. Durable pane identity
+    // (last completed hook / hibernated session) must anchor those frames to OMP
+    // instead of letting them repaint the tab as Pi.
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'omp',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        sleepingSessionAgent: 'omp',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+  })
+
+  it('does not flap between OMP and Pi as a launchAgent-less pane cycles hooks', () => {
+    // The flicker: identity must not flip when the live hook row appears/clears.
+    const withLiveHook = resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+      hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+      isRemote: true,
+      title: '⠋ Pi',
+      hookAgent: 'omp',
+      focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'omp',
+      launchAgent: undefined
+    })
+    const afterHookCleared = resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+      hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+      isRemote: true,
+      title: '⠋ Pi',
+      hookAgent: null,
+      focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'omp',
+      launchAgent: undefined
+    })
+    expect(withLiveHook).toBe('omp')
+    expect(afterHookCleared).toBe('omp')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a launchAgent-less Pi pane on Pi and rejects a stale OMP session record', () => {
+    // The fallback must not over-reach: a genuine Pi pane (recent Pi hook) stays
+    // Pi even if a stale hibernated OMP record is present.
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'pi',
+        sleepingSessionAgent: 'omp',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('pi')
+
+    // An OMP-compatible title on a launchAgent-less Pi pane still resolves to Pi.
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ OMP',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'pi',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('pi')
+  })
+})
+
+// The tab icon is a pane's IDENTITY, not its activity state: a hook record
+// identifies the pane whether the agent is mid-turn (live) or idle (done). These
+// pin that separation so identity can't collapse back into the (non-
+// distinguishing) title layer.
+describe('resolveTabAgentFromSignals — identity vs liveness', () => {
+  it('surfaces the focused idle identity from the record, not the title', () => {
+    // Agent went idle between turns; the title names no agent. Identity still
+    // comes from the pane's own done-hook record.
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: 'Terminal',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'omp',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+  })
+
+  it('ranks the focused idle identity above a hibernated session and launch bootstrap', () => {
+    // The agent that actually ran and idled here beats both a hibernation record
+    // and stale launch intent.
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: 'Terminal',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'omp',
+        sleepingSessionAgent: 'claude',
+        launchAgent: 'codex'
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+  })
+
+  it('never lets a title override a live hook (ground truth)', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '✳ Claude Code',
+        hookAgent: 'omp',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+  })
+
+  it('lets a different-group title reclaim a reused idle pane without launch metadata', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '✳ Claude Code',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'codex',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('claude')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a launchAgent-less pane with a live Pi hook stable on Pi', () => {
+    // A launchless pane whose live hook reports Pi resolves to Pi and stays Pi
+    // when the hook clears (the completed record is Pi too) — no flip to OMP.
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: 'pi',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('pi')
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'pi',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('pi')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a sibling idle identity when the focused pane returns to its shell', () => {
+    // Focused pane's local shell-exit evidence must not clear the sibling's idle
+    // identity — the sibling agent is still there.
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: false,
+        title: 'zsh',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'claude',
+        siblingCompletedHookAgent: 'gemini',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('gemini')
+  })
+
+  it('does not let a sibling pane re-own the focused pane ambiguous Pi title', () => {
+    // A split-pane sibling running OMP says nothing about which Pi-variant the
+    // focused pane runs; the focused pane's own Pi title must stay Pi.
+    expect(
+      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+        isRemote: true,
+        title: '⠋ Pi',
+        hookAgent: null,
+        focusedCompletedHookAgent: null,
+        siblingCompletedHookAgent: 'omp',
+        launchAgent: undefined
+      })
+    ).toBe('pi')
+  })
+
+  it('does not flash the exited agent before a hookless reuse title reclaims on mount', () => {
+    // hasObservedAgentSignal starts false for one mount commit; a completed hook
+    // is itself activity evidence, so the reuse title reclaims immediately
+    // instead of flashing the prior agent's idle identity. (claude ran+idled,
+    // then a hookless codex reused the pane and emits its own title.)
+    const onMount = resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+      hasObservedAgentSignal: false,
+      isRemote: false,
+      title: '⠋ Codex',
+      hookAgent: null,
+      focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'claude',
+      launchAgent: undefined
+    })
+    const afterObserved = resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
+      hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
+      isRemote: false,
+      title: '⠋ Codex',
+      hookAgent: null,
+      focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'claude',
+      launchAgent: undefined
+    })
+    expect(onMount).toBe('codex')
+    expect(afterObserved).toBe('codex')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent.test.ts
index d4d6031b2..9152159f1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent.test.ts
@@ -271,80 +271,8 @@ describe('resolveTabAgentFromSignals', () => {
     ).toBe('codex')
   })
 
-  it('keeps OMP launch identity over Pi-compatible wrapper titles after activity', () => {
-    expect(
-      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
-        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
-        isRemote: true,
-        title: '⠋ Pi',
-        hookAgent: null,
-        launchAgent: 'omp'
-      })
-    ).toBe('omp')
-
-    expect(
-      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
-        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
-        isRemote: true,
-        title: '⠋ Pi',
-        hookAgent: 'pi',
-        launchAgent: 'omp'
-      })
-    ).toBe('omp')
-
-    expect(
-      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
-        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
-        isRemote: false,
-        title: '⠋ Pi',
-        hookAgent: 'pi',
-        launchAgent: 'omp'
-      })
-    ).toBe('omp')
-
-    expect(
-      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
-        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
-        isRemote: true,
-        title: 'Terminal 1',
-        hookAgent: null,
-        siblingHookAgent: 'pi',
-        launchAgent: 'omp'
-      })
-    ).toBe('omp')
-
-    expect(
-      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
-        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
-        isRemote: true,
-        title: '⠋ OMP',
-        hookAgent: 'omp',
-        launchAgent: 'pi'
-      })
-    ).toBe('pi')
-
-    expect(
-      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
-        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
-        isRemote: true,
-        title: 'zsh',
-        hookAgent: null,
-        focusedCompletedHookAgent: 'pi',
-        launchAgent: 'omp'
-      })
-    ).toBe('omp')
-
-    expect(
-      resolveTabAgentFromSignals({
-        hasObservedAgentSignal: true,
-        isRemote: false,
-        title: 'zsh',
-        hookAgent: null,
-        siblingCompletedHookAgent: 'pi',
-        launchAgent: 'omp'
-      })
-    ).toBe('omp')
-  })
+  // Pi/OMP identity (shared title-identity group, launchAgent-loss flicker)
+  // lives in use-tab-agent-pi-identity.test.ts.
 
   it('prefers explicit hook identity over a conflicting title mention', () => {
     expect(
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent.ts
index 504204971..93051d41d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/use-tab-agent.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from './tab-agent'
 import { resolveExplicitTerminalTitleAgentType } from '../../../shared/terminal-title-agent-type'
 import { resolveCompatibleAgentTypeForOwner } from '../../../shared/agent-title-owner'
+import { resolvePaneAgentOwner } from '../../../shared/pane-agent-owner'
 import type { TerminalTab, TuiAgent } from '../../../shared/types'
 
 // A shell name, or the tab's neutral default title — where Orca's
@@ -83,50 +84,85 @@ export function resolveTabAgentFromSignals(args: {
   launchAgent?: TuiAgent
 }): TuiAgent | null {
   const launchAgent = args.launchAgent ?? null
-  const explicitTitleAgent = resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(
-    resolveExplicitTerminalTitleAgentType(args.title),
-    launchAgent
-  )
-  // Why: explicit titles can override stale launches after activity, but
-  // Pi-compatible wrapper signals first resolve through the launch owner so
-  // OMP-created sessions do not repaint as Pi.
-  // Why: OSC 133;D proved this local pane's foreground is back at the shell,
-  // so any title-derived identity is stale by definition — a TUI that died
-  // with a stuck title must not keep painting the tab through the title layer.
+  // The focused pane's durable agent owner: launch intent first, then this
+  // pane's own host-stamped hook identity (live or completed), then its
+  // hibernated session record. It anchors every identity decision for THIS pane
+  // — it re-owns ambiguous Pi-compatible wrapper titles (OMP emits Pi's frames)
+  // and keeps a mirrored or restored pane, which dropped its host-owned
+  // launchAgent, resolving through the durable record instead of the title.
+  // Why: strictly focused-pane-scoped — a sibling split-pane's identity says
+  // nothing about which Pi-variant this pane runs, so it must not re-own the
+  // focused title (it would mislabel a genuine Pi pane as its sibling's OMP).
+  const owner = resolvePaneAgentOwner({
+    launchAgent,
+    hookAgent: args.hookAgent,
+    completedHookAgent: args.focusedCompletedHookAgent,
+    sleepingSessionAgent: args.sleepingSessionAgent
+  }) as TuiAgent | null
+
+  // A pane's identity comes from its hook record regardless of activity state —
+  // being idle between turns must not erase which agent is here. We keep the
+  // live/idle split only because it governs how a title may override identity: a
+  // LIVE hook is ground truth (a title never overrides it), while an IDLE record
+  // is durable but a cross-group title can reclaim a pane reused for a different
+  // agent. Sibling identities normalize against launchAgent only (the tab's
+  // shared launch intent), never the focused pane's own hook identity.
+  const liveFocusedIdentity = resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(args.hookAgent, owner)
+  const liveSiblingIdentity = resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(args.siblingHookAgent, launchAgent)
+  // Why: OSC 133;D proved this local pane's foreground is back at the shell, so
+  // the finished agent's idle identity is stale and must stop painting the tab.
+  // Remote titles lag their runtime, so keep the idle identity there.
   const processProvesShell = !args.isRemote && args.processShellForeground === true
-  const titleOverridesLaunch =
-    launchAgent !== null &&
-    explicitTitleAgent !== null &&
-    explicitTitleAgent !== launchAgent &&
-    args.hasObservedAgentSignal
-  const titleAgent = processProvesShell
-    ? null
-    : titleOverridesLaunch
-      ? explicitTitleAgent
-      : launchAgent
-        ? null
-        : explicitTitleAgent
   const hasCompletedHook = (args.focusedCompletedHookAgent ?? null) !== null
   const noAgentTitle = titleShowsNoAgent(args.title, args.defaultTitle)
-  // Why: remote pane titles can lag their runtime, so keep the last completed
-  // hook identity instead of flashing unknown when the title reads as a shell.
-  const completedHookAgent =
+  const idleIdentitySuppressed =
     !args.isRemote && (noAgentTitle || processProvesShell) && hasCompletedHook
-      ? null
-      : resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(
-          args.focusedCompletedHookAgent ?? args.siblingCompletedHookAgent,
-          launchAgent
-        )
-  const focusedHookAgent = resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(args.hookAgent, launchAgent)
-  const siblingHookAgent = resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(args.siblingHookAgent, launchAgent)
-  const fallbackHookAgent = siblingHookAgent ?? completedHookAgent
+  const idleFocusedIdentity = idleIdentitySuppressed
+    ? null
+    : resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(args.focusedCompletedHookAgent, owner)
+  // Why: `idleIdentitySuppressed` is the FOCUSED pane's own exit evidence, so it
+  // must not clear a sibling split-pane's idle identity — a focused pane back at
+  // its shell says nothing about whether the sibling's agent has exited.
+  const idleSiblingIdentity = resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(
+    args.siblingCompletedHookAgent,
+    launchAgent
+  )
+
+  // The title carries identity in only two roles: (a) a reuse override — it
+  // names a DIFFERENT-group agent than the pane's known identity, proving the
+  // pane was reused for a new agent — or (b) a legacy standalone identity when
+  // the pane has no hook at all. Within the same title-identity group it says
+  // nothing (OMP wraps Pi and emits identical frames), so the durable record
+  // wins; re-owning explicitTitleAgent through `owner` enforces that.
+  const explicitTitleAgent = resolveSignalAgentForLaunchOwner(
+    resolveExplicitTerminalTitleAgentType(args.title),
+    owner
+  )
+  const priorIdentity = idleFocusedIdentity ?? launchAgent
+  // Why: a completed hook is itself proof the pane has shown activity, so it
+  // arms the reuse override without waiting for `hasObservedAgentSignal` — which
+  // starts false for one mount commit and would otherwise flash the exited
+  // agent's idle identity before the new (hookless) agent's title reclaims.
+  const titleReclaimsReusedPane =
+    priorIdentity !== null &&
+    explicitTitleAgent !== null &&
+    explicitTitleAgent !== priorIdentity &&
+    (args.hasObservedAgentSignal || hasCompletedHook)
+  const titleAgent = processProvesShell
+    ? null
+    : titleReclaimsReusedPane
+      ? explicitTitleAgent
+      : priorIdentity
+        ? null
+        : explicitTitleAgent
+
   const launchedAgentExited = resolveLaunchedAgentExitEvidence({
     title: args.title,
     defaultTitle: args.defaultTitle,
     isRemote: args.isRemote,
     hasObservedAgentSignal: args.hasObservedAgentSignal,
-    hookAgent: focusedHookAgent,
-    siblingHookAgent,
+    hookAgent: liveFocusedIdentity,
+    siblingHookAgent: liveSiblingIdentity,
     hasCompletedHook,
     processAgent: args.processAgent,
     processShellForeground: args.processShellForeground
@@ -134,53 +170,48 @@ export function resolveTabAgentFromSignals(args: {
   const activeLaunchAgent = launchedAgentExited ? null : launchAgent
   const processAgent = args.processAgent ?? null
   const sleepingSessionAgent = args.sleepingSessionAgent ?? null
-  // Why: titleAgent ranks ahead of launch/fallback hooks because, once the
-  // pane has shown activity, a live explicit title is the freshest identity
-  // signal — it beats a launchAgent gone stale through pane reuse. Before any
-  // activity, titleAgent is null while launchAgent exists, so launch bootstrap
-  // still wins the startup window. Process identity (the recognized foreground
-  // process) is ground truth below hooks — it covers agents that emit neither
-  // hooks nor titles. sleepingSessionAgent ranks above launch bootstrap: a
-  // hibernated pane's captured session identity is pane-scoped proof that the
-  // launch identity went stale (a codex launch later reused for claude), and it
-  // is the only live signal while the pane is asleep (its PTY, hooks, and
-  // process are all gone).
+  // Identity-first precedence. The live focused hook is ground truth while the
+  // agent works; process identity covers agents with neither hook nor title; the
+  // title then acts only in its reuse-override / legacy roles; and the pane's
+  // durable idle identity — the record for an agent that ran here and went idle —
+  // ranks above the hibernated session, the launch bootstrap, and sibling panes.
   return (
-    focusedHookAgent ??
+    liveFocusedIdentity ??
     processAgent ??
     titleAgent ??
+    idleFocusedIdentity ??
     sleepingSessionAgent ??
     activeLaunchAgent ??
-    fallbackHookAgent
+    liveSiblingIdentity ??
+    idleSiblingIdentity
   )
 }
 
 /**
  * Resolve which coding-harness agent a terminal tab is running, for its tab-bar
  * icon. Identity flows through the same already-computed state as the sidebar
- * agent rows — no foreground probing. Layered signals, most-authoritative
- * first:
+ * agent rows — no foreground probing. It is a pane's IDENTITY, kept separate
+ * from its activity state: a hook record identifies the pane whether the agent
+ * is working or idle. Identity-first precedence:
  *
- * 1. Hook status — provider identity from native integrations; the live entry
- *    for the pane, dropped by the same OSC 133 command-finished machinery that
- *    clears the sidebar row when the process exits.
+ * 1. Live focused hook — provider identity from native integrations while the
+ *    agent is actively working; ground truth, never overridden by a title.
  * 2. Process identity — the recognized foreground process, read at OSC 133
  *    command boundaries (local panes only); covers agents that emit neither
- *    hooks nor titles, and its shell-foreground mark is title-independent
- *    exit evidence.
- * 3. Sleeping session identity — a hibernated pane's captured session record
- *    (agent + provider session). Ranks below title but above launchAgent
- *    because it is pane-scoped proof of reuse: a codex launch later reused for
- *    claude leaves a claude sleeping record, and while the pane is asleep this
- *    is the only live identity signal (its PTY, hooks, and process are gone).
- * 4. launchAgent — what Orca launched here; instant bootstrap before hooks
- *    arrive, cleared once hook/process/title evidence shows the launched
- *    agent exited.
- * 5. Title — legacy/unknown-session fallback, and the live override when a pane
- *    is reused: once the pane has shown activity, a title that explicitly names
- *    a different agent than launchAgent wins over that stale launch identity.
- *    Otherwise it is ignored while launchAgent exists, and generic spinner-only
- *    titles never identify an agent.
+ *    hooks nor titles, and its shell-foreground mark is title-independent exit
+ *    evidence.
+ * 3. Title — only as a reuse override (it names a DIFFERENT-group agent than the
+ *    pane's known identity, proving reuse) or as a legacy standalone identity
+ *    when the pane has no hook. Within the same title-identity group it carries
+ *    no identity (OMP wraps Pi with identical frames), so the record wins.
+ * 4. Idle focused identity — the pane's own hook record after the agent went
+ *    idle between turns; the durable answer to "which agent is this" once the
+ *    live hook, process, and any reuse-title are absent. Suppressed on a local
+ *    pane once OSC 133;D proves the agent exited.
+ * 5. Sleeping session identity — a hibernated pane's captured session record.
+ * 6. launchAgent — what Orca launched here; the bootstrap before any hook, hook
+ *    record, or process signal exists, cleared once exit evidence shows it left.
+ * 7. Sibling-pane identity (live, then idle) — split-tab fallback.
  */
 export function useTabAgent(tab: TerminalTab): TuiAgent | null {
   const focusedHookAgent = useAppStore((s) =>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/runtime/web-session-tabs-sync.ts b/src/renderer/src/runtime/web-session-tabs-sync.ts
index 47942c674..e28072d53 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/runtime/web-session-tabs-sync.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/runtime/web-session-tabs-sync.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import {
   normalizeCompatibleAgentStatusEntryForOwner,
   normalizeCompatibleAgentTitleForOwner
 } from '../../../shared/agent-title-owner'
+import { resolvePaneAgentOwner } from '../../../shared/pane-agent-owner'
 import { resolveTerminalLayoutRoot } from './remote-terminal-layout-resolution'
 import { toRuntimeWorktreeSelector } from './runtime-worktree-selector'
 import { clearWebSessionFocusIntent, peekWebSessionFocusIntent } from './web-session-focus-intent'
@@ -542,10 +543,12 @@ function buildMirroredTerminalTabs(
       .filter((ptyId): ptyId is string => typeof ptyId === 'string' && ptyId.length > 0)
     const launchAgent =
       activeSurface.launchAgent ?? surfaces.find((surface) => surface.launchAgent)?.launchAgent
-    const ownerAgent =
-      launchAgent ??
-      activeSurface.agentStatus?.agentType ??
-      surfaces.find((surface) => surface.agentStatus?.agentType)?.agentStatus?.agentType
+    const ownerAgent = resolvePaneAgentOwner({
+      launchAgent,
+      hookAgent: activeSurface.agentStatus?.agentType,
+      siblingHookAgent: surfaces.find((surface) => surface.agentStatus?.agentType)?.agentStatus
+        ?.agentType
+    })
     const title = normalizeCompatibleAgentTitleForOwner(
       activeSurface.title.trim() || surfaces[0]?.title.trim() || 'Terminal',
       ownerAgent
@@ -624,7 +627,10 @@ function remapHostAgentStatus(surface: TerminalSurface): AgentStatusEntry | null
   if (!paneKey) {
     return null
   }
-  const ownerAgent = surface.launchAgent ?? surface.agentStatus.agentType
+  const ownerAgent = resolvePaneAgentOwner({
+    launchAgent: surface.launchAgent,
+    hookAgent: surface.agentStatus.agentType
+  })
   return {
     ...normalizeCompatibleAgentStatusEntryForOwner(surface.agentStatus, ownerAgent),
     paneKey
diff --git a/src/shared/pane-agent-owner.test.ts b/src/shared/pane-agent-owner.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d57f0b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/pane-agent-owner.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { resolvePaneAgentOwner } from './pane-agent-owner'
+
+describe('resolvePaneAgentOwner', () => {
+  it('leads with launch intent', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolvePaneAgentOwner({ launchAgent: 'omp', hookAgent: 'pi', sleepingSessionAgent: 'claude' })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({ startupLaunchAgent: 'codex', hookAgent: 'claude' })).toBe(
+      'codex'
+    )
+    expect(
+      resolvePaneAgentOwner({ initialStatusAgent: 'gemini', commandInferredAgent: 'codex' })
+    ).toBe('gemini')
+  })
+
+  it('falls through to the durable host-stamped hook identity when launch intent is gone', () => {
+    // The mirror/restore case: launchAgent dropped, live hook is the anchor.
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({ hookAgent: 'omp' })).toBe('omp')
+    // Live hook cleared: the last completed hook carries the identity.
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({ completedHookAgent: 'omp' })).toBe('omp')
+    // Nothing live at all: the hibernated session record is the last resort.
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({ sleepingSessionAgent: 'omp' })).toBe('omp')
+  })
+
+  it('ranks live/recent evidence above the hibernated record so a stale record cannot hijack', () => {
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({ hookAgent: 'pi', sleepingSessionAgent: 'omp' })).toBe('pi')
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({ completedHookAgent: 'pi', sleepingSessionAgent: 'omp' })).toBe(
+      'pi'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('prefers focused over sibling evidence at each tier', () => {
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({ hookAgent: 'omp', siblingHookAgent: 'pi' })).toBe('omp')
+    expect(
+      resolvePaneAgentOwner({ completedHookAgent: 'omp', siblingCompletedHookAgent: 'pi' })
+    ).toBe('omp')
+  })
+
+  it('returns null when no owner evidence exists', () => {
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({})).toBeNull()
+    expect(resolvePaneAgentOwner({ launchAgent: null, hookAgent: undefined })).toBeNull()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/shared/pane-agent-owner.ts b/src/shared/pane-agent-owner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65659a55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/pane-agent-owner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import type { AgentType } from './agent-status-types'
+
+/**
+ * The owner-evidence signals a terminal pane can carry, strongest launch intent
+ * first, ending in the durable host-stamped identity. Every field is optional so
+ * each call site passes only what it holds; absent signals are skipped.
+ */
+export type PaneAgentOwnerSignals = {
+  /** Tab-scoped launch intent — what Orca launched into this tab. */
+  launchAgent?: AgentType | null
+  /** Never-cleared per-connection launch seed (pane connection only). */
+  startupLaunchAgent?: AgentType | null
+  /** Startup-provided initial agent status (pane connection only). */
+  initialStatusAgent?: AgentType | null
+  /** Agent inferred from a manually typed shell command (pane connection only). */
+  commandInferredAgent?: AgentType | null
+  /** Live focused-pane hook identity — host-stamped, published, mirror-safe. */
+  hookAgent?: AgentType | null
+  /** Live sibling-pane hook identity. */
+  siblingHookAgent?: AgentType | null
+  /** Last completed focused-pane hook — survives the live hook row clearing. */
+  completedHookAgent?: AgentType | null
+  /** Last completed sibling-pane hook. */
+  siblingCompletedHookAgent?: AgentType | null
+  /** Hibernated session record — the final durable identity while a pane sleeps. */
+  sleepingSessionAgent?: AgentType | null
+}
+
+/**
+ * The single authoritative resolver for "which agent owns this pane", shared by
+ * the tab-icon resolver, the terminal-pane display/renderer owner, and the
+ * mirrored-tab title owner so they cannot drift apart.
+ *
+ * Why this precedence: launch intent is the authoritative bootstrap before any
+ * process signal exists, so it leads. Once launch metadata is gone — a mirrored
+ * or restored pane drops the host-owned launchAgent — the owner must fall
+ * through to a durable pane identity rather than to the raw title, because a
+ * wrapper agent's title (OMP emits Pi-compatible frames) cannot be told apart
+ * from the agent it wraps. The host-stamped hook identity is that durable,
+ * published, mirror-safe anchor; the last completed hook and the hibernated
+ * session record carry it across the windows where no live hook exists. Ranking
+ * launch/live-hook above the completed/sleeping records keeps a genuine pane on
+ * its real agent and stops a stale record from hijacking it.
+ */
+export function resolvePaneAgentOwner(signals: PaneAgentOwnerSignals): AgentType | null {
+  return (
+    signals.launchAgent ??
+    signals.startupLaunchAgent ??
+    signals.initialStatusAgent ??
+    signals.commandInferredAgent ??
+    signals.hookAgent ??
+    signals.siblingHookAgent ??
+    signals.completedHookAgent ??
+    signals.siblingCompletedHookAgent ??
+    signals.sleepingSessionAgent ??
+    null
+  )
+}