diff --git a/apps/server/scripts/acp-mock-agent.ts b/apps/server/scripts/acp-mock-agent.ts
index 9fbdeee03c86..621a518b0ae9 100644
--- a/apps/server/scripts/acp-mock-agent.ts
+++ b/apps/server/scripts/acp-mock-agent.ts
@@ -619,6 +619,12 @@ const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const requestedSessionId = String(request.sessionId ?? sessionId);
       promptCount += 1;
+      if (
+        process.env.T3_ACP_CRASH_PROMPT === "1" &&
+        request.prompt.some((part) => part.type === "text" && part.text === "crash now")
+      ) {
+        return yield* Effect.sync(() => process.exit(23));
+      }
 
       if (completeFirstPromptOnCancel && promptCount === 1) {
         yield* agent.client.sessionUpdate({
diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokAdapter.test.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokAdapter.test.ts
index ecd73af72dbe..fb17d6839fda 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokAdapter.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokAdapter.test.ts
@@ -363,6 +363,66 @@ it.layer(grokAdapterTestLayer)("GrokAdapterLive", (it) => {
     }),
   );
 
+  it.effect("retires a crashed process so a deliberate retry can resume", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const threadId = ThreadId.make("grok-crash-recovery");
+      const tempDir = yield* Effect.promise(() =>
+        NodeFSP.mkdtemp(NodePath.join(NodeOS.tmpdir(), "grok-crash-recovery-")),
+      );
+      const requestLogPath = NodePath.join(tempDir, "requests.ndjson");
+      const wrapper = yield* Effect.promise(() =>
+        makeMockGrokWrapper({
+          T3_ACP_CRASH_PROMPT: "1",
+          T3_ACP_REQUEST_LOG_PATH: requestLogPath,
+        }),
+      );
+      const adapter = yield* makeTestAdapter(wrapper);
+      const exited =
+        yield* Deferred.make<Extract<ProviderRuntimeEvent, { type: "session.exited" }>>();
+      const events = yield* Stream.runForEach(adapter.streamEvents, (event) =>
+        event.type === "session.exited"
+          ? Deferred.succeed(exited, event).pipe(Effect.asVoid)
+          : Effect.void,
+      ).pipe(Effect.forkChild);
+      const input = {
+        threadId,
+        provider: ProviderDriverKind.make("grok"),
+        cwd: process.cwd(),
+        runtimeMode: "full-access" as const,
+      };
+      const session = yield* adapter.startSession(input);
+      const failure = yield* Effect.flip(
+        adapter.sendTurn({ threadId, input: "crash now", attachments: [] }),
+      );
+      assert.isDefined(failure);
+      assert.isFalse(yield* adapter.hasSession(threadId));
+      const retryDuringTeardown = yield* Effect.flip(
+        adapter.sendTurn({ threadId, input: "retry during teardown", attachments: [] }),
+      );
+      assert.equal(retryDuringTeardown._tag, "ProviderAdapterSessionNotFoundError");
+      assert.equal((yield* Deferred.await(exited)).payload.exitKind, "error");
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(yield* adapter.listSessions(), []);
+      yield* Fiber.interrupt(events);
+      yield* adapter.startSession({ ...input, resumeCursor: session.resumeCursor });
+      const turn = yield* adapter.sendTurn({ threadId, input: "retry now", attachments: [] });
+      assert.equal(turn.threadId, threadId);
+      yield* adapter.stopSession(threadId);
+      const requests = yield* Effect.promise(() => readJsonLines(requestLogPath));
+      assert.equal(requests.filter((request) => request.method === "session/new").length, 1);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(session.resumeCursor, {
+        schemaVersion: 1,
+        sessionId: "mock-session-1",
+      });
+      const resumes = requests.filter((request) => request.method === "session/load");
+      assert.equal(resumes.length, 1);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(resumes[0]?.params, {
+        sessionId: "mock-session-1",
+        cwd: process.cwd(),
+        mcpServers: [],
+      });
+    }),
+  );
+
   it.effect("starts a session and maps mock ACP prompt flow to runtime events", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const threadId = ThreadId.make("grok-mock-thread");
diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokAdapter.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokAdapter.ts
index bec0fc39faa0..576d7a322977 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokAdapter.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/GrokAdapter.ts
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ interface GrokSessionContext {
   currentModelId: string | undefined;
   currentReasoningEffort: string | undefined;
   stopped: boolean;
+  terminated: boolean;
   /** Live monitor/shell identities and their originating turns. */
   readonly backgroundTasks: Map<string, GrokBackgroundTaskRecord>;
 }
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ export function grokPromptSettlementBelongsToContext(input: {
 
 export function makeGrokAdapter(grokSettings: GrokSettings, options?: GrokAdapterLiveOptions) {
   return Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const ownerScope = yield* Effect.scope;
     const boundInstanceId = options?.instanceId ?? ProviderInstanceId.make("grok");
     const fileSystem = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem;
     const path = yield* Path.Path;
@@ -923,7 +925,7 @@ export function makeGrokAdapter(grokSettings: GrokSettings, options?: GrokAdapte
       threadId: ThreadId,
     ): Effect.Effect<GrokSessionContext, ProviderAdapterSessionNotFoundError> => {
       const ctx = sessions.get(threadId);
-      if (!ctx || ctx.stopped) {
+      if (!ctx || ctx.stopped || ctx.terminated) {
         return Effect.fail(
           new ProviderAdapterSessionNotFoundError({ provider: PROVIDER, threadId }),
         );
@@ -947,7 +949,7 @@ export function makeGrokAdapter(grokSettings: GrokSettings, options?: GrokAdapte
           ...(yield* makeEventStamp()),
           provider: PROVIDER,
           threadId: ctx.threadId,
-          payload: { exitKind: "graceful" },
+          payload: { exitKind: ctx.terminated ? "error" : "graceful" },
         });
       });
 
@@ -1317,12 +1319,35 @@ export function makeGrokAdapter(grokSettings: GrokSettings, options?: GrokAdapte
                 ? normalizeGrokReasoningEffort(requestedStartReasoningEffort)
                 : currentStartReasoningEffort,
             stopped: false,
+            terminated: false,
             backgroundTasks: new Map(),
           };
 
           const nf = yield* Stream.runDrain(
             Stream.mapEffect(acp.getEvents(), (event) =>
               Effect.gen(function* () {
+                if (event._tag === "ConnectionTerminated") {
+                  ctx.terminated = true;
+                  yield* withThreadLock(
+                    ctx.threadId,
+                    Effect.gen(function* () {
+                      if (sessions.get(ctx.threadId) !== ctx) return;
+                      if (ctx.activeTurnId) {
+                        yield* settlePromptInFlight(
+                          ctx.threadId,
+                          ctx.activeTurnId,
+                          ctx.acpSessionId,
+                          {
+                            errorMessage: "Grok connection terminated.",
+                            settleAllPrompts: true,
+                          },
+                        );
+                      }
+                      yield* stopSessionInternal(ctx);
+                    }),
+                  ).pipe(Effect.forkIn(ownerScope));
+                  return;
+                }
                 if (event._tag === "EventStreamBarrier") {
                   yield* Deferred.succeed(event.acknowledge, undefined);
                   return;
@@ -2166,12 +2191,16 @@ export function makeGrokAdapter(grokSettings: GrokSettings, options?: GrokAdapte
       );
 
     const listSessions: GrokAdapterShape["listSessions"] = () =>
-      Effect.sync(() => Array.from(sessions.values(), (c) => ({ ...c.session })));
+      Effect.sync(() =>
+        Array.from(sessions.values())
+          .filter((c) => !c.terminated)
+          .map((c) => ({ ...c.session })),
+      );
 
     const hasSession: GrokAdapterShape["hasSession"] = (threadId) =>
       Effect.sync(() => {
         const c = sessions.get(threadId);
-        return c !== undefined && !c.stopped;
+        return c !== undefined && !c.stopped && !c.terminated;
       });
 
     const stopAll: GrokAdapterShape["stopAll"] = () =>