diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 25d56f3c7..d74a84167 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "progenitor-client",
  "regress",
  "reqwest 0.13.4",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
@@ -2145,7 +2145,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ring",
  "rmcp",
  "rustls",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "sandbox-driver-host",
  "scopeguard",
  "semver",
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fabro-types",
  "fabro-util",
  "pebble-coding-agent",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "sandbox-driver-host",
  "sandbox-driver-testing",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2674,11 +2674,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand 0.9.4",
  "reqwest 0.12.28",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "sandbox-driver-daytona",
  "sandbox-driver-docker",
  "sandbox-driver-host",
- "sandbox-driver-protocol",
+ "sandbox-driver-protocol 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "sandbox-driver-testing",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2880,7 +2880,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "lithos-llm",
  "pebble-coding-agent",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httpmock",
  "lithos-llm",
  "pebble-coding-agent",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "sandbox-driver-host",
  "scopeguard",
  "serde",
@@ -5284,10 +5284,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "petri-executor",
  "petri-ir",
- "sandbox-driver",
- "sandbox-driver-daytona-config",
- "sandbox-driver-docker-config",
- "sandbox-driver-protocol",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d)",
+ "sandbox-driver-daytona-config 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d)",
+ "sandbox-driver-docker-config 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d)",
+ "sandbox-driver-protocol 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
@@ -5434,7 +5434,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "petri-ir",
  "petri-steps",
  "petri-store",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "smol_str",
@@ -6303,7 +6303,24 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sandbox-driver"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c#07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "globset",
+ "humantime",
+ "rand 0.10.1",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sandbox-driver"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "globset",
@@ -6320,7 +6337,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sandbox-driver-daytona"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c#07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -6330,11 +6347,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "hmac 0.12.1",
  "rand 0.10.1",
  "reqwest 0.13.4",
- "sandbox-driver",
- "sandbox-driver-daytona-config",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
+ "sandbox-driver-daytona-config 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "sandbox-driver-docker",
- "sandbox-driver-docker-config",
- "sandbox-driver-protocol",
+ "sandbox-driver-docker-config 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
+ "sandbox-driver-protocol 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
@@ -6347,9 +6364,19 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sandbox-driver-daytona-config"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c#07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c"
 dependencies = [
- "sandbox-driver-docker-config",
+ "sandbox-driver-docker-config 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sandbox-driver-daytona-config"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "sandbox-driver-docker-config 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
@@ -6357,15 +6384,15 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sandbox-driver-docker"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c#07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "bollard",
  "futures-util",
- "sandbox-driver",
- "sandbox-driver-docker-config",
- "sandbox-driver-protocol",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
+ "sandbox-driver-docker-config 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
+ "sandbox-driver-protocol 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tar",
@@ -6378,7 +6405,16 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sandbox-driver-docker-config"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c#07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sandbox-driver-docker-config"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -6387,13 +6423,13 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sandbox-driver-host"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c#07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "nix 0.30.1",
- "sandbox-driver",
- "sandbox-driver-protocol",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
+ "sandbox-driver-protocol 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
@@ -6405,12 +6441,29 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sandbox-driver-protocol"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c#07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base64",
  "rand 0.10.1",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.10.9",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sandbox-driver-protocol"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "base64",
+ "rand 0.10.1",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver.git?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
@@ -6422,10 +6475,10 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sandbox-driver-testing"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d#64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c#07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "sandbox-driver",
+ "sandbox-driver 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver?rev=07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c)",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 03a1548a4..d4abc7913 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,16 +90,19 @@ futures-util = "0.3"
 # before a generation serves, and a refusal of a replacement that reports
 # another resource namespace; #22 made the Daytona exec decoder resync on a
 # torn frame and report what it dropped as `ExecStreamingResult::output_loss`
-# instead of failing the command). The CI plugin job installs the driver
-# executables at the same rev, read from this file.
-sandbox-driver = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d" }
-sandbox-driver-protocol = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d" }
-sandbox-driver-host = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d" }
-sandbox-driver-docker = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d" }
-sandbox-driver-docker-config = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d" }
-sandbox-driver-daytona = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d" }
-sandbox-driver-daytona-config = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d" }
-sandbox-driver-testing = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "64c14b89d078a4b34d1555092ad01d41541f7a7d" }
+# instead of failing the command; #23 made an idle Host sentinel reap its
+# own process group once its owning provider pid is gone, so a provider
+# that is killed rather than stopped leaves no sentinel behind). The CI
+# plugin job installs the driver executables at the same rev, read from
+# this file.
+sandbox-driver = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c" }
+sandbox-driver-protocol = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c" }
+sandbox-driver-host = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c" }
+sandbox-driver-docker = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c" }
+sandbox-driver-docker-config = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c" }
+sandbox-driver-daytona = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c" }
+sandbox-driver-daytona-config = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c" }
+sandbox-driver-testing = { git = "https://github.com/lithoscomputer/sandbox-driver", rev = "07600aa5c6695ec4c999da93c05d2cb78fe11b0c" }
 # pebble: the coding agent loop fabro runs its agent stages, Ask Fabro
 # sessions, hook evaluators, and `fabro exec` on. Pinned by rev to pebble
 # `main`. Pebble owns the `PortRoutes` trait fabro implements over its run
diff --git a/lib/apps/fabro-cli/src/commands/run/runner.rs b/lib/apps/fabro-cli/src/commands/run/runner.rs
index 275e5166c..e8120b462 100644
--- a/lib/apps/fabro-cli/src/commands/run/runner.rs
+++ b/lib/apps/fabro-cli/src/commands/run/runner.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ use fabro_vault::{SecretStore, Vault};
 use fabro_workflow::services::FabroRunToolServices;
 use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use jsonwebtoken::dangerous::insecure_decode;
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use nix::unistd;
 #[cfg(test)]
 use tokio::io::DuplexStream;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
@@ -155,6 +157,17 @@ pub(super) async fn load_worker_vault(storage_dir: &Path) -> Result<Arc<AsyncRwL
 
 const WORKER_CONTROL_RECONNECT_INITIAL_BACKOFF: Duration = Duration::from_millis(100);
 const WORKER_CONTROL_RECONNECT_MAX_BACKOFF: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+/// How long the worker keeps retrying an unreachable control stream before it
+/// gives up. Covers a `fabro server restart`: the 5 s shutdown grace, server
+/// startup, and run reconciliation, with headroom for a loaded machine.
+/// Longer buys nothing: the server has already marked the run failed once
+/// its worker is unreachable, and the worker's only remaining job is to stop
+/// its sandbox cleanly.
+const WORKER_CONTROL_GIVE_UP: Duration = Duration::from_mins(1);
+/// The shorter give-up used when the worker's parent is pid 1. Parent pid 1
+/// is not proof that the server died, because the server daemonizes with
+/// `setsid`, so this only shortens the window; it never triggers on its own.
+const WORKER_CONTROL_ORPHAN_GIVE_UP: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
 const WORKER_CONTROL_APPLIED_ID_DEDUPE_CAPACITY: usize = 2048;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -339,6 +352,10 @@ async fn run_worker_control_manager(
     let mut fatal_tx = Some(fatal_tx);
     let mut backoff = WORKER_CONTROL_RECONNECT_INITIAL_BACKOFF;
     let mut applied_ids = AppliedWorkerControlDeliveryIds::default();
+    // Start of the current run of continuous connection failure; cleared by
+    // every successful connect, so a connection that lands and later drops
+    // restarts the window.
+    let mut failing_since: Option<Instant> = None;
 
     while !done.is_cancelled() {
         let request = match build_worker_control_stream_request(
@@ -367,6 +384,7 @@ async fn run_worker_control_manager(
                     let _ = first_tx.send(Ok(()));
                 }
                 backoff = WORKER_CONTROL_RECONNECT_INITIAL_BACKOFF;
+                failing_since = None;
                 match handle_worker_control_socket(
                     &mut socket,
                     &interviewer,
@@ -407,6 +425,25 @@ async fn run_worker_control_manager(
             }
             Err(WorkerControlConnectError::Other(err)) => {
                 tracing::debug!(error = %err, "Worker control stream connection failed");
+                let now = Instant::now();
+                failing_since.get_or_insert(now);
+                if control_loss_exceeded(failing_since, now, worker_is_orphaned()) {
+                    let elapsed =
+                        failing_since.map_or(Duration::ZERO, |since| now.duration_since(since));
+                    tracing::warn!(
+                        elapsed = ?elapsed,
+                        "Worker control stream unreachable; giving up"
+                    );
+                    report_fatal_control_loss(
+                        &interviewer,
+                        &cancel_token,
+                        &mut first_tx,
+                        &mut fatal_tx,
+                        format!("worker control stream unreachable for {elapsed:?}; giving up"),
+                    )
+                    .await;
+                    return;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -440,6 +477,33 @@ async fn sleep_or_done(done: &CancellationToken, delay: Duration) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Whether the continuous connection-failure window that began at
+/// `failing_since` has outlasted the applicable give-up limit. `None` means
+/// no failure run is in progress, so it never fires.
+fn control_loss_exceeded(failing_since: Option<Instant>, now: Instant, orphaned: bool) -> bool {
+    let Some(since) = failing_since else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let limit = if orphaned {
+        WORKER_CONTROL_ORPHAN_GIVE_UP
+    } else {
+        WORKER_CONTROL_GIVE_UP
+    };
+    now.duration_since(since) > limit
+}
+
+/// Whether this worker has been reparented to pid 1.
+fn worker_is_orphaned() -> bool {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        unistd::getppid().as_raw() == 1
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    {
+        false
+    }
+}
+
 fn next_worker_control_reconnect_backoff(current: Duration) -> Duration {
     current
         .saturating_mul(2)
@@ -780,17 +844,19 @@ mod tests {
     use fabro_store::PlatformRecord;
     use fabro_types::{Principal, QuestionType, SystemActorKind, fixtures};
     use fabro_vault::{SecretType, Vault};
-    use tokio::time;
+    use tokio::time::{self, Instant};
     use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::protocol::{Message as TestWebSocketMessage, Role};
     use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 
     use super::super::petri_worker::PetriControls;
     use super::{
-        AppliedWorkerControlDeliveryIds, RunControls, WorkerControlConnectError,
-        WorkerControlSocket, WorkerControls, WorkerTitlePhase, apply_worker_control_delivery_frame,
-        apply_worker_control_message, build_worker_control_stream_request,
-        connect_worker_control_stream, handle_worker_control_socket, initial_worker_title_phase,
-        load_worker_vault, next_worker_control_reconnect_backoff, worker_title,
+        AppliedWorkerControlDeliveryIds, RunControls, WORKER_CONTROL_GIVE_UP,
+        WORKER_CONTROL_ORPHAN_GIVE_UP, WORKER_CONTROL_RECONNECT_MAX_BACKOFF,
+        WorkerControlConnectError, WorkerControlSocket, WorkerControls, WorkerTitlePhase,
+        apply_worker_control_delivery_frame, apply_worker_control_message,
+        build_worker_control_stream_request, connect_worker_control_stream, control_loss_exceeded,
+        handle_worker_control_socket, initial_worker_title_phase, load_worker_vault,
+        next_worker_control_reconnect_backoff, spawn_worker_control_manager, worker_title,
     };
     use crate::args::RunWorkerMode;
 
@@ -1205,6 +1271,74 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn control_loss_exceeded_fires_only_past_the_applicable_limit() {
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let at = |secs: u64| start + Duration::from_secs(secs);
+
+        assert!(!control_loss_exceeded(None, at(600), false));
+        assert!(!control_loss_exceeded(None, at(600), true));
+
+        assert!(!control_loss_exceeded(Some(start), at(5), false));
+        assert!(!control_loss_exceeded(Some(start), at(5), true));
+
+        assert!(!control_loss_exceeded(Some(start), at(11), false));
+        assert!(control_loss_exceeded(Some(start), at(11), true));
+
+        assert!(control_loss_exceeded(Some(start), at(61), false));
+        assert!(control_loss_exceeded(Some(start), at(61), true));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[tokio::test(start_paused = true)]
+    async fn worker_control_manager_gives_up_when_server_stays_unreachable() {
+        let temp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let socket_path = temp.path().join("missing.sock");
+        let interviewer = Arc::new(ControlInterviewer::new());
+        let cancel_token = CancellationToken::new();
+        let mut question = Question::new("Approve?", QuestionType::YesNo);
+        question.id = "q-1".to_string();
+        let ask_interviewer = Arc::clone(&interviewer);
+        let answer_task = tokio::spawn(async move { ask_interviewer.ask(question).await });
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        let mut handle = spawn_worker_control_manager(
+            ServerTarget::unix_socket_path(&socket_path).unwrap(),
+            fixtures::RUN_1,
+            "worker-token".to_string(),
+            Arc::clone(&interviewer),
+            cancel_token.clone(),
+            test_controls(),
+        );
+
+        let first = handle.wait_for_first_connection().await;
+        let fatal = handle.fatal_control_loss().await;
+        let elapsed = started.elapsed();
+        handle.finish();
+
+        assert!(
+            first.is_err(),
+            "first connection should fail with the manager"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            fatal.to_string().contains("unreachable for"),
+            "unexpected fatal error: {fatal}"
+        );
+        assert!(cancel_token.is_cancelled());
+        assert_eq!(
+            answer_task.await.unwrap().answer.value,
+            AnswerValue::Interrupted
+        );
+        // The orphan limit is the earliest the manager may give up; the full
+        // limit plus one capped backoff sleep is the latest.
+        assert!(
+            elapsed > WORKER_CONTROL_ORPHAN_GIVE_UP
+                && elapsed <= WORKER_CONTROL_GIVE_UP + WORKER_CONTROL_RECONNECT_MAX_BACKOFF,
+            "gave up after {elapsed:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test(start_paused = true)]
     async fn worker_control_socket_times_out_without_liveness() {
         let (worker_io, _server_io) = tokio::io::duplex(1024);
diff --git a/lib/foundation/fabro-test/src/lib.rs b/lib/foundation/fabro-test/src/lib.rs
index cef2d1a8c..96f901de4 100644
--- a/lib/foundation/fabro-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/foundation/fabro-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -1286,10 +1286,18 @@ fn parse_tmp_daemon_ps_line(line: &str) -> Option<(u32, u64, &str)> {
     Some((pid, elapsed_secs, command))
 }
 
+/// Matches the process title of a test-spawned `fabro server` daemon: a Unix
+/// socket under a `/tmp/.tmp*` tempdir, or anywhere below a
+/// `TestContext` root (`.ft-<label>-<suffix>` under `std::env::temp_dir()`,
+/// which is not `/tmp` on macOS). Real servers bind under `~/.fabro/` or a
+/// configured storage dir, never a `.tmp` or `.ft-` directory.
 fn tmp_daemon_socket_re() -> &'static Regex {
     static TMP_DAEMON_SOCKET_RE: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
     TMP_DAEMON_SOCKET_RE.get_or_init(|| {
-        Regex::new(r"^fabro server unix:/tmp/\.tmp[^/]+/[^/]+\.sock\s*$").expect("static regex")
+        Regex::new(
+            r"^fabro server unix:(?:/tmp/\.tmp[^/]+|(?:/[^/]+)+/\.ft-[^/]+-[^/]+(?:/[^/]+)*)/[^/]+\.sock\s*$",
+        )
+        .expect("static regex")
     })
 }
 
@@ -2780,12 +2788,32 @@ mod tests {
     fn tmp_daemon_socket_regex_matches_only_test_tmp_unix_daemons() {
         let re = tmp_daemon_socket_re();
 
+        // `/tmp/.tmp*` roots.
         assert!(re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/.tmpAbC/fabro.sock"));
-        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/.ft-foo-XYZ/test.sock"));
+        assert!(re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/.tmp5vNC7E/configured.sock   "));
+        // `TestContext` roots under any temp dir, including nested dirs.
+        assert!(re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/.ft-foo-XYZ/test.sock"));
+        assert!(re.is_match(
+            "fabro server unix:/private/var/folders/nm/abc/T/.ft-a_crash_before_t-bMEw4g/install-storage.sock"
+        ));
+        assert!(re.is_match(
+            "fabro server unix:/var/folders/nm/abc/T/.ft-auth_login_reje-Q1w2e3/temp/fabro.sock"
+        ));
+
+        // Not a daemon title.
         assert!(!re.is_match("sh -c fabro server unix:/tmp/.tmpAbC/fabro.sock"));
-        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/Users/me/.fabro/fabro.sock"));
-        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/notmatching/fabro.sock"));
         assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server tcp:127.0.0.1:32276"));
+        // Real servers.
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/Users/me/.fabro/fabro.sock"));
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/var/lib/fabro/storage/fabro.sock"));
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/notmatching/fabro.sock"));
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/.tmpAbC/nested/fabro.sock"));
+        // `.ft-` anywhere other than as its own directory component.
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/.ft-x-y.sock"));
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/my.ft-foo-XYZ/fabro.sock"));
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/Users/me/.fabro/.ft-foo-XYZ.sock"));
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:/tmp/.ft-noseparator/fabro.sock"));
+        assert!(!re.is_match("fabro server unix:.ft-foo-XYZ/fabro.sock"));
     }
 
     #[test]