diff --git a/docs/internal/events-strategy.md b/docs/internal/events-strategy.md
index 4be756797..f6c404911 100644
--- a/docs/internal/events-strategy.md
+++ b/docs/internal/events-strategy.md
@@ -104,4 +104,7 @@ same transaction as the projection that consumed the record. A client that
 resumes from its last `stream_seq` sees every item exactly once.
 
 A worker cannot continue past a record it failed to append: the store's
-error reaches the engine and fails the run.
+error reaches the engine and interrupts the run's lifetime. The worker
+records no terminal lifecycle transition for that interruption. The server
+resumes the run from its durable records, up to three times per server
+process; a fourth interruption fails the run.
diff --git a/lib/apps/fabro-server/src/server.rs b/lib/apps/fabro-server/src/server.rs
index a21ce3692..9f0024990 100644
--- a/lib/apps/fabro-server/src/server.rs
+++ b/lib/apps/fabro-server/src/server.rs
@@ -2793,7 +2793,13 @@ async fn delete_run_internal(
     // outlived a server crash, is stopped first.
     petri_runs::stop_previous_worker(state, id)
         .await
-        .map_err(|err| ApiError::new(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, format!("{err:#}")))?;
+        .map_err(|err| {
+            error!(run_id = %id, error = %format!("{err:#}"), "Stopping the run's previous worker failed");
+            ApiError::new(
+                StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                "failed to stop the run's previous worker",
+            )
+        })?;
     state.petri_runs.worker_exited(id);
     let delete_outcome = delete_run_sandbox_resource(state, id, force).await?;
 
diff --git a/lib/apps/fabro-server/src/server/petri_runs.rs b/lib/apps/fabro-server/src/server/petri_runs.rs
index 2d3201c35..31f4980ca 100644
--- a/lib/apps/fabro-server/src/server/petri_runs.rs
+++ b/lib/apps/fabro-server/src/server/petri_runs.rs
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn reconcile_on_startup(
     run_id: RunId,
     run_state: &fabro_store::RunProjection,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let mode = match relaunch(state, run_id, run_state).await? {
+    let mode = match relaunch(state, run_id).await? {
         Relaunch::Worker(mode) => mode,
         Relaunch::Failed { reason } => {
             warn!(
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn resume_after_interruption(
     {
         return Err(interrupted);
     }
-    let mode = match relaunch(state, run_id, &run_state).await {
+    let mode = match relaunch(state, run_id).await {
         Ok(Relaunch::Worker(mode)) => mode,
         Ok(Relaunch::Failed { reason }) => return Err(reason),
         Err(err) => {
@@ -713,11 +713,7 @@ enum Relaunch {
 /// run, else in start mode: a worker that died before it created the run's
 /// record left nothing to continue from, so the run starts from its
 /// admitted graphs. The caller registers the run with the scheduler.
-async fn relaunch(
-    state: &Arc<AppState>,
-    run_id: RunId,
-    run_state: &fabro_store::RunProjection,
-) -> anyhow::Result<Relaunch> {
+async fn relaunch(state: &Arc<AppState>, run_id: RunId) -> anyhow::Result<Relaunch> {
     stop_previous_worker(state, run_id).await?;
     let held = match state.petri_runs.release_for_restart(run_id).await {
         Ok(()) => true,
diff --git a/lib/components/fabro-petri/tests/hooks.rs b/lib/components/fabro-petri/tests/hooks.rs
index 0a118a3a9..d548f3a79 100644
--- a/lib/components/fabro-petri/tests/hooks.rs
+++ b/lib/components/fabro-petri/tests/hooks.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ impl Harness {
             run_id: self.run_id.to_string(),
             run_dir: self.run_dir.clone(),
             execution: if resumed {
-                Execution::Resume
+                Execution::Resume(admit(workflow, settings))
             } else {
                 Execution::Start(admit(workflow, settings))
             },
diff --git a/lib/foundation/fabro-proc/src/process_lock.rs b/lib/foundation/fabro-proc/src/process_lock.rs
index ceaadc8d0..3b1873dc6 100644
--- a/lib/foundation/fabro-proc/src/process_lock.rs
+++ b/lib/foundation/fabro-proc/src/process_lock.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use tokio::fs::OpenOptions;
 use tokio::time;
 
-use crate::signal::{sigkill, sigkill_process_group};
+use crate::signal;
 
 /// How often [`stop_lock_holder`] checks whether the lock is free.
 const POLL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(20);
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ pub async fn stop_lock_holder(path: &Path, patience: Duration) -> io::Result<Loc
     let Some(pid) = holder(&file)? else {
         return Ok(LockHolder::None);
     };
-    sigkill_process_group(pid);
-    sigkill(pid);
+    signal::sigkill_process_group(pid);
+    signal::sigkill(pid);
     let deadline = Instant::now() + patience;
     loop {
         match holder(&file)? {