diff --git a/strix/core/agents.py b/strix/core/agents.py
index eb1b76bc..efd7cb60 100644
--- a/strix/core/agents.py
+++ b/strix/core/agents.py
@@ -291,13 +291,29 @@ class AgentCoordinator:
     async def mark_running(self, agent_id: str) -> None:
         async with self._lock:
             if agent_id in self.statuses:
-                self.statuses[agent_id] = "running"
-                self.errors.pop(agent_id, None)
-                self.wait_kinds.pop(agent_id, None)
-                self.runtimes.setdefault(agent_id, AgentRuntime()).user_wake_required = False
-                self._parent_notified.discard(agent_id)
+                self._set_running_locked(agent_id)
         await self._maybe_snapshot()
 
+    async def resume_silent_user_wait(self, agent_id: str) -> bool:
+        """Undo a park on the user, unless the agent's state has moved on since.
+
+        Returns False without touching anything when the agent is no longer
+        waiting on the user (a stop or a delivered message got there first).
+        """
+        async with self._lock:
+            if self.statuses.get(agent_id) != "waiting" or self.wait_kinds.get(agent_id) != "user":
+                return False
+            self._set_running_locked(agent_id)
+        await self._maybe_snapshot()
+        return True
+
+    def _set_running_locked(self, agent_id: str) -> None:
+        self.statuses[agent_id] = "running"
+        self.errors.pop(agent_id, None)
+        self.wait_kinds.pop(agent_id, None)
+        self.runtimes.setdefault(agent_id, AgentRuntime()).user_wake_required = False
+        self._parent_notified.discard(agent_id)
+
     async def park_waiting(self, agent_id: str, *, wait_kind: WaitKind) -> None:
         """Park an agent, recording what it is waiting on so the driver can time it."""
         async with self._lock:
diff --git a/strix/core/execution.py b/strix/core/execution.py
index ac44c53f..91d94498 100644
--- a/strix/core/execution.py
+++ b/strix/core/execution.py
@@ -574,10 +574,12 @@ async def _run_until_lifecycle(
             continue
 
         said_to_user = said_to_user or _said_to_user(result)
-        status = await _agent_status(coordinator, agent_id)
+        # Atomic: only an agent still parked on the user is put back to work, so
+        # a stop that lands in between is never overwritten.
         silent_yield = (
-            interactive and not said_to_user and await _parked_for_user(coordinator, agent_id)
+            interactive and not said_to_user and await coordinator.resume_silent_user_wait(agent_id)
         )
+        status = await _agent_status(coordinator, agent_id)
         if status != "running" and not silent_yield:
             await coordinator.reset_recovery(agent_id)
             return result
@@ -591,9 +593,6 @@ async def _run_until_lifecycle(
             interactive=interactive,
             silent_yield=silent_yield,
         )
-        if silent_yield:
-            await coordinator.mark_running(agent_id)
-
         if recoveries >= recovery_limit:
             return await _exhausted_recovery(coordinator, agent_id, result, interactive=interactive)
 
@@ -895,14 +894,6 @@ async def _agent_status(coordinator: AgentCoordinator, agent_id: str) -> Status
         return coordinator.statuses.get(agent_id)
 
 
-async def _parked_for_user(coordinator: AgentCoordinator, agent_id: str) -> bool:
-    async with coordinator._lock:
-        return (
-            coordinator.statuses.get(agent_id) == "waiting"
-            and coordinator.wait_kinds.get(agent_id) == "user"
-        )
-
-
 def _log_recovery(
     agent_id: str,
     result: RunResultBase | None,
diff --git a/tests/test_execution.py b/tests/test_execution.py
index 62c5814f..83d3829b 100644
--- a/tests/test_execution.py
+++ b/tests/test_execution.py
@@ -1436,6 +1436,48 @@ async def test_whitespace_only_text_does_not_count_as_a_reply(
     assert len(calls) == 2
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_stop_during_a_silent_yield_is_kept(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """An operator stop that lands while the agent is parked must survive the bounce."""
+    coordinator = AgentCoordinator()
+    await coordinator.register("root", "strix", parent_id=None)
+    calls: list[Any] = []
+
+    async def _park_then_get_stopped(*_args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        calls.append(kwargs.get("input_data"))
+        await coordinator.park_waiting("root", wait_kind="user")
+        await coordinator.request_stop("root")
+        return MagicMock(final_output="", new_items=[])
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(execution, "_run_cycle_parked", _park_then_get_stopped)
+
+    await _drive(coordinator, "root", interactive=True)
+
+    assert len(calls) == 1
+    assert coordinator.statuses["root"] == "stopped"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_resume_silent_user_wait_only_touches_a_user_park() -> None:
+    coordinator = AgentCoordinator()
+    await coordinator.register("root", "strix", parent_id=None)
+
+    await coordinator.park_waiting("root", wait_kind="user")
+    assert await coordinator.resume_silent_user_wait("root") is True
+    assert coordinator.statuses["root"] == "running"
+    assert "root" not in coordinator.wait_kinds
+
+    await coordinator.park_waiting("root", wait_kind="agents")
+    assert await coordinator.resume_silent_user_wait("root") is False
+    assert coordinator.statuses.get("root") == "waiting"
+
+    await coordinator.request_stop("root")
+    assert await coordinator.resume_silent_user_wait("root") is False
+    assert coordinator.statuses.get("root") == "stopped"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_a_wait_on_agents_is_never_a_silent_yield(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,