diff --git a/.project-docs/30-worklog/tasks/20260823-pi-child-workers-5c8e2a71.md b/.project-docs/30-worklog/tasks/20260823-pi-child-workers-5c8e2a71.md
index d49ea3a..a159295 100644
--- a/.project-docs/30-worklog/tasks/20260823-pi-child-workers-5c8e2a71.md
+++ b/.project-docs/30-worklog/tasks/20260823-pi-child-workers-5c8e2a71.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 - Worktree: D:\Datas\OthersProjects\makelore-pi-child-workers-5c8e2a71
 - Base commit: b806c78139aa11e338c680d4c3fa92e076901aa2
 - Owner: codex
-- Status: Third planner correction complete; final re-review pending
+- Status: Fourth planner correction complete; final re-review pending
 
 ## Scope
 
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@
   before sending the original prompt. This closes the deadlock without
   dropping queued work, reordering it, adding another queue, or exceeding the
   shared eight-process cap.
+- Planner re-review of `1727b75` confirmed the 4+4 deadlock closed, then
+  reproduced a supported stop/dispatch overlap: a queued worker could be
+  selected while its suspension `stop()` was still pending, so `ensureFresh`
+  saw the not-yet-released old lease and sent the prompt to a stopping
+  generation. `ensureFresh` now awaits any existing `processStopFlight`,
+  rechecks record ownership/rebuild state, and only then reopens a lease-less
+  worker. The old generation never receives the queued prompt.
 - Added the managed ephemeral child opener. It resolves only enabled,
   unarchived project Agents from `.niancode/project.json`, materializes their
   exact model/prompt/skills, keeps credentials in the child environment and
@@ -126,7 +133,10 @@
   active/waiting lease. A production-scale regression also covers four running
   plus four queued parents dispatching four parallel children: all four queued
   workers suspend, all children complete, and the queued parents then resume
-  FIFO with unchanged session bindings and generation 2.
+  FIFO with unchanged session bindings and generation 2. Their `stop()` calls
+  are deliberately held behind a gate while an earlier parent settles; the
+  test confirms no prompt reaches the stopping generation before the gate and
+  the original prompt reaches only the reopened generation.
 - Locked real Pi 0.84.2 workspace smoke passed for both the parent worker and
   an ephemeral read-only child launched through Electron Node with the child
   extension role and `--no-session`. A probe extension reads Pi's actual
@@ -149,11 +159,10 @@
   warnings outside this task.
 - `pnpm run build:vite`: passed for Renderer, Main, Preload, and utility
   worker bundles; existing chunk-size/dynamic-import warnings remain.
-- An earlier full-suite pass hit the known Windows temporary JSON `rename`
-  `EPERM` in the unchanged conversation store; the failing runtime test passed
-  1/1 in isolation and the rerun passed. After the queued-parent correction,
-  the final full suite passed on its first run: 202 files, 2214 passed and 1
-  staged-only skipped.
+- The final full-suite first pass hit the known Windows temporary JSON `rename`
+  `EPERM` in the unchanged conversation store while the other 2213 tests
+  passed. The failing runtime test passed 1/1 in isolation and the single full
+  rerun passed: 202 files, 2214 passed and 1 staged-only skipped.
 - Real external Provider validation remains **Explicitly Waived / Accepted
   Risk** with `realTurnVerified=false`. Provider concurrency, credential
   isolation, protocol compatibility, and image-path risk are accepted rather
@@ -183,7 +192,9 @@
   `ready`/`idle`, and stop/reclaim failure must never retain a lease. If the
   cap consists only of running and queued parents, it must suspend queued
   parent processes in FIFO-safe/LRU order, retain their queue entries and
-  session bindings, and reopen them as a new generation when scheduled.
+  session bindings, and reopen them as a new generation when scheduled. A
+  queued run selected while suspension is still stopping must await that stop
+  flight and recheck ownership before it can reopen or send the prompt.
   Semantic conflicts: none with the accepted PI runtime specification; this
   makes its parent/child cap executable. Human confirmation required: no,
   unless integration changes the accepted process-cap policy.
diff --git a/electron/coding-runtime/pi/worker-pool.ts b/electron/coding-runtime/pi/worker-pool.ts
index 2ea2d3d..cdce787 100644
--- a/electron/coding-runtime/pi/worker-pool.ts
+++ b/electron/coding-runtime/pi/worker-pool.ts
@@ -657,10 +657,18 @@ export class PiWorkerPool {
   }
 
   private async ensureFresh(record: WorkerRecord): Promise<WorkerRecord> {
-    const current = this.workers.get(record.conversation.conversationId);
+    const conversationId = record.conversation.conversationId;
+    let current = this.workers.get(conversationId);
     if (!current) throw new Error('Conversation worker is no longer available');
     if (current !== record) return await this.ensureFresh(current);
     if (record.rebuildFlight) return await record.rebuildFlight;
+    if (record.processStopFlight) {
+      await record.processStopFlight;
+      current = this.workers.get(conversationId);
+      if (!current) throw new Error('Conversation worker is no longer available');
+      if (current !== record) return await this.ensureFresh(current);
+      if (record.rebuildFlight) return await record.rebuildFlight;
+    }
     if (!record.processLease) {
       record.rebuildFlight = this.beginRebuild(record, this.revisions.current);
       return await record.rebuildFlight;
diff --git a/tests/unit/pi-worker-pool.test.ts b/tests/unit/pi-worker-pool.test.ts
index a370db8..17f633f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pi-worker-pool.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/pi-worker-pool.test.ts
@@ -258,12 +258,22 @@ describe('Pi worker pool', () => {
   it('suspends and later resumes the oldest queued parent to make child capacity', async () => {
     const processBudget = new PiProcessBudget(8);
     const workers = new Map<string, FakeWorker[]>();
+    const queuedStopGate = deferred();
+    let stoppingQueuedWorkers = 0;
     const pool = new PiWorkerPool({
       processBudget,
       maxRunning: 4,
       maxIdle: 8,
       openWorker: async ({ conversation: input, generation, existingSession }) => {
         const worker = new FakeWorker(`worker-${input.conversationId}-${generation}`);
+        if (generation === 1 && Number(input.conversationId.split('-').at(-1)) > 4) {
+          worker.stop = async () => {
+            worker.stopped = true;
+            stoppingQueuedWorkers += 1;
+            await queuedStopGate.promise;
+            return { mode: 'stdin-close' as const, code: 0, signal: null };
+          };
+        }
         workers.set(input.conversationId, [...(workers.get(input.conversationId) ?? []), worker]);
         return {
           worker,
@@ -297,7 +307,7 @@ describe('Pi worker pool', () => {
         async stop() {},
       }),
     });
-    await expect(scheduler.dispatch({
+    const children = scheduler.dispatch({
       conversationId: ids[0]!,
       workerGeneration: 1,
       runId: 'run-child',
@@ -310,27 +320,47 @@ describe('Pi worker pool', () => {
           toolProfile: 'read-only',
         })),
       },
-    })).resolves.toMatchObject({
-      details: {
-        tasks: Array.from({ length: 4 }, () => ({ status: 'complete' })),
-      },
     });
+    await expect.poll(() => stoppingQueuedWorkers).toBe(4);
+    expect(processBudget.activeCount).toBe(8);
+    expect(processBudget.waitingCount).toBe(4);
 
     const firstQueuedId = ids[4]!;
-    expect(ids.slice(4).map((id) => workers.get(id)?.[0]?.stopped))
-      .toEqual([true, true, true, true]);
+    let firstQueuedAccepted = false;
+    void tickets[4]!.accepted.then(
+      () => { firstQueuedAccepted = true; },
+      () => undefined,
+    );
+    workers.get(ids[0]!)?.[0]?.emit({ type: 'agent_settled' });
+    await new Promise((resolvePromise) => setImmediate(resolvePromise));
+    expect(firstQueuedAccepted).toBe(false);
+    expect(workers.get(ids[4]!)?.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(workers.get(ids[4]!)?.[0]?.requests).toHaveLength(0);
     expect(pool.getState(firstQueuedId)).toMatchObject({
-      state: 'queued',
+      state: 'running',
       generation: 1,
       session: {
         piSessionId: `session-${firstQueuedId}`,
         sessionKey: `key-${firstQueuedId}`,
       },
     });
-    expect(processBudget.activeCount).toBe(4);
+
+    queuedStopGate.resolve();
+    await expect(children).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      details: {
+        tasks: Array.from({ length: 4 }, () => ({ status: 'complete' })),
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(ids.slice(4).map((id) => workers.get(id)?.[0]?.stopped))
+      .toEqual([true, true, true, true]);
+    await expect.poll(() => workers.get(firstQueuedId)?.length).toBe(2);
+    await expect.poll(() => workers.get(firstQueuedId)?.[1]?.requests.length).toBe(1);
+    await expect(tickets[4]!.accepted).resolves.toMatchObject({ success: true });
+    expect(processBudget.activeCount).toBe(5);
     expect(processBudget.waitingCount).toBe(0);
 
-    for (let index = 0; index < 4; index += 1) {
+    for (let index = 1; index < 4; index += 1) {
       const queuedId = ids[index + 4]!;
       workers.get(ids[index]!)?.[0]?.emit({ type: 'agent_settled' });
       await expect.poll(() => workers.get(queuedId)?.length).toBe(2);