diff --git a/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch-reclaim.test.ts b/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch-reclaim.test.ts
index 8e0a6f63c5df..006bb11dd9a2 100644
--- a/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch-reclaim.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch-reclaim.test.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,16 @@ describe("worker placement dispatch reclaim", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it("reconciles the workspace before destroying and reclaiming an active worker", async () => {
-    const harness = createHarness(placementStore);
-    await harness.service.dispatch(REQUEST);
+  it("reclaims an unchanged active placement through the fenced teardown lifecycle", async () => {
+    const harness = createHarness(placementStore, {
+      reconcileChanged: false,
+      reconcileCommitsManifest: false,
+    });
+    await expect(harness.service.dispatch(REQUEST)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      state: "active",
+      turnClaim: null,
+      workspaceBaseManifestRef: MANIFEST_REF,
+    });
 
     await expect(
       harness.service.reclaim({
@@ -77,9 +84,11 @@ describe("worker placement dispatch reclaim", () => {
       }),
     ).resolves.toMatchObject({
       state: "reclaimed",
-      workspaceBaseManifestRef: harness.reconciledManifestRef,
+      turnClaim: null,
+      workspaceBaseManifestRef: MANIFEST_REF,
     });
 
+    expect(placementStore.listPendingWorkspaceResults()).toEqual([]);
     expect(harness.log.slice(-11)).toEqual([
       "tunnel:attached",
       "workspace:quiesce",
diff --git a/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch.test.ts b/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch.test.ts
index 215bf7c6f455..ac281ea1b8be 100644
--- a/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch.test.ts
@@ -461,6 +461,30 @@ describe("worker placement dispatch", () => {
     expect(harness.log).toContain("workspace:resume");
   });
 
+  it("preserves a provider destroy failure after teardown owns the stopped tunnel", async () => {
+    const harness = createHarness(placementStore, {
+      destroyFails: true,
+      destroyFailureState: "destroying",
+      resumeFails: true,
+    });
+    const active = await harness.service.dispatch(REQUEST);
+
+    await expect(harness.service.reclaim(REQUEST)).rejects.toThrow("destroy pending");
+
+    expect(harness.environments.get(active.environmentId)).toMatchObject({
+      state: "destroying",
+      ownerEpoch: active.activeOwnerEpoch,
+    });
+    expect(harness.placements.current()).toMatchObject({
+      state: "active",
+      turnClaim: { owner: "worker" },
+    });
+    expect(placementStore.listPendingWorkspaceResults()).toMatchObject([
+      { workspaceAcceptedAtMs: expect.any(Number) },
+    ]);
+    expect(harness.log).not.toContain("workspace:resume");
+  });
+
   it.each<DispatchStage>([
     "barrier",
     "workspace",
diff --git a/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch.ts b/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch.ts
index fd0b0afa896c..4991f52cef97 100644
--- a/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/worker-environments/placement-dispatch.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,19 @@ function requireProvisionedEnvironment(
   };
 }
 
+function isExactAttachedEnvironment(
+  environment: ReturnType<WorkerDispatchEnvironmentService["get"]>,
+  placement: WorkerActiveDispatchPlacement,
+): boolean {
+  return (
+    environment?.environmentId === placement.environmentId &&
+    environment.state === "attached" &&
+    environment.ownerEpoch === placement.activeOwnerEpoch &&
+    environment.attachedSessionIds.length === 1 &&
+    environment.attachedSessionIds[0] === placement.sessionId
+  );
+}
+
 export function createWorkerPlacementDispatchService(options: WorkerPlacementDispatchOptions) {
   const { environments, placements } = options;
   const failure = createPlacementFailureActions({ environments, placements });
@@ -250,13 +263,7 @@ export function createWorkerPlacementDispatchService(options: WorkerPlacementDis
           );
         }
         const environment = environments.get(current.environmentId);
-        if (
-          !environment ||
-          environment.state !== "attached" ||
-          environment.ownerEpoch !== current.activeOwnerEpoch ||
-          environment.attachedSessionIds.length !== 1 ||
-          environment.attachedSessionIds[0] !== current.sessionId
-        ) {
+        if (!isExactAttachedEnvironment(environment, current)) {
           throw new Error("Active cloud worker does not match its session placement");
         }
         const journalOwner = {
@@ -432,7 +439,10 @@ export function createWorkerPlacementDispatchService(options: WorkerPlacementDis
                   },
                 });
               } finally {
-                if (!destroyed) {
+                if (
+                  !destroyed &&
+                  isExactAttachedEnvironment(environments.get(current.environmentId), current)
+                ) {
                   await quiescence.resume();
                 }
               }