diff --git a/src/gateway/exec-approval-manager.expiry.test.ts b/src/gateway/exec-approval-manager.expiry.test.ts
index f53dd8559545..94f10c0b0c33 100644
--- a/src/gateway/exec-approval-manager.expiry.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/exec-approval-manager.expiry.test.ts
@@ -81,4 +81,28 @@ describe("ExecApprovalManager timeout expiry publication", () => {
       { recordId: record.id, status: "expired", requestCommand: "echo expired" },
     ]);
   });
+
+  it("rejects ask-fallback replay of a run-aborted cancellation", async () => {
+    installTimerMocks();
+    const manager = new ExecApprovalManager();
+    const record = manager.create({ command: "echo ok" }, 60_000, "approval-cancelled");
+    const decisionPromise = manager.register(record, 60_000);
+
+    // Dispatch fencing / run abort ends decision-less like a timeout, but its
+    // authority closed deliberately — replay must not re-admit through it.
+    const denied = manager.forceDenyDetailed(
+      "approval-cancelled",
+      "run-aborted",
+      { kind: "system", id: "worker-dispatch" },
+      "cancelled",
+    );
+    expect(denied.outcome).toBe("denied");
+    await expect(decisionPromise).resolves.toBeNull();
+
+    expect(manager.getSnapshot("approval-cancelled")).toMatchObject({
+      status: "cancelled",
+      terminalReason: "run-aborted",
+    });
+    expect(manager.consumeAskFallback("approval-cancelled")).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/gateway/exec-approval-manager.ts b/src/gateway/exec-approval-manager.ts
index 79f757dd48c8..4bf6286b21fa 100644
--- a/src/gateway/exec-approval-manager.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/exec-approval-manager.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ type ExecApprovalDurableLookup =
 type PendingEntry<TPayload = ExecApprovalRequestPayload> = {
   record: ExecApprovalRecord<TPayload>;
   resolve: (decision: ExecApprovalDecision | null) => void;
-  reject: (err: Error) => void;
   timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null;
   cleanupTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null;
   handoffRetainCount: number;
@@ -357,16 +356,13 @@ export class ExecApprovalManager<TPayload = ExecApprovalRequestPayload> {
     }
 
     let resolvePromise: (decision: ExecApprovalDecision | null) => void;
-    let rejectPromise: (err: Error) => void;
-    const promise = new Promise<ExecApprovalDecision | null>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const promise = new Promise<ExecApprovalDecision | null>((resolve) => {
       resolvePromise = resolve;
-      rejectPromise = reject;
     });
     // Create entry first so we can capture it in the closure (not re-fetch from map)
     const entry: PendingEntry<TPayload> = {
       record,
       resolve: resolvePromise!,
-      reject: rejectPromise!,
       timer: null,
       cleanupTimer: null,
       handoffRetainCount: 0,
@@ -1020,7 +1016,11 @@ export class ExecApprovalManager<TPayload = ExecApprovalRequestPayload> {
       record.resolvedAtMs === undefined ||
       record.decision !== undefined ||
       record.consumedDecision !== undefined ||
-      record.askFallbackConsumed === true
+      record.askFallbackConsumed === true ||
+      // Only unanswered approvals (timeout or no delivery route) are
+      // re-admissible. Cancelled/fenced records also end decision-less, but
+      // their authority closed deliberately — never replay through them.
+      (record.status !== "expired" && record.terminalReason !== "no-route")
     ) {
       return false;
     }
@@ -1256,9 +1256,5 @@ export class ExecApprovalManager<TPayload = ExecApprovalRequestPayload> {
     }
     return { kind: "none" };
   }
-
-  lookupPendingId(input: string): ExecApprovalIdLookupResult {
-    return this.lookupApprovalId(input);
-  }
 }
 /* oxlint-disable max-lines -- TODO: split this grandfathered oversized file. */
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-core-runtime.ts b/src/gateway/server-core-runtime.ts
index 979d1dc1d9bc..e15949baae99 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-core-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-core-runtime.ts
@@ -372,14 +372,16 @@ export async function startGatewayCoreRuntime(input: {
     for (const sessionKey of keys) {
       revokeAttachGrantsForSession(sessionKey);
     }
-    for (const record of execApprovalManager.listPendingRecords()) {
-      if (approvalRequestTargetsSession(record.request, keys, sessionId)) {
-        execApprovalManager.expire(record.id, "worker-dispatch");
-      }
-    }
-    for (const record of pluginApprovalManager.listPendingRecords()) {
-      if (approvalRequestTargetsSession(record.request, keys, sessionId)) {
-        pluginApprovalManager.expire(record.id, "worker-dispatch");
+    // Dispatch fencing closes approval authority deliberately: record it as a
+    // run-aborted cancellation, not a timeout, so ask-fallback replay cannot
+    // re-admit through the fenced record (consumeAskFallback admits only
+    // expired/no-route terminals).
+    const fenceResolver = { kind: "system", id: "worker-dispatch" } as const;
+    for (const manager of [execApprovalManager, pluginApprovalManager]) {
+      for (const record of manager.listPendingRecords()) {
+        if (approvalRequestTargetsSession(record.request, keys, sessionId)) {
+          manager.forceDenyDetailed(record.id, "run-aborted", fenceResolver, "cancelled");
+        }
       }
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/server-methods.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/server-methods.test.ts
index 7934e341cd6e..7f8b5f331273 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/server-methods.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/server-methods.test.ts
@@ -3567,8 +3567,8 @@ describe("exec approval handlers", () => {
     const pendingRecord = manager.create({ command: "echo new", host: "gateway" }, 2_000, "abcdef");
     void manager.register(pendingRecord, 2_000);
 
-    expect(manager.lookupPendingId("abc")).toEqual({ kind: "none" });
-    expect(manager.lookupPendingId("abcdef")).toEqual({ kind: "exact", id: "abcdef" });
+    expect(manager.lookupApprovalId("abc")).toEqual({ kind: "none" });
+    expect(manager.lookupApprovalId("abcdef")).toEqual({ kind: "exact", id: "abcdef" });
   });
 
   it("stores versioned system.run binding and sorted env keys on approval request", async () => {