diff --git a/tests/test_interactive_pane_js.py b/tests/test_interactive_pane_js.py
index 4d6d6f6b..537fd39f 100644
--- a/tests/test_interactive_pane_js.py
+++ b/tests/test_interactive_pane_js.py
@@ -165,3 +165,30 @@ def test_approval_keyboard_shortcuts_wired() -> None:
         "the feedback field uses the converged .conv-feedback, not the retired "
         ".ts-approval-feedback"
     )
+
+
+def test_controller_terminal_dead_state() -> None:
+    """Lifecycle round 2: the console controller must STOP reconnect-polling a
+    session that is gone (closed / evicted / node restarted) — three consecutive
+    CLOSED recovery beats → give up: stream closed, status bar terminal,
+    ``opts.onDead()`` fired once.  A successful stream open resets the counter
+    (the new host.onStreamOpen seam).  ``isDead()`` / ``markDead()`` / ``base``
+    are the shell's revive surface; a dead controller also ignores the login
+    re-arm (recovery may need a DIFFERENT node — the shell's revive owns it)."""
+    body = _INTERACTIVE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    # The give-up ladder.
+    assert "let dead = false;" in body and "let failCount = 0;" in body
+    assert "const giveUp = function () {" in body
+    assert "failCount += 1;" in body and "if (failCount >= 3) giveUp();" in body
+    assert 'pane._sbTokens.textContent = "Disconnected"' in body, (
+        "the terminal state must be worded distinctly from the transient Reconnecting…"
+    )
+    assert "opts.onDead" in body, "the shell must hear about the give-up"
+    # The reset seam: Pane.connectSSE onopen → host.onStreamOpen → failCount = 0.
+    assert "this._host.onStreamOpen(this)" in body
+    assert "onStreamOpen() {}" in body, "the default host must carry the no-op"
+    # The shell-facing surface.
+    assert "isDead()" in body and "markDead: giveUp," in body
+    assert "base: base," in body, "the controller must expose its transport base"
+    # Dead controllers don't reconnect on re-auth.
+    assert "if (connected && !dead) pane._loadHistoryThenConnect(wsId);" in body
diff --git a/tests/test_shell_js.py b/tests/test_shell_js.py
index f7da8ae3..d3cbf954 100644
--- a/tests/test_shell_js.py
+++ b/tests/test_shell_js.py
@@ -453,7 +453,9 @@ def test_step7_tab_menu_wired_per_persona() -> None:
     header's removed Export + end (5e.2e) return here as Export + Close workstream
     (its controller's closeSession).  The three-verb close (Close pane = pm.close
     != Close workstream != Delete) is the spine; the standalone interactive verbs
-    are feature-detected globals, so the console degrades to a reduced menu."""
+    prefer the feature-detected globals (which also manage its local roster), and
+    a deployment without them (the console) falls back to the base-aware lane
+    (see test_tab_menu_base_aware_verb_lane)."""
     shell = _SHELL_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     assert "function convTabMenu(" in shell, "the shared tab-menu builder must exist"
     assert shell.count("pane.tabMenu =") >= 3, (
@@ -471,13 +473,52 @@ def test_step7_tab_menu_wired_per_persona() -> None:
     assert "exportWorkstreamDownload" in shell, "Export conversation must wire the shared util"
     # Deployment-aware: the standalone interactive verbs are feature-detected globals.
     assert 'typeof window.closeWorkstream === "function"' in shell, (
-        "the interactive Close workstream is a standalone-only global (feature-detected)"
+        "the interactive Close workstream prefers the standalone global (feature-detected)"
     )
     assert "refreshWorkstreamTitle" in shell and "confirmDeleteWorkstream" in shell, (
-        "the interactive title/delete verbs are feature-detected standalone globals"
+        "the interactive title/delete verbs prefer the standalone globals"
     )
 
 
+def test_tab_menu_base_aware_verb_lane() -> None:
+    """Lifecycle round 2: a proxied interactive pane's tab menu must act on the
+    pane's OWN transport base, not the console origin — the globals lane only
+    exists on the standalone.  convTabMenu therefore takes a `base` getter and
+    falls back to POSTing the verb at {base}/v1/api/workstreams/{ws}/{verb}; a
+    node-verb is OMITTED while no base is resolvable (never aimed at the wrong
+    origin), and Export forwards the base to the shared util (a proxied export
+    must come from the node that owns the conversation)."""
+    shell = _SHELL_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "function postWsVerb(" in shell, "the base-aware verb POST helper must exist"
+    assert '"/v1/api/workstreams/" + encodeURIComponent(wsId) + "/" + verb' in shell
+    # The interactive pane supplies its current base: live controller's (exact),
+    # else the persisted node hint, else the live Tier-1 node, else null.
+    assert "const menuBase = ()" in shell, "the interactive pane must expose a base getter"
+    assert "pane._ctl && pane._ctl.base != null" in shell, (
+        "a built controller's base is authoritative for the menu verbs"
+    )
+    # Fallback verbs exist for the console: refresh-title / title / close / delete.
+    for verb in ('"refresh-title"', '"title"', '"close"', '"delete"'):
+        assert (
+            f"postWsVerb(base, wsId, {verb}" in shell
+            or f"postWsVerb(closeBase, id, {verb}" in shell
+        ), f"the {verb} verb must have a base-aware fallback"
+    # Export rides the base too (3-arg form), and node-verbs are null-gated.
+    assert "exportWorkstreamDownload(wsId, null, base)" in shell
+    assert "base != null" in shell, "node-verbs must be omitted while the base is unresolved"
+    # Destructive fallbacks confirm first (window.confirm is the house precedent).
+    assert shell.count("window.confirm(") >= 2, (
+        "the close + delete fallbacks must confirm before acting"
+    )
+    # No leading separator when the verb section is empty.
+    assert "if (items.length) items.push({ separator: true })" in shell
+    util = (_SHARED / "utils.js").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "function exportWorkstreamDownload(wsId, btn, base)" in util, (
+        "the shared export util must accept the transport base"
+    )
+    assert '(base || "") +' in util, "the export URL must be base-prefixed"
+
+
 def test_step7_tab_menu_css_promoted_shared() -> None:
     """Step 7: the dropdown chrome is promoted to the SHARED shell sheet (so both
     deployments render it), recovered from the retired .ws-tab-dropdown design but
@@ -559,3 +600,115 @@ def test_step7_auth_gated_open_pane() -> None:
     assert "canOpen:" in shell and "onDeny:" in shell, (
         "the coordinator registerType must supply the auth gate"
     )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Workstream-lifecycle round 2: dead-session revive + explicit-reopen seam.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_pane_manager_reopen_seam() -> None:
+    """openPane() on an ALREADY-OPEN pane fires `pane.onReopen(extra)` — the
+    explicit-intent signal (saved-list resume, rail row, child link) that
+    activate() cannot carry: hooks no-op on the already-active pane, and
+    onActivate also fires on plain tab switches.  Fired AFTER activate so the
+    pane is visible when it reacts.  getPane lets the shell reach a pane for
+    cross-cutting lifecycle signals."""
+    pane = _PANE_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "onReopen(extra) {}" in pane, "ShellPane must document the onReopen hook"
+    assert "const existed = !!pane" in pane, "openPane must remember create-vs-focus"
+    assert "pane.onReopen(extra)" in pane, "openPane must fire onReopen on existing panes"
+    # Ordering: the reopen signal comes after activation.
+    assert pane.index("this.activate(paneId)") < pane.index("pane.onReopen(extra)")
+    assert "getPane(type, id)" in pane, "PaneManager must expose getPane for the shell"
+
+
+def test_interactive_pane_dead_session_revive() -> None:
+    """The reported round-2 bug: an interactive session whose stream died
+    (closed / evicted / node restarted) could never reconnect while its tab
+    existed — openPane focused the dead pane, onActivate's connect() is one-shot,
+    and the controller's recovery loop re-dialed the SAME node forever.  The fix:
+    the shell paints a click-to-reconnect banner when the controller reports
+    dead, and an explicit reopen (onReopen) revives — tear down the dead
+    controller, re-resolve the node (POST /open), rebuild."""
+    shell = _SHELL_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "const showDeadBanner = ()" in shell, "the dead banner painter must exist"
+    assert "pane-dead-banner" in shell, "the banner carries its own style hook"
+    css = _SHELL_CSS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert ".pane-dead-banner" in css and ".pane-dead-banner:focus-visible" in css, (
+        "the banner is a real <button>; shell.css must reset its native chrome "
+        "and give it a keyboard focus treatment"
+    )
+    assert "Session disconnected" in shell, "the banner states the terminal condition"
+    assert "const revive = (freshNodeId)" in shell, "the revive path must exist"
+    assert "onDead: showDeadBanner" in shell, (
+        "the controller's terminal give-up must surface the banner"
+    )
+    # Revive is full teardown + re-resolve: unsubscribe login, destroy, rebuild.
+    ridx = shell.index("const revive =")
+    rbody = shell[ridx : ridx + 900]
+    assert "TS_LOGIN.unsubscribe" in rbody and "destroy()" in rbody
+    assert "beginConnect(true)" in rbody, "revive must force the resolve path"
+    # onActivate shows the banner for a dead controller instead of connect();
+    # onReopen revives (the resume-with-a-pre-existing-tab path).
+    assert "this._ctl.isDead && this._ctl.isDead()" in shell
+    assert "revive(reExtra && reExtra.nodeId)" in shell, (
+        "onReopen must revive with the caller's fresh node hint"
+    )
+    # The standalone revive path must (re)open the local session — /events 404s
+    # on an unloaded ws; only the forceResolve lane POSTs /open.
+    assert "function ensureInteractiveNode(caps, wsId, hint, openFirst)" in shell
+    eidx = shell.index("function ensureInteractiveNode(")
+    ebody = shell[eidx : eidx + 700]
+    assert '"/open"' in ebody and '{ method: "POST" }' in ebody.replace("\n", " ").replace(
+        "  ", " "
+    ).replace("  ", " "), "standalone openFirst must POST /open"
+    # Revive must skip BOTH fast paths (a stale Tier-1 row must not bypass the
+    # /open), while the live node — when present — stays the resolve HINT so an
+    # origin-first /open reuses a genuinely-live session instead of loading a
+    # duplicate copy on the old meta node.
+    assert "if (!forceResolve && (liveNode || !caps.cluster))" in shell, (
+        "beginConnect's fast paths must both yield to the forced resolve"
+    )
+    assert "liveNode || (pane.meta && pane.meta.nodeId)" in shell, (
+        "the live Tier-1 node must lead the resolve-hint chain"
+    )
+
+
+def test_shell_marks_pane_dead_on_ws_closed() -> None:
+    """Tier-1 ws_closed → the open pane stops reconnect-polling a session that
+    is GONE and shows the reconnect affordance immediately (the console keeps
+    the tab — unlike the standalone, which closes the pane outright)."""
+    shell = _SHELL_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "const notifySessionClosed = (wsId)" in shell
+    assert 'pm.getPane("interactive", wsId)' in shell
+    assert "p._ctl.markDead()" in shell
+    assert "window.TS_SHELL = { panes: pm, caps, notifySessionClosed }" in shell, (
+        "the seam must be exported on TS_SHELL for the console's Tier-1 handler"
+    )
+    app = _CONSOLE_APP.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    closed = app.index('=== "ws_closed"')
+    block = app[closed : closed + 1200]
+    assert "notifySessionClosed" in block, (
+        "the console ws_closed handler must notify the shell's open pane"
+    )
+
+
+def test_coordinator_pane_reconnects_on_reopen() -> None:
+    """The coordinator variant of resume-with-a-pre-existing-tab: the saved-list
+    resume POSTs /open BEFORE openPane, so the dead pane just needs a fresh
+    stream — onReopen calls the controller's reconnect(), which resets backoff
+    and reconnects only when the source is gone or CLOSED (OPEN is healthy;
+    CONNECTING means native retry / a fresh connect is already in flight)."""
+    shell = _SHELL_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "this._ctl.reconnect()" in shell, (
+        "the coordinator pane's onReopen must drive the controller's reconnect"
+    )
+    coord = (_ROOT / "turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js").read_text(
+        encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    assert "function reconnect()" in coord
+    assert "readyState !== EventSource.CLOSED) return" in coord.replace("\n", " "), (
+        "reconnect must only act on a missing/CLOSED stream"
+    )
+    assert "reconnect: reconnect," in coord, "the factory must return reconnect"
diff --git a/turnstone/console/static/app.js b/turnstone/console/static/app.js
index e30f79a3..9f507a0d 100644
--- a/turnstone/console/static/app.js
+++ b/turnstone/console/static/app.js
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ function patchClusterState(data) {
     if (typeof loadSavedCoordinators === "function") {
       loadSavedCoordinators();
     }
+    // An open pane on this session must stop reconnect-polling a stream that
+    // is now gone and show its reconnect affordance instead (the shell owns
+    // the pane lifecycle; this is the Tier-1 → pane seam).
+    if (
+      window.TS_SHELL &&
+      typeof window.TS_SHELL.notifySessionClosed === "function"
+    ) {
+      window.TS_SHELL.notifySessionClosed(data.ws_id);
+    }
   } else if (t === "ws_rename") {
     Object.keys(clusterState.nodes).forEach(function (nid) {
       (clusterState.nodes[nid].workstreams || []).forEach(function (ws) {
diff --git a/turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js b/turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js
index b053889e..05af0538 100644
--- a/turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js
+++ b/turnstone/console/static/coordinator/coordinator.js
@@ -4682,6 +4682,19 @@ function createCoordinatorPane(root, wsId, opts) {
       _childObserver.disconnect();
   }
 
+  // Reconnect a DEAD stream NOW (reset backoff), leaving a live one alone —
+  // OPEN is healthy and CONNECTING means native retry / a fresh connect is
+  // already working the problem.  The shell calls this on an explicit re-open
+  // of an already-open pane (saved-list resume POSTs /open first): a
+  // coordinator whose session was closed under the pane sits in the capped
+  // retry loop — this short-circuits straight to a fresh /events against the
+  // reopened session (a stale replay cursor degrades to the server's
+  // fresh-replay path).
+  function reconnect() {
+    if (evtSource && evtSource.readyState !== EventSource.CLOSED) return;
+    onLogin();
+  }
+
   // Enter-to-send / Shift-Enter newline / IME-safe handling lives in
   // shared/composer.js; no duplicate listener here.
   return {
@@ -4689,6 +4702,7 @@ function createCoordinatorPane(root, wsId, opts) {
     connect: init,
     destroy: destroy,
     onLogin: onLogin,
+    reconnect: reconnect,
     closeSession: coordCloseSession,
   };
 }
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js b/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
index 84c3782a..561f9dc6 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/interactive.js
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ const INTERACTIVE_DEFAULT_HOST = {
   // bare/console pane relies on it, so this is a no-op.  The standalone focused
   // pane additionally refetches + reassigns the ws list (see app.js).
   onStreamError() {},
+  // EventSource (re)opened — the dual of onStreamError.  The console pane host
+  // uses it to reset its terminal-failure counter (see createInteractivePane).
+  onStreamOpen() {},
   // Where the ``--skip-permissions`` banner lands (standalone: #ui-header).
   warningTarget(pane) {
     return pane.messagesEl;
@@ -877,6 +880,7 @@ class Pane {
       this.retryDelay = 1000;
       this.statusBarEl.classList.remove("ws-sb-disconnected");
       if (this._lastStatusEvt) this.updateStatus(this._lastStatusEvt);
+      this._host.onStreamOpen(this);
     };
 
     this.evtSource.onmessage = (e) => {
@@ -3266,6 +3270,41 @@ function createInteractivePane(root, wsId, opts) {
   let active = false;
   let connected = false;
   let recoverTimer = null;
+  // Terminal-failure tracking.  Native EventSource auto-reconnect (plus the 5s
+  // CLOSED-state recovery below) covers transient drops — but a session that is
+  // GONE from its node (closed/evicted, node restarted, re-homed) 404s every
+  // reconnect forever.  After 3 consecutive CLOSED checks the controller gives
+  // up: stream closed, timers dropped, status bar terminal, `opts.onDead()`
+  // fired ONCE so the shell can paint its reconnect affordance.  Recovery is
+  // the shell's revive path (re-resolve node + POST /open + rebuild) — never
+  // automatic, so a deliberately-closed session is not resurrected by a timer.
+  // A successful stream open resets the counter (host.onStreamOpen).
+  let dead = false;
+  let failCount = 0;
+
+  const giveUp = function () {
+    if (dead) return;
+    dead = true;
+    failCount = 0;
+    if (recoverTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(recoverTimer);
+      recoverTimer = null;
+    }
+    // Invalidate any in-flight history load: its .finally would otherwise
+    // reopen a stream for a session we just declared dead.
+    pane._historyLoadToken = (pane._historyLoadToken || 0) + 1;
+    pane.disconnectSSE();
+    // Terminal wording — the transient error path says "Reconnecting…".
+    pane.statusBarEl.classList.add("ws-sb-disconnected");
+    pane._sbTokens.textContent = "Disconnected";
+    if (typeof opts.onDead === "function") {
+      try {
+        opts.onDead();
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error("interactive pane: onDead callback failed", e);
+      }
+    }
+  };
 
   const host = {
     // Workstream name from the Tier-1 cluster snapshot the shell owns, else the
@@ -3295,18 +3334,29 @@ function createInteractivePane(root, wsId, opts) {
     // deliberately does not close the source on error).  Guard the terminal
     // case: if the source is genuinely CLOSED after a beat, open a fresh
     // same-ws stream.  No global ws-list refetch — a console pane owns one ws.
+    // Three consecutive CLOSED beats = the session is gone, not flaky: give up
+    // (a dead session would otherwise be 404-polled every 5s indefinitely).
     onStreamError(pane) {
+      if (dead) return;
       if (recoverTimer) clearTimeout(recoverTimer);
       recoverTimer = setTimeout(() => {
         recoverTimer = null;
         if (
-          !pane.evtSource ||
-          pane.evtSource.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED
+          pane.evtSource &&
+          pane.evtSource.readyState !== EventSource.CLOSED
         ) {
-          pane.connectSSE(pane.wsId);
+          return; // native reconnect is still working the problem
         }
+        failCount += 1;
+        if (failCount >= 3) giveUp();
+        else pane.connectSSE(pane.wsId);
       }, 5000);
     },
+    // Stream (re)opened — the session is reachable again; reset the give-up
+    // counter so unrelated future blips get a fresh allowance.
+    onStreamOpen() {
+      failCount = 0;
+    },
     // The --skip-permissions banner lands in the pane's own slim header.
     warningTarget(pane) {
       return pane.messagesEl;
@@ -3328,6 +3378,10 @@ function createInteractivePane(root, wsId, opts) {
   return {
     wsId: wsId,
     pane: pane,
+    // The transport base this controller talks through ("" local, "/node/{id}"
+    // proxied) — the shell's tab-menu verbs aim at the SAME backend the pane
+    // streams from.
+    base: base,
     // First activation opens the Tier-2 stream (REST history first, then live);
     // re-activations just re-mark focus.  Idempotent — the shell calls it on
     // every tab switch.
@@ -3343,10 +3397,18 @@ function createInteractivePane(root, wsId, opts) {
     deactivate() {
       active = false;
     },
-    // Re-auth fan-out: reconnect the stream.
+    // Re-auth fan-out: reconnect the stream.  A dead controller stays dead —
+    // recovery is the shell's revive path (which may need a different node).
     onLogin() {
-      if (connected) pane._loadHistoryThenConnect(wsId);
+      if (connected && !dead) pane._loadHistoryThenConnect(wsId);
     },
+    // Terminal-state surface for the shell: `isDead()` gates revive-vs-connect
+    // on activate/reopen; `markDead()` lets Tier-1 lifecycle (ws_closed) stop
+    // the retry loop NOW instead of after three failed beats.
+    isDead() {
+      return dead;
+    },
+    markDead: giveUp,
     // Full teardown — close the stream + all timers/recording/tts, drop the
     // recovery timer, detach the DOM.  A backgrounded pane must not leak an
     // upstream node connection.
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/pane.js b/turnstone/shared_static/pane.js
index b11e26a2..fe41db1b 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/pane.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/pane.js
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export class ShellPane {
   onActivate() {}
   /** Pane left the visible tab — keep-or-teardown is per-type. */
   onDeactivate() {}
+  /** An openPane() call targeted this ALREADY-OPEN pane — explicit user intent
+   *  (saved-list resume, rail row, child link), distinct from onActivate which
+   *  also fires on plain tab switches and only on a pane CHANGE.  Conversational
+   *  panes use this to revive a dead session even when the pane is already the
+   *  active tab.  `extra` is the caller's open-time hint (e.g. `{nodeId}`). */
+  onReopen(extra) {}
   /** Pane is being destroyed — release resources (close streams, timers). */
   onClose() {}
 }
@@ -108,6 +114,14 @@ export class PaneManager {
     return this._panes.has(paneId);
   }
 
+  /** The open pane for (type, id), or null — lets the shell reach a pane for
+   *  cross-cutting lifecycle signals (e.g. Tier-1 ws_closed → mark its session
+   *  controller dead).  Omit id for a singleton. */
+  getPane(type, id) {
+    const paneId = id == null ? type : type + ":" + id;
+    return this._panes.get(paneId) || null;
+  }
+
   /** The active pane's identity ({type, rawId}), or null — lets the rail mark
    *  the workspace row that mirrors the active tab. */
   getActive() {
@@ -180,6 +194,7 @@ export class PaneManager {
     }
     const paneId = id == null ? type : type + ":" + id;
     let pane = this._panes.get(paneId);
+    const existed = !!pane;
     if (!pane) {
       // Auth gate runs only on CREATE — a denied pane is never built (the backend
       // enforces the scope too; this just avoids opening a doomed pane).
@@ -198,6 +213,18 @@ export class PaneManager {
       this._mount(pane);
     }
     this.activate(paneId);
+    // Explicit-reopen signal: openPane on an existing pane is a user saying
+    // "open this AGAIN" (saved-list resume, rail row, child link) — activate()
+    // alone can't carry that (it no-ops hooks on the already-active pane, and
+    // onActivate also fires on plain tab switches).  Fired AFTER activate so
+    // the pane is visible when it reacts (e.g. revives a dead session).
+    if (existed) {
+      try {
+        pane.onReopen(extra);
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error("PaneManager: onReopen failed", paneId, e);
+      }
+    }
     return pane;
   }
 
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/shell.css b/turnstone/shared_static/shell.css
index 872a41cd..13deb1ef 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/shell.css
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/shell.css
@@ -727,6 +727,28 @@
   text-decoration: underline;
   text-underline-offset: 2px;
 }
+/* Dead-session reconnect affordance (shell.js showDeadBanner) — a real <button>
+   for keyboard/AT reach, restyled so native OS button chrome doesn't leak into
+   the pane; reads as an error status line.  Sits above the (dead) conversation. */
+.pane-dead-banner {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  text-align: left;
+  background: none;
+  border: 0;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--hair);
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--err) 80%, var(--ink-2));
+}
+.pane-dead-banner:hover {
+  color: var(--err);
+  background: color-mix(in oklab, var(--err) 8%, transparent);
+}
+.pane-dead-banner:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--err);
+  outline-offset: -2px;
+}
 
 /* ===== Dashboard session launcher — persona toggle (coordinator | interactive).
    A console-dashboard control; lives here because the L-shell loads shell.css. */
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/shell.js b/turnstone/shared_static/shell.js
index 5c0f2f54..817869b2 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/shell.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/shell.js
@@ -156,14 +156,29 @@ function stateForWs(wsId) {
 // makes a node-proxied session survive a reload: the node /events stream 404s
 // on a ws that isn't loaded on that node, so a freshly-rehydrated pane must
 // (re)open the session on a node first.  Resolves to {nodeId} or {error}.
-//   - Standalone (no cluster): every session is LOCAL → base "" (nodeId null),
-//     no open round-trip.
+//   - Standalone (no cluster): every session is LOCAL → base "" (nodeId null).
+//     The first-activate path skips the /open round-trip (the resume flows
+//     POST /open before opening the pane); the REVIVE path passes `openFirst`
+//     because a closed / post-restart session 404s its /events until reopened.
 //   - Console: the route + proxy + open work is the console's — delegate to the
-//     TS_APP seam (origin-first POST /open with a rendezvous fallback).  Without
-//     the seam (unexpected on a cluster console) fall back to the open-time hint
-//     or the live Tier-1 snapshot, accepting the pre-reload behaviour.
-function ensureInteractiveNode(caps, wsId, hint) {
-  if (!caps.cluster) return Promise.resolve({ nodeId: null });
+//     TS_APP seam (origin-first POST /open with a rendezvous fallback; it always
+//     opens, so `openFirst` is implicit).  Without the seam (unexpected on a
+//     cluster console) fall back to the open-time hint or the live Tier-1
+//     snapshot, accepting the pre-reload behaviour.
+function ensureInteractiveNode(caps, wsId, hint, openFirst) {
+  if (!caps.cluster) {
+    if (!openFirst) return Promise.resolve({ nodeId: null });
+    return authFetch(
+      "/v1/api/workstreams/" + encodeURIComponent(wsId) + "/open",
+      { method: "POST" },
+    )
+      .then((r) =>
+        r.ok
+          ? { nodeId: null }
+          : { error: "Could not reopen this session (" + r.status + ")." },
+      )
+      .catch(() => ({ error: "Could not reopen this session." }));
+  }
   if (
     window.TS_APP &&
     typeof window.TS_APP.resolveInteractiveNode === "function"
@@ -188,29 +203,83 @@ function paintConvTabs(pm) {
   }
 }
 
+// POST a workstream verb against a pane's OWN transport base — the node proxy
+// for a console interactive pane, "" locally.  The base-aware fallback lane for
+// deployments without the classic verb globals (see convTabMenu).
+function postWsVerb(base, wsId, verb, body) {
+  return authFetch(
+    base + "/v1/api/workstreams/" + encodeURIComponent(wsId) + "/" + verb,
+    {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify(body || {}),
+    },
+  );
+}
+
 // Tab-action menu items for a conversational pane — the three-verb close plus
-// the per-persona verbs.  Pane-type-derived AND deployment-aware: a verb appears
-// only when its handler exists here, so the SAME shell yields the full menu in
-// the standalone (whose interactive verbs are classic globals in ui/static's
-// app.js) and a reduced menu in the console — the capability-derived-affordances
-// thesis applied to the tab menu.  `opts`: titleVerbs (Refresh/Edit/Fork title),
-// deleteVerb (the destructive Delete), closeSession (stop the workstream itself).
+// the per-persona verbs.  Pane-type-derived AND deployment-aware, in two lanes:
+// the classic verb GLOBALS where they exist (the standalone's ui/static app.js,
+// whose verbs also manage its local roster), else a base-aware fallback that
+// POSTs the verb straight to the pane's own transport base (`opts.base()` — the
+// console's node proxy).  A node-verb is omitted only when no base is resolvable
+// yet (a never-activated pane with no node hint) — never aimed at the wrong
+// origin.  `opts`: titleVerbs (Refresh/Edit/Fork title), deleteVerb (the
+// destructive Delete), closeSession (stop the workstream itself), base (a
+// () => string|null transport-base getter; omitted = "" local).
 function convTabMenu(pane, pm, wsId, opts) {
   opts = opts || {};
   const G = window;
   const items = [];
+  const base = typeof opts.base === "function" ? opts.base() : "";
+  const toast = (msg, kind) => {
+    if (typeof G.showToast === "function") G.showToast(msg, kind);
+  };
   if (opts.titleVerbs) {
     if (typeof G.refreshWorkstreamTitle === "function")
       items.push({
         label: "Refresh title",
         action: () => G.refreshWorkstreamTitle(wsId),
       });
+    else if (base != null)
+      items.push({
+        label: "Refresh title",
+        action: () =>
+          postWsVerb(base, wsId, "refresh-title")
+            .then((r) =>
+              r.ok
+                ? toast("Title regeneration started…", "info")
+                : toast("Failed to refresh title", "error"),
+            )
+            .catch(() => toast("Failed to refresh title", "error")),
+      });
     if (typeof G.editWorkstreamTitle === "function")
       items.push({
         label: "Edit title",
         key: "Ctrl+Shift+E",
         action: () => G.editWorkstreamTitle(wsId),
       });
+    else if (base != null)
+      items.push({
+        label: "Edit title",
+        action: () => {
+          const f = findWs(wsId, false);
+          const cur = (f && (f.ws.name || f.ws.title)) || "";
+          const next = window.prompt("Session title", cur);
+          if (next == null) return; // cancelled
+          const title = next.trim();
+          if (!title || title === cur) return;
+          postWsVerb(base, wsId, "title", { title })
+            .then((r) =>
+              r.ok
+                ? toast("Title updated", "success")
+                : toast("Failed to set title", "error"),
+            )
+            .catch(() => toast("Failed to set title", "error"));
+        },
+      });
+    // Fork stays global-only: it needs the standalone's seeded new-session
+    // modal; the console has no interactive fork surface (yet).
     if (typeof G.forkWorkstream === "function")
       items.push({
         label: "Fork",
@@ -218,12 +287,14 @@ function convTabMenu(pane, pm, wsId, opts) {
         action: () => G.forkWorkstream(wsId),
       });
   }
-  if (typeof G.exportWorkstreamDownload === "function")
+  // Export is base-aware everywhere (a proxied pane must export from its node,
+  // not the console origin) — omitted while the node is unresolved.
+  if (typeof G.exportWorkstreamDownload === "function" && base != null)
     items.push({
       label: "Export conversation",
-      action: () => G.exportWorkstreamDownload(wsId),
+      action: () => G.exportWorkstreamDownload(wsId, null, base),
     });
-  items.push({ separator: true });
+  if (items.length) items.push({ separator: true });
   // Close pane — drop the tab, leave the session running (PaneManager-level).
   items.push({
     label: "Close pane",
@@ -233,14 +304,41 @@ function convTabMenu(pane, pm, wsId, opts) {
   // Close workstream — stop the session itself (distinct from closing the tab).
   if (opts.closeSession)
     items.push({ label: "Close workstream", action: opts.closeSession });
-  // Delete — destroy + unsave (interactive standalone only; confirms itself).
-  if (opts.deleteVerb && typeof G.confirmDeleteWorkstream === "function")
-    items.push({
-      label: "Delete",
-      key: "Ctrl+Shift+X",
-      cls: "destructive",
-      action: () => G.confirmDeleteWorkstream(wsId),
-    });
+  // Delete — destroy + unsave.  Standalone delegates to its modal-confirming
+  // global; the console fallback confirms inline and deletes on the node.
+  if (opts.deleteVerb) {
+    if (typeof G.confirmDeleteWorkstream === "function")
+      items.push({
+        label: "Delete",
+        key: "Ctrl+Shift+X",
+        cls: "destructive",
+        action: () => G.confirmDeleteWorkstream(wsId),
+      });
+    else if (base != null)
+      items.push({
+        label: "Delete",
+        cls: "destructive",
+        action: () => {
+          if (!window.confirm("Delete this session? This cannot be undone."))
+            return;
+          postWsVerb(base, wsId, "delete")
+            .then((r) => {
+              // 404 = no row left to delete (already deleted elsewhere) — the
+              // intent is satisfied either way; drop the tab.
+              if (!r.ok && r.status !== 404) {
+                toast("Failed to delete session", "error");
+                return;
+              }
+              pm.close(pane.id);
+              toast("Session deleted", "success");
+              // The saved list holds the deleted row — refresh it if present.
+              if (typeof G.loadSavedCoordinators === "function")
+                G.loadSavedCoordinators();
+            })
+            .catch(() => toast("Failed to delete session", "error"));
+        },
+      });
+  }
   return items;
 }
 
@@ -377,15 +475,56 @@ async function mountShell() {
       title: wsTitle(id),
       stateful: true, // tab shows live Tier-1 state (no static placeholder)
     });
-    pane.tabMenu = () =>
-      convTabMenu(pane, pm, id, {
+    // The pane's CURRENT transport base for tab-menu verbs: the live
+    // controller's (exact), else the persisted node hint, else the live Tier-1
+    // node; null = unresolved (node-verbs are omitted until the pane connects).
+    // Standalone is always local ("").
+    const menuBase = () => {
+      if (pane._ctl && pane._ctl.base != null) return pane._ctl.base;
+      if (pane.meta && pane.meta.nodeId)
+        return "/node/" + encodeURIComponent(pane.meta.nodeId);
+      if (!caps.cluster) return "";
+      const live = nodeForWs(id);
+      return live ? "/node/" + encodeURIComponent(live) : null;
+    };
+    pane.tabMenu = () => {
+      // Close workstream: the standalone's roster-managing global where it
+      // exists, else end the session on its own node (confirm-first, like the
+      // coordinator's End session) and drop the tab.  Hidden while the node is
+      // unresolved — same omit-don't-misaim rule as the other node-verbs.
+      const closeBase = menuBase();
+      const closeSession =
+        typeof window.closeWorkstream === "function"
+          ? () => window.closeWorkstream(id)
+          : closeBase == null
+            ? null
+            : () => {
+                if (
+                  !window.confirm(
+                    "End this session? The server will terminate it.",
+                  )
+                )
+                  return;
+                const failToast = () => {
+                  if (typeof window.showToast === "function")
+                    window.showToast("Could not end session", "error");
+                };
+                postWsVerb(closeBase, id, "close")
+                  .then((r) => {
+                    // 404 = nothing left to stop (closed under us / node lost
+                    // it) — the user's intent is satisfied; drop the tab.
+                    if (r.ok || r.status === 404) pm.close(pane.id);
+                    else failToast();
+                  })
+                  .catch(failToast);
+              };
+      return convTabMenu(pane, pm, id, {
         titleVerbs: true,
         deleteVerb: true,
-        closeSession:
-          typeof window.closeWorkstream === "function"
-            ? () => window.closeWorkstream(id)
-            : null,
+        base: menuBase,
+        closeSession: closeSession,
       });
+    };
     // Persist the open-time node hint so a reload re-opens on the SAME node
     // (origin-first; avoids a re-route + duplicate load).  Updated to the
     // resolved node after ensureInteractiveNode settles, below.
@@ -413,6 +552,7 @@ async function mountShell() {
       pane._ctl = createInteractivePane(pane.bodyEl, id, {
         nodeId,
         onClose: () => pm.close(pane.id),
+        onDead: showDeadBanner,
       });
       pane._ctl.connect();
       if (window.TS_LOGIN && pane._ctl.onLogin) {
@@ -420,11 +560,49 @@ async function mountShell() {
         window.TS_LOGIN.subscribe(pane._ctl.onLogin);
       }
     };
+    // Terminal dead session (the controller exhausted its reconnects, or Tier-1
+    // said ws_closed): keep the conversation readable, but surface ONE
+    // actionable affordance.  Reviving is never automatic — a deliberately
+    // closed session must not resurrect on a timer; the user (or an explicit
+    // reopen gesture) decides.
+    const showDeadBanner = () => {
+      if (pane._closed || pane._deadBanner) return;
+      const b = document.createElement("button");
+      b.type = "button";
+      b.className = "pane-status pane-status--retry pane-dead-banner";
+      b.textContent = "Session disconnected — click to reconnect.";
+      b.addEventListener("click", () => revive());
+      pane.bodyEl.prepend(b);
+      pane._deadBanner = b;
+    };
+    // Tear down the dead controller and re-run the resolve + connect path.
+    // forceResolve: the session may need (re)opening on its node (POST /open)
+    // or may have re-homed — never trust the dead controller's base.  An
+    // explicit fresh hint (a saved-row click carries the roster's node_id)
+    // supersedes the stale persisted one.
+    const revive = (freshNodeId) => {
+      if (pane._closed || pane._resolving || !pane._ctl) return;
+      if (pane._deadBanner) {
+        pane._deadBanner.remove();
+        pane._deadBanner = null;
+      }
+      if (window.TS_LOGIN && pane._ctl.onLogin)
+        window.TS_LOGIN.unsubscribe(pane._ctl.onLogin);
+      pane._ctl.destroy();
+      pane._ctl = null;
+      if (freshNodeId && (!pane.meta || pane.meta.nodeId !== freshNodeId)) {
+        pane.meta = { nodeId: freshNodeId };
+        pm.setPaneMeta(pane.id, pane.meta);
+      }
+      pane._statusEl = make("div", "pane-status", "Reconnecting…");
+      pane.bodyEl.append(pane._statusEl);
+      beginConnect(true);
+    };
     // Errored resolve (capacity / no node free): show it in the status line and
     // offer a one-click retry — re-clicking the tab won't re-fire onActivate
     // (PaneManager fires it only on a pane CHANGE), so without this a transient
     // failure would strand the pane until the user closed + reopened it.
-    const showResolveError = (msg) => {
+    const showResolveError = (msg, forceResolve) => {
       const el = pane._statusEl;
       if (!el) return;
       el.className = "pane-status pane-status--retry msg error";
@@ -436,7 +614,7 @@ async function mountShell() {
         el.title = "";
         el.onclick = null;
         el.textContent = "Connecting…";
-        beginConnect();
+        beginConnect(forceResolve);
       };
     };
     // First-activate connect.  A LIVE session (Tier-1 already names its node, so
@@ -444,19 +622,26 @@ async function mountShell() {
     // hot rail / active-row / just-created path.  Standalone runs locally.  Only
     // the dormant / reload case (the snapshot has no node for this ws) resolves
     // the node + (re)opens the session, whose /events would otherwise 404.
-    const beginConnect = () => {
+    // `forceResolve` (the revive path) skips BOTH fast paths so the resolve
+    // POSTs /open — the give-up fired because /events 404'd, so the session
+    // needs (re)loading even when a stale Tier-1 row still names a node.  The
+    // live node (when one exists) stays the HINT, so the origin-first /open
+    // reuses a genuinely-live session in place rather than loading a second
+    // copy on the old meta node.
+    const beginConnect = (forceResolve) => {
       const liveNode = caps.cluster ? nodeForWs(id) : null;
-      if (liveNode || !caps.cluster) {
+      if (!forceResolve && (liveNode || !caps.cluster)) {
         buildController(liveNode || null);
         return;
       }
       pane._resolving = true;
-      const hint = (pane.meta && pane.meta.nodeId) || (extra && extra.nodeId);
-      ensureInteractiveNode(caps, id, hint).then((res) => {
+      const hint =
+        liveNode || (pane.meta && pane.meta.nodeId) || (extra && extra.nodeId);
+      ensureInteractiveNode(caps, id, hint, forceResolve).then((res) => {
         pane._resolving = false;
         if (pane._closed) return; // closed mid-resolve — don't build into a detached body
         if (!res || res.error) {
-          showResolveError(res && res.error);
+          showResolveError(res && res.error, forceResolve);
           return;
         }
         buildController(res.nodeId);
@@ -465,12 +650,24 @@ async function mountShell() {
     pane.onActivate = function () {
       pm.setTabGlyph(pane.id, glyph(stateForWs(id))); // live Tier-1 state glyph
       if (this._ctl) {
+        if (this._ctl.isDead && this._ctl.isDead()) {
+          showDeadBanner(); // visible terminal state; reviving is the user's call
+          return;
+        }
         this._ctl.connect(); // built — idempotent re-mark focus
         return;
       }
       if (this._resolving) return; // first-activate resolve already in flight
       beginConnect();
     };
+    // Explicit re-open (saved-list resume, rail row, child link) targeted this
+    // already-open pane.  A healthy pane needs nothing (activate re-marked
+    // focus); a DEAD one revives — this is the "resume with a pre-existing tab"
+    // path, which previously focused the dead pane and reconnected nothing.
+    pane.onReopen = function (reExtra) {
+      if (this._ctl && this._ctl.isDead && this._ctl.isDead())
+        revive(reExtra && reExtra.nodeId);
+    };
     pane.onDeactivate = function () {
       if (this._ctl && this._ctl.deactivate) this._ctl.deactivate();
     };
@@ -525,6 +722,14 @@ async function mountShell() {
             }
           }
         };
+        // Explicit re-open (saved-list resume with this pane already open): the
+        // resume already POSTed /open, so a coordinator whose stream went dead
+        // (session was closed, console restarted) just needs a fresh connect —
+        // reconnect() no-ops on a healthy OPEN stream.
+        pane.onReopen = function () {
+          if (this._connected && this._ctl && this._ctl.reconnect)
+            this._ctl.reconnect();
+        };
         pane.onClose = function () {
           if (this._ctl) {
             if (window.TS_LOGIN && this._ctl.onLogin)
@@ -553,7 +758,14 @@ async function mountShell() {
     }
   }
 
-  window.TS_SHELL = { panes: pm, caps };
+  // Tier-1 lifecycle → pane signal.  The console's ws_closed handler calls this
+  // so an open pane on that session stops its reconnect loop NOW (instead of
+  // 404-polling a session that is gone) and shows the reconnect affordance.
+  const notifySessionClosed = (wsId) => {
+    const p = pm.getPane("interactive", wsId);
+    if (p && p._ctl && p._ctl.markDead) p._ctl.markDead();
+  };
+  window.TS_SHELL = { panes: pm, caps, notifySessionClosed };
 
   // Login fan-out: app.js owns the single window.onLoginSuccess (the Tier-1
   // reconnect, set at load).  Wrap it in a tiny registry so EVERY conversational
diff --git a/turnstone/shared_static/utils.js b/turnstone/shared_static/utils.js
index 05f76c4d..a6a14d83 100644
--- a/turnstone/shared_static/utils.js
+++ b/turnstone/shared_static/utils.js
@@ -143,14 +143,18 @@ function setMarkdown(el, content) {
 }
 
 // Download a workstream's conversation as OpenAI-shaped JSON.  Hits
-// GET /v1/api/workstreams/{ws_id}/export, which streams a
+// GET {base}/v1/api/workstreams/{ws_id}/export, which streams a
 // ``{"messages":[...]}`` body with a Content-Disposition attachment
 // filename.  Shared by the interactive appbar (app.js) and the
 // coordinator appbar (coordinator.js) so both export buttons behave
-// identically.  authFetch already handles the 401 (shows login) and
+// identically.  ``base`` is the session's transport prefix — "" for a
+// local / console-homed session (the default), "/node/{id}" when the
+// console proxies a node-hosted interactive session (the export must
+// come from the node that owns the conversation, not the console).
+// authFetch already handles the 401 (shows login) and
 // 429 (retry) paths and returns the raw Response, so we read .blob()
 // directly and synthesise an anchor click to trigger the browser save.
-async function exportWorkstreamDownload(wsId, btn) {
+async function exportWorkstreamDownload(wsId, btn, base) {
   if (!wsId) {
     showToast("No conversation to export", "error");
     return;
@@ -166,7 +170,11 @@ async function exportWorkstreamDownload(wsId, btn) {
     btn.setAttribute("aria-busy", "true");
   }
   try {
-    const url = "/v1/api/workstreams/" + encodeURIComponent(wsId) + "/export";
+    const url =
+      (base || "") +
+      "/v1/api/workstreams/" +
+      encodeURIComponent(wsId) +
+      "/export";
     let r;
     try {
       r = await authFetch(url);