diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows/Execution/StreamingRunEventStream.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows/Execution/StreamingRunEventStream.cs
index ffcc61dad4..f94bd9848d 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows/Execution/StreamingRunEventStream.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows/Execution/StreamingRunEventStream.cs
@@ -77,12 +77,13 @@ private async Task RunLoopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 
         try
         {
-            // Wait for the first input before starting
-            // The consumer will call EnqueueMessageAsync which signals the run loop
+            // Wait for the first input before starting.
+            // The consumer will call EnqueueMessageAsync which signals the run loop.
+            // Note: AsyncRunHandle also signals here on checkpoint resume when there are
+            // already pending requests, so the first iteration can emit a PendingRequests
+            // halt signal even without unprocessed messages.
             await this._inputWaiter.WaitForInputAsync(cancellationToken: linkedSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            this._runStatus = RunStatus.Running;
-
             while (!linkedSource.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
                 // Start a new run-stage activity for this input→processing→halt cycle
@@ -95,6 +96,13 @@ private async Task RunLoopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                 // Events are streamed out in real-time as they happen via the event handler
                 if (this._stepRunner.HasUnprocessedMessages)
                 {
+                    // Flip to Running only when there's actual work to process.
+                    // This is intentionally inside the HasUnprocessedMessages branch so
+                    // that stale input signals cannot transiently flip status back to
+                    // Running after a prior halt has already been observed by callers
+                    // (e.g. Run.ResumeAsync returning after reading an Idle halt signal).
+                    this._runStatus = RunStatus.Running;
+
                     // Emit WorkflowStartedEvent only when there's actual work to process
                     // This avoids spurious events on timeout-only loop iterations
                     await this._eventChannel.Writer.WriteAsync(new WorkflowStartedEvent(), linkedSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -129,9 +137,6 @@ private async Task RunLoopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                 // Wait for next input from the consumer
                 // Works for both Idle (no work) and PendingRequests (waiting for responses)
                 await this._inputWaiter.WaitForInputAsync(linkedSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                // When signaled, resume running
-                this._runStatus = RunStatus.Running;
             }
         }
         catch (OperationCanceledException)
diff --git a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/SampleSmokeTest.cs b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/SampleSmokeTest.cs
index a290948ae4..c0be892e24 100644
--- a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/SampleSmokeTest.cs
+++ b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests/SampleSmokeTest.cs
@@ -269,6 +269,29 @@ internal async Task Test_RunSample_Step9Async(ExecutionEnvironment environment)
         _ = await Step9EntryPoint.RunAsync(writer, environment.ToWorkflowExecutionEnvironment());
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Stress regression for the off-thread run-status race: after
+    /// <c>Run.ResumeAsync</c> returns at a halt boundary,
+    /// callers must observe a stable terminal status and never a transient
+    /// <see cref="RunStatus.Running"/>. Step9 is the canonical multi-response resume
+    /// sample; prior to the fix in <see cref="Execution.StreamingRunEventStream"/>,
+    /// its `runStatus.Should().Be(RunStatus.Idle)` assertion failed intermittently
+    /// on roughly 1-in-10 iterations under InProcess_OffThread.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    internal async Task Test_RunSample_Step9_OffThread_MultiResponseResume_StatusIsStableAsync()
+    {
+        const int Iterations = 50;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < Iterations; i++)
+        {
+            using StringWriter writer = new();
+            _ = await Step9EntryPoint.RunAsync(
+                writer,
+                ExecutionEnvironment.InProcess_OffThread.ToWorkflowExecutionEnvironment());
+        }
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(ExecutionEnvironment.InProcess_Lockstep)]
     [InlineData(ExecutionEnvironment.InProcess_OffThread)]