diff --git a/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/Reactor.test.ts b/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/Reactor.test.ts
index 21f0f1b778a..8c284448c3f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/Reactor.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/Reactor.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ const readModel = (o: {
   messages?: Array<{ id: string; role: string }>;
   status?: string;
   latestTurnId?: string;
+  /** Explicit latestTurn override; pass null to model an idle thread whose
+   * projection row has no latest_turn_id (see radroid/t3code#6). */
+  latestTurn?: { turnId: string; state: string } | null;
 }): OrchestrationReadModel =>
   ({
     snapshotSequence: 1,
@@ -51,7 +54,10 @@ const readModel = (o: {
         settledOverride: null,
         messages: o.messages ?? [{ id: "u1", role: "user" }],
         activities: [],
-        latestTurn: { turnId: o.latestTurnId ?? "turn-1", state: "completed" },
+        latestTurn:
+          o.latestTurn !== undefined
+            ? o.latestTurn
+            : { turnId: o.latestTurnId ?? "turn-1", state: "completed" },
         session: { status: o.status ?? "ready", providerName: "claudeAgent" },
       },
     ],
@@ -201,6 +207,40 @@ describe("AutoResumeReactor (integration)", () => {
     }).pipe(Effect.scoped, Effect.provide(Layer.mergeAll(NodeServices.layer, TestClock.layer()))),
   );
 
+  // Regression for radroid/t3code#6 — the incident shape observed in production:
+  // the limit lands while the turn is RUNNING (baseline captures its id); by wake
+  // time the turn has settled and the projection row has no latest_turn_id, so the
+  // snapshot reports latestTurn: null. That must NOT read as "thread-advanced".
+  it.effect("resumes when the limited turn has settled away by wake time (latestTurn null)", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const { dispatched, modelRef, deps } = yield* harness(
+        readModel({ status: "running", latestTurn: { turnId: "turn-1", state: "running" } }),
+        [rejectedEvent(100)],
+      );
+
+      yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
+        yield* settle; // detection schedules; baseline.latestTurnId === "turn-1"
+
+        // The limited turn settles and the session stops during the wait — the
+        // projection's latest_turn_id empties out, so the snapshot's latestTurn is null.
+        yield* Ref.set(modelRef, readModel({ status: "stopped", latestTurn: null }));
+
+        yield* advancePastResume;
+
+        const commands = yield* Ref.get(dispatched);
+        const turnStarts = commands.filter((c) => c.type === "thread.turn.start");
+        assert.strictEqual(turnStarts.length, 1, "the settled thread must resume, not cancel");
+        const summaries = commands
+          .filter((c) => c.type === "thread.activity.append")
+          .map((c) => (c as unknown as { activity: { summary: string } }).activity.summary);
+        assert.isFalse(
+          summaries.some((s) => s.includes("thread-advanced")),
+          "no thread-advanced cancellation may be posted",
+        );
+      }).pipe(Effect.provide(AutoResumeReactorLive.pipe(Layer.provideMerge(deps))));
+    }).pipe(Effect.scoped, Effect.provide(Layer.mergeAll(NodeServices.layer, TestClock.layer()))),
+  );
+
   it.effect("does NOT resume when the user takes over before the window reopens", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const { dispatched, modelRef, deps } = yield* harness(readModel({}), [rejectedEvent(100)]);
diff --git a/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/guards.test.ts b/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/guards.test.ts
index 66af1f0725f..ec61da0f68b 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/guards.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/guards.test.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,25 @@ describe("cancelReason", () => {
     expect(cancelReason(thread, baseline())).toBe("thread-advanced");
   });
 
+  // Regression for radroid/t3code#6: the projection populates latest_turn_id only while
+  // a turn is active, so a limit captured mid-turn (baseline has the running turn's id)
+  // always sees latestTurn: null once that turn settles. Null is "no active turn", not
+  // advancement — cancelling here killed every real-world resume.
+  it("does NOT treat a settled-away turn (latestTurn null at fire) as advancement", () => {
+    const thread = makeThread({
+      messages: [{ id: "u1", role: "user" }],
+      status: "stopped",
+    });
+    expect(thread.latestTurn).toBeNull();
+    expect(cancelReason(thread, baseline())).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("still detects advancement when a turn exists but the baseline had none", () => {
+    const noTurnBaseline = captureBaseline(makeThread({ messages: [{ id: "u1", role: "user" }] }));
+    const thread = makeThread({ messages: [{ id: "u1", role: "user" }], latestTurnId: "turn-9" });
+    expect(cancelReason(thread, noTurnBaseline)).toBe("thread-advanced");
+  });
+
   it("blocks when awaiting input", () => {
     const thread = makeThread({
       messages: [{ id: "u1", role: "user" }],
diff --git a/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/guards.ts b/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/guards.ts
index c68d8801558..6ba150b7202 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/guards.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/t3x/autoResume/guards.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ export function cancelReason(
   if (threadIsProgressing(thread)) return "progressing";
   if (hasOpenBlockingRequest(thread.activities)) return "awaiting-input";
   if (newestUserMessageId(thread) !== baseline.newestUserMessageId) return "user-took-over";
-  if ((thread.latestTurn?.turnId ?? null) !== baseline.latestTurnId) return "thread-advanced";
+  // Advancement needs POSITIVE evidence: a different, non-null turn id. The snapshot's
+  // `latestTurn` is joined on `projection_threads.latest_turn_id`, which is populated
+  // only while a turn is active — so a usage limit that lands mid-turn captures the
+  // running turn's id in the baseline, and by fire time (turn settled, session idle)
+  // the snapshot reports `latestTurn: null`. That null means "no active turn", not
+  // "the thread moved on"; treating it as advancement cancelled every real resume
+  // (radroid/t3code#6). A genuine user takeover is caught above via the newest user
+  // message; active work is caught by `progressing`.
+  const currentTurnId = thread.latestTurn?.turnId ?? null;
+  if (currentTurnId !== null && currentTurnId !== baseline.latestTurnId) {
+    return "thread-advanced";
+  }
   return null;
 }