diff --git a/cli/src/codex/shared/root.test.ts b/cli/src/codex/shared/root.test.ts
index 3f6dcb33..4f996a23 100644
--- a/cli/src/codex/shared/root.test.ts
+++ b/cli/src/codex/shared/root.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ vi.mock('../codexAppServerClient', () => ({
         thread = { id: 'thread', turns: [] as NativeTurn[] };
         settings: Record<string, unknown> = { model: 'mock', collaborationMode: { mode: 'default' } };
         queue: Array<{ id: string; clientUserMessageId: unknown; input: unknown }> = [];
+        requests: string[] = [];
         notify?: (method: string, params: unknown) => void;
         abandoned?: () => void;
         setNotificationHandler(handler: typeof this.notify) { this.notify = handler; }
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ vi.mock('../codexAppServerClient', () => ({
         isInitialized() { return this.initialized; }
         async disconnect() { this.initialized = false; }
         async request(method: string, params: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+            this.requests.push(method);
             if (method === 'thread/read' || method === 'thread/resume') return { ...this.settings, thread: structuredClone(this.thread) };
             if (method === 'thread/list') return { data: [] };
             if (method === 'thread/queue/list') return { data: this.queue };
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ afterEach(async () => {
     finally { vi.useRealTimers(); }
 });
 
-async function fixture() {
+async function fixture(options: { deferHistory?: boolean } = {}) {
     const directory = await mkdtemp('/tmp/hapi-shared-root-');
     let state: AgentState = { steeringActive: true };
     let metadata: Metadata = { path: directory, host: 'test', flavor: 'codex' };
@@ -79,15 +81,17 @@ async function fixture() {
     } satisfies RootHost);
     cleanups.push(async () => { await root.close(false); await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true }); });
     await root.prepare();
-    await root.bind('thread', { model: 'mock', thread: { turns: [] } }, false);
+    const response = await root.bind('thread', { model: 'mock', thread: { turns: [] } }, false);
+    if (!options.deferHistory) await root.syncHistory(response);
     const native = root.client as unknown as {
         initialized: boolean;
         thread: { id: string; turns: NativeTurn[] };
         queue: Array<{ id: string; clientUserMessageId: string; input: unknown }>;
+        requests: string[];
         notify(method: string, params: unknown): void;
         abandoned(): void;
     };
-    return { root, native, rpc, send, state: () => state, updateState, reconnect: () => reconnect?.() };
+    return { root, native, rpc, send, state: () => state, updateState, reconnect: () => reconnect?.(), syncHistory: () => root.syncHistory(response) };
 }
 
 async function completePlan(f: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof fixture>>, status = 'completed') {
@@ -104,6 +108,13 @@ async function completePlan(f: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof fixture>>, status = 'co
 }
 
 describe('shared plan actions', () => {
+    it('keeps bind local and reconciles native history only in syncHistory', async () => {
+        const f = await fixture({ deferHistory: true });
+        expect(f.native.requests).not.toContain('thread/read');
+        await f.syncHistory();
+        expect(f.native.requests).toContain('thread/read');
+    });
+
     it('preserves content while native turns, mode changes and disconnects withdraw controls', async () => {
         const f = await fixture();
         const id = await completePlan(f);
diff --git a/cli/src/codex/shared/root.ts b/cli/src/codex/shared/root.ts
index 47009cf0..3e9d6972 100644
--- a/cli/src/codex/shared/root.ts
+++ b/cli/src/codex/shared/root.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ export class SharedCodexRoot {
             'shell_environment_policy.set.HAPI_SESSION_ID': this.session.sessionId
         } };
     }
-    async bind(threadId: string, response: Record<string, unknown>, subscribe: boolean): Promise<void> {
+    /** Local claim only: queue, projection, metadata and settings. Native
+     *  history reconciliation is a separate step (syncHistory) so liveness
+     *  signals never wait on an arbitrarily large thread replay. */
+    async bind(threadId: string, response: Record<string, unknown>, subscribe: boolean): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
         if (this.threadId && this.threadId !== threadId) throw new Error('Cannot retarget a shared HAPI session');
         this.threadId = threadId;
         this.queue = new SharedCodexQueue(this.client, threadId, join(this.host.directory, `${this.session.sessionId}.queue.json`),
@@ -201,6 +204,11 @@ export class SharedCodexRoot {
         }));
         if (subscribe) response = record(await this.client.request('thread/resume', { threadId }));
         this.acceptSettings(response); this.acceptSettings(this.host.settingsFor(threadId) ?? {});
+        return response;
+    }
+    /** Reconcile the full native history into the hub. Huge threads can take
+     *  minutes; the HAPI session is already usable while this runs. */
+    async syncHistory(response: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
         await this.projection.history(response.thread); await this.refresh(); await this.refreshChildren(true);
     }
     async activate(options: SharedLaunchOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/cli/src/codex/shared/runtime.ts b/cli/src/codex/shared/runtime.ts
index 3a054ce2..987f1f24 100644
--- a/cli/src/codex/shared/runtime.ts
+++ b/cli/src/codex/shared/runtime.ts
@@ -201,15 +201,19 @@ export async function runSharedRuntime(options: SharedLaunchOptions, onReady?: (
         await control.request('thread/metadata/update', { threadId, gitInfo: gitInfo(string(record(response.thread).cwd) ?? root.bootstrap.workingDirectory) });
         assertRunning();
         roots.set(threadId, root);
-        await root.bind(threadId, response, subscribe);
+        const effective = await root.bind(threadId, response, subscribe);
         assertRunning();
-        // Cold-resumed threads predate the control connection's automatic
-        // new-thread subscription. Subscribe once without changing settings.
-        await control.request('thread/resume', { threadId });
         await root.activate(initialOptions);
         await root.session.flush();
         await persist();
+        // The runner kills a child whose "session started" webhook misses its
+        // bounded wait. Report ownership as soon as the session is controllable;
+        // the native-history replay below can take minutes on large threads.
         await notifyRunnerSessionStarted(root.session.sessionId, root.session.getMetadata() ?? root.bootstrap.metadata);
+        // Cold-resumed threads predate the control connection's automatic
+        // new-thread subscription. Subscribe once without changing settings.
+        await control.request('thread/resume', { threadId });
+        await root.syncHistory(effective);
     };
     const create = (method: 'thread/start' | 'thread/fork', params: Record<string, unknown>, parent?: SharedCodexRoot, initialOptions?: SharedLaunchOptions): Promise<SharedCodexRoot> => operation(async () => {
         const root = await prepare(string(params.cwd) ?? launch.cwd, undefined, parent);