diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-routine-pause.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-routine-pause.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { gradeIntegratorRoutinePause } from "./integrator-routine-pause.js";
+function valid() {
+  const routine = { id: "routine", assigneeAgentId: "ceo", projectId: "project", description: "Daily launch summary", status: "active", triggers: [{ id: "schedule", kind: "schedule", enabled: true, cronExpression: "0 9 * * *", timezone: "America/Chicago" }] };
+  const prior = { id: "prior", status: "completed", linkedIssueId: "prior-task" }; const active = { id: "active", status: "completed", linkedIssueId: "active-task" };
+  const base = { scenarioId: "routines.pause-owned", origin: "https://fixture.test", companyId: "company", leadId: "ceo", state: { routine: structuredClone(routine), worker: { id: "morgan" }, priorInvocation: prior, activeInvocation: active, activeNativeRunId: "busy" },
+    routine: { ...routine, status: "paused" }, invocations: [prior, active], tasks: [{ id: "prior-task", status: "done" }, { id: "active-task", status: "done" }],
+    projects: [], goals: [], comments: [], documents: [], revisions: [], humanQueries: [], activity: [], links: [], runs: [{ id: "busy", agentId: "morgan", status: "succeeded" }],
+    reply: "Paused future daily summaries. The already running task is separate and continues; its history remains available." };
+  const checkpoint = structuredClone(base); checkpoint.runs[0]!.status = "running"; checkpoint.tasks[1]!.status = "in_progress";
+  return { ...base, state: { ...base.state, pauseCheckpoint: checkpoint } };
+}
+describe("routine schedule pause versus actual in-flight work", () => {
+  it("accepts persisted pause with genuine retained history and a separately running task", () => {
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(valid()).passed).toBe(true);
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(undefined).passed).toBe(false);
+    const paraphrase = valid(); paraphrase.state.pauseCheckpoint.reply = "Future schedules are disabled. The in-flight execution continues normally.";
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(paraphrase).passed).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it("rejects an active schedule, discarded history, changed owner, or fabricated busy checkpoint", () => {
+    const active = valid(); active.routine.status = "active";
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(active).passed).toBe(false);
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause({ ...valid(), invocations: [] }).passed).toBe(false);
+    const stolen = valid(); stolen.routine.assigneeAgentId = "morgan";
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(stolen).passed).toBe(false);
+    const fake = valid(); fake.state.pauseCheckpoint.runs[0]!.status = "succeeded";
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(fake).passed).toBe(false);
+  });
+  it("rejects false cancellation and actual cancellation instead of normal completion", () => {
+    const falseReply = valid(); falseReply.state.pauseCheckpoint.reply = "Paused the schedule and cancelled the running task.";
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(falseReply).passed).toBe(false);
+    const cancelled = valid(); cancelled.runs[0]!.status = "cancelled";
+    expect(gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(cancelled).passed).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-routine-pause.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/integrator-routine-pause.ts
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+import type { RoutineDetail, RoutineRunSummary } from "../../../packages/shared/src/types/routine.js";
+import type { ChatCatalogContext } from "../chat-catalog-contract.js";
+import { pollUntil } from "../api.js";
+import { checks, observation, project, type Entity, type InternalObservation } from "./internal-support.js";
+import { fixtureWorker } from "./internal-definition.js";
+import { startRunBriefGate } from "./internal-run-brief.js";
+import { integratorDefinition, observeInternal, inspectResult } from "./integrator-support.js";
+import type { RuntimeAgent } from "./runtime-support.js";
+const gates = new WeakMap<ChatCatalogContext, Awaited<ReturnType<typeof startRunBriefGate>>>();
+interface PauseObservation extends InternalObservation { routine: RoutineDetail; invocations: RoutineRunSummary[] }
+async function observePause(ctx: ChatCatalogContext, state: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<PauseObservation> {
+  const base = await observeInternal(ctx, state); const id = (state.routine as RoutineDetail).id;
+  return { ...base, routine: await ctx.input.api.get<RoutineDetail>(`/api/routines/${id}`), invocations: await ctx.input.api.get<RoutineRunSummary[]>(`/api/routines/${id}/runs`) };
+}
+function pauseObservation(value: unknown): PauseObservation | undefined {
+  const o = value as PauseObservation; return observation(value) && !!o.routine && Array.isArray(o.invocations) ? o : undefined;
+}
+export function gradeIntegratorRoutinePause(value: unknown) {
+  const c = checks(); const o = pauseObservation(value);
+  c.add("actual-history-and-active-invocation", !!o, "Requires saved routine, genuine prior execution and the actual in-flight task checkpoint.");
+  if (!o) return c.result();
+  const before = o.state.routine as RoutineDetail; const first = pauseObservation(o.state.pauseCheckpoint);
+  const prior = o.state.priorInvocation as RoutineRunSummary; const active = o.state.activeInvocation as RoutineRunSummary;
+  c.add("future-schedule-paused-without-definition-loss", o.routine.id === before?.id && o.routine.status === "paused" && first?.routine.status === "paused"
+    && o.routine.assigneeAgentId === o.leadId && o.routine.description === before.description && o.routine.projectId === before.projectId
+    && o.routine.triggers.length === before.triggers.length && before.triggers.some(trigger => trigger.kind === "schedule" && trigger.enabled)
+    && o.routine.triggers.every(trigger => before.triggers.some(old => old.id === trigger.id && old.cronExpression === trigger.cronExpression && old.timezone === trigger.timezone)),
+  "The supported persisted pause excludes future scheduled dispatch while retaining the same owned routine and its saved trigger definition.");
+  const checkpointRun = first?.runs.find(run => run.id === o.state.activeNativeRunId);
+  c.add("pause-does-not-cancel-inflight", !!first && checkpointRun?.status === "running" && checkpointRun.agentId === (o.state.worker as Entity)?.id
+    && first.tasks.some(task => task.id === active?.linkedIssueId && task.status === "in_progress")
+    && /\b(?:paus(?:ed|ing)|disabled|stopped)\b/i.test(first.reply) && /\b(?:running|in.flight|in.progress|underway|active task)\b/i.test(first.reply)
+    && !/\b(?:cancelled|canceled|terminated|stopped)\b[^.!?\n]{0,35}\b(?:running|in.flight|task|execution)\b|\b(?:task|execution|work)\b[^.!?\n]{0,25}\b(?:cancelled|canceled|terminated)\b/i.test(first.reply),
+  "At the actual response the separately assigned execution is still genuinely running, and chat describes it separately from future schedules.");
+  const savedPrior = o.invocations.find(run => run.id === prior?.id); const savedActive = o.invocations.find(run => run.id === active?.id);
+  c.add("history-retained-and-inflight-completes-normally", o.invocations.length === 2 && savedPrior?.status === "completed" && savedPrior.linkedIssueId === prior.linkedIssueId
+    && savedActive?.status === "completed" && savedActive.linkedIssueId === active.linkedIssueId
+    && o.runs.some(run => run.id === o.state.activeNativeRunId && run.status === "succeeded") && o.tasks.some(task => task.id === active.linkedIssueId && task.status === "done"),
+  "Both real invocation histories remain accessible and the preexisting in-flight task completes normally after its actual dependency is released.");
+  return c.result();
+}
+export const integratorRoutinePauseCases = [integratorDefinition("routines", "routines.pause-owned", async ctx => {
+  const p = await project(ctx, "Launch"); const worker = await fixtureWorker(ctx);
+  for (const scope of [{ scopeType: "company", scopeId: ctx.input.fixtures.company.id }, { scopeType: "agent", scopeId: worker.id }])
+    await ctx.input.api.post(`/api/companies/${ctx.input.fixtures.company.id}/budgets/policies`, { ...scope, amount: 500, hardStopEnabled: true, isActive: true, unpricedUsagePolicy: "allow" });
+  const routine = await ctx.input.api.post<RoutineDetail>(`/api/companies/${ctx.input.fixtures.company.id}/routines`, { title: "Daily launch summaries", projectId: p.id, assigneeAgentId: ctx.input.fixtures.agent.id,
+    description: "Save one short factual Launch summary in a task comment, then complete this summary task. Do not create other work.", concurrencyPolicy: "always_enqueue" });
+  // Public manual execution supports a one-invocation assignee override. The
+  // routine remains owned by the CEO while this ordinary task runs as Morgan.
+  const priorInvocation = await ctx.input.api.post<RoutineRunSummary>(`/api/routines/${routine.id}/run`, { source: "manual", assigneeAgentId: worker.id, idempotencyKey: `prior-pause-${ctx.input.nonce}` });
+  await pollUntil({ label: "real completed routine history before pause", deadlineAt: Date.now() + 180_000, intervalMs: 1000,
+    load: () => ctx.input.api.get<RoutineRunSummary[]>(`/api/routines/${routine.id}/runs`), accept: rows => rows.length === 1 && rows[0]?.status === "completed" });
+  const gate = await startRunBriefGate(ctx, worker.id); gates.set(ctx, gate);
+  try {
+    await ctx.input.api.patch(`/api/routines/${routine.id}`, { description: "This Launch summary is waiting for its current website brief. First call the connected Website Brief app's read_website_brief tool and wait for its real response; do not substitute earlier context. Then save a short summary of the received brief in a task comment and mark this summary task done. Do not create tasks or change routine settings." });
+    const activeInvocation = await ctx.input.api.post<RoutineRunSummary>(`/api/routines/${routine.id}/run`, { source: "manual", assigneeAgentId: worker.id, idempotencyKey: `active-pause-${ctx.input.nonce}` });
+    const phase = await pollUntil({ label: "actual routine task waiting for source brief", deadlineAt: Date.now() + 150_000, intervalMs: 1000,
+      load: async () => ({ runs: await ctx.allRuns(), task: await ctx.input.api.get<Entity>(`/api/issues/${activeInvocation.linkedIssueId}`) }),
+      accept: value => value.runs.length === 2 && value.task.status === "in_progress" && gate.calls.some(call => call.authorized) && value.runs.some(run => run.contextSnapshot?.issueId === activeInvocation.linkedIssueId && run.status === "running") });
+    await ctx.input.api.post(`/api/routines/${routine.id}/triggers`, { kind: "schedule", cronExpression: "0 9 * * *", timezone: "America/Chicago", enabled: true });
+    return { project: p, worker: { id: worker.id }, routine: await ctx.input.api.get<RoutineDetail>(`/api/routines/${routine.id}`), priorInvocation, activeInvocation,
+      activeNativeRunId: phase.runs.find(run => run.contextSnapshot?.issueId === activeInvocation.linkedIssueId)?.id, gateObserved: gate.calls.some(call => call.authorized) };
+  } catch (error) { await gate.close(); gates.delete(ctx); throw error; }
+}, observePause, gradeIntegratorRoutinePause, async (ctx, state) => {
+  const routine = state.routine as RoutineDetail; await inspectResult(ctx, `/${ctx.input.fixtures.company.issuePrefix}/routines/${routine.id}/history`, routine.title);
+}, { sourceFiles: ["chat-catalog-domains/integrator-routine-pause.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/internal-run-brief.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/internal-definition.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/internal-support.ts", "chat-catalog-domains/integrator-support.ts", "chat-scenarios/routines.yaml"],
+  expectedRunCount: 3, attemptTimeoutMs: 720_000,
+  setupPolicy: { readiness: "preserve-scenario", invariantCheckIds: ["lead-ready", "owned-routine-real-active-task"] },
+  async verifySetup(ctx, state) {
+    const c = checks(); const lead = await ctx.input.api.get<RuntimeAgent>(`/api/agents/${ctx.input.fixtures.agent.id}`);
+    const active = (await ctx.allRuns()).find(run => run.id === state.activeNativeRunId);
+    c.add("lead-ready", lead.lifecycleState === "ready" && ["idle", "active"].includes(lead.status ?? ""), "The real routine owner is ready for the canonical chat.");
+    c.add("owned-routine-real-active-task", active?.status === "running" && active.agentId === (state.worker as Entity).id && active.contextSnapshot?.issueId === (state.activeInvocation as RoutineRunSummary).linkedIssueId
+      && state.gateObserved === true && (state.routine as RoutineDetail).assigneeAgentId === lead.id, "The saved CEO-owned routine has a genuinely busy separately assigned ordinary invocation.");
+    return c.result();
+  },
+  async act(ctx, state) {
+    const checkpoint = await pollUntil({ label: "actual pause reply while invocation remains running", deadlineAt: Date.now() + 150_000, intervalMs: 1000,
+      load: () => observePause(ctx, state), accept: o => o.runs.length === 3 && o.runs.some(run => run.agentId === o.leadId && run.status === "succeeded") && ctx.issue()?.conversationState === "waiting" });
+    state.pauseCheckpoint = { ...checkpoint, state: structuredClone(state) };
+    await ctx.input.evidence("chat-routine-pause-running-checkpoint.json", state.pauseCheckpoint);
+    gates.get(ctx)?.release();
+  },
+  async cleanup(ctx) { const gate = gates.get(ctx); if (gate) { await gate.close(); gates.delete(ctx); } },
+})];