diff --git a/doc/plans/2026-10-30-aggregate-maintenance-sleep.md b/doc/plans/2026-10-30-aggregate-maintenance-sleep.md
index 3bf480d4d74..b0e38ecb842 100644
--- a/doc/plans/2026-10-30-aggregate-maintenance-sleep.md
+++ b/doc/plans/2026-10-30-aggregate-maintenance-sleep.md
@@ -167,3 +167,11 @@ its terminal projection, and retains zero agent executions while suppression
 remains active. The passive PostgreSQL observer records connection opens, closes
 and byte counts separately from SQL frames so final quiet receipts can expose
 connection housekeeping without hiding it in a zero-query total.
+
+The saved-execution receipt case uses ordinary task Retry and subtree release
+HTTP endpoints. A pause retains the accepted receipt without a run; the saved
+wait reason receives its existing one-time 30-second grace, then remains quiet
+for 30 real seconds. Releasing the hold with `wakeAgents: false` launches exactly
+one actual local process with the expected stdout. This phase uses real elapsed
+time through PostgreSQL controller-lease ownership. Clock acceleration begins
+only after the process is terminal and its task is closed.
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/helpers/maintenance/server-harness.ts b/server/src/__tests__/helpers/maintenance/server-harness.ts
index 8f78eba9845..25bd14ef95d 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/helpers/maintenance/server-harness.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/helpers/maintenance/server-harness.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export async function startMaintenanceServer(databaseUrl: string, options: { ena
       publishBackup: (publication: { companyId: string; scopeDigest: string; backupRoot: string; pendingRoot: string }) => request("publishBackup", { publication }),
       snapshot: () => request<Snapshot>("snapshot"),
       drain: () => request<Snapshot>("drain"), resume: () => request<Snapshot>("resume"),
+      realtime: () => request<Snapshot>("realtime"),
       advance: (ms: number) => request<Snapshot>("advance", { ms }), freeze: () => request<Snapshot>("freeze"),
       get output() { return output; },
       async settled(quietMs = 500, deferredStartupHolds = 0) {
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/maintenance-server-routes.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/maintenance-server-routes.test.ts
index 39680b0d36b..c3d18dba861 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/maintenance-server-routes.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/maintenance-server-routes.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,57 @@ describe("assembled maintenance server production wiring", () => {
         repeatedQueries: repeated.length, repeated: receipt(repeated), initialFrames, finalFrames: server.proxy.frames, outgoingHttpRequests: 0 }, null, 2));
     } finally { await server.stop(); }
   }, 150_000);
+  it("releases an ordinary held task Retry into one real process execution", async () => {
+    await clearDatabase();
+    const server = await startMaintenanceServer(databaseUrl!, { clock: true });
+    const fixture = createDb(databaseUrl!, { maxConnections: 1 });
+    try {
+      await settleClock(server);
+      const company = await server.api<{ id: string }>("POST", "/companies", { name: "Receipt ingress" });
+      await fixture.insert(authUsers).values({ id: "local-board", name: "Local operator", email: "maintenance-local@example.test", createdAt: new Date(), updatedAt: new Date() }).onConflictDoNothing();
+      await fixture.insert(companyMemberships).values({ companyId: company.id, principalType: "user", principalId: "local-board", status: "active", membershipRole: "owner" }).onConflictDoNothing();
+      const [agent] = await fixture.insert(agents).values({ companyId: company.id, name: "Receipt process", adapterType: "process", status: "idle", lifecycleState: "ready",
+        adapterConfig: { command: process.execPath, args: ["-e", "console.log('assembled-receipt-proof')"], cwd: process.cwd() },
+        runtimeConfig: { heartbeat: { enabled: true, intervalSec: 0, wakeOnDemand: true } } }).returning();
+      const [issue] = await fixture.insert(issues).values({ companyId: company.id, title: "Resume saved task", status: "todo", assigneeAgentId: agent!.id, responsibleUserId: "local-board" }).returning();
+      const [source] = await fixture.insert(heartbeatRuns).values({ companyId: company.id, agentId: agent!.id, issueId: issue!.id, status: "failed", finishedAt: new Date(), responsibleUserId: "local-board", errorCode: "process_failed",
+        contextSnapshot: { issueId: issue!.id }, resultJson: { executionRecovery: { kind: "bootstrap", providerWorkStarted: false } } }).returning();
+      const hold = await server.api<{ hold: { id: string } }>("POST", `/issues/${issue!.id}/tree-holds`, { mode: "pause", reason: "Retain ordinary Retry" });
+      const retry = await server.api<{ accepted: boolean; requestId: string }>("POST", `/issues/${issue!.id}/retry`, { observedRunId: source!.id, idempotencyKey: randomUUID() });
+      expect(retry.accepted).toBe(true);
+      await settleClock(server);
+      const [waiting] = await fixture.$client`select status, run_id, payload->'executionWait'->>'reason' as reason from agent_wakeup_requests where id=${retry.requestId}`;
+      expect(waiting).toMatchObject({ status: "deferred_issue_execution", run_id: null, reason: "issue_tree_hold_active" });
+      const beforeGrace = server.proxy.queries.length;
+      await server.realtime(); await delay(31_000); await server.freeze(); await settleClock(server);
+      const grace = receipt(server.proxy.queries.slice(beforeGrace));
+      const [parked] = await fixture.$client`select status, run_id, payload->'executionWait'->>'reason' as reason from agent_wakeup_requests where id=${retry.requestId}`;
+      expect(parked).toEqual(waiting);
+      const baseline = server.proxy.queries.length;
+      await server.realtime(); await delay(30_000); await server.freeze(); await settleClock(server);
+      expect(server.proxy.queries.length).toBe(baseline);
+      await server.api("POST", `/issues/${issue!.id}/tree-holds/${hold.hold.id}/release`, { reason: "Resume accepted Retry", metadata: { wakeAgents: false } });
+      await server.realtime();
+      let executed: Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+      for (let step = 0; step < 300; step++) {
+        await delay(100);
+        [executed] = await fixture.$client`select status, stdout_excerpt, error, error_code from heartbeat_runs where context_snapshot->>'taskRetryRequestId'=${retry.requestId}`;
+        if (executed?.status === "succeeded") break;
+      }
+      await server.freeze();
+      expect(executed, JSON.stringify(executed)).toMatchObject({ status: "succeeded", stdout_excerpt: expect.stringContaining("assembled-receipt-proof") });
+      const [count] = await fixture.$client`select count(*)::integer as count from heartbeat_runs where context_snapshot->>'taskRetryRequestId'=${retry.requestId}`;
+      expect(count!.count).toBe(1);
+      await server.updateIssue({ id: issue!.id, status: "done" }); await settleClock(server);
+      const quiet = server.proxy.queries.length;
+      for (let step = 0; step < 4; step++) { await server.advance(30_000); await settleClock(server); }
+      expect(server.proxy.queries.length).toBe(quiet);
+      await writeFile(path.join(server.directory, "receipt-measurement.json"), JSON.stringify({ phase: "ordinary-held-task-retry", companyId: company.id, issueId: issue!.id,
+        requestId: retry.requestId, waiting, grace, parked, executed, count: count!.count, parkedRealMs: 30_000, parkedQueries: 0, settledClockMs: 120_000, settledQueries: 0,
+        boundary: "actual Retry and subtree release HTTP, wakeAgents false, real clock through process/controller authority, real local process, no outcome seeded", frames: server.proxy.frames }, null, 2));
+    } finally { await server.stop(); await fixture.$client.end(); }
+  }, 150_000);
+
   it("reconstructs residual work from a normal scheduler-admission change after suppression", async () => {
     await clearDatabase();
     const server = await startMaintenanceServer(databaseUrl!, { clock: true, suppressed: true });