diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.test.ts
index d0f45d669d4..2a50a0fd970 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.test.ts
@@ -279,3 +279,25 @@ it.each([
 ])("does not borrow omitted command subjects across a material boundary: %s", reply => {
   expect(gradeBulletCommand(reply)).toBe(false);
 });
+
+const implicitTransitionAccount = `## Signup implementation — RUN-3
+- Morgan built the page. The verification command returned exit 1. The task paused as blocked.
+- Riley added the missing label and re-ran verification: exit 0.`;
+const gradeImplicitTransition = (reply: string) => truthfulTimelineAccount({ reply, firstWorker: "Morgan", repairWorker: "Riley", taskIdentifier: "RUN-3" });
+it("accepts a same-task named-worker transition without requiring an assignment phrase", () => {
+  expect(gradeImplicitTransition(implicitTransitionAccount)).toBe(true);
+  expect(gradeImplicitTransition(implicitTransitionAccount.replace("## Signup implementation — RUN-3", "2. **Signup implementation — RUN-3**"))).toBe(true);
+});
+it.each([
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("Riley added", "Riley repaired RUN-4 and added"),
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("- Riley", "\n## Separate work — RUN-4\n- Riley"),
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("The task paused as blocked.\n- Riley added the missing label and re-ran verification: exit 0.", "Riley added the missing label and re-ran verification: exit 0. The task paused as blocked."),
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("The task paused as blocked.", ""),
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("returned exit 1", "returned exit 0"),
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("Riley added", "Morgan added"),
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("Riley added", "Riley automatically added"),
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("Riley added", "Riley planned to add"),
+  implicitTransitionAccount.replace("exit 0", "exit 2"),
+])("retains task, pause, failure, actor and chronology boundaries for an implicit transition: %s", reply => {
+  expect(gradeImplicitTransition(reply)).toBe(false);
+});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.ts
index 90f73c16f58..ddddb05e6a3 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-narrative.ts
@@ -211,16 +211,30 @@ export function truthfulTimelineAccount(input: {
     + (new RegExp(`^${successorOwnership.source}`, "i").test(match[0]) ? match[0].indexOf(",") + 1 : 0) })));
   const pauseCausedByFailure = new RegExp(`\\b(?:after|because)\\s+(?:(?:the|his|her|their|its|${escape(firstWorker)}['’]s)\\s+)?${commandTail}`, "i");
   const failureAfterPause = new RegExp(`\\bafter\\s+(?:(?:the|his|her|their|its|a)\\s+)?(?:task|work|it|${escape(firstWorker)})(?:\\s+(?:was|got|had been|has been))?\\s*$`, "i");
-  const ordered = failures.some(failure => handoffs.some(handoff => handoff.at > failure.at
-    && [...body.slice(failure.clauseAt, handoff.at).matchAll(/\b(?:paused|blocked|stopped)\b/gi)].some(pause => {
+  const pauseBetween = (failure: typeof failures[number], end: number) =>
+    [...body.slice(failure.clauseAt, end).matchAll(/\b(?:paused|blocked|stopped)\b/gi)].some(pause => {
       const pauseAt = failure.clauseAt + pause.index;
       // Wording order can differ from event order, but an earlier pause needs
       // an explicit causal link to this failure, not just the same clause.
       return pauseAt < failure.at
         ? pauseCausedByFailure.test(body.slice(pauseAt + pause[0].length, failure.at))
         : !failureAfterPause.test(body.slice(failure.end, pauseAt));
-    })
-    && repairs.some(repair => repair.at > handoff.at)));
+    });
+  const explicitTransition = failures.some(failure => handoffs.some(handoff => handoff.at > failure.at
+    && pauseBetween(failure, handoff.at) && repairs.some(repair => repair.at > handoff.at)));
+  const taskReference = input.taskIdentifier && new RegExp(`\\b${escape(input.taskIdentifier)}\\b`, "i");
+  const taskNamespace = input.taskIdentifier && /\d+$/.test(input.taskIdentifier)
+    ? new RegExp(`\\b${escape(input.taskIdentifier.replace(/\d+$/, ""))}\\d+\\b`, "gi") : null;
+  const implicitTransition = !!taskReference && paragraphs.some(paragraph => {
+    if (!taskReference.test(paragraph.text.split("\n")[0]!)
+      || new RegExp(assignment, "i").test(paragraph.text) || new RegExp(successorOwnership.source, "i").test(paragraph.text)
+      || /\b(?:automatically|autonomously|self-assigned)\b|\b(?:another|different|other)\s+(?:task|issue|work)\b/i.test(paragraph.text)
+      || taskNamespace && [...paragraph.text.matchAll(taskNamespace)].some(match => match[0].toLowerCase() !== input.taskIdentifier!.toLowerCase())) return false;
+    return failures.some(failure => failure.at >= paragraph.start && failure.at < paragraph.end
+      && mentions(body.slice(paragraph.start, failure.at), firstWorker)
+      && repairs.some(repair => repair.at > failure.at && repair.at < paragraph.end && pauseBetween(failure, repair.at)));
+  });
+  const ordered = explicitTransition || implicitTransition;
   const nativeFailure = /\b(?:native|runner|execution)\s+runs?\s+(?:(?:themselves|were|was|had|also|both|[a-z]+ly)\s+){0,3}(?:failed|failures?|unsuccessful)\b|\b(?:native|runner|execution)\s+runs?\s+(?:ended|finished)\s+(?:in|with)\s+(?:a\s+)?failure\b|\bfailed\s+(?:native|runner|execution)\s+runs?\b/i;
   const falseNativeFailure = clauses.some(({ text }) => {
     const match = nativeFailure.exec(text);
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-native-milestone.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-native-milestone.test.ts
index ed5f0f1cbbd..49e9a9bb0ea 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-native-milestone.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/internal-timeline-native-milestone.test.ts
@@ -430,3 +430,15 @@ it.each([
   const o = fixture(); o.reply = reply;
   expect(gradeWorkTimeline(o).passed).toBe(false);
 });
+
+it("corroborates a same-task implicit worker transition with the saved handoff and inspection links", () => {
+  const o = fixture();
+  o.reply = "## Signup implementation — RUN-3\nMorgan built the page. The verification command failed with exit 1 and the task paused as blocked. Riley added the missing label and verification exited 0.";
+  expect(gradeWorkTimeline(o).passed).toBe(true);
+  const withoutHandoff = { ...o, timelineEvents: o.timelineEvents.filter(event => event.id !== "handoff") };
+  expect(gradeWorkTimeline(withoutHandoff).passed).toBe(false);
+  const wrongAssignee = { ...o, timelineEvents: o.timelineEvents.map(event => event.id === "handoff"
+    ? { ...event, details: { assigneeAgentId: "morgan" } } : event) };
+  expect(gradeWorkTimeline(wrongAssignee).passed).toBe(false);
+  expect(gradeWorkTimeline({ ...o, links: [] }).passed).toBe(false);
+});