diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
index fb0650cd6ef..c1b67f1737f 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
@@ -19641,6 +19641,8 @@ describe("runnerd provider runtime wiring", () => {
     ...["resumed", "replacement"].map(outcome => ({ outcome, scenario: "fresh", homeMode: "preconfigured" })),
     ...["interrupted_bootstrap", "interrupted_bootstrap_other_run", "interrupted_bootstrap_unproven", "interrupted_bootstrap_symlink_parent"]
       .map(scenario => ({ outcome: "resumed", scenario, homeMode: "isolated" })),
+    { outcome: "created", scenario: "interrupted_bootstrap", homeMode: "isolated" },
+    { outcome: "created", scenario: "interrupted_bootstrap_symlink_parent", homeMode: "isolated" },
   ])(
     "bootstraps only an untouched provider session in a $outcome workspace lease: $scenario ($homeMode)", async ({ outcome, scenario, homeMode }) => {
     const remoteCwd = join(isolatedStateDirectory, "remote");
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
index 8e006540a3f..c2d683a6cbe 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
@@ -15674,6 +15674,15 @@ async function createRunnerdBackendWithinSessionClaim(
                       // lease was not provider-confirmed lost. Never silently create a new
                       // provider session from that ambiguous state.
                       throw new Error("runner_harness_state_mismatch: backup_without_reusable_lease");
+                    } else if (state.incompleteReason === "not_suspended"
+                      && input.restartRecovery?.kind === "bootstrap_incomplete"
+                      && state.notSuspendedRunId === input.execution.binding.runId
+                      && hasRemoteBootstrapRestartProof(input.execution.binding.runId)) {
+                      if (!(await moveInterruptedBootstrapSessionAside()
+                        && takeRemoteBootstrapRestartProof(input.execution.binding.runId)
+                        && await claimUntouchedRemoteSession())) {
+                        throw new Error("runner_harness_state_mismatch: created_not_suspended");
+                      }
                     }
                   }
                 } else if (remoteTarget && remoteCommandRunner) {