diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-runtime-registry.ts b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-runtime-registry.ts
index 83286999f34..a22198621eb 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-runtime-registry.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-runtime-registry.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ class TerminalRuntimeRegistryImpl {
 					this.serializeExistingRuntime(terminalId, instanceId),
 			});
 			entry.initialBuffer = undefined;
+			entry.transport._lastRequestedDims = {
+				cols: entry.runtime.terminal.cols,
+				rows: entry.runtime.terminal.rows,
+			};
 			// Pair the transport's stream position with what the fresh xterm
 			// actually contains: the persisted anchor belongs to the persisted
 			// snapshot only; sibling-seeded content has no known position.
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-ws-transport.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-ws-transport.test.ts
index efc0fed62bd..982ed6c306e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-ws-transport.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-ws-transport.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 	park,
 	reconnect,
 	sendColors,
+	sendResize,
 } from "./terminal-ws-transport";
 
 // The transport builds on createRelaySocket (partysocket) — reconnection,
@@ -729,6 +730,60 @@ describe("terminal-ws-transport", () => {
 		expect(transport.connectionState).toBe("open");
 	});
 
+	describe("resized while parked", () => {
+		function parkWithOutput() {
+			const { transport, terminal, socket } = connectAttached();
+			socket.message(
+				JSON.stringify({ type: "synced", epoch: "e1", seq: 0, mode: "exact" }),
+			);
+			const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode("abc");
+			socket.message(
+				bytes.buffer.slice(
+					bytes.byteOffset,
+					bytes.byteOffset + bytes.byteLength,
+				),
+			);
+			park(transport);
+			return { transport, terminal };
+		}
+
+		function reattach(
+			transport: ReturnType<typeof createTransport>,
+			terminal: ReturnType<typeof createMockTerminal>,
+		) {
+			connect(transport, terminal, "ws://host/terminal/t1");
+			const redial = FakeRelaySocket.instances.at(-1);
+			if (!redial) throw new Error("expected relay socket instance");
+			redial.open();
+			redial.message(JSON.stringify({ type: "attached", terminalId: "t1" }));
+			return redial.sent.map((payload) => JSON.parse(payload) as unknown);
+		}
+
+		test("asks the host for a repaint when the size went and came back", () => {
+			const { transport, terminal } = parkWithOutput();
+
+			sendResize(transport, 101, 20);
+			sendResize(transport, 101, 27);
+
+			expect(reattach(transport, terminal)).toEqual([
+				{ type: "visible", visible: true },
+				{ type: "resize", cols: 101, rows: 27 },
+				{ type: "repaint" },
+			]);
+		});
+
+		test("asks for nothing when the size never changed", () => {
+			const { transport, terminal } = parkWithOutput();
+
+			sendResize(transport, 101, 27);
+
+			expect(reattach(transport, terminal)).toEqual([
+				{ type: "visible", visible: true },
+				{ type: "resize", cols: 101, rows: 27 },
+			]);
+		});
+	});
+
 	test("park refuses to disconnect a pre-seq host", () => {
 		// A pre-seq host ignores `?seq=` and `replay=0` suppresses its legacy
 		// FIFO replay, so a closed socket means the parked gap is silently
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-ws-transport.ts b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-ws-transport.ts
index d408803bcc9..6cfb0904401 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-ws-transport.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/lib/terminal/terminal-ws-transport.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ export interface TerminalTransport {
 	 * on every attach: a reconnecting socket starts out assumed visible.
 	 */
 	_visible: boolean;
+	/** Dims of the last `sendResize` call, delivered or not. */
+	_lastRequestedDims: { cols: number; rows: number } | null;
+	/**
+	 * The xterm changed size while no socket could tell the host. A shrink
+	 * deletes the rows below the cursor and a grow pulls rows back from
+	 * scrollback, so the screen no longer lines up with where the program
+	 * thinks its cursor is. When the PTY ends up the same size, nothing sends
+	 * SIGWINCH, and the program's next relative redraw lands on the wrong rows.
+	 */
+	_repaintOnAttach: boolean;
 }
 
 const MAX_LOG_ENTRIES = 200;
@@ -454,6 +464,8 @@ export function createTransport(
 		_resumeListener: null,
 		_disposeFocusListeners: null,
 		_visible: true,
+		_lastRequestedDims: null,
+		_repaintOnAttach: false,
 	};
 }
 
@@ -830,6 +842,7 @@ function attachSocketListeners(
 			sendColors(transport, terminal.options?.theme);
 			sendVisibleState(transport);
 			sendResize(transport, terminal.cols, terminal.rows);
+			requestRepaintIfResizedOffline(transport);
 			flushPendingInput(transport);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1171,12 +1184,30 @@ export function sendResize(
 	cols: number,
 	rows: number,
 ) {
+	const previous = transport._lastRequestedDims;
+	transport._lastRequestedDims = { cols, rows };
 	const socket = transport._socket;
-	if (!socket || socket.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) return;
-	if (transport.connectionState !== "open") return;
+	if (
+		!socket ||
+		socket.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN ||
+		transport.connectionState !== "open"
+	) {
+		const resized =
+			previous !== null && (previous.cols !== cols || previous.rows !== rows);
+		const hasContent =
+			transport._hasReceivedBytes || transport._xtermHadContent;
+		if (resized && hasContent) transport._repaintOnAttach = true;
+		return;
+	}
 	socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "resize", cols, rows }));
 }
 
+function requestRepaintIfResizedOffline(transport: TerminalTransport) {
+	if (!transport._repaintOnAttach) return;
+	transport._repaintOnAttach = false;
+	transport._socket?.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "repaint" }));
+}
+
 export function sendDispose(transport: TerminalTransport) {
 	if (transport._socket?.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
 		transport._socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "dispose" }));
diff --git a/packages/host-service/src/terminal/terminal.seq-catchup.node-test.ts b/packages/host-service/src/terminal/terminal.seq-catchup.node-test.ts
index 3d5b0dceb2b..ff76d9bbc36 100644
--- a/packages/host-service/src/terminal/terminal.seq-catchup.node-test.ts
+++ b/packages/host-service/src/terminal/terminal.seq-catchup.node-test.ts
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ class SeqRenderer {
 		this.ws?.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "resize", cols, rows }));
 	}
 
+	sendRepaint(): void {
+		this.ws?.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "repaint" }));
+	}
+
 	sendVisible(visible: boolean): void {
 		this.ws?.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "visible", visible }));
 	}
@@ -882,6 +886,28 @@ test(
 			);
 			console.log("PHASE 6 restart-spanning reattach: preserved + healed ✓");
 
+			// ── Phase 7: exact reattach at the same dims, then a client repaint ask
+			// A same-dims resize emits no SIGWINCH, so only the repaint message
+			// can make the TUI redraw a screen the client reshaped while detached.
+			await renderer.disconnect();
+			await renderer.connect(terminalId);
+			const synced7 = await renderer.waitSynced();
+			assert.equal(synced7.mode, "exact", "phase 7: reattach must be exact");
+			const bytesBeforeRepaint = renderer.allBinary.length;
+			const redrawnSince = () =>
+				new TextDecoder()
+					.decode(Buffer.concat(renderer.allBinary.slice(bytesBeforeRepaint)))
+					.includes("FULL-REDRAW");
+			await sleep(300);
+			assert.ok(!redrawnSince(), "phase 7: no repaint before the client asks");
+			renderer.sendRepaint();
+			await waitFor(
+				redrawnSince,
+				5_000,
+				"TUI to repaint on a client repaint ask",
+			);
+			console.log("PHASE 7 client repaint ask: full redraw ✓");
+
 			renderer.assertNoReset("whole run");
 			witness.assertNoReset("whole run");
 		} finally {
diff --git a/packages/host-service/src/terminal/terminal.ts b/packages/host-service/src/terminal/terminal.ts
index 42a79fef6e5..06d535800e6 100644
--- a/packages/host-service/src/terminal/terminal.ts
+++ b/packages/host-service/src/terminal/terminal.ts
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ type TerminalClientMessage =
 	// suspended in a pocket, a Wi-Fi drop the relay never sees) stops
 	// constraining the PTY size. Clients that never answer are never dropped.
 	| { type: "pong" }
+	// The client's xterm changed size while it could not tell the host, so its
+	// screen no longer matches the program's. Older hosts ignore it.
+	| { type: "repaint" }
 	| { type: "dispose" };
 
 // PTY output bytes travel as binary WebSocket frames — the renderer pipes
@@ -3829,6 +3832,12 @@ export function registerWorkspaceTerminalRoute({
 						return;
 					}
 
+					if (message.type === "repaint") {
+						clearPendingRepaintNudge(session);
+						nudgeRepaint(session);
+						return;
+					}
+
 					if (session.exited) return;
 
 					if (message.type === "colors") {