diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.test.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.test.ts
index 1e228af47d..a961d5ab50 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import * as Option from "effect/Option";
 import * as PubSub from "effect/PubSub";
 import * as Ref from "effect/Ref";
 import * as Result from "effect/Result";
+import * as Scheduler from "effect/Scheduler";
 import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
 import * as Scope from "effect/Scope";
 import * as Stream from "effect/Stream";
@@ -6917,6 +6918,34 @@ class RuntimeReaper extends Context.Service<RuntimeReaper, {}>()(
 describe("agent browser access", () => {
   const projectId = ProjectId.make("project-browser-access");
 
+  it.effect("subscribes to adapter events before exposing the provider service", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const codex = makeFakeCodexAdapter();
+      const events = yield* PubSub.unbounded<ProviderRuntimeEvent>();
+      let subscribed = false;
+      const adapter: ProviderAdapterShape<ProviderAdapterError> = {
+        ...codex.adapter,
+        streamEvents: Stream.unwrap(
+          Effect.map(PubSub.subscribe(events), (subscription) => {
+            // This runs only after PubSub has registered the subscription, not merely when
+            // the stream wrapper is constructed.
+            subscribed = true;
+            return Stream.fromSubscription(subscription);
+          }),
+        ),
+      };
+      yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
+        yield* ProviderService.ProviderService;
+        assert.isTrue(subscribed);
+      }).pipe(Effect.provide(makeAgentBrowserProviderLayer(false, { ...codex, adapter }, {})));
+    }).pipe(
+      // Keep this one fiber from yielding before the assertion. The old deferred fork then
+      // reproducibly leaves `subscribed` false; immediate startup passes without a timer.
+      Effect.provideService(Scheduler.PreventSchedulerYield, true),
+      Effect.provide(NodeServices.layer),
+    ),
+  );
+
   const makeBrowserAccessProjectionLayer = (
     threadId: ThreadId,
     status: "found" | "missing" | "failed" = "found",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.ts b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.ts
index 2fc810c8a3..e999423390 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.ts
@@ -1758,6 +1758,8 @@ const makeProviderService = Effect.fn("makeProviderService")(function* (
     // Publish the new adapter set before any replacement stream can emit.
     yield* Ref.set(subscribedAdapters, next);
     for (const [id, adapter] of newSubscriptions) {
+      // A provider can emit a receipt synchronously during an API call. Subscribe before
+      // returning from reconciliation so that first receipt cannot outrun a deferred fork.
       yield* Stream.runForEach(adapter.streamEvents, (event) =>
         processRuntimeEvent(
           {
@@ -1767,7 +1769,7 @@ const makeProviderService = Effect.fn("makeProviderService")(function* (
           },
           event,
         ),
-      ).pipe(Effect.forkScoped);
+      ).pipe(Effect.forkScoped({ startImmediately: true }));
     }
   });