diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 458bb67e0a..261aece1d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ jobs:
   bump-dev-version:
     needs: publish
     if: ${{ inputs.dry-run != true }}
+    # A reusable-workflow CALL cannot grant the callee more than the calling job holds,
+    # and GitHub refuses the whole run at startup when the called workflow's own job
+    # declares permissions the caller did not pass down ("startup_failure", runs
+    # 33615174183 / 33615177849 — the first dispatches since #3129 wired this call).
+    # The callee's job declares exactly these two; nothing else in this file gains them.
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     uses: ./.github/workflows/dev-version-bump.yml
     with:
       released-version: v${{ inputs.version }}
diff --git a/src/lib/process-control.ts b/src/lib/process-control.ts
index 13ab3a0c95..3b4efd6ce3 100644
--- a/src/lib/process-control.ts
+++ b/src/lib/process-control.ts
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ export function gracefulStopHost(hostname: string | undefined): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * Outcome of a graceful stop attempt. `"refused"` is distinct from failure: the proxy answered
- * that it must NOT be stopped from here, so callers must not escalate to a forced kill.
+ * Outcome of a graceful stop attempt. The string results are distinct from transport failure:
+ * the proxy answered and is stopping, so callers must not escalate to a forced kill.
  */
-export type GracefulStopResult = boolean | "refused";
+export type GracefulStopResult = boolean | "refused" | "teardown-unconfirmed";
 
 /** A proxy declined shutdown because a service under another home owns it (HTTP 409). */
 export class ProxyOwnershipRefusedError extends Error {}
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export async function stopProxyGracefully(pid: number, io: GracefulStopIo = {}):
   const token = configuredAdminToken(env.OPENCODEX_HOME?.trim() || undefined, env as NodeJS.ProcessEnv);
   if (token) headers["x-opencodex-api-key"] = token;
   const fetchFn = io.fetchFn ?? fetch;
+  let sharedTeardownConfirmed = false;
   try {
     // `ocx stop` asks the proxy NOT to restore shared client config: it does that itself,
     // after verifying a stopped Task Scheduler did not respawn the proxy (#3008). Letting
@@ -113,6 +114,14 @@ export async function stopProxyGracefully(pid: number, io: GracefulStopIo = {}):
     // still-running service. Report the refusal instead of forcing.
     if (res.status === 409) return "refused";
     if (!res.ok) return false;
+    const body: unknown = await res.json().catch(() => null);
+    const expectedTeardown = io.deferSharedTeardownNonce ? "deferred" : "performed";
+    sharedTeardownConfirmed = !!body
+      && typeof body === "object"
+      && "success" in body
+      && body.success === true
+      && "sharedTeardown" in body
+      && body.sharedTeardown === expectedTeardown;
   } catch {
     return false;
   }
@@ -120,7 +129,8 @@ export async function stopProxyGracefully(pid: number, io: GracefulStopIo = {}):
   // Honor the server's own drain window: /api/stop answers 200 first, then drains for
   // config.shutdownTimeoutMs. Waiting less than that hard-kills mid-drain.
   const exitTimeoutMs = io.exitTimeoutMs ?? drainDeadlineMs();
-  return waitExit(pid, exitTimeoutMs);
+  if (!waitExit(pid, exitTimeoutMs)) return false;
+  return sharedTeardownConfirmed ? true : "teardown-unconfirmed";
 }
 
 function drainDeadlineMs(): number {
@@ -144,6 +154,13 @@ export async function stopProxy(pid: number, io: GracefulStopIo = {}): Promise<b
       + "CODEX_HOME/OPENCODEX_HOME owns it. Run the stop from that home.",
     );
   }
+  if (graceful === "teardown-unconfirmed") {
+    // The proxy accepted the request and exited, but did not explicitly confirm that its
+    // assigned shared teardown succeeded. Do not hard-kill an already stopping process;
+    // return false so the caller conservatively retries and reports restoration failures.
+    await waitForStoppedPort(runtime, pid);
+    return false;
+  }
   if (graceful) {
     await waitForStoppedPort(runtime, pid);
     return true;
diff --git a/tests/cli-management-auth.test.ts b/tests/cli-management-auth.test.ts
index c9cd312cde..c552b56314 100644
--- a/tests/cli-management-auth.test.ts
+++ b/tests/cli-management-auth.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe("CLI management authentication", () => {
       },
       fetchFn: async (_input, init) => {
         token = new Headers(init?.headers).get("x-opencodex-api-key");
-        return new Response(null, { status: 200 });
+        return Response.json({ success: true, sharedTeardown: "performed" });
       },
     });
     expect(result).toBe(true);
diff --git a/tests/grok-lifecycle.test.ts b/tests/grok-lifecycle.test.ts
index a9687b9270..d2f21710d3 100644
--- a/tests/grok-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/tests/grok-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -505,9 +505,12 @@ describe("POST /api/stop teardown", () => {
 
     const stopProxyFn = sliceFn(PROCESS_CONTROL_SOURCE, "export async function stopProxy(", "export function killProxy(");
     const refusedAt = stopProxyFn.indexOf('graceful === "refused"');
+    const unconfirmedAt = stopProxyFn.indexOf('graceful === "teardown-unconfirmed"');
     const killAt = stopProxyFn.indexOf("killProxy(pid)");
     expect(refusedAt).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
     expect(refusedAt).toBeLessThan(killAt);
+    expect(unconfirmedAt).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(unconfirmedAt).toBeLessThan(killAt);
     expect(stopProxyFn).toContain("throw new ProxyOwnershipRefusedError(");
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/process-control-graceful.test.ts b/tests/process-control-graceful.test.ts
index 54c9ea6b9b..a9ba6b53fa 100644
--- a/tests/process-control-graceful.test.ts
+++ b/tests/process-control-graceful.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { gracefulStopHost, stopProxyGracefully } from "../src/lib/process-control";
 
 function okResponse(): Response {
-  return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true }), { status: 200 });
+  return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true, sharedTeardown: "performed" }), { status: 200 });
 }
 
 describe("gracefulStopHost", () => {
@@ -106,4 +106,33 @@ describe("stopProxyGracefully", () => {
     });
     expect(noExit).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  test("does not treat process exit as proof that shared teardown succeeded", async () => {
+    for (const body of [
+      { success: false, sharedTeardown: "performed" },
+      { success: true },
+    ]) {
+      const result = await stopProxyGracefully(7, {
+        readRuntime: () => ({ port: 10100 }),
+        fetchFn: (async () => new Response(JSON.stringify(body), { status: 200 })) as typeof fetch,
+        waitExit: () => true,
+        env: {},
+      });
+      expect(result).toBe("teardown-unconfirmed");
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("accepts an explicitly confirmed deferred teardown", async () => {
+    const result = await stopProxyGracefully(7, {
+      readRuntime: () => ({ port: 10100 }),
+      fetchFn: (async () => new Response(JSON.stringify({
+        success: true,
+        sharedTeardown: "deferred",
+      }), { status: 200 })) as typeof fetch,
+      waitExit: () => true,
+      env: {},
+      deferSharedTeardownNonce: "owned-receipt",
+    });
+    expect(result).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/stop-deferred-teardown.test.ts b/tests/stop-deferred-teardown.test.ts
index 12a6f6003d..ce07c35a54 100644
--- a/tests/stop-deferred-teardown.test.ts
+++ b/tests/stop-deferred-teardown.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe("stopProxyGracefully deferral flag", () => {
       readRuntime: () => ({ port: 10100 }),
       fetchFn: (async (url: string | URL | Request) => {
         urls.push(String(url));
-        return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true }), { status: 200 });
+        return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true, sharedTeardown: "performed" }), { status: 200 });
       }) as typeof fetch,
       waitExit: () => true,
       env: {},
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe("stopProxyGracefully deferral flag", () => {
       readRuntime: () => ({ port: 10100 }),
       fetchFn: (async (url: string | URL | Request) => {
         urls.push(String(url));
-        return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true }), { status: 200 });
+        return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true, sharedTeardown: "deferred" }), { status: 200 });
       }) as typeof fetch,
       waitExit: () => true,
       env: {},
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe("stopProxyGracefully deferral flag", () => {
       runtimeEndpoint: { hostname: "127.0.0.1", port: 10100 },
       fetchFn: (async (url: string | URL | Request) => {
         urls.push(String(url));
-        return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true }), { status: 200 });
+        return new Response(JSON.stringify({ success: true, sharedTeardown: "performed" }), { status: 200 });
       }) as typeof fetch,
       waitExit: () => true,
       env: {},