diff --git a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/UnitTests/RunnerTests+SnapshotBridgeTests.swift b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/UnitTests/RunnerTests+SnapshotBridgeTests.swift
index c4b99a1e7d..97d8aa9716 100644
--- a/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/UnitTests/RunnerTests+SnapshotBridgeTests.swift
+++ b/apple/runner/AgentDeviceRunner/AgentDeviceRunnerUITests/UnitTests/RunnerTests+SnapshotBridgeTests.swift
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ extension RunnerTests {
     let admitted = RunnerSnapshotBridgeReadForTest(request, 1000, { ["ok": true] }, 16)
     XCTAssertEqual(admitted["ok"] as? Bool, true)
 
+    // A read admitted after an abandoned one must not inherit the old abandon stamp (10): checked at
+    // 100, while this read is still inside its budget, a stale stamp would answer bridge-reader-wedged.
     let started = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
     let secondRelease = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
-    let finished = expectation(description: "second read outlives its budget")
+    let secondAbandoned = expectation(description: "the second read is abandoned at its budget")
     DispatchQueue.global().async {
       let second = RunnerSnapshotBridgeReadForTest(request, 1000, {
         started.signal()
@@ -93,12 +95,12 @@ extension RunnerTests {
         return ["ok": true]
       }, 100)
       XCTAssertEqual(second["error_code"] as? String, "bridge-read-abandoned")
-      finished.fulfill()
+      secondAbandoned.fulfill()
     }
     started.wait()
     let secondBusy = RunnerSnapshotBridgeReadForTest(request, 100, { ["ok": true] }, 100)
     XCTAssertEqual(secondBusy["error_code"] as? String, "bridge-read-in-flight")
-    wait(for: [finished], timeout: 5)
+    wait(for: [secondAbandoned], timeout: 5)
     secondRelease.signal()
     RunnerSnapshotBridgeDrainForTest()
   }
diff --git a/packages/platform-apple/src/snapshot-route.ts b/packages/platform-apple/src/snapshot-route.ts
index 26529ab7d6..c15957224d 100644
--- a/packages/platform-apple/src/snapshot-route.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-apple/src/snapshot-route.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { SnapshotSourceError } from './snapshot-source/errors.ts';
 import {
   createSystemSurfaceForegroundProbe,
   type SystemSurfaceForegroundProbe,
+  type SystemSurfaceForegroundReading,
 } from './system-surface-foreground.ts';
 import {
   bridgeFailureDisposition,
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ function createSnapshotBridgeRouteCore<Target extends SnapshotBridgeRouteTarget>
    */
   const circuitForProbe = (
     startingCircuit: typeof currentCircuit,
-    probeResult: Awaited<ReturnType<SystemSurfaceForegroundProbe>>,
+    probeResult: SystemSurfaceForegroundReading,
     device: DeviceInfo,
   ): typeof currentCircuit => {
     const probedSessionId = channel.sessionChanged ? probeResult.sessionId : undefined;
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ async function readSurfaceForeground(
   input: CaptureSnapshotInput,
   signal: AbortSignal,
   probe: SystemSurfaceForegroundProbe,
-): Promise<Awaited<ReturnType<SystemSurfaceForegroundProbe>>> {
+): Promise<SystemSurfaceForegroundReading> {
   const requestId = input.execution?.requestId;
   const foreground = await probe(device, { signal, ...(requestId ? { requestId } : {}) });
   if (foreground.foreground === 'background') {
diff --git a/packages/platform-apple/src/system-surface-foreground.ts b/packages/platform-apple/src/system-surface-foreground.ts
index c0d8543b8b..d9bf0d79a5 100644
--- a/packages/platform-apple/src/system-surface-foreground.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-apple/src/system-surface-foreground.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,16 @@ export type SystemSurfaceForeground =
   | 'background'
   | 'unknown';
 
+/** One foreground read, with the runner session it was read through when that session is known. */
+export type SystemSurfaceForegroundReading = Readonly<{
+  foreground: SystemSurfaceForeground;
+  sessionId?: string;
+}>;
+
 export type SystemSurfaceForegroundProbe = (
   device: DeviceInfo,
   input: Readonly<{ signal: AbortSignal; requestId?: string }>,
-) => Promise<Readonly<{ foreground: SystemSurfaceForeground; sessionId?: string }>>;
+) => Promise<SystemSurfaceForegroundReading>;
 
 /**
  * Bounds each read below the read-only resend window, so a runner busy draining abandoned XCTest