diff --git a/agent/conversation_loop.py b/agent/conversation_loop.py
index 663e130f08c4f..57b5f13268db7 100644
--- a/agent/conversation_loop.py
+++ b/agent/conversation_loop.py
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ from agent.retry_utils import (
     zai_coding_overload_retry_ceiling,
 )
 from agent.trajectory import has_incomplete_scratchpad
+# Bound at import time deliberately: a lazy end-of-turn import reads the
+# module fresh from disk, so a mid-session git switch/pull in a source
+# checkout loads a version-skewed finalizer and kills the finished turn.
+# Safe to hoist: turn_finalizer defers its own conversation_loop import.
+from agent.turn_finalizer import finalize_turn
 from agent.usage_pricing import estimate_usage_cost, normalize_usage
 from hermes_constants import PARTIAL_STREAM_STUB_ID
 from hermes_logging import set_session_context
@@ -7513,7 +7518,6 @@ def run_conversation(
     # Post-loop turn finalization extracted to agent/turn_finalizer.finalize_turn
     # (god-file decomposition Phase 1 step 4). Behavior-neutral: the assembled
     # result dict is returned exactly as before.
-    from agent.turn_finalizer import finalize_turn
     return finalize_turn(
         agent,
         final_response=final_response,