diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
index 47319abdb0..ea83c358e6 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
@@ -2592,9 +2592,11 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat orphaned process recovery", () => {
 
   it("does not route a monitor-dispatch loss through the null-environment ladder", async () => {
     // The fingerprint (no pid, no pgid, no lease) matches monitor-dispatch
-    // losses too, but those are owned by the legacy `process_lost_retry` path
-    // and must NOT enter the bounded null-env ladder.
-    const { agentId, runId } = await seedRunFixture({
+    // losses too. Monitor-dispatch losses are owned by the monitor scheduler
+    // (a future wake is already scheduled), so the reaper must NOT enter the
+    // bounded null-env ladder. Instead the issue is escalated to the board
+    // via a legacy_execution_requires_reconciliation recovery action.
+    const { agentId, runId, issueId } = await seedRunFixture({
       adapterType: "openclaw_gateway",
       agentStatus: "idle",
       processPid: null,
@@ -2623,11 +2625,20 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat orphaned process recovery", () => {
       }),
     });
     expect(failed?.stderrExcerpt ?? "").not.toContain("[environment-allocation]");
-    // The retry must use the legacy wake/reason, not the null-env ladder.
-    expect(retry?.scheduledRetryReason).not.toBe("retry_transient_environment_failure");
-    expect(retry?.contextSnapshot).toMatchObject({
-      wakeReason: "process_lost_retry",
-    });
+    // No retry at all — monitor-dispatch with a future wake is handled by the
+    // monitor scheduler, not by the null-env or legacy retry ladder.
+    expect(retry).toBeUndefined();
+    // The issue is escalated to the board via the reconciliation recovery path.
+    const actions = await db
+      .select()
+      .from(issueRecoveryActions)
+      .where(eq(issueRecoveryActions.sourceIssueId, issueId));
+    expect(actions).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        ownerType: "board",
+        cause: "legacy_execution_requires_reconciliation",
+      }),
+    ]);
   });
 
   it("does not route a plan-approval continuation loss through the null-environment ladder", async () => {
diff --git a/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts b/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
index 2fe32bc230..437f16015a 100644
--- a/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
@@ -13896,13 +13896,11 @@ export function heartbeatService(
     agent: typeof agents.$inferSelect,
     now: Date,
   ) {
-    // Native sessions have their own fenced same-run controller. The legacy
-    // process-loss path runs only after the reaper has already classified the
-    // run as process_lost with a CAS write, so the reconciliation gate that
-    // protects ambiguous bootstrap failures does not apply here. We still
-    // honor the de-facto retry budget by incrementing processLossRetryCount
-    // on the successor.
-    if (run.runtimeMode === "native") return null;
+    // Native sessions have their own fenced same-run controller. Legacy
+    // bootstrap recovery shares the durable delay and incident counter with
+    // transient retries; process loss must not open a second retry budget.
+    if (run.runtimeMode === "native" || legacyExecutionNeedsReconciliation(run))
+      return null;
     const successorLossRetryCount = (run.processLossRetryCount ?? 0) + 1;
     const scheduled = await scheduleBoundedRetryForRun(run, agent, {
       now,
@@ -18570,25 +18568,13 @@ export function heartbeatService(
           const withAllocationDiagnostic = allocationDiagnostic
             ? { ...result, environmentAllocationDiagnostic: allocationDiagnostic }
             : result;
-          // The process-loss dispatch lost the process before any provider
-          // work could start. Mark the failed run as a safe bootstrap so the
-          // legacy retry path (process_lost_retry / interaction_continuation_infra_retry)
-          // is not blocked by legacyExecutionNeedsReconciliation. The
-          // null-env ladder does not consume this field.
-          const withBootstrapEvidence = {
-            ...withAllocationDiagnostic,
-            executionRecovery: {
-              kind: "bootstrap" as const,
-              providerWorkStarted: false,
-            },
-          };
           return unmanagedBackgroundTaskEvidence
             ? {
-              ...withBootstrapEvidence,
+              ...withAllocationDiagnostic,
               stopReason: UNMANAGED_BACKGROUND_TASK_STOP_REASON,
               unmanagedBackgroundTask: unmanagedBackgroundTaskEvidence,
             }
-            : withBootstrapEvidence;
+            : withAllocationDiagnostic;
         })(),
         ...(allocationDiagnosticLine
           ? { stderrExcerpt: appendWithByteCap(run.stderrExcerpt ?? "", allocationDiagnosticLine, MAX_EXCERPT_BYTES) }