diff --git a/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.test.ts b/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.test.ts
index 74f032a968..6467973ab0 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.test.ts
@@ -850,6 +850,12 @@ describe("renderPaperclipWakePrompt", () => {
     expect(DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).toContain("Create child issues directly when you know what needs to be done");
     expect(DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).toContain("POST /api/issues/{issueId}/interactions");
     expect(DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).toContain("kind suggest_tasks, ask_user_questions, or request_confirmation");
+    expect(DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).toContain(
+      "Use continuationPolicy wake_assignee when you need to resume after a response (it wakes on acceptance and rejection alike; only expiry does not wake); use wake_assignee_on_accept when you want to resume only after acceptance",
+    );
+    expect(DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).not.toContain(
+      "for request_confirmation this resumes only after acceptance",
+    );
     expect(DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).toContain("confirmation:{issueId}:plan:{revisionId}");
     expect(DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).toContain("Wait for acceptance before creating implementation subtasks");
     expect(DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE).toContain(
diff --git a/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts b/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts
index 41d96a2349..bb3e11762b 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/adapter-utils/src/server-utils.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_PAPERCLIP_AGENT_PROMPT_TEMPLATE = [
   "- If woken by a human comment on a dependency-blocked issue, respond or triage the comment without treating the blocked deliverable work as unblocked.",
   "- Create child issues directly when you know what needs to be done; use issue-thread interactions when the board/user must choose suggested tasks, answer structured questions, or confirm a proposal.",
   "- Use `PAPERCLIP_SCRATCH_DIR` / `PAPERCLIP_RUN_SCRATCH_DIR` for temporary scratch files instead of ad hoc `/tmp` paths; Paperclip removes that run-owned directory after the run ends.",
-  "- To ask for that input, create an interaction on the current issue with POST /api/issues/{issueId}/interactions using kind suggest_tasks, ask_user_questions, or request_confirmation. Use continuationPolicy wake_assignee when you need to resume after a response; for request_confirmation this resumes only after acceptance.",
+  "- To ask for that input, create an interaction on the current issue with POST /api/issues/{issueId}/interactions using kind suggest_tasks, ask_user_questions, or request_confirmation. Use continuationPolicy wake_assignee when you need to resume after a response (it wakes on acceptance and rejection alike; only expiry does not wake); use wake_assignee_on_accept when you want to resume only after acceptance.",
   "- When you intentionally restart follow-up work on a completed assigned issue, include structured `resume: true` with the POST /api/issues/{issueId}/comments or PATCH /api/issues/{issueId} comment payload. Generic agent comments on closed issues are inert by default.",
   "- For plan approval, update the plan document first, then create request_confirmation targeting the latest plan revision with idempotencyKey confirmation:{issueId}:plan:{revisionId}. Wait for acceptance before creating implementation subtasks, and create a fresh confirmation after superseding board/user comments if approval is still needed.",
   "- If blocked, mark the issue blocked and name the unblock owner and action.",
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-comment-wake-batching.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-comment-wake-batching.test.ts
index 4a07e57c82..8d02875b26 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-comment-wake-batching.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-comment-wake-batching.test.ts
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat comment wake batching", () => {
       responsibleUserId: "responsible-user",
       assigneeAgentId: agentId,
       executionRunId: runId,
-      executionAgentNameKey: "recovery-owner",
+      executionAgentNameKey: "recovery owner",
       executionLockedAt: new Date(),
       issueNumber: 1,
       identifier: `${issuePrefix}-1`,