diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
index 4f1048318f..c7ad11a150 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
@@ -6707,6 +6707,73 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat orphaned process recovery", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  // SPC-21314 deficiency #3 / SPC-37112 / SPC-39089: without this gate the
+  // exact same fixture (paused, non-invokable source owner) escalates every
+  // reconciler tick via the branch exercised above — even when the issue has
+  // a legitimate monitor wake armed days out. That flap burned an in_progress
+  // issue with a 9-day-out monitor with 10+ issue_continuation_needed wakes
+  // in ~20 minutes on SPC-37112.
+  it("does not escalate a stranded-looking issue with a monitor wake armed far in the future", async () => {
+    const { companyId, agentId, issueId } = await seedStrandedIssueFixture({
+      status: "in_progress",
+      runStatus: "cancelled",
+      retryReason: "issue_continuation_needed",
+      runErrorCode: "issue_continuation_waiting_on_review",
+      // The guard compares against wall-clock `new Date()`, not the fixture's
+      // fixed 2026-03-19 fixture timestamps, so this must be in the real
+      // future regardless of when the suite runs.
+      monitorNextCheckAt: new Date("2099-03-19T00:00:00.000Z"),
+    });
+    await db
+      .update(agents)
+      .set({ status: "paused" })
+      .where(eq(agents.id, agentId));
+
+    const result = await heartbeatService(db).reconcileStrandedAssignedIssues();
+    expect(result.escalated).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.armedMonitorExempted).toBe(1);
+    expect(result.issueIds).toEqual([]);
+
+    const sourceIssue = await db
+      .select()
+      .from(issues)
+      .where(eq(issues.id, issueId))
+      .then((rows) => rows[0] ?? null);
+    expect(sourceIssue).toMatchObject({
+      status: "in_progress",
+      assigneeAgentId: agentId,
+    });
+
+    const actions = await db
+      .select()
+      .from(issueRecoveryActions)
+      .where(
+        and(
+          eq(issueRecoveryActions.companyId, companyId),
+          eq(issueRecoveryActions.sourceIssueId, issueId),
+        ),
+      );
+    expect(actions).toHaveLength(0);
+
+    const wakeups = await db
+      .select()
+      .from(agentWakeupRequests)
+      .where(
+        and(
+          eq(agentWakeupRequests.companyId, companyId),
+          eq(agentWakeupRequests.agentId, agentId),
+        ),
+      );
+    expect(
+      wakeups.some(
+        (wake) =>
+          wake.reason === "issue_continuation_needed" ||
+          (wake.payload as { retryReason?: string } | null)?.retryReason ===
+            "issue_continuation_needed",
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("keeps a legacy agent-owned recovery action readable without scheduling another takeover wake", async () => {
     const { companyId, agentId, issueId } = await seedStrandedIssueFixture({
       status: "in_progress",
diff --git a/server/src/services/recovery/service.ts b/server/src/services/recovery/service.ts
index 961d17e110..61f266ad0c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/recovery/service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/recovery/service.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,30 @@ export function resolveSuccessfulRunMissingStateMaxAttempts(
   return SUCCESSFUL_RUN_MISSING_STATE_MAX_ATTEMPTS;
 }
 
+// SPC-21314 deficiency #3 / SPC-37112 / SPC-39089: an issue with an armed,
+// unexpired `executionState.monitor` (persisted denormalized as
+// `issue.monitorNextCheckAt`) owns its own wake cadence via
+// `tickDueIssueMonitors`. Treating it as "stranded" in
+// `reconcileStrandedAssignedIssues` duplicates that cadence and can
+// re-escalate on every reconciler tick: SPC-37112 saw an in_progress issue
+// with a monitor armed 9 days out rewoken via `issue_continuation_needed`
+// 10+ times in ~20 minutes (~1-2 min cadence) before the assignee worked
+// around it by force-setting status to `blocked` — itself a known-bad move
+// because it silently clears the monitor. `monitorNextCheckAt` is only
+// non-null while the monitor is "scheduled" (armed); it is nulled out on
+// trigger/clear/exhaustion, so a future value here is a reliable proxy for
+// "not cleared, not expired."
+export function hasArmedMonitorWake(
+  issue: { status: string; monitorNextCheckAt: Date | null },
+  now: Date,
+): boolean {
+  return (
+    (issue.status === "in_progress" || issue.status === "in_review") &&
+    !!issue.monitorNextCheckAt &&
+    issue.monitorNextCheckAt.getTime() > now.getTime()
+  );
+}
+
 type RecoveryWakeupOptions = {
   source?: "timer" | "assignment" | "on_demand" | "automation";
   triggerDetail?: "manual" | "ping" | "callback" | "system";
@@ -4216,6 +4240,7 @@ export function recoveryService(
       recentProgressExempted: 0,
       operatorCancelExempted: 0,
       onboardingFirstTaskExempted: 0,
+      armedMonitorExempted: 0,
       skipped: 0,
       issueIds: [] as string[],
     };
@@ -4278,6 +4303,12 @@ export function recoveryService(
         continue;
       }
 
+      if (hasArmedMonitorWake(issue, new Date())) {
+        result.armedMonitorExempted += 1;
+        result.skipped += 1;
+        continue;
+      }
+
       let latestRun = await getLatestIssueRun(issue.companyId, issue.id);
 
       const agent = await getAgent(agentId);
diff --git a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-missing-state-cap.test.ts b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-missing-state-cap.test.ts
index 197d1dbbce..2496e2e7e6 100644
--- a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-missing-state-cap.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-missing-state-cap.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   SUCCESSFUL_RUN_MISSING_STATE_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
   SUCCESSFUL_RUN_MISSING_STATE_MAX_ATTEMPTS_CEILING,
   SUCCESSFUL_RUN_MISSING_STATE_MAX_ATTEMPTS_DEFAULT,
+  hasArmedMonitorWake,
   parseSuccessfulRunMissingStateMaxAttempts,
   resolveSuccessfulRunMissingStateMaxAttempts,
 } from "./service.js";
@@ -74,3 +75,58 @@ describe("resolveSuccessfulRunMissingStateMaxAttempts", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+// SPC-21314 deficiency #3 / SPC-37112 / SPC-39089: reconcileStrandedAssignedIssues
+// must not treat an issue as stranded while it has a legitimately armed,
+// unexpired monitor wake — that cadence is owned by tickDueIssueMonitors, not
+// the stranded-issue reconciler.
+describe("hasArmedMonitorWake", () => {
+  const now = new Date("2026-09-09T00:00:00.000Z");
+  const nineDaysOut = new Date("2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z");
+  const oneMinuteAgo = new Date("2026-09-08T23:59:00.000Z");
+
+  it("is true for an in_progress issue with a future monitor wake", () => {
+    expect(
+      hasArmedMonitorWake(
+        { status: "in_progress", monitorNextCheckAt: nineDaysOut },
+        now,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("is true for an in_review issue with a future monitor wake", () => {
+    expect(
+      hasArmedMonitorWake(
+        { status: "in_review", monitorNextCheckAt: nineDaysOut },
+        now,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("is false once the monitor wake is in the past (due, not armed)", () => {
+    expect(
+      hasArmedMonitorWake(
+        { status: "in_progress", monitorNextCheckAt: oneMinuteAgo },
+        now,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("is false when there is no scheduled monitor", () => {
+    expect(
+      hasArmedMonitorWake({ status: "in_progress", monitorNextCheckAt: null }, now),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("is false for statuses the monitor cannot be scheduled on", () => {
+    expect(
+      hasArmedMonitorWake({ status: "todo", monitorNextCheckAt: nineDaysOut }, now),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      hasArmedMonitorWake({ status: "blocked", monitorNextCheckAt: nineDaysOut }, now),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      hasArmedMonitorWake({ status: "done", monitorNextCheckAt: nineDaysOut }, now),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+});