diff --git a/packages/core/src/session/runner/llm.ts b/packages/core/src/session/runner/llm.ts
index af6ed3e4555..c125f07bcbd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/session/runner/llm.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/session/runner/llm.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ const isDecline = (
 ): error is Permission.DeclinedError | QuestionTool.CancelledError =>
   error._tag === "Permission.DeclinedError" || error._tag === "QuestionTool.CancelledError"
 
+const isInterruptedStream = (failure: AIError) => {
+  if (failure.reason._tag === "InvalidProviderOutput")
+    return failure.reason.classification === "incomplete-stream"
+  if (failure.reason._tag === "Transport") return failure.reason.operation === "read"
+  return false
+}
+
 /**
  * Classifies how the owned tool fibers ended. Interrupts abort the step; a user decline
  * settles its own call and then aborts the step; a defect from a tool implementation
@@ -571,11 +578,14 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
             })
           }
 
-          const incompleteStream =
-            llmFailure?.reason._tag === "InvalidProviderOutput" &&
-            llmFailure.reason.classification === "incomplete-stream"
-          const toolsAllowContinuation = tools.declines.length === 0 && !tools.interrupted
-          if (llmError && incompleteStream && record.outputStarted && toolsAllowContinuation)
+          if (
+            llmFailure &&
+            llmError &&
+            isInterruptedStream(llmFailure) &&
+            record.outputStarted &&
+            tools.declines.length === 0 &&
+            !tools.interrupted
+          )
             return CallOutcome.Continue({
               cause: llmFailure,
               error: llmError,
diff --git a/packages/core/test/session-runner.test.ts b/packages/core/test/session-runner.test.ts
index a836edaa448..3d899c3be11 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/session-runner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/session-runner.test.ts
@@ -561,6 +561,17 @@ const providerUnavailable = () =>
     }),
   })
 
+const streamDisconnected = () =>
+  new AIError({
+    module: "test",
+    method: "stream",
+    reason: new TransportReason({
+      message: "The socket connection was closed unexpectedly",
+      transport: "http",
+      operation: "read",
+    }),
+  })
+
 const continuationRejected = (recovery: "retry-full" | "rotate-and-retry-full") =>
   new AIError({
     module: "test",
@@ -4624,6 +4635,54 @@ describe("SessionRunnerLLM", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  it.effect("continues after a transport read failure with durable reasoning state", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const session = yield* setup
+      yield* admit(session, "Recover disconnected reasoning")
+      yield* TestLLM.push(
+        TestLLM.failAfter(
+          streamDisconnected(),
+          LLMEvent.stepStart({ index: 0 }),
+          LLMEvent.reasoningStart({
+            id: "disconnected-reasoning",
+            providerMetadata: {
+              openai: { itemId: "rs_disconnected", reasoningEncryptedContent: "encrypted-state" },
+            },
+          }),
+        ),
+      )
+      yield* TestLLM.push(TestLLM.text("Recovered", "reasoning-transport-recovery"))
+
+      const run = yield* session.resume(sessionID).pipe(Effect.forkChild)
+      yield* TestLLM.wait(1)
+      yield* TestClock.adjust("2400 millis")
+      yield* Fiber.join(run)
+
+      expect(requests).toHaveLength(2)
+      expect(yield* recordedEventTypes(sessionID)).toContain("session.retry.scheduled.1")
+      expect(requests[1]?.messages.slice(-2)).toMatchObject([
+        { role: "user", content: [{ type: "text", text: "Recover disconnected reasoning" }] },
+        { role: "user", content: [{ type: "text", text: INCOMPLETE_STREAM_CONTINUATION }] },
+      ])
+      expect(yield* session.context(sessionID)).toMatchObject([
+        { type: "user" },
+        {
+          type: "assistant",
+          finish: "error",
+          content: [
+            {
+              type: "reasoning",
+              text: "",
+              state: { itemId: "rs_disconnected", reasoningEncryptedContent: "encrypted-state" },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        { type: "synthetic", text: INCOMPLETE_STREAM_CONTINUATION },
+        { type: "assistant", finish: "stop", content: [{ type: "text", text: "Recovered" }] },
+      ])
+    }),
+  )
+
   it.effect("continues an incomplete stream after settling a local tool", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const session = yield* setup