diff --git a/docs/explore-notes/conpty-sessions.md b/docs/explore-notes/conpty-sessions.md
index 8984a383..a6370d06 100644
--- a/docs/explore-notes/conpty-sessions.md
+++ b/docs/explore-notes/conpty-sessions.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # ConPTY interactive sessions & launch specs
 
 > **Explore-note — verify before trusting.** Distilled map of a subsystem, not authoritative.
-> Last verified against commit `bdee731` (2026-08-05).
+> Last verified against commit `aac84e4` (2026-08-06).
 > Drift check: `git log --oneline bdee731..HEAD -- src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Hub src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/ClaudeArgsBuilder.cs src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/MissionControlViewModel.cs src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/InteractiveTerminalView.axaml`
 > Stable structure only (no line numbers). See docs/explore-notes/README.md.
 
@@ -94,6 +94,24 @@ the host wires handlers and then calls `Start()`. So the tile appears **immediat
 spinner while the worker is still preparing the worktree. A failed launch keeps the tile with an
 inline error banner instead of the tile never appearing.
 
+### ⚠️ Gotcha: the terminal library kills its child on visual-tree detach
+
+`Iciclecreek.Avalonia.Terminal`'s `TerminalView.OnDetachedFromLogicalTree` calls
+`CleanupProcess()` (kills the PTY child) unless `BeginReparent()` suppressed it — and Mission
+Control detaches pane views routinely (`RebuildOverviewGrid` recreates everything on any pane
+add/remove/column change; focus-mode tab switches re-present content). Two-part defense (since
+`aac84e4`):
+
+1. `PtyTerminalSession.StartAsync` puts the control in **permanent reparent mode** right after
+   `LaunchProcess()` — `EndReparent` is deliberately never called. Teardown is explicit only:
+   `ConPtyPaneViewModel.Dispose` → `Terminal.Kill()` (pane close, VM disposal via DI on exit).
+2. `ConPtyPaneHost` (the DataTemplate content for a pane) reparents **one long-lived
+   `ConPtyPaneView` per pane VM** (`ConditionalWeakTable`, view pins its own `DataContext`)
+   instead of letting the template instantiate a fresh view — a fresh view would render a dead,
+   empty terminal because the running session is bound to the original `TerminalControl`.
+   Hosts only steal the view while `IsEffectivelyVisible`; the layout toggle posts a reclaim
+   pass (`MissionControlView.ReclaimVisiblePaneHosts`) so the now-visible layout re-steals.
+
 `Ellipse.spinner` (IslandStyles) is the shared indeterminate spinner — used for a starting pane
 (`InteractiveTerminalViewModel.IsStarting`) and in place of the refine button while
 `TaskRowViewModel.IsRefining`.