diff --git a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
index 62f564c8..d005f0e6 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
+++ b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/ServerModule.kt
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class ServerModule(
                 val orchState = orchestrationRepository.getState(sessionId)
                 if (orchState.status != OrchestrationStatus.RUNNING) return@onEach
                 val graph = workflowRegistry.find(orchState.workflowId) ?: return@onEach
-                launchSessionResume(sessionId, graph)
+                launchSessionResumeWithRehydrate(sessionId, graph)
             }
             .launchIn(moduleScope)
 
@@ -309,23 +309,12 @@ class ServerModule(
         )
     }
 
-    private fun launchSessionResume(sessionId: SessionId, graph: com.correx.core.transitions.graph.WorkflowGraph) {
-        activeSessionJobs.computeIfAbsent(sessionId) {
-            moduleScope.launch {
-                runCatching {
-                    orchestrator.resume(sessionId, graph, orchestrationConfig())
-                }.onFailure { e ->
-                    log.error("resumeSession: session={} failed", sessionId.value, e)
-                }
-                activeSessionJobs.remove(sessionId)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Rehydrates [artifactContentCache] from durable events and then resumes the session.
-     * Called by [POST /sessions/{id}/resume] to restart a session after a server restart
-     * without re-running already-completed stages.
+     * Used by [POST /sessions/{id}/resume], boot-time abandoned-session pickup, and the
+     * restart-while-approval-pending subscription — every resume needs the rehydrate
+     * (pre-restart `needs`-artifacts live only in events/CAS) and the freestyle handoff
+     * (a planning graph that completes on resume must still lock and run phase 2).
      */
     fun launchSessionResumeWithRehydrate(sessionId: SessionId, graph: com.correx.core.transitions.graph.WorkflowGraph) {
         activeSessionJobs.computeIfAbsent(sessionId) {
@@ -365,7 +354,7 @@ class ServerModule(
                 return@forEach
             }
             log.info("resumeAbandoned: launching session={} workflow={}", sessionId.value, orchState.workflowId)
-            launchSessionResume(sessionId, graph)
+            launchSessionResumeWithRehydrate(sessionId, graph)
         }
     }