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 9bfb6744..fef96231 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
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ import com.correx.core.events.events.NewEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.ExecutionPlanLockedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.OperatorProfileBoundEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.ProjectProfileBoundEvent
+import com.correx.core.events.events.OrchestrationPausedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.OrchestrationResumedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.events.WorkflowFailedEvent
 import com.correx.core.events.stores.EventStore
 import com.correx.core.events.types.EventId
 import com.correx.core.events.types.SessionId
+import com.correx.core.events.types.StageId
 import com.correx.core.kernel.execution.WorkflowResult
 import com.correx.core.kernel.orchestration.DefaultSessionOrchestrator
 import com.correx.core.kernel.orchestration.OrchestrationConfig
@@ -366,9 +368,31 @@ class ServerModule(
             val lastEventAt = eventStore.read(sessionId).lastOrNull()?.metadata?.timestamp ?: return@forEach
             if (lastEventAt < cutoff) {
                 log.info(
-                    "resumeAbandoned: skipping stale session={} (last event {}, cutoff {}m) — POST /resume revives it",
+                    "resumeAbandoned: parking stale session={} (last event {}, cutoff {}m) — POST /resume revives it",
                     sessionId.value, lastEventAt, maxAgeMinutes,
                 )
+                // Record the parking decision as an event (invariant #9): the projection
+                // otherwise reports RUNNING forever for a session no process is executing,
+                // and the next boot would re-log the same skip.
+                moduleScope.launch {
+                    eventStore.append(
+                        NewEvent(
+                            metadata = EventMetadata(
+                                eventId = EventId(java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString()),
+                                sessionId = sessionId,
+                                timestamp = Clock.System.now(),
+                                schemaVersion = 1,
+                                causationId = null,
+                                correlationId = null,
+                            ),
+                            payload = OrchestrationPausedEvent(
+                                sessionId = sessionId,
+                                stageId = orchState.currentStageId ?: StageId.NONE,
+                                reason = "ABANDONED_STALE",
+                            ),
+                        ),
+                    )
+                }
                 return@forEach
             }
             val graph = workflowRegistry.find(orchState.workflowId) ?: run {