diff --git a/cmd/orchestra-worker/main.go b/cmd/orchestra-worker/main.go
index d781649..3481a25 100644
--- a/cmd/orchestra-worker/main.go
+++ b/cmd/orchestra-worker/main.go
@@ -475,6 +475,19 @@ func (w *worker) start(ctx context.Context, t domain.Task, ref string) error {
 		}
 		log.Printf("launch %s confirmed: %s", t.ID, evidence)
 	}
+	// Baseline the progress check at launch, not at the first renewal. The
+	// renewal gate exempts a lease with no baseline, which handed a pane that
+	// opened and never started a full free renewal period (F34) — the exact
+	// case the gate exists to catch. Capturing here costs one pane read and
+	// makes the first renewal a real comparison.
+	if l, ok := w.leases[t.ID]; ok && l.ProgressSHA == "" {
+		if text, progressErr := w.paneProgress(ctx, herdr.CLIAdapter{Backend: backend, Harness: w.harness}, s); progressErr == nil {
+			l.ProgressSHA = domain.Hash([]byte(text))
+			w.leases[t.ID] = l
+		} else {
+			w.recordError(fmt.Errorf("baseline launch progress %s: %w", t.ID, progressErr))
+		}
+	}
 	if l, ok := w.leases[t.ID]; ok {
 		if err := w.api.Start(ctx, t.ID, l.Epoch, l.Version, w.sessionEvidence(ctx, t.ID, s)); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("ack start: %w", err)
@@ -1093,6 +1106,19 @@ func (w *worker) runCommands(ctx context.Context) {
 			_ = w.api.ResolveCommand(ctx, command.ID, "stale", "capture revision changed")
 			continue
 		}
+		if command.Kind == "resubmit" {
+			// Not an approval: the pane is holding input Orchestra already
+			// submitted and believes it delivered. Press Enter and say so.
+			if err := w.executionBackend().SendKeys(ctx, session, []string{"Enter"}); err != nil {
+				_ = w.api.ResolveCommand(ctx, command.ID, "rejected", "resubmit not delivered: "+err.Error())
+				continue
+			}
+			log.Printf("resubmit %s: Enter resent to %s at capture revision %d", command.TaskID, session.PaneID, command.CaptureRevision)
+			if err := w.api.ResolveCommand(ctx, command.ID, "acknowledged", ""); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ack command %s: %v", command.ID, err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
 		input, ok := approvalResponse(text, command.Kind)
 		if !ok {
 			_ = w.api.ResolveCommand(ctx, command.ID, "rejected", "prompt does not expose an executable approval control")
diff --git a/internal/federation/federation.go b/internal/federation/federation.go
index 1d5d7a2..afcbc78 100644
--- a/internal/federation/federation.go
+++ b/internal/federation/federation.go
@@ -237,7 +237,11 @@ func (r *Registry) Queue(worker string, c Command) (Command, error) {
 	if _, ok := r.workers[worker]; !ok {
 		return Command{}, ErrUnknownWorker
 	}
-	if c.TaskID == "" || c.PaneID == "" || c.CaptureRevision == 0 || (c.Kind != "grant_approval" && c.Kind != "deny_approval") {
+	// "resubmit" presses Enter on input Orchestra already submitted and the
+	// harness never took (F33). It carries no decision, so it is not an
+	// approval, but it is fenced the same way: a live pane and the capture
+	// revision the operator was looking at.
+	if c.TaskID == "" || c.PaneID == "" || c.CaptureRevision == 0 || (c.Kind != "grant_approval" && c.Kind != "deny_approval" && c.Kind != "resubmit") {
 		return Command{}, errors.New("invalid control command")
 	}
 	c.ID = fmt.Sprintf("cmd-%x", sha256.Sum256([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/%d/%d", worker, c.TaskID, c.Kind, c.CaptureRevision, time.Now().UnixNano()))))[:20]
diff --git a/internal/ui/ui.go b/internal/ui/ui.go
index f32b5b1..1a0de44 100644
--- a/internal/ui/ui.go
+++ b/internal/ui/ui.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func capturePane(s Server, t domain.Task, c *Capture) string {
 }
 func actions(t domain.Task) []Action {
 	active := t.State == domain.StateLeased
-	return []Action{{ID: "handoff", Enabled: active, Reason: "requires a live leased session"}, {ID: "release", Enabled: active, Needs: []string{"reason or handoff_ref"}}, {ID: "block", Enabled: active, Needs: []string{"blocker"}}, {ID: "complete", Enabled: active, Needs: []string{"report_ref", "receipt"}}}
+	return []Action{{ID: "handoff", Enabled: active, Reason: "requires a live leased session"}, {ID: "resubmit", Enabled: active, Reason: "resends Enter to a pane still holding unsent input"}, {ID: "release", Enabled: active, Needs: []string{"reason or handoff_ref"}}, {ID: "block", Enabled: active, Needs: []string{"blocker"}}, {ID: "complete", Enabled: active, Needs: []string{"report_ref", "receipt"}}}
 }
 func (s Server) Overview(ctx context.Context) Overview {
 	// JSON null is not an empty collection to browser clients. In particular,
@@ -400,6 +400,33 @@ func (s Server) action(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, id, action string
 		d, _ := s.detail(r.Context(), id)
 		writeJSON(w, d)
 		return
+	case "resubmit":
+		// Orchestra can put text in an editor and be wrong about whether it
+		// landed (F33). Until this existed the only way to recover a pane
+		// holding unsent input was to destroy the lease and wait for expiry,
+		// which cost the better part of an hour and threw away the session.
+		//
+		// This presses Enter on text Orchestra itself submitted. It changes no
+		// lifecycle state, so it appends no event; the worker logs the
+		// keystroke and the capture revision fences it against a pane that has
+		// moved on since the operator looked.
+		c, err := s.capture(r.Context(), t)
+		if err != nil || c == nil {
+			http.Error(w, "current capture unavailable", 503)
+			return
+		}
+		pane := capturePane(s, t, c)
+		if pane == "" || c.Source != "worker" {
+			http.Error(w, "resubmit needs a live worker-owned pane", 409)
+			return
+		}
+		command, err := s.Workers.Queue(t.Lease.HarnessID, federation.Command{TaskID: id, Kind: "resubmit", PaneID: pane, CaptureRevision: c.Revision})
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), 409)
+			return
+		}
+		writeJSON(w, map[string]any{"command": command, "task": t})
+		return
 	case "handoff":
 		if s.Coordinator == nil {
 			http.Error(w, "live coordinator unavailable", 503)
diff --git a/internal/ui/ui_test.go b/internal/ui/ui_test.go
index 2fe4f7c..1fa39b4 100644
--- a/internal/ui/ui_test.go
+++ b/internal/ui/ui_test.go
@@ -187,3 +187,51 @@ func TestActionWithoutABodyDoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("block status=%d body=%s, want 409 blocker required", r.Code, r.Body.String())
 	}
 }
+
+// TestResubmitQueuesAKeystrokeWithoutTouchingLifecycle covers the gap F33 left
+// behind: a pane holding unsent input had no recovery short of destroying the
+// lease and waiting out expiry. Resubmit presses Enter on text Orchestra
+// already submitted, so it queues a worker command and appends no event.
+func TestResubmitQueuesAKeystrokeWithoutTouchingLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	s, err := store.Open(t.TempDir())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	workers := &federation.Registry{}
+	if err := workers.Register(federation.Worker{ID: "wpc-claude", Token: "tok"}, ""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	h := Server{Store: s, Workers: workers}.Handler()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/ui/tasks", bytes.NewBufferString(`{"source":"web","external_id":"stuck","project":"demo","title":"Stuck launch"}`))
+	r := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(r, req)
+	id := s.Tasks()[0].ID
+	if _, err := s.Lease(id, "wpc-claude", time.Hour); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	before := len(s.Events(0))
+	capture, err := workers.PutCapture("wpc-claude", federation.Capture{TaskID: id, PaneID: "wA:p1", Text: "> read .orchestra/launch.md now"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/ui/tasks/"+id+"/actions/resubmit", bytes.NewBufferString(`{}`))
+	r = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(r, req)
+	if r.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("resubmit status=%d body=%s", r.Code, r.Body.String())
+	}
+	pending, err := workers.Commands("wpc-claude")
+	if err != nil || len(pending) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("commands=%#v err=%v", pending, err)
+	}
+	if pending[0].Kind != "resubmit" || pending[0].PaneID != "wA:p1" || pending[0].CaptureRevision != capture.Revision {
+		t.Fatalf("queued %#v, want a resubmit bound to wA:p1 at revision %d", pending[0], capture.Revision)
+	}
+	if got := len(s.Events(0)); got != before {
+		t.Fatalf("events %d -> %d: a keystroke must not append a lifecycle event", before, got)
+	}
+	task, _ := s.Task(id)
+	if task.State != domain.StateLeased {
+		t.Fatalf("state=%q, want the lease untouched", task.State)
+	}
+}