diff --git a/src/subagent/agent-fleet.ts b/src/subagent/agent-fleet.ts
index 7cfdb7fa2..fb89ea095 100644
--- a/src/subagent/agent-fleet.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/agent-fleet.ts
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ export function createSpawnAgentTool(deps: AgentFleetDeps): AgentTool {
           // just because retained:true was requested at spawn.
           deps.sessions.complete(session.id, result.report, {
             agentRetained: result.agentRetained === true,
+            ...(result.stopReason !== undefined ? { stopReason: result.stopReason } : {}),
           });
         })
         .catch((err) => {
diff --git a/src/subagent/fleet-report.test.ts b/src/subagent/fleet-report.test.ts
index 9a6aeaad4..c41ecda04 100644
--- a/src/subagent/fleet-report.test.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/fleet-report.test.ts
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ describe("forced-stop reasons", () => {
         lane({
           id: "api",
           status: "done",
-          stopReason: 'repetition — window "Groaning. " × 1363',
+          stopReason: "stalled",
         }),
         lane({ id: "docs" }),
       ],
       T0 + 1000,
     );
-    expect(updates).toEqual(['api stopped — repetition — window "Groaning. " × 1363']);
+    expect(updates).toEqual(["api stopped — stalled"]);
   });
 
   test("a cancelled lane carries its recorded reason", () => {
diff --git a/src/subagent/index.test.ts b/src/subagent/index.test.ts
index 0ae42b6e2..3ac362f18 100644
--- a/src/subagent/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/index.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   forcedStopReport,
   formatSubAgentReport,
   parseSubAgentReport,
-  stopReasonFromReport,
   appendSubAgentParentHints,
   createBriefDispatchLedger,
   fingerprintTaskBrief,
@@ -396,24 +395,21 @@ describe("sub-agent stop helpers", () => {
     ).not.toContain("wall-clock deadline");
   });
 
-  test("forcedStopReport carries a machine-readable Stopped line the parent sees verbatim", () => {
-    const cancelled = forcedStopReport("cancelled", "partial", "Session closed");
-    expect(stopReasonFromReport(cancelled)).toBe("cancelled — Session closed");
-    // Without a detail the line is the bare reason token.
-    expect(stopReasonFromReport(forcedStopReport("cancelled", "partial"))).toBe("cancelled");
-    expect(stopReasonFromReport(forcedStopReport("deadline", "x", "30s elapsed"))).toBe(
-      "deadline — 30s elapsed",
+  test("forcedStopReport renders a Stopped line for display; classification uses the typed reason", () => {
+    expect(forcedStopReport("cancelled", "partial", "Session closed")).toMatch(
+      /^Stopped: cancelled — Session closed\n/,
     );
-
-    // A nested forced-stop quoted in Findings must not leak its Stopped line
-    // as the outer report's reason.
+    expect(forcedStopReport("cancelled", "partial")).toMatch(/^Stopped: cancelled\n/);
+    expect(forcedStopReport("deadline", "x", "30s elapsed")).toMatch(
+      /^Stopped: deadline — 30s elapsed\n/,
+    );
+    // Nested Stopped: under Findings is display-only; classify via typed reason.
     const nested = forcedStopReport(
       "deadline",
       forcedStopReport("cancelled", "inner", "inner reason"),
     );
-    expect(stopReasonFromReport(nested)).toBe("deadline");
-    // A clean report has no Stopped line.
-    expect(stopReasonFromReport("## Summary\nDone.\n\n## Findings\nx")).toBe(null);
+    expect(nested).toMatch(/^Stopped: deadline\n/);
+    expect(nested).toContain("Stopped: cancelled — inner reason");
   });
 
   test("createSubAgentRunController aborts on an explicit deadline and reports deadlineHit", async () => {
diff --git a/src/subagent/index.ts b/src/subagent/index.ts
index 5666f6dd8..73a6f32a6 100644
--- a/src/subagent/index.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/index.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export {
   formatSubAgentReport,
   hasReportEnvelope,
   parseSubAgentReport,
-  stopReasonFromReport,
   subAgentToolName,
   type DispatchBrief,
   type SubAgentReport,
diff --git a/src/subagent/report.ts b/src/subagent/report.ts
index c66356c04..7270b2092 100644
--- a/src/subagent/report.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/report.ts
@@ -122,31 +122,15 @@ export interface SubAgentReport {
   findings: string;
   blockers: string;
   paths: string;
-  /**
-   * Machine-readable termination reason for a forced stop (e.g.
-   * `stalled — no output for 120s`). Rendered as a dedicated
-   * `Stopped:` line above the envelope; absent on successful completes.
-   */
+  /** Display-only `Stopped:` preamble for forcedStopReport; never parsed back. */
   stopped?: string;
 }
 
-const STOPPED_LINE_RE = /^Stopped:\s*(.+)$/m;
-
-/** Machine-readable stop reason from a report's `Stopped:` line, or null. */
-export function stopReasonFromReport(report: string): string | null {
-  return parseSubAgentReport(report).stopped ?? null;
-}
-
 export function parseSubAgentReport(reply: string): SubAgentReport {
   const text = reply.trim();
   const sections: Record<string, string> = {};
   const headingRe = /^##\s+(Summary|Findings|Blockers|Paths)\s*$/gim;
   const matches = [...text.matchAll(headingRe)];
-  // Only the preamble (before the first heading) can carry the report's own
-  // Stopped: line — a nested forced-stop report quoted under Findings must
-  // not be read as this report's reason.
-  const preamble = matches.length > 0 ? text.slice(0, matches[0]?.index ?? 0) : "";
-  const stopped = STOPPED_LINE_RE.exec(preamble)?.[1]?.trim();
   if (matches.length === 0) {
     return {
       summary: text.length > 0 ? text : "Sub-agent finished without a textual result.",
@@ -167,7 +151,6 @@ export function parseSubAgentReport(reply: string): SubAgentReport {
     findings: sections.findings ?? "",
     blockers: sections.blockers ?? "",
     paths: sections.paths ?? "",
-    ...(stopped !== undefined && stopped.length > 0 ? { stopped } : {}),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/subagent/session-store.test.ts b/src/subagent/session-store.test.ts
index 5f93b7935..a05e1bdd1 100644
--- a/src/subagent/session-store.test.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/session-store.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 
 import { createSubAgentSessionStore } from "./session-store.js";
+import { forcedStopReport } from "./stop-policy.js";
 
 import type { ReactorEmittedEvent } from "@intx/inference";
 
@@ -261,16 +262,21 @@ describe("parallel tool calls", () => {
 });
 
 describe("terminal stop reasons", () => {
-  test("complete() records the report's Stopped line as stopReason", () => {
+  test("complete() records the typed stopReason, not report prose", () => {
+    const store = createSubAgentSessionStore();
+    const session = store.start({ description: "d", agentId: "a", brief: "b" });
+    store.complete(session.id, forcedStopReport("stalled", "partial"), { stopReason: "stalled" });
+    expect(store.get(session.id)?.stopReason).toBe("stalled");
+  });
+
+  test("literal Stopped: in report prose does not fabricate stopReason", () => {
     const store = createSubAgentSessionStore();
     const session = store.start({ description: "d", agentId: "a", brief: "b" });
     store.complete(
       session.id,
-      'Stopped: repetition — window "Groaning. " × 1363\n\n## Summary\nStopped: degenerate repetition in streamed output (same window looping mid-turn).',
+      'Stopped: repetition — window "Groaning. " × 1363\n\n## Summary\nStopped: looping.\n\n## Findings\nx',
     );
-    const stored = store.get(session.id);
-    expect(stored?.status).toBe("done");
-    expect(stored?.stopReason).toBe('repetition — window "Groaning. " × 1363');
+    expect(store.get(session.id)?.stopReason).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   test("a clean complete has no stopReason", () => {
diff --git a/src/subagent/session-store.ts b/src/subagent/session-store.ts
index f19bcd111..bbf8ab8f4 100644
--- a/src/subagent/session-store.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/session-store.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import type { ReactorEmittedEvent } from "@intx/inference";
 import { DEFAULT_CLOSE_DEADLINE_MS } from "./dispose.js";
-import { stopReasonFromReport } from "./report.js";
+import type { ForcedStopReason } from "./stop-policy.js";
 import { toolCallPreview } from "./tool-preview.js";
 
 export type SubAgentSessionStatus = "running" | "done" | "failed" | "cancelled";
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@ export interface SubAgentSession {
   report?: string;
   error?: string;
   /**
-   * Machine-readable termination reason for a forced stop (stall abort,
-   * operator cancel) — the report's `Stopped:` line, or `cancelled — <reason>`
-   * on cancel. Absent on clean completes.
+   * Typed ForcedStopReason from runSubAgent, or `cancelled — <reason>` on
+   * cancel(). Absent on clean completes. Never parsed from report prose.
    */
   stopReason?: string;
   // Session id of the orchestrator that dispatched this worker, when this is
@@ -147,7 +146,11 @@ export interface SubAgentSessionStore {
   // deadline/cancel salvage resolves the same promise agent-fleet routes
   // here but always disposes its agent first, so omitting/false-ing this
   // keeps a disposed session from ever reporting as resumable.
-  complete(id: string, report: string, opts?: { agentRetained?: boolean }): void;
+  complete(
+    id: string,
+    report: string,
+    opts?: { agentRetained?: boolean; stopReason?: ForcedStopReason },
+  ): void;
   fail(id: string, error: string): void;
   // Register the live abort handle for a running session so cancel() can stop
   // the child reactor (agent.close), not only flip status.
@@ -767,7 +770,11 @@ export function createSubAgentSessionStore(
       });
     },
 
-    complete(id: string, report: string, opts?: { agentRetained?: boolean }): void {
+    complete(
+      id: string,
+      report: string,
+      opts?: { agentRetained?: boolean; stopReason?: ForcedStopReason },
+    ): void {
       // CL-7001: run.ts always disposes on a salvage return (deadline/cancel)
       // even though it resolves through this same success path — only trust
       // "still open, resumable" when the caller says the agent genuinely
@@ -795,10 +802,7 @@ export function createSubAgentSessionStore(
         session.finishedAt = now();
         clearToolCalls(session);
         session.report = report;
-        // A forced-stop salvage arrives via complete(); its Stopped: line is
-        // the terminal reason (stall abort, etc).
-        const stopped = stopReasonFromReport(report);
-        if (stopped !== null) session.stopReason = stopped;
+        if (opts?.stopReason !== undefined) session.stopReason = opts.stopReason;
         pushEntry(session, { kind: "report", content: capText(report, maxEntryChars) });
         // A disposed salvage has nothing left for its close handle to do —
         // release it now rather than leaving a stale reference around.
diff --git a/src/subagent/task-tool.ts b/src/subagent/task-tool.ts
index e16c95944..844707ad3 100644
--- a/src/subagent/task-tool.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/task-tool.ts
@@ -840,7 +840,11 @@ export function createTaskTool(deps: TaskToolDeps): AgentTool {
               ),
             );
           }
-          if (session !== undefined) deps.sessions?.complete(session.id, result.report);
+          if (session !== undefined)
+            deps.sessions?.complete(session.id, result.report, {
+              ...(result.stopReason !== undefined ? { stopReason: result.stopReason } : {}),
+            });
+
           const reported = appendSubAgentParentHints(result.report, result.stopReason, hintOptions);
           return await finishWithWorktree(
             taskToolResult(