diff --git a/src/tui/runner/wiring.stall-poll.test.ts b/src/tui/runner/wiring.stall-poll.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c9ef1e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/runner/wiring.stall-poll.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { attachSessionBridge, createRecordingPort } from "../runtime-bridge.js";
+import { createAppShell } from "../shell/index.js";
+import { withTestRenderer } from "../harness.js";
+import { createFleetStallPollTick } from "./wiring.js";
+
+function settleToollessTurn(
+  bridge: ReturnType<typeof attachSessionBridge>,
+): void {
+  bridge.handle({ type: "inference.start", data: {} });
+  bridge.handle({ type: "inference.done", data: {} });
+}
+
+describe("fleet stall poll tick (CL-7676)", () => {
+  test("tick runs the fleet report and re-flushes mailbox mail", () => {
+    const order: string[] = [];
+    const tick = createFleetStallPollTick(
+      () => {
+        order.push("report");
+      },
+      () => {
+        order.push("flush");
+      },
+    );
+    tick();
+    expect(order).toEqual(["report", "flush"]);
+  });
+
+  test("missed edge (driver throws once) self-heals on the next poll without duplicates", async () => {
+    await withTestRenderer(
+      async (h) => {
+        const shell = createAppShell(h.renderer, {
+          terminal: { columns: 80, rows: 24 },
+          wireKeys: false,
+          run: "busy",
+        });
+        const port = createRecordingPort();
+        const bridge = attachSessionBridge(shell, port);
+        try {
+          let reports = 0;
+          let drives = 0;
+          let taken = false;
+          let failNext = true;
+          bridge.handle({ type: "fleet", running: 1 });
+          settleToollessTurn(bridge);
+          bridge.setMailboxMailDriver(() => {
+            if (failNext) {
+              failNext = false;
+              throw new Error("send failed");
+            }
+            if (taken) return false;
+            taken = true;
+            drives += 1;
+            return true;
+          });
+          // The subscribe-time edge misses: the driver failure is swallowed as
+          // retryable, with no later edge while the fleet stays quiet.
+          bridge.flushMailboxMail();
+          expect(drives).toBe(0);
+
+          const tick = createFleetStallPollTick(
+            () => {
+              reports += 1;
+            },
+            () => bridge.flushMailboxMail(),
+          );
+          tick();
+          expect(reports).toBe(1);
+          expect(drives).toBe(1);
+          // The report is taken: a second poll must not re-send.
+          tick();
+          expect(reports).toBe(2);
+          expect(drives).toBe(1);
+        } finally {
+          bridge.dispose();
+          shell.dispose();
+        }
+      },
+      { width: 80, height: 24 },
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("terminal landing mid-turn is delivered on the next poll after settle", async () => {
+    await withTestRenderer(
+      async (h) => {
+        const shell = createAppShell(h.renderer, {
+          terminal: { columns: 80, rows: 24 },
+          wireKeys: false,
+          run: "idle",
+        });
+        const port = createRecordingPort();
+        const bridge = attachSessionBridge(shell, port);
+        try {
+          let drives = 0;
+          let taken = false;
+          let failSettleFlush = true;
+          bridge.setMailboxMailDriver(() => {
+            if (failSettleFlush) {
+              failSettleFlush = false;
+              throw new Error("settle send failed");
+            }
+            if (taken) return false;
+            taken = true;
+            drives += 1;
+            return true;
+          });
+          bridge.submit("dispatch workers", "immediate");
+          bridge.handle({ type: "fleet", running: 1 });
+          // Terminal lands while the parent is mid-turn: flush no-ops.
+          bridge.flushMailboxMail();
+          expect(drives).toBe(0);
+          // Settle-time flush also misses (send fails, swallowed). No later
+          // store edge fires while the fleet stays quiet.
+          settleToollessTurn(bridge);
+          expect(drives).toBe(0);
+
+          const tick = createFleetStallPollTick(
+            () => undefined,
+            () => bridge.flushMailboxMail(),
+          );
+          tick();
+          expect(drives).toBe(1);
+          tick();
+          expect(drives).toBe(1);
+        } finally {
+          bridge.dispose();
+          shell.dispose();
+        }
+      },
+      { width: 80, height: 24 },
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/tui/runner/wiring.ts b/src/tui/runner/wiring.ts
index 9c1bcaaa2..d9d682891 100644
--- a/src/tui/runner/wiring.ts
+++ b/src/tui/runner/wiring.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,27 @@ import { steerCount } from "../session-queue.js";
 
 const tuiLogger = getLogger([LOG_NAMESPACE_ROOT, "tui"]);
 
+/**
+ * One tick of the periodic fleet stall poll.
+ *
+ * The store-subscribe edge drives mailbox mail the moment a lane terminalizes,
+ * but that edge is missable: the parent may be mid-turn (`isProcessing`, so
+ * `flushMailboxMail` no-ops) or the driver send may fail (swallowed as
+ * retryable with no later edge when the fleet is otherwise quiet). Re-flushing
+ * here bounds the stall to one poll interval. Both halves are no-ops when
+ * there is nothing to say: `reportFleet` diffs, `flushMailboxMail` no-ops
+ * while processing or when no uncollected terminal waits.
+ */
+export function createFleetStallPollTick(
+  reportFleet: () => void,
+  flushMailboxMail: () => void,
+): () => void {
+  return () => {
+    reportFleet();
+    flushMailboxMail();
+  };
+}
+
 export function createFleetWakePublisher(
   sessions: RunnerServices["subAgentSessions"],
   emitter: RunnerServices["emitter"],
@@ -265,7 +286,10 @@ export function wirePostStartup(
     }, FLEET_REPORT_SETTLE_MS);
     if (typeof fleetSettle.unref === "function") fleetSettle.unref();
   });
-  const fleetStallPoll = setInterval(reportFleet, FLEET_STALL_POLL_MS);
+  const fleetStallPollTick = createFleetStallPollTick(reportFleet, () =>
+    sessionBridge.flushMailboxMail(),
+  );
+  const fleetStallPoll = setInterval(fleetStallPollTick, FLEET_STALL_POLL_MS);
   if (typeof fleetStallPoll.unref === "function") fleetStallPoll.unref();
   state.stopFleetReporting = (): void => {
     clearInterval(fleetStallPoll);