diff --git a/plugins/muse-provider/server/session.ts b/plugins/muse-provider/server/session.ts
index 7d367fd1ac..31066c5b04 100644
--- a/plugins/muse-provider/server/session.ts
+++ b/plugins/muse-provider/server/session.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export class Session {
   private readonly host: MspConnection;
   private liveState: Live | undefined;
   private providerId: string | undefined;
-  private cursor: string | undefined;
   private config: ProviderSessionConfig;
   private catalog: ProviderCatalog = { models: [], modes };
   private readonly approvals = new Map<string, WireApproval>();
@@ -110,9 +109,11 @@ export class Session {
       if (input.persistence.version !== 1)
         throw new MuseError("invalidPersistence", "Unsupported Muse persistence version");
       const saved = persistenceSchema.parse(input.persistence.data);
+      // A fresh timeline needs history. MSP cursor resumes return only the suffix,
+      // so even legacy persistence cursors cannot restore this session's projection.
       response = await this.host.command(
         "session/resume",
-        { sessionId: saved.sessionId, cursor: saved.cursor, config: { mcpServers } },
+        { sessionId: saved.sessionId, config: { mcpServers } },
         sessionSchema,
       );
       this.config = {
@@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ export class Session {
       ),
     };
     this.providerId = response.session.providerId ?? undefined;
-    this.cursor = response.viewCursor;
     this.config = {
       ...this.config,
       model: response.session.modelId ?? this.config.model,
@@ -411,10 +411,6 @@ export class Session {
     }
     await this.processNotification(notification);
     this.live().recovery.activity(envelope.viewCursor, this.activeTurnIds().length > 0);
-    if (envelope.viewCursor) {
-      this.cursor = envelope.viewCursor;
-      this.publishPersistence();
-    }
   }
   private async processNotification(notification: Notification): Promise<void> {
     switch (notification.method) {
@@ -597,7 +593,6 @@ export class Session {
       version: 1,
       data: {
         sessionId: this.live().nativeId,
-        ...(this.cursor ? { cursor: this.cursor } : {}),
         ...(this.config.model ? { model: this.config.model } : {}),
         ...(this.config.thinkingOption ? { thinkingOption: this.config.thinkingOption } : {}),
       },
diff --git a/plugins/muse-provider/server/wire.ts b/plugins/muse-provider/server/wire.ts
index 3513cabfd1..45aac6fe4f 100644
--- a/plugins/muse-provider/server/wire.ts
+++ b/plugins/muse-provider/server/wire.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ export const sessionSchema = z.object({
 });
 export const persistenceSchema = z.object({
   sessionId: z.string(),
-  cursor: z.string().optional(),
   model: z.string().optional(),
   thinkingOption: effortSchema.optional(),
 });
diff --git a/plugins/muse-provider/test/fake-muse.mjs b/plugins/muse-provider/test/fake-muse.mjs
index 6dec29f8e5..16cc821b79 100644
--- a/plugins/muse-provider/test/fake-muse.mjs
+++ b/plugins/muse-provider/test/fake-muse.mjs
@@ -80,6 +80,22 @@ function receiveFrame(line) {
   } else for (const row of messages) emitFixtureMessage(row.msg, recorded, frame);
 }
 function controlResponse(frame) {
+  if (frame.method === "session/resume" && process.env.MUSE_TEST_HISTORY) {
+    const result = responseFor(readFixture("resume-without-cursor"), "session/resume");
+    result.session.sessionId = frame.params.sessionId;
+    result.history = frame.params.cursor
+      ? { mode: "none", noneReason: "cursorSuffix", items: null, snapshot: null }
+      : {
+          mode: "inline",
+          items: readFileSync(process.env.MUSE_TEST_HISTORY, "utf8")
+            .trim()
+            .split("\n")
+            .map((line) => JSON.parse(line)),
+          snapshot: null,
+        };
+    respond(frame, result);
+    return true;
+  }
   if (frame.method === "initialized") return true;
   if (frame.method === "initialize" && process.env.MUSE_TEST_EXIT) {
     process.stderr.write("diagnostic tail, not protocol\n");
@@ -438,6 +454,9 @@ function replace(value) {
   return value;
 }
 function send(frame) {
+  if (frame.method === "item/completed" && process.env.MUSE_TEST_HISTORY) {
+    appendFileSync(process.env.MUSE_TEST_HISTORY, JSON.stringify(frame.params.item) + "\n");
+  }
   process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(frame) + "\n");
 }
 function respond(frame, result) {
diff --git a/plugins/muse-provider/test/provider.test.ts b/plugins/muse-provider/test/provider.test.ts
index 800a010da9..447988e31b 100644
--- a/plugins/muse-provider/test/provider.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/muse-provider/test/provider.test.ts
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ test("text and reasoning stream, completion overwrites deltas, user echo retains
       { type: "text", text: "hello" },
     ],
   });
-  expect(h.events.filter((event) => event.type === "session.persistence").length).toBeGreaterThan(
-    1,
-  );
+  expect(h.events.findLast((event) => event.type === "session.persistence")).toMatchObject({
+    persistence: { version: 1, data: { model: "meta/muse-spark-1.3", thinkingOption: "high" } },
+  });
 });
 test("tool calls classify read, shell, and edit with fetched JSON patch converted to unified diff", async () => {
   const h = await harness("tools-edit");
@@ -327,23 +327,69 @@ test("interrupt awaits cancelled terminal and reconciles the tool", async () =>
     ),
   ).toBeGreaterThan(terminalIndex);
 });
+test("a fresh connection restores earlier messages from persisted session state", async () => {
+  const original = await harness();
+  const historyPath = path.join(original.root, "native-history.ndjson");
+  original.launch.env.MUSE_TEST_HISTORY = historyPath;
+  await original.open();
+  await original.prompt();
+  await original.wait((event) => event.type === "session.turn" && event.state === "completed");
+  const messages = [
+    ...new Map(
+      original.events
+        .filter((event) => event.type === "timeline.item")
+        .map((event) => event.item)
+        .filter((item) => item.type === "user_message" || item.type === "assistant_message")
+        .map((item) => [item.id, item] as const),
+    ).values(),
+  ];
+  expect(messages.map((item) => item.type)).toEqual(["user_message", "assistant_message"]);
+  const saved = original.events.findLast((event) => event.type === "session.persistence");
+  if (!saved) throw new Error("Expected session persistence");
+  const persistencePath = path.join(original.root, "persistence.json");
+  // Older daemon records carry a view cursor even though their timeline is not durable.
+  await writeFile(
+    persistencePath,
+    JSON.stringify({
+      ...saved.persistence,
+      data: { ...saved.persistence.data, cursor: saved.persistence.data.cursor ?? "v:old:7" },
+    }),
+  );
+  await original.connection.close();
+  const reopened = await harness("text-reasoning", { MUSE_TEST_HISTORY: historyPath });
+  expect(await reopened.open(JSON.parse(await readFile(persistencePath, "utf8")))).toMatchObject({
+    type: "session.ready",
+  });
+  const restored = reopened.events
+    .filter((event) => event.type === "timeline.item")
+    .map((event) => event.item)
+    .filter((item) => item.type === "user_message" || item.type === "assistant_message");
+  expect(restored.map((item) => ({ type: item.type, text: item.text }))).toEqual(
+    messages.map((item) => ({ type: item.type, text: item.text })),
+  );
+  const reopenedState = reopened.events.findLast((event) => event.type === "session.persistence");
+  expect(reopenedState?.persistence.data).not.toHaveProperty("cursor");
+  expect(reopened.events.filter((event) => event.type === "session.turn")).toEqual([]);
+  await reopened.prompt();
+  await reopened.wait((event) => event.type === "session.turn" && event.state === "completed");
+});
+
 for (const cursor of [undefined, "v:old:7"]) {
-  test(`resume ${cursor ? "with cursor emits suffix and ignores old terminal" : "without cursor replays inline history"}`, async () => {
-    const h = await harness(cursor ? "resume-with-cursor" : "resume-without-cursor");
+  test(`resume ${cursor ? "with a legacy persistence cursor" : "without a persistence cursor"} replays inline history`, async () => {
+    const h = await harness("resume-without-cursor");
     await h.open({
       version: 1,
       data: { sessionId: "saved-session", ...(cursor ? { cursor } : {}) },
     });
     expect(h.events.filter((event) => event.type === "session.turn")).toEqual([]);
     const history = h.events.filter((event) => event.type === "timeline.item");
-    if (!cursor)
-      expect(history).toEqual(
-        expect.arrayContaining([
-          expect.objectContaining({
-            item: expect.objectContaining({ type: "assistant_message", text: "RESUME_MARKER_OK" }),
-          }),
-        ]),
-      );
+    expect(history).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          item: expect.objectContaining({ type: "assistant_message", text: "RESUME_MARKER_OK" }),
+        }),
+      ]),
+    );
     await h.prompt();
     await h.wait((event) => event.type === "session.turn" && event.state === "completed");
     expect(
@@ -351,7 +397,10 @@ for (const cursor of [undefined, "v:old:7"]) {
     ).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(
       (await h.recorded()).find((frame) => frame.method === "session/resume").params,
-    ).toMatchObject({ sessionId: "saved-session", ...(cursor ? { cursor } : {}) });
+    ).toMatchObject({ sessionId: "saved-session" });
+    expect(
+      (await h.recorded()).find((frame) => frame.method === "session/resume").params,
+    ).not.toHaveProperty("cursor");
   });
 }
 test("steer sends ifBusy steer and joins the running turn", async () => {
@@ -862,7 +911,7 @@ test("fingerprint mismatch is logged but does not prevent opening", async () =>
 });
 for (const restoring of [false, true]) {
   test(`MCP servers map to MSP stdio and streamableHttp on ${restoring ? "resume" : "start"}`, async () => {
-    const h = await harness(restoring ? "resume-with-cursor" : "text-reasoning");
+    const h = await harness(restoring ? "resume-without-cursor" : "text-reasoning");
     await h.send({
       type: "session.open",
       sessionId: "paseo-session",