diff --git a/pkg/tools/subagent.go b/pkg/tools/subagent.go
index 9347e4f..a4108f9 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/subagent.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/subagent.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type SubagentTask struct {
 type SubagentManager struct {
 	tasks              map[string]*SubagentTask
 	cancelFuncs        map[string]context.CancelFunc
+	recoverableTaskIDs []string
 	archiveAfterMinute int64
 	mu                 sync.RWMutex
 	provider           providers.LLMProvider
@@ -99,9 +100,13 @@ func NewSubagentManager(provider providers.LLMProvider, workspace string, bus *b
 	if runStore != nil {
 		for _, task := range runStore.List() {
 			mgr.tasks[task.ID] = task
+			if task.Status == "running" {
+				mgr.recoverableTaskIDs = append(mgr.recoverableTaskIDs, task.ID)
+			}
 		}
 		mgr.nextID = runStore.NextIDSeed()
 	}
+	go mgr.resumeRecoveredTasks()
 	return mgr
 }
 
@@ -534,6 +539,7 @@ func (sm *SubagentManager) SetRunFunc(f SubagentRunFunc) {
 	sm.mu.Lock()
 	defer sm.mu.Unlock()
 	sm.runFunc = f
+	go sm.resumeRecoveredTasks()
 }
 
 func (sm *SubagentManager) ProfileStore() *SubagentProfileStore {
@@ -542,6 +548,38 @@ func (sm *SubagentManager) ProfileStore() *SubagentProfileStore {
 	return sm.profileStore
 }
 
+func (sm *SubagentManager) resumeRecoveredTasks() {
+	if sm == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	sm.mu.Lock()
+	if sm.runFunc == nil && sm.provider == nil {
+		sm.mu.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+	taskIDs := append([]string(nil), sm.recoverableTaskIDs...)
+	sm.recoverableTaskIDs = nil
+	toResume := make([]*SubagentTask, 0, len(taskIDs))
+	for _, taskID := range taskIDs {
+		task, ok := sm.tasks[taskID]
+		if !ok || task == nil || task.Status != "running" {
+			continue
+		}
+		task.Updated = time.Now().UnixMilli()
+		sm.persistTaskLocked(task, "recovered", "auto-resumed after restart")
+		toResume = append(toResume, task)
+	}
+	sm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	for _, task := range toResume {
+		taskCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+		sm.mu.Lock()
+		sm.cancelFuncs[task.ID] = cancel
+		sm.mu.Unlock()
+		go sm.runTask(taskCtx, task)
+	}
+}
+
 func (sm *SubagentManager) NextTaskSequence() int {
 	sm.mu.RLock()
 	defer sm.mu.RUnlock()
diff --git a/pkg/tools/subagent_runtime_control_test.go b/pkg/tools/subagent_runtime_control_test.go
index 6a0e47f..6090b39 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/subagent_runtime_control_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/subagent_runtime_control_test.go
@@ -205,6 +205,55 @@ func TestSubagentManagerRestoresPersistedRuns(t *testing.T) {
 	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 }
 
+func TestSubagentManagerAutoRecoversRunningTaskAfterRestart(t *testing.T) {
+	workspace := t.TempDir()
+	block := make(chan struct{})
+	manager := NewSubagentManager(nil, workspace, nil)
+	manager.SetRunFunc(func(ctx context.Context, task *SubagentTask) (string, error) {
+		<-block
+		return "should-not-complete-here", nil
+	})
+
+	_, err := manager.Spawn(context.Background(), SubagentSpawnOptions{
+		Task:          "recover me",
+		AgentID:       "coder",
+		OriginChannel: "cli",
+		OriginChatID:  "direct",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("spawn failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	time.Sleep(80 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	recovered := make(chan string, 1)
+	reloaded := NewSubagentManager(nil, workspace, nil)
+	reloaded.SetRunFunc(func(ctx context.Context, task *SubagentTask) (string, error) {
+		recovered <- task.ID
+		return "recovered-ok", nil
+	})
+
+	select {
+	case taskID := <-recovered:
+		if taskID != "subagent-1" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected recovered task id subagent-1, got %s", taskID)
+		}
+	case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatalf("expected running task to auto-recover after restart")
+	}
+
+	got, ok := reloaded.GetTask("subagent-1")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected recovered task to exist")
+	}
+	if got.Status != "completed" || got.Result != "recovered-ok" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected recovered task: %+v", got)
+	}
+
+	close(block)
+	_ = waitSubagentDone(t, manager, 4*time.Second)
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+}
+
 func TestSubagentManagerPersistsEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	workspace := t.TempDir()
 	manager := NewSubagentManager(nil, workspace, nil)