diff --git a/apps/cli/composition.md b/apps/cli/composition.md
index c4deb098c4..76844279f6 100644
--- a/apps/cli/composition.md
+++ b/apps/cli/composition.md
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ flowchart LR
   cfg --> plugin_tui_subagent_spawn
   plugin_tui_subagent_fork["subagent-fork<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork"]
   cfg --> plugin_tui_subagent_fork
+  plugin_tui_subagent_control["subagent-control<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control"]
+  cfg --> plugin_tui_subagent_control
+  plugin_tui_tool_subagent_control["tool-subagent-control<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control"]
+  cfg --> plugin_tui_tool_subagent_control
   plugin_tui_tool_subagent["tool-subagent<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent"]
   cfg --> plugin_tui_tool_subagent
   plugin_tui_tool_subagent_fork["tool-subagent-fork<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent"]
@@ -185,6 +189,8 @@ flowchart LR
 | `subagent` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent` |
 | `subagent-spawn` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn` |
 | `subagent-fork` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork` |
+| `subagent-control` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control` |
+| `tool-subagent-control` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control` |
 | `tool-subagent` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` |
 | `tool-subagent-fork` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` |
 | `workflow-workerthread` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-workflow-workerthread` |
diff --git a/apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml b/apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml
index df7ed94258..4982a521a7 100644
--- a/apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml
+++ b/apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml
@@ -257,6 +257,15 @@
   config:
     providerName: fork
 
+# Continuable background children: the control service owns durable child ids
+# and Task-backed activations; the control tool registers the one global
+# `send_message` shared by both delegation tools.
+- id: subagent-control
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control'
+
+- id: tool-subagent-control
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control'
+
 - id: tool-subagent
   name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
   config:
diff --git a/apps/cli/package.json b/apps/cli/package.json
index 58368f04d9..4cfdf29725 100644
--- a/apps/cli/package.json
+++ b/apps/cli/package.json
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage-domain": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-storage-json": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess-local": "workspace:^",
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-str-replace-editor": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-todo": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-web": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md b/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
index 0e83259ea2..9028df3814 100644
--- a/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
+++ b/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ sendMessage(parent: Agent, childId: SessionId, message: ContentBlock[]): SendMes
 
 Types: [Agent](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [ContentBlock](../core-data-structures/core.md) · [ContinuableStart](../core-data-structures/subagent.md) · [ContinuableStartSpec](../core-data-structures/subagent.md) · [SendMessageResult](../core-data-structures/subagent.md) · [SessionId](../core-data-structures/core.md)
 
-Source: [`packages/subagent/subagent-control/src/index.ts:152`](../../packages/subagent/subagent-control/src/index.ts)
+Source: [`packages/subagent/subagent-control/src/index.ts:156`](../../packages/subagent/subagent-control/src/index.ts)
 
 ## `ctx.subagents` — `SubagentService`
 
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/composition.md b/examples/headless-agent/composition.md
index 38774195e1..ecf343a264 100644
--- a/examples/headless-agent/composition.md
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/composition.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ flowchart LR
   cfg --> plugin_headless_subagent_spawn
   plugin_headless_subagent_fork["subagent-fork<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork"]
   cfg --> plugin_headless_subagent_fork
+  plugin_headless_subagent_control["subagent-control<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control"]
+  cfg --> plugin_headless_subagent_control
+  plugin_headless_tool_subagent_control["tool-subagent-control<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control"]
+  cfg --> plugin_headless_tool_subagent_control
   plugin_headless_tool_subagent["tool-subagent<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent"]
   cfg --> plugin_headless_tool_subagent
   plugin_headless_tool_subagent_fork["tool-subagent-fork<br/>@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent"]
@@ -70,6 +74,8 @@ flowchart LR
 | `subagent` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent` |
 | `subagent-spawn` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-spawn` |
 | `subagent-fork` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork` |
+| `subagent-control` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control` |
+| `tool-subagent-control` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control` |
 | `tool-subagent` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` |
 | `tool-subagent-fork` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` |
 | `workflow-workerthread` | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-workflow-workerthread` |
diff --git a/examples/headless-agent/cordis.yml b/examples/headless-agent/cordis.yml
index 3a74bd4976..73673aee8d 100644
--- a/examples/headless-agent/cordis.yml
+++ b/examples/headless-agent/cordis.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@
   config:
     providerName: fork
 
+# Continuable background children: the control service owns durable child ids
+# and Task-backed activations; the control tool registers the one global
+# `send_message` shared by both delegation tools.
+- id: subagent-control
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control'
+
+- id: tool-subagent-control
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control'
+
 - id: tool-subagent
   name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent'
   config:
diff --git a/packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/index.ts b/packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/index.ts
index 09fe8eb5b7..31b4fc77c3 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/index.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,13 @@ config:
       id: 'subagent',
       summary: 'Delegate work to child agents',
       mode: 'multiple',
-      baseResources: [{ kind: 'npm-cordis-config-entry', id: 'subagent', package: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent' }],
+      // The control pair rides every resumable in-process option: background
+      // delegation on spawn/fork is continuable and advertises send_message.
+      baseResources: [
+        { kind: 'npm-cordis-config-entry', id: 'subagent', package: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent' },
+        { kind: 'npm-cordis-config-entry', id: 'subagent-control', package: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control' },
+        { kind: 'npm-cordis-config-entry', id: 'tool-subagent-control', package: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control' },
+      ],
       options: [
         {
           id: 'spawn',
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-control/src/index.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-control/src/index.ts
index fa1974eb22..b1aa00ab02 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-control/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-control/src/index.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ interface ActiveActivation {
   taskId: TaskId | undefined
   /** Filled when the provider publishes; `undefined` while starting or resuming. */
   run: SubagentRun | undefined
+  /** The activation-owned cancellation authority, created before any await. */
+  readonly controller: AbortController
+  /** The producer's settlement (run disposed, outcome produced); assigned when the Task registers. */
+  done: Promise<TaskOutcome> | undefined
   /** Resolved by the completion listener when the Task's terminal snapshot is recorded. */
   readonly terminal: PromiseWithResolvers<void>
 }
@@ -164,7 +168,21 @@ export class SubagentControlService extends Service {
         if (activation.taskId === snapshot.id) activation.terminal.resolve()
       }
     })
-    ctx.effect(() => () => { this.activations.clear() }, 'subagentControl.activations()')
+    // TaskService deliberately keeps producer Tasks alive across a
+    // control-surface or producer reload, so this service's disposal must not
+    // strand the activations it can no longer route to: cancel each one and
+    // await producer settlement (run disposal) before releasing the map. The
+    // effect-scoped onTaskDone listener above is already gone by then, so
+    // terminal publication is resolved here instead of waiting forever.
+    ctx.effect(() => async () => {
+      const active = [...this.activations.values()]
+      this.activations.clear()
+      for (const activation of active) {
+        activation.controller.abort('subagent control service disposed')
+        activation.terminal.resolve()
+      }
+      await Promise.allSettled(active.map(activation => activation.done ?? Promise.resolve()))
+    }, 'subagentControl.activations()')
   }
 
   /**
@@ -368,6 +386,8 @@ export class SubagentControlService extends Service {
     const activation: ActiveActivation = {
       taskId: undefined,
       run: undefined,
+      controller: new AbortController(),
+      done: undefined,
       terminal: Promise.withResolvers<void>(),
     }
     this.activations.set(childId, activation)
@@ -378,21 +398,21 @@ export class SubagentControlService extends Service {
         label,
         owner,
         run: (): TaskHooks => {
-          const controller = new AbortController()
           const done = (async (): Promise<TaskOutcome> => {
             try {
-              const run = await begin(controller.signal)
+              const run = await begin(activation.controller.signal)
               activation.run = run
               return await settleRun(run)
             } catch (error: unknown) {
               // A pre-publication abort rejects only after the provider's
               // creation transaction rolled back to quiescence, so recording
               // `killed` here honors the settlement-after-rollback contract.
-              return controller.signal.aborted
+              return activation.controller.signal.aborted
                 ? { status: 'killed' }
                 : { status: 'failed', detail: String(error) }
             }
           })()
+          activation.done = done
           void Promise.allSettled([done, activation.terminal.promise]).then(() => {
             /* v8 ignore else -- service teardown clears the map while a producer is still settling. */
             if (this.activations.get(childId) === activation) this.activations.delete(childId)
@@ -401,7 +421,7 @@ export class SubagentControlService extends Service {
             cancel: (reason?: string) => {
               // Cancellation targets the whole activation: every message that
               // joined this turn shares the `killed` outcome.
-              controller.abort(reason ?? 'subagent activation killed')
+              activation.controller.abort(reason ?? 'subagent activation killed')
             },
             done,
             // No readOutput: the child session owns intermediate detail.
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-control/tests/subagent-control.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-control/tests/subagent-control.spec.ts
index c76cc5ad41..391b94a30a 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-control/tests/subagent-control.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-control/tests/subagent-control.spec.ts
@@ -482,6 +482,51 @@ describe('SubagentControlService.sendMessage', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('service disposal with live activations', () => {
+  it('cancels and settles a starting activation on service disposal instead of stranding it', async () => {
+    const ctx = new Context()
+    await mountAgentLoopTestDependencies(ctx)
+    const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dsh-subagent-control-hmr-'))
+    roots.push(root)
+    await ctx.plugin(JsonlSessionPersistence, { root })
+    await ctx.plugin(AgentLoop, { agents: [] })
+    await ctx.plugin(SubagentService)
+    await ctx.plugin(TaskService)
+    await ctx.plugin(ToolTasks, {})
+    // A provider that stays pending until its signal aborts, so the activation
+    // is observably mid-start when the control service is disposed.
+    let sawAbort = false
+    ctx.subagents.registerProvider({
+      name: 'pending',
+      capabilities: { outputSchema: false, depthLimit: false, toolFilter: false, persona: false },
+      inheritsParentContext: false,
+      start: request => new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+        request.signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
+          sawAbort = true
+          reject(new Error('startup aborted'))
+        }, { once: true })
+      }),
+      resume: () => Promise.reject(new Error('unreachable')),
+    })
+    const controlFiber = await ctx.plugin(SubagentControlService)
+    ctx.llm.registerAdapter(['mock'], new MockAdapter([]))
+    const parent = ctx.agentLoop.create(SessionId('parent'), { provider: 'mock', model: 'mock' })
+
+    const control = ctx.get('subagentControl')!
+    const started = control.startContinuable({
+      provider: 'pending',
+      label: 'will be interrupted',
+      request: { prompt: message('go'), parent },
+    })
+    // TaskService keeps the producer Task; the disposing control service must
+    // cancel its activation and await settlement rather than strand it.
+    await controlFiber.dispose()
+    expect(sawAbort).toBe(true)
+    const snapshot = await waitTerminal(ctx, started.taskId, parent)
+    expect(snapshot.status).toBe('killed')
+  })
+})
+
 describe('outcome mapping helpers', () => {
   it('runOutcome maps the stop-reason vocabulary onto task outcomes', () => {
     const output = [{ type: 'text' as const, text: 'partial' }]
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
index 51e97f10d1..560e0cb20b 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
@@ -288,8 +288,10 @@ export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void {
             // The schema above tells the model to follow up with
             // `send_message`; starting a durable child the model cannot
             // continue would make that advertisement false. Sibling load order
-            // is undetermined at mount, so the check lives at the operation.
-            if (ctx.tools.get('send_message') === undefined) {
+            // is undetermined at mount, so the check lives at the operation,
+            // and it resolves in the CALLER's scope so a restriction that
+            // removes send_message from this agent also blocks the start.
+            if (ctx.tools.get('send_message', parent) === undefined) {
               throw new Error('continuable background subagents unavailable: load @deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control (the advertised send_message tool is not registered)')
             }
             // The control service owns the durable child id, descriptor
diff --git a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tests/tool-subagent.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tests/tool-subagent.spec.ts
index 9c3ddb461f..f631133970 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tests/tool-subagent.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/tool-subagent/tests/tool-subagent.spec.ts
@@ -903,6 +903,22 @@ describe('dsh-tool-subagent continuable background mode', () => {
     // Nothing was started: no Task exists for the parent.
     expect(ctx.tasks.list(parent)).toEqual([])
   })
+
+  it('resolves send_message availability in the CALLER scope, not the global registry', async () => {
+    // A scoped restriction that keeps this delegation tool but removes
+    // send_message means this agent cannot execute the promised follow-up;
+    // the availability check must see the caller's surface.
+    const { ctx, parent } = await continuableSetup()
+    parent.ctx.tools.restrict({ deny: ['send_message'] })
+    const result = await callSubagent(
+      ctx,
+      { description: 'd', prompt: 'p', run_in_background: true },
+      { agent: parent },
+    )
+    expect(result.isError).toBe(true)
+    expect(text(result)).toContain('load @deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control')
+    expect(ctx.tasks.list(parent)).toEqual([])
+  })
 })
 
 describe('background preflight failure (no orphaned child, by construction)', () => {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 534f592f65..80d30aeae9 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ importers:
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../packages/subagent/subagent
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-control':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/subagent/subagent-control
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-fork':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../packages/subagent/subagent-fork
@@ -441,6 +444,9 @@ importers:
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent-control':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/subagent/tool-subagent-control
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../packages/tasks/tool-tasks