diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts
index 003844efa7206f55289db15ee5fc89e36097d32e..f31d1bb5d36b43d487d91a249f590b9bf6151671 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/DelegatedCompletionDelivery.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import * as DateTime from "effect/DateTime";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
 import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
 import * as Stream from "effect/Stream";
+import * as Tracer from "effect/Tracer";
 
 import * as CheckpointStore from "../checkpointing/CheckpointStore.ts";
 import * as ServerConfig from "../config.ts";
@@ -749,6 +750,24 @@ it.layer(layerTest)("delegated completion delivery repairs", (it) => {
 
 // Runtime reconciliation writes restart cancellations under this command
 // prefix, which the live terminal-run listener skips.
+// Collects the SQL text of every statement run under the returned tracer.
+const traceSqlStatements = () => {
+  const statements: Array<string> = [];
+  const tracer = Tracer.make({
+    span(options) {
+      const span = new Tracer.NativeSpan(options);
+      const end = span.end.bind(span);
+      span.end = (endTime, exit) => {
+        end(endTime, exit);
+        const query = span.attributes.get("db.query.text");
+        if (typeof query === "string") statements.push(query);
+      };
+      return span;
+    },
+  });
+  return { statements, tracer };
+};
+
 const reconcileCommandId = (name: string) => CommandId.make(`command:runtime-reconcile:${name}`);
 
 const parentProviderThreadId = (threadId: ThreadId) =>
@@ -1578,6 +1597,111 @@ it.layer(layerTest)("delegated tasks across a server restart", (it) => {
     }),
   );
 
+  it.effect("settles only the current delivery of a parent with long delivery history", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const orchestrator = yield* Orchestrator.OrchestratorV2;
+      const eventSink = yield* EventSink.EventSinkV2;
+      const now = yield* DateTime.now;
+      const threadId = ThreadId.make("thread:delivery-history");
+      const runId = RunId.make("run:delivery-history");
+      const taskId = NodeId.make("node:delivery-history-task");
+      const currentMessageId = MessageId.make(`message:delegated-delivery:${threadId}`);
+      const currentRunId = RunId.make("run:delivery-history:current");
+      const HISTORY = 40;
+      yield* seedParentWithTerminalTask({
+        threadId,
+        projectId: ProjectId.make("project:delivery-history"),
+        runId,
+        rootNodeId: NodeId.make("node:delivery-history-root"),
+        taskId,
+        deliveryState: "claimed",
+        completionWake: "always",
+        deliveryTaskIds: [taskId],
+        now,
+      });
+      const deliveryMessage = (id: MessageId, deliveryRunId: RunId) => ({
+        id: EventId.make(`event:${deliveryRunId}:message`),
+        type: "message.updated" as const,
+        threadId,
+        runId: deliveryRunId,
+        occurredAt: now,
+        payload: {
+          id,
+          threadId,
+          runId: deliveryRunId,
+          nodeId: null,
+          role: "user" as const,
+          text: `Delegated task ${taskId} reached a terminal state.`,
+          attachments: [],
+          streaming: false,
+          createdBy: "agent" as const,
+          creationSource: "server" as const,
+          createdAt: now,
+          updatedAt: now,
+          delegatedCompletion: { parentRunId: runId, generation: 1, taskIds: [taskId] },
+        },
+      });
+      // Earlier deliveries that already settled. Each one still owns a
+      // delegated message and a terminal run.
+      const history = Array.from({ length: HISTORY }, (_, index) => {
+        const historyRunId = RunId.make(`run:delivery-history:${index}`);
+        const messageId = MessageId.make(`message:delivery-history:${index}`);
+        return [
+          deliveryMessage(messageId, historyRunId),
+          runEvent({
+            threadId,
+            runId: historyRunId,
+            ordinal: index + 2,
+            status: "completed",
+            now,
+            providerThreadId: parentProviderThreadId(threadId),
+            userMessageId: messageId,
+          }),
+        ];
+      }).flat();
+      yield* eventSink.write({
+        commandId: reconcileCommandId("delivery-history"),
+        events: [
+          ...history,
+          deliveryMessage(currentMessageId, currentRunId),
+          runEvent({
+            threadId,
+            runId: currentRunId,
+            ordinal: HISTORY + 2,
+            status: "completed",
+            now,
+            providerThreadId: parentProviderThreadId(threadId),
+            userMessageId: currentMessageId,
+          }),
+        ],
+      });
+
+      const { statements, tracer } = traceSqlStatements();
+      yield* orchestrator.recoverDelegatedTasks.pipe(Effect.withTracer(tracer));
+
+      const projection = yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(threadId);
+      assert.equal(
+        projection.subagents.find((row) => row.id === taskId)?.completionDelivery?.state,
+        "delivered",
+      );
+      assert.isNull(projection.runs.find((row) => row.id === runId)?.delegatedCompletion?.delivery);
+      // Recovery reads the delivery message once, for the current delivery
+      // run only. History must not cost one thread reload per past delivery.
+      assert.lengthOf(
+        statements.filter((statement) =>
+          statement.includes("FROM orchestration_v2_projection_messages AS message"),
+        ),
+        1,
+      );
+
+      // A second recovery finds nothing open on this thread and changes nothing.
+      yield* orchestrator.recoverDelegatedTasks;
+      const again = yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(threadId);
+      assert.deepEqual(again.runs, projection.runs);
+      assert.deepEqual(again.subagents, projection.subagents);
+    }),
+  );
+
   it.effect("settles a cancelled child whose held wakes wait behind it", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const orchestrator = yield* Orchestrator.OrchestratorV2;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
index 35a2ecf02c69185dea806950c30678eef5c34688..e793548ea50d954d363bcf24d639f86edd3664d9 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Orchestrator.ts
@@ -11333,6 +11333,11 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
   // queue.resume command arrives.
   const recoverDelegatedTasks = Effect.gen(function* () {
     yield* projectionStore.getRecoveryThreadIds("subagent-results").pipe(
+      // Candidate counts let a startup trace show whether recovery scales
+      // with pending work or with history.
+      Effect.tap((threadIds) =>
+        Effect.annotateCurrentSpan("recovery.subagentResultThreads", threadIds.length),
+      ),
       Effect.flatMap((threadIds) =>
         Effect.forEach(
           threadIds,
@@ -11360,6 +11365,9 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
       ),
     );
     yield* projectionStore.getRecoveryThreadIds("delegated-completions").pipe(
+      Effect.tap((threadIds) =>
+        Effect.annotateCurrentSpan("recovery.delegatedCompletionThreads", threadIds.length),
+      ),
       Effect.flatMap((threadIds) =>
         Effect.forEach(
           threadIds,
@@ -11368,18 +11376,23 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
               .withLock(
                 threadId,
                 Effect.gen(function* () {
-                  const projection = yield* projectionStore.getThreadRecords(threadId, [
-                    "runs",
-                    "messages",
-                  ]);
+                  const projection = yield* projectionStore.getThreadRecords(threadId, ["runs"]);
+                  // Only the run that consumed a cohort's current delivery
+                  // message can settle it. A long-lived parent keeps every
+                  // past delivery run, and finalizing each of them would
+                  // reload the thread once per historical delivery.
+                  const openDeliveryMessageIds = new Set(
+                    projection.runs.flatMap((run) =>
+                      run.delegatedCompletion?.delivery == null
+                        ? []
+                        : [run.delegatedCompletion.delivery.messageId],
+                    ),
+                  );
                   const terminalDeliveryRunIds = projection.runs
-                    .filter((run) => delegatedTaskTerminalStatus(run.status) !== null)
-                    .filter((run) =>
-                      projection.messages.some(
-                        (message) =>
-                          message.id === run.userMessageId &&
-                          message.delegatedCompletion !== undefined,
-                      ),
+                    .filter(
+                      (run) =>
+                        delegatedTaskTerminalStatus(run.status) !== null &&
+                        openDeliveryMessageIds.has(run.userMessageId),
                     )
                     .map((run) => run.id);
                   for (const runId of terminalDeliveryRunIds) {
@@ -11388,9 +11401,7 @@ const makeOrchestrator = Effect.fn("orchestrationV2.Orchestrator.layer")(functio
                   const refreshed =
                     terminalDeliveryRunIds.length === 0
                       ? projection
-                      : yield* projectionStore.getThreadRecords(threadId, ["runs", "messages"], {
-                          messageRoles: ["user"],
-                        });
+                      : yield* projectionStore.getThreadRecords(threadId, ["runs"]);
                   for (const run of refreshed.runs) {
                     if (
                       run.delegatedCompletion?.delivery !== null &&