diff --git a/src/lib/tunnel/services.test.ts b/src/lib/tunnel/services.test.ts
index d863f7ae07..c2d666e016 100644
--- a/src/lib/tunnel/services.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tunnel/services.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { resolveDefaultSandboxName } from "./service-command";
 import {
   getServiceStatuses,
   getTunnelUrl,
+  type ProcessControl,
   readCloudflaredState,
   showStatus,
   startAll,
@@ -479,6 +480,89 @@ describe("stopAll", () => {
     rmSync(pidDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
   });
 
+  // A scripted ProcessControl models PID identity/liveness/signalling without
+  // touching the host, so the recycled-PID paths are deterministic and portable
+  // (no real process, no /proc, no signals). `alive`/`cmdlines` are consumed in
+  // call order, repeating the last entry.
+  function scriptedControl(script: { alive: boolean[]; cmdlines: Array<string | null> }): {
+    control: ProcessControl;
+    signals: Array<{ pid: number; sig: string }>;
+  } {
+    const signals: Array<{ pid: number; sig: string }> = [];
+    let aliveIdx = 0;
+    let cmdIdx = 0;
+    const control: ProcessControl = {
+      isAlive: () => script.alive[Math.min(aliveIdx++, script.alive.length - 1)],
+      commandLine: () => script.cmdlines[Math.min(cmdIdx++, script.cmdlines.length - 1)],
+      signal: (pid, sig) => {
+        signals.push({ pid, sig });
+      },
+    };
+    return { control, signals };
+  }
+
+  it("does not signal a live PID recycled to a non-cloudflared process", () => {
+    const { control, signals } = scriptedControl({
+      alive: [true],
+      cmdlines: ["/usr/bin/node vitest"],
+    });
+    writeFileSync(join(pidDir, "cloudflared.pid"), "4242", { mode: 0o600 });
+
+    const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "log").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    try {
+      stopAll({ pidDir, processControl: control });
+    } finally {
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+
+    expect(signals).toEqual([]);
+    expect(existsSync(join(pidDir, "cloudflared.pid"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does not escalate to SIGKILL when the PID is recycled during the poll", () => {
+    const { control, signals } = scriptedControl({
+      // Alive pre-SIGTERM; the poll observes exit; a live PID reappears at the
+      // pre-SIGKILL re-check.
+      alive: [true, false, true],
+      // Ours pre-SIGTERM, then recycled to a bystander before escalation.
+      cmdlines: ["cloudflared tunnel run", "/usr/bin/node vitest"],
+    });
+    writeFileSync(join(pidDir, "cloudflared.pid"), "4242", { mode: 0o600 });
+
+    const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "log").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    try {
+      stopAll({ pidDir, processControl: control });
+    } finally {
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+
+    expect(signals.map((entry) => entry.sig)).toEqual(["SIGTERM"]);
+    expect(existsSync(join(pidDir, "cloudflared.pid"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("escalates to SIGKILL when cloudflared remains live after the grace period (#7644)", () => {
+    const { control, signals } = scriptedControl({
+      alive: [true, true],
+      cmdlines: ["cloudflared tunnel run", "cloudflared tunnel run"],
+    });
+    writeFileSync(join(pidDir, "cloudflared.pid"), "4242", { mode: 0o600 });
+
+    const nowSpy = vi.spyOn(Date, "now").mockReturnValueOnce(0).mockReturnValue(3000);
+    const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "log").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    try {
+      stopAll({ pidDir, processControl: control });
+    } finally {
+      nowSpy.mockRestore();
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+
+    expect(signals).toEqual([
+      { pid: 4242, sig: "SIGTERM" },
+      { pid: 4242, sig: "SIGKILL" },
+    ]);
+    expect(existsSync(join(pidDir, "cloudflared.pid"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("removes stale PID files", () => {
     writeFileSync(join(pidDir, "cloudflared.pid"), "999999999");
 
diff --git a/src/lib/tunnel/services.ts b/src/lib/tunnel/services.ts
index 8e80ae2ab9..1528a0bb85 100644
--- a/src/lib/tunnel/services.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tunnel/services.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ export interface ServiceOptions {
   repoDir?: string;
   /** Override PID directory (default: /tmp/nemoclaw-services-{sandbox}). */
   pidDir?: string;
+  /** Injectable process operations (identity + signalling) for tests. */
+  processControl?: ProcessControl;
   /** Cloudflare named tunnel token. Falls back to CLOUDFLARE_TUNNEL_TOKEN. */
   cloudflareTunnelToken?: string;
   /** Also release the managed host gateway port (legacy full-stop only). */
@@ -141,6 +143,23 @@ function commandLineNamesCloudflared(commandLine: string): boolean {
     .some((token) => basename(token) === "cloudflared");
 }
 
+// Process operations behind a small seam so lifecycle tests can model PID
+// reuse deterministically (per the tunnel adapter/fake test convention)
+// instead of spawning real processes or reading /proc.
+export interface ProcessControl {
+  isAlive(pid: number): boolean;
+  commandLine(pid: number): string | null;
+  signal(pid: number, sig: NodeJS.Signals): void;
+}
+
+const REAL_PROCESS_CONTROL: ProcessControl = {
+  isAlive,
+  commandLine: readProcessCommandLine,
+  signal: (pid, sig) => {
+    process.kill(pid, sig);
+  },
+};
+
 function extractTryCloudflareUrl(log: string): string | null {
   for (const rawToken of log.split(/\s+/)) {
     const candidate = rawToken.replace(/^[<("']+|[>),."']+$/g, "");
@@ -335,15 +354,33 @@ function startService(
   info(`${name} started (PID ${String(pid)})`);
 }
 
+/**
+ * The recorded process may have exited and had its PID recycled by the OS to an
+ * unrelated (possibly system) process. Signalling it would terminate a
+ * bystander, so only report a live PID as ours when its command line still
+ * names cloudflared. A null/unreadable command line stays conservative and is
+ * treated as ours, matching readCloudflaredState.
+ */
+function pidIsOurs(pid: number, pc: ProcessControl): boolean {
+  const cmdline = pc.commandLine(pid);
+  return cmdline === null || commandLineNamesCloudflared(cmdline);
+}
+
 /** Poll for process exit after SIGTERM, escalate to SIGKILL if needed. */
-function stopService(pidDir: string, name: ServiceName): void {
+function stopService(
+  pidDir: string,
+  name: ServiceName,
+  pc: ProcessControl = REAL_PROCESS_CONTROL,
+): void {
   const pid = readPid(pidDir, name);
   if (pid === null) {
     info(`${name} was not running`);
     return;
   }
 
-  if (!isAlive(pid)) {
+  // A dead PID, or a live PID recycled to a non-cloudflared process, means our
+  // service is not running. Drop the stale pid file without signalling.
+  if (!pc.isAlive(pid) || !pidIsOurs(pid, pc)) {
     info(`${name} was not running`);
     removePid(pidDir, name);
     return;
@@ -351,7 +388,7 @@ function stopService(pidDir: string, name: ServiceName): void {
 
   // Send SIGTERM
   try {
-    process.kill(pid, "SIGTERM");
+    pc.signal(pid, "SIGTERM");
   } catch {
     // Already dead between the check and the signal
     removePid(pidDir, name);
@@ -361,7 +398,7 @@ function stopService(pidDir: string, name: ServiceName): void {
 
   // Poll for exit (up to 3 seconds)
   const deadline = Date.now() + 3000;
-  while (Date.now() < deadline && isAlive(pid)) {
+  while (Date.now() < deadline && pc.isAlive(pid)) {
     // Busy-wait in 100ms increments (synchronous — matches stop being sync)
     const start = Date.now();
     while (Date.now() - start < 100) {
@@ -369,10 +406,16 @@ function stopService(pidDir: string, name: ServiceName): void {
     }
   }
 
-  // Escalate to SIGKILL if still alive
-  if (isAlive(pid)) {
+  // Escalate to SIGKILL if still alive. Re-verify identity first: the PID could
+  // have exited and been recycled to an unrelated process during the poll.
+  if (pc.isAlive(pid)) {
+    if (!pidIsOurs(pid, pc)) {
+      removePid(pidDir, name);
+      info(`${name} was not running`);
+      return;
+    }
     try {
-      process.kill(pid, "SIGKILL");
+      pc.signal(pid, "SIGKILL");
     } catch {
       /* already dead */
     }
@@ -487,7 +530,7 @@ export function stopAll(opts: ServiceOptions = {}): void {
   // derived from a trusted sandbox name. An invalid requested sandbox must not
   // fall through to the default sandbox's PID directory.
   if (pidDir) {
-    stopService(pidDir, "cloudflared");
+    stopService(pidDir, "cloudflared", opts.processControl ?? REAL_PROCESS_CONTROL);
   } else {
     warn("Invalid sandbox name without an explicit PID directory; skipping host service stop.");
   }
diff --git a/test/host-readiness-station-release-marker.test.ts b/test/host-readiness-station-release-marker.test.ts
index 3a6a9e1169..32263dbba3 100644
--- a/test/host-readiness-station-release-marker.test.ts
+++ b/test/host-readiness-station-release-marker.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { assessHost } from "../src/lib/onboard/preflight";
 import { createHostReadinessReport } from "../src/lib/readiness/host";
 
 const NOW = new Date("2026-07-30T12:00:00Z");
+const SOURCE_REVISION = "21e60ae287e8c2a184f71406ac8b418f046330d1";
 const DOCKER_INFO = JSON.stringify({
   CgroupVersion: "2",
   Driver: "overlay2",
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ function createStationFixture(marker: "regular-file" | "symbolic-link"): string
 
 function reportForStationHost(root: string) {
   return createHostReadinessReport(
-    { nemoclawVersion: "0.0.0-test", now: () => NOW },
+    { nemoclawVersion: "0.0.0-test", sourceRevision: SOURCE_REVISION, now: () => NOW },
     {
       architecture: "arm64",
       assess: () =>