diff --git a/gateway/run.py b/gateway/run.py
index 29dfa884ec55..382ebbcdc8c7 100644
--- a/gateway/run.py
+++ b/gateway/run.py
@@ -2660,11 +2660,11 @@ async def start(self) -> bool:
                 pass
         else:
             try:
-                suspended = self.session_store.suspend_recently_active()
-                if suspended:
-                    logger.info("Suspended %d in-flight session(s) from previous run", suspended)
+                resumed = self.session_store.suspend_recently_active()
+                if resumed:
+                    logger.info("Marked %d in-flight session(s) as resume-pending from previous run", resumed)
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning("Session suspension on startup failed: %s", e)
+                logger.warning("Session resume-pending marking failed: %s", e)
 
         # Stuck-loop detection (#7536): if a session has been active across
         # 3+ consecutive restarts, it's probably stuck in a loop (the same
@@ -6367,7 +6367,7 @@ async def _handle_message_with_agent(self, event, source, _quick_key: str, run_g
 
             # Auto voice reply: send TTS audio before the text response
             _already_sent = bool(agent_result.get("already_sent"))
-            if self._should_send_voice_reply(event, response, agent_messages, already_sent=_already_sent):
+            if self._should_send_voice_reply(event, response, agent_messages, already_sent=_already_sent, history_offset=agent_result.get("history_offset", len(agent_messages))):
                 await self._send_voice_reply(event, response)
 
             # If streaming already delivered the response, extract and
@@ -8096,6 +8096,7 @@ def _should_send_voice_reply(
         response: str,
         agent_messages: list,
         already_sent: bool = False,
+        history_offset: int = 0,
     ) -> bool:
         """Decide whether the runner should send a TTS voice reply.
 
@@ -8122,14 +8123,15 @@ def _should_send_voice_reply(
         if not should:
             return False
 
-        # Dedup: agent already called TTS tool
+        # Dedup: agent already called TTS tool (current turn only, not full history)
+        current_turn_messages = agent_messages[history_offset:] if history_offset else agent_messages
         has_agent_tts = any(
             msg.get("role") == "assistant"
             and any(
                 tc.get("function", {}).get("name") == "text_to_speech"
                 for tc in (msg.get("tool_calls") or [])
             )
-            for msg in agent_messages
+            for msg in current_turn_messages
         )
         if has_agent_tts:
             return False
diff --git a/gateway/session.py b/gateway/session.py
index fcff336afa76..6b2921de9bb9 100644
--- a/gateway/session.py
+++ b/gateway/session.py
@@ -1086,19 +1086,20 @@ def prune_old_entries(self, max_age_days: int) -> int:
         return len(removed_keys)
 
     def suspend_recently_active(self, max_age_seconds: int = 120) -> int:
-        """Mark recently-active sessions as suspended.
-
-        Called on gateway startup to prevent sessions that were likely
-        in-flight when the gateway last exited from being blindly resumed
-        (#7536).  Only suspends sessions updated within *max_age_seconds*
-        to avoid resetting long-idle sessions that are harmless to resume.
-        Returns the number of sessions that were suspended.
-
-        Entries flagged ``resume_pending=True`` are skipped — those were
-        marked intentionally by the drain-timeout path as recoverable.
-        Terminal escalation for genuinely stuck ``resume_pending`` sessions
-        is handled by the existing ``.restart_failure_counts`` stuck-loop
-        counter, which runs after this method on startup.
+        """Mark recently-active sessions as resume-pending after dirty shutdown.
+
+        Called on gateway startup when the previous exit was not clean
+        (no .clean_shutdown marker).  Instead of hard-suspending sessions
+        (which wipes conversation history), marks them as resume_pending
+        so the user can seamlessly continue where they left off.
+
+        Stuck-loop escalation (3+ consecutive dirty restarts) is handled
+        separately by ``_suspend_stuck_loop_sessions()`` which runs after
+        this method — genuinely broken sessions still get suspended.
+
+        Entries flagged ``resume_pending=True`` or ``suspended=True`` are
+        skipped to avoid overriding explicit user actions (/stop).
+        Returns the number of sessions that were marked.
         """
         from datetime import timedelta
 
@@ -1107,10 +1108,11 @@ def suspend_recently_active(self, max_age_seconds: int = 120) -> int:
         with self._lock:
             self._ensure_loaded_locked()
             for entry in self._entries.values():
-                if entry.resume_pending:
+                if entry.resume_pending or entry.suspended:
                     continue
-                if not entry.suspended and entry.updated_at >= cutoff:
-                    entry.suspended = True
+                if entry.updated_at >= cutoff:
+                    entry.resume_pending = True
+                    entry.resume_reason = "dirty_shutdown"
                     count += 1
             if count:
                 self._save()