diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts
index 3721f62762c6..ece7caf687b5 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderCommandReactor.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
 import * as Stream from "effect/Stream";
 import { makeDrainableWorker } from "@t3tools/shared/DrainableWorker";
 
+// T3-CUSTOM(expbkt3): one bounded seam keeps the upstream worker model intact.
+import { runProviderCommandWithinLaneDeadline } from "../providerCommandLane.expbkt3.ts";
 import { resolveThreadWorkspaceCwd } from "../../checkpointing/Utils.ts";
 import { decideWorktreeRecovery, describeWorktreeRecreation } from "../threadWorktreeRecovery.ts";
 import {
@@ -2981,7 +2983,12 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
   });
 
   const processDomainEventSafely = (event: ProviderIntentEvent) =>
-    processDomainEvent(event).pipe(
+    // T3-CUSTOM(expbkt3): bound the one global lane without replacing it.
+    runProviderCommandWithinLaneDeadline(processDomainEvent(event), {
+      eventType: event.type,
+      threadId: event.payload.threadId,
+      commandId: event.commandId,
+    }).pipe(
       Effect.catchCause((cause) => {
         if (Cause.hasInterruptsOnly(cause)) {
           return Effect.interrupt;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/providerCommandLane.expbkt3.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/providerCommandLane.expbkt3.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5473d940e14c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/providerCommandLane.expbkt3.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/** T3-CUSTOM(expbkt3): regression for the 2026-08-20 global prompt-queue outage. */
+import { makeDrainableWorker } from "@t3tools/shared/DrainableWorker";
+import { assert, it } from "@effect/vitest";
+import * as Deferred from "effect/Deferred";
+import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+import * as Ref from "effect/Ref";
+import * as TestClock from "effect/testing/TestClock";
+
+import { runProviderCommandWithinLaneDeadline } from "./providerCommandLane.expbkt3.ts";
+
+it.effect("lets the next worker item run when a provider command is uninterruptible", () =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const firstStarted = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
+    const secondRan = yield* Ref.make(false);
+    const worker = yield* makeDrainableWorker((item: "wedged" | "next") =>
+      runProviderCommandWithinLaneDeadline(
+        item === "wedged"
+          ? Deferred.succeed(firstStarted, undefined).pipe(
+              Effect.andThen(Effect.uninterruptible(Effect.never)),
+            )
+          : Ref.set(secondRan, true),
+        {
+          eventType: `test.${item}`,
+          threadId: item,
+          commandId: item,
+          timeout: "50 millis",
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+
+    yield* worker.enqueue("wedged");
+    yield* Deferred.await(firstStarted);
+    yield* worker.enqueue("next");
+    yield* TestClock.adjust("60 millis");
+    yield* worker.drain;
+
+    assert.isTrue(yield* Ref.get(secondRan));
+  }).pipe(Effect.scoped),
+);
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/providerCommandLane.expbkt3.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/providerCommandLane.expbkt3.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20df3104aebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/providerCommandLane.expbkt3.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * T3-CUSTOM(expbkt3): Non-invasive deadline for the upstream provider-command lane.
+ *
+ * ProviderCommandReactor deliberately uses one ordered DrainableWorker. Keep
+ * that upstream model, but never join one provider operation forever: its
+ * finalizer may be uninterruptible while an SDK callback is pending. The
+ * command runs detached so timing out the join releases the lane immediately;
+ * cleanup is then requested without awaiting the same stuck finalizer.
+ */
+import * as Duration from "effect/Duration";
+import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+import * as Fiber from "effect/Fiber";
+import * as Option from "effect/Option";
+
+export const DEFAULT_PROVIDER_COMMAND_LANE_DEADLINE: Duration.Input = "30 seconds";
+
+export interface ProviderCommandLaneDeadlineInput {
+  readonly eventType: string;
+  readonly threadId: string;
+  readonly commandId: string | null;
+  readonly timeout?: Duration.Input;
+}
+
+export const runProviderCommandWithinLaneDeadline = <E, R>(
+  command: Effect.Effect<void, E, R>,
+  input: ProviderCommandLaneDeadlineInput,
+) =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    // Start in the current scheduler turn so healthy commands retain the
+    // upstream worker's observable ordering; only their lifetime is detached.
+    const commandFiber = yield* command.pipe(Effect.forkDetach({ startImmediately: true }));
+    const timeout = input.timeout ?? DEFAULT_PROVIDER_COMMAND_LANE_DEADLINE;
+    const completed = yield* Fiber.join(commandFiber).pipe(Effect.timeoutOption(timeout));
+    if (Option.isSome(completed)) return;
+
+    yield* Fiber.interrupt(commandFiber).pipe(Effect.forkDetach, Effect.asVoid);
+    yield* Effect.logWarning("provider command timed out and released the reactor lane", {
+      eventType: input.eventType,
+      threadId: input.threadId,
+      commandId: input.commandId,
+      timeout: String(timeout),
+    });
+  });