diff --git a/src/Netclaw.Actors.Tests/Reminders/ReminderExecutionActorTests.cs b/src/Netclaw.Actors.Tests/Reminders/ReminderExecutionActorTests.cs
index 7d7540b2c..8851f80da 100644
--- a/src/Netclaw.Actors.Tests/Reminders/ReminderExecutionActorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Netclaw.Actors.Tests/Reminders/ReminderExecutionActorTests.cs
@@ -240,6 +240,44 @@ public async Task Execution_pipeline_requests_streaming_and_tool_call_output()
         Assert.True(pipeline.CapturedOptions!.Filter.HasFlag(OutputFilter.ToolCalls));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mode_A_wedged_session_is_failed_by_stall_backstop_releasing_the_guard()
+    {
+        // #1492 regression: a Channel-delivery (Mode A) reminder whose session
+        // wedges — stops producing output without ever emitting TurnCompleted or
+        // Error — used to hold the duplicate-execution guard forever (the actor
+        // had no execution ceiling). The stall backstop must conclude it as a
+        // failure so the parent clears _activeExecutions and the next fire runs.
+        var originalTimeout = ReminderExecutionActor.ExecutionStallTimeout;
+        ReminderExecutionActor.ExecutionStallTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250);
+        try
+        {
+            // Emits one non-terminal output, then goes silent forever — no
+            // TurnCompleted/Error ever arrives.
+            var pipeline = new ScriptedSessionPipeline(sessionId =>
+            [
+                new TextOutput("Working on it...") { SessionId = sessionId }
+            ]);
+
+            var definition = CreateDefinition("mode-a-stall");
+            var probe = CreateTestProbe();
+            Sys.ActorOf(
+                Props.Create(() => new ParentProxy(probe.Ref, definition, pipeline, _historyStore)),
+                "exec-mode-a-stall");
+
+            var completed = await probe.ExpectMsgAsync<ReminderExecutionCompleted>(
+                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), cancellationToken: TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+            Assert.False(completed.Success);
+            Assert.Equal("mode-a-stall", completed.Id.Value);
+            Assert.Contains("stalled", completed.ErrorMessage!, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            ReminderExecutionActor.ExecutionStallTimeout = originalTimeout;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static ReminderDefinition CreateDefinition(string id)
     {
         var now = TimeProvider.System.GetUtcNow();
diff --git a/src/Netclaw.Actors/Reminders/ReminderExecutionActor.cs b/src/Netclaw.Actors/Reminders/ReminderExecutionActor.cs
index ded4e1170..1fe2ddacf 100644
--- a/src/Netclaw.Actors/Reminders/ReminderExecutionActor.cs
+++ b/src/Netclaw.Actors/Reminders/ReminderExecutionActor.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ internal sealed class ReminderExecutionActor : ReceiveActor
     /// </summary>
     internal static TimeSpan DeliveryObservedTimeout = TimeSpan.FromHours(1);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Backstop inactivity ceiling for the Mode A (Channel / own-pipeline) path.
+    /// The actor runs its own session pipeline and concludes when it emits
+    /// <c>TurnCompleted</c>/<c>Error</c>; if the session wedges and stops
+    /// producing output without ever reaching a terminal signal, nothing else
+    /// stops this actor, so it would hold the duplicate-execution guard forever
+    /// (see #1492). A <see cref="ReceiveTimeout"/> reset by every session output
+    /// fires after this much silence and concludes the run as failed, releasing
+    /// the guard so the next fire can run. Reset by real output, so it never
+    /// preempts a live turn. Mode B (CurrentSession) does NOT arm this — its wait
+    /// is bounded separately by <see cref="DeliveryObservedTimeout"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static TimeSpan ExecutionStallTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(20);
+
     private readonly Guid _executionId;
     private readonly ReminderDefinition _definition;
     private readonly ReminderHistoryStore _historyStore;
@@ -100,6 +114,7 @@ public ReminderExecutionActor(
         Receive<ExecutionStarted>(_ => { });
         Receive<ReminderDeliveryResult>(HandleDeliveryResult);
         Receive<DeliveryBackstopTimeout>(HandleDeliveryBackstopTimeout);
+        Receive<ReceiveTimeout>(_ => HandleExecutionStall());
     }
 
     protected override void PreStart()
@@ -166,6 +181,13 @@ await inputQueue.OfferAsync(new ChannelInput
             });
 
             inputQueue.Complete();
+
+            // Arm the Mode A stall backstop: the pipeline now streams output to
+            // this actor, each ExecutionOutput resets the ReceiveTimeout, and a
+            // terminal TurnCompleted/Error stops us first. If the session wedges
+            // and goes silent without a terminal signal, this fires and releases
+            // the duplicate-execution guard instead of hanging forever (#1492).
+            Context.SetReceiveTimeout(ExecutionStallTimeout);
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
@@ -541,6 +563,18 @@ private void HandleOutput(ExecutionOutput wrapper)
         }
     }
 
+    private void HandleExecutionStall()
+    {
+        if (_completed)
+            return;
+
+        var elapsed = _timeProvider.GetUtcNow() - _dispatchedAt;
+        _log.Warning(
+            "ReminderExecution Stalled: execution_id={0} reminder_id={1} title={2} no session output for {3} (elapsed={4}); concluding as failed to release the execution guard.",
+            _executionId, _definition.Id, _definition.Title, ExecutionStallTimeout, elapsed);
+        ReportAndStop(false, $"Reminder execution stalled: no session output for {ExecutionStallTimeout}.");
+    }
+
     private void ReportAndStop(bool success, string? errorMessage = null)
     {
         if (_completed)
@@ -548,6 +582,9 @@ private void ReportAndStop(bool success, string? errorMessage = null)
 
         _completed = true;
 
+        // Disarm the Mode A stall backstop so it cannot fire during the drain.
+        Context.SetReceiveTimeout(null);
+
         var durationMs = (long)(_timeProvider.GetUtcNow() - _dispatchedAt).TotalMilliseconds;
         _pendingHistory = new HistoryRecord(
             FiredAt: _dispatchedAt,