diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/run.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/run.ts
index a9fefba27c..9d5b17cb9a 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/src/run.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export interface AcpRunSpec {
    * (the seam contract forbids `result` rejecting). The driver calls this with
    * the original error and the chosen stop reason so the fault is preserved
    * rather than silently lost; the provider wires it to `ctx.logger.warn`.
+   * A throw from the sink itself is contained — it cannot reject `result`.
    * Optional — omitted in a unit test that asserts the stop reason directly.
    */
   onError?: (error: Error, stopReason: SubagentStopReason) => void
@@ -336,7 +337,13 @@ export function startAcpRun(request: SubagentStartRequest, spec: AcpRunSpec): Su
       // (initialize/newSession/prompt transport/RPC errors, or ENOENT), not a
       // local bug. Flatten to `error` and surface the original via onError so a
       // real fault is preserved rather than silently lost.
-      spec.onError?.(toError(error), 'error')
+      try {
+        spec.onError?.(toError(error), 'error')
+      } catch {
+        // Swallows only the caller-supplied sink's OWN throw: an unguarded
+        // sink exception would reject `result` and break the contract above.
+        // The child-level failure being reported still settles as `error`.
+      }
       return { output: collectOutput(), stopReason: 'error' }
     }
   })()
diff --git a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tests/subagent-acp.spec.ts b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tests/subagent-acp.spec.ts
index 92c025077a..4d8a586c63 100644
--- a/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tests/subagent-acp.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/subagent/subagent-acp/tests/subagent-acp.spec.ts
@@ -483,6 +483,28 @@ describe('dsh-subagent-acp', () => {
     await run.dispose()
   })
 
+  it('resolves error (never rejects) even when the onError sink itself throws', async () => {
+    // onError is a caller-supplied callback boundary: its own exception must be
+    // contained, or it would reject `result` and break the seam's "result never
+    // rejects" contract that the flattening above exists to uphold.
+    const run = startAcpRun(
+      { prompt: [{ type: 'text', text: 'p' }], parent: fakeParent },
+      {
+        command: '/nonexistent/acp-agent-binary',
+        args: [],
+        cwd: process.cwd(),
+        permission: 'reject',
+        env: {},
+        disposeEofGraceMs: DEFAULT_DISPOSE_EOF_GRACE_MS,
+        disposeGraceMs: DEFAULT_DISPOSE_GRACE_MS,
+        onError: () => { throw new Error('sink boom') },
+      },
+    )
+    const result = await run.result
+    expect(result.stopReason).toBe('error')
+    await run.dispose()
+  })
+
   it('settles aborted when the child crashes (tears the pipe) AFTER a cancel', async () => {
     // The child hangs, we cancel, and instead of answering the child exits hard
     // — the pending prompt RPC rejects. With a cancel already requested, the