diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.i18n.yaml b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.i18n.yaml
index 9dd943ea72..e3e24181d8 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.i18n.yaml
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.i18n.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
 # after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
 #   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write
-2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.md: 21e99b0fc37f97e441f6d92eb02636767cabf51e
-2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.zh.md: 0b11c45ed7d5291daed4726b9dd7fb8878d4a783
+2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.md: a9b0f6847712f47d46adb6b01c57563033738964
+2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.zh.md: acb9f798d86b4ec41d975d9de23f36080d3d7848
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.md
index 21e99b0fc3..a9b0f68477 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Each live `Session` has one controller containing `pending`, `init`, and the opt
 
 Initialization now enters the existing per-id operation chain once and calls the unserialized core operations while it owns that turn. The chain remains separate from the live controller because detached public `create`/`append`/`load` calls can race without a `Session` object and still require identity-level serialization.
 
-Crash repair is cold-only. For a live identity, `load(id)` snapshots the authoritative in-memory header and events before awaiting their flush; it returns that durable snapshot when balanced and rejects an open turn without reading or repairing storage. A cold load reserves its identity synchronously inside the per-id chain before awaiting stored-prefix reads or repair writes; the `session/created` publication boundary rejects and rolls back a same-id live session until the reservation clears. HMR adoption remains separate through `loadStored` plus the coordinator's cwd check and truncates torn storage without closing the authoritative live turn.
+Crash repair is cold-only. For a live identity, `load(id)` snapshots the authoritative in-memory events before awaiting their flush, then returns them with `SessionState.meta`, the header actually used for durable writes; it rejects an open turn without reading or repairing storage. A cold load reserves its identity synchronously inside the per-id chain before awaiting stored-prefix reads or repair writes; the `session/created` publication boundary rejects and rolls back a same-id live session until the reservation clears. HMR adoption remains separate through `loadStored` plus the coordinator's cwd check and truncates torn storage without closing the authoritative live turn.
 
 The live-controller map is also the retirement registry. Successful retirement drains and removes its controller; failed retirement leaves it in the map. Backend teardown stops event admission, flushes every controller still present, awaits remaining per-id operations, and closes the backend. No separate retirement set is needed to rediscover unfinished work.
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ The live-controller map is also the retirement registry. Successful retirement d
 - The shared backend contract persists an open live turn, proves `load` rejects without writing synthetic closers, completes and retires the owner, then reloads the exact completed turn.
 - An AgentLoop regression races `resume()` against a live open turn and proves the original agent can still durably complete it without an injected `interrupted` boundary.
 - A controlled backend blocks `loadStored`, attempts same-id session publication while repair owns the reservation, and proves rollback leaves no ghost controller before a balanced resume succeeds.
+- The ownerless-claim contract gives the live `Session` a different `createdAt`, then proves live and later cold loads both return the original stored header.
 
 ## Consequences
 
diff --git a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.zh.md b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.zh.md
index 0b11c45ed7..acb9f798d8 100644
--- a/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.zh.md
+++ b/.agents/notes/implemented/simplification/2026-07-23-collapse-persistence-flush-state.zh.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Status: implemented
 
 初始化只进入现有的按 id 操作链一次，并在占有该轮执行权时调用未串行化的核心操作。该操作链与活跃控制器保持分离，因为公共 `create`、`append`、`load` 调用即使没有 `Session` 对象仍可能发生竞态，依然需要按标识串行执行。
 
-崩溃修复仅适用于冷态标识。对于活跃标识，`load(id)` 会在等待刷新完成前，先对内存中的权威标头和事件生成快照；若快照闭合，则返回这个已持久化的快照；若轮次仍打开，则在不读取或修复存储的情况下拒绝该次加载。冷态加载会先在按 id 操作链内同步占用对应标识，再等待读取已存储前缀或执行修复写入；在这项占用解除前，`session/created` 发布边界会拒绝同 id 活跃会话的发布并将其回滚。HMR 接管仍由 `loadStored` 与协调器的 cwd 检查独立处理，会截断撕裂的存储，但不会闭合权威的活跃轮次。
+崩溃修复仅适用于冷态标识。对于活跃标识，`load(id)` 会在等待刷新完成前，先对内存中的权威事件生成快照，再将这些事件与 `SessionState.meta`（即持久化写入实际使用的标头）一同返回；若轮次仍打开，则在不读取或修复存储的情况下拒绝该次加载。冷态加载会先在按 id 操作链内同步占用对应标识，再等待读取已存储前缀或执行修复写入；在这项占用解除前，`session/created` 发布边界会拒绝同 id 活跃会话的发布并将其回滚。HMR 接管仍由 `loadStored` 与协调器的 cwd 检查独立处理，会截断撕裂的存储，但不会闭合权威的活跃轮次。
 
 活跃控制器映射同时也是退役注册表。退役成功时，系统排空并移除其控制器；退役失败时，控制器保留在映射中。后端资源销毁会停止接纳事件，刷新所有仍存在的控制器，等待其余按 id 操作完成，然后关闭后端。无需另设退役集合来重新发现未完成的工作。
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Status: implemented
 - 共享后端契约会持久化一个仍打开的活跃轮次，证明 `load` 会拒绝且不会写入合成闭合事件，随后完成该轮次并让其所有者退役，最后重新加载完全相同的已完成轮次。
 - AgentLoop 回归测试让 `resume()` 与一个仍打开的活跃轮次发生竞态，并证明原有的 agent（智能体）仍能完成该轮次并将其持久化，其间不会注入 `interrupted` 边界。
 - 一个受控后端会阻塞 `loadStored`，在修复操作持有标识占用期间尝试发布同 id 会话，并证明回滚不会留下残留控制器，之后可以成功恢复一个闭合会话。
+- 无所有者声明契约会为活跃 `Session` 设置不同的 `createdAt`，并证明活跃加载和之后的冷态加载均返回最初存储的标头。
 
 ## 后果
 
diff --git a/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md b/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
index 0cd92b806a..0fc8bdb89c 100644
--- a/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
+++ b/docs/cordis-catalog/services.md
@@ -919,7 +919,8 @@ abstract append(id: SessionId, events: readonly SessionEvent[]): Promise<void>
  * step and turn boundaries; only a torn final record is discarded. Unknown
  * versions and corruption in the committed prefix reject. Implementations
  * MUST NOT crash-repair an identity still bound to a live Session: a balanced
- * live log may return as a durable snapshot, while an open live turn rejects.
+ * live log may return with its stored header as a durable snapshot, while an
+ * open live turn rejects.
  * A coordinator-backed cold load reserves the identity across storage awaits,
  * so concurrent publication of a same-id live Session rejects.
  * @param id - the persisted session to reload.
diff --git a/docs/core-data-structures/persistence.md b/docs/core-data-structures/persistence.md
index 0c2ed557de..780036239a 100644
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/persistence.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/persistence.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The seam is a textbook [capability seam](../../.agents/notes/implemented/archite
 
 A backend that reloads a log crashed mid-turn finds an open `turn/start` with no `turn/end`. It does **not** truncate — a single turn can be huge in a long-horizon task (many steps, large tool output), and those events were durably appended before the crash. Instead it closes the orphaned turn with a synthetic `turn/end { reason: { kind: 'interrupted' } }`, keeping the log balanced and the turn-enclosure invariant intact. `interrupted` is the one `TurnEndReason` no loop emits (see [session.md](session.md#why-a-turn-ended-turnendreasonmap)).
 
-Repair applies only to cold sessions. For a live id, `SessionPersistence.load(id)` snapshots the in-memory log, waits until that snapshot is durable, and returns it only when balanced; an open live turn rejects rather than receiving synthetic interruption boundaries. A coordinator-backed cold load reserves the id across backend reads and repair writes, so concurrent publication of a same-id live session rejects and rolls back. HMR also adopts a live prefix without closing its active turn.
+Repair applies only to cold sessions. For a live id, `SessionPersistence.load(id)` snapshots the in-memory log, waits until that snapshot is durable, and returns it with the stored header only when balanced; an open live turn rejects rather than receiving synthetic interruption boundaries. A coordinator-backed cold load reserves the id across backend reads and repair writes, so concurrent publication of a same-id live session rejects and rolls back. HMR also adopts a live prefix without closing its active turn.
 
 ## `SessionLocation` — optional per-session artifact target
 
diff --git a/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts b/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
index 4110edcd84..4f23118d6d 100644
--- a/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/api-catalog.ts
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ export const SERVICE_API: readonly ServiceApiEntry[] = [
       },
       {
         signature: 'abstract load(id: SessionId): Promise<{ meta: SessionHeader; events: SessionEvent[] }>',
-        jsDoc: '/**\n * Load a header and balanced contiguous log. A complete interrupted final\n * turn is preserved and durably closed with missing tool errors plus any open\n * step and turn boundaries; only a torn final record is discarded. Unknown\n * versions and corruption in the committed prefix reject. Implementations\n * MUST NOT crash-repair an identity still bound to a live Session: a balanced\n * live log may return as a durable snapshot, while an open live turn rejects.\n * A coordinator-backed cold load reserves the identity across storage awaits,\n * so concurrent publication of a same-id live Session rejects.\n * @param id - the persisted session to reload.\n * @returns the header and a log ending on a balanced `turn/end`.\n */',
+        jsDoc: '/**\n * Load a header and balanced contiguous log. A complete interrupted final\n * turn is preserved and durably closed with missing tool errors plus any open\n * step and turn boundaries; only a torn final record is discarded. Unknown\n * versions and corruption in the committed prefix reject. Implementations\n * MUST NOT crash-repair an identity still bound to a live Session: a balanced\n * live log may return with its stored header as a durable snapshot, while an\n * open live turn rejects.\n * A coordinator-backed cold load reserves the identity across storage awaits,\n * so concurrent publication of a same-id live Session rejects.\n * @param id - the persisted session to reload.\n * @returns the header and a log ending on a balanced `turn/end`.\n */',
       },
       {
         signature: 'abstract list(): Promise<SessionHeader[]>',
diff --git a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/README.md b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/README.md
index 4f6b11b215..b2dca790ad 100644
--- a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/README.md
+++ b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The persisted unit IS the existing `SessionEvent` (event-sourced model — the l
 | `locate(meta): SessionLocation \| undefined` | Resolve an absolute per-session artifact target without I/O or materialization. Backends without an independent local artifact return `undefined`. |
 | `create(meta): Promise<void>` | Register a new session's metadata. MAY defer the physical write until the first `append` (lazy materialization). |
 | `append(id, events): Promise<void>` | Durably persist a batch. Append-only; first event `seq` == stored next-seq after any repair; rejects non-JSON-serializable data naming the offending type. |
-| `load(id): Promise<{ meta; events }>` | Return a flushed balanced snapshot for a live session, rejecting while its turn is open; cold load preserves an interrupted final turn and closes it with synthetic `tool/result`/`step/end?`/`turn/end {interrupted}` events. Only a torn tail fragment is dropped; committed corruption and unknown `version` reject. |
+| `load(id): Promise<{ meta; events }>` | Return the stored header plus a flushed balanced event snapshot for a live session, rejecting while its turn is open; cold load preserves an interrupted final turn and closes it with synthetic `tool/result`/`step/end?`/`turn/end {interrupted}` events. Only a torn tail fragment is dropped; committed corruption and unknown `version` reject. |
 | `list(): Promise<SessionHeader[]>` | Lightweight listing from metadata, no full-log parse. A zero-event lazily-materialized session is absent from `list`. |
 
 ## Invariants every backend must honor
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The persisted unit IS the existing `SessionEvent` (event-sourced model — the l
 
 Each `session/event` copies its event into the session controller and starts an eager drain without blocking the producer. Concurrent notifications share the current drain; events admitted during a write remain pending and trigger the next batch. `session/flush` is an observation barrier that waits until the controller has no current or pending batch. An eager failure is logged and retains the batch; the next explicit flush or backend teardown retries it and surfaces failure to its caller.
 
-Crash repair is cold-only. For a live id, `load(id)` snapshots the authoritative in-memory log, waits for that snapshot to become durable, and returns it only when balanced; an open live turn rejects instead of receiving synthetic interruption closers. A cold load reserves its id across backend reads and repair writes, so concurrent publication of a same-id live `Session` rejects and rolls back. HMR adoption reads through `loadStored`, applies the coordinator's cwd check, and never closes the active turn.
+Crash repair is cold-only. For a live id, `load(id)` snapshots the authoritative in-memory log, waits for that snapshot to become durable, and returns it with the coordinator's stored header only when balanced; an open live turn rejects instead of receiving synthetic interruption closers. A cold load reserves its id across backend reads and repair writes, so concurrent publication of a same-id live `Session` rejects and rolls back. HMR adoption reads through `loadStored`, applies the coordinator's cwd check, and never closes the active turn.
 
 When a live session emits `session/disposed`, the coordinator waits for its controller, serializes a final drain, then releases state owned by that exact `Session` object. Failed retirement leaves the controller in the live-session map, so backend teardown can retry it. Backend teardown stops event admission first, flushes every remaining controller, awaits per-id operations, and only then closes the storage handle.
 
diff --git a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/coordinator.ts b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/coordinator.ts
index e01bca9427..c66e7f434b 100644
--- a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/coordinator.ts
+++ b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/coordinator.ts
@@ -286,9 +286,12 @@ export class PersistenceCoordinator<TornMarker = unknown> {
 
   /** Return a durable balanced live snapshot without applying cold crash repair. */
   private async loadLiveSnapshot(session: Session): Promise<{ meta: SessionHeader; events: SessionEvent[] }> {
-    const meta = structuredClone(session.header)
     const events = session.events.map(event => structuredClone(event))
     await this.flush(session)
+    const state = this.states.get(session.id)
+    /* v8 ignore next -- successful flush always publishes this live session's durable state */
+    if (state === undefined) throw new Error(`session "${session.id}" lost persistence state during load`)
+    const meta = structuredClone(state.meta)
     if (events.length === 0) throw new Error(`session "${session.id}" not found`)
     if (interruptedTurnClosers(events).length > 0) {
       throw new Error(`cannot load session "${session.id}" while its live turn is open; use the live Session or wait for the turn to close`)
diff --git a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/index.ts b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/index.ts
index 47e2b1c36d..eb91c004f6 100644
--- a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/src/index.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ export abstract class SessionPersistence extends Service {
    * step and turn boundaries; only a torn final record is discarded. Unknown
    * versions and corruption in the committed prefix reject. Implementations
    * MUST NOT crash-repair an identity still bound to a live Session: a balanced
-   * live log may return as a durable snapshot, while an open live turn rejects.
+   * live log may return with its stored header as a durable snapshot, while an
+   * open live turn rejects.
    * A coordinator-backed cold load reserves the identity across storage awaits,
    * so concurrent publication of a same-id live Session rejects.
    * @param id - the persisted session to reload.
diff --git a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/tests/coordinator-contract.ts b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/tests/coordinator-contract.ts
index 05b86c699d..4c5450ef19 100644
--- a/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/tests/coordinator-contract.ts
+++ b/packages/session-persistence/session-persistence/tests/coordinator-contract.ts
@@ -612,20 +612,31 @@ export function runCoordinatorContract(name: string, makeFixture: () => Promise<
       const { ctx, fiber } = await freshCtx(fix)
       try {
         // Materialize and load (ownerless, cursor = 6).
-        await ctx.sessionPersistence.create(meta('claim', WORK))
+        const storedMeta = meta('claim', WORK)
+        await ctx.sessionPersistence.create(storedMeta)
         await ctx.sessionPersistence.append(SessionId('claim'), oneTurnLog())
-        const { events } = await ctx.sessionPersistence.load(SessionId('claim'))
+        const { events, meta: durableMeta } = await ctx.sessionPersistence.load(SessionId('claim'))
 
         // A live session SEEDED with the loaded log PLUS a new turn claims the
         // ownerless state and persists only the suffix.
-        const cont = ctx.sessions.create(SessionId('claim'), { seed: [
-          ...events,
-          { type: 'turn/start', seq: 6, time: 7, data: { turn: 2, trigger: { kind: 'message', source: { kind: 'user' } } } },
-          { type: 'turn/end', seq: 7, time: 8, data: { turn: 2, reason: { kind: 'completed' } } },
-        ], meta: { cwd: WORK } })
+        let cont!: Session
+        const contFiber = await ctx.plugin(Object.assign((inner: Context) => {
+          cont = inner.sessions.create(SessionId('claim'), { seed: [
+            ...events,
+            { type: 'turn/start', seq: 6, time: 7, data: { turn: 2, trigger: { kind: 'message', source: { kind: 'user' } } } },
+            { type: 'turn/end', seq: 7, time: 8, data: { turn: 2, reason: { kind: 'completed' } } },
+          ], meta: { cwd: WORK, createdAt: 2000 } })
+        }, { inject: ['sessions'] }))
         await ctx.sessions.flush(cont)
         const loaded = await ctx.sessionPersistence.load(SessionId('claim'))
         expect(loaded.events.map(e => e.seq)).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
+        expect(loaded.meta).toEqual(durableMeta)
+        expect(loaded.meta.createdAt).toBe(1000)
+
+        await contFiber.dispose()
+        await vi.waitFor(async () => {
+          expect((await ctx.sessionPersistence.load(SessionId('claim'))).meta).toEqual(durableMeta)
+        })
       } finally {
         await fiber.dispose()
         await fix.cleanup()