diff --git a/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/executor.test.ts b/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/executor.test.ts
index 9c529007d..3ab93b48a 100644
--- a/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/executor.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/executor.test.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ describe("executeCompact lock management", () => {
 
     mockClient = {
       session: {
+        status: mock(() => Promise.resolve({ data: { [sessionID]: { type: "idle" } } })),
         messages: mock(() => Promise.resolve({ data: [] })),
         summarize: mock(() => Promise.resolve()),
         revert: mock(() => Promise.resolve()),
@@ -141,6 +142,25 @@ describe("executeCompact lock management", () => {
     expect(autoCompactState.compactionInProgress.has(sessionID)).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  test("does not start summarize recovery while the original session loop is still busy", async () => {
+    // given: OpenCode is still processing the context-overflow turn
+    mockClient.session.status = mock(() => Promise.resolve({ data: { [sessionID]: { type: "busy" } } }))
+    autoCompactState.errorDataBySession.set(sessionID, {
+      errorType: "token_limit_exceeded_unknown",
+      currentTokens: 0,
+      maxTokens: 0,
+    })
+
+    // when: The delayed auto-compact callback fires before OpenCode reaches idle
+    await executeCompact(sessionID, msg, autoCompactState, mockClient, directory, pluginConfig)
+
+    // then: OMO leaves recovery pending for the real session.idle event instead of racing summarize
+    expect(mockClient.session.summarize).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(autoCompactState.pendingCompact.has(sessionID)).toBe(true)
+    expect(autoCompactState.errorDataBySession.has(sessionID)).toBe(true)
+    expect(autoCompactState.compactionInProgress.has(sessionID)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   test("clears lock when summarize throws exception", async () => {
     // given: Summarize will fail
     mockClient.session.summarize = mock(() =>
diff --git a/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/executor.ts b/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/executor.ts
index 02a2a06e4..83dbf7cea 100644
--- a/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/executor.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/executor.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import {
   runAggressiveTruncationStrategy,
   runSummarizeRetryStrategy,
 } from "./recovery-strategy";
+import { isSessionActive } from "../shared/session-idle-settle";
+import { log } from "../../shared/logger";
 
 export { getLastAssistant } from "./message-builder";
 
@@ -40,6 +42,13 @@ export async function executeCompact(
   autoCompactState.compactionInProgress.add(sessionID);
 
   try {
+    if (await isSessionActive(client, sessionID)) {
+      log("[auto-compact] delayed recovery skipped while session is still active", {
+        sessionID,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
     const errorData = autoCompactState.errorDataBySession.get(sessionID);
     const truncateState = getOrCreateTruncateState(autoCompactState, sessionID);
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/recovery-hook.test.ts b/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/recovery-hook.test.ts
index 6300ab55e..f15e7c00f 100644
--- a/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/recovery-hook.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/recovery-hook.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,43 @@ describe("createAnthropicContextWindowLimitRecoveryHook", () => {
     }
   })
 
+  test("clears pending recovery when OpenCode core compaction succeeds first", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const { restore, getClearTimeoutCalls, getScheduledTimeouts } = setupDelayedTimeoutMocks()
+    const hook = createRecoveryHook()
+
+    try {
+      await hook.event({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.error",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-core-compacted", error: "prompt is too long" },
+        },
+      })
+
+      //#when
+      await hook.event({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.compacted",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-core-compacted" },
+        },
+      })
+
+      await hook.event({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.idle",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-core-compacted" },
+        },
+      })
+
+      //#then
+      expect(getClearTimeoutCalls()).toEqual([getScheduledTimeouts()[0]])
+      expect(executeCompactMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(getLastAssistantMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    } finally {
+      restore()
+    }
+  })
+
   test("does not treat empty summary assistant messages as successful compaction", async () => {
     //#given
     const { restore, getClearTimeoutCalls, getScheduledTimeouts } = setupDelayedTimeoutMocks()
diff --git a/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/recovery-hook.ts b/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/recovery-hook.ts
index 862c3b8a3..4aa9773bc 100644
--- a/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/recovery-hook.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/anthropic-context-window-limit-recovery/recovery-hook.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ export function createAnthropicContextWindowLimitRecoveryHook(
       return
     }
 
+    if (event.type === "session.compacted") {
+      const sessionID = resolveSessionEventID(props)
+      if (sessionID) {
+        clearSessionTimeout(pendingCompactionTimeoutBySession, sessionID)
+        clearSessionState(autoCompactState, sessionID)
+      }
+      return
+    }
+
     if (event.type === "session.error") {
       const sessionID = resolveSessionEventID(props)
       dependencies.log("[auto-compact] session.error received", { sessionID, error: props?.error })