diff --git a/hosts/kimi/transcript.js b/hosts/kimi/transcript.js
index 360e694..cf32183 100644
--- a/hosts/kimi/transcript.js
+++ b/hosts/kimi/transcript.js
@@ -21,19 +21,16 @@ const validResult = (result) => result && typeof result === 'object' && typeof r
 const pathOf = (input, cwd) => text(input?.path)
   && (isAbsolute(input.path) ? input.path : text(cwd) && isAbsolute(cwd) ? resolve(cwd, input.path) : null);
 
-// The newest turns' tasks are the ones a turn still waiting for its end can name; older ones are past their end.
 const MAX_TASKS = 64;
+const backgroundTaskOf = (result) => taskId(/^task_id:\s*([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)(?:\r?\n|$)/.exec(text(result?.output))?.[1]);
 
-/** Only discovers fixed task IDs; the reader chooses a bounded file under the known session root. */
-export function taskIdsOf(records = []) {
-  const ids = [];
-  for (const record of records.filter(main)) {
-    const event = record.type === 'context.append_loop_event' ? record.event : null;
-    if (event?.type === 'tool.call' && event.name === 'TaskOutput') ids.push(taskId(event.args?.task_id));
-    if (event?.type === 'tool.result') {
-      ids.push(taskId(/^task_id:\s*([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)(?:\r?\n|$)/.exec(text(event.result?.output))?.[1]));
-    }
-  }
+/**
+ * Only discovers fixed task IDs, those the requested turn's Bash calls started: no other task can settle its
+ * evidence. The reader chooses a bounded file under the known session root.
+ */
+export function taskIdsOf(records = [], { turnId } = {}) {
+  const ids = callsOf(records, nativeTurnIdOf(turnId)).filter((call) => call.name === 'Bash')
+    .map((call) => backgroundTaskOf(resultOf(records, call)));
   const newestLast = [...new Set(ids.filter(Boolean).reverse())].reverse();
   return newestLast.slice(-MAX_TASKS);
 }
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ function notesOf(records, tasks, turnId, cwd) {
     const result = resultOf(records, call);
     const input = call.args && typeof call.args === 'object' ? call.args : {};
     if (call.name === 'Bash' && text(input.command)) {
-      const expectedTask = taskId(/^task_id:\s*([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)(?:\r?\n|$)/.exec(text(result?.output))?.[1]);
+      const expectedTask = backgroundTaskOf(result);
       const matching = tasks.filter((task) => expectedTask && task?.kind === 'process'
         && task.parentToolCallId === call.toolCallId && task.command === input.command && task.taskId === expectedTask);
       const task = matching.length === 1 ? matching[0] : null;
diff --git a/lib/runtime/session-log.js b/lib/runtime/session-log.js
index a3acd48..e79ad75 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/session-log.js
+++ b/lib/runtime/session-log.js
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ function sessionDirOf(declaration, home, nativeId) {
  * names the log home (`root(env)`), its workspace index (`workspaceIndex`, listed as `[id, projectDir]` by
  * `workspacesOf`), a session's folder in a workspace (`sessionDir(workspaceId, nativeId)`) and its log (`logFile`);
  * `nativeSessionOf(sessionId, scope)` takes the plugin's session id back to the host's. `decode(records, { turnId,
- * tasks, projectDir, unread })` answers the row, where `unread` is the byte span of a long log left unread; `taskIds(records)` and `tasksDir(sessionDir)` name the background task files
- * it also reads. `scope` is a pseudonym of the log home, for session ids, so no path reaches a Hub task id. Anything
+ * tasks, projectDir, unread })` answers the row, where `unread` is the byte span of a long log left unread;
+ * `taskIds(records, { turnId })` and `tasksDir(sessionDir)` name the background task files it also reads. `scope` is a pseudonym of the log home, for session ids, so no path reaches a Hub task id. Anything
  * unreadable answers null, never an empty valid turn.
  */
 export function sessionLogReaderOf(declaration, env = process.env) {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export function sessionLogReaderOf(declaration, env = process.env) {
       const key = JSON.stringify([session.dir, stat.dev, stat.ino, stat.size, stat.mtimeMs]);
       if (parsed?.key !== key) parsed = { key, ...recordsOf(fd, stat.size) };
       const { records, unread } = parsed;
-      const tasks = tasksOf(root, declaration.tasksDir?.(session.dir), declaration.taskIds?.(records) ?? []);
+      const tasks = tasksOf(root, declaration.tasksDir?.(session.dir), declaration.taskIds?.(records, { turnId }) ?? []);
       if (!tasks) return null;
       return declaration.decode(records, { turnId, tasks, projectDir: session.projectDir, unread }) ?? null;
     } catch {
diff --git a/test/hosts/kimi/readers.test.js b/test/hosts/kimi/readers.test.js
index b2411e8..d042aab 100644
--- a/test/hosts/kimi/readers.test.js
+++ b/test/hosts/kimi/readers.test.js
@@ -91,13 +91,24 @@ test('unsupported schemas and foreign agents do not supply evidence', () => {
   assert.equal(status([meta, { ...prompt(0), origin: { kind: 'cron' } }]), null);
 });
 
-test('fixed task discovery rejects paths and does not inspect arbitrary output paths', () => {
-  const records = [event({ type: 'tool.call', name: 'TaskOutput', args: { task_id: 'bash-task' } }), event({ type: 'tool.result', result: { output: 'task_id: bash-task\nstatus: running' } }), event({ type: 'tool.call', name: 'TaskOutput', args: { task_id: '../outside' } })];
-  assert.deepEqual(taskIdsOf(records), ['bash-task']);
-  const many = Array.from({ length: 70 }, (_, index) => event({ type: 'tool.call', name: 'TaskOutput', args: { task_id: `task-${index}` } }));
-  const ids = taskIdsOf([...many, many[0]]);
+test('fixed task discovery reads only background tasks the requested turn started and rejects paths', () => {
+  const bash = (id, task, turnId = '0') => [
+    event({ type: 'tool.call', uuid: `call-${id}`, toolCallId: `tool-${id}`, turnId, name: 'Bash', args: { command: 'npm test' } }),
+    event({ type: 'tool.result', parentUuid: `call-${id}`, toolCallId: `tool-${id}`, result: { output: `task_id: ${task}\nstatus: running`, durationMs: 1 } }),
+  ];
+  const records = [
+    ...bash(0, 'bash-task'),
+    ...bash(1, '../outside'),
+    ...bash(2, 'foreign-task', '1'),
+    event({ type: 'tool.call', uuid: 'read-uuid', toolCallId: 'read-call', turnId: '0', name: 'TaskOutput', args: { task_id: 'read-task' } }),
+    event({ type: 'tool.result', result: { output: 'task_id: unrelated-task\nstatus: running' } }),
+  ];
+  assert.deepEqual(taskIdsOf(records, { turnId: '0' }), ['bash-task']);
+  assert.deepEqual(taskIdsOf(records, { turnId: '1' }), ['foreign-task']);
+  const many = Array.from({ length: 70 }, (_, index) => bash(index, `task-${index}`)).flat();
+  const ids = taskIdsOf([...many, ...bash(70, 'task-0')], { turnId: '0' });
   assert.equal(ids.length, 64);
-  assert.equal(ids.at(-1), 'task-0', 'a task the newest turn names again is kept');
+  assert.equal(ids.at(-1), 'task-0', 'a task named again by a later call is kept');
 });
 
 test('duplicate native events do not duplicate checks and mismatched results remain unknown', () => {
diff --git a/test/runtime/session-log.test.js b/test/runtime/session-log.test.js
index ed983a2..f411fc1 100644
--- a/test/runtime/session-log.test.js
+++ b/test/runtime/session-log.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { test } from 'node:test';
 
+import { taskIdsOf, turnStatusOf } from '../../hosts/kimi/transcript.js';
+
 import { recordReaderOf } from '../../lib/runtime/records.js';
 
 function fixture(t, overrides = {}) {
@@ -137,3 +139,34 @@ test('a task the log names many times counts once toward the task limit', (t) =>
   assert.ok(f.reader(f.sessionId, '0'));
   assert.deepEqual(f.decoded.at(-1).context.tasks, [{ taskId: 'task', status: 'running' }]);
 });
+
+test('a damaged task of an earlier turn does not hide a later completed turn, even one that reads its output', (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(t, {
+    taskIds: taskIdsOf, tasksDir: (dir) => join(dir, 'agents', 'main', 'tasks'), decode: turnStatusOf,
+  });
+  const prompt = (turnId) => ({ type: 'turn.prompt', agentId: 'main', turnId, promptId: `prompt-${turnId}`, origin: { kind: 'user' } });
+  const event = (value) => ({ type: 'context.append_loop_event', agentId: 'main', event: value });
+  const records = [
+    { type: 'metadata', protocol_version: '1.5' },
+    prompt(0),
+    event({ type: 'tool.call', uuid: 'old-call', turnId: '0', toolCallId: 'old-check', name: 'Bash', args: { command: 'npm test', run_in_background: true } }),
+    event({ type: 'tool.result', parentUuid: 'old-call', toolCallId: 'old-check', result: { output: 'task_id: old-task\nstatus: running', durationMs: 1 } }),
+    { type: 'turn.ended', agentId: 'main', turnId: 0, reason: 'completed' },
+    prompt(1),
+    event({ type: 'tool.call', uuid: 'output-call', turnId: '1', toolCallId: 'old-output', name: 'TaskOutput', args: { task_id: 'old-task' } }),
+    event({ type: 'tool.result', parentUuid: 'output-call', toolCallId: 'old-output', result: { output: 'status: completed', durationMs: 1 } }),
+    event({ type: 'tool.call', uuid: 'current-call', turnId: '1', toolCallId: 'current-check', name: 'Bash', args: { command: 'npm test' } }),
+    event({ type: 'tool.result', parentUuid: 'current-call', toolCallId: 'current-check', result: { output: '# pass 1\n# fail 0', durationMs: 1 } }),
+    { type: 'turn.ended', agentId: 'main', turnId: 1, reason: 'completed' },
+  ];
+  writeFileSync(f.wire, records.map(line).join(''));
+  mkdirSync(join(f.agent, 'tasks'));
+  const taskFile = join(f.agent, 'tasks', 'old-task.json');
+  writeFileSync(taskFile, JSON.stringify({ taskId: 'old-task', kind: 'process', parentToolCallId: 'old-check', command: 'npm test', status: 'completed', exitCode: 0 }));
+  assert.equal(f.reader(f.sessionId, '1').status, 'completed');
+  writeFileSync(taskFile, '{');
+  assert.equal(f.reader(f.sessionId, '0'), null, 'the requested turn still requires its own task to be readable');
+  const current = f.reader(f.sessionId, '1');
+  assert.equal(current?.status, 'completed');
+  assert.deepEqual(current.record.checks, [{ command: 'npm test', exit: null, failed: false }]);
+});