diff --git a/src/agents/pty.ts b/src/agents/pty.ts
index da4c58e..77c3d7e 100644
--- a/src/agents/pty.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pty.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ export interface PtyView {
   lastMtime: number;
   /** Bytes of terminal output seen so far — a rough liveness signal. */
   bytesOut: number;
+  /** When this PTY is a resume-adopt, the real claude session id it continues
+   *  (so the roster can drop the observe-only duplicate of the same session). */
+  adoptedSessionId?: string;
 }
 
 export interface PtyStartOpts {
@@ -195,6 +198,8 @@ export class PtyAgent {
   readonly cli: string;
   readonly cwd: string;
   readonly project: string;
+  /** Real claude session id, when this agent is a resume-adopt (claude only). */
+  readonly adoptedSessionId?: string;
   onChange: () => void = () => {};
   /** Called with each ANSI-stripped output chunk — drives the live attach stream
    *  (GET /api/agents/pty/<id>/stream). Distinct from onChange (state snapshots). */
@@ -216,6 +221,8 @@ export class PtyAgent {
     this.cli = cli;
     this.cwd = opts.cwd;
     this.project = opts.cwd.split("/").filter(Boolean).pop() || opts.cwd;
+    this.adoptedSessionId =
+      opts.resumeSessionId && this.agent === "claude-code" ? opts.resumeSessionId : undefined;
     this.proc = proc;
     this.now = now;
     this.lastChunkAt = now();
@@ -304,6 +311,7 @@ export class PtyAgent {
       stateReason: reason,
       lastMtime: this.lastMtime,
       bytesOut: this.bytesOut,
+      ...(this.adoptedSessionId ? { adoptedSessionId: this.adoptedSessionId } : {}),
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/src/integrations/hub-dedup.test.ts b/src/integrations/hub-dedup.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..802e07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrations/hub-dedup.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { dedupeAdoptedSessions } from "./hub.js";
+import type { AgentSession } from "./types.js";
+
+const S = (o: Partial<AgentSession>): AgentSession => ({
+  agent: "claude-code",
+  sessionId: "x",
+  project: "p",
+  state: "working",
+  stateReason: "",
+  lastMtime: 0,
+  ...o,
+});
+
+test("drops the observe-only twin of a resume-adopted session", () => {
+  const out = dedupeAdoptedSessions([
+    S({ sessionId: "uuid-1" }), // observe-only claude-code transcript
+    S({ sessionId: "p1-aaaa", controllable: "pty", adoptedSessionId: "uuid-1" }), // the PTY adopting it
+    S({ sessionId: "uuid-2" }), // unrelated → kept
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    out.map((s) => s.sessionId),
+    ["p1-aaaa", "uuid-2"],
+  );
+});
+
+test("no adopts → returns the input unchanged (same reference)", () => {
+  const sessions = [S({ sessionId: "a" }), S({ sessionId: "b" })];
+  assert.equal(dedupeAdoptedSessions(sessions), sessions);
+});
+
+test("only observe-only twins are dropped — a controllable same-id session stays", () => {
+  const out = dedupeAdoptedSessions([
+    S({ sessionId: "uuid-1", controllable: "managed" }), // controllable → never dropped
+    S({ sessionId: "p1", controllable: "pty", adoptedSessionId: "uuid-1" }),
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(out.length, 2);
+});
diff --git a/src/integrations/hub.ts b/src/integrations/hub.ts
index b03d807..253cf80 100644
--- a/src/integrations/hub.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/hub.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ export const DEFAULT_ORCHESTRATOR_CONFIG: OrchestratorConfig = {
 
 type Log = (msg: string) => void;
 
+/**
+ * Drop observe-only sessions that a controllable session already represents.
+ * When LISA resume-adopts an idle claude session under a PTY, that same real
+ * session is ALSO seen by the claude-code observer (a JSONL transcript). The PTY
+ * entry carries the adopted sessionId, so we drop the observe-only twin and keep
+ * the controllable one. Pure — operates on the merged list. See PTY_AGENTS.md.
+ */
+export function dedupeAdoptedSessions(sessions: AgentSession[]): AgentSession[] {
+  const adopted = new Set<string>();
+  for (const s of sessions) {
+    if (s.controllable && s.adoptedSessionId) adopted.add(s.adoptedSessionId);
+  }
+  if (adopted.size === 0) return sessions;
+  return sessions.filter((s) => !(s.controllable == null && adopted.has(s.sessionId)));
+}
+
 export class OrchestratorHub extends EventEmitter {
   private observers: AgentObserver[] = [];
   private readonly cfg: OrchestratorConfig;
@@ -129,7 +145,7 @@ export class OrchestratorHub extends EventEmitter {
         // one flaky observer shouldn't break the merge
       }
     }
-    return all.sort((a, b) => b.lastMtime - a.lastMtime);
+    return dedupeAdoptedSessions(all).sort((a, b) => b.lastMtime - a.lastMtime);
   }
 
   /** Sessions for one agent kind. */
diff --git a/src/integrations/pty/observer.ts b/src/integrations/pty/observer.ts
index cfad911..35f1ee7 100644
--- a/src/integrations/pty/observer.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/pty/observer.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function toSession(v: PtyView): AgentSession {
     stateReason: v.stateReason,
     lastMtime: v.lastMtime,
     controllable: "pty",
+    ...(v.adoptedSessionId ? { adoptedSessionId: v.adoptedSessionId } : {}),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/integrations/types.ts b/src/integrations/types.ts
index 7455ba2..32e1615 100644
--- a/src/integrations/types.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/types.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ export interface AgentSession {
    * control. Set by the API layer for claude-code sessions not currently live.
    */
   resumable?: boolean;
+  /** When a controllable PTY is a resume-adopt, the real claude sessionId it
+   *  continues — lets the roster drop the observe-only duplicate of that session. */
+  adoptedSessionId?: string;
 }
 
 /** Visibility tier — how deeply LISA may inspect a session. See plan §3. */
diff --git a/src/web/server.ts b/src/web/server.ts
index d991993..8e3b57e 100644
--- a/src/web/server.ts
+++ b/src/web/server.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { signalAgentTool } from "../tools/signal_agent.js";
 import { managedRegistry } from "../agents/managed.js";
 import { ptyRegistry, ptyEnabled } from "../agents/pty.js";
 import { liveClaudeSessionIds } from "../integrations/claude-code/liveness.js";
-import { listRecentDispatches, isAlive, toDispatchView } from "../integrations/dispatch-ledger.js";
+import { listRecentDispatches, isAlive, toDispatchView, readDispatchOutput } from "../integrations/dispatch-ledger.js";
 import { loadControlPolicy, saveControlPolicy, type ControlPolicy } from "../control/policy.js";
 import { SenseService } from "../sense/service.js";
 import { ScreenSource } from "../sense/screen.js";
@@ -838,6 +838,27 @@ export async function startWebServer(opts: WebServerOptions): Promise<http.Serve
       return;
     }
 
+    // Status + captured-output tail of ONE dispatched agent. The tail is raw
+    // stdout (potentially sensitive), so it's behind the remote-control gate
+    // (loopback always; remote per policy). ?id=<dispatch id>.
+    if (req.method === "GET" && url.startsWith("/api/dispatch/status")) {
+      if (denyRemote("control")) return;
+      const id = new URL(url, "http://localhost").searchParams.get("id") ?? "";
+      const entry = id ? listRecentDispatches().find((e) => e.id === id) : undefined;
+      if (!entry) {
+        res.writeHead(id ? 404 : 400, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+        res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: false, error: id ? "no such dispatch" : "id required" }));
+        return;
+      }
+      res.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+      res.end(JSON.stringify({
+        ok: true,
+        ...toDispatchView(entry, isAlive(entry.pid)),
+        tail: readDispatchOutput(entry, 4000),
+      }));
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (req.method === "POST" && url === "/api/agents/managed/start") {
       if (denyRemote("control")) return;
       let mBody = "";