diff --git a/src/tui-opentui/runtime-bridge.ts b/src/tui-opentui/runtime-bridge.ts
index 1da4580f2..8af595b33 100644
--- a/src/tui-opentui/runtime-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/tui-opentui/runtime-bridge.ts
@@ -951,6 +951,7 @@ export function attachSessionBridge(
       stallTimeoutMs,
       isProcessing: bag.turn.isProcessing,
       streamingType: bag.turn.streamingType,
+      activeToolCalls: bag.turn.activeToolCalls,
     }
 
     if (shouldAbortForStall(stallArgs)) {
diff --git a/src/tui-opentui/stall-watchdog.test.ts b/src/tui-opentui/stall-watchdog.test.ts
index 885ae7115..6eac1df12 100644
--- a/src/tui-opentui/stall-watchdog.test.ts
+++ b/src/tui-opentui/stall-watchdog.test.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,19 @@ describe("shouldAbortForStall", () => {
     stallTimeoutMs: STALL_TIMEOUT_MS,
     isProcessing: true,
     streamingType: null,
+    activeToolCalls: [],
   }
 
+  test("a parallel fan-out with sibling tools still running is not a stall", () => {
+    const args = {
+      ...base,
+      activeToolCalls: ["call-2"],
+      lastActivityAt: 0,
+      nowMs: 20 * 60_000,
+    }
+    expect(shouldAbortForStall(args)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   test("aborts an awaiting run past the timeout", () => {
     expect(shouldAbortForStall(base)).toBe(true)
   })
@@ -183,8 +194,15 @@ describe("shouldNoticeStall", () => {
     isProcessing: true,
     streamingType: null,
     repeating: false,
+    activeToolCalls: [],
   }
 
+  test("a parallel fan-out with sibling tools still running does not notice", () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldNoticeStall({ ...base, activeToolCalls: ["call-2"] }),
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   test("stays quiet while repeating, even if also silent by the clock", () => {
     expect(shouldNoticeStall({ ...base, repeating: true })).toBe(false)
   })
diff --git a/src/tui-opentui/stall-watchdog.ts b/src/tui-opentui/stall-watchdog.ts
index 3ae4c4416..0ca82147d 100644
--- a/src/tui-opentui/stall-watchdog.ts
+++ b/src/tui-opentui/stall-watchdog.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export type ShouldAbortForStallArgs = {
   readonly stallTimeoutMs: number
   readonly isProcessing: boolean
   readonly streamingType: "text" | "thinking" | "tool" | null
+  readonly activeToolCalls: readonly string[]
 }
 
 // The captured incident looped two sentences with no line break between them
@@ -116,7 +117,10 @@ function silentPastThreshold(
 ): boolean {
   if (args.status !== "running") return false
   if (args.nowMs - args.lastActivityAt < thresholdMs) return false
-  if (args.awaitingResponse) return true
+  // A parallel fan-out flips `awaitingResponse` true the moment any one
+  // sub-agent's tool call finishes, even while siblings are still running.
+  // Outstanding calls mean the run is not silent, regardless of that flag.
+  if (args.awaitingResponse && args.activeToolCalls.length === 0) return true
   // Mid-stream hang: model stream stalled after first token. Long in-flight
   // tool runs do not emit parent stream events; do not abort those.
   return (