diff --git a/src/subagent/agent-fleet.test.ts b/src/subagent/agent-fleet.test.ts
index 71dad9279..ef56fac3f 100644
--- a/src/subagent/agent-fleet.test.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/agent-fleet.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "./agent-fleet.js";
 import { createSubAgentSessionStore } from "./session-store.js";
 import { createPermissionGate } from "../permission/gate.js";
+import { forcedStopReport } from "./stop-policy.js";
 import type { RunSubAgentParams, RunSubAgentResult } from "./types.js";
 
 const testPermissionGate = createPermissionGate({
@@ -238,6 +239,53 @@ describe("spawn_agent + wait_agents", () => {
       expect(result.report).toBe("irrelevant");
     }
   });
+
+  // CL-6915: operator cancel aborts the child signal, but run() still returns a
+  // salvage body (partial findings). Dropping that body left fleetRecords
+  // "running" forever so wait_agents never saw the salvage.
+  test("cancelled spawn_agent still resolves wait_agents with salvage findings", async () => {
+    const deps = makeDeps(async (params) => {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        if (params.signal?.aborted) {
+          resolve();
+          return;
+        }
+        params.signal?.addEventListener("abort", () => resolve(), { once: true });
+      });
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+      return {
+        report: forcedStopReport("cancelled", "Found path in gate.ts"),
+        stopReason: "cancelled",
+      };
+    });
+    const spawn = createSpawnAgentTool(deps);
+    const wait = createWaitAgentsTool({ sessions: deps.sessions, fleetRecords: deps.fleetRecords });
+
+    const spawned = await callTool(spawn, {
+      description: "cancel salvage",
+      prompt: "probe",
+      intent: "explore",
+    });
+    const id = spawned.agent_id as string;
+
+    expect(deps.sessions.cancel(id)).toBe(true);
+    expect(deps.sessions.get(id)?.status).toBe("cancelled");
+
+    const waited = await callTool(wait, { targets: [id], timeout_ms: 5000 });
+    expect(waited.timed_out).toBe(false);
+    const results = waited.results as {
+      agent_id: string;
+      status: string;
+      report?: string;
+    }[];
+    expect(results).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(results[0]!.status).toBe("done");
+    expect(results[0]!.report).toContain("## Summary");
+    expect(results[0]!.report).toContain("## Findings");
+    expect(results[0]!.report).toContain("gate.ts");
+    // Strip stays cancelled — salvage is for wait_agents, not a resurrection.
+    expect(deps.sessions.get(id)?.status).toBe("cancelled");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("spawn_agent same-cwd concurrency", () => {
diff --git a/src/subagent/agent-fleet.ts b/src/subagent/agent-fleet.ts
index 7cfdb7fa2..840b3e99d 100644
--- a/src/subagent/agent-fleet.ts
+++ b/src/subagent/agent-fleet.ts
@@ -467,24 +467,30 @@ export function createSpawnAgentTool(deps: AgentFleetDeps): AgentTool {
       deps
         .run(params)
         .then((result) => {
-          if (childCtl.signal.aborted) return;
           // interrupt_agent already flipped this session to "interrupted"
           // synchronously (session-store.interruptOne) — do not let the
           // settling promise's normal bookkeeping overwrite that with a
           // "completed" status.
           if (result.interrupted === true) return;
+          // Operator cancel may race after run resolves (childCtl aborted).
+          // Keep strip status cancelled when sessions.cancel already flipped
+          // it, but never discard a returned body (including salvage) —
+          // wait_agents reads fleetRecords, not the strip.
           deps.fleetRecords.resolve(session.id, result.report);
           // result.agentRetained is only true on run.ts's clean-completion
           // path when persist actually skipped teardown — a deadline/cancel
           // salvage resolves through the same promise but always disposed
           // its agent first, so the store must not treat it as resumable
           // just because retained:true was requested at spawn.
+          // complete() no-ops when status is already cancelled.
           deps.sessions.complete(session.id, result.report, {
             agentRetained: result.agentRetained === true,
           });
         })
         .catch((err) => {
-          if (childCtl.signal.aborted) return;
+          // Always terminalize fleetRecords — including pre-progress cancel that
+          // rethrows with no salvage — so wait_agents does not hang. fail()
+          // no-ops when cancel already flipped the strip status.
           const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
           deps.fleetRecords.reject(session.id, message);
           deps.sessions.fail(session.id, message);