diff --git a/src/web/public/app.js b/src/web/public/app.js
index dec17f68..126cd4bb 100644
--- a/src/web/public/app.js
+++ b/src/web/public/app.js
@@ -2904,6 +2904,7 @@ class CodemanApp {
       // Only mark ready if this is still the intended session
       if (this._ws === ws) {
         this._wsReady = true;
+        this._wsReconnectAttempts = 0;
       }
     };
 
@@ -2924,11 +2925,24 @@ class CodemanApp {
       }
     };
 
-    ws.onclose = () => {
-      if (this._ws === ws) {
-        this._ws = null;
-        this._wsSessionId = null;
-        this._wsReady = false;
+    ws.onclose = (event) => {
+      if (this._ws !== ws) return;
+      this._ws = null;
+      this._wsSessionId = null;
+      this._wsReady = false;
+
+      // Reconnect on unexpected close (server restart, network blip, ping timeout).
+      // Don't reconnect if we intentionally disconnected (_disconnectWs nulls onclose)
+      // or if the server rejected the session (4004=not found, 4008=too many, 4009=terminated).
+      if (event.code < 4004 && this.activeSessionId === sessionId) {
+        const delay = Math.min(1000 * Math.pow(2, this._wsReconnectAttempts || 0), 10000);
+        this._wsReconnectAttempts = (this._wsReconnectAttempts || 0) + 1;
+        this._wsReconnectTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+          this._wsReconnectTimer = null;
+          if (this.activeSessionId === sessionId) {
+            this._connectWs(sessionId);
+          }
+        }, delay);
       }
     };
 
@@ -2939,6 +2953,11 @@ class CodemanApp {
 
   /** Close the active WebSocket connection (if any). */
   _disconnectWs() {
+    if (this._wsReconnectTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this._wsReconnectTimer);
+      this._wsReconnectTimer = null;
+    }
+    this._wsReconnectAttempts = 0;
     if (this._ws) {
       this._ws.onclose = null; // Prevent re-entrant cleanup
       this._ws.close();
@@ -3763,6 +3782,10 @@ class CodemanApp {
     // Close WebSocket for previous session (new one opens after buffer load)
     this._disconnectWs();
 
+    // Clear CJK textarea to prevent sending stale text to the wrong session
+    const cjkEl = document.getElementById('cjkInput');
+    if (cjkEl) cjkEl.value = '';
+
     // Clean up flicker filter state when switching sessions
     if (this.flickerFilterTimeout) {
       clearTimeout(this.flickerFilterTimeout);
diff --git a/src/web/routes/ws-routes.ts b/src/web/routes/ws-routes.ts
index 79c55e3d..5d9b4115 100644
--- a/src/web/routes/ws-routes.ts
+++ b/src/web/routes/ws-routes.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ export function registerWsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: SessionPort): void {
 
     // Terminal output -> micro-batched WS send
     const onTerminal = (data: string) => {
+      if (socket.readyState !== 1) return;
       batchChunks.push(data);
       batchSize += data.length;
 
@@ -153,17 +154,22 @@ export function registerWsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: SessionPort): void {
       }
     };
 
+    // Close WS when session exits (deleted, respawned, or crashed) — prevents
+    // orphaned listeners and stale writes to a dead PTY.
+    const onSessionExit = () => {
+      socket.close(4009, 'Session terminated');
+    };
+
     session.on('terminal', onTerminal);
     session.on('clearTerminal', onClearTerminal);
     session.on('needsRefresh', onNeedsRefresh);
+    session.on('exit', onSessionExit);
 
     // Heartbeat: detect stale connections (especially through tunnels where
     // TCP RST can take minutes to propagate).
     let pongTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
-    let alive = true;
 
     socket.on('pong', () => {
-      alive = true;
       if (pongTimeout) {
         clearTimeout(pongTimeout);
         pongTimeout = null;
@@ -171,12 +177,7 @@ export function registerWsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: SessionPort): void {
     });
 
     const pingInterval = setInterval(() => {
-      if (!alive) {
-        // Previous ping never got a pong — connection is dead
-        socket.terminate();
-        return;
-      }
-      alive = false;
+      if (socket.readyState !== 1) return;
       socket.ping();
       pongTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
         socket.terminate();
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ export function registerWsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, ctx: SessionPort): void {
       session.off('terminal', onTerminal);
       session.off('clearTerminal', onClearTerminal);
       session.off('needsRefresh', onNeedsRefresh);
+      session.off('exit', onSessionExit);
 
       // Decrement per-session connection count
       const count = sessionWsCount.get(id) ?? 1;