diff --git a/src/app/lifecycle.rs b/src/app/lifecycle.rs
index 8ed63ef..718ba88 100644
--- a/src/app/lifecycle.rs
+++ b/src/app/lifecycle.rs
@@ -1136,6 +1136,11 @@ pub(super) fn restored_command(argv: &[String], session: Option<(&str, &str)>, l
     (!live).then(|| m.resume_argv(id)).flatten().or(stored).or_else(|| Some(vec![m.program().to_string()]))
 }
 
+/// What a restarted pane types: its session resumed, else the agent it ran started fresh; a plain shell types nothing.
+pub(super) fn restart_command(argv: &[String], session: Option<(&str, &str)>, agent: Option<&str>) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    restored_command(argv, session, false).or_else(|| agent.and_then(crate::agents::get).map(|m| vec![m.program().to_string()]))
+}
+
 /// The line typed into a restored pane's shell; None when an argument holds a control character.
 pub(super) fn restore_line(cmd: &[String]) -> Option<String> {
     let words = cmd.iter().map(|a| shell_word(a)).collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()?;
diff --git a/src/app/mail.rs b/src/app/mail.rs
index da568ac..da510c4 100644
--- a/src/app/mail.rs
+++ b/src/app/mail.rs
@@ -1383,6 +1383,22 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(app.pane_by_name("planner"), Some(new));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_restarted_pane_starts_with_the_old_programs_modes_off() {
+        let mut app = app();
+        let old = &mut app.pane_mut(1).unwrap().term;
+        old.feed(b"kept above\r\n\x1b[?1049h\x1b[?1003h\x1b[?1006h\x1b[?2004h\x1b[?1h\x1b[?25l");
+        assert!(old.wants_mouse());
+        let new = app.alloc_id();
+        let pty = crate::app::snapshots::agent_pane(&app, new, crate::term::AgentState::Idle, 0).pty;
+        assert!(app.restarted(1, new, pty, None, "zsh".into()));
+        let term = &mut app.pane_mut(new).unwrap().term;
+        let s = term.screen();
+        assert!(!term.wants_mouse(), "a mouse move would be typed into the shell");
+        assert!(!s.alternate_screen() && !s.bracketed_paste() && !s.app_cursor() && !s.hide_cursor());
+        assert!(term.all_lines().iter().any(|l| l == "kept above"), "the text stays");
+    }
+
     fn req(to: &str, text: &str) -> SendReq {
         SendReq { to: to.into(), text: text.into(), reply_to: None, auto: false, ask_route: false }
     }
diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/app/mod.rs
index d376313..6f4e296 100644
--- a/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -3686,6 +3686,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(super::restored_command(&gem, None, false), Some(vec!["gemini".into()]), "its own flags stripped");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_restarted_agent_starts_again_without_a_session() {
+        let zsh = vec!["/bin/zsh".to_string(), "-l".to_string()];
+        assert_eq!(super::restart_command(&zsh, None, Some("pi")), Some(vec!["pi".into()]), "the agent it ran, started fresh");
+        assert_eq!(super::restart_command(&zsh, None, None), None, "a plain shell types nothing");
+        assert_eq!(super::restart_command(&zsh, None, Some("gone")), None, "an agent with no manifest: the shell only");
+        assert_eq!(super::restart_command(&zsh, Some(("pi", "019a2b3c-4d5e-7f60-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b")), Some("pi")), Some(vec!["pi".into(), "--session".into(), "019a2b3c-4d5e-7f60-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b".into()]), "its session resumed");
+        let gem = vec!["gemini".to_string(), "--resume".to_string(), "x".to_string()];
+        assert_eq!(super::restart_command(&gem, None, None), Some(vec!["gemini".into()]), "a pane started as the agent");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn an_option_letter_means_one_thing_everywhere() {
         // The tree answers `option` letters of its own; none of them may be a global one, or
diff --git a/src/app/model.rs b/src/app/model.rs
index 02d3b5f..ae98f4c 100644
--- a/src/app/model.rs
+++ b/src/app/model.rs
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ impl App {
         // The old pty's Drop asks the broker to kill this id, and the broker keys panes by id
         // alone: it has to be gone before the new shell exists, or the kill lands on the shell
         // we just started. That is how the first attempt at this closed the tab anyway.
-        let Pane { term, cwd, label, isolation, pty, .. } = old;
+        let Pane { mut term, cwd, label, isolation, pty, .. } = old;
+        term.modes_off();
         let (cols, rows) = (pty.cols, pty.rows);
         drop(pty);
         let pty = match Pty::spawn(id, &shell_argv(), &cwd, cols, rows, bell, &isolation) {
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ impl App {
             return false;
         }
         let ps = pane_snapshot(old);
+        let agent = old.agent.clone();
         let new = self.alloc_id();
         let mut pty = match Pty::spawn(new, &shell_argv(), &ps.cwd, ps.cols, ps.rows, self.bell.clone(), &ps.isolation) {
             Ok(pty) => pty,
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ impl App {
         };
         // Nobody else holds the session: nerd just stopped its holder.
         let session = ps.session().filter(|(a, _)| crate::agents::get(a).as_ref().is_some_and(crate::hook::resume_confirmed));
-        let launch = session.as_ref().and_then(|(a, sid)| super::lifecycle::restored_command(&ps.argv, Some((a, sid)), false));
+        let launch = super::lifecycle::restart_command(&ps.argv, session.as_ref().map(|(a, sid)| (a.as_str(), sid.as_str())), agent.as_deref());
         if let Some(line) = launch.as_deref().and_then(super::lifecycle::restore_line) {
             pty.write(line.as_bytes());
         }
@@ -315,7 +317,8 @@ impl App {
         let Some((si, ti)) = self.locate(id) else { return false };
         let Some(old) = self.spaces[si].tabs[ti].panes.remove(&id) else { return false };
         // The old pty drops here: the broker kills its program.
-        let Pane { term, cwd, label, isolation, .. } = old;
+        let Pane { mut term, cwd, label, isolation, .. } = old;
+        term.modes_off();
         let pane = Pane { label, isolation, command, agent_session, ..Pane::new(new, term, pty, cwd, shell_argv()) };
         let tab = &mut self.spaces[si].tabs[ti];
         tab.panes.insert(new, pane);
diff --git a/src/term.rs b/src/term.rs
index 208738e..d32d73a 100644
--- a/src/term.rs
+++ b/src/term.rs
@@ -494,6 +494,14 @@ impl Term {
         self.advance(b"\x1b[?1000l\x1b[?1002l\x1b[?1003l\x1b[?1005l\x1b[?1006l");
     }
 
+    /// Input modes and the alternate screen as a fresh terminal has them, text kept: for the next program in a pane.
+    pub fn modes_off(&mut self) {
+        self.mouse_off();
+        self.advance(b"\x1b[?1049l\x1b[?1l\x1b>\x1b[?2004l\x1b[?1004l\x1b[=0u\x1b[?25h\x1b[?7h\x1b[m");
+        self.theme_notify = false;
+        self.pointer = None;
+    }
+
     /// Whether the program inside the pane is requesting mouse events.
     pub fn wants_mouse(&self) -> bool {
         self.screen().mouse_protocol_mode() != MouseProtocolMode::None