diff --git a/.github/workflows/personal-release.yml b/.github/workflows/personal-release.yml
index 6c4aa8651b22..ba31cbe348b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/personal-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/personal-release.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm install --global @github/copilot@1.0.101
       - name: Test release compatibility normalization
         run: node --test scripts/personal-release-random.node-check.ts
+      - name: Test ACP load compatibility
+        run: |
+          node --test scripts/personal-release-load.node-check.ts
+          temp="$(mktemp -d)"
+          trap 'rm -rf "$temp"' EXIT
+          cp scripts/personal-release.ts scripts/personal-release-load.ts "$temp/"
+          node --input-type=module -e 'await import(process.argv[1])' "$temp/personal-release.ts"
       - name: Prepare official source with pending fixes
         id: prepare
         env:
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           gh auth setup-git
           cp scripts/personal-release.ts "$RUNNER_TEMP/personal-release.ts"
+          cp scripts/personal-release-load.ts "$RUNNER_TEMP/"
           cp scripts/personal-return.* "$RUNNER_TEMP/"
           node "$RUNNER_TEMP/personal-release.ts"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
diff --git a/scripts/personal-release-load.node-check.ts b/scripts/personal-release-load.node-check.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6646c4adc76a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/personal-release-load.node-check.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import * as NodeAssert from "node:assert/strict";
+import * as NodeTest from "node:test";
+import { normalizeLoadResponse } from "./personal-release-load.ts";
+
+const legacy = `  waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle,
+  const runLoadSessionWithReplayIdle = (
+          const idleFiber = yield* waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle({
+            gateRef: sessionLoadGateRef,
+          }).pipe(Effect.forkIn(runtimeScope));
+          const loaded = yield* Effect.raceFirst(
+            acp.agent.loadSession(loadPayload),
+            Fiber.join(idleFiber),
+          ).pipe(
+            Effect.ensuring(Fiber.interrupt(idleFiber).pipe(Effect.ignore)),
+                    detail: "session/load timed out waiting for RPC response or replay idle gap",
+`;
+NodeTest.test("restores response-bound session loading", () => {
+  const result = normalizeLoadResponse(legacy);
+  NodeAssert.match(result, /yield\* acp\.agent\.loadSession\(loadPayload\)\.pipe/);
+  NodeAssert.doesNotMatch(result, /Fiber\.join\(idleFiber\)|waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle/);
+  NodeAssert.match(result, /timed out waiting for RPC response"/);
+  NodeAssert.equal(normalizeLoadResponse(result), result);
+});
+NodeTest.test("leaves already-correct runtime alone", () => {
+  const current = "const runLoadSession = () => acp.agent.loadSession(loadPayload);";
+  NodeAssert.equal(normalizeLoadResponse(current), current);
+});
+NodeTest.test("rejects unrecognized race shape", () => {
+  NodeAssert.throws(() =>
+    normalizeLoadResponse(legacy.replace("Fiber.join(idleFiber)", "Fiber.join(otherFiber)")),
+  );
+  NodeAssert.throws(() =>
+    normalizeLoadResponse(legacy.replace("runLoadSessionWithReplayIdle", "runLoadSessionChanged")),
+  );
+  NodeAssert.throws(() =>
+    normalizeLoadResponse(legacy + "\nconst extra = waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle;"),
+  );
+});
diff --git a/scripts/personal-release-load.ts b/scripts/personal-release-load.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ddd724c7d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/personal-release-load.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Preserve the carried fix: replay silence is not a session/load response.
+export function normalizeLoadResponse(source: string): string {
+  const marker = "  const runLoadSessionWithReplayIdle = (";
+  if (!source.includes(marker)) {
+    if (
+      source.includes("waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle") ||
+      source.includes("runLoadSessionWithReplayIdle")
+    )
+      throw new Error("Unexpected ACP load compatibility shape");
+    return source;
+  }
+  if (!source.includes("waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle")) {
+    const directLoad = "          const loaded = yield* acp.agent.loadSession(loadPayload).pipe(";
+    if (
+      source.split(directLoad).length === 2 &&
+      !source.includes("Fiber.join(idleFiber)") &&
+      !source.includes("RPC response or replay idle gap")
+    )
+      return source;
+    throw new Error("Unexpected ACP load compatibility shape: missing idle helper");
+  }
+  const before = `          const idleFiber = yield* waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle({
+            gateRef: sessionLoadGateRef,
+          }).pipe(Effect.forkIn(runtimeScope));
+          const loaded = yield* Effect.raceFirst(
+            acp.agent.loadSession(loadPayload),
+            Fiber.join(idleFiber),
+          ).pipe(
+            Effect.ensuring(Fiber.interrupt(idleFiber).pipe(Effect.ignore)),`;
+  const after = `          // Replay silence does not acknowledge session/load or its configuration.
+          const loaded = yield* acp.agent.loadSession(loadPayload).pipe(`;
+  const replacements: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, string]> = [
+    ["  waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle,\n", ""],
+    [before, after],
+    [
+      "session/load timed out waiting for RPC response or replay idle gap",
+      "session/load timed out waiting for RPC response",
+    ],
+  ];
+  let result = source;
+  for (const [from, to] of replacements) {
+    if (result.split(from).length !== 2)
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected ACP load compatibility shape: ${from}`);
+    result = result.replace(from, to);
+  }
+  if (result.includes("waitForSessionLoadReplayIdle") || result.includes("Fiber.join(idleFiber)"))
+    throw new Error("Unexpected ACP load compatibility shape: residual idle race");
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/personal-release.ts b/scripts/personal-release.ts
index 3ad3486937a3..c6462895acab 100644
--- a/scripts/personal-release.ts
+++ b/scripts/personal-release.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
 import * as NodeFS from "node:fs";
 
+import { normalizeLoadResponse } from "./personal-release-load.ts";
+
 const upstream = "pingdotgg/t3code";
 const fork = "Microck/t3code";
 const fixes: ReadonlyArray<{
@@ -377,6 +379,14 @@ function prepare() {
     git("add", acpDriver);
     git("commit", "-m", "fix(acp): retain current random and digest services");
   }
+  const acpRuntime = "packages/provider-acp/src/server/AcpSessionRuntime.ts";
+  const runtimeSource = NodeFS.readFileSync(acpRuntime, "utf8");
+  const normalizedRuntime = normalizeLoadResponse(runtimeSource);
+  if (normalizedRuntime !== runtimeSource) {
+    NodeFS.writeFileSync(acpRuntime, normalizedRuntime);
+    git("add", acpRuntime);
+    git("commit", "-m", "fix(acp): await the session load response");
+  }
   // The CLI release index and downloads must point at the same distribution.
   replaceRequired(
     "packages/shared/src/cliRelease.ts",