diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RestartBackgroundNote.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RestartBackgroundNote.ts
index d957daad6ff7b..62d534a81ad07 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RestartBackgroundNote.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RestartBackgroundNote.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export function cancelledTurnItemWork(
     }
     case "command_execution":
       return {
-        kind: "shell",
+        kind: item.monitor === true ? "monitor" : "shell",
         label: compactLabel(item.input) ?? compactLabel(item.title) ?? "background command",
         id: item.id,
       };
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/grok_monitor/output.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/grok_monitor/output.ts
index 285a8c40a12da..705639d6f4140 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/grok_monitor/output.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/testkit/fixtures/grok_monitor/output.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { assert } from "@effect/vitest";
 import type { ProviderReplayTranscript } from "@t3tools/contracts";
+import { derivePendingBackgroundWork } from "@t3tools/shared/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork";
 
 import type { OrchestratorV2ScenarioResult } from "../../OrchestratorScenario.ts";
+import { cancelledTurnItemWork } from "../../../RestartBackgroundNote.ts";
 import {
   assertBaseProjection,
   assertSemanticProjectionIntegrity,
@@ -54,6 +56,20 @@ export function assertGrokMonitorOutput(
     assert.equal(monitorUpdates[tickUpdate]?.status, "running", `${tick} must show running`);
   }
 
+  // A persistent monitor keeps running after its run ends. Background work and
+  // the restart note must then name it a monitor, as they do for Claude's Monitor.
+  const runningMonitor = monitorUpdates.find((update) => update.status === "running");
+  assert.isDefined(runningMonitor);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    derivePendingBackgroundWork({
+      latestRun: rootRun,
+      providerThreads: [],
+      turnItems: [runningMonitor],
+    }).map((task) => task.kind),
+    ["monitor"],
+  );
+  assert.equal(cancelledTurnItemWork(runningMonitor)?.kind, "monitor");
+
   const monitorCompletedAt = result.domainEvents.findIndex(
     (event) =>
       event.type === "turn-item.updated" &&
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts b/packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts
index b708f3187d1aa..46403eb635d9d 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts
@@ -1477,6 +1477,8 @@ export const OrchestrationV2TurnItem = Schema.Union([
     outputOmitted: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
     outputIndicatesFailure: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
     exitCode: Schema.optional(Schema.Int),
+    /** Set when the command is a monitor, so background work lists it as a monitor. */
+    monitor: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   }),
   Schema.Struct({
     ...OrchestrationV2TurnItemBaseFields,
@@ -2244,6 +2246,8 @@ export const OrchestrationV2TurnItemJson = Schema.Union([
     outputOmitted: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
     outputIndicatesFailure: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
     exitCode: Schema.optional(Schema.Int),
+    /** Set when the command is a monitor, so background work lists it as a monitor. */
+    monitor: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   }),
   Schema.Struct({
     ...OrchestrationV2TurnItemJsonBaseFields,
diff --git a/packages/provider-acp/src/server/adapter.ts b/packages/provider-acp/src/server/adapter.ts
index 54409011f5877..9f71d55dea7e4 100644
--- a/packages/provider-acp/src/server/adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/provider-acp/src/server/adapter.ts
@@ -3916,6 +3916,7 @@ export const makeAcpAdapterV2 = Effect.fn("makeAcpAdapterV2")(function* (
                       ? {}
                       : { output: textFromUnknown(rawOutput) }),
                     ...(exitCode === undefined ? {} : { exitCode }),
+                    ...(inputVariant === "monitor" ? { monitor: true } : {}),
                   };
                 } else {
                   turnItem = {
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork.ts b/packages/shared/src/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork.ts
index f96662e57b242..3041d1937b17f 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ type PendingBackgroundWorkTurnItem = {
     readonly nativeId: string | null;
   } | null;
   readonly input?: unknown;
+  readonly monitor?: boolean | undefined;
   readonly prompt?: string | undefined;
   readonly childThreadId?: ThreadId | null;
 };
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ function pendingTaskFromTurnItem(
         ...(item.childThreadId == null ? {} : { childThreadId: item.childThreadId }),
       };
     case "command_execution":
-      return { ...named, kind: "command" };
+      return { ...named, kind: item.monitor === true ? "monitor" : "command" };
     default:
       return { ...named, kind: "background_task" };
   }