diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderRuntimeRecoveryService.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderRuntimeRecoveryService.test.ts
index 642a642a80df1..e628fc5bcc4bd 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderRuntimeRecoveryService.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderRuntimeRecoveryService.test.ts
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ it.effect(
           ["turn-item.updated", "cancelled"],
           ["turn-item.updated", "cancelled"],
           ["turn-item.updated", "cancelled"],
+          ["turn-item.updated", "completed"],
           ["provider-thread.updated", "idle"],
           ["provider-session.updated", "stopped"],
         ],
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderRuntimeRecoveryService.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderRuntimeRecoveryService.ts
index 89e43e5b1ede4..46b739bec5732 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderRuntimeRecoveryService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderRuntimeRecoveryService.ts
@@ -634,6 +634,36 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
             payload: cancelledItem(item, now),
           });
         }
+        // Queued runs and unsent resumes leave no visible turn behind, so there is nothing to explain.
+        if (run.status === "queued" || unsentResumeRunIds.includes(run.id)) continue;
+        events.push({
+          id: yield* allocateEventId(),
+          type: "turn-item.updated",
+          threadId: projection.thread.id,
+          runId: run.id,
+          ...(run.rootNodeId === null ? {} : { nodeId: run.rootNodeId }),
+          providerInstanceId: run.providerInstanceId,
+          occurredAt: now,
+          payload: {
+            id: ids.derive.runSignalTurnItem({ runId: run.id, signal: "server-recovery" }),
+            threadId: projection.thread.id,
+            runId: run.id,
+            nodeId: run.rootNodeId,
+            providerThreadId: run.providerThreadId,
+            providerTurnId: null,
+            nativeItemRef: null,
+            parentItemId: null,
+            // EventSink allocates the real position, after the run's existing items.
+            ordinal: 0,
+            status: "completed",
+            title: trigger === "startup" ? "Server restarted" : "Server shut down",
+            startedAt: now,
+            completedAt: now,
+            updatedAt: now,
+            type: "system_notice",
+            message: detail,
+          },
+        });
       }
       // Blocking waits die with their turn; let child results wake the parent continuation as async tasks.
       const cutRunIds = new Set(runs.map((run) => run.id));
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts
index a49e323770cc1..be6a414a1017d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/runtimeLayer.test.ts
@@ -1591,10 +1591,16 @@ it.layer(layerTest)("OrchestrationV2LayerLive", (it) => {
         assert.equal(native.runtimeRequests[0]?.responseCapability.type, "not_resumable");
         yield* recovery.reconcile("shutdown");
         yield* recovery.reconcile("startup");
-        assert.deepEqual(
-          (yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(threadId)).runtimeRequests,
-          recovered.runtimeRequests,
-        );
+        const rerecovered = yield* orchestrator.getThreadProjection(threadId);
+        assert.deepEqual(rerecovered.runtimeRequests, recovered.runtimeRequests);
+        const runItems = rerecovered.turnItems.filter((item) => item.runId === runId);
+        const notices = runItems.filter((item) => item.type === "system_notice");
+        assert.lengthOf(notices, scope === "run" ? 1 : 0);
+        if (scope === "run") {
+          assert.equal(notices[0]?.title, "Server restarted");
+          assert.equal(notices[0]?.nodeId, recovered.runs[0]?.rootNodeId);
+          assert.equal(notices[0]?.ordinal, Math.max(...runItems.map((item) => item.ordinal)));
+        }
         yield* orchestrator.dispatch({
           type: "runtime-request.respond",
           commandId: CommandId.make(`recovery-answer-${trigger}-${scope}`),
@@ -8951,6 +8957,12 @@ it.layer(layerTest)("usage-limit recovery", (it) => {
           ),
           [run.id, resumed.runs.at(-1)!.id],
         );
+        assert.deepEqual(
+          resumed.turnItems.flatMap((item) =>
+            item.type === "system_notice" && item.title === "Server restarted" ? [item.runId] : [],
+          ),
+          scenario === "resume" ? [] : [continuation.id],
+        );
         assert.deepEqual(
           resumed.runs.map((row) => row.status),
           scenario === "resume" ? ["failed", "cancelled", "starting"] : ["failed", "cancelled"],