diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
index c44993035afa2..61fe46085dfc0 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
@@ -3453,6 +3453,10 @@ describe("ClaudeAdapterV2 background wake turns", () => {
     readonly close?: (sdkMessages: Queue.Queue<SDKMessage>) => Effect.Effect<void>;
     readonly interrupt?: Effect.Effect<void, ClaudeAdapterV2.ClaudeAgentSdkQueryRunnerError>;
     readonly setPermissionMode?: ClaudeAdapterV2.ClaudeAgentSdkQuerySession["setPermissionMode"];
+    readonly setModel?: (
+      model: string,
+      offerAndWait: (message: SDKMessage) => Effect.Effect<void>,
+    ) => Effect.Effect<void>;
     readonly renameSession?: ClaudeAdapterV2.ClaudeAgentSdkQuerySession["renameSession"];
     readonly applyFlagSettings?: ClaudeAdapterV2.ClaudeAgentSdkQuerySession["applyFlagSettings"];
     readonly stopTask?: (
@@ -3622,7 +3626,9 @@ describe("ClaudeAdapterV2 background wake turns", () => {
                 setModel: (model) =>
                   Effect.sync(() => {
                     liveSelectionChanges.push({ model });
-                  }),
+                  }).pipe(
+                    Effect.andThen(() => options?.setModel?.(model, offerAndWait) ?? Effect.void),
+                  ),
                 applyFlagSettings: (settings) =>
                   Effect.sync(() => {
                     liveSelectionChanges.push(settings);
@@ -16715,6 +16721,70 @@ describe("ClaudeAdapterV2 background wake turns", () => {
     ),
   );
 
+  it.effect("does not count the echo of a live model switch as background work", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const idleUserFrame = (uuid: string, content: string, isReplay: boolean) =>
+        claudeSdkFrame({
+          type: "user",
+          message: { role: "user", content },
+          parent_tool_use_id: null,
+          ...(isReplay ? { isReplay } : {}),
+          uuid,
+          session_id: WAKE_NATIVE_SESSION,
+        });
+      // As the CLI does, answer setModel with its echo before the next turn attaches.
+      const harness = yield* makeWakeHarnessWithOptions({
+        setModel: (model, offerAndWait) =>
+          offerAndWait(
+            idleUserFrame(
+              "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000b01",
+              `<local-command-stdout>Set model to \`${model}\`</local-command-stdout>`,
+              true,
+            ),
+          ),
+      });
+      const now = yield* DateTime.now;
+      const turn = (ordinal: number, model: string) =>
+        makeClaudeTestTurnInput({
+          threadId: harness.threadId,
+          providerThread: harness.providerThread,
+          now,
+          attemptId: RunAttemptId.make(`attempt-claude-model-switch-echo:${ordinal}`),
+          text: `Request ${ordinal}`,
+          attachments: [],
+          providerTurnOrdinal: ordinal,
+          modelSelection: { instanceId: ClaudeAdapterV2.CLAUDE_DEFAULT_INSTANCE_ID, model },
+        });
+      const settle = Effect.gen(function* () {
+        yield* harness.offerAndWait(turnOneResult);
+        yield* Queue.take(harness.terminalReceipts);
+      });
+      yield* harness.runtime.startTurn(turn(1, "claude-opus-5-5"));
+      yield* settle;
+      yield* harness.runtime.startTurn(turn(2, "claude-sonnet-4-6"));
+      yield* settle;
+
+      assert.deepInclude(harness.liveSelectionChanges, { model: "claude-sonnet-4-6" });
+      assert.lengthOf(harness.continuationRequests, 0);
+      assert.isFalse(yield* harness.hasPendingBackgroundWork);
+
+      // A root user frame the CLI produced on its own still marks a wake.
+      yield* harness.offerAndWait(
+        idleUserFrame("00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000b02", "A background task finished.", false),
+      );
+      assert.isTrue(yield* harness.hasPendingBackgroundWork);
+    }).pipe(
+      Effect.provide(
+        Layer.mergeAll(
+          IdAllocator.layer,
+          McpProviderSessions.layer,
+          NodeServices.layer,
+          NodeCrypto.layer,
+        ),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+
   it.effect(
     "emits one interrupted terminal for a positive task-notification result racing interrupt",
     () =>
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
index 8080c2a5fbc6c..3775ddd738b86 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
@@ -3675,6 +3675,14 @@ const CLAUDE_SCHEDULED_WAKEUP_TASK: OrchestrationV2PendingBackgroundTask = {
 // most 60 s before the minute-rounded scheduledFor it reports; the rest is slack.
 const CLAUDE_SCHEDULED_WAKEUP_EARLY_FIRE_MARGIN_MS = 120_000;
 
+// The CLI answers a control request such as setModel with a replayed local-command user frame.
+// It belongs to no turn, so on an idle session it is not the start of a wake.
+function isClaudeLocalCommandEcho(message: SDKMessage): boolean {
+  if (message.type !== "user" || !("isReplay" in message) || !message.isReplay) return false;
+  const content = message.message.content;
+  return typeof content === "string" && content.startsWith("<local-command-stdout>");
+}
+
 function claudePendingBackgroundTasksFromRoster(
   roster: ReadonlyMap<string, OrchestrationV2PendingBackgroundTask>,
   awaitedTaskIds: ReadonlySet<string>,
@@ -10360,6 +10368,9 @@ export const makeClaudeAdapterV2 = Effect.fn("makeClaudeAdapterV2")(function* (
             (yield* Ref.get(activeTurn)) ??
             (yield* settledTurnForSubagentFrame(liveQuery.nativeThreadId, message));
           if (context === null) {
+            if (isClaudeLocalCommandEcho(message)) {
+              return;
+            }
             yield* applyWorkflowProgressWithoutTurn(message);
             // Buffer wake evidence before clearing the task from the roster.
             if (message.type === "system" && message.subtype === "task_notification") {