diff --git a/agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py b/agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py
index 354de4116010..bb0cac508316 100644
--- a/agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py
+++ b/agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py
@@ -410,8 +410,13 @@ def note_turn_start(agent, turn_id: str):
     # Cross-agent leg: same session_id in flight under a different agent
     # object means two routing keys resolve to one durable session — the
     # busy guard (keyed by routing key) cannot see this overlap at all.
+    # Persist-disabled agents (background-review forks) deliberately share
+    # the live parent's session_id for prompt-cache warmth but can never
+    # write to the transcript — they must not register here (would warn a
+    # false overlap against the parent's real turn) nor pop the parent's
+    # slot at their persist (note_turn_persisted skips them symmetrically).
     session_id = getattr(agent, "session_id", None)
-    if session_id:
+    if session_id and not getattr(agent, "_persist_disabled", False):
         now = time.time()
         with _INFLIGHT_TURNS_LOCK:
             entry = _INFLIGHT_TURNS_BY_SESSION.get(session_id)
@@ -443,12 +448,17 @@ def note_turn_persisted(agent):
     and the tripwire under-reports instead of double-reporting. A diagnostic
     must never be noisier than the defect it hunts."""
     agent._inflight_turn_id = None
-    session_id = getattr(agent, "_inflight_turn_session_id", None) or getattr(
-        agent, "session_id", None
-    )
-    if session_id:
-        with _INFLIGHT_TURNS_LOCK:
-            _INFLIGHT_TURNS_BY_SESSION.pop(session_id, None)
+    # Symmetric with note_turn_start's cross-agent leg: persist-disabled
+    # forks never registered a session slot, and their persist funnel still
+    # runs — popping here would steal the live parent turn's slot and make
+    # the tripwire under-report the real overlap it exists to catch.
+    if not getattr(agent, "_persist_disabled", False):
+        session_id = getattr(agent, "_inflight_turn_session_id", None) or getattr(
+            agent, "session_id", None
+        )
+        if session_id:
+            with _INFLIGHT_TURNS_LOCK:
+                _INFLIGHT_TURNS_BY_SESSION.pop(session_id, None)
     agent._inflight_turn_session_id = None
 
 
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_turn_overlap_tripwire.py b/tests/agent/test_turn_overlap_tripwire.py
index 314c8fffa81a..736983cce9eb 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_turn_overlap_tripwire.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_turn_overlap_tripwire.py
@@ -144,3 +144,36 @@ def test_crashed_cross_agent_turn_warns_once_then_recovers(caplog):
         note_turn_persisted(agent_b)
         note_turn_start(agent_c, "s1:t3:cccc")   # clean again
     assert len(caplog.records) == 1
+
+
+def test_persist_disabled_fork_neither_registers_nor_warns(caplog):
+    """Background-review forks share the live parent's session_id for
+    prompt-cache warmth but are _persist_disabled — they can never write
+    to the transcript, so they must not trip the cross-agent warning
+    against the parent's real in-flight turn (in either direction)."""
+    parent, fork = _FakeAgent(), _FakeAgent()
+    fork._persist_disabled = True
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="agent.agent_runtime_helpers"):
+        note_turn_start(parent, "s1:t1:aaaa")     # real turn in flight
+        assert note_turn_start(fork, "s1:tr:ffff") is None  # fork: silent
+        note_turn_persisted(fork)                 # fork's funnel still runs
+        # Reverse order on the next cycle: fork in flight, then real turn.
+        note_turn_persisted(parent)
+        note_turn_start(fork, "s1:tr:gggg")
+        assert note_turn_start(parent, "s1:t2:bbbb") is None
+    assert not caplog.records
+
+
+def test_persist_disabled_fork_persist_does_not_steal_parent_slot(caplog):
+    """The fork's persist funnel still runs; it must not pop the parent's
+    session slot, or a real cross-agent overlap right after a review fork
+    would go unreported."""
+    parent, fork, intruder = _FakeAgent(), _FakeAgent(), _FakeAgent()
+    fork._persist_disabled = True
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="agent.agent_runtime_helpers"):
+        note_turn_start(parent, "s1:t1:aaaa")     # real turn holds the slot
+        note_turn_start(fork, "s1:tr:ffff")
+        note_turn_persisted(fork)                 # must NOT release s1
+        prev = note_turn_start(intruder, "s1:t2:bbbb")
+    assert prev == "s1:t1:aaaa"
+    assert len(caplog.records) == 1