diff --git a/acp_adapter/server.py b/acp_adapter/server.py
index 9c908061d5..f2a0ed4731 100644
--- a/acp_adapter/server.py
+++ b/acp_adapter/server.py
@@ -628,7 +628,9 @@ class HermesACPAgent(SlashCommandsMixin, acp.Agent):
         return ResumeSessionResponse(**await self._session_response_fields(state, "resume"))
 
     async def cancel(self, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
-        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        # get_session restores a not-in-memory id from the DB (full AIAgent build) and waits
+        # on the restore lock — off the loop, like new/load/resume/fork (#58083).
+        state = await asyncio.to_thread(self.session_manager.get_session, session_id)
         if not (state and state.cancel_event):
             return
         with state.runtime_lock:
@@ -801,7 +803,7 @@ class HermesACPAgent(SlashCommandsMixin, acp.Agent):
 
     async def prompt(self, prompt: list[PromptBlock], session_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> PromptResponse:
         """Run Hermes on the user's prompt and stream events back to the editor."""
-        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        state = await asyncio.to_thread(self.session_manager.get_session, session_id)
         if state is None:
             logger.error("prompt: session %s not found", session_id)
             return PromptResponse(stop_reason="refusal")
@@ -996,7 +998,7 @@ class HermesACPAgent(SlashCommandsMixin, acp.Agent):
 
     async def set_session_model(self, model_id: str, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> SetSessionModelResponse | None:
         """Switch the model for a session (called by ACP protocol)."""
-        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        state = await asyncio.to_thread(self.session_manager.get_session, session_id)
         if state:
             # switch_model() does synchronous network I/O (models.dev, custom-endpoint probes,
             # ~10 s cold) — off the loop, like the gateway, so other ACP sessions keep flowing.
@@ -1011,7 +1013,7 @@ class HermesACPAgent(SlashCommandsMixin, acp.Agent):
 
     async def set_session_mode(self, mode_id: str, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> SetSessionModeResponse | None:
         """Persist the editor-requested mode so ACP clients do not fail on mode switches."""
-        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        state = await asyncio.to_thread(self.session_manager.get_session, session_id)
         if state is None:
             logger.warning("Session %s: mode switch requested for missing session", session_id)
             return None
@@ -1027,7 +1029,7 @@ class HermesACPAgent(SlashCommandsMixin, acp.Agent):
         self, config_id: str, session_id: str, value: str, **kwargs: Any
     ) -> SetSessionConfigOptionResponse | None:
         """Accept ACP config option updates even when Hermes has no typed ACP config surface yet."""
-        state = self.session_manager.get_session(session_id)
+        state = await asyncio.to_thread(self.session_manager.get_session, session_id)
         if state is None:
             logger.warning("Session %s: config update requested for missing session", session_id)
             return None