diff --git a/tests/tools/test_delegate_capacity_interrupt.py b/tests/tools/test_delegate_capacity_interrupt.py
index 92f6adc753..8f847bc573 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_delegate_capacity_interrupt.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_delegate_capacity_interrupt.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def _batch(parent, *children):
         creds={"model": children[0].model}, context=None, top_role="leaf", max_children=len(children),
         live_deleg_id=None, live_writers=[], live_paths=[], origin_wake_sid="",
         origin_ui_session_id="", origin_owner_transport=None,
-        origin_owner_session_record=None, overall_start=time.monotonic(),
+        origin_owner_session_record=None, origin_session_history_delivery=False, overall_start=time.monotonic(),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py b/tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py
index 4870e9ad1e..036e83f7bb 100644
--- a/tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py
+++ b/tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py
@@ -69,8 +69,16 @@ def _attach_child(parent_agent: Any, child: Any) -> None:
     so the whole spawn tree dies with its parent."""
     if hasattr(parent_agent, "_active_children"):
         _with_children_lock(parent_agent, "append", child)
-    if getattr(parent_agent, "_interrupt_requested", False) is True:
-        _signal_child_stop(child, getattr(parent_agent, "_interrupt_message", None) or "parent agent interrupted")
+    if getattr(parent_agent, "_interrupt_requested", False) is not True:
+        return
+    # Same soft/hard split as ``interrupt()``'s own fan-out: a hard stop cancels, a soft one redirects.
+    message = getattr(parent_agent, "_interrupt_message", None)
+    hard = getattr(parent_agent, "_hard_interrupt_requested", None)
+    if hard is None or hard.is_set():
+        _signal_child_stop(child, message or "parent agent interrupted")
+    else:
+        with _quiet("Failed to propagate interrupt to late child: %s"):
+            child.interrupt(message)
 
 def _detach_child(parent_agent: Any, child: Any) -> None:
     """Remove the child from parent interrupt propagation (no-op if absent)."""
diff --git a/tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py b/tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py
index 7f768416b8..7d52532698 100644
--- a/tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py
+++ b/tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py
@@ -375,19 +375,10 @@ def _dispatch_unit(unit: _Batch, unit_id: Optional[str], slot_key: Optional[str]
     )
 
 def _restore_parent_cancellation(unit: _Batch) -> None:
-    # Rejected children remain owned by the parent. Attach before replaying a
-    # cancellation that may have arrived while async admission had them detached.
-    parent = unit.parent_agent
+    """Rejected children stay owned by the parent: re-attach them (``_attach_child`` replays a stop that
+    arrived while async admission had them detached)."""
     for _, _, child in unit.children:
-        _attach_child(parent, child)
-    if getattr(parent, "_interrupt_requested", False) is True:
-        hard_stop = getattr(parent, "_hard_interrupt_requested", None)
-        for _, _, child in unit.children:
-            if hard_stop is not None and hard_stop.is_set():
-                _signal_child_stop(child, getattr(parent, "_interrupt_message", None))
-            else:
-                with _quiet("Failed to propagate interrupt to fallback child: %s"):
-                    child.interrupt(getattr(parent, "_interrupt_message", None))
+        _attach_child(unit.parent_agent, child)
 
 def _dispatch_background(batch: _Batch) -> str:
     """Dispatch the call as independent async units (see ``_units_of``) and return the tool result JSON. Every unit