diff --git a/agent/turn_explainers.py b/agent/turn_explainers.py
index 4e66025ffa..f564572443 100644
--- a/agent/turn_explainers.py
+++ b/agent/turn_explainers.py
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ _EXIT_REASON_EXPLANATIONS: Dict[str, str] = {
         "the request was interrupted mid-call before a reply was "
         "received. Send `continue` to retry."
     ),
+    "redirect_restart_limit_exceeded": (
+        "the request was cancelled by a new correction on every attempt, "
+        "so the turn stopped instead of retrying forever. Your last "
+        "correction is queued as the next message."
+    ),
+    "rebuilt_restart_limit_exceeded": (
+        "every provider in the fallback chain kept failing over, so the "
+        "turn stopped instead of retrying forever. Send `continue` or "
+        "switch provider."
+    ),
     "budget_exhausted": (
         "the per-turn iteration/cost budget was exhausted before a "
         "final answer. Send `continue` to keep going."
diff --git a/agent/turn_iteration_prep.py b/agent/turn_iteration_prep.py
index e30d756f85..9d7daee131 100644
--- a/agent/turn_iteration_prep.py
+++ b/agent/turn_iteration_prep.py
@@ -423,6 +423,11 @@ def apply_retry_restarts(
                 "refunding the iteration budget indefinitely.",
                 max_retries,
             )
+            # The correction that tripped the cap was never applied; hand it back as the
+            # next user turn (result["pending_steer"]) instead of losing it to clear_interrupt().
+            _unapplied = agent._drain_pending_redirect()
+            if _unapplied:
+                agent.steer(_unapplied)
             return _verdict("break")
         # Cancelled request produced no valid assistant item: reuse the same logical
         # iteration after the outer loop appends partial context + correction.