diff --git a/hermes_cli/main.py b/hermes_cli/main.py
index fe80edb8e3..a5f5971a62 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/main.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/main.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ def _run_and_exit_oneshot(
     toolsets: object = None,
     skills: object = None,
     usage_file: object = None,
+    resume: object = None,
 ) -> None:
     try:
         from hermes_cli.oneshot import run_oneshot
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ def _run_and_exit_oneshot(
             toolsets=toolsets,
             skills=skills,
             usage_file=usage_file,
+            resume=resume if isinstance(resume, str) and resume.strip() else None,
         )
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         rc = 130
@@ -2879,6 +2881,10 @@ def _run_oneshot_from_args(args) -> None:
     Bypasses cli.py entirely; _run_and_exit_oneshot never returns.
     """
     _confirm_startup_expensive_model_override(args)
+    # -z honors --resume/-c/--in exactly like chat (#105892): normalize BEFORE the
+    # oneshot exit path takes over, else the flags parse fine but silently do nothing
+    # and the turn starts a fresh session (every wire request loses all history).
+    _resolve_chat_session_args(args, use_tui=False)
     _run_and_exit_oneshot(
         args.oneshot,
         model=getattr(args, "model", None),
@@ -2886,6 +2892,7 @@ def _run_oneshot_from_args(args) -> None:
         toolsets=getattr(args, "toolsets", None),
         skills=getattr(args, "skills", None),
         usage_file=getattr(args, "usage_file", None),
+        resume=getattr(args, "resume", None),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/hermes_cli/oneshot.py b/hermes_cli/oneshot.py
index 59afaa5a64..c73a1ebdb1 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/oneshot.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/oneshot.py
@@ -167,12 +167,14 @@ def run_oneshot(
     toolsets: object = None,
     skills: object = None,
     usage_file: Optional[str] = None,
+    resume: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> int:
     """Execute a single prompt and print only the final content block.
 
     Model/provider fall back to ``HERMES_INFERENCE_MODEL`` and config.yaml. ``usage_file`` gets a
-    JSON usage report even when the run fails. Returns the exit code; the caller owns process
-    termination.
+    JSON usage report even when the run fails. ``resume`` is a session id (already normalized by
+    the CLI layer: latest/title/--continue resolution) whose transcript is loaded and continued
+    by this turn. Returns the exit code; the caller owns process termination.
     """
     # Silence every stdlib logger: AIAgent, tools and provider adapters log to stderr through the
     # root logger. File handlers from setup_logging() keep working (level-independent).
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ def run_oneshot(
                 toolsets=explicit_toolsets,
                 use_config_toolsets=use_config_toolsets,
                 skills=skills,
+                resume=resume,
             )
         except BaseException as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
             # Capture anything escaping the agent (OSError from prompt_toolkit on a non-TTY pipe,
@@ -340,6 +343,28 @@ def _resolve_model_and_provider(cfg: dict, model: Optional[str], provider: Optio
     return choice
 
 
+def _load_resume_target(session_db, resume: Optional[str]) -> tuple[Optional[str], list]:
+    """Resolve ``resume`` to ``(session_id, conversation_history)`` for a oneshot turn.
+
+    Follows the same contract as the interactive CLI resume: compression-chain redirect via
+    ``resolve_resume_session_id``, safe-resume guard, model-projection history with
+    ``session_meta`` rows dropped. An unknown session raises (the user passed an explicit id;
+    silently starting a fresh session is the resume-dropped failure mode this exists to fix —
+    see #105892). An empty stored transcript keeps the turn as a fresh session.
+    """
+    if not resume:
+        return None, []
+    if session_db is None:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"cannot resume session {resume}: session store unavailable")
+    resolved = session_db.resolve_resume_session_id(resume) or resume
+    if not session_db.get_session(resolved):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"session not found: {resume}")
+    session_db.assert_resume_safe(resolved, tip_only=True)
+    restored, _display = session_db.get_resume_conversations(resolved)
+    history = [m for m in restored if m.get("role") != "session_meta"]
+    return (resolved if history else None), history
+
+
 def _run_agent(
     prompt: str,
     model: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -347,6 +372,7 @@ def _run_agent(
     toolsets: object = None,
     use_config_toolsets: bool = True,
     skills: object = None,
+    resume: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
     """Build an AIAgent exactly like a normal CLI chat turn, run one conversation, and return
     ``(final_response, run_result)``. Imports are local to keep CLI startup cheap."""
@@ -382,6 +408,7 @@ def _run_agent(
     skills_prompt = _build_preloaded_skills_prompt(skills)
 
     session_db = _create_session_db_for_oneshot()
+    resume_sid, conversation_history = _load_resume_target(session_db, resume)
     # The try spans agent construction (not just ``chat``) so the store is always closed, even when
     # ``AIAgent(...)`` raises — the one-shot exit path hard-exits via os._exit and skips finalizers.
     agent = None
@@ -397,6 +424,7 @@ def _run_agent(
             quiet_mode=True,
             platform="cli",
             session_db=session_db,
+            session_id=resume_sid,
             credential_pool=runtime.get("credential_pool"),
             fallback_model=get_fallback_chain(cfg) or None,
             ephemeral_system_prompt=skills_prompt,
@@ -410,7 +438,7 @@ def _run_agent(
         agent.stream_delta_callback = None
         agent.tool_gen_callback = None
 
-        result = agent.run_conversation(prompt)
+        result = agent.run_conversation(prompt, conversation_history=conversation_history or None)
         return (result.get("final_response") or "", result)
     finally:
         _close_agent(agent, session_db)
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_oneshot_resume.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_oneshot_resume.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbdf8383d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_oneshot_resume.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+"""Tests for `hermes -z --resume <session>` (#105892).
+
+The oneshot path used to accept ``--resume``/``-c`` in the parser but silently drop
+them: ``_run_oneshot_from_args`` ran before any session-arg normalization and never
+forwarded ``args.resume``, so every resumed one-shot turn started a FRESH session —
+the wire carried only ``[system, current user]`` and the model "forgot" everything.
+These tests pin the loader contract (chain redirect, unknown-session error,
+session_meta filtering, empty-session fresh start) and the resume kwarg wiring.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from hermes_state import SessionDB
+from hermes_cli.oneshot import _load_resume_target, run_oneshot
+
+
+def _db_with_session(tmp_path, sid, *, messages=()):
+    db = SessionDB(db_path=tmp_path / "state.db")
+    db.create_session(session_id=sid, source="cli")
+    for role, content in messages:
+        db.append_message(sid, role, content=content)
+    return db
+
+
+class TestLoadResumeTarget:
+    def test_no_resume_is_a_noop(self, tmp_path):
+        db = _db_with_session(tmp_path, "s1")
+        try:
+            assert _load_resume_target(db, None) == (None, [])
+            assert _load_resume_target(db, "") == (None, [])
+        finally:
+            db.close()
+
+    def test_missing_store_raises_rather_than_silent_fresh(self):
+        # An explicit --resume with no session store must fail loudly; starting a
+        # fresh session here is exactly the history-dropping bug this fixes.
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="session store unavailable"):
+            _load_resume_target(None, "s1")
+
+    def test_unknown_session_raises(self, tmp_path):
+        db = _db_with_session(tmp_path, "s1")
+        try:
+            with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="session not found: missing-sid"):
+                _load_resume_target(db, "missing-sid")
+        finally:
+            db.close()
+
+    def test_returns_history_for_stored_session(self, tmp_path):
+        db = _db_with_session(
+            tmp_path, "s1",
+            messages=[("user", "Remember the secret word ZEBRA42"),
+                      ("assistant", "I've noted the secret word: ZEBRA42.")],
+        )
+        try:
+            sid, history = _load_resume_target(db, "s1")
+            assert sid == "s1"
+            assert [m["role"] for m in history] == ["user", "assistant"]
+            assert history[0]["content"] == "Remember the secret word ZEBRA42"
+        finally:
+            db.close()
+
+    def test_session_meta_rows_are_dropped(self, tmp_path):
+        db = _db_with_session(
+            tmp_path, "s1",
+            messages=[("session_meta", "model switch"), ("user", "hello")],
+        )
+        try:
+            sid, history = _load_resume_target(db, "s1")
+            assert sid == "s1"
+            assert [m["role"] for m in history] == ["user"]
+        finally:
+            db.close()
+
+    def test_empty_session_starts_fresh(self, tmp_path):
+        # Chat's contract: a resumed session with no messages starts fresh (same session
+        # id, no history rows to replay) — oneshot must not crash or resurrect the id.
+        db = _db_with_session(tmp_path, "s1")
+        try:
+            assert _load_resume_target(db, "s1") == (None, [])
+        finally:
+            db.close()
+
+    def test_compression_chain_redirects_to_child_with_messages(self, tmp_path):
+        # Compression ends a session and forks a child that holds the rows; the loader
+        # must land on the child, not the empty parent (resolve_resume_session_id).
+        db = SessionDB(db_path=tmp_path / "state.db")
+        db.create_session(session_id="parent", source="cli")
+        db.create_session(session_id="child", source="cli", parent_session_id="parent")
+        db.append_message("child", "user", content="hi")
+        try:
+            sid, history = _load_resume_target(db, "parent")
+            assert sid == "child"
+            assert [m["role"] for m in history] == ["user"]
+        finally:
+            db.close()
+
+
+class TestRunOneshotForwardsResume:
+    def test_resume_kwarg_reaches_run_agent(self, monkeypatch):
+        captured = {}
+
+        def _fake_run_agent(prompt, **kwargs):
+            captured.update(kwargs, prompt=prompt)
+            return "ok", {"final_response": "ok"}
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr("hermes_cli.oneshot._run_agent", _fake_run_agent)
+        rc = run_oneshot("hello", model="m", provider="custom", resume="sess-1")
+        assert rc == 0
+        assert captured["prompt"] == "hello"
+        assert captured["resume"] == "sess-1"
+
+    def test_no_resume_forwards_none(self, monkeypatch):
+        captured = {}
+
+        def _fake_run_agent(prompt, **kwargs):
+            captured.update(kwargs)
+            return "ok", {"final_response": "ok"}
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr("hermes_cli.oneshot._run_agent", _fake_run_agent)
+        rc = run_oneshot("hello", model="m", provider="custom")
+        assert rc == 0
+        assert captured.get("resume") is None