diff --git a/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts b/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
index 01f0fa94..dbc8f56a 100644
--- a/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
@@ -4987,6 +4987,7 @@ export function heartbeatService(db: Db, options: HeartbeatServiceOptions = {})
       existingWake,
       budgetBlock,
       pauseHold,
+      activeRoutineContinuation,
     ] = await Promise.all([
       issue
         ? db
@@ -5112,6 +5113,20 @@ export function heartbeatService(db: Db, options: HeartbeatServiceOptions = {})
       issue
         ? treeControlSvc.getActivePauseHoldGate(issue.companyId, issue.id)
         : Promise.resolve(null),
+      issue
+        ? db
+          .select({ id: routines.id })
+          .from(routines)
+          .where(
+            and(
+              eq(routines.companyId, issue.companyId),
+              eq(routines.parentIssueId, issue.id),
+              eq(routines.status, "active"),
+            ),
+          )
+          .limit(1)
+          .then((rows) => rows[0] ?? null)
+        : Promise.resolve(null),
     ]);
 
     const decision = decideSuccessfulRunHandoff({
@@ -5127,6 +5142,7 @@ export function heartbeatService(db: Db, options: HeartbeatServiceOptions = {})
       hasExplicitBlockerPath: Boolean(explicitBlocker),
       hasOpenRecoveryIssue: Boolean(openRecoveryIssue),
       hasPauseHold: Boolean(pauseHold),
+      hasActiveRoutineContinuation: Boolean(activeRoutineContinuation),
       budgetBlocked: Boolean(budgetBlock),
       idempotentWakeExists: Boolean(existingWake),
     });
diff --git a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.test.ts b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.test.ts
index e632d974..184930b1 100644
--- a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ function decide(overrides: Partial<Parameters<typeof decideSuccessfulRunHandoff>
     hasExplicitBlockerPath: false,
     hasOpenRecoveryIssue: false,
     hasPauseHold: false,
+    hasActiveRoutineContinuation: false,
     budgetBlocked: false,
     idempotentWakeExists: false,
     ...overrides,
@@ -130,6 +131,29 @@ describe("successful run handoff decision", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("does not queue when the issue is the recurring parent of an active routine", () => {
+    expect(decide({ hasActiveRoutineContinuation: true })).toEqual({
+      kind: "skip",
+      reason: "active routine continuation owns the next action",
+    });
+    expect(decide({
+      hasActiveRoutineContinuation: true,
+      detectedProgressSummary: null,
+      livenessState: null,
+    })).toEqual({
+      kind: "skip",
+      reason: "active routine continuation owns the next action",
+    });
+    expect(decide({
+      hasActiveRoutineContinuation: true,
+      livenessState: "advanced",
+      detectedProgressSummary: "Run produced concrete action evidence: 1 issue comment(s)",
+    })).toEqual({
+      kind: "skip",
+      reason: "active routine continuation owns the next action",
+    });
+  });
+
   it("does not queue when a successful run has no progress signal", () => {
     expect(decide({ livenessState: null, detectedProgressSummary: null })).toEqual({
       kind: "skip",
diff --git a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.ts b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.ts
index 4e322c56..5ac73473 100644
--- a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.ts
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ export function decideSuccessfulRunHandoff(input: {
   hasExplicitBlockerPath: boolean;
   hasOpenRecoveryIssue: boolean;
   hasPauseHold: boolean;
+  hasActiveRoutineContinuation: boolean;
   budgetBlocked: boolean;
   idempotentWakeExists: boolean;
 }): SuccessfulRunHandoffDecision {
@@ -376,6 +377,9 @@ export function decideSuccessfulRunHandoff(input: {
   if (agent.status === "paused" || agent.status === "terminated" || agent.status === "pending_approval") {
     return { kind: "skip", reason: `agent status ${agent.status} is not invokable` };
   }
+  if (input.hasActiveRoutineContinuation) {
+    return { kind: "skip", reason: "active routine continuation owns the next action" };
+  }
   if (!isProductiveSuccessfulRun(input)) {
     return { kind: "skip", reason: "successful run did not produce handoff-relevant progress" };
   }