diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf946055d..f904a2c39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to Agent Relay will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [Unreleased - Patch]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `fleet spawn --sandbox` automatically resumes its own sandbox after an interrupted Cloud provisioning response, preserving one sandbox identity instead of requiring a manual `--sandbox-id` replay.
 
 ## [13.0.1] - 2026-10-02
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/commands/fleet.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/commands/fleet.test.ts
index 7236424cb..e2b412b11 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/commands/fleet.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/commands/fleet.test.ts
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ describe('fleet command support', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('plain --sandbox materializes the inferred repository through Relayfile and starts in its live relative cwd', async () => {
+  it('plain --sandbox resumes an interrupted owned provision and starts in its live relative cwd', async () => {
     vi.stubEnv('RELAY_AGENT_TOKEN', undefined);
     const revision = '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567';
     const repositorySelection = {
@@ -1269,8 +1269,17 @@ describe('fleet command support', () => {
         sentinelPath: '/github/repos/AgentWorkforce/cloud/.relayfile/clone.json',
       };
     });
-    const ensureCloudFleetSandbox = vi.fn(async () => {
+    const ensureCloudFleetSandbox = vi.fn(async (input: { sandboxId?: string; name?: string }) => {
       events.push('ensure');
+      if (ensureCloudFleetSandbox.mock.calls.length === 1) {
+        throw new CloudFleetSandboxProvisionError('gateway timed out', {
+          cloudWorkspaceId: 'cloud-workspace',
+          sandboxId: input.sandboxId,
+          nodeName: input.name,
+          providerId: 'agent37',
+          outcomeUnknown: true,
+        });
+      }
       return {
         outcome: 'provisioned' as const,
         providerId: 'agent37' as const,
@@ -1346,7 +1355,7 @@ describe('fleet command support', () => {
       { from: 'user' }
     );
 
-    expect(events).toEqual(['materialize', 'ensure', 'spawn']);
+    expect(events).toEqual(['materialize', 'ensure', 'ensure', 'spawn']);
     expect(materializeCloudRelayfileRepository).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       workspaceId: 'rw_abc',
       repository: 'AgentWorkforce/cloud',
@@ -1363,6 +1372,11 @@ describe('fleet command support', () => {
         ],
       })
     );
+    expect(ensureCloudFleetSandbox).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(ensureCloudFleetSandbox.mock.calls[1]?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+      sandboxId: ensureCloudFleetSandbox.mock.calls[0]?.[0].sandboxId,
+      name: ensureCloudFleetSandbox.mock.calls[0]?.[0].name,
+    });
     const ensureInput = ensureCloudFleetSandbox.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as Record<string, unknown>;
     expect(ensureInput.repos).toBeUndefined();
     expect(ensureInput.repoRevisions).toBeUndefined();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/commands/fleet.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/commands/fleet.ts
index ba8a884e1..9ee65dca7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/commands/fleet.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/commands/fleet.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ const FLEET_CLIS = new Set([
 const MIN_VERIFIED_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_MS = 95_000;
 const CLOUD_SANDBOX_ID_PATTERN =
   /^sbx_[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/;
+const MAX_OWNED_SANDBOX_RESUME_ATTEMPTS = 3;
 
 function spawnInvocationWithPlacement(invocation: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, unknown> {
   return { ...invocation, placement: spawnPlacementReceipt(invocation) };
@@ -238,6 +239,30 @@ export interface FleetCommandDependencies {
   retireOwnedBindings: typeof retireOwnedIntegrationBindings;
 }
 
+async function ensureOwnedCloudFleetSandbox(
+  deps: Pick<FleetCommandDependencies, 'ensureCloudFleetSandbox' | 'warn'>,
+  input: Parameters<typeof ensureCloudFleetSandbox>[0],
+  ownedSandboxId: string | undefined
+): Promise<EnsureCloudFleetSandboxResult> {
+  for (let resumeAttempt = 0; ; resumeAttempt += 1) {
+    try {
+      return await deps.ensureCloudFleetSandbox(input);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (
+        ownedSandboxId === undefined ||
+        !(error instanceof CloudFleetSandboxProvisionError) ||
+        !error.outcomeUnknown ||
+        resumeAttempt >= MAX_OWNED_SANDBOX_RESUME_ATTEMPTS
+      ) {
+        throw error;
+      }
+      deps.warn(
+        `Cloud interrupted preparation of caller-owned sandbox '${ownedSandboxId}'; resuming the same sandbox (${resumeAttempt + 1}/${MAX_OWNED_SANDBOX_RESUME_ATTEMPTS}).`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function withFleetDefaults(overrides: Partial<FleetCommandDependencies> = {}): FleetCommandDependencies {
   const core = overrides.core ?? withDefaults();
   const sdk = overrides.sdk ?? withSdkDefaults();
@@ -714,27 +739,31 @@ export function registerFleetCommands(
             ? 'long-running-agent'
             : 'standard-long-running-agent';
         try {
-          sandbox = await deps.ensureCloudFleetSandbox({
-            workspaceId: relayWorkspaceId,
-            requiredCapability: `spawn:${cli}`,
-            maxAgents: 1,
-            mountRelayfile: mountSandboxRelayfile,
-            ...(liveRepository
-              ? { relayfilePaths: liveRelayfileMountPaths(liveRepository, sandboxRelayfilePaths) }
-              : sandboxRelayfilePaths === undefined
-                ? {}
-                : { relayfilePaths: sandboxRelayfilePaths }),
-            ...(sandboxId === undefined ? {} : { sandboxId }),
-            forceProvision: true,
-            ...(sandboxProvider === undefined ? {} : { providerId: sandboxProvider }),
-            workloadProfile,
-            waitTimeoutMs: 90_000,
-            ...(effectiveSandboxName === undefined ? {} : { name: effectiveSandboxName }),
-            ...(checkoutRepository && sandboxRepository ? { repos: [sandboxRepository.repository] } : {}),
-            ...(checkoutRepository && sandboxRepository
-              ? { repoRevisions: { [sandboxRepository.repository]: sandboxRepository.revision } }
-              : {}),
-          });
+          sandbox = await ensureOwnedCloudFleetSandbox(
+            deps,
+            {
+              workspaceId: relayWorkspaceId,
+              requiredCapability: `spawn:${cli}`,
+              maxAgents: 1,
+              mountRelayfile: mountSandboxRelayfile,
+              ...(liveRepository
+                ? { relayfilePaths: liveRelayfileMountPaths(liveRepository, sandboxRelayfilePaths) }
+                : sandboxRelayfilePaths === undefined
+                  ? {}
+                  : { relayfilePaths: sandboxRelayfilePaths }),
+              ...(sandboxId === undefined ? {} : { sandboxId }),
+              forceProvision: true,
+              ...(sandboxProvider === undefined ? {} : { providerId: sandboxProvider }),
+              workloadProfile,
+              waitTimeoutMs: 90_000,
+              ...(effectiveSandboxName === undefined ? {} : { name: effectiveSandboxName }),
+              ...(checkoutRepository && sandboxRepository ? { repos: [sandboxRepository.repository] } : {}),
+              ...(checkoutRepository && sandboxRepository
+                ? { repoRevisions: { [sandboxRepository.repository]: sandboxRepository.revision } }
+                : {}),
+            },
+            shouldCleanupSandbox ? sandboxId : undefined
+          );
           assertSandboxRepositoryRevision(sandbox, checkoutRepository ? sandboxRepository : undefined);
         } catch (error) {
           if (