diff --git a/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/id_order.py b/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/id_order.py
index 282bfe7..d4215d5 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/id_order.py
+++ b/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/id_order.py
@@ -180,15 +180,16 @@ def _registered_for_attempt(m: Dict[str, Any], row: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) ->
     return int(row.get("herdr_session_epoch") or 0) > int(m.get("prev_epoch") or 0)
 
 
-def _read_and_prune_markers(dpath: str, me: str, my_pid: int, state: Dict[str, Any],
+def _read_and_prune_markers(dpath: str, my_pid: int, state: Dict[str, Any],
                             is_alive: Callable[[int], bool] = pid_alive,
                             pane_state: Callable[[str, str], Optional[bool]] = (
                                 lambda server, session: None),
                             ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     """Markers that still count. A live owner keeps its marker (another live
-    attempt on `me` included). A dead owner's marker goes once its row is
-    registered for the attempt (the row decides from then on) or herdr answers
-    that its session is gone; until then it is kept as an orphan."""
+    attempt on the caller's session included). A dead owner's marker goes once
+    its row is registered for the attempt (the row decides from then on) or
+    herdr answers that its session is gone; until then it is kept as an orphan,
+    one an earlier attempt left on the caller's session included."""
     rows_by_name = {
         str(s.get("name") or ""): s
         for s in (state.get("herdr_sessions") or []) if isinstance(s, dict)
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ def _read_and_prune_markers(dpath: str, me: str, my_pid: int, state: Dict[str, A
             drop = True
         elif is_alive(owner_pid):
             drop = False
-        elif sess == me or not sess:
+        elif not sess:
             drop = True
         elif _registered_for_attempt(data, rows_by_name.get(sess)):
             drop = True
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ def wait(cwd: str, agent: str, session: str, owner_pid: int,
                         file=sys.stderr, flush=True,
                     )
                     return 1
-            markers = _read_and_prune_markers(dpath, session, owner_pid, state,
+            markers = _read_and_prune_markers(dpath, owner_pid, state,
                                               is_alive=is_alive, pane_state=bounded_probe)
             blks = blockers(state, cwd, agent, session, markers, is_alive=is_alive)
             if not blks:
diff --git a/tests/test_issue63_same_cwd_ids.py b/tests/test_issue63_same_cwd_ids.py
index 3d836bf..d9a2efa 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue63_same_cwd_ids.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue63_same_cwd_ids.py
@@ -1050,8 +1050,9 @@ def test_id_order_dead_owner_marker_blocks_while_its_unregistered_herdr_session_
     """PR #69 review: a create/resume killed after spawning its pane but before
     registering its row leaves a dead-owner marker. It keeps blocking while the
     marker's herdr session is alive, goes once the row is registered (the row
-    decides) or the session is gone; a live attempt on the same session name is
-    not pruned; a running row without a pane pid blocks (fail-closed)."""
+    decides) or the session is gone; on the same session name a live attempt is
+    not pruned and a dead one follows the orphan rules (PR #69 review r3); a
+    running row without a pane pid blocks (fail-closed)."""
     from lib_py.agents import id_order
 
     home = tmp_path / "home"
@@ -1116,16 +1117,33 @@ def test_id_order_dead_owner_marker_blocks_while_its_unregistered_herdr_session_
         assert wait_b() == 0
         assert not marker_a.exists()
 
-        # A live attempt on the same session name is kept and blocks; a dead one is taken over
+        # Same session name: a live attempt is kept and blocks; a dead one is kept and blocks
+        # while its herdr session is alive or herdr cannot tell, and is taken over once gone
         same = Path(dpath) / "same-agy.json"
+
+        def wait_same():
+            return id_order.wait(str(ws), "agy", "same-agy", os.getpid(), yaml_path=str(yaml_path),
+                                 home=str(home), wait_s_val=0, pane_state=pane_state)
+
         id_order.write_marker(dpath, "same-agy", live.pid, str(ws), "agy")
-        assert id_order.wait(str(ws), "agy", "same-agy", os.getpid(), yaml_path=str(yaml_path),
-                             home=str(home), wait_s_val=0, pane_state=pane_state) == 1
+        assert wait_same() == 1
         assert json.loads(same.read_text())["owner_pid"] == live.pid
         live.kill()
         live.wait()
-        assert id_order.wait(str(ws), "agy", "same-agy", os.getpid(), yaml_path=str(yaml_path),
-                             home=str(home), wait_s_val=0, pane_state=pane_state) == 0
+        alive_sessions.add("same-agy")
+        probes.clear()
+        capsys.readouterr()
+        assert wait_same() == 1
+        assert probes == [("", "same-agy")]
+        assert json.loads(same.read_text())["owner_pid"] == live.pid
+        err = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert "its herdr session is alive" in err and "kill-session -t same-agy" in err
+        unknown_sessions.add("same-agy")
+        assert wait_same() == 1
+        assert json.loads(same.read_text())["owner_pid"] == live.pid
+        unknown_sessions.clear()
+        alive_sessions.clear()
+        assert wait_same() == 0
         assert json.loads(same.read_text())["owner_pid"] == os.getpid()
         same.unlink()
 
@@ -1233,7 +1251,8 @@ def test_id_order_real_probe_against_mock_herdr_fails_closed(mam_sandbox, mock_h
     """PR #69 review r2 P1: lib.sh mam_id_order_wait with the real probe (sandbox
     copy, mock herdr). A listed orphan blocks; an unlisted one is pruned; a failed
     `agent list` (server_not_running included) keeps the marker and refuses;
-    with MAM_ID_ORDER_WAIT_S=0 herdr is not asked and the marker is kept."""
+    with MAM_ID_ORDER_WAIT_S=0 herdr is not asked and the marker is kept. A
+    retry on the orphan's own session name is held the same way (review r3)."""
     from lib_py.agents import id_order
 
     ws = mam_sandbox / "probe-ws"
@@ -1253,12 +1272,12 @@ def test_id_order_real_probe_against_mock_herdr_fails_closed(mam_sandbox, mock_h
         state.update(kw)
         Path(mock_herdr).write_text(json.dumps(state))
 
-    def wait_b(cap="2"):
+    def wait_b(cap="2", who=name_b):
         for f in Path(dpath).glob(f"{name_b}.json"):
             f.unlink()
         id_order.write_marker(dpath, name_a, dead.pid, str(ws), "agy", herdr_server="probe-ws")
         return subprocess.run(
-            ["bash", "-c", 'source "$1" && mam_id_order_wait "$2" agy "$3"', "_", str(lib), str(ws), name_b],
+            ["bash", "-c", 'source "$1" && mam_id_order_wait "$2" agy "$3"', "_", str(lib), str(ws), who],
             capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=str(mam_sandbox), timeout=120,
             env=dict(os.environ, MAM_ID_ORDER_WAIT_S=cap, HERDR_SESSION_NAME="probe-ws"),
         )
@@ -1268,6 +1287,9 @@ def test_id_order_real_probe_against_mock_herdr_fails_closed(mam_sandbox, mock_h
         res = wait_b()
         assert res.returncode == 1 and "its herdr session is alive" in res.stderr, res.stderr
         assert marker_a.exists()
+        res = wait_b(who=name_a)
+        assert res.returncode == 1 and "its herdr session is alive" in res.stderr, res.stderr
+        assert json.loads(marker_a.read_text())["owner_pid"] == dead.pid
 
         set_mock(force_error_code="protocol_mismatch")
         res = wait_b()
@@ -1290,6 +1312,9 @@ def test_id_order_real_probe_against_mock_herdr_fails_closed(mam_sandbox, mock_h
         res = wait_b()
         assert res.returncode == 0, res.stderr
         assert not marker_a.exists()
+        res = wait_b(who=name_a)
+        assert res.returncode == 0, res.stderr
+        assert json.loads(marker_a.read_text())["owner_pid"] != dead.pid
     finally:
         holder.kill()
         holder.wait()