diff --git a/pageindex/filesystem/agent.py b/pageindex/filesystem/agent.py
index 4c26919..0d69c73 100644
--- a/pageindex/filesystem/agent.py
+++ b/pageindex/filesystem/agent.py
@@ -585,11 +585,12 @@ class PIFSAgentSession:
 
         try:
             asyncio.get_running_loop()
-            with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
-                return pool.submit(asyncio.run, _run()).result()
         except RuntimeError:
             return asyncio.run(_run())
 
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as pool:
+            return pool.submit(asyncio.run, _run()).result()
+
     def _run_bash(self, command: str) -> str:
         started = time.time()
         ok = True
diff --git a/tests/test_pifs_agent_stream.py b/tests/test_pifs_agent_stream.py
index 1b6a378..0994b94 100644
--- a/tests/test_pifs_agent_stream.py
+++ b/tests/test_pifs_agent_stream.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import io
 import os
+import threading
 import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 
+from pageindex.filesystem import agent as agent_module
 from pageindex.filesystem.agent import (
     AGENT_TOOL_POLICY,
     AGENT_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
     BASH_TOOL_DESCRIPTION,
+    PIFSAgentSession,
     PIFSAgentStreamObserver,
     build_agent_model_settings,
     normalize_agent_stream_mode,
@@ -219,6 +223,34 @@ class PIFSAgentStreamTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("clarify only after a reasonable search", AGENT_SYSTEM_PROMPT)
         self.assertIn("search for candidate documents before asking", AGENT_TOOL_POLICY)
 
+    def test_threaded_runtime_error_is_not_retried_on_fresh_loop(self):
+        session = object.__new__(PIFSAgentSession)
+        session.executor = SimpleNamespace(query_context=None)
+        session.normalized_stream_mode = "off"
+        session.agent_log = []
+        session.max_seconds = None
+        session.max_turns = 1
+        session.session = None
+        session.agent = object()
+
+        main_thread = threading.get_ident()
+        run_threads = []
+
+        def fail_asyncio_run(coro):
+            coro.close()
+            run_threads.append(threading.get_ident())
+            raise RuntimeError("threaded agent failure")
+
+        with (
+            patch.object(agent_module.asyncio, "get_running_loop", return_value=object()),
+            patch.object(agent_module.asyncio, "run", side_effect=fail_asyncio_run),
+        ):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "threaded agent failure"):
+                session.run("Question: inspect workspace")
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(run_threads), 1)
+        self.assertNotEqual(run_threads[0], main_thread)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()