diff --git a/src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot-inference-health.test.ts b/src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot-inference-health.test.ts
index b75ae797de..de7a3eee9c 100644
--- a/src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot-inference-health.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot-inference-health.test.ts
@@ -84,16 +84,113 @@ describe("collectSandboxStatusSnapshot inference route health", () => {
     expect(order).toEqual(["reconcile", "recover-agent-and-forward", "probe-inference"]);
   });
 
+  it("waits for the inference route after recovering the agent gateway", async () => {
+    const unreachable: SandboxInferenceRouteHealth = {
+      ok: false,
+      endpoint: "https://inference.local/v1/models",
+      httpStatus: 0,
+      detail: "unreachable",
+    };
+    const healthy: SandboxInferenceRouteHealth = {
+      ok: true,
+      endpoint: "https://inference.local/v1/models",
+      httpStatus: 200,
+      detail: "reachable",
+    };
+    const options = snapshotDeps(unreachable);
+    options.deps.reconcile = async () => ({
+      state: "present",
+      output: "Phase: Ready",
+      recoveredSandbox: true,
+      recoverySandboxVia: "started-stopped-original",
+    });
+    const probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(unreachable)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(healthy);
+    const delayInferenceRecoveryProbe = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const recoverSandboxProcesses = vi.fn(() => ({
+      checked: true,
+      wasRunning: false,
+      recovered: true,
+      forwardRecovered: true,
+    }));
+
+    const snapshot = await collectSandboxStatusSnapshot("alpha", {
+      ...options,
+      deps: {
+        ...options.deps,
+        delayInferenceRecoveryProbe,
+        probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl,
+        recoverSandboxProcesses,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(delayInferenceRecoveryProbe).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(delayInferenceRecoveryProbe).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2_000);
+    expect(snapshot.inferenceHealth).toMatchObject({ ok: true, okLabel: "reachable" });
+  });
+
+  it("reports the inference route as unreachable after all post-recovery probes", async () => {
+    const unreachable: SandboxInferenceRouteHealth = {
+      ok: false,
+      endpoint: "https://inference.local/v1/models",
+      httpStatus: 0,
+      detail: "unreachable",
+    };
+    const options = snapshotDeps(unreachable);
+    options.deps.reconcile = async () => ({
+      state: "present",
+      output: "Phase: Ready",
+      recoveredSandbox: true,
+      recoverySandboxVia: "started-stopped-original",
+    });
+    const probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl = vi.fn(async () => unreachable);
+    const delayInferenceRecoveryProbe = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const recoverSandboxProcesses = vi.fn(() => ({
+      checked: true,
+      wasRunning: false,
+      recovered: true,
+      forwardRecovered: true,
+    }));
+
+    const snapshot = await collectSandboxStatusSnapshot("alpha", {
+      ...options,
+      deps: {
+        ...options.deps,
+        delayInferenceRecoveryProbe,
+        probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl,
+        recoverSandboxProcesses,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(delayInferenceRecoveryProbe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(snapshot.inferenceHealth).toMatchObject({ ok: false, failureLabel: "unreachable" });
+  });
+
   it("does not mutate the agent or host forward during an ordinary present status lookup", async () => {
     const options = snapshotDeps(null);
     const recoverSandboxProcesses = vi.fn();
+    const delayInferenceRecoveryProbe = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl = vi.fn(
+      options.deps.probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl,
+    );
 
     await collectSandboxStatusSnapshot("alpha", {
       ...options,
-      deps: { ...options.deps, recoverSandboxProcesses },
+      deps: {
+        ...options.deps,
+        delayInferenceRecoveryProbe,
+        probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl,
+        recoverSandboxProcesses,
+      },
     });
 
     expect(recoverSandboxProcesses).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(delayInferenceRecoveryProbe).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("labels a reachable route okLabel: reachable, not a bare healthy claim (#6846)", async () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot.ts b/src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot.ts
index 636910f863..ec0a3dc1b2 100644
--- a/src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import { setTimeout as sleep } from "node:timers/promises";
 import {
   detectOpenShellStateRpcResultIssue,
   type OpenShellStateRpcIssue,
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ type ProbeProviderHealth = (
   options?: ProviderHealthProbeOptions,
 ) => ProviderHealthStatus | null;
 type ProbeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealth = typeof probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealth;
+type DelayInferenceRecoveryProbe = (delayMs: number) => Promise<void>;
+
+const RECOVERED_INFERENCE_PROBE_ATTEMPTS = 3;
+const RECOVERED_INFERENCE_PROBE_DELAY_MS = 2_000;
 
 /**
  * Honest serving-process state while the self-report response and probe
@@ -289,6 +294,7 @@ interface CollectSandboxStatusSnapshotDeps {
   captureOpenshellForStatusImpl?: typeof captureOpenshellForStatus;
   probeProviderHealthImpl?: ProbeProviderHealth;
   probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl?: ProbeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealth;
+  delayInferenceRecoveryProbe?: DelayInferenceRecoveryProbe;
   reportInferenceProbeError?: (message: string) => void;
   probeTerminalRuntimeHealth?: ProbeTerminalRuntimeHealth;
   recoverSandboxProcesses?: RecoverSandboxProcesses;
@@ -422,6 +428,7 @@ export async function collectSandboxStatusSnapshot(
     (sb.agent ?? "openclaw") === "openclaw" &&
     parseSandboxPhase(lookup.output || "") === "Ready" &&
     !opts.preflight?.failure;
+  let recoveredManagedGateway = false;
   if (
     lookup.state === "present" &&
     (lookup.recoveredSandbox || managedOpenClawDeliveryMustBeProven)
@@ -438,6 +445,8 @@ export async function collectSandboxStatusSnapshot(
         },
       );
       failure = processRecoveryFailure(recovery);
+      recoveredManagedGateway =
+        failure === null && recovery.wasRunning === false && recovery.recovered === true;
     } catch (error) {
       failure = {
         layer: "recovery-error",
@@ -559,9 +568,14 @@ export async function collectSandboxStatusSnapshot(
   if (!suppressInferenceProbe && lookup.state === "present") {
     let gatewayChain: Awaited<ReturnType<ProbeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealth>> = null;
     try {
-      gatewayChain = await (
-        opts.deps?.probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl ?? probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealth
-      )(sandboxName);
+      const probe =
+        opts.deps?.probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealthImpl ?? probeSandboxInferenceGatewayHealth;
+      const attempts = recoveredManagedGateway ? RECOVERED_INFERENCE_PROBE_ATTEMPTS : 1;
+      for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= attempts; attempt += 1) {
+        gatewayChain = await probe(sandboxName);
+        if (gatewayChain?.ok || attempt === attempts) break;
+        await (opts.deps?.delayInferenceRecoveryProbe ?? sleep)(RECOVERED_INFERENCE_PROBE_DELAY_MS);
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       // This is a permanent fail-closed runtime boundary, but unexpected
       // OpenShell/transport exceptions must remain observable for diagnosis.
diff --git a/src/lib/onboard/setup-nim-flow.test.ts b/src/lib/onboard/setup-nim-flow.test.ts
index 324dd80b3f..ee9f7f7020 100644
--- a/src/lib/onboard/setup-nim-flow.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/onboard/setup-nim-flow.test.ts
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ describe("createSetupNim", () => {
     expect(handleVllmSelection).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(prompt).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(result).toMatchObject({ provider: "vllm" });
-  });
+  }, 15_000);
 
   it("reuses an already-running local vLLM on a DGX Spark non-interactive run with no requested provider (#7293)", async () => {
     const profile = { name: "DGX Spark" } as VllmProfile;
diff --git a/test/mcp-lifecycle-lock.test.ts b/test/mcp-lifecycle-lock.test.ts
index ae286d6c5e..41c635a729 100644
--- a/test/mcp-lifecycle-lock.test.ts
+++ b/test/mcp-lifecycle-lock.test.ts
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ const releasePath = process.argv[3];
     );
 
     await expect(
-      lifecycleLock.withMcpLifecycleLock("alpha", () => undefined, options({ timeoutMs: 40 })),
+      lifecycleLock.withMcpLifecycleLock("alpha", () => undefined, options({ timeoutMs: 200 })),
     ).rejects.toThrow("Sandbox mutation containment is active");
     expect(fs.existsSync(reaperPath)).toBe(true);
     expect(fs.existsSync(containmentPath)).toBe(true);