diff --git a/src/plyngent/cli/app.py b/src/plyngent/cli/app.py
index a178e25..018b865 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/cli/app.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/cli/app.py
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ async def _bind_session(
 ) -> None:
     if session_id is not None:
         try:
-            await state.resume_session(session_id)
+            # Startup resume: this process did not run the session's last turn.
+            await state.resume_session(session_id, restarted=True)
         except ValueError as exc:
             raise click.ClickException(str(exc)) from exc
         if not quiet and not oneshot:
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ async def _bind_session(
                 err=True,
             )
         return
-    mode = await state.resume_latest_or_new()
+    mode = await state.resume_latest_or_new(restarted=True)
     if quiet:
         return
     if mode == "resume":
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ async def _run_chat(  # noqa: C901, PLR0912, PLR0915 — chat orchestration
             interactive_limits=interactive,
             auto_continue_limits=auto_effective,
             yolo=yolo,
+            quiet=quiet,
             mcp_manager=mcp_manager,
         )
         # Path denylist and policy confirm live on instance.workspace (no process bag).
diff --git a/src/plyngent/cli/display.py b/src/plyngent/cli/display.py
index 067ebc4..d184ae8 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/cli/display.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/cli/display.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from plyngent.lmproto.openai_compatible.model import AssistantFunctionToolCall
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable
 
-    from plyngent.agent import AgentEvent
+    from plyngent.agent import AgentEvent, Notice
 
 _TOOL_RESULT_PREVIEW = 120
 _TOOL_ARGS_PREVIEW = 80
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ def markdown_render_available() -> bool:
     return interactive_terminal()
 
 
+def echo_notice(notice: Notice, *, err: bool = False) -> None:
+    """Show a host notice to the user; the model gets the full body."""
+    text = f"[notice] {notice.kind}: {notice.summary}" if notice.summary else f"[notice] {notice.kind}"
+    click.secho(text, fg="yellow", err=err)
+
+
 def _preview(text: str, limit: int) -> str:
     if len(text) <= limit:
         return text
diff --git a/src/plyngent/cli/state.py b/src/plyngent/cli/state.py
index 3bae017..16327f8 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/cli/state.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/cli/state.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from plyngent.agent.loop import DEFAULT_MAX_ROUNDS
 from plyngent.agent.todo_stack import TodoStack
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from datetime import datetime
+
     from plyngent.agent.types import AnyLLMClient
 from plyngent.cli.models_source import (
     DEFAULT_MODELS_CACHE_TTL,
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ class ReplState:
     max_rounds: int = DEFAULT_MAX_ROUNDS
     stream_enabled: bool = True
     verbose: bool = False
+    # Less status on stderr (--quiet); host notices are still pushed to the model.
+    quiet: bool = False
     # End-of-turn Rich markdown for assistant text (TTY only).
     markdown_enabled: bool = True
     # One-shot / scripts: never prompt to raise tool-loop limits.
@@ -704,8 +708,12 @@ class ReplState:
             await self.new_session()
         return was_current
 
-    async def resume_session(self, session_id: int) -> None:
-        """Load a session; on workspace mismatch, prompt keep / rebind / abort."""
+    async def resume_session(self, session_id: int, *, restarted: bool = False) -> None:
+        """Load a session; on workspace mismatch, prompt keep / rebind / abort.
+
+        With *restarted* (a session resumed by a freshly started process) the
+        model gets a notice about the process-scoped state that a restart drops.
+        """
         from plyngent.cli.limits import prompt_workspace_mismatch
 
         self._reset_limit_auto_continue()
@@ -743,9 +751,15 @@ class ReplState:
         await self.agent.load_history()
         await self.load_todo_stack()
         await self.load_access_grants()
+        if restarted:
+            await self._notice_restart(last_active=row.updated_at)
 
-    async def resume_latest_or_new(self, name: str = "chat") -> str:
-        """Resume most recently updated session for this workspace, or create one."""
+    async def resume_latest_or_new(self, name: str = "chat", *, restarted: bool = False) -> str:
+        """Resume most recently updated session for this workspace, or create one.
+
+        With *restarted* the resumed session gets the new-process notice; a
+        freshly created session has nothing to explain, so it gets none.
+        """
         self._reset_limit_auto_continue()
         latest = await self.memory.get_latest_session(workspace=self.workspace)
         if latest is None:
@@ -760,9 +774,22 @@ class ReplState:
         await self.agent.load_history()
         await self.load_todo_stack()
         await self.load_access_grants()
+        if restarted:
+            # Before touch_session: the stamp should be the previous run's activity.
+            await self._notice_restart(last_active=latest.updated_at)
         _ = await self.memory.touch_session(latest.sid)
         return "resume"
 
+    async def _notice_restart(self, *, last_active: datetime | None) -> None:
+        """Tell the model — and the user — that this session outlived a restart."""
+        from plyngent.agent import resume_notice
+        from plyngent.cli.display import echo_notice
+
+        notice = resume_notice(last_active=last_active)
+        _ = await self.agent.push_notice(notice)
+        if not self.quiet:
+            echo_notice(notice, err=True)
+
     async def compact_to_new_session(self, *, name: str | None = None) -> tuple[int, int, str]:
         """Soft-compact + model-summarize current history into a new workspace session.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli/test_resume_notice.py b/tests/test_cli/test_resume_notice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5247853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cli/test_resume_notice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, overload
+
+import pytest
+import tomlkit
+
+from plyngent.agent import ChatAgent
+from plyngent.cli.app import _bind_session
+from plyngent.cli.state import ReplState
+from plyngent.config.models import DatabaseConfig, OpenAIProvider
+from plyngent.config.store import ConfigStore
+from plyngent.lmproto.openai_compatible.model import (
+    AssistantChatMessage,
+    ChatCompletionChunk,
+    ChatCompletionResponse,
+    ChatCompletionsParam,
+    DeveloperChatMessage,
+    UserChatMessage,
+)
+from plyngent.memory import MemoryStore
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+
+class DummyClient:
+    """Client stub: these tests never run a model turn."""
+
+    @overload
+    async def chat_completions(
+        self, param: ChatCompletionsParam, *, stream: Literal[False] = False
+    ) -> ChatCompletionResponse: ...
+
+    @overload
+    async def chat_completions(
+        self, param: ChatCompletionsParam, *, stream: Literal[True]
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[ChatCompletionChunk]: ...
+
+    async def chat_completions(
+        self, param: ChatCompletionsParam, *, stream: bool = False
+    ) -> ChatCompletionResponse | AsyncIterator[ChatCompletionChunk]:
+        del param, stream
+        msg = "no model call expected"
+        raise AssertionError(msg)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def state(tmp_path: Path) -> AsyncIterator[ReplState]:
+    memory = await MemoryStore.open(DatabaseConfig())
+    provider = OpenAIProvider(access_key_or_token="sk-test")
+    config = ConfigStore(path=tmp_path / "plyngent.toml", document=tomlkit.document())
+    config.providers = {"local": provider}
+    st = ReplState(
+        config=config,
+        memory=memory,
+        workspace=tmp_path,
+        provider_name="local",
+        provider=provider,
+        model="gpt-test",
+        tools_enabled=False,
+    )
+    st.client = DummyClient()
+    st.agent = ChatAgent(st.client, model=st.model, memory=st.memory, session_id=None)
+    yield st
+    await memory.close()
+
+
+async def _seed_finished_turn(state: ReplState) -> int:
+    """Start a session and give it one finished exchange; return its id."""
+    await state.new_session("t")
+    sid = state.session_id
+    assert sid is not None
+    _ = await state.memory.append_message(sid, UserChatMessage(content="hello"))
+    _ = await state.memory.append_message(sid, AssistantChatMessage(content="hi there"))
+    return sid
+
+
+async def test_startup_resume_notifies_model_and_user(
+    state: ReplState,
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+) -> None:
+    sid = await _seed_finished_turn(state)
+
+    await _bind_session(state, session_id=sid, new_session=False, oneshot=False, quiet=False)
+
+    rows = await state.memory.list_messages(sid)
+    tail = rows[-1]
+    assert isinstance(tail, DeveloperChatMessage)
+    assert tail.content.startswith("[plyngent notice: resume]")
+    assert "resumed in a new plyngent process" in tail.content
+    assert "grants were restored" in tail.content
+    # The live agent holds the same notice after loading history.
+    assert state.agent.messages[-1].content == tail.content
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "[notice] resume:" in captured.err
+    assert "resumed session" in captured.err
+
+
+async def test_quiet_startup_resume_still_notifies_model(
+    state: ReplState,
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+) -> None:
+    state.quiet = True
+    sid = await _seed_finished_turn(state)
+
+    await _bind_session(state, session_id=sid, new_session=False, oneshot=False, quiet=True)
+
+    rows = await state.memory.list_messages(sid)
+    assert isinstance(rows[-1], DeveloperChatMessage)
+    assert "[notice]" not in capsys.readouterr().err
+
+
+async def test_mid_process_resume_has_no_restart_notice(
+    state: ReplState,
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+) -> None:
+    """``/resume`` in a live process loses nothing, so nothing is announced."""
+    sid = await _seed_finished_turn(state)
+    before = len(await state.memory.list_messages(sid))
+
+    await state.resume_session(sid)
+
+    assert len(await state.memory.list_messages(sid)) == before
+    assert "[notice]" not in capsys.readouterr().err
+
+
+async def test_fresh_session_gets_no_restart_notice(state: ReplState) -> None:
+    mode = await state.resume_latest_or_new(restarted=True)
+
+    assert mode == "new"
+    sid = state.session_id
+    assert sid is not None
+    assert await state.memory.list_messages(sid) == []
+
+
+async def test_latest_resume_stamps_previous_activity(
+    state: ReplState,
+    capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+) -> None:
+    sid = await _seed_finished_turn(state)
+
+    mode = await state.resume_latest_or_new(restarted=True)
+
+    assert mode == "resume"
+    rows = await state.memory.list_messages(sid)
+    tail = rows[-1]
+    assert isinstance(tail, DeveloperChatMessage)
+    # touch_session must not overwrite the stamp with the resume time.
+    assert "previous run's last activity: unknown" not in tail.content
+    assert "[notice] resume:" in capsys.readouterr().err