diff --git a/src/features/member-work-sync/core/application/MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy.ts b/src/features/member-work-sync/core/application/MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy.ts
index 49439b5c..24d5b21b 100644
--- a/src/features/member-work-sync/core/application/MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy.ts
+++ b/src/features/member-work-sync/core/application/MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,24 @@ import {
   type MemberWorkSyncTargetedRecoveryReason,
 } from './MemberWorkSyncTargetedRecoveryPolicy';
 
-import type { MemberWorkSyncStatus, MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics } from '../../contracts';
+import type {
+  MemberWorkSyncMetricEvent,
+  MemberWorkSyncStatus,
+  MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics,
+} from '../../contracts';
 
 export type MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationReason =
   | 'shadow_ready'
   | MemberWorkSyncTargetedRecoveryReason
   | 'review_pickup_required'
+  | 'native_stale_in_progress'
   | 'status_not_nudgeable'
   | 'blocking_metrics'
   | 'phase2_not_ready';
 
+const NATIVE_STALE_IN_PROGRESS_MIN_AGE_MS = 6 * 60_000;
+const NATIVE_STALE_IN_PROGRESS_PROVIDERS = new Set(['anthropic', 'codex', 'gemini']);
+
 export interface MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationDecision {
   active: boolean;
   reason: MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationReason;
@@ -32,6 +40,129 @@ function hasBlockingMetrics(metrics: MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics): boolean {
   return metrics.phase2Readiness.reasons.some((reason) => BLOCKING_PHASE2_REASONS.has(reason));
 }
 
+function normalizeMemberName(value: string): string {
+  return value.trim().toLowerCase();
+}
+
+function isLeadLikeMemberName(memberName: string): boolean {
+  const normalized = normalizeMemberName(memberName).replace(/[\s_]+/g, '-');
+  return (
+    normalized === 'lead' ||
+    normalized === 'team-lead' ||
+    normalized === 'teamlead' ||
+    normalized === 'team-leader'
+  );
+}
+
+function parseTime(value: string | undefined): number | null {
+  if (!value) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const time = Date.parse(value);
+  return Number.isFinite(time) ? time : null;
+}
+
+function eventsForMember(
+  status: MemberWorkSyncStatus,
+  metrics: MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics
+): MemberWorkSyncMetricEvent[] {
+  const memberName = normalizeMemberName(status.memberName);
+  return metrics.recentEvents
+    .filter((event) => normalizeMemberName(event.memberName) === memberName)
+    .sort((left, right) => left.recordedAt.localeCompare(right.recordedAt));
+}
+
+function hasAcceptedReportForCurrentFingerprint(
+  status: MemberWorkSyncStatus,
+  metrics: MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics
+): boolean {
+  return eventsForMember(status, metrics).some(
+    (event) =>
+      event.kind === 'report_accepted' && event.agendaFingerprint === status.agenda.fingerprint
+  );
+}
+
+function isDifferentFingerprintBoundary(
+  event: MemberWorkSyncMetricEvent,
+  currentFingerprint: string
+): boolean {
+  if (event.agendaFingerprint !== currentFingerprint) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return (
+    event.kind === 'fingerprint_changed' &&
+    event.previousFingerprint !== undefined &&
+    event.previousFingerprint !== currentFingerprint
+  );
+}
+
+function getCurrentFingerprintStableSinceMs(
+  status: MemberWorkSyncStatus,
+  metrics: MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics,
+  nowMs: number
+): number | null {
+  const currentFingerprint = status.agenda.fingerprint;
+  const memberEvents = eventsForMember(status, metrics).filter((event) => {
+    const recordedAt = parseTime(event.recordedAt);
+    return recordedAt != null && recordedAt <= nowMs;
+  });
+  let latestDifferentFingerprintMs = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+  for (const event of memberEvents) {
+    const recordedAt = parseTime(event.recordedAt);
+    if (recordedAt != null && isDifferentFingerprintBoundary(event, currentFingerprint)) {
+      latestDifferentFingerprintMs = Math.max(latestDifferentFingerprintMs, recordedAt);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const currentNeedsSyncEventTimes = memberEvents.flatMap((event) => {
+    const recordedAt = parseTime(event.recordedAt);
+    return event.kind === 'status_evaluated' &&
+      event.state === 'needs_sync' &&
+      event.agendaFingerprint === currentFingerprint &&
+      recordedAt != null &&
+      recordedAt >= latestDifferentFingerprintMs
+      ? [recordedAt]
+      : [];
+  });
+
+  return currentNeedsSyncEventTimes.length > 0 ? Math.min(...currentNeedsSyncEventTimes) : null;
+}
+
+function isNativeStaleInProgressCandidate(input: {
+  status: MemberWorkSyncStatus;
+  metrics: MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics;
+}): boolean {
+  const { status, metrics } = input;
+  if (
+    status.state !== 'needs_sync' ||
+    status.shadow?.wouldNudge !== true ||
+    !status.diagnostics.includes('no_current_report') ||
+    !status.providerId ||
+    !NATIVE_STALE_IN_PROGRESS_PROVIDERS.has(status.providerId) ||
+    isLeadLikeMemberName(status.memberName) ||
+    status.agenda.items.length !== 1 ||
+    hasAcceptedReportForCurrentFingerprint(status, metrics)
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const [item] = status.agenda.items;
+  if (
+    item.kind !== 'work' ||
+    item.reason !== 'owned_in_progress_task' ||
+    item.evidence.status !== 'in_progress'
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const nowMs = parseTime(metrics.generatedAt) ?? parseTime(status.evaluatedAt);
+  if (nowMs == null) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const stableSinceMs = getCurrentFingerprintStableSinceMs(status, metrics, nowMs);
+  return stableSinceMs != null && nowMs - stableSinceMs >= NATIVE_STALE_IN_PROGRESS_MIN_AGE_MS;
+}
+
 function isReviewPickupRequiredCandidate(status: MemberWorkSyncStatus): boolean {
   return (
     status.state === 'needs_sync' &&
@@ -61,6 +192,10 @@ export function decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation(input: {
     return { active: true, reason: targetedRecovery.reason };
   }
 
+  if (isNativeStaleInProgressCandidate(input)) {
+    return { active: true, reason: 'native_stale_in_progress' };
+  }
+
   if (hasBlockingMetrics(input.metrics)) {
     return { active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' };
   }
diff --git a/test/features/member-work-sync/core/application/MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy.test.ts b/test/features/member-work-sync/core/application/MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy.test.ts
index 74883e6a..86e3cad2 100644
--- a/test/features/member-work-sync/core/application/MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy.test.ts
+++ b/test/features/member-work-sync/core/application/MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy.test.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,62 @@ function metrics(overrides: Partial<MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics> = {}): MemberWork
   };
 }
 
+function nativeStaleInProgressStatus(
+  overrides: Partial<MemberWorkSyncStatus> = {}
+): MemberWorkSyncStatus {
+  const base = status({
+    providerId: 'codex',
+    diagnostics: ['no_current_report'],
+    agenda: {
+      ...status().agenda,
+      fingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+      items: [
+        {
+          taskId: 'task-1',
+          displayId: '#1',
+          subject: 'Review landing',
+          kind: 'work',
+          assignee: 'alice',
+          priority: 'normal',
+          reason: 'owned_in_progress_task',
+          evidence: {
+            status: 'in_progress',
+            owner: 'alice',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  });
+  return { ...base, ...overrides };
+}
+
+function staleMetrics(
+  overrides: Partial<MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics> = {}
+): MemberWorkSyncTeamMetrics {
+  return metrics({
+    generatedAt: '2026-05-06T00:06:00.000Z',
+    phase2Readiness: {
+      ...metrics().phase2Readiness,
+      state: 'blocked',
+      reasons: ['would_nudge_rate_high', 'fingerprint_churn_high'],
+    },
+    recentEvents: [
+      {
+        id: 'status-stale',
+        teamName: 'team-a',
+        memberName: 'alice',
+        kind: 'status_evaluated',
+        state: 'needs_sync',
+        agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+        recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z',
+        actionableCount: 1,
+        providerId: 'codex',
+      },
+    ],
+    ...overrides,
+  });
+}
+
 describe('MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy', () => {
   it('activates OpenCode targeted nudges while shadow data is still collecting', () => {
     expect(
@@ -348,6 +404,313 @@ describe('MemberWorkSyncNudgeActivationPolicy', () => {
     ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' });
   });
 
+  it('activates stale native single in-progress recovery despite blocking metrics', () => {
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus(),
+        metrics: staleMetrics(),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: true, reason: 'native_stale_in_progress' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not activate stale native in-progress recovery before the quiet window elapses', () => {
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus(),
+        metrics: staleMetrics({
+          generatedAt: '2026-05-06T00:05:59.000Z',
+        }),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not activate stale native in-progress recovery after an accepted report for the fingerprint', () => {
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus(),
+        metrics: staleMetrics({
+          recentEvents: [
+            ...staleMetrics().recentEvents,
+            {
+              id: 'report-accepted',
+              teamName: 'team-a',
+              memberName: 'alice',
+              kind: 'report_accepted',
+              state: 'still_working',
+              agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+              recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:03:00.000Z',
+              actionableCount: 1,
+              providerId: 'codex',
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not activate stale native in-progress recovery when the accepted report state is still current', () => {
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus({
+          state: 'still_working',
+          report: {
+            state: 'still_working',
+            agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+            memberName: 'alice',
+            teamName: 'team-a',
+            reportedAt: '2026-05-06T00:03:00.000Z',
+            accepted: true,
+          },
+        }),
+        metrics: staleMetrics(),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'status_not_nudgeable' });
+  });
+
+  it('resets the stale native in-progress quiet window after a fingerprint change', () => {
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus(),
+        metrics: staleMetrics({
+          generatedAt: '2026-05-06T00:08:59.000Z',
+          recentEvents: [
+            {
+              id: 'old-same-fingerprint',
+              teamName: 'team-a',
+              memberName: 'alice',
+              kind: 'status_evaluated',
+              state: 'needs_sync',
+              agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+              recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z',
+              actionableCount: 1,
+              providerId: 'codex',
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'fingerprint-returned',
+              teamName: 'team-a',
+              memberName: 'alice',
+              kind: 'fingerprint_changed',
+              state: 'needs_sync',
+              agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+              previousFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:other',
+              recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:03:00.000Z',
+              actionableCount: 1,
+              providerId: 'codex',
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'current-after-change',
+              teamName: 'team-a',
+              memberName: 'alice',
+              kind: 'status_evaluated',
+              state: 'needs_sync',
+              agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+              previousFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:other',
+              recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:03:00.000Z',
+              actionableCount: 1,
+              providerId: 'codex',
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' });
+  });
+
+  it('activates stale native in-progress recovery after a returned fingerprint is stable long enough', () => {
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus(),
+        metrics: staleMetrics({
+          generatedAt: '2026-05-06T00:09:00.000Z',
+          recentEvents: [
+            {
+              id: 'old-same-fingerprint',
+              teamName: 'team-a',
+              memberName: 'alice',
+              kind: 'status_evaluated',
+              state: 'needs_sync',
+              agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+              recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z',
+              actionableCount: 1,
+              providerId: 'codex',
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'fingerprint-returned',
+              teamName: 'team-a',
+              memberName: 'alice',
+              kind: 'fingerprint_changed',
+              state: 'needs_sync',
+              agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+              previousFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:other',
+              recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:03:00.000Z',
+              actionableCount: 1,
+              providerId: 'codex',
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'current-after-change',
+              teamName: 'team-a',
+              memberName: 'alice',
+              kind: 'status_evaluated',
+              state: 'needs_sync',
+              agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+              previousFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:other',
+              recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:03:00.000Z',
+              actionableCount: 1,
+              providerId: 'codex',
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: true, reason: 'native_stale_in_progress' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not activate stale native in-progress recovery from another member stale event', () => {
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus(),
+        metrics: staleMetrics({
+          recentEvents: [
+            {
+              id: 'other-member-status-stale',
+              teamName: 'team-a',
+              memberName: 'bob',
+              kind: 'status_evaluated',
+              state: 'needs_sync',
+              agendaFingerprint: 'agenda:v1:native-stale',
+              recordedAt: '2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z',
+              actionableCount: 1,
+              providerId: 'codex',
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not use native stale recovery for OpenCode or lead members', () => {
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus({ providerId: 'opencode' }),
+        metrics: staleMetrics(),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: true, reason: 'opencode_targeted_shadow_collecting' });
+
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus({ memberName: 'team-lead' }),
+        metrics: staleMetrics(),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: true, reason: 'lead_targeted_shadow_collecting' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not activate stale native in-progress recovery for multiple or non-in-progress work items', () => {
+    const baseItem = nativeStaleInProgressStatus().agenda.items[0]!;
+
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus({
+          agenda: {
+            ...nativeStaleInProgressStatus().agenda,
+            items: [
+              baseItem,
+              {
+                ...baseItem,
+                taskId: 'task-2',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        }),
+        metrics: staleMetrics(),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' });
+
+    expect(
+      decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+        status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus({
+          agenda: {
+            ...nativeStaleInProgressStatus().agenda,
+            items: [
+              {
+                ...baseItem,
+                reason: 'owned_pending_task',
+                evidence: {
+                  status: 'pending',
+                  owner: 'alice',
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        }),
+        metrics: staleMetrics(),
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not activate stale native in-progress recovery for needsFix, review, blocked dependency, or clarification agenda items', () => {
+    const baseItem = nativeStaleInProgressStatus().agenda.items[0]!;
+    const cases = [
+      {
+        ...baseItem,
+        evidence: {
+          status: 'needsFix',
+          owner: 'alice',
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        ...baseItem,
+        kind: 'review' as const,
+        priority: 'review_requested' as const,
+        reason: 'current_cycle_review_assigned',
+        evidence: {
+          status: 'completed',
+          owner: 'bob',
+          reviewer: 'alice',
+          reviewState: 'review',
+          reviewCycleId: 'evt-review-request',
+          reviewRequestEventId: 'evt-review-request',
+          reviewObligation: 'review_pickup_required' as const,
+          canBypassPhase2: true,
+          historyEventIds: ['evt-review-request'],
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        ...baseItem,
+        kind: 'blocked_dependency' as const,
+        priority: 'blocked' as const,
+        reason: 'blocked_by_incomplete_task',
+        evidence: {
+          status: 'in_progress',
+          owner: 'alice',
+          blockerTaskIds: ['task-blocker'],
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        ...baseItem,
+        kind: 'clarification' as const,
+        priority: 'needs_clarification' as const,
+        reason: 'lead_clarification_required',
+        evidence: {
+          status: 'in_progress',
+          owner: 'alice',
+          needsClarification: 'lead' as const,
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+
+    for (const item of cases) {
+      expect(
+        decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
+          status: nativeStaleInProgressStatus({
+            agenda: {
+              ...nativeStaleInProgressStatus().agenda,
+              items: [item],
+            },
+          }),
+          metrics: staleMetrics(),
+        })
+      ).toEqual({ active: false, reason: 'blocking_metrics' });
+    }
+  });
+
   it('keeps existing shadow_ready behavior for all providers', () => {
     expect(
       decideMemberWorkSyncNudgeActivation({
diff --git a/test/features/member-work-sync/main/createMemberWorkSyncFeature.test.ts b/test/features/member-work-sync/main/createMemberWorkSyncFeature.test.ts
index 7ce261db..c5ca1465 100644
--- a/test/features/member-work-sync/main/createMemberWorkSyncFeature.test.ts
+++ b/test/features/member-work-sync/main/createMemberWorkSyncFeature.test.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,69 @@ async function seedBlockingShadowCollectingMetrics(input: {
   );
 }
 
+async function seedNativeStaleInProgressBlockingMetrics(input: {
+  teamsBasePath: string;
+  teamName: string;
+  memberName: string;
+  agendaFingerprint: string;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const nowMs = Date.now();
+  const staleObservedAt = new Date(nowMs - 6 * 60_000 - 1_000).toISOString();
+  const metricsPath = path.join(
+    input.teamsBasePath,
+    input.teamName,
+    '.member-work-sync',
+    'indexes',
+    'metrics.json'
+  );
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(metricsPath), { recursive: true });
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(
+    metricsPath,
+    `${JSON.stringify(
+      {
+        schemaVersion: 2,
+        members: {
+          [input.memberName]: {
+            memberName: input.memberName,
+            state: 'needs_sync',
+            agendaFingerprint: input.agendaFingerprint,
+            actionableCount: 1,
+            evaluatedAt: staleObservedAt,
+            providerId: 'codex',
+          },
+        },
+        recentEvents: [
+          {
+            id: 'native-stale-status',
+            teamName: input.teamName,
+            memberName: input.memberName,
+            kind: 'status_evaluated',
+            state: 'needs_sync',
+            agendaFingerprint: input.agendaFingerprint,
+            recordedAt: staleObservedAt,
+            actionableCount: 1,
+            providerId: 'codex',
+          },
+          ...Array.from({ length: 12 }, (_, index) => ({
+            id: `native-stale-would-nudge-${index}`,
+            teamName: input.teamName,
+            memberName: input.memberName,
+            kind: 'would_nudge',
+            state: 'needs_sync',
+            agendaFingerprint: input.agendaFingerprint,
+            recordedAt: new Date(nowMs - 5 * 60_000 + index * 5_000).toISOString(),
+            actionableCount: 1,
+            providerId: 'codex',
+          })),
+        ],
+      },
+      null,
+      2
+    )}\n`,
+    'utf8'
+  );
+}
+
 async function waitForAssertion(assertion: () => Promise<void> | void): Promise<void> {
   const deadline = Date.now() + 5_000;
   let lastError: unknown;
@@ -1067,6 +1130,130 @@ describe('createMemberWorkSyncFeature composition', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('delivers native stale in-progress recovery nudges despite noisy global metrics', async () => {
+    const claudeRoot = makeTempRoot();
+    setClaudeBasePathOverride(claudeRoot);
+    const teamsBasePath = getTeamsBasePath();
+    const teamName = 'team-native-stale-in-progress';
+    const memberName = 'alice';
+    const nudgeDeliveryWake = {
+      schedule: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    };
+    const feature = createMemberWorkSyncFeature({
+      teamsBasePath,
+      configReader: {
+        getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
+          name: teamName,
+          members: [{ name: memberName, providerId: 'codex' }],
+        })),
+      } as never,
+      taskReader: {
+        getTasks: vi.fn(async () => [
+          {
+            id: 'task-1',
+            displayId: '11111111',
+            subject: 'Review landing',
+            status: 'in_progress',
+            owner: memberName,
+          },
+        ]),
+      } as never,
+      kanbanManager: {
+        getState: vi.fn(async () => ({
+          teamName,
+          reviewers: [],
+          tasks: {},
+        })),
+      } as never,
+      membersMetaStore: {
+        getMembers: vi.fn(async () => []),
+      } as never,
+      isTeamActive: vi.fn(async () => true),
+      nudgeDeliveryWake,
+      queueQuietWindowMs: 1,
+    });
+
+    try {
+      feature.noteTeamChange({ type: 'task', teamName, taskId: 'task-1' } as never);
+
+      let agendaFingerprint = '';
+      await waitForAssertion(async () => {
+        const status = await feature.getStatus({ teamName, memberName });
+        expect(status).toMatchObject({
+          state: 'needs_sync',
+          providerId: 'codex',
+          diagnostics: expect.arrayContaining(['no_current_report']),
+          agenda: {
+            items: [
+              expect.objectContaining({
+                reason: 'owned_in_progress_task',
+                evidence: expect.objectContaining({ status: 'in_progress' }),
+              }),
+            ],
+          },
+        });
+        agendaFingerprint = status.agenda.fingerprint;
+      });
+      expect(await readInboxMessages({ teamsBasePath, teamName, memberName })).toEqual([]);
+      expect(nudgeDeliveryWake.schedule).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      await seedNativeStaleInProgressBlockingMetrics({
+        teamsBasePath,
+        teamName,
+        memberName,
+        agendaFingerprint,
+      });
+      feature.noteTeamChange({ type: 'task', teamName, taskId: 'task-1' } as never);
+
+      await waitForAssertion(async () => {
+        const nudges = (await readInboxMessages({ teamsBasePath, teamName, memberName })).filter(
+          (message) => message.messageKind === 'member_work_sync_nudge'
+        );
+        expect(nudges).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(nudges[0]?.text).toContain('Work sync check');
+        expect(nudges[0]?.text).toContain('11111111');
+        expect(nudgeDeliveryWake.schedule).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(nudgeDeliveryWake.schedule).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+          teamName,
+          memberName,
+          messageId: nudges[0]?.messageId,
+          providerId: 'codex',
+          reason: 'member_work_sync_nudge_inserted',
+          delayMs: 500,
+        });
+        await expect(feature.getMetrics({ teamName })).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          phase2Readiness: {
+            reasons: expect.arrayContaining(['would_nudge_rate_high']),
+          },
+        });
+        expect(
+          Object.values(await readMemberOutboxItems({ teamsBasePath, teamName, memberName }))
+        ).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            status: 'delivered',
+            deliveredMessageId: nudges[0]?.messageId,
+          }),
+        ]);
+      });
+
+      const journal = await fs.promises.readFile(
+        path.join(
+          teamsBasePath,
+          teamName,
+          'members',
+          memberName,
+          '.member-work-sync',
+          'journal.jsonl'
+        ),
+        'utf8'
+      );
+      expect(journal).toContain('"event":"nudge_delivered"');
+      expect(journal).toContain('"reason":"created"');
+    } finally {
+      await feature.dispose();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('delivers targeted OpenCode nudges even when global phase2 metrics are noisy', async () => {
     const claudeRoot = makeTempRoot();
     setClaudeBasePathOverride(claudeRoot);