diff --git a/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts b/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
index 6785e8f2..3e714bd0 100644
--- a/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
@@ -3719,6 +3719,7 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
     this.liveTeamAgentRuntimeMetadataCache.delete(teamName);
     this.liveTeamAgentRuntimeMetadataInFlightByTeam.delete(teamName);
     this.runtimeProcessRowsForUsageSnapshotByTeam.delete(teamName);
+    this.runtimeProcessUsageStatsCacheByPid.clear();
   }
 
   private cloneMemberSpawnStatusesSnapshot(
@@ -25329,23 +25330,30 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
 
     let processRows: RuntimeTelemetryProcessTableRow[] = [];
     let processTableAvailable = true;
-    try {
-      processRows =
-        this.normalizeRuntimeProcessRowsForTelemetry(
-          await this.withRuntimeTelemetryTimeout(
-            listRuntimeProcessTableForCurrentPlatform(),
-            TeamProvisioningService.RUNTIME_PROCESS_TABLE_TIMEOUT_MS,
-            'process table runtime snapshot'
-          ),
-          process.platform === 'win32' ? 'wsl' : 'native'
-        ) ?? [];
-    } catch (error) {
-      processTableAvailable = false;
-      logger.debug(
-        `[${teamName}] Failed to read process table for runtime snapshot: ${
-          error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-        }`
-      );
+    const shouldReadProcessTable = this.shouldReadProcessTableForLiveRuntimeMetadata({
+      metadataByMember,
+      launchSnapshot: persistedLaunchSnapshot,
+      paneInfoById,
+    });
+    if (shouldReadProcessTable) {
+      try {
+        processRows =
+          this.normalizeRuntimeProcessRowsForTelemetry(
+            await this.withRuntimeTelemetryTimeout(
+              listRuntimeProcessTableForCurrentPlatform(),
+              TeamProvisioningService.RUNTIME_PROCESS_TABLE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+              'process table runtime snapshot'
+            ),
+            process.platform === 'win32' ? 'wsl' : 'native'
+          ) ?? [];
+      } catch (error) {
+        processTableAvailable = false;
+        logger.debug(
+          `[${teamName}] Failed to read process table for runtime snapshot: ${
+            error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+          }`
+        );
+      }
     }
     this.runtimeProcessRowsForUsageSnapshotByTeam.set(teamName, {
       expiresAtMs: Date.now() + this.getAgentRuntimeSnapshotCacheTtlMs(teamName, runId),
@@ -25746,6 +25754,34 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
     return normalizedRows;
   }
 
+  private shouldReadProcessTableForLiveRuntimeMetadata(params: {
+    metadataByMember: ReadonlyMap<string, LiveTeamAgentRuntimeMetadata>;
+    launchSnapshot: PersistedTeamLaunchSnapshot | null | undefined;
+    paneInfoById: ReadonlyMap<string, TmuxPaneRuntimeInfo>;
+  }): boolean {
+    for (const [memberName, metadata] of params.metadataByMember.entries()) {
+      if (metadata.agentId?.trim()) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      const paneId = metadata.tmuxPaneId?.trim() ?? '';
+      if (paneId && params.paneInfoById.has(paneId)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      const launchRuntimePid = params.launchSnapshot?.members[memberName]?.runtimePid;
+      if (
+        (typeof metadata.metricsPid === 'number' &&
+          Number.isFinite(metadata.metricsPid) &&
+          metadata.metricsPid > 0) ||
+        (typeof launchRuntimePid === 'number' &&
+          Number.isFinite(launchRuntimePid) &&
+          launchRuntimePid > 0)
+      ) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   private async readRuntimeProcessRowsForUsageSnapshot(
     teamName: string,
     options: { includeWindowsHostRows?: boolean } = {}
diff --git a/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.test.ts b/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.test.ts
index 40ea9195..3ad5868f 100644
--- a/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.test.ts
+++ b/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.test.ts
@@ -3335,7 +3335,7 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
         getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
           members: [
             { name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' },
-            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini' },
+            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini', agentId: 'alice@runtime-team' },
           ],
         })),
       };
@@ -3363,7 +3363,7 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
         getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
           members: [
             { name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' },
-            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini' },
+            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini', agentId: 'alice@runtime-team' },
           ],
         })),
       };
@@ -3385,6 +3385,26 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
       expect(listRuntimeProcessTableForCurrentPlatform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
+    it('skips live process table reads when runtime metadata has no verifiable handle', async () => {
+      const svc = new TeamProvisioningService();
+      (svc as any).configReader = {
+        getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
+          members: [
+            { name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' },
+            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini' },
+          ],
+        })),
+      };
+
+      const metadata = (await (svc as any).getLiveTeamAgentRuntimeMetadata('runtime-team')) as Map<
+        string,
+        unknown
+      >;
+
+      expect(metadata.has('alice')).toBe(true);
+      expect(listRuntimeProcessTableForCurrentPlatform).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it('uses a longer live runtime metadata cache for persisted teams without a tracked run', async () => {
       vi.useFakeTimers();
       vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-05-03T12:00:00.000Z'));
@@ -3393,7 +3413,7 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
         getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
           members: [
             { name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' },
-            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini' },
+            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini', agentId: 'alice@runtime-team' },
           ],
         })),
       };
@@ -3421,7 +3441,7 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
         getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
           members: [
             { name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' },
-            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini' },
+            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini', agentId: 'alice@runtime-team' },
           ],
         })),
       };
@@ -3441,7 +3461,7 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
         getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
           members: [
             { name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' },
-            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini' },
+            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini', agentId: 'alice@runtime-team' },
           ],
         })),
       };
@@ -3462,7 +3482,12 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
         getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
           members: [
             { name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' },
-            { name: 'alice', providerId: 'opencode', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini' },
+            {
+              name: 'alice',
+              providerId: 'opencode',
+              model: 'gpt-5.4-mini',
+              agentId: 'alice@runtime-team',
+            },
           ],
         })),
       };
@@ -4532,7 +4557,10 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
       (TeamProvisioningService as any).RUNTIME_PROCESS_TABLE_TIMEOUT_MS = 5;
       (svc as any).configReader = {
         getConfig: vi.fn(async () => ({
-          members: [{ name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' }],
+          members: [
+            { name: 'team-lead', agentType: 'team-lead' },
+            { name: 'alice', model: 'gpt-5.4-mini', agentId: 'alice@runtime-team' },
+          ],
         })),
       };
       (svc as any).aliveRunByTeam.set('runtime-team', 'run-1');