diff --git a/src/main/services/team/provisioning/TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy.ts b/src/main/services/team/provisioning/TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy.ts
index 30ce8949..13e9d308 100644
--- a/src/main/services/team/provisioning/TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/team/provisioning/TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export function isMaterializedOpenCodeSessionId(sessionId: unknown): boolean {
     return false;
   }
   const trimmed = sessionId.trim();
-  return trimmed.length > 0 && !trimmed.startsWith('failed:');
+  return trimmed.length > 0 && !trimmed.toLowerCase().startsWith('failed:');
 }
 
 export function hasMaterializedOpenCodeRuntimeForBootstrap(
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ export function hasOpenCodeRuntimeHandle(
   const runtimeSessionId = (value as { runtimeSessionId?: unknown }).runtimeSessionId;
   const runtimeEvidenceSessionId = (value as { sessionId?: unknown }).sessionId;
   const sessionId =
-    (typeof runtimeSessionId === 'string' && runtimeSessionId.trim().length > 0) ||
-    (typeof runtimeEvidenceSessionId === 'string' && runtimeEvidenceSessionId.trim().length > 0);
+    isMaterializedOpenCodeSessionId(runtimeSessionId) ||
+    isMaterializedOpenCodeSessionId(runtimeEvidenceSessionId);
   return runtimePid || sessionId;
 }
 
@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@ export function hasOpenCodeRuntimeEntryHandle(
     typeof value.runtimePid === 'number' &&
     Number.isFinite(value.runtimePid) &&
     value.runtimePid > 0;
-  const runtimeSessionId =
-    typeof value.runtimeSessionId === 'string' && value.runtimeSessionId.trim().length > 0;
+  const runtimeSessionId = isMaterializedOpenCodeSessionId(value.runtimeSessionId);
   return pid || runtimePid || runtimeSessionId || hasOpenCodeRuntimeLivenessMarker(value);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy.test.ts b/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy.test.ts
index a226818b..90f37cc1 100644
--- a/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy.test.ts
+++ b/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy.test.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy', () => {
     expect(hasOpenCodeRuntimeHandle({ runtimeSessionId: ' session-1 ' })).toBe(true);
     expect(hasOpenCodeRuntimeHandle({ sessionId: 'session-2' })).toBe(true);
     expect(hasOpenCodeRuntimeHandle({ runtimePid: 0, sessionId: '  ' })).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasOpenCodeRuntimeHandle({ sessionId: 'failed:session-2' })).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasOpenCodeRuntimeHandle({ runtimeSessionId: 'FAILED:session-3' })).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasOpenCodeRuntimeEntryHandle({ runtimeSessionId: 'failed:entry-session' })).toBe(false);
     expect(hasOpenCodeRuntimeLivenessMarker({ livenessKind: 'runtime_process_candidate' })).toBe(
       true
     );
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningOpenCodeRuntimeEvidencePolicy', () => {
     );
     expect(isMaterializedOpenCodeSessionId('runtime-session')).toBe(true);
     expect(isMaterializedOpenCodeSessionId('failed:runtime-session')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isMaterializedOpenCodeSessionId('FAILED:runtime-session')).toBe(false);
     expect(hasMaterializedOpenCodeRuntimeForBootstrap(result.members.Builder)).toBe(true);
     expect(isRecoverableOpenCodeBootstrapPendingLaunchResult(result, 'Builder')).toBe(true);