diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/app/agents_overview.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/app/agents_overview.rs
index bba54d26fa..5d6b552c35 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/app/agents_overview.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/app/agents_overview.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use crate::chatwidget::ThreadInputStateRestoreMode;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::RequestId;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::SessionSource;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::Thread;
+use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadHistoryMode;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadItem;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadLoadedListParams;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadLoadedListResponse;
@@ -666,15 +667,34 @@ impl App {
     ) {
         let active_turn_id = match self.active_turn_id_for_thread(thread_id).await {
             Some(turn_id) => Some(turn_id),
-            None => match app_server
-                .thread_read(thread_id, /*include_turns*/ true)
-                .await
+            None => match async {
+                let thread = app_server
+                    .thread_read(thread_id, /*include_turns*/ false)
+                    .await?;
+                let turns = match thread.history_mode {
+                    ThreadHistoryMode::Paginated if app_server.supports_paginated_history() => {
+                        app_server
+                            .thread_turns_page(thread_id, /*cursor*/ None)
+                            .await?
+                            .data
+                    }
+                    ThreadHistoryMode::Legacy | ThreadHistoryMode::Paginated => {
+                        app_server
+                            .thread_read(thread_id, /*include_turns*/ true)
+                            .await?
+                            .turns
+                    }
+                };
+                Ok::<_, color_eyre::Report>(
+                    turns
+                        .into_iter()
+                        .find(|turn| turn.status == TurnStatus::InProgress)
+                        .map(|turn| turn.id),
+                )
+            }
+            .await
             {
-                Ok(thread) => thread
-                    .turns
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .find(|turn| turn.status == TurnStatus::InProgress)
-                    .map(|turn| turn.id),
+                Ok(turn_id) => turn_id,
                 Err(error) => {
                     self.chat_widget
                         .add_error_message(format!("Failed to stop background task: {error}"));
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/app/tests/session_lifecycle_requests.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/app/tests/session_lifecycle_requests.rs
index 8732ae3dfa..e0d5cbb5da 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/app/tests/session_lifecycle_requests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/app/tests/session_lifecycle_requests.rs
@@ -2265,6 +2265,92 @@ async fn paginated_workflows_never_request_full_thread_history() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn agents_overview_stop_uses_history_mode_for_turn_lookup() -> Result<()> {
+    let (mut app, _codex_home) = make_history_test_app().await?;
+    let paginated_thread_id = create_history_rollout(
+        &app.config,
+        ThreadHistoryMode::Paginated,
+        "paginated background task",
+    )?;
+    let cases = [
+        (paginated_thread_id, vec![false], 1),
+        (
+            create_history_rollout(
+                &app.config,
+                ThreadHistoryMode::Legacy,
+                "legacy background task",
+            )?,
+            vec![false, true],
+            0,
+        ),
+    ];
+    let (mut app_server, requests, proxy) = start_recording_app_server_with_history(
+        &app.config,
+        HistoryCapabilities::Current,
+        /*blocked_thread_list*/ None,
+        /*failed_thread_name*/ None,
+        crate::app_server_session::ThreadParamsMode::Embedded,
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    for (thread_id, expected_include_turns, expected_turn_page_count) in cases {
+        let previous_reads = recorded_params(&requests, "thread/read");
+        let previous_turn_page_count = recorded_params(&requests, "thread/turns/list").len();
+
+        app.stop_agents_overview_thread(&mut app_server, thread_id)
+            .await;
+
+        let reads = recorded_params(&requests, "thread/read");
+        let include_turns = reads[previous_reads.len()..]
+            .iter()
+            .map(|params| params["includeTurns"].as_bool().unwrap_or(false))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        assert_eq!(include_turns, expected_include_turns);
+        assert_eq!(
+            recorded_params(&requests, "thread/turns/list").len() - previous_turn_page_count,
+            expected_turn_page_count
+        );
+    }
+
+    app_server.shutdown().await?;
+    proxy.await??;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn agents_overview_stop_uses_full_history_after_legacy_negotiation() -> Result<()> {
+    let (mut app, _codex_home) = make_history_test_app().await?;
+    let thread_id = create_history_rollout(
+        &app.config,
+        ThreadHistoryMode::Paginated,
+        "paginated background task",
+    )?;
+    let (mut app_server, requests, proxy) = start_recording_app_server_with_history(
+        &app.config,
+        HistoryCapabilities::LegacyOnly,
+        /*blocked_thread_list*/ None,
+        /*failed_thread_name*/ None,
+        crate::app_server_session::ThreadParamsMode::Embedded,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    app_server.start_thread(&app.config).await?;
+
+    app.stop_agents_overview_thread(&mut app_server, thread_id)
+        .await;
+
+    let include_turns = recorded_params(&requests, "thread/read")
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|params| params["includeTurns"].as_bool().unwrap_or(false))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert_eq!(include_turns, vec![false, true]);
+    assert!(recorded_params(&requests, "thread/turns/list").is_empty());
+
+    app_server.shutdown().await?;
+    proxy.await??;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn cold_paginated_subagent_transcript_excludes_inherited_parent_history() -> Result<()> {
     let (app, codex_home) = make_history_test_app().await?;
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/app_server_session.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/app_server_session.rs
index ca0f99aa2a..f4267a0f73 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/app_server_session.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/app_server_session.rs
@@ -652,6 +652,10 @@ impl AppServerSession {
         self.managed_new_thread_defaults.as_ref()
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn supports_paginated_history(&self) -> bool {
+        self.history_support == ThreadHistorySupport::Paginated
+    }
+
     /// Fetches the current account info without refreshing the auth token.
     ///
     /// Used by both `bootstrap` (to populate the initial UI) and `get_login_status`