diff --git a/codex-rs/exec-server/tests/exec_process.rs b/codex-rs/exec-server/tests/exec_process.rs
index 840f5c8997..d68969414e 100644
--- a/codex-rs/exec-server/tests/exec_process.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec-server/tests/exec_process.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,53 @@ async fn assert_exec_process_starts_and_exits(use_remote: bool) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+async fn assert_exec_process_reuses_id_after_spawn_failure(use_remote: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    let context = create_process_context(use_remote).await?;
+    let process_id = ProcessId::from("proc-spawn-failure");
+    let cwd = PathUri::from_path(std::env::current_dir()?)?;
+    let error = match context
+        .backend
+        .start(ExecParams {
+            process_id: process_id.clone(),
+            argv: vec!["/codex-exec-server-test/definitely-missing".to_string()],
+            cwd: cwd.clone(),
+            env_policy: /*env_policy*/ None,
+            env: Default::default(),
+            tty: false,
+            pipe_stdin: false,
+            arg0: None,
+        })
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(_) => anyhow::bail!("missing executable should fail during process launch"),
+        Err(error) => error,
+    };
+    let ExecServerError::Server { code, .. } = error else {
+        anyhow::bail!("unexpected process launch error: {error}");
+    };
+    assert_eq!(code, -32603);
+
+    let session = context
+        .backend
+        .start(ExecParams {
+            process_id,
+            argv: vec!["true".to_string()],
+            cwd,
+            env_policy: /*env_policy*/ None,
+            env: Default::default(),
+            tty: false,
+            pipe_stdin: false,
+            arg0: None,
+        })
+        .await?;
+    let wake_rx = session.process.subscribe_wake();
+    assert_eq!(
+        collect_process_output_from_reads(session.process, wake_rx).await?,
+        (String::new(), Some(0), true)
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn read_process_until_change(
     session: Arc<dyn ExecProcess>,
     wake_rx: &mut watch::Receiver<u64>,
@@ -853,6 +900,16 @@ async fn exec_process_rejects_non_native_cwd_without_reserving_process_id(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test_case(false ; "local")]
+#[test_case(true ; "remote")]
+#[cfg_attr(not(unix), ignore = "Unix-only exec-server process test")]
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+// Serialize tests that launch a real exec-server process through the full CLI.
+#[serial_test::serial(remote_exec_server)]
+async fn exec_process_reuses_id_after_spawn_failure(use_remote: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    assert_exec_process_reuses_id_after_spawn_failure(use_remote).await
+}
+
 #[test_case(false ; "local")]
 #[test_case(true ; "remote")]
 #[cfg_attr(not(unix), ignore = "Unix-only exec-server process test")]