diff --git a/packages/console/core/tsconfig.json b/packages/console/core/tsconfig.json
index 3218dd7e3e..5f523b90eb 100644
--- a/packages/console/core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/console/core/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
     "jsx": "preserve",
     "jsxImportSource": "react",
     "types": ["@cloudflare/workers-types", "node"]
-  }
+  },
+  "exclude": ["drizzle.config.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
index 4161c025c1..a005e27272 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
@@ -903,6 +903,29 @@ function App(props: { onSnapshot?: () => Promise<string[]> }) {
     return render({ params: route.data.data })
   })
 
+  sdk.event.on(TuiEvent.RendererSuspendRequest.type, async (evt) => {
+    renderer.suspend()
+    renderer.currentRenderBuffer.clear()
+    await sdk.client.tui.publish({
+      body: {
+        type: TuiEvent.RendererSuspendAck.type,
+        properties: { token: evt.properties.token },
+      },
+    })
+  })
+
+  sdk.event.on(TuiEvent.RendererResumeRequest.type, async (evt) => {
+    renderer.currentRenderBuffer.clear()
+    renderer.resume()
+    renderer.requestRender()
+    await sdk.client.tui.publish({
+      body: {
+        type: TuiEvent.RendererResumeAck.type,
+        properties: { token: evt.properties.token },
+      },
+    })
+  })
+
   return (
     <box
       width={dimensions().width}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/event.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/event.ts
index b2e4b92c55..81d592ad42 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/event.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/event.ts
@@ -46,4 +46,31 @@ export const TuiEvent = {
       sessionID: SessionID.zod.describe("Session ID to navigate to"),
     }),
   ),
+  RendererSuspendRequest: BusEvent.define(
+    "tui.renderer.suspend.request",
+    z.object({
+      token: z.string(),
+      sessionID: z.string().optional(),
+      callID: z.string().optional(),
+      reason: z.string().optional(),
+    }),
+  ),
+  RendererSuspendAck: BusEvent.define(
+    "tui.renderer.suspend.ack",
+    z.object({
+      token: z.string(),
+    }),
+  ),
+  RendererResumeRequest: BusEvent.define(
+    "tui.renderer.resume.request",
+    z.object({
+      token: z.string(),
+    }),
+  ),
+  RendererResumeAck: BusEvent.define(
+    "tui.renderer.resume.ack",
+    z.object({
+      token: z.string(),
+    }),
+  ),
 }
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/thread.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/thread.ts
index df5c416777..9145dc1a18 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/thread.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/thread.ts
@@ -140,9 +140,12 @@ export const TuiThreadCommand = cmd({
       const cwd = Filesystem.resolve(process.cwd())
 
       const worker = new Worker(file, {
-        env: Object.fromEntries(
-          Object.entries(process.env).filter((entry): entry is [string, string] => entry[1] !== undefined),
-        ),
+        env: {
+          ...Object.fromEntries(
+            Object.entries(process.env).filter((entry): entry is [string, string] => entry[1] !== undefined),
+          ),
+          OPENCODE_TUI: "1",
+        },
       })
       worker.onerror = (e) => {
         Log.Default.error(e)
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/id/id.ts b/packages/opencode/src/id/id.ts
index 9e324962bf..1d454256eb 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/id/id.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/id/id.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export namespace Identifier {
     pty: "pty",
     tool: "tool",
     workspace: "wrk",
+    terminal: "trm",
   } as const
 
   export function schema(prefix: keyof typeof prefixes) {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/terminal/control.ts b/packages/opencode/src/terminal/control.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c89b3f933e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/terminal/control.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+import { Bus } from "@/bus"
+import { TuiEvent } from "@/cli/cmd/tui/event"
+import { Identifier } from "@/id/id"
+import { Instance } from "@/project/instance"
+import { Log } from "@/util/log"
+
+const log = Log.create({ service: "terminal-control" })
+
+/**
+ * TerminalControl coordinates TUI renderer suspend/resume with interactive tool execution.
+ *
+ * When a tool needs to spawn an interactive subprocess (stdio: "inherit"), it should:
+ * 1. Call suspend() before spawning
+ * 2. Run the subprocess
+ * 3. Call resume() after subprocess exits (use try/finally)
+ */
+export namespace TerminalControl {
+  const DEFAULT_SUSPEND_TIMEOUT_MS = 100
+  const DEFAULT_RESUME_TIMEOUT_MS = 50
+
+  interface AckHandler {
+    readonly token: string
+    readonly resolve: () => void
+    readonly timer: NodeJS.Timeout
+  }
+
+  interface State {
+    pendingAcks: Map<string, AckHandler>
+    subscriptionsInitialized: boolean
+  }
+
+  const state = Instance.state(() => ({
+    pendingAcks: new Map<string, AckHandler>(),
+    subscriptionsInitialized: false,
+  }))
+
+  function isTuiMode(): boolean {
+    return process.env.OPENCODE_TUI === "1"
+  }
+
+  function generateToken(): string {
+    return Identifier.ascending("terminal")
+  }
+
+  function waitForAck(token: string, timeoutMs: number, operation: "suspend" | "resume"): Promise<void> {
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+        state().pendingAcks.delete(token)
+        log.warn(`${operation}: timeout waiting for TUI ack`, { token, timeoutMs })
+        resolve()
+      }, timeoutMs)
+
+      state().pendingAcks.set(token, {
+        token,
+        timer,
+        resolve: () => {
+          clearTimeout(timer)
+          state().pendingAcks.delete(token)
+          log.debug(`${operation}: received ack`, { token })
+          resolve()
+        },
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  function cleanupPendingAck(token: string): void {
+    const handler = state().pendingAcks.get(token)
+    if (handler) {
+      clearTimeout(handler.timer)
+      state().pendingAcks.delete(token)
+    }
+  }
+
+  export async function suspend(
+    options?: {
+      sessionID?: string
+      callID?: string
+      reason?: string
+    },
+    timeout = isTuiMode() ? DEFAULT_SUSPEND_TIMEOUT_MS : 0,
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    ensureSubscriptions()
+    const token = generateToken()
+
+    if (timeout === 0) {
+      log.debug("suspend: headless mode, skipping wait", { token })
+      return token
+    }
+
+    await Bus.publish(TuiEvent.RendererSuspendRequest, {
+      token,
+      sessionID: options?.sessionID,
+      callID: options?.callID,
+      reason: options?.reason,
+    })
+
+    await waitForAck(token, timeout, "suspend")
+    return token
+  }
+
+  export async function resume(token: string, shouldWaitForAck = false): Promise<void> {
+    ensureSubscriptions()
+    cleanupPendingAck(token)
+
+    await Bus.publish(TuiEvent.RendererResumeRequest, { token })
+
+    if (shouldWaitForAck && isTuiMode()) {
+      await waitForAck(token, DEFAULT_RESUME_TIMEOUT_MS, "resume")
+    }
+  }
+
+  function handleAck(token: string): void {
+    const handler = state().pendingAcks.get(token)
+    handler?.resolve()
+  }
+
+  function ensureSubscriptions(): void {
+    const s = state()
+    if (s.subscriptionsInitialized) return
+    s.subscriptionsInitialized = true
+
+    Bus.subscribe(TuiEvent.RendererSuspendAck, (event) => {
+      handleAck(event.properties.token)
+    })
+
+    Bus.subscribe(TuiEvent.RendererResumeAck, (event) => {
+      handleAck(event.properties.token)
+    })
+
+    log.debug("Bus subscriptions initialized", { directory: Instance.directory })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/tool/bash.ts b/packages/opencode/src/tool/bash.ts
index 365fda3296..41878a4609 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/tool/bash.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/tool/bash.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { Process } from "@/util/process"
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url"
 import { Flag } from "@/flag/flag"
 import { Shell } from "@/shell/shell"
+import { TerminalControl } from "@/terminal/control"
 
 import { BashArity } from "@/permission/arity"
 import { Truncate } from "./truncate"
diff --git a/packages/opencode/tsconfig.json b/packages/opencode/tsconfig.json
index ff9886313a..875a5382fa 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/opencode/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
         "namespaceImportPackages": ["effect", "@effect/*"]
       }
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "exclude": ["drizzle.config.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
index b2e37db59b..7a742a880c 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import type {
   EventSubscribeResponses,
   EventTuiCommandExecute,
   EventTuiPromptAppend,
+  EventTuiRendererResumeAck,
+  EventTuiRendererResumeRequest,
+  EventTuiRendererSuspendAck,
+  EventTuiRendererSuspendRequest,
   EventTuiSessionSelect,
   EventTuiToastShow,
   ExperimentalConsoleGetResponses,
@@ -3793,7 +3797,15 @@ export class Tui extends HeyApiClient {
     parameters?: {
       directory?: string
       workspace?: string
-      body?: EventTuiPromptAppend | EventTuiCommandExecute | EventTuiToastShow | EventTuiSessionSelect
+      body?:
+        | EventTuiPromptAppend
+        | EventTuiCommandExecute
+        | EventTuiToastShow
+        | EventTuiSessionSelect
+        | EventTuiRendererSuspendRequest
+        | EventTuiRendererSuspendAck
+        | EventTuiRendererResumeRequest
+        | EventTuiRendererResumeAck
     },
     options?: Options<never, ThrowOnError>,
   ) {
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
index 0a9aa4358e..d2619544a4 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
@@ -322,6 +322,37 @@ export type EventTuiSessionSelect = {
   }
 }
 
+export type EventTuiRendererSuspendRequest = {
+  type: "tui.renderer.suspend.request"
+  properties: {
+    token: string
+    sessionID?: string
+    callID?: string
+    reason?: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type EventTuiRendererSuspendAck = {
+  type: "tui.renderer.suspend.ack"
+  properties: {
+    token: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type EventTuiRendererResumeRequest = {
+  type: "tui.renderer.resume.request"
+  properties: {
+    token: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type EventTuiRendererResumeAck = {
+  type: "tui.renderer.resume.ack"
+  properties: {
+    token: string
+  }
+}
+
 export type EventMcpToolsChanged = {
   type: "mcp.tools.changed"
   properties: {
@@ -987,6 +1018,12 @@ export type Event =
   | EventTuiCommandExecute
   | EventTuiToastShow
   | EventTuiSessionSelect
+  | EventTuiRendererSuspendRequest
+  | EventTuiRendererSuspendAck
+  | EventTuiRendererResumeRequest
+  | EventTuiRendererResumeAck
+  | EventFileWatcherUpdated
+  | EventTodoUpdated
   | EventMcpToolsChanged
   | EventMcpBrowserOpenFailed
   | EventCommandExecuted
@@ -4989,7 +5026,15 @@ export type TuiShowToastResponses = {
 export type TuiShowToastResponse = TuiShowToastResponses[keyof TuiShowToastResponses]
 
 export type TuiPublishData = {
-  body?: EventTuiPromptAppend | EventTuiCommandExecute | EventTuiToastShow | EventTuiSessionSelect
+  body?:
+    | EventTuiPromptAppend
+    | EventTuiCommandExecute
+    | EventTuiToastShow
+    | EventTuiSessionSelect
+    | EventTuiRendererSuspendRequest
+    | EventTuiRendererSuspendAck
+    | EventTuiRendererResumeRequest
+    | EventTuiRendererResumeAck
   path?: never
   query?: {
     directory?: string