diff --git a/docs/reference/cli.md b/docs/reference/cli.md
index 49caaad6..0165f35c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cli.md
+++ b/docs/reference/cli.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ UniDesk 的统一 CLI 入口是根目录 `scripts/cli.ts`，运行方式固定
 - `codex task <taskId> --trace --tail|--from-start|--after-seq N|--before-seq N --limit N` 按页拉取 Code Queue 的逻辑 trace；响应会返回 `nextAfterSeq`、`previousBeforeSeq`、`hasMore`、`hasBefore` 和下一页/上一页命令，默认 `--trace` 取最新一页，需要完整 prompt/最后 response 时加 `--full`。
 - `codex output <taskId> --tail|--from-start|--after-seq N|--before-seq N --limit N [--full-text]` 按原始 output seq 分页读取底层记录；当 trace 行提示 `commandOmittedLines`、`bodyOmittedLines` 或 `rawSeqs` 时，用该命令按 seq 补取完整信息，默认仍有单条文本预览上限，显式 `--full-text` 才返回该页全文。
 - `codex judge <taskId> --attempt N [--dry-run] [--include-prompt]` 通过 Code Queue 私有代理按指定 attempt 单步复现 judge；后端会从 PostgreSQL task JSON 与 output 归档重建该 attempt 在真实队列 worker 中的 `QueueTask`/`CodexRunResult`，再调用同一套 judge prompt builder 和 MiniMax 请求路径。默认会真实调用 MiniMax，`--dry-run` 只返回 prompt/payload 大小、attempt 窗口和重建来源诊断，`--include-prompt` 仅用于本地深度排查。
-- Code Queue 多队列 lane 由 `codex` 命令命名空间管理：`queues` 列表、`queue create <queueId>` 创建、`queue merge <sourceQueueId> --into <targetQueueId>` 合并、`move <taskId> --queue <queueId>` 迁移；同一个 queue 内部串行执行，不同 queue 之间并行执行。合并会移动任务归属并自动删除源 queue 记录，只保留合并后的目标 queue；合并后的目标 queue 按任务原 `queueEnteredAt`/`createdAt` 时间顺序串行。迁移 queued/retry_wait 任务后会立即调度目标 queue。
+- Code Queue 多队列 lane 由 `codex` 命令命名空间管理：`queues` 列表、`queue create <queueId>` 创建、`queue merge <sourceQueueId> --into <targetQueueId>` 合并、`move <taskId> --queue <queueId>` 迁移；同一个 queue 内部串行执行，不同 queue 之间并行执行。迁移只允许尚未被 scheduler claim 的 `queued`/`retry_wait` 任务，必须满足 `startedAt=null`、`currentAttempt=0` 且没有 active thread/turn；已进入 `running`/`judging` 或已有 claim 标记的任务返回 409，不得被 move/merge 回写成 queued。合并会移动可迁移任务归属并自动删除源 queue 记录，只保留合并后的目标 queue；若 source 或 target queue 存在 active/claimed 任务，合并整体返回 409。合并后的目标 queue 按任务原 `queueEnteredAt`/`createdAt` 时间顺序串行，成功迁移 queued/retry_wait 任务后会立即调度目标 queue。
 - `job list` 与 `job status` 查询 `.state/jobs/` 文件系统状态，是异步命令的可观测入口。
 - `debug health`、`debug dispatch` 与 `debug task` 走真实内部 core、WebSocket、数据库、provider、系统指标、Docker 状态和 Host SSH 维护桥流程，只用于开发调试，不写入 `TEST.md` 的正式验收步骤。
 - `e2e run [--only pattern[,pattern...]] [--skip pattern[,pattern...]]` 使用 publicHost 派生的公开 frontend/provider ingress URL，并通过 Docker 内网验证 core API、PostgreSQL、provider self-connection、系统指标曲线、Docker 状态快照、provider.upgrade 预检和 Playwright 前端页面，是交付前的自动化 E2E 门禁；CLI 默认输出 check 状态摘要，完整诊断写入 `resultPath`，日常迭代应优先用 `--only` / `--skip` 跑最小必要集合。
diff --git a/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/index.ts b/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/index.ts
index fe758aa6..571186ba 100644
--- a/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/index.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ import {
   readOaTraceStatsForTaskAttempts,
   readOaTraceStatsForTasks,
 } from "./oa-events";
-import { configureSelfTests, runJudgeInfraSelfTest, runQueueOrderingSelfTest, runReferenceInjectionSelfTest, runTracePortSelfTest } from "./self-tests";
+import { configureSelfTests, runJudgeInfraSelfTest, runQueueClaimMoveSelfTest, runQueueOrderingSelfTest, runReferenceInjectionSelfTest, runTracePortSelfTest } from "./self-tests";
 import {
   codexToolLifecycleStartedBeforeIn,
   configureTaskView,
@@ -1185,7 +1185,12 @@ function updateNextSeqFromTasks(): void {
   state.nextSeq = nextSeq;
 }
 
-async function upsertTaskToDatabase(client: SqlExecutor, task: QueueTask): Promise<void> {
+interface UpsertTaskOptions {
+  claimQueueId?: string | null;
+}
+
+async function upsertTaskToDatabase(client: SqlExecutor, task: QueueTask, options: UpsertTaskOptions = {}): Promise<boolean> {
+  const claimQueueId = options.claimQueueId ?? null;
   const rows = await client<Array<{ read_at: Date | string | null }>>`
     INSERT INTO unidesk_code_queue_tasks (
       id,
@@ -1292,9 +1297,62 @@ async function upsertTaskToDatabase(client: SqlExecutor, task: QueueTask): Promi
         END,
         true
       )
+    WHERE (
+        ${claimQueueId === null}
+        OR (
+          unidesk_code_queue_tasks.queue_id = ${claimQueueId}
+          AND (
+            (
+              unidesk_code_queue_tasks.status = 'queued'
+              AND unidesk_code_queue_tasks.started_at IS NULL
+              AND unidesk_code_queue_tasks.current_attempt = 0
+              AND unidesk_code_queue_tasks.codex_thread_id IS NULL
+              AND unidesk_code_queue_tasks.active_turn_id IS NULL
+            )
+            OR (
+              unidesk_code_queue_tasks.status = 'retry_wait'
+              AND unidesk_code_queue_tasks.active_turn_id IS NULL
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      )
+      AND NOT (
+        EXCLUDED.status IN ('queued', 'retry_wait')
+        AND EXCLUDED.started_at IS NULL
+        AND EXCLUDED.current_attempt = 0
+        AND EXCLUDED.codex_thread_id IS NULL
+        AND EXCLUDED.active_turn_id IS NULL
+        AND (
+          unidesk_code_queue_tasks.status IN ('running', 'judging')
+          OR unidesk_code_queue_tasks.started_at IS NOT NULL
+          OR unidesk_code_queue_tasks.current_attempt > 0
+          OR unidesk_code_queue_tasks.codex_thread_id IS NOT NULL
+          OR unidesk_code_queue_tasks.active_turn_id IS NOT NULL
+        )
+      )
     RETURNING read_at
   `;
+  if (rows.length === 0) {
+    const current = await client<DatabaseTaskStatusRow[]>`
+      SELECT id, queue_id, status, started_at, current_attempt, codex_thread_id, active_turn_id
+      FROM unidesk_code_queue_tasks
+      WHERE id = ${task.id}
+      LIMIT 1
+    `;
+    logger("warn", "database_task_stale_unclaimed_write_rejected", {
+      taskId: task.id,
+      attemptedQueueId: queueIdOf(task),
+      attemptedStatus: task.status,
+      attemptedStartedAt: task.startedAt,
+      attemptedCurrentAttempt: task.currentAttempt,
+      attemptedCodexThreadId: task.codexThreadId,
+      attemptedActiveTurnId: task.activeTurnId,
+      current: databaseStatusRowJson(current[0] ?? null),
+    });
+    return false;
+  }
   task.readAt = timestampToIso(rows[0]?.read_at ?? null);
+  return true;
 }
 
 async function upsertQueueToDatabase(client: SqlExecutor, queue: QueueRecord): Promise<void> {
@@ -1347,6 +1405,16 @@ interface DatabaseTaskRow {
   task_json: unknown;
 }
 
+interface DatabaseTaskStatusRow {
+  id: string;
+  queue_id: string;
+  status: TaskStatus;
+  started_at: Date | string | null;
+  current_attempt: number | string | null;
+  codex_thread_id: string | null;
+  active_turn_id: string | null;
+}
+
 interface DatabaseQueueRow {
   id: string;
   name: string;
@@ -1376,6 +1444,161 @@ function normalizeDatabaseTaskRows(rows: DatabaseTaskRow[], source: string): Que
   return tasks.sort((left, right) => (timestampMs(left.createdAt) ?? 0) - (timestampMs(right.createdAt) ?? 0) || left.id.localeCompare(right.id));
 }
 
+function databaseStatusRowJson(row: DatabaseTaskStatusRow | null): JsonValue {
+  if (row === null) return null;
+  return {
+    id: row.id,
+    queueId: safeQueueId(row.queue_id),
+    status: row.status,
+    startedAt: timestampToIso(row.started_at),
+    currentAttempt: Number(row.current_attempt ?? 0),
+    codexThreadId: row.codex_thread_id,
+    activeTurnId: row.active_turn_id,
+  };
+}
+
+function taskIsUnclaimedMovable(task: QueueTask): boolean {
+  return (task.status === "queued" || task.status === "retry_wait")
+    && task.startedAt === null
+    && task.currentAttempt === 0
+    && task.codexThreadId === null
+    && task.activeTurnId === null;
+}
+
+function databaseTaskMoveBlocker(row: DatabaseTaskStatusRow | null): string {
+  if (row === null) return "task not found";
+  if (row.status !== "queued" && row.status !== "retry_wait") return `status=${row.status}`;
+  if (row.started_at !== null) return "task already has started_at";
+  if (Number(row.current_attempt ?? 0) !== 0) return `task already has current_attempt=${Number(row.current_attempt ?? 0)}`;
+  if (row.codex_thread_id !== null) return "task already has codex_thread_id";
+  if (row.active_turn_id !== null) return "task already has active_turn_id";
+  return "";
+}
+
+function taskMoveBlocker(task: QueueTask): string {
+  if (activeRunForTask(task) !== null) return "task has an active agent run";
+  if (processingQueues.has(queueIdOf(task))) return "queue processor is currently active";
+  if (activeRunSlotReservations.has(queueIdOf(task))) return "queue is reserving an active run slot";
+  if (activeRunSlotWaiters.some((waiter) => waiter.taskId === task.id || waiter.queueId === queueIdOf(task))) return "queue is waiting for an active run slot";
+  if (task.status !== "queued" && task.status !== "retry_wait") return `status=${task.status}`;
+  if (!taskIsUnclaimedMovable(task)) return "task has already been claimed";
+  return "";
+}
+
+function reconcileHotTaskFromDatabase(task: QueueTask): QueueTask {
+  const existing = findTask(task.id);
+  if (existing === null) return rememberHotTask(task);
+  if (activeRunForTask(existing) !== null) return existing;
+  Object.assign(existing, task);
+  return existing;
+}
+
+function taskHasClaimMarkers(task: QueueTask): boolean {
+  return task.status === "running"
+    || task.status === "judging"
+    || task.startedAt !== null
+    || task.currentAttempt > 0
+    || task.codexThreadId !== null
+    || task.activeTurnId !== null;
+}
+
+function shouldPreferHotTaskOverDatabase(hotTask: QueueTask, databaseTask: QueueTask): boolean {
+  if (activeRunForTask(hotTask) !== null) return true;
+  if (taskIsUnclaimedMovable(hotTask) && taskHasClaimMarkers(databaseTask)) return false;
+  const hotUpdatedAt = timestampMs(hotTask.updatedAt) ?? 0;
+  const databaseUpdatedAt = timestampMs(databaseTask.updatedAt) ?? 0;
+  return hotUpdatedAt >= databaseUpdatedAt;
+}
+
+async function deleteTaskFromDatabase(taskId: string): Promise<void> {
+  if (!databaseReady) return;
+  await sql`
+    DELETE FROM unidesk_code_queue_tasks
+    WHERE id = ${taskId}
+  `;
+}
+
+async function claimTaskInDatabase(task: QueueTask, expectedQueueId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (!databaseReady) return true;
+  const claimed = await sql.begin(async (client) => await upsertTaskToDatabase(client, task, { claimQueueId: expectedQueueId }));
+  if (claimed) return true;
+  const databaseTask = await loadTaskFromDatabase(task.id);
+  if (databaseTask !== null) reconcileHotTaskFromDatabase(databaseTask);
+  logger("warn", "task_claim_conflict", {
+    taskId: task.id,
+    expectedQueueId,
+    attemptedQueueId: queueIdOf(task),
+    attemptedStatus: task.status,
+    attemptedCurrentAttempt: task.currentAttempt,
+  });
+  return false;
+}
+
+async function runDatabaseClaimMoveSelfTest(): Promise<JsonValue | null> {
+  if (!databaseReady) return null;
+  const suffix = String(Date.now());
+  const taskId = `codex_claim_move_db_${suffix}`;
+  const queuedAt = nowIso();
+  const sourceQueueId = `claim_move_db_source_${suffix}`;
+  const targetQueueId = `claim_move_db_target_${suffix}`;
+  const before = state.tasks.slice();
+  const beforeQueues = state.queues.slice();
+  await deleteTaskFromDatabase(taskId);
+  try {
+    const queuedTask = normalizeTask({
+      ...createTask({ prompt: "claim/move DB race self-test", queueId: sourceQueueId }),
+      id: taskId,
+      queueId: sourceQueueId,
+      queueEnteredAt: queuedAt,
+      createdAt: queuedAt,
+      updatedAt: queuedAt,
+      output: [],
+    });
+    await sql.begin(async (client) => {
+      await upsertQueueToDatabase(client, { id: sourceQueueId, name: sourceQueueId, createdAt: queuedAt, updatedAt: queuedAt });
+      await upsertTaskToDatabase(client, queuedTask);
+    });
+    const staleHotTask = normalizeTask(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(queuedTask)) as QueueTask);
+    const claimedTask = normalizeTask(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(queuedTask)) as QueueTask);
+    const claimedAt = nowIso();
+    claimedTask.status = "running";
+    claimedTask.startedAt = claimedAt;
+    claimedTask.currentAttempt = 1;
+    claimedTask.currentMode = "initial";
+    claimedTask.updatedAt = claimedAt;
+    const claimed = await claimTaskInDatabase(claimedTask, sourceQueueId);
+    if (!claimed) throw new Error("database claim self-test failed to claim queued task");
+    state.tasks.splice(0, state.tasks.length, staleHotTask);
+    const response = await moveTaskToQueue(staleHotTask, new Request(`http://code-queue.local/api/tasks/${taskId}/move`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify({ queueId: targetQueueId }),
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    }));
+    const after = await loadTaskFromDatabase(taskId);
+    const body = await response.json() as Record<string, JsonValue>;
+    if (response.status !== 409) throw new Error(`database stale move should return 409, got ${response.status}`);
+    if (after === null) throw new Error("database self-test task disappeared after stale move");
+    if (after.status !== "running") throw new Error(`database self-test task status changed to ${after.status}`);
+    if (queueIdOf(after) !== sourceQueueId) throw new Error(`database self-test task queue changed to ${queueIdOf(after)}`);
+    if (after.currentAttempt !== 1 || after.startedAt === null) throw new Error("database self-test task claim markers were lost");
+    return {
+      ok: true,
+      taskId,
+      moveStatus: response.status,
+      databaseStatus: after.status,
+      databaseQueueId: queueIdOf(after),
+      currentAttempt: after.currentAttempt,
+      startedAt: after.startedAt,
+      response: body as JsonValue,
+    } as unknown as JsonValue;
+  } finally {
+    await deleteTaskFromDatabase(taskId);
+    await deleteDatabaseQueues([sourceQueueId, targetQueueId]);
+    state.tasks.splice(0, state.tasks.length, ...before);
+    state.queues.splice(0, state.queues.length, ...beforeQueues);
+  }
+}
+
 async function loadPrunedDatabaseTaskRows(where: "all" | "hot"): Promise<DatabaseTaskRow[]> {
   return await sql<DatabaseTaskRow[]>`
     SELECT id, updated_at, status, read_at, task_json
@@ -1674,12 +1897,21 @@ function rememberHotTask(task: QueueTask): QueueTask {
 }
 
 async function findTaskForRead(taskId: string): Promise<QueueTask | null> {
-  return findTask(taskId) ?? await loadTaskFromDatabase(taskId);
+  const hotTask = findTask(taskId);
+  if (!databaseReady) return hotTask;
+  const databaseTask = await loadTaskFromDatabase(taskId);
+  if (hotTask === null) return databaseTask;
+  if (databaseTask === null) return hotTask;
+  return shouldPreferHotTaskOverDatabase(hotTask, databaseTask) ? hotTask : databaseTask;
 }
 
 async function findTaskForMutation(taskId: string): Promise<QueueTask | null> {
-  const task = findTask(taskId) ?? await loadTaskFromDatabase(taskId);
-  return task === null ? null : rememberHotTask(task);
+  const hotTask = findTask(taskId);
+  if (!databaseReady) return hotTask;
+  const databaseTask = await loadTaskFromDatabase(taskId);
+  if (databaseTask === null) return hotTask;
+  if (hotTask === null) return rememberHotTask(databaseTask);
+  return shouldPreferHotTaskOverDatabase(hotTask, databaseTask) ? hotTask : reconcileHotTaskFromDatabase(databaseTask);
 }
 
 async function loadNextSeqFromDatabase(): Promise<number> {
@@ -1703,6 +1935,7 @@ async function flushDirtyTasksToDatabase(force = false): Promise<void> {
   dirtyDatabaseTaskIds.clear();
   dirtyDatabaseQueueIds.clear();
   databaseFlushInFlight = true;
+  const rejectedTaskIds: string[] = [];
   try {
     await sql.begin(async (client) => {
       for (const id of queueIds) {
@@ -1711,7 +1944,7 @@ async function flushDirtyTasksToDatabase(force = false): Promise<void> {
       }
       for (const id of ids) {
         const task = state.tasks.find((item) => item.id === id);
-        if (task !== undefined) await upsertTaskToDatabase(client, task);
+        if (task !== undefined && !await upsertTaskToDatabase(client, task)) rejectedTaskIds.push(id);
       }
     });
     databaseLastError = null;
@@ -1723,6 +1956,10 @@ async function flushDirtyTasksToDatabase(force = false): Promise<void> {
     databaseFlushInFlight = false;
     if (dirtyDatabaseTaskIds.size > 0 || dirtyDatabaseQueueIds.size > 0) scheduleDatabaseFlush();
   }
+  for (const id of rejectedTaskIds) {
+    const databaseTask = await loadTaskFromDatabase(id);
+    if (databaseTask !== null) reconcileHotTaskFromDatabase(databaseTask);
+  }
 }
 
 async function initDatabasePersistence(): Promise<void> {
@@ -2446,6 +2683,7 @@ configureSelfTests({
   defaultQueueId,
   enqueueActiveRunSlotWaiter,
   injectReferencedTaskContext,
+  moveTaskToQueueForTest: (task, req) => moveTaskToQueue(task, req, { bypassRoleCheck: true }),
   nextRunnableTaskFrom,
   normalizeTask,
   nowIso,
@@ -2454,6 +2692,8 @@ configureSelfTests({
   queuedStatusReason,
   removeActiveRunSlotWaiter,
   resolveReasoningEffort,
+  runDatabaseClaimMoveSelfTest,
+  tasks: () => state.tasks,
   updateProcessingFlag,
 });
 
@@ -2979,7 +3219,8 @@ function failTaskForFallbackRetryLimit(task: QueueTask, judge: JudgeResult | nul
 }
 
 async function runTask(task: QueueTask): Promise<void> {
-  logger("info", "task_processor_start", { taskId: task.id, queueId: queueIdOf(task), providerId: task.providerId, executionMode: task.executionMode, cwd: task.cwd, maxAttempts: task.maxAttempts, model: task.model, agentPort: codeAgentPortForModel(task.model), promptPreview: safePreview(task.prompt, 240) });
+  const claimQueueId = queueIdOf(task);
+  logger("info", "task_processor_start", { taskId: task.id, queueId: claimQueueId, providerId: task.providerId, executionMode: task.executionMode, cwd: task.cwd, maxAttempts: task.maxAttempts, model: task.model, agentPort: codeAgentPortForModel(task.model), promptPreview: safePreview(task.prompt, 240) });
   if (task.status === "retry_wait" && task.lastJudge?.source === "fallback" && task.lastJudge.decision === "retry" && fallbackJudgeRetryCount(task) >= fallbackJudgeRetryLimit) {
     failTaskForFallbackRetryLimit(task, task.lastJudge);
     return;
@@ -3010,6 +3251,11 @@ async function runTask(task: QueueTask): Promise<void> {
     task.readAt = null;
     task.finishedAt = null;
     task.updatedAt = startedAt;
+    if (!await claimTaskInDatabase(task, claimQueueId)) {
+      releaseRunSlot();
+      return;
+    }
+    publishTaskOaEvent(task, "claim");
     logger("info", "task_run_start", { taskId: task.id, queueId: queueIdOf(task), attempt: task.currentAttempt, mode, providerId: task.providerId, executionMode: task.executionMode, cwd: task.cwd, maxAttempts: task.maxAttempts, model: task.model, agentPort: codeAgentPortForModel(task.model), freshRecovery: needsFreshRecoveryPrompt });
     const attemptStartOutput = appendOutput(task, "system", `attempt ${task.currentAttempt}/${task.maxAttempts} queue=${queueIdOf(task)} provider=${task.providerId} executionMode=${task.executionMode} cwd=${task.cwd} mode=${mode} model=${task.model} port=${codeAgentPortForModel(task.model)}\n`, "queue");
 
@@ -3997,7 +4243,9 @@ function queueMergeBlocker(queueId: string): string | null {
   if (activeRunSlotReservations.has(queueId)) return "queue is reserving an active run slot";
   if (activeRunSlotWaiters.some((waiter) => waiter.queueId === queueId)) return "queue is waiting for an active run slot";
   const activeTask = state.tasks.find((task) => queueIdOf(task) === queueId && (task.status === "running" || task.status === "judging"));
-  return activeTask === undefined ? null : `task ${activeTask.id} is ${activeTask.status}`;
+  if (activeTask !== undefined) return `task ${activeTask.id} is ${activeTask.status}`;
+  const claimedPendingTask = state.tasks.find((task) => queueIdOf(task) === queueId && (task.status === "queued" || task.status === "retry_wait") && !taskIsUnclaimedMovable(task));
+  return claimedPendingTask === undefined ? null : `task ${claimedPendingTask.id} has already been claimed`;
 }
 
 function parseSourceQueueIds(record: Record<string, unknown>, targetQueueId: string): string[] {
@@ -4020,27 +4268,117 @@ function parseSourceQueueIds(record: Record<string, unknown>, targetQueueId: str
   return ids;
 }
 
-async function mergeDatabaseQueueTasks(sourceQueueIds: string[], targetQueueId: string): Promise<string[]> {
-  if (!databaseReady || sourceQueueIds.length === 0) return [];
-  const rows = await sql<Array<{ id: string }>>`
-    UPDATE unidesk_code_queue_tasks
-    SET
-      queue_id = ${targetQueueId},
-      task_json = jsonb_set(
-        jsonb_set(
-          task_json,
-          '{queueId}',
-          to_jsonb(${targetQueueId}::text),
+async function mergeDatabaseQueueTasks(sourceQueueIds: string[], targetQueueId: string, mergedAt: string): Promise<{ movedTaskIds: string[]; blocker: DatabaseTaskStatusRow | null }> {
+  if (!databaseReady || sourceQueueIds.length === 0) return { movedTaskIds: [], blocker: null };
+  return await sql.begin(async (client) => {
+    const mergeQueueIds = Array.from(new Set([targetQueueId, ...sourceQueueIds]));
+    const lockedRows = await client<DatabaseTaskStatusRow[]>`
+      SELECT id, queue_id, status, started_at, current_attempt, codex_thread_id, active_turn_id
+      FROM unidesk_code_queue_tasks
+      WHERE queue_id IN ${client(mergeQueueIds)}
+      ORDER BY updated_at DESC, id DESC
+      FOR UPDATE
+    `;
+    const blocker = lockedRows.find((row) => {
+      return row.status === "running"
+        || row.status === "judging"
+        || (
+          (row.status === "queued" || row.status === "retry_wait")
+          && (
+            row.started_at !== null
+            || Number(row.current_attempt ?? 0) > 0
+            || row.codex_thread_id !== null
+            || row.active_turn_id !== null
+          )
+        );
+    }) ?? null;
+    if (blocker !== null) return { movedTaskIds: [], blocker };
+    const rows = await client<Array<{ id: string }>>`
+      UPDATE unidesk_code_queue_tasks
+      SET
+        queue_id = ${targetQueueId},
+        updated_at = ${mergedAt},
+        task_json = jsonb_set(
+          jsonb_set(
+            jsonb_set(
+              task_json,
+              '{queueId}',
+              to_jsonb(${targetQueueId}::text),
+              true
+            ),
+            '{queueEnteredAt}',
+            to_jsonb(COALESCE(NULLIF(task_json->>'queueEnteredAt', ''), to_char(created_at AT TIME ZONE 'UTC', 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS.MS"Z"'))::text),
+            true
+          ),
+          '{updatedAt}',
+          to_jsonb(${mergedAt}::text),
           true
-        ),
-        '{queueEnteredAt}',
-        to_jsonb(COALESCE(NULLIF(task_json->>'queueEnteredAt', ''), to_char(created_at AT TIME ZONE 'UTC', 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS.MS"Z"'))::text),
-        true
-      )
-    WHERE queue_id IN ${sql(sourceQueueIds)}
-    RETURNING id
-  `;
-  return rows.map((row) => row.id);
+        )
+      WHERE queue_id IN ${client(sourceQueueIds)}
+        AND (
+          status IN ('succeeded', 'failed', 'canceled')
+          OR (
+            status IN ('queued', 'retry_wait')
+            AND started_at IS NULL
+            AND current_attempt = 0
+            AND codex_thread_id IS NULL
+            AND active_turn_id IS NULL
+          )
+        )
+      RETURNING id
+    `;
+    return { movedTaskIds: rows.map((row) => row.id), blocker: null };
+  });
+}
+
+async function moveDatabaseTaskToQueue(taskId: string, targetQueueId: string, movedAt: string): Promise<{ ok: boolean; row: DatabaseTaskStatusRow | null; previousQueueId: string | null; blocker: string }> {
+  if (!databaseReady) return { ok: true, row: null, previousQueueId: null, blocker: "" };
+  return await sql.begin(async (client) => {
+    const rows = await client<DatabaseTaskStatusRow[]>`
+      SELECT id, queue_id, status, started_at, current_attempt, codex_thread_id, active_turn_id
+      FROM unidesk_code_queue_tasks
+      WHERE id = ${taskId}
+      LIMIT 1
+      FOR UPDATE
+    `;
+    const row = rows[0] ?? null;
+    const blocker = databaseTaskMoveBlocker(row);
+    if (blocker.length > 0) return { ok: false, row, previousQueueId: row === null ? null : safeQueueId(row.queue_id), blocker };
+    const previousQueueId = safeQueueId(row?.queue_id);
+    const updated = await client<DatabaseTaskStatusRow[]>`
+      UPDATE unidesk_code_queue_tasks
+      SET
+        queue_id = ${targetQueueId},
+        updated_at = ${movedAt},
+        task_json = jsonb_set(
+          jsonb_set(
+            jsonb_set(
+              task_json,
+              '{queueId}',
+              to_jsonb(${targetQueueId}::text),
+              true
+            ),
+            '{queueEnteredAt}',
+            to_jsonb(${movedAt}::text),
+            true
+          ),
+          '{updatedAt}',
+          to_jsonb(${movedAt}::text),
+          true
+        )
+      WHERE id = ${taskId}
+        AND status IN ('queued', 'retry_wait')
+        AND started_at IS NULL
+        AND current_attempt = 0
+        AND codex_thread_id IS NULL
+        AND active_turn_id IS NULL
+      RETURNING id, queue_id, status, started_at, current_attempt, codex_thread_id, active_turn_id
+    `;
+    const updatedRow = updated[0] ?? null;
+    return updatedRow === null
+      ? { ok: false, row, previousQueueId, blocker: "conditional update matched no rows" }
+      : { ok: true, row: updatedRow, previousQueueId, blocker: "" };
+  });
 }
 
 async function deleteDatabaseQueues(queueIds: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
@@ -4097,6 +4435,17 @@ async function mergeQueues(targetQueueIdValue: string | null, req: Request): Pro
     }
 
     const mergedAt = nowIso();
+    const databaseMerge = await mergeDatabaseQueueTasks(sourceQueueIds, targetQueueId, mergedAt);
+    if (databaseMerge.blocker !== null) {
+      const blockerQueueId = safeQueueId(databaseMerge.blocker.queue_id);
+      const databaseTask = await loadTaskFromDatabase(databaseMerge.blocker.id);
+      if (databaseTask !== null) reconcileHotTaskFromDatabase(databaseTask);
+      return jsonResponse({
+        ok: false,
+        error: `cannot merge queue ${blockerQueueId}: task ${databaseMerge.blocker.id} is already claimed (${databaseTaskMoveBlocker(databaseMerge.blocker) || databaseMerge.blocker.status})`,
+        blocker: databaseStatusRowJson(databaseMerge.blocker),
+      }, 409);
+    }
     const targetQueue = ensureQueue(targetQueueId);
     const sourceQueues = sourceQueueIds.map((id) => queueSnapshot(id, mergedAt));
     targetQueue.updatedAt = mergedAt;
@@ -4109,11 +4458,11 @@ async function mergeQueues(targetQueueIdValue: string | null, req: Request): Pro
       if (!sourceSet.has(previousQueueId)) continue;
       task.queueEnteredAt = taskQueueEnteredAt(task);
       task.queueId = targetQueueId;
+      task.updatedAt = mergedAt;
       hotMovedTasks.push(task);
       markTaskDirty(task.id);
       publishTaskOaEvent(task, "queue-merged");
     }
-    const databaseMovedTaskIds = await mergeDatabaseQueueTasks(sourceQueueIds, targetQueueId);
     const deletedSourceQueues = deleteQueuesFromState(sourceQueueIds);
     const databaseDeletedQueueIds = await deleteDatabaseQueues(sourceQueueIds);
     persistState(false);
@@ -4125,14 +4474,14 @@ async function mergeQueues(targetQueueIdValue: string | null, req: Request): Pro
       sourceQueueIds,
       deletedSourceQueueIds: deletedSourceQueues.map((queue) => queue.id),
       hotMovedTaskCount: hotMovedTasks.length,
-      databaseMovedTaskCount: databaseReady ? databaseMovedTaskIds.length : null,
+      databaseMovedTaskCount: databaseReady ? databaseMerge.movedTaskIds.length : null,
       databaseDeletedQueueIds: databaseReady ? databaseDeletedQueueIds : null,
     });
     for (const id of mergeQueueIds) mergingQueues.delete(id);
     scheduleQueue(targetQueueId);
     await flushDirtyTasksToDatabase(true);
     const tasks = await loadAllTasksForRead();
-    const movedIdSet = new Set(databaseReady ? databaseMovedTaskIds : hotMovedTasks.map((task) => task.id));
+    const movedIdSet = new Set(databaseReady ? databaseMerge.movedTaskIds : hotMovedTasks.map((task) => task.id));
     const orderedMovedTaskIds = tasks
       .filter((task) => movedIdSet.has(task.id))
       .sort(compareTaskQueueOrder)
@@ -4145,7 +4494,7 @@ async function mergeQueues(targetQueueIdValue: string | null, req: Request): Pro
       ok: true,
       targetQueueId,
       sourceQueueIds,
-      mergedTaskCount: databaseReady ? databaseMovedTaskIds.length : hotMovedTasks.length,
+      mergedTaskCount: databaseReady ? databaseMerge.movedTaskIds.length : hotMovedTasks.length,
       movedTaskIds: orderedMovedTaskIds.slice(0, 500),
       targetTaskOrder: targetTaskOrder.slice(0, 500),
       order: "merged tasks keep their original queueEnteredAt/createdAt ordering; source queue records are deleted after merge",
@@ -4161,17 +4510,37 @@ async function mergeQueues(targetQueueIdValue: string | null, req: Request): Pro
   }
 }
 
-async function moveTaskToQueue(task: QueueTask, req: Request): Promise<Response> {
-  if (!serviceRoleAllowsWrite(config.serviceRole)) return readOnlyRejectResponse(req.method, `/api/tasks/${task.id}/move`);
-  if (task.status === "running" || task.status === "judging") {
-    return jsonResponse({ ok: false, error: `cannot move active task ${task.id} while status=${task.status}`, task: taskForResponse(task) }, 409);
-  }
+async function moveTaskToQueue(task: QueueTask, req: Request, options: { bypassRoleCheck?: boolean } = {}): Promise<Response> {
+  if (options.bypassRoleCheck !== true && !serviceRoleAllowsWrite(config.serviceRole)) return readOnlyRejectResponse(req.method, `/api/tasks/${task.id}/move`);
   const body = await readJson(req);
   const record = typeof body === "object" && body !== null && !Array.isArray(body) ? body as Record<string, unknown> : {};
   const queueId = normalizeQueueId(record.queueId ?? record.id);
-  const previousQueueId = queueIdOf(task);
-  const queue = ensureQueue(queueId);
   const movedAt = nowIso();
+  const hotBlocker = taskMoveBlocker(task);
+  if (hotBlocker.length > 0) {
+    const databaseTask = databaseReady ? await loadTaskFromDatabase(task.id) : null;
+    if (databaseTask !== null) task = reconcileHotTaskFromDatabase(databaseTask);
+    return jsonResponse({
+      ok: false,
+      error: `cannot move task ${task.id}: ${hotBlocker}`,
+      task: taskForResponse(task),
+      databaseTask: databaseTask === null ? null : taskForResponse(databaseTask),
+    }, 409);
+  }
+  const databaseMove = await moveDatabaseTaskToQueue(task.id, queueId, movedAt);
+  if (!databaseMove.ok) {
+    const databaseTask = databaseReady ? await loadTaskFromDatabase(task.id) : null;
+    if (databaseTask !== null) task = reconcileHotTaskFromDatabase(databaseTask);
+    return jsonResponse({
+      ok: false,
+      error: `cannot move task ${task.id}: ${databaseMove.blocker}`,
+      blocker: databaseStatusRowJson(databaseMove.row),
+      task: taskForResponse(task),
+      databaseTask: databaseTask === null ? null : taskForResponse(databaseTask),
+    }, databaseMove.row === null ? 404 : 409);
+  }
+  const previousQueueId = databaseMove.previousQueueId ?? queueIdOf(task);
+  const queue = ensureQueue(queueId);
   queue.updatedAt = movedAt;
   markQueueDirty(queue.id);
   task.queueId = queueId;
@@ -4301,6 +4670,7 @@ async function route(req: Request): Promise<Response> {
     if (url.pathname === "/api/judge/probe" && (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "POST")) return await runJudgeProbe();
     if (url.pathname === "/api/judge/self-test" && (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "POST")) return jsonResponse(runJudgeInfraSelfTest());
     if (url.pathname === "/api/queue-order/self-test" && (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "POST")) return jsonResponse(runQueueOrderingSelfTest());
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/queue-claim-move/self-test" && (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "POST")) return jsonResponse(await runQueueClaimMoveSelfTest());
     if (url.pathname === "/api/reference-injection/self-test" && (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "POST")) return jsonResponse(await runReferenceInjectionSelfTest());
     if (url.pathname === "/api/trace-port/self-test" && (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "POST")) return jsonResponse(runTracePortSelfTest());
     if (url.pathname === "/api/oa/backfill" && (req.method === "GET" || req.method === "POST")) return jsonResponse(await backfillOaTraceStats(url));
diff --git a/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/queue-api.ts b/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/queue-api.ts
index 82a99661..442c6ed9 100644
--- a/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/queue-api.ts
+++ b/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/queue-api.ts
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ async function loadAllTasksForRead(): Promise<QueueTask[]> {
   const tasks = await ctx().loadTasksFromDatabase("all");
   const byId = new Map(tasks.map((task) => [task.id, task]));
   for (const active of ctx().tasks()) {
-    byId.set(active.id, active);
+    const databaseTask = byId.get(active.id);
+    if (databaseTask === undefined || preferHotTaskForRead(active, databaseTask)) byId.set(active.id, active);
   }
   ctx().runGarbageCollection();
   return Array.from(byId.values()).sort((left, right) => (timestampMs(left.createdAt) ?? 0) - (timestampMs(right.createdAt) ?? 0) || left.id.localeCompare(right.id));
@@ -581,6 +582,30 @@ function activePriority(task: QueueTask): number {
   return statusRank[task.status] ?? 9;
 }
 
+function taskHasClaimMarkers(task: QueueTask): boolean {
+  return task.status === "running"
+    || task.status === "judging"
+    || task.startedAt !== null
+    || task.currentAttempt > 0
+    || task.codexThreadId !== null
+    || task.activeTurnId !== null;
+}
+
+function taskIsUnclaimedQueued(task: QueueTask): boolean {
+  return (task.status === "queued" || task.status === "retry_wait")
+    && task.startedAt === null
+    && task.currentAttempt === 0
+    && task.codexThreadId === null
+    && task.activeTurnId === null;
+}
+
+function preferHotTaskForRead(hotTask: QueueTask, databaseTask: QueueTask): boolean {
+  const hotActiveRun = Array.from(ctx().activeRuns.values()).some((run) => run.taskId === hotTask.id);
+  if (hotActiveRun) return true;
+  if (taskIsUnclaimedQueued(hotTask) && taskHasClaimMarkers(databaseTask)) return false;
+  return taskUpdatedSortValue(hotTask) >= taskUpdatedSortValue(databaseTask);
+}
+
 function taskUpdatedSortValue(task: QueueTask): number {
   const time = Date.parse(task.updatedAt || task.createdAt);
   return Number.isFinite(time) ? time : 0;
@@ -1051,7 +1076,8 @@ async function databaseTasksOverviewResponse(url: URL): Promise<Response | null>
   const byId = new Map<string, QueueTask>();
   for (const task of loadedTasks) byId.set(task.id, task);
   for (const task of ctx().tasks()) {
-    if (seenIds.has(task.id) || byId.has(task.id)) byId.set(task.id, task);
+    const databaseTask = byId.get(task.id);
+    if ((seenIds.has(task.id) || databaseTask !== undefined) && (databaseTask === undefined || preferHotTaskForRead(task, databaseTask))) byId.set(task.id, task);
   }
   const rowsSource = orderedIds
     .map((id) => byId.get(id) ?? null)
@@ -1063,8 +1089,13 @@ async function databaseTasksOverviewResponse(url: URL): Promise<Response | null>
   let selectedTask: QueueTask | null = null;
   for (const id of selectedCandidates) {
     if (id.length === 0) continue;
-    const candidate = ctx().tasks().find((task) => task.id === id)
-      ?? await ctx().loadTaskFromDatabase(id);
+    const hotCandidate = ctx().tasks().find((task) => task.id === id) ?? null;
+    const databaseCandidate = await ctx().loadTaskFromDatabase(id);
+    const candidate = hotCandidate === null
+      ? databaseCandidate
+      : databaseCandidate === null || preferHotTaskForRead(hotCandidate, databaseCandidate)
+        ? hotCandidate
+        : databaseCandidate;
     if (candidate !== null && taskMatchesQueueFilter(candidate, queueId)) {
       selectedTask = candidate;
       break;
diff --git a/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/self-tests.ts b/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/self-tests.ts
index 76c9e44e..82d40cc9 100644
--- a/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/self-tests.ts
+++ b/src/components/microservices/code-queue/src/self-tests.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface SelfTestsContext {
   defaultQueueId: string;
   enqueueActiveRunSlotWaiter: (task: QueueTask) => ActiveRunSlotWaiter;
   injectReferencedTaskContext: (request: QueueTaskRequest, finder?: (id: string) => QueueTask | null | Promise<QueueTask | null>, injectedAt?: string) => Promise<QueueTaskRequest>;
+  moveTaskToQueueForTest: (task: QueueTask, req: Request) => Promise<Response>;
   nextRunnableTaskFrom: (queueId: string, tasks?: QueueTask[]) => QueueTask | null;
   normalizeTask: (task: QueueTask) => QueueTask;
   nowIso: () => string;
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ export interface SelfTestsContext {
   queuedStatusReason: (task: QueueTask, tasks?: QueueTask[]) => QueuedStatusReason | null;
   removeActiveRunSlotWaiter: (waiter: ActiveRunSlotWaiter) => void;
   resolveReasoningEffort: (model: string, explicit?: string | null) => string | null;
+  runDatabaseClaimMoveSelfTest?: () => Promise<JsonValue | null>;
+  tasks: () => QueueTask[];
   updateProcessingFlag: () => void;
 }
 
@@ -192,6 +195,45 @@ function queueOrderTestTask(id: string, status: TaskStatus, createdAt: string, q
   return ctx().normalizeTask(task);
 }
 
+async function runQueueClaimMoveSelfTest(): Promise<JsonValue> {
+  const at = "2026-05-17T06:09:46.702Z";
+  const task = queueOrderTestTask("codex_claim_move_self_test", "running", at, at);
+  task.queueId = "claim_move_source";
+  task.startedAt = at;
+  task.currentAttempt = 1;
+  task.currentMode = "initial";
+  task.codexThreadId = "thread_claim_move_self_test";
+  task.activeTurnId = "turn_claim_move_self_test";
+  task.updatedAt = at;
+  const before = ctx().tasks().slice();
+  ctx().tasks().push(task);
+  try {
+    const response = await ctx().moveTaskToQueueForTest(task, new Request("http://code-queue.local/api/tasks/codex_claim_move_self_test/move", {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify({ queueId: "claim_move_target" }),
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    }));
+    const body = await response.json() as Record<string, JsonValue>;
+    assertReferenceTest(response.status === 409, "moving a claimed/running task must return 409");
+    assertReferenceTest(task.queueId === "claim_move_source", "running task queueId must remain unchanged after rejected move");
+    assertReferenceTest(task.status === "running", "running task status must remain running after rejected move");
+    assertReferenceTest(task.currentAttempt === 1, "running task currentAttempt must remain claimed after rejected move");
+    const databaseRace = await ctx().runDatabaseClaimMoveSelfTest?.() ?? null;
+    return {
+      ok: true,
+      cases: [
+        { name: "move_running_task_returns_409", ok: true, status: response.status },
+        { name: "rejected_move_preserves_queue", ok: true, queueId: task.queueId },
+        { name: "rejected_move_preserves_claim_markers", ok: true, status: task.status, currentAttempt: task.currentAttempt, startedAt: task.startedAt },
+        ...(databaseRace === null ? [] : [{ name: "database_claim_blocks_stale_move", ok: true, result: databaseRace }]),
+      ],
+      response: body as JsonValue,
+    };
+  } finally {
+    ctx().tasks().splice(0, ctx().tasks().length, ...before);
+  }
+}
+
 function runQueueOrderingSelfTest(): JsonValue {
   const activeRetry = queueOrderTestTask("codex_4000_active", "retry_wait", "2026-05-11T09:00:00.000Z", "2026-05-11T09:00:00.000Z");
   const movedOlderCreated = queueOrderTestTask("codex_3999_moved", "queued", "2026-05-11T08:00:00.000Z", "2026-05-11T08:00:00.000Z") as QueueTask & { queueEnteredAt?: string };
@@ -476,4 +518,4 @@ function runJudgeInfraSelfTest(): JsonValue {
   };
 }
 
-export { runJudgeInfraSelfTest, runQueueOrderingSelfTest, runReferenceInjectionSelfTest, runTracePortSelfTest };
+export { runJudgeInfraSelfTest, runQueueClaimMoveSelfTest, runQueueOrderingSelfTest, runReferenceInjectionSelfTest, runTracePortSelfTest };