diff --git a/packages/guardrails/profile/plugins/team.ts b/packages/guardrails/profile/plugins/team.ts
index a8a255c21f35..aec9be0141a4 100644
--- a/packages/guardrails/profile/plugins/team.ts
+++ b/packages/guardrails/profile/plugins/team.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const live = new Map<string, Run>()
 const seen = new WeakMap<object, Seen>()
 const sweeping = new Map<string, Promise<void>>()
 const models = new Map<string, Lane>()
+const sweepWait = 1000
+const rulesWait = 2000
 
 type Need = {
   done: boolean
@@ -1068,6 +1070,18 @@ async function sweep(client: Client, dir: string) {
   return task
 }
 
+async function bounded<T>(task: Promise<T>, millis: number) {
+  return Promise.race([task, Bun.sleep(millis).then(() => undefined)])
+}
+
+async function presweep(client: Client, dir: string) {
+  await bounded(sweep(client, dir), sweepWait)
+}
+
+async function parentRules(client: Client, ctx: Pick<Ctx, "sessionID" | "directory">) {
+  return (await bounded(rules(client, ctx), rulesWait)) ?? []
+}
+
 function note(run: Run) {
   const head = [`run_id: ${run.id}`, `type: ${run.kind}`, `state: ${run.state}`]
   const list = run.tasks.map((item) =>
@@ -1398,21 +1412,8 @@ export default async function team(input: { client: Client; worktree: string; di
       const canIsolate = Boolean(ctx.worktree && ctx.worktree !== "/")
       const strategy = args.strategy ?? "parallel"
       const limit = args.limit ?? cap
-      await sweep(input.client, runRoot)
       defs(args.tasks)
       if (args.tasks.length < 1) throw new Error("team requires at least one task")
-      const req = {
-        ...ctx,
-        permission: await rules(input.client, ctx),
-      }
-      req.metadata({
-        title: "team run",
-        metadata: {
-          tasks: args.tasks.length,
-          strategy,
-        },
-      })
-
       const run: Run = {
         id: crypto.randomUUID(),
         kind: "team",
@@ -1455,6 +1456,19 @@ export default async function team(input: { client: Client; worktree: string; di
         }),
       }
       await save(runRoot, run)
+      ctx.metadata({
+        title: "team run",
+        metadata: {
+          run_id: run.id,
+          tasks: args.tasks.length,
+          strategy,
+        },
+      })
+      await presweep(input.client, runRoot)
+      const req = {
+        ...ctx,
+        permission: await parentRules(input.client, ctx),
+      }
 
       const done = new Set<string>()
       const list = run.tasks
@@ -1535,12 +1549,6 @@ export default async function team(input: { client: Client; worktree: string; di
       const runRoot = projectRoot(ctx.directory, ctx.worktree)
       const canIsolate = Boolean(ctx.worktree && ctx.worktree !== "/")
       const detachedAbort = new AbortController()
-      await sweep(input.client, runRoot)
-      const req = {
-        ...ctx,
-        abort: detachedAbort.signal,
-        permission: await rules(input.client, ctx),
-      }
       const step: Step = {
         id: slug(args.description || args.agent || "worker") || "worker",
         description: args.description || "background worker",
@@ -1579,12 +1587,18 @@ export default async function team(input: { client: Client; worktree: string; di
         tasks: [step],
       }
       await save(runRoot, run)
-      req.metadata({
+      ctx.metadata({
         title: args.description || "background run",
         metadata: {
           run_id: run.id,
         },
       })
+      await presweep(input.client, runRoot)
+      const req = {
+        ...ctx,
+        abort: detachedAbort.signal,
+        permission: await parentRules(input.client, ctx),
+      }
 
       const task = job(req, run, step)
         .then(async () => {
@@ -1645,7 +1659,7 @@ export default async function team(input: { client: Client; worktree: string; di
     },
     async execute(args, ctx) {
       const runRoot = projectRoot(ctx.directory, ctx.worktree)
-      await sweep(input.client, runRoot)
+      await presweep(input.client, runRoot)
       const list = args.run_id
         ? [live.get(args.run_id) ?? (await load(runRoot, args.run_id))].filter(isRun)
         : await scan(runRoot)
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/plugin/team.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/plugin/team.test.ts
index 80fe3e416994..5c5f09e56de4 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/plugin/team.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/plugin/team.test.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,150 @@ test("team uses default limit when caller omits limit", async () => {
   expect(out).toContain("default-limit: done")
 })
 
+test("team creates run before stale sweep can block launch", async () => {
+  await using tmp = await tmpdir({
+    git: true,
+    init: async (dir) => {
+      await Bun.write(path.join(dir, "README.md"), "# test\n")
+      await fs.mkdir(path.join(dir, ".opencode", "guardrails", "team-runs"), { recursive: true })
+      await Bun.write(
+        path.join(dir, ".opencode", "guardrails", "team-runs", "stale-run.json"),
+        JSON.stringify(
+          {
+            id: "stale-run",
+            kind: "team",
+            state: "running",
+            session: "ses_parent",
+            directory: dir,
+            created_at: new Date(0).toISOString(),
+            updated_at: new Date(0).toISOString(),
+            tasks: [
+              {
+                id: "stale",
+                description: "stale",
+                prompt: "old work",
+                depends: [],
+                agent: "general",
+                write: false,
+                worktree: false,
+                provider: "openai",
+                model: "gpt-5.5",
+                variant: "high",
+                state: "running",
+                dir,
+                session: "ses_child_stale_blocked",
+                patch: "",
+                output: "",
+                error: "",
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          null,
+          2,
+        ) + "\n",
+      )
+      await Bun.$`git add README.md`.cwd(dir).quiet()
+      await Bun.$`git commit -m "seed"`.cwd(dir).quiet()
+    },
+  })
+
+  const metadata: Record<string, unknown>[] = []
+  const plugin = await team({
+    client: {
+      permission: {
+        async list() {
+          return { data: [] }
+        },
+      },
+      question: {
+        async list() {
+          return { data: [] }
+        },
+      },
+      session: {
+        async get() {
+          return { data: { permission: [] } }
+        },
+        async create() {
+          return { data: { id: "ses_child_fresh_after_blocked_sweep" } }
+        },
+        async promptAsync() {
+          return {}
+        },
+        async prompt() {
+          return {}
+        },
+        async status() {
+          return {
+            data: {
+              ses_child_stale_blocked: { type: "busy" },
+              ses_child_fresh_after_blocked_sweep: { type: "idle" },
+            },
+          }
+        },
+        async messages(input) {
+          if (input.path.id === "ses_child_stale_blocked") await new Promise(() => {})
+          return {
+            data: [
+              {
+                info: {
+                  role: "assistant",
+                  time: { completed: Date.now() },
+                },
+                parts: [
+                  {
+                    type: "text",
+                    text: "fresh work completed",
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          }
+        },
+        async abort() {
+          return {}
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    worktree: tmp.path,
+    directory: tmp.path,
+  })
+
+  const out = await plugin.tool.team.execute(
+    {
+      strategy: "parallel",
+      limit: 1,
+      tasks: [
+        {
+          id: "fresh",
+          prompt: "inspect current work",
+          write: false,
+          worktree: false,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      sessionID: "ses_parent",
+      messageID: "msg_parent",
+      agent: "implement",
+      directory: tmp.path,
+      worktree: tmp.path,
+      abort: new AbortController().signal,
+      ask: async () => {},
+      metadata(input) {
+        metadata.push(input.metadata ?? {})
+      },
+    },
+  )
+
+  expect(out).toContain("run_id:")
+  expect(out).toContain("- fresh: done")
+  expect(metadata.some((item) => typeof item.run_id === "string")).toBe(true)
+
+  const runs = await fs.readdir(path.join(tmp.path, ".opencode", "guardrails", "team-runs"))
+  expect(runs.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2)
+})
+
 test("team worker model inherits the parent session model", async () => {
   await using tmp = await tmpdir({
     git: true,