diff --git a/internal/cloud/server-agent-chat.test.ts b/internal/cloud/server-agent-chat.test.ts
index 52e1c875..9e8b5752 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/server-agent-chat.test.ts
+++ b/internal/cloud/server-agent-chat.test.ts
@@ -2396,6 +2396,120 @@ test("cloud api turn status reuses request session lookup for project check and
   }
 });
 
+test("cloud api trace skips AgentRun refresh when terminal snapshot is already complete (#1422)", async () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const traceId = "trc_issue1422_trace_terminal_snapshot";
+  const runId = "run_issue1422_trace_terminal_snapshot";
+  const commandId = "cmd_issue1422_trace_terminal_snapshot";
+  const finalText = "trace endpoint should reuse the local terminal snapshot.";
+  const agentRunServer = createHttpServer(async (request, response) => {
+    const url = new URL(request.url || "/", "http://127.0.0.1");
+    calls.push({ method: request.method, path: url.pathname, search: url.search });
+    response.writeHead(500, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+    response.end(`${JSON.stringify({ ok: false, message: `unexpected refresh ${request.method} ${url.pathname}` })}\n`);
+  });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => agentRunServer.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
+
+  const agentRunPort = agentRunServer.address().port;
+  const traceStore = createCodeAgentTraceStore();
+  traceStore.append(traceId, {
+    type: "backend",
+    status: "running",
+    label: "agentrun:backend:runner-job-created",
+    source: "agentrun",
+    sourceSeq: 1,
+    runId,
+    commandId,
+    valuesPrinted: false
+  });
+  traceStore.append(traceId, {
+    type: "result",
+    status: "completed",
+    label: "agentrun:terminal:completed",
+    source: "agentrun",
+    sourceSeq: 3,
+    runId,
+    commandId,
+    terminal: true,
+    valuesPrinted: false
+  });
+  const codeAgentChatResults = new Map([[traceId, {
+    accepted: true,
+    status: "completed",
+    shortConnection: true,
+    traceId,
+    conversationId: "cnv_issue1422_trace_terminal_snapshot",
+    sessionId: "ses_issue1422_trace_terminal_snapshot",
+    threadId: "thread-issue1422-trace-terminal-snapshot",
+    ownerUserId: TEST_AGENT_ACTOR.id,
+    ownerRole: TEST_AGENT_ACTOR.role,
+    finalResponse: { text: finalText, textChars: finalText.length, role: "assistant", status: "completed", traceId, valuesPrinted: false },
+    traceSummary: {
+      traceId,
+      source: "agentrun-command-result",
+      sourceEventCount: 3,
+      terminalStatus: "completed",
+      agentRun: { runId, commandId, lastSeq: 3, valuesPrinted: false },
+      valuesPrinted: false
+    },
+    agentRun: {
+      adapter: "agentrun-v01",
+      managerUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${agentRunPort}`,
+      runId,
+      commandId,
+      traceId,
+      lastSeq: 3,
+      status: "completed",
+      commandState: "completed",
+      terminalStatus: "completed",
+      providerTrace: { traceId, runId, commandId, terminalStatus: "completed", valuesPrinted: false },
+      valuesPrinted: false
+    },
+    providerTrace: { traceId, runId, commandId, terminalStatus: "completed", valuesPrinted: false },
+    valuesPrinted: false
+  }]]);
+  const server = createCloudApiServer({
+    traceStore,
+    codeAgentChatResults,
+    env: {
+      HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_ADAPTER: "agentrun-v01",
+      AGENTRUN_MGR_URL: `http://127.0.0.1:${agentRunPort}`,
+      HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_AGENTRUN_ALLOW_NON_K3S_URL: "1",
+      HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_AGENTRUN_PROVIDER_ID: "D601",
+      HWLAB_ENVIRONMENT: "v02",
+      HWLAB_GITOPS_PROFILE: "v02"
+    },
+    accessController: {
+      required: false,
+      async authenticate() {
+        return { ok: true, actor: TEST_AGENT_ACTOR, session: TEST_AUTH_SESSION };
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
+
+  try {
+    const { port } = server.address();
+    const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/v1/agent/traces/${traceId}?limit=1`, {
+      headers: { cookie: "hwlab_session=test-stub-session" }
+    });
+    assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+    const body = await response.json();
+    assert.equal(body.status, "completed");
+    assert.equal(body.eventCount, 2);
+    assert.equal(body.agentRun.commandId, commandId);
+    assert.equal(body.finalResponse.text, finalText);
+    assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
+  } finally {
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      server.close((error) => (error ? reject(error) : resolve()));
+    });
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      agentRunServer.close((error) => (error ? reject(error) : resolve()));
+    });
+  }
+});
+
 test("cloud api turn status skips AgentRun refresh for complete terminal evidence (#1422)", async () => {
   const calls = [];
   const traceId = "trc_issue1422_terminal_fast_path";
diff --git a/internal/cloud/server-code-agent-http.ts b/internal/cloud/server-code-agent-http.ts
index 54edfa79..79bc80aa 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/server-code-agent-http.ts
+++ b/internal/cloud/server-code-agent-http.ts
@@ -2553,9 +2553,13 @@ export async function handleCodeAgentTraceHttp(request, response, url, options)
   }
   if (agentRunResult?.agentRun) {
     try {
-      const snapshot = await refreshAgentRunTrace({ traceId, result: agentRunResult, options: requestOptions, traceStore });
+      const existingSnapshot = traceStore.snapshot(traceId);
+      const terminalSnapshotRefreshSatisfied = traceRefreshSatisfiedByTerminalSnapshot(agentRunResult, existingSnapshot);
+      const snapshot = terminalSnapshotRefreshSatisfied
+        ? existingSnapshot
+        : await refreshAgentRunTrace({ traceId, result: agentRunResult, options: requestOptions, traceStore });
       agentRunResult = requestOptions.codeAgentChatResults?.get?.(traceId) ?? agentRunResult;
-      if (traceNeedsCommandResultSync(agentRunResult, snapshot)) {
+      if (!terminalSnapshotRefreshSatisfied && traceNeedsCommandResultSync(agentRunResult, snapshot)) {
         const synced = await syncAgentRunChatResult({ traceId, currentResult: agentRunResult, options: requestOptions, traceStore, appendResultEvent: false, refreshEvents: false, forceResultSync: true });
         agentRunResult = synced.result ?? agentRunResult;
       }
@@ -2644,6 +2648,27 @@ function snapshotHasTerminalEvent(snapshot) {
   return events.some((event) => event?.terminal === true || (event?.type === "result" && isTraceCommandTerminalStatus(event?.status)));
 }
 
+function traceRefreshSatisfiedByTerminalSnapshot(result, snapshot) {
+  if (!result?.agentRun || snapshot?.status === "missing") return false;
+  const status = String(result.status ?? result.agentRun.terminalStatus ?? result.agentRun.commandState ?? result.agentRun.status ?? "");
+  if (!isTraceCommandTerminalStatus(status)) return false;
+  const events = Array.isArray(snapshot?.events) ? snapshot.events : [];
+  if (events.length === 0) return false;
+  const commandId = textValue(result.agentRun.commandId);
+  const terminalEvents = events.filter((event) => {
+    if (!(event?.terminal === true || (event?.type === "result" && isTraceCommandTerminalStatus(event?.status)))) return false;
+    return !commandId || textValue(event?.commandId) === commandId;
+  });
+  if (terminalEvents.length === 0) return false;
+  const expectedLastSeq = Number(result.agentRun.lastSeq ?? result.traceSummary?.agentRun?.lastSeq ?? 0);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(expectedLastSeq) || expectedLastSeq <= 0) return true;
+  const observedLastSeq = Math.max(0, ...events
+    .filter((event) => !commandId || textValue(event?.commandId) === commandId)
+    .map((event) => Number(event?.sourceSeq ?? 0))
+    .filter(Number.isFinite));
+  return observedLastSeq === 0 || observedLastSeq >= expectedLastSeq;
+}
+
 function traceSnapshotWithTerminalEvidence(snapshot, result, traceId, refreshError = null) {
   const evidence = agentRunTerminalTraceEvidence(result, traceId);
   if (snapshot?.status !== "missing") return traceSnapshotWithAttachedTerminalEvidence(snapshot, evidence, refreshError);