diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto/phases.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto/phases.ts
index 040d038c0..252797be1 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto/phases.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto/phases.ts
@@ -504,7 +504,17 @@ export async function runDispatch(
 
   if (dispatchResult.action === "stop") {
     deps.emitJournalEvent({ ts: new Date().toISOString(), flowId: ic.flowId, seq: ic.nextSeq(), eventType: "dispatch-stop", rule: dispatchResult.matchedRule, data: { reason: dispatchResult.reason } });
-    await closeoutAndStop(ctx, pi, s, deps, dispatchResult.reason);
+    // Warning-level stops are recoverable human checkpoints (e.g. UAT verdict
+    // gate) — pause instead of hard-stopping so the session is resumable with
+    // `/gsd auto`. Error/info-level stops remain hard stops for infrastructure
+    // failures and terminal conditions respectively.
+    // See: https://github.com/gsd-build/gsd-2/issues/2474
+    if (dispatchResult.level === "warning") {
+      ctx.ui.notify(dispatchResult.reason, "warning");
+      await deps.pauseAuto(ctx, pi);
+    } else {
+      await closeoutAndStop(ctx, pi, s, deps, dispatchResult.reason);
+    }
     debugLog("autoLoop", { phase: "exit", reason: "dispatch-stop" });
     return { action: "break", reason: "dispatch-stop" };
   }
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/auto-loop.test.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/auto-loop.test.ts
index 5e01617eb..af3fda5ca 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/auto-loop.test.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/tests/auto-loop.test.ts
@@ -882,6 +882,74 @@ test("autoLoop handles dispatch stop action", async (t) => {
   );
 });
 
+// #2474: warning-level dispatch stop should pause (resumable), not hard-stop
+test("autoLoop pauses instead of stopping for warning-level dispatch stop", async (t) => {
+  _resetPendingResolve();
+
+  const ctx = makeMockCtx();
+  ctx.ui.setStatus = () => {};
+  const pi = makeMockPi();
+  const s = makeLoopSession();
+
+  const deps = makeMockDeps({
+    resolveDispatch: async () => {
+      deps.callLog.push("resolveDispatch");
+      return {
+        action: "stop" as const,
+        reason: 'UAT verdict for S01 is "partial" — blocking progression.',
+        level: "warning" as const,
+      };
+    },
+  });
+
+  await autoLoop(ctx, pi, s, deps);
+
+  assert.ok(
+    deps.callLog.includes("resolveDispatch"),
+    "should have called resolveDispatch",
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    deps.callLog.includes("pauseAuto"),
+    "warning-level stop should call pauseAuto (resumable)",
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    !deps.callLog.includes("stopAuto"),
+    "warning-level stop should NOT call stopAuto (hard stop)",
+  );
+});
+
+// #2474: error-level dispatch stop should still hard-stop
+test("autoLoop hard-stops for error-level dispatch stop", async (t) => {
+  _resetPendingResolve();
+
+  const ctx = makeMockCtx();
+  ctx.ui.setStatus = () => {};
+  const pi = makeMockPi();
+  const s = makeLoopSession();
+
+  const deps = makeMockDeps({
+    resolveDispatch: async () => {
+      deps.callLog.push("resolveDispatch");
+      return {
+        action: "stop" as const,
+        reason: "Cannot complete milestone: missing SUMMARY files.",
+        level: "error" as const,
+      };
+    },
+  });
+
+  await autoLoop(ctx, pi, s, deps);
+
+  assert.ok(
+    deps.callLog.includes("stopAuto"),
+    "error-level stop should call stopAuto (hard stop)",
+  );
+  assert.ok(
+    !deps.callLog.includes("pauseAuto"),
+    "error-level stop should NOT call pauseAuto",
+  );
+});
+
 test("autoLoop handles dispatch skip action by continuing", async (t) => {
   _resetPendingResolve();