diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/guided-flow.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/guided-flow.ts
index 62fcd0d5e..750906401 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/guided-flow.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/guided-flow.ts
@@ -792,17 +792,28 @@ export async function showSmartEntry(
   const crashLock = readCrashLock(basePath);
   if (crashLock) {
     clearLock(basePath);
-    const resume = await showNextAction(ctx, {
-      title: "GSD — Interrupted Session Detected",
-      summary: [formatCrashInfo(crashLock)],
-      actions: [
-        { id: "resume", label: "Resume with /gsd auto", description: "Pick up where it left off", recommended: true },
-        { id: "continue", label: "Continue manually", description: "Open the wizard as normal" },
-      ],
-    });
-    if (resume === "resume") {
-      await startAuto(ctx, pi, basePath, false);
-      return;
+
+    // Bootstrap crash with zero completed units = no work was lost.
+    // Auto-discard instead of prompting the user — this commonly happens
+    // when the user exits during init wizard or discuss phase before any
+    // real auto-mode work begins.
+    const isBootstrapCrash = crashLock.unitType === "starting"
+      && crashLock.unitId === "bootstrap"
+      && crashLock.completedUnits === 0;
+
+    if (!isBootstrapCrash) {
+      const resume = await showNextAction(ctx, {
+        title: "GSD — Interrupted Session Detected",
+        summary: [formatCrashInfo(crashLock)],
+        actions: [
+          { id: "resume", label: "Resume with /gsd auto", description: "Pick up where it left off", recommended: true },
+          { id: "continue", label: "Continue manually", description: "Open the wizard as normal" },
+        ],
+      });
+      if (resume === "resume") {
+        await startAuto(ctx, pi, basePath, false);
+        return;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/session-lock.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/session-lock.ts
index 1541d9172..0f0ca227b 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/session-lock.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/session-lock.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ function ensureExitHandler(gsdDir: string): void {
     try {
       if (_releaseFunction) { _releaseFunction(); _releaseFunction = null; }
     } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+    // Remove the auto.lock metadata file so crash-recovery doesn't
+    // falsely detect an interrupted session on the next startup.
+    try {
+      const lockFile = join(gsdDir, LOCK_FILE);
+      if (existsSync(lockFile)) unlinkSync(lockFile);
+    } catch { /* best-effort */ }
     try {
       const lockDir = join(gsdDir + ".lock");
       if (existsSync(lockDir)) rmSync(lockDir, { recursive: true, force: true });