diff --git a/docs/tools/bash.md b/docs/tools/bash.md
index 72d03ff0..c28dc5b0 100644
--- a/docs/tools/bash.md
+++ b/docs/tools/bash.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Stdout and stderr stream to `harness/bash-tasks/<id>.{out,err}`.
 When the task completes (or times out, or the process errors), the
 harness fires a wake with `from: "bash-task-<id>"`; the body contains
 the exit code and last stdout lines. Handle the completion on a future
-turn.
+turn — unless `wait_seconds` already delivered the terminal result
+inline, in which case the wake is suppressed (see `status` below).
 
 * `timeout_secs` — kill the task after N seconds and mark it
   `timed_out`. Omit for no timeout (runs until natural exit).
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@ finishes within the window the full status is returned immediately.
 Useful to avoid a separate round-trip when the task is expected to
 finish soon.
 
+Any `status` call (waited or not) that observes a terminal task
+suppresses that task's completion wake — you already have the result
+in this response, so no redundant `bash-task-<id>` inbox message
+follows (#2270). Narrow best-effort race: a `status`/`run` inline wait
+that resolves in the same instant the task actually finishes can still
+occasionally get both.
+
 Tasks marked `interrupted` had their process killed by a harness
 restart; a best-effort wake was still sent so the agent is not
 silently blocked.
diff --git a/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs b/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
index ac1915b1..e1718c04 100644
--- a/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
+++ b/hive-bash-mcp/src/runner.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,39 @@ fn running() -> &'static Mutex<HashMap<String, RunningHandle>> {
     RUNNING.get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(HashMap::new()))
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Wake suppression: skip the completion wake when a caller already
+// synchronously observed the task's terminal state via an inline
+// `wait_seconds` poll on `BashRun` or `BashStatus` — the tool response
+// already delivered the result in that same turn, so a follow-up wake
+// message would just be a redundant duplicate of information the agent has.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// In-memory only — a daemon restart wipes it, which is fine: a task still
+/// `running` across a restart is marked `interrupted` on boot (see module
+/// docs) and gets its own fresh wake, independent of this set.
+fn wake_suppressed() -> &'static Mutex<HashSet<String>> {
+    static SUPPRESSED: OnceLock<Mutex<HashSet<String>>> = OnceLock::new();
+    SUPPRESSED.get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(HashSet::new()))
+}
+
+/// Mark `id`'s completion wake as already-delivered-inline. Called after an
+/// inline `wait_seconds` poll (on `BashRun` or `BashStatus`) observes a
+/// terminal task, before the response carrying the full status is written
+/// back to the caller. Idempotent — safe to call more than once per id.
+pub(crate) fn suppress_wake(id: &str) {
+    wake_suppressed().lock().unwrap().insert(id.to_owned());
+}
+
+/// Consume (remove + report) `id`'s suppression flag. Returns `true` if the
+/// wake should be skipped. One-shot: a task id is only ever completed once,
+/// so there's no risk of a stale suppression leaking onto a later task with
+/// the same id (names are only reusable once the prior task has finished,
+/// i.e. after this has already been consumed).
+fn take_wake_suppressed(id: &str) -> bool {
+    wake_suppressed().lock().unwrap().remove(id)
+}
+
 /// Outcome of one `exec_cmd` run.
 enum ExecOutcome {
     /// Process exited on its own with this status code.
@@ -259,10 +292,16 @@ pub fn active_tasks() -> Vec<TaskFile> {
 
 /// Inline wait: poll `read_task(id)` until terminal state or deadline.
 /// Returns the final task on success, or `None` if it never completed.
+///
+/// Whenever a terminal task is observed here, the caller is about to receive
+/// that result directly in its tool response — so the completion wake for
+/// `id` is marked [`suppress_wake`]d: a status query (waited or not) that
+/// already told the agent the outcome shouldn't be followed by a redundant
+/// "task finished" inbox message for the same information.
 pub async fn wait_for_task(id: &str, wait_secs: u64) -> Option<TaskFile> {
     let cap = wait_secs.min(MAX_WAIT_SECS);
     if cap == 0 {
-        return read_task(id);
+        return observe_terminal(read_task(id));
     }
     let deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(cap);
     loop {
@@ -276,6 +315,7 @@ pub async fn wait_for_task(id: &str, wait_secs: u64) -> Option<TaskFile> {
                         | TaskStatus::Interrupted
                         | TaskStatus::Killed
                 ) {
+                    suppress_wake(id);
                     return Some(task);
                 }
             }
@@ -285,7 +325,22 @@ pub async fn wait_for_task(id: &str, wait_secs: u64) -> Option<TaskFile> {
         }
         tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(POLL_MS)).await;
     }
-    read_task(id)
+    observe_terminal(read_task(id))
+}
+
+/// Marks the wake suppressed if `task` is in a terminal state; passes
+/// `task` through unchanged either way. Shared tail helper for both
+/// `wait_for_task` return points.
+fn observe_terminal(task: Option<TaskFile>) -> Option<TaskFile> {
+    if let Some(t) = &task
+        && matches!(
+            t.status,
+            TaskStatus::Done | TaskStatus::TimedOut | TaskStatus::Interrupted | TaskStatus::Killed
+        )
+    {
+        suppress_wake(&t.id);
+    }
+    task
 }
 
 /// Kill a running or still-pending task.
@@ -507,6 +562,17 @@ async fn run_task(mut task: TaskFile, socket: &Path) {
     }
     refresh_loose_ends();
 
+    // Skip the wake if a `status`/`run` inline wait already handed this
+    // exact terminal result to the caller in a tool response — see
+    // `wait_for_task` / `observe_terminal`. Narrow race: an inline waiter
+    // that polls in the few hundred ms right around this point may lose the
+    // race and still get a wake alongside its inline result; best-effort,
+    // same tolerance as the rest of this daemon's delivery guarantees.
+    if take_wake_suppressed(&id) {
+        tracing::debug!(id = %id, "bash_runner: wake suppressed (already observed via status)");
+        return;
+    }
+
     let out_snippet = stdout_tail.as_deref().unwrap_or("").trim();
     let err_snippet = stderr_tail.as_deref().unwrap_or("").trim();
     send_wake(socket, &id, &summary, Some((out_snippet, err_snippet))).await;
@@ -746,4 +812,31 @@ mod tests {
         // Exactly at the cap is allowed.
         assert!(validate_task_name(&"x".repeat(MAX_TASK_NAME_LEN)).is_ok());
     }
+
+    // Wake suppression is a single process-wide registry (see
+    // `wake_suppressed()`), so these run serially against distinct ids to
+    // avoid cross-test interference under parallel test execution.
+
+    #[test]
+    fn wake_suppression_is_one_shot() {
+        use super::{suppress_wake, take_wake_suppressed};
+        let id = "test-2270-one-shot";
+        assert!(!take_wake_suppressed(id), "unset id starts unsuppressed");
+        suppress_wake(id);
+        assert!(take_wake_suppressed(id), "set id reports suppressed once");
+        assert!(
+            !take_wake_suppressed(id),
+            "consuming the flag clears it — second read is unsuppressed"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn wake_suppression_is_idempotent_to_set() {
+        use super::{suppress_wake, take_wake_suppressed};
+        let id = "test-2270-idempotent";
+        suppress_wake(id);
+        suppress_wake(id); // simulates two concurrent observers of the same terminal task
+        assert!(take_wake_suppressed(id));
+        assert!(!take_wake_suppressed(id));
+    }
 }