diff --git a/packages/opencode-router/src/pod-manager.test.ts b/packages/opencode-router/src/pod-manager.test.ts
index 05b93af39f39..b5b23532bdfd 100644
--- a/packages/opencode-router/src/pod-manager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode-router/src/pod-manager.test.ts
@@ -333,6 +333,37 @@ describe("listUserSessions", () => {
     // Must NOT try to look up "calm-snails-dream" on remote (it's always a new branch)
     expect(script).not.toContain('ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin "calm-snails-dream"')
   })
+
+  it("ensurePod git-init script skips fetch/checkout when /workspace has uncommitted changes from a prior session", async () => {
+    // Pod restarts re-mount the PVC which can contain uncommitted edits from the previous
+    // session. Running `git checkout` against a dirty workspace aborts with "local changes
+    // would be overwritten" and the init container crashloops. The script must detect the
+    // dirty state and skip the git phase, leaving the workspace exactly as the user left it.
+    fakePVCs = []
+    fakePods = []
+    createPodCalls = []
+
+    const { ensurePod } = await import("./pod-manager.js")
+    const session = { email: EMAIL, repoUrl: REPO, branch: "resilient-branch", sourceBranch: "main" }
+
+    await (ensurePod as any)(computeHash(EMAIL, REPO, "resilient-branch"), session)
+
+    expect(createPodCalls).toHaveLength(1)
+    const pod = (createPodCalls[0] as any).body
+    const script: string = pod.spec.initContainers[0].args[0]
+    // Dirty-workspace guard must check both tracked diffs and untracked files
+    expect(script).toContain("$GIT diff --quiet HEAD")
+    expect(script).toContain("$GIT ls-files --others --exclude-standard")
+    // The guard wraps fetch + both checkout branches so none of them run when dirty
+    const guardIdx = script.indexOf("$GIT diff --quiet HEAD")
+    const fetchIdx = script.indexOf("$GIT fetch --all")
+    const checkoutIdx = script.indexOf("$GIT checkout")
+    expect(guardIdx).toBeGreaterThan(-1)
+    expect(fetchIdx).toBeGreaterThan(guardIdx)
+    expect(checkoutIdx).toBeGreaterThan(guardIdx)
+    // Must NOT introduce an auto-stash — work is preserved by leaving the workspace untouched
+    expect(script).not.toContain("stash push")
+  })
 })
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/packages/opencode-router/src/pod-manager.ts b/packages/opencode-router/src/pod-manager.ts
index 17ed6fd2d8ad..b3966d6897d2 100644
--- a/packages/opencode-router/src/pod-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode-router/src/pod-manager.ts
@@ -658,12 +658,23 @@ export async function ensurePod(
           `  git clone "${repoUrl}" /workspace`,
           `fi`,
           `cd /workspace`,
-          `$GIT fetch --all`,
-          `if $GIT rev-parse --verify "${branch}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then`,
-          `  $GIT checkout "${branch}"`,
+          // If the workspace carries uncommitted work from a prior session, skip
+          // fetch + checkout entirely and start the pod against the existing
+          // state. The repo was initialized on an earlier pod start so the user
+          // can keep working; otherwise `git checkout` would abort with "local
+          // changes would be overwritten" and the pod crashloops in Init:0/1.
+          // To get back on the session branch, commit or discard the changes
+          // from inside the pod and restart.
+          `if ! $GIT diff --quiet HEAD 2>/dev/null || [ -n "$($GIT ls-files --others --exclude-standard 2>/dev/null)" ]; then`,
+          `  echo "opencode-init: uncommitted changes detected in /workspace; skipping git fetch/checkout to preserve work"`,
           `else`,
-          `  $GIT checkout -B "${sourceBranch}" "origin/${sourceBranch}"`,
-          `  $GIT checkout -b "${branch}"`,
+          `  $GIT fetch --all`,
+          `  if $GIT rev-parse --verify "${branch}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then`,
+          `    $GIT checkout "${branch}"`,
+          `  else`,
+          `    $GIT checkout -B "${sourceBranch}" "origin/${sourceBranch}"`,
+          `    $GIT checkout -b "${branch}"`,
+          `  fi`,
           `fi`,
         ]
       : [