diff --git a/dev/dev-agent.sh b/dev/dev-agent.sh
index 031460f..477de5f 100755
--- a/dev/dev-agent.sh
+++ b/dev/dev-agent.sh
@@ -773,16 +773,8 @@ case "${_MONITOR_LOOP_EXIT:-}" in
     ;;
   crashed)
     # Belt-and-suspenders: _on_phase_change(PHASE:crashed) handles primary
-    # cleanup, but ensure labels and files are cleaned up if callback was
-    # interrupted (e.g. set -e propagation).
+    # cleanup (escalation, notification, labels, worktree, files).
     restore_to_backlog
-    if [ -z "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ]; then
-      cleanup_worktree
-    fi
-    rm -f "$PHASE_FILE" "${PHASE_FILE%.phase}.context" \
-      "$IMPL_SUMMARY_FILE" "$THREAD_FILE" "$SCRATCH_FILE" \
-      "/tmp/ci-result-${PROJECT_NAME}-${ISSUE}.txt"
-    [ -n "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ] && rm -f "/tmp/review-injected-${PROJECT_NAME}-${PR_NUMBER}"
     ;;
   done)
     # Belt-and-suspenders: callback in phase-handler.sh handles primary cleanup,
diff --git a/dev/phase-handler.sh b/dev/phase-handler.sh
index f67a36d..e7e1568 100644
--- a/dev/phase-handler.sh
+++ b/dev/phase-handler.sh
@@ -725,13 +725,10 @@ $(printf '%s' "$REFUSAL_JSON" | head -c 2000)
     echo "{\"issue\":${ISSUE},\"pr\":${PR_NUMBER:-0},\"reason\":\"crashed\",\"ts\":\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)\"}" \
       >> "${FACTORY_ROOT}/supervisor/escalations-${PROJECT_NAME}.jsonl"
 
-    # Restore backlog label so issue can be retried
+    # Restore backlog label, clean up worktree + temp files
     restore_to_backlog
-    if [ -n "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ]; then
-      log "keeping worktree (PR #${PR_NUMBER} still open)"
-    else
-      cleanup_worktree
-    fi
+    [ -z "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ] && cleanup_worktree
+    [ -n "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ] && log "keeping worktree (PR #${PR_NUMBER} still open)"
     rm -f "$PHASE_FILE" "$IMPL_SUMMARY_FILE" "$THREAD_FILE" "${SCRATCH_FILE:-}" \
       "/tmp/ci-result-${PROJECT_NAME}-${ISSUE}.txt"
     [ -n "${PR_NUMBER:-}" ] && rm -f "/tmp/review-injected-${PROJECT_NAME}-${PR_NUMBER}"