diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/workflows/executor/pause-persistence.integration.ts b/apps/sim/lib/workflows/executor/pause-persistence.integration.ts
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@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+/**
+ * Pause publication against real PostgreSQL: a paused run becomes resumable only once its
+ * log has been finalized out of `running`, so an immediate resume finds a claimable log.
+ */
+import { db } from '@sim/db'
+import {
+  pausedExecutions,
+  user,
+  workflow,
+  workflowExecutionLogs,
+  workflowExecutionSnapshots,
+  workspace,
+} from '@sim/db/schema'
+import { createDeferred } from '@sim/testing'
+import { generateId } from '@sim/utils/id'
+import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm'
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  type BillingAttributionSnapshot,
+  resolveBillingAttribution,
+} from '@/lib/billing/core/billing-attribution'
+import { LoggingSession } from '@/lib/logs/execution/logging-session'
+import type { WorkflowState } from '@/lib/logs/types'
+import { PauseResumeManager } from '@/lib/workflows/executor/human-in-the-loop-manager'
+import { handlePostExecutionPauseState } from '@/lib/workflows/executor/pause-persistence'
+import type { ExecutionResult } from '@/executor/types'
+
+const ids = {
+  owner: `pause-publish-owner-${generateId()}`,
+  workspace: generateId(),
+  workflow: generateId(),
+}
+
+const CONTEXT_ID = 'approval'
+
+const workflowState: WorkflowState = {
+  blocks: {
+    start: {
+      id: 'start',
+      type: 'starter',
+      name: 'Start',
+      position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+      subBlocks: {},
+      outputs: {},
+      enabled: true,
+    },
+  },
+  edges: [],
+  loops: {},
+  parallels: {},
+}
+
+function pausedResult(
+  executionId: string,
+  billingAttribution: BillingAttributionSnapshot
+): ExecutionResult {
+  return {
+    success: true,
+    output: {},
+    status: 'paused',
+    pausePoints: [
+      {
+        contextId: CONTEXT_ID,
+        blockId: CONTEXT_ID,
+        response: {},
+        registeredAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+        resumeStatus: 'paused',
+        snapshotReady: true,
+        pauseKind: 'human',
+      },
+    ],
+    snapshotSeed: {
+      snapshot: JSON.stringify({
+        metadata: {
+          workflowId: ids.workflow,
+          workspaceId: ids.workspace,
+          executionId,
+          userId: ids.owner,
+          billingAttribution,
+        },
+      }),
+      triggerIds: [],
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+/** Starts a run whose log is `running`, as the core leaves it when execution returns. */
+async function startRun() {
+  const executionId = generateId()
+  const billingAttribution = await resolveBillingAttribution({
+    actorUserId: ids.owner,
+    workspaceId: ids.workspace,
+  })
+  const loggingSession = new LoggingSession(ids.workflow, executionId, 'api', 'pause-publish')
+  await loggingSession.safeStart({
+    userId: ids.owner,
+    workspaceId: ids.workspace,
+    billingAttribution,
+    workflowState,
+  })
+  return { executionId, loggingSession, result: pausedResult(executionId, billingAttribution) }
+}
+
+async function logStatus(executionId: string) {
+  const [row] = await db
+    .select({ status: workflowExecutionLogs.status })
+    .from(workflowExecutionLogs)
+    .where(eq(workflowExecutionLogs.executionId, executionId))
+  return row?.status
+}
+
+function resume(executionId: string) {
+  return PauseResumeManager.enqueueOrStartResume({
+    executionId,
+    workflowId: ids.workflow,
+    contextId: CONTEXT_ID,
+    resumeInput: {},
+    userId: ids.owner,
+  })
+}
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  const now = new Date()
+  await db.insert(user).values({
+    id: ids.owner,
+    name: 'Pause Publish',
+    email: `${ids.owner}@pause-publish.test`,
+    emailVerified: true,
+    createdAt: now,
+    updatedAt: now,
+  })
+  await db.insert(workspace).values({
+    id: ids.workspace,
+    name: 'Pause Publish',
+    ownerId: ids.owner,
+    billedAccountUserId: ids.owner,
+  })
+  await db.insert(workflow).values({
+    id: ids.workflow,
+    userId: ids.owner,
+    workspaceId: ids.workspace,
+    name: 'Pause Publish',
+    lastSynced: now,
+    createdAt: now,
+    updatedAt: now,
+  })
+})
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  // Deleting a paused execution cascades to its resume queue entries.
+  await db.delete(pausedExecutions).where(eq(pausedExecutions.workflowId, ids.workflow))
+  await db.delete(workflowExecutionLogs).where(eq(workflowExecutionLogs.workflowId, ids.workflow))
+  await db
+    .delete(workflowExecutionSnapshots)
+    .where(eq(workflowExecutionSnapshots.workflowId, ids.workflow))
+  await db.delete(workspace).where(eq(workspace.id, ids.workspace))
+  await db.delete(user).where(eq(user.id, ids.owner))
+})
+
+describe('handlePostExecutionPauseState', () => {
+  it('publishes a pause only after its log is finalized, so an immediate resume finds a claimable log', async () => {
+    const { executionId, loggingSession, result } = await startRun()
+
+    /** Holds the core's background log finalizer open, as a slow trace projection would. */
+    const finalizer = createDeferred<void>()
+    loggingSession.setPostExecutionPromise(
+      finalizer.promise.then(() => loggingSession.safeCompleteWithPause({ traceSpans: [] }))
+    )
+
+    const persistPauseResult = PauseResumeManager.persistPauseResult
+    const logFinalizedAtPublish: boolean[] = []
+    const publishSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(PauseResumeManager, 'persistPauseResult')
+      .mockImplementation((args) => {
+        logFinalizedAtPublish.push(loggingSession.hasCompleted())
+        return persistPauseResult.call(PauseResumeManager, args)
+      })
+
+    try {
+      const publish = handlePostExecutionPauseState({
+        result,
+        workflowId: ids.workflow,
+        executionId,
+        loggingSession,
+      })
+      finalizer.resolve()
+      await publish
+    } finally {
+      publishSpy.mockRestore()
+    }
+
+    expect(logFinalizedAtPublish).toEqual([true])
+    expect(await logStatus(executionId)).toBe('pending')
+    await expect(resume(executionId)).resolves.toMatchObject({ status: 'starting' })
+  })
+
+  it('fails the run instead of publishing a pause whose log was never finalized', async () => {
+    const { executionId, loggingSession, result } = await startRun()
+
+    /** The core's finalizer swallows its own failures, so a lost pause write still settles. */
+    loggingSession.setPostExecutionPromise(Promise.resolve())
+
+    await handlePostExecutionPauseState({
+      result,
+      workflowId: ids.workflow,
+      executionId,
+      loggingSession,
+    })
+
+    expect(await logStatus(executionId)).toBe('failed')
+    await expect(resume(executionId)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      name: 'ResumeAdmissionError',
+      statusCode: 404,
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/workflows/executor/pause-persistence.ts b/apps/sim/lib/workflows/executor/pause-persistence.ts
index 552263f490f..f7a83da52c4 100644
--- a/apps/sim/lib/workflows/executor/pause-persistence.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/workflows/executor/pause-persistence.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@ interface HandlePostExecutionPauseStateArgs {
  * Every caller of `executeWorkflowCore` must call this after execution completes
  * to ensure HITL pause state is persisted to the database and queued resumes are drained.
  *
- * - If execution is paused with a valid snapshot: persists to `paused_executions` table
+ * - If execution is paused but its log was never finalized: marks execution as failed
  * - If execution is paused without a snapshot: marks execution as failed
+ * - If execution is paused with a valid snapshot: persists to `paused_executions` table
  * - If execution is not paused: processes any queued resume entries
+ *
+ * A pause is published only after the core's post-execution logging has persisted
+ * the paused log. A resume claims that log only once it has left `running`, so a
+ * pause published before then (or without it ever happening) is rejected as no
+ * longer resumable.
  */
 export async function handlePostExecutionPauseState({
   result,
@@ -33,7 +39,11 @@ export async function handlePostExecutionPauseState({
   loggingSession,
 }: HandlePostExecutionPauseStateArgs): Promise<void> {
   if (result.status === 'paused') {
-    if (!result.snapshotSeed) {
+    await loggingSession.waitForPostExecution()
+    if (!loggingSession.hasCompleted()) {
+      logger.error('Paused execution log was not finalized', { executionId })
+      await loggingSession.markAsFailed('Failed to record paused execution')
+    } else if (!result.snapshotSeed) {
       logger.error('Missing snapshot seed for paused execution', { executionId })
       await loggingSession.markAsFailed('Missing snapshot seed for paused execution')
     } else {