diff --git a/pkg/agent/checkpoint.go b/pkg/agent/checkpoint.go
index 840d3d1b3..d78876d3e 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/checkpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/checkpoint.go
@@ -16,10 +16,21 @@ package agent
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 
 	"go.probo.inc/probo/pkg/llm"
 )
 
+// ErrSuspendForCheckpoint is the recommended cancel cause for callers
+// who want the agent loop to gracefully suspend (build a checkpoint
+// and return *SuspendedError) rather than treat the cancellation as a
+// silent close. The agent loop only inspects ctx.Err(); any cancel
+// cause produces a graceful suspend, but using this sentinel makes
+// the intent explicit and lets supervisors distinguish a user-driven
+// cancel from infrastructure-level causes (lease loss, heartbeat
+// failure) when they inspect context.Cause(ctx).
+var ErrSuspendForCheckpoint = errors.New("agent run: graceful suspend requested")
+
 type (
 	AgentStatus string
 
diff --git a/pkg/probo/agent_run_handler.go b/pkg/probo/agent_run_handler.go
index adc6fd10f..fe21e2742 100644
--- a/pkg/probo/agent_run_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/probo/agent_run_handler.go
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ type agentRunHandler struct {
 var (
 	_ worker.Handler[coredata.AgentRun] = (*agentRunHandler)(nil)
 	_ worker.StaleRecoverer             = (*agentRunHandler)(nil)
-
-	// ErrSuspendForCheckpoint is the cancel cause used when the
-	// supervisor asks an in-flight run to gracefully suspend so it can
-	// checkpoint and exit. The agent loop sees ctx.Err() at its next
-	// turn boundary and returns *SuspendedError; executeRun treats
-	// that outcome as a graceful exit (no row-status commit).
-	ErrSuspendForCheckpoint = errors.New("agent run: graceful suspend requested")
 )
 
 // Claim loads the next pending agent run, marks it RUNNING with a lease
@@ -114,7 +107,7 @@ func (h *agentRunHandler) Process(ctx context.Context, run coredata.AgentRun) er
 	go func() {
 		select {
 		case <-h.shutdownCh:
-			cancelRun(ErrSuspendForCheckpoint)
+			cancelRun(agent.ErrSuspendForCheckpoint)
 		case <-forwarderDone:
 		}
 	}()