diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index 09e8af7..6554029 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "name": "agent-loop",
       "source": "./",
       "description": "Autonomous generator-evaluator agent loop for long-running coding tasks. Plan interactively, then execute with full visibility.",
-      "version": "0.10.1",
+      "version": "0.10.2",
       "author": {
         "name": "Sheldon"
       },
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 6de794e..fc2dfce 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agent-loop",
-  "version": "0.10.1",
+  "version": "0.10.2",
   "description": "Autonomous generator-evaluator agent loop for long-running coding tasks. Run /agent-loop:run to start.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Sheldon"
diff --git a/loop.sh b/loop.sh
index e593c17..2b51a81 100755
--- a/loop.sh
+++ b/loop.sh
@@ -158,8 +158,11 @@ finish() {
     read -r -t 30 2>/dev/null || true
     exit "$exit_code"
 }
-# NOTE: Stop hook is installed/removed per-agent in run_agent(), not globally.
-# This prevents the hook from killing the orchestrating CC session.
+# Install Stop hook once at startup. The AGENT_LOOP_ACTIVE env var guard ensures
+# it only fires for CC sessions spawned by this loop (not the user's other sessions).
+# Installing once avoids a race condition where per-iteration install_hooks writes
+# settings.local.json just before CC starts, and CC reads the old file.
+[ "$AUTO_HOOKS" = true ] && install_hooks
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
 check_archive
@@ -204,9 +207,6 @@ run_agent() {
     rm -f "$LOOP_DIR/.verdict"
 
     local agent_exit=0
-    # Install Stop hook just before claude starts, remove after it exits.
-    # This scopes the hook to only affect the loop's claude sessions.
-    [ "$AUTO_HOOKS" = true ] && install_hooks
 
     (
         case "$TOOL" in
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ run_agent() {
                 ;;
         esac
     ) || agent_exit=$?
-
-    [ "$AUTO_HOOKS" = true ] && remove_hooks
     sleep 2  # Brief pause between sessions
 
     # Read verdict from file if evaluator wrote one