diff --git a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
index e2c66ac..c38b150 100644
--- a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
@@ -9418,11 +9418,39 @@ async fn detach_once(socket: &UdpSocket, cred: &CachedCredential, seq: u64) -> R
 
 fn render_frame(frame: &Frame) -> Result<()> {
     let mut stdout = std::io::stdout();
-    stdout.write_all(&frame.bytes)?;
+    stdout.write_all(&render_frame_bytes(frame))?;
     stdout.flush()?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn render_frame_bytes(frame: &Frame) -> Vec<u8> {
+    if !frame.snapshot {
+        return frame.bytes.clone();
+    }
+    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(TERMINAL_SNAPSHOT_RESET.len() + frame.bytes.len());
+    bytes.extend_from_slice(TERMINAL_SNAPSHOT_RESET);
+    bytes.extend_from_slice(&frame.bytes);
+    bytes
+}
+
+const TERMINAL_SNAPSHOT_RESET: &[u8] = concat!(
+    "\x1b[0m",
+    "\x1b[?25h",
+    "\x1b[?1003l",
+    "\x1b[?1002l",
+    "\x1b[?1001l",
+    "\x1b[?1000l",
+    "\x1b[?1004l",
+    "\x1b[?1015l",
+    "\x1b[?1006l",
+    "\x1b[?1005l",
+    "\x1b[?2004l",
+    "\x1b[?47l",
+    "\x1b[?1047l",
+    "\x1b[?1049l"
+)
+.as_bytes();
+
 /// Seconds of silence from the server before the disconnect status line appears.
 /// Short enough to give quick feedback on a lost link, long enough that a normal
 /// idle period (the run loop only pings after 2s of quiet) never flashes it.
@@ -9754,11 +9782,11 @@ mod tests {
         NativeIdentityContext, POST_RECONNECT_STALE_INPUT_GRACE, POST_SUBMIT_ALL_INPUT_HOLD,
         PendingStreamOpen, PredictMode, Predictor, RESTART_STATUS_SCRIPT, RemoteForward,
         STALE_TERMINAL_INPUT_AFTER, STARTUP_INPUT_HOLD, STREAM_INITIAL_WINDOW, SshConfig,
-        SshPathTokenContext, StartupGateMode, StatusAction, UpdateOptions, UpdateRole, auth_allows,
-        cache_key, cache_server_prefix, cleanup_stream_state, clear_cached_credentials,
-        effective_update_artifact_tag, ensure_tui_safe_status_overlay, expand_ssh_path_tokens,
-        input_contains_focus_in, input_matches_escape, is_local_status_target,
-        is_resume_response_for_client, latest_release_download_url,
+        SshPathTokenContext, StartupGateMode, StatusAction, TERMINAL_SNAPSHOT_RESET, UpdateOptions,
+        UpdateRole, auth_allows, cache_key, cache_server_prefix, cleanup_stream_state,
+        clear_cached_credentials, effective_update_artifact_tag, ensure_tui_safe_status_overlay,
+        expand_ssh_path_tokens, input_contains_focus_in, input_matches_escape,
+        is_local_status_target, is_resume_response_for_client, latest_release_download_url,
         load_first_native_identity_with_prompt, native_proxy_udp_warning,
         newest_client_trace_path_from, parse_dynamic_forward, parse_escape_key,
         parse_local_forward, parse_remote_forward, parse_single_remote_path, parse_ssh_config,
@@ -9766,9 +9794,9 @@ mod tests {
         parse_update_options, post_submit_hold_duration, queue_or_send_stream_data,
         queue_pending_user_input, queue_stale_pending_user_input, raw_contains_host_table,
         recv_response_until, refresh_live_addr, release_tag_download_url,
-        release_tag_from_effective_url, release_version_from_tag, render_status_clear,
-        render_status_overlay, requested_env, resolved_startup_command, retire_stream_state,
-        retransmit_stream_opens, rewrite_forward_command, sanitize_trace_name,
+        release_tag_from_effective_url, release_version_from_tag, render_frame_bytes,
+        render_status_clear, render_status_overlay, requested_env, resolved_startup_command,
+        retire_stream_state, retransmit_stream_opens, rewrite_forward_command, sanitize_trace_name,
         selected_predict_mode, selected_udp_host, send_stream_eof, server_version_mismatch,
         should_flush_terminal_input_after_contact, should_health_log_client_start,
         should_hold_during_startup_gate, should_hold_post_submit_input,
@@ -10424,6 +10452,22 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn snapshot_render_resets_local_terminal_modes_before_authoritative_bytes() {
+        let frame = test_frame(7, true);
+        let bytes = render_frame_bytes(&frame);
+
+        assert!(bytes.starts_with(TERMINAL_SNAPSHOT_RESET));
+        assert!(bytes.ends_with(b"frame-7"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn live_frame_render_preserves_terminal_output_exactly() {
+        let frame = test_frame(7, false);
+
+        assert_eq!(render_frame_bytes(&frame), b"frame-7");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn frame_buffer_renders_only_contiguous_frames() {
         let mut buffer = FrameBuffer::default();