diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
index 167be2125a..bbe81a9930 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
 
   const activeToolPtyId = useMemo(() => {
     const executingBackgroundableTool = toolCalls.find(
-      (tc): tc is TrackedExecutingToolCall =>
-        tc.status === CoreToolCallStatus.Executing &&
-        typeof tc.pid === 'number',
+      (toolCall): toolCall is TrackedExecutingToolCall =>
+        toolCall.status === CoreToolCallStatus.Executing &&
+        typeof toolCall.pid === 'number',
     );
     return executingBackgroundableTool?.pid;
   }, [toolCalls]);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.test.ts b/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.test.ts
index 77de13de3a..0d6194888f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.test.ts
@@ -432,13 +432,21 @@ describe('ShellExecutionService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('pty interaction', () => {
+    let activePtysGetSpy: { mockRestore: () => void };
+
     beforeEach(() => {
-      vi.spyOn(ShellExecutionService['activePtys'], 'get').mockReturnValue({
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-        ptyProcess: mockPtyProcess as any,
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-        headlessTerminal: mockHeadlessTerminal as any,
-      });
+      activePtysGetSpy = vi
+        .spyOn(ShellExecutionService['activePtys'], 'get')
+        .mockReturnValue({
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+          ptyProcess: mockPtyProcess as any,
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+          headlessTerminal: mockHeadlessTerminal as any,
+        });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      activePtysGetSpy.mockRestore();
     });
 
     it('should write to the pty and trigger a render', async () => {
@@ -1633,3 +1641,85 @@ describe('ShellExecutionService environment variables', () => {
     await new Promise(process.nextTick);
   });
 });
+
+describe('ShellExecutionService virtual executions', () => {
+  it('completes a virtual execution in the foreground', async () => {
+    const { pid, result } = ShellExecutionService.createVirtualExecution();
+    if (pid === undefined) {
+      throw new Error('Expected virtual pid to be defined.');
+    }
+    const onExit = vi.fn();
+    const unsubscribe = ShellExecutionService.onExit(pid, onExit);
+
+    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid, 'Hello');
+    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid, ' World');
+    ShellExecutionService.completeVirtualExecution(pid, { exitCode: 0 });
+
+    const executionResult = await result;
+
+    expect(executionResult.output).toBe('Hello World');
+    expect(executionResult.backgrounded).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(executionResult.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(executionResult.error).toBeNull();
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(onExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, undefined);
+    });
+
+    unsubscribe();
+  });
+
+  it('supports backgrounding virtual executions and streaming additional output', async () => {
+    const { pid, result } = ShellExecutionService.createVirtualExecution();
+    if (pid === undefined) {
+      throw new Error('Expected virtual pid to be defined.');
+    }
+    const chunks: string[] = [];
+    const onExit = vi.fn();
+
+    const unsubscribeStream = ShellExecutionService.subscribe(pid, (event) => {
+      if (event.type === 'data' && typeof event.chunk === 'string') {
+        chunks.push(event.chunk);
+      }
+    });
+    const unsubscribeExit = ShellExecutionService.onExit(pid, onExit);
+
+    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid, 'Chunk 1');
+    ShellExecutionService.background(pid);
+
+    const backgroundResult = await result;
+    expect(backgroundResult.backgrounded).toBe(true);
+    expect(backgroundResult.output).toBe('Chunk 1');
+
+    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid, '\nChunk 2');
+    ShellExecutionService.completeVirtualExecution(pid, { exitCode: 0 });
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(chunks.join('')).toContain('Chunk 2');
+      expect(onExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, undefined);
+    });
+
+    unsubscribeStream();
+    unsubscribeExit();
+  });
+
+  it('kills virtual executions via the existing kill API', async () => {
+    const onKill = vi.fn();
+    const { pid, result } = ShellExecutionService.createVirtualExecution(
+      '',
+      onKill,
+    );
+    if (pid === undefined) {
+      throw new Error('Expected virtual pid to be defined.');
+    }
+
+    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid, 'work');
+    ShellExecutionService.kill(pid);
+
+    const killResult = await result;
+    expect(onKill).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(killResult.aborted).toBe(true);
+    expect(killResult.exitCode).toBe(130);
+    expect(killResult.error?.message).toContain('Operation cancelled by user');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.ts b/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.ts
index 334d84a3a4..397dba1d9b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.ts
@@ -152,11 +152,22 @@ interface ActiveChildProcess {
   };
 }
 
-interface ActiveVirtualProcess {
+interface ActiveVirtualProcessState {
   output: string;
   onKill?: () => void;
 }
 
+type ActiveManagedProcess =
+  | {
+      kind: 'child';
+      process: ChildProcess;
+      state: ActiveChildProcess['state'];
+    }
+  | {
+      kind: 'virtual';
+      state: ActiveVirtualProcessState;
+    };
+
 const getFullBufferText = (terminal: pkg.Terminal): string => {
   const buffer = terminal.buffer.active;
   const lines: string[] = [];
@@ -202,11 +213,7 @@ const getFullBufferText = (terminal: pkg.Terminal): string => {
 
 export class ShellExecutionService {
   private static activePtys = new Map<number, ActivePty>();
-  private static activeChildProcesses = new Map<number, ActiveChildProcess>();
-  private static activeVirtualProcesses = new Map<
-    number,
-    ActiveVirtualProcess
-  >();
+  private static activeProcesses = new Map<number, ActiveManagedProcess>();
   private static exitedPtyInfo = new Map<
     number,
     { exitCode: number; signal?: number }
@@ -302,13 +309,29 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
     }
   }
 
+  private static getActiveChildProcess(
+    pid: number,
+  ): ActiveChildProcess | undefined {
+    const activeProcess = this.activeProcesses.get(pid);
+    if (activeProcess?.kind !== 'child') {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return { process: activeProcess.process, state: activeProcess.state };
+  }
+
+  private static getActiveVirtualProcess(
+    pid: number,
+  ): ActiveVirtualProcessState | undefined {
+    const activeProcess = this.activeProcesses.get(pid);
+    if (activeProcess?.kind !== 'virtual') {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return activeProcess.state;
+  }
+
   private static allocateVirtualPid(): number {
     let pid = ++this.nextVirtualPid;
-    while (
-      this.activePtys.has(pid) ||
-      this.activeChildProcesses.has(pid) ||
-      this.activeVirtualProcesses.has(pid)
-    ) {
+    while (this.activePtys.has(pid) || this.activeProcesses.has(pid)) {
       pid = ++this.nextVirtualPid;
     }
     return pid;
@@ -319,9 +342,12 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
     onKill?: () => void,
   ): ShellExecutionHandle {
     const pid = this.allocateVirtualPid();
-    this.activeVirtualProcesses.set(pid, {
-      output: initialOutput,
-      onKill,
+    this.activeProcesses.set(pid, {
+      kind: 'virtual',
+      state: {
+        output: initialOutput,
+        onKill,
+      },
     });
 
     const result = new Promise<ShellExecutionResult>((resolve) => {
@@ -332,7 +358,7 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
   }
 
   static appendVirtualOutput(pid: number, chunk: string): void {
-    const virtual = this.activeVirtualProcesses.get(pid);
+    const virtual = this.getActiveVirtualProcess(pid);
     if (!virtual || chunk.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
@@ -349,7 +375,7 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
       aborted?: boolean;
     },
   ): void {
-    const virtual = this.activeVirtualProcesses.get(pid);
+    const virtual = this.getActiveVirtualProcess(pid);
     if (!virtual) {
       return;
     }
@@ -382,7 +408,7 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
       signal,
     });
     this.activeListeners.delete(pid);
-    this.activeVirtualProcesses.delete(pid);
+    this.activeProcesses.delete(pid);
 
     this.exitedPtyInfo.set(pid, {
       exitCode: exitCode ?? 0,
@@ -432,7 +458,8 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
       };
 
       if (child.pid) {
-        this.activeChildProcesses.set(child.pid, {
+        this.activeProcesses.set(child.pid, {
+          kind: 'child',
           process: child,
           state,
         });
@@ -542,7 +569,7 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
             onOutputEvent(event);
             ShellExecutionService.emitEvent(child.pid, event);
 
-            this.activeChildProcesses.delete(child.pid);
+            this.activeProcesses.delete(child.pid);
             this.activeResolvers.delete(child.pid);
             this.activeListeners.delete(child.pid);
           }
@@ -1018,11 +1045,9 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
    * @param input The string to write to the terminal.
    */
   static writeToPty(pid: number, input: string): void {
-    if (this.activeChildProcesses.has(pid)) {
-      const activeChild = this.activeChildProcesses.get(pid);
-      if (activeChild) {
-        activeChild.process.stdin?.write(input);
-      }
+    const activeChild = this.getActiveChildProcess(pid);
+    if (activeChild) {
+      activeChild.process.stdin?.write(input);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -1037,11 +1062,11 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
   }
 
   static isPtyActive(pid: number): boolean {
-    if (this.activeVirtualProcesses.has(pid)) {
+    if (this.getActiveVirtualProcess(pid)) {
       return true;
     }
 
-    if (this.activeChildProcesses.has(pid)) {
+    if (this.getActiveChildProcess(pid)) {
       try {
         return process.kill(pid, 0);
       } catch {
@@ -1079,8 +1104,10 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
         },
       );
       return () => disposable.dispose();
-    } else if (this.activeChildProcesses.has(pid)) {
-      const activeChild = this.activeChildProcesses.get(pid);
+    }
+
+    const activeChild = this.getActiveChildProcess(pid);
+    if (activeChild) {
       const listener = (code: number | null, signal: NodeJS.Signals | null) => {
         let signalNumber: number | undefined;
         if (signal) {
@@ -1092,7 +1119,9 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
       return () => {
         activeChild?.process.removeListener('exit', listener);
       };
-    } else if (this.activeVirtualProcesses.has(pid)) {
+    }
+
+    if (this.getActiveVirtualProcess(pid)) {
       const listener = (event: ShellOutputEvent) => {
         if (event.type === 'exit') {
           callback(event.exitCode ?? 0, event.signal ?? undefined);
@@ -1101,14 +1130,14 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
       };
       const unsubscribe = this.subscribe(pid, listener);
       return unsubscribe;
-    } else {
-      // Check if it already exited recently
-      const exitedInfo = this.exitedPtyInfo.get(pid);
-      if (exitedInfo) {
-        callback(exitedInfo.exitCode, exitedInfo.signal);
-      }
-      return () => {};
     }
+
+    // Check if it already exited recently
+    const exitedInfo = this.exitedPtyInfo.get(pid);
+    if (exitedInfo) {
+      callback(exitedInfo.exitCode, exitedInfo.signal);
+    }
+    return () => {};
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1118,8 +1147,8 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
    */
   static kill(pid: number): void {
     const activePty = this.activePtys.get(pid);
-    const activeChild = this.activeChildProcesses.get(pid);
-    const activeVirtual = this.activeVirtualProcesses.get(pid);
+    const activeChild = this.getActiveChildProcess(pid);
+    const activeVirtual = this.getActiveVirtualProcess(pid);
 
     if (activeVirtual) {
       activeVirtual.onKill?.();
@@ -1131,7 +1160,7 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
       return;
     } else if (activeChild) {
       killProcessGroup({ pid }).catch(() => {});
-      this.activeChildProcesses.delete(pid);
+      this.activeProcesses.delete(pid);
     } else if (activePty) {
       killProcessGroup({ pid, pty: activePty.ptyProcess }).catch(() => {});
       this.activePtys.delete(pid);
@@ -1154,8 +1183,8 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
       const rawOutput = Buffer.from('');
 
       const activePty = this.activePtys.get(pid);
-      const activeChild = this.activeChildProcesses.get(pid);
-      const activeVirtual = this.activeVirtualProcesses.get(pid);
+      const activeChild = this.getActiveChildProcess(pid);
+      const activeVirtual = this.getActiveVirtualProcess(pid);
 
       if (activePty) {
         output = getFullBufferText(activePty.headlessTerminal);
@@ -1214,8 +1243,8 @@ export class ShellExecutionService {
 
     // Send current buffer content immediately
     const activePty = this.activePtys.get(pid);
-    const activeChild = this.activeChildProcesses.get(pid);
-    const activeVirtual = this.activeVirtualProcesses.get(pid);
+    const activeChild = this.getActiveChildProcess(pid);
+    const activeVirtual = this.getActiveVirtualProcess(pid);
 
     if (activePty) {
       // Use serializeTerminalToObject to preserve colors and structure
diff --git a/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.virtual.test.ts b/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.virtual.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b72c4aeef7..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.virtual.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { ShellExecutionService } from './shellExecutionService.js';
-
-describe('ShellExecutionService virtual executions', () => {
-  it('completes a virtual execution in the foreground', async () => {
-    const { pid, result } = ShellExecutionService.createVirtualExecution();
-    const onExit = vi.fn();
-    const unsubscribe = ShellExecutionService.onExit(pid!, onExit);
-
-    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid!, 'Hello');
-    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid!, ' World');
-    ShellExecutionService.completeVirtualExecution(pid!, { exitCode: 0 });
-
-    const executionResult = await result;
-
-    expect(executionResult.output).toBe('Hello World');
-    expect(executionResult.backgrounded).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(executionResult.exitCode).toBe(0);
-    expect(executionResult.error).toBeNull();
-
-    await vi.waitFor(() => {
-      expect(onExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, undefined);
-    });
-
-    unsubscribe();
-  });
-
-  it('supports backgrounding virtual executions and streaming additional output', async () => {
-    const { pid, result } = ShellExecutionService.createVirtualExecution();
-    const chunks: string[] = [];
-    const onExit = vi.fn();
-
-    const unsubscribeStream = ShellExecutionService.subscribe(pid!, (event) => {
-      if (event.type === 'data' && typeof event.chunk === 'string') {
-        chunks.push(event.chunk);
-      }
-    });
-    const unsubscribeExit = ShellExecutionService.onExit(pid!, onExit);
-
-    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid!, 'Chunk 1');
-    ShellExecutionService.background(pid!);
-
-    const backgroundResult = await result;
-    expect(backgroundResult.backgrounded).toBe(true);
-    expect(backgroundResult.output).toBe('Chunk 1');
-
-    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid!, '\nChunk 2');
-    ShellExecutionService.completeVirtualExecution(pid!, { exitCode: 0 });
-
-    await vi.waitFor(() => {
-      expect(chunks.join('')).toContain('Chunk 2');
-      expect(onExit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, undefined);
-    });
-
-    unsubscribeStream();
-    unsubscribeExit();
-  });
-
-  it('kills virtual executions via the existing kill API', async () => {
-    const onKill = vi.fn();
-    const { pid, result } = ShellExecutionService.createVirtualExecution(
-      '',
-      onKill,
-    );
-
-    ShellExecutionService.appendVirtualOutput(pid!, 'work');
-    ShellExecutionService.kill(pid!);
-
-    const killResult = await result;
-    expect(onKill).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(killResult.aborted).toBe(true);
-    expect(killResult.exitCode).toBe(130);
-    expect(killResult.error?.message).toContain('Operation cancelled by user');
-  });
-});