diff --git a/roboco/services/task.py b/roboco/services/task.py
index 13934b81..dc19d02e 100644
--- a/roboco/services/task.py
+++ b/roboco/services/task.py
@@ -6192,20 +6192,33 @@ class TaskService(BaseService):
         if task.status == TaskStatus.AWAITING_PM_REVIEW:
             return await self._claim_review_state(task_id, claim_agent_id)
 
-        # Impossibility backstop (C8 — execution states only): a Main PM
-        # coordinates — it never claims a CODE task to execute (claiming here
-        # is owning through the lifecycle, NOT delegating; delegation uses the
-        # `delegate` verb, not claim). Scoped to run only AFTER the
-        # awaiting_pm_review review-claim above returned, so the legitimate
-        # Main-PM review/merge path is untouched. The effective claimant is the
-        # reassign target when ``allow_reassign`` (claim on behalf of), else the
-        # caller. The dispatcher never offers code tasks to main-pm (code→dev),
-        # so this is a backstop for a rogue / on-behalf-of-main-pm claim.
+        # Impossibility backstop (C8): a Main PM coordinates — it never claims a
+        # CODE task to EXECUTE (claiming here is owning through the lifecycle,
+        # NOT delegating; delegation uses the `delegate` verb, not claim).
+        # Scoped to run only AFTER the awaiting_pm_review review-claim above
+        # returned, so the legitimate Main-PM review/merge path is untouched, AND
+        # to skip NEEDS_REVISION — the coordination-recovery path. ``CLAIM_RULES``
+        # lets a PM re-claim NEEDS_REVISION to re-delegate the fixes after a
+        # pr_fail / qa_fail / ceo_reject; blocking that wedges the PM in
+        # needs_revision with no actor and no exit (the 2026-06-27 c80e19ff loop:
+        # a legacy coordination root still typed `code` until the Phase 3b deploy
+        # retype recovers through exactly this claim). The recovery claim
+        # re-delegates — it does not execute code — so a code-typed coordination
+        # root MUST pass through. The dispatcher never offers code leaf tasks to
+        # main-pm (code→dev), so the guard is still an effective backstop against
+        # a rogue / on-behalf-of-main-pm claim of a code leaf from PENDING; the
+        # needs_revision exemption only re-opens the documented recovery path.
+        # The effective claimant is the reassign target when ``allow_reassign``
+        # (claim on behalf of), else the caller.
         if allow_reassign:
             claimant_is_main_pm = await self._is_main_pm_agent(claim_agent_id)
         else:
             claimant_is_main_pm = agent.role == AgentRole.MAIN_PM
-        if claimant_is_main_pm and _task_type_is_code(task.task_type):
+        if (
+            claimant_is_main_pm
+            and _task_type_is_code(task.task_type)
+            and task.status != TaskStatus.NEEDS_REVISION
+        ):
             raise UnauthorizedError(
                 action="claim",
                 reason=(
diff --git a/tests/unit/services/test_main_pm_code_guard.py b/tests/unit/services/test_main_pm_code_guard.py
index d0922dc8..adaecf26 100644
--- a/tests/unit/services/test_main_pm_code_guard.py
+++ b/tests/unit/services/test_main_pm_code_guard.py
@@ -350,6 +350,37 @@ async def test_claim_rejects_main_pm_claiming_code_in_execution_state(
     plain_claim.assert_not_awaited()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_claim_allows_main_pm_recovery_of_code_root_from_needs_revision(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    # The coordination-recovery path: after a pr_fail / qa_fail / ceo_reject the
+    # owning PM re-claims the NEEDS_REVISION root to re-delegate the fixes
+    # (lifecycle CLAIM_RULES). A legacy coordination root still typed ``code``
+    # (the 2026-06-27 c80e19ff root until the Phase 3b deploy retype) MUST pass
+    # through this claim — blocking it wedges the Main PM in needs_revision with
+    # no actor and no exit (the loop this bundle closes). The recovery claim
+    # re-delegates; it does not execute code.
+    svc = TaskService.__new__(TaskService)
+    svc.session = AsyncMock()
+    task = MagicMock(
+        team=Team.MAIN_PM,
+        task_type=TaskType.CODE,
+        status=TaskStatus.NEEDS_REVISION,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(svc, "_load_task_or_raise", AsyncMock(return_value=task))
+    claimed = MagicMock()
+    plain_claim = AsyncMock(return_value=claimed)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(svc, "claim", plain_claim)
+
+    result = await svc.claim_task_for_agent(
+        task.id, _agent(role=AgentRole.MAIN_PM), _perms(), claim_target_slug=None
+    )
+
+    assert result is claimed
+    plain_claim.assert_awaited_once()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_claim_allows_main_pm_claiming_planning_in_execution_state(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,