diff --git a/tests/integration/test_persistence.py b/tests/integration/test_persistence.py
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+"""The flagship feature: a second Python PROCESS picks up a saved browser."""
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import textwrap
+
+import pytest
+
+import wabot
+
+from .conftest import BROWSERS
+
+REATTACH_SCRIPT = textwrap.dedent(
+    """
+    import json, sys
+    import wabot
+    from wabot.sessions import SessionStore
+
+    store = SessionStore(path=sys.argv[1])
+    bot = wabot.browser(session=sys.argv[2], pacing=wabot.NoPacing(), store=store)
+    value = bot.driver.find_element("id", "username").get_attribute("value")
+    print(json.dumps({"url": bot.driver.current_url, "username_value": value}))
+    """
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("browser_name", BROWSERS)
+def test_second_process_picks_up_saved_browser(browser_name, site_url, store, tmp_path):
+    bot = wabot.browser(
+        session="flagship", browser=browser_name, headless=True,
+        pacing=wabot.NoPacing(), store=store,
+    )
+    try:
+        bot.driver.get(f"{site_url}/login.html")
+        bot.driver.find_element("id", "username").send_keys("persisted-value")
+
+        # simulate "the process exits": drop our handle without quitting
+        record = store.get("flagship")
+        assert record is not None and record.service_pid is not None
+
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, "-c", REATTACH_SCRIPT, str(store.path), "flagship"],
+            capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=120, check=True,
+        )
+        payload = json.loads(result.stdout.strip().splitlines()[-1])
+        assert payload["url"] == f"{site_url}/login.html"
+        assert payload["username_value"] == "persisted-value"
+    finally:
+        assert wabot.destroy("flagship", store=store) is True
+
+
+def test_destroyed_session_is_really_gone(site_url, store):
+    from wabot.hosts import service_alive
+
+    bot = wabot.browser(
+        session="doomed", browser="chromium", headless=True,
+        pacing=wabot.NoPacing(), store=store,
+    )
+    bot.driver.get(f"{site_url}/login.html")
+    record = store.get("doomed")
+    assert wabot.destroy("doomed", store=store) is True
+    assert store.get("doomed") is None
+    assert wabot.destroy("doomed", store=store) is False
+    # the managed driver service was SIGTERMed
+    import time
+
+    deadline = time.monotonic() + 10
+    while time.monotonic() < deadline and service_alive(record.executor_url):
+        time.sleep(0.2)
+    assert not service_alive(record.executor_url)