diff --git a/scripts/lib/llm-summary.js b/scripts/lib/llm-summary.js
index fb9394173..2473b3797 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/llm-summary.js
+++ b/scripts/lib/llm-summary.js
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ function getContextRemainingPct(transcriptPath) {
  * Returns the summary string, or null on failure or when recursion guard is active.
  */
 function generateSessionSummary(transcriptPath, { onSkip = () => {} } = {}) {
-  if (process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY) return null;
+  if (process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY) {
+    onSkip('ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY');
+    return null;
+  }
 
   const conversation = extractConversationText(transcriptPath);
   if (!conversation) return null;
diff --git a/tests/hooks/session-end.test.js b/tests/hooks/session-end.test.js
index f6010f97e..5b745705c 100644
--- a/tests/hooks/session-end.test.js
+++ b/tests/hooks/session-end.test.js
@@ -266,6 +266,27 @@ function runTests() {
     }
   }) ? passed++ : failed++);
 
+  (test('logs an explicit LLM disable as skipped and persists mechanical resume state', () => {
+    const home = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ecc-session-skip-'));
+    try {
+      const uuid = '12345678-1234-4234-8234-123456789abc';
+      const transcript = path.join(home, `${uuid}.jsonl`);
+      const bin = path.join(home, 'empty-bin');
+      fs.mkdirSync(bin);
+      fs.writeFileSync(transcript, JSON.stringify({ type: 'user', content: 'Save context with LLM disabled' }) + '\n');
+      const res = runHook(home, transcript, {
+        ECC_LLM_SUMMARY_INTERVAL: '1', ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY: '1',
+        ECC_LLM_SUMMARY_SUBPROCESS: '', PATH: bin
+      });
+      assert.strictEqual(res.status, 0, res.stderr);
+      assert.match(res.stderr, /LLM summary skipped.*ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY/);
+      assert.doesNotMatch(res.stderr, /LLM summary failed/);
+      assert.match(fs.readFileSync(sessionFileFor(home, uuid), 'utf8'), /Save context with LLM disabled/);
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  }) ? passed++ : failed++);
+
   for (const inherited of ['', String(Date.now() + 300000), '1']) {
     (test(`direct legacy runner bounds the deadline ${inherited || '(unset)'}`, () => {
       const home = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ecc-runner-budget-'));
diff --git a/tests/lib/llm-summary.test.js b/tests/lib/llm-summary.test.js
index db1b8f65a..f836d20c4 100644
--- a/tests/lib/llm-summary.test.js
+++ b/tests/lib/llm-summary.test.js
@@ -185,6 +185,21 @@ test('returns null when ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY is set', () => {
   else delete process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY;
 });
 
+test('reports the explicit recursion guard as a deliberate skip', () => {
+  const orig = process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY;
+  process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY = '1';
+  try {
+    const skipped = [];
+    assert.strictEqual(generateSessionSummary('/nonexistent.jsonl', {
+      onSkip: reason => skipped.push(reason)
+    }), null);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(skipped, ['ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY']);
+  } finally {
+    if (orig !== undefined) process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY = orig;
+    else delete process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY;
+  }
+});
+
 test('returns null for missing transcript (no conversation to summarize)', () => {
   const orig = process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY;
   delete process.env.ECC_SKIP_LLM_SUMMARY;