diff --git a/bin/fm-no-mistakes-worker b/bin/fm-no-mistakes-worker
index e0f333f55cc..b997c0dbb7f 100755
--- a/bin/fm-no-mistakes-worker
+++ b/bin/fm-no-mistakes-worker
@@ -403,6 +403,48 @@ def request_assignment(config, task, generation):
     raise WrapperError("Azure worker assignment timed out{}".format(detail), "assignment_timeout", True)
 
 
+def execute_service(config, task, generation, assignment, account_home, staged, outcome_dir, argv):
+    subscription = config["lifecycle_env"]["FM_AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"]
+    deadline = time.monotonic() + config["wall_seconds"] + 1800
+    last_error = None
+    while time.monotonic() < deadline:
+        remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
+        try:
+            return lifecycle(
+                config, "execute", "--task", task, "--task-generation", generation,
+                "--assignment-generation", assignment,
+                "--wall-seconds", str(config["wall_seconds"]),
+                "--payload-dir", str(staged), "--account-dir", account_home,
+                "--outcome-dir", str(outcome_dir), "--confirm-execute",
+                "--confirm-subscription", subscription, "--", *argv,
+                timeout=max(1, math.ceil(remaining)),
+            )
+        except WrapperError as error:
+            if not error.retryable:
+                raise
+            last_error = error
+        remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
+        if remaining <= 0:
+            break
+        try:
+            lifecycle(
+                config, "reconcile", "--apply", "--confirm-subscription", subscription,
+                timeout=max(1, math.ceil(remaining)),
+            )
+        except WrapperError as error:
+            if not error.retryable:
+                raise
+            last_error = error
+        remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
+        if remaining > 0:
+            time.sleep(min(config["poll_seconds"], remaining))
+    detail = ": {}".format(last_error) if last_error is not None else ""
+    raise WrapperError(
+        "Azure worker execution exhausted its exact-identity retry window{}".format(detail),
+        "execution_timeout", False,
+    )
+
+
 def extract_service_return(root, execution, request):
     bundle = root / "outcome" / "outcome.bundle"
     if execution.get("service_return_present") is not True or not bundle.is_file():
@@ -659,13 +701,9 @@ def execute(args):
             assignment, account_home = request_assignment(config, task, generation)
             outcome_dir = root / "outcome"
             outcome_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True, mode=0o700)
-            output = lifecycle(
-                config, "execute", "--task", task, "--task-generation", generation,
-                "--assignment-generation", assignment, "--wall-seconds", str(config["wall_seconds"]),
-                "--payload-dir", str(staged), "--account-dir", account_home,
-                "--outcome-dir", str(outcome_dir), "--confirm-execute",
-                "--confirm-subscription", config["lifecycle_env"]["FM_AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"],
-                "--", *request["guest_argv"], timeout=config["wall_seconds"] + 1800,
+            output = execute_service(
+                config, task, generation, assignment, account_home, staged, outcome_dir,
+                request["guest_argv"],
             )
             execution = last_json(output, "worker execution")
             request_digest = execution.get("request_digest")
diff --git a/tests/fm-no-mistakes-worker.test.sh b/tests/fm-no-mistakes-worker.test.sh
index abcb9fd76c8..7ecb31807fa 100755
--- a/tests/fm-no-mistakes-worker.test.sh
+++ b/tests/fm-no-mistakes-worker.test.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ elif command == "status":
     }]
     print(json.dumps({"account_placements": placements}, separators=(",", ":")))
 elif command == "execute":
+    failures = root / "execute-failures"
+    if failures.exists():
+        remaining = int(failures.read_text().strip())
+        if remaining > 0:
+            failures.write_text(str(remaining - 1))
+            print("fixture transient execute refusal", file=sys.stderr)
+            raise SystemExit(75)
     request_digest = "d" * 64
     payload = Path(value("--payload-dir"))
     outcome_dir = Path(value("--outcome-dir"))
@@ -443,6 +450,34 @@ assert len(reconciles) >= 3, reconciles
 PY
 pass "wrapper resumes transient reconciliation under one durable Azure task identity"
 
+printf 'ok\n' > "$TMP_ROOT/mode"
+printf '2\n' > "$TMP_ROOT/execute-failures"
+: > "$TMP_ROOT/calls.log"
+write_request "$TMP_ROOT/request-transient-execute.json" job-transient-execute
+"$WRAPPER" --config "$TMP_ROOT/config.json" execute \
+  --request "$TMP_ROOT/request-transient-execute.json" --payload "$PAYLOAD" \
+  --result "$TMP_ROOT/result-transient-execute.json" \
+  --outcome "$TMP_ROOT/outcome-transient-execute.bundle" \
+  --step-outcome "$TMP_ROOT/step-outcome-transient-execute.json" \
+  || fail "transient execute refusals escaped the durable worker invocation"
+python3 - "$TMP_ROOT/result-transient-execute.json" "$TMP_ROOT/calls.log" <<'PY' \
+  || fail "transient execute retries duplicated or lost the assigned Azure job"
+import json, pathlib, re, sys
+result = json.loads(pathlib.Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text())
+calls = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[2]).read_text().splitlines()
+requests = [line for line in calls if line.startswith("request ")]
+executes = [line for line in calls if line.startswith("execute ")]
+identities = {
+    re.search(r"--task ([^ ]+) --task-generation ([^ ]+)", line).groups()
+    for line in requests + executes
+}
+assert result["outcome"] == "succeeded", result
+assert len(requests) == 1, requests
+assert len(executes) == 3, executes
+assert len(identities) == 1, identities
+PY
+pass "wrapper resumes transient execution under one assigned Azure task identity"
+
 printf 'ok\n' > "$TMP_ROOT/mode"
 printf '2\n' > "$TMP_ROOT/cleanup-reconcile-failures"
 : > "$TMP_ROOT/calls.log"