diff --git a/agent/thread_scoped_output.py b/agent/thread_scoped_output.py
index e46608e492..3c4a7be891 100644
--- a/agent/thread_scoped_output.py
+++ b/agent/thread_scoped_output.py
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ _install_lock = threading.Lock()
 # Maps the proxy we installed for a given attribute ("stdout"/"stderr") so we
 # never double-wrap and so we can recover the original stream.
 _installed: dict[str, "_ThreadRoutingStream"] = {}
+# One process-lifetime sink per stream. Temporary process-global redirects can
+# displace and later restore a routing proxy; they must not allocate another
+# permanent /dev/null descriptor every time that happens.
+_sinks: dict[str, TextIO] = {}
+_routing_states: dict[str, "_RoutingState"] = {}
+
+
+class _RoutingState:
+    """Silencing registry shared by every proxy generation for one stream."""
+
+    def __init__(self, sink: TextIO) -> None:
+        self.sink = sink
+        self.silenced: dict[int, int] = {}
+        self.lock = threading.Lock()
 
 
 class _ThreadRoutingStream:
@@ -42,32 +56,27 @@ class _ThreadRoutingStream:
     ``.fileno()`` behave like the underlying stream for the calling thread.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, passthrough: TextIO, sink: TextIO) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, passthrough: TextIO, state: _RoutingState) -> None:
         self._passthrough = passthrough
-        self._sink = sink
-        # ident -> nesting depth.  A thread is silenced while depth > 0, so
-        # nested ``thread_scoped_silence()`` on the same thread composes
-        # correctly (the inner exit decrements rather than fully clearing).
-        self._silenced: dict[int, int] = {}
-        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._state = state
 
     def _target(self) -> TextIO:
-        if self._silenced.get(threading.get_ident(), 0) > 0:
-            return self._sink
+        if self._state.silenced.get(threading.get_ident(), 0) > 0:
+            return self._state.sink
         return self._passthrough
 
     # --- registration -----------------------------------------------------
     def silence(self, ident: int) -> None:
-        with self._lock:
-            self._silenced[ident] = self._silenced.get(ident, 0) + 1
+        with self._state.lock:
+            self._state.silenced[ident] = self._state.silenced.get(ident, 0) + 1
 
     def unsilence(self, ident: int) -> None:
-        with self._lock:
-            depth = self._silenced.get(ident, 0) - 1
+        with self._state.lock:
+            depth = self._state.silenced.get(ident, 0) - 1
             if depth > 0:
-                self._silenced[ident] = depth
+                self._state.silenced[ident] = depth
             else:
-                self._silenced.pop(ident, None)
+                self._state.silenced.pop(ident, None)
 
     # --- file-like surface ------------------------------------------------
     def write(self, data):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
@@ -109,14 +118,28 @@ def _ensure_installed(attr: str, passthrough: TextIO) -> "_ThreadRoutingStream":
     with _install_lock:
         proxy = _installed.get(attr)
         current = getattr(sys, attr, None)
+        if isinstance(current, _ThreadRoutingStream):
+            # A redirect context can restore an older routing proxy after a
+            # temporary replacement. Adopt it instead of wrapping it and
+            # growing an unbounded proxy chain.
+            _installed[attr] = current
+            _routing_states[attr] = current._state
+            return current
         if proxy is not None and current is proxy:
             return proxy
         # Capture whatever is currently bound as the passthrough. If a prior
         # global redirect_stdout is active, route non-silenced threads to that
         # stream to preserve the old behavior.
         passthrough = current if current is not None else passthrough
-        sink = open(os.devnull, "w", encoding="utf-8")
-        proxy = _ThreadRoutingStream(passthrough, sink)
+        sink = _sinks.get(attr)
+        if sink is None or sink.closed:
+            sink = open(os.devnull, "w", encoding="utf-8")
+            _sinks[attr] = sink
+        state = _routing_states.get(attr)
+        if state is None or state.sink is not sink:
+            state = _RoutingState(sink)
+            _routing_states[attr] = state
+        proxy = _ThreadRoutingStream(passthrough, state)
         setattr(sys, attr, proxy)
         _installed[attr] = proxy
         return proxy
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_thread_scoped_output.py b/tests/agent/test_thread_scoped_output.py
index 7f85e7d5f8..fa22921dd9 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_thread_scoped_output.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_thread_scoped_output.py
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ context.  This is the property the old process-global
 ``contextlib.redirect_stdout(devnull)`` violated (issue #55769 / #55925).
 """
 
+import contextlib
 import io
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
 
+import agent.thread_scoped_output as thread_output
 from agent.thread_scoped_output import thread_scoped_silence
 
 
@@ -94,3 +96,73 @@ def test_repeated_contexts_never_write_to_a_closed_sink():
             sys.stdout.fileno()
     finally:
         sys.stdout = original
+
+
+def test_temporary_global_redirects_do_not_allocate_new_sinks(monkeypatch):
+    """A displaced proxy is temporary, not a reason to leak another FD pair."""
+    opened_sinks = []
+
+    def fake_open(*_args, **_kwargs):
+        sink = io.StringIO()
+        opened_sinks.append(sink)
+        return sink
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(thread_output, "_installed", {})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(thread_output, "_sinks", {}, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(thread_output, "open", fake_open, raising=False)
+    original_stdout, original_stderr = sys.stdout, sys.stderr
+    sys.stdout, sys.stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
+    try:
+        with thread_scoped_silence():
+            pass
+        assert len(opened_sinks) == 2
+        original_proxies = dict(thread_output._installed)
+
+        for _ in range(20):
+            with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()), contextlib.redirect_stderr(io.StringIO()):
+                with thread_scoped_silence():
+                    print("hidden")
+
+        with thread_scoped_silence():
+            pass
+        assert len(opened_sinks) == 2
+        assert thread_output._installed == original_proxies
+    finally:
+        sys.stdout, sys.stderr = original_stdout, original_stderr
+
+
+def test_silence_survives_redirect_restoring_an_older_proxy(monkeypatch):
+    """Silencing is stream-wide, even when a redirect swaps proxy generations."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(thread_output, "_installed", {})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(thread_output, "_sinks", {}, raising=False)
+    original_stdout, original_stderr = sys.stdout, sys.stderr
+    passthrough = io.StringIO()
+    sys.stdout = passthrough
+    entered = threading.Event()
+    release = threading.Event()
+
+    try:
+        with thread_scoped_silence():
+            pass
+
+        def worker():
+            with thread_scoped_silence():
+                entered.set()
+                assert release.wait(timeout=10)
+                print("must-stay-silenced")
+
+        redirected = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(redirected):
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=worker)
+            thread.start()
+            assert entered.wait(timeout=10)
+
+        release.set()
+        thread.join(timeout=10)
+
+        assert not thread.is_alive()
+        assert "must-stay-silenced" not in passthrough.getvalue()
+        assert "must-stay-silenced" not in redirected.getvalue()
+    finally:
+        release.set()
+        sys.stdout, sys.stderr = original_stdout, original_stderr