diff --git a/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md b/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
index db4c0bf..2b22a8b 100644
--- a/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
+++ b/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
@@ -293,21 +293,6 @@ reactivity, lifecycle, component boundaries, current-props model, or API convent
   app handle are therefore Vue-shaped (`MountOptions` / `TuiApp`), not `render()`-shaped
   (`RenderOptions` / `Instance`).
 
-#### Second `mount()` on a live stdout is an inert no-op
-
-- **Ink:** `render()` keeps one instance per stdout (`WeakMap<WriteStream, Ink>`); a second
-  `render(node, {stdout})` on a stream that already has a live instance warns on stderr but
-  **reuses** that instance and `rerender`s the new tree into it.
-- **vue-tui:** a second `mount()` on a still-live stdout warns on stderr and returns an
-  **inert handle**. It wires no second renderer and renders nothing; the first app's tree
-  stays on screen. `unmount()`/`teardown()` on that handle are complete no-ops (they never
-  touch the owner's stream or registry entry).
-- **Why:** an app is an object you `mount()`, not a one-shot call that doubles as a
-  re-render. "Re-render the live instance" has no place to land when the second call is a
-  separate `TuiApp`; the correct path is `unmount()` then mount again (or keep one app and
-  update its reactive state). Returning an inert handle avoids adding a competing renderer
-  on the shared stream. Test: `instance-reuse-guard.test.tsx`.
-
 #### Host-node type - `DOMElement` -> `TuiNode`
 
 - **Ink:** exports `DOMElement`, a DOM-emulation node (`nodeName` / `attributes` /
@@ -361,6 +346,25 @@ These divergences are deliberate, but they are not strict supersets and are not
 driven by Vue's framework model or API conventions. vue-tui intentionally chooses a
 different runtime behavior, ownership rule, or out-of-contract handling.
 
+### Second `mount()` on a live stdout is an inert no-op
+
+- **Ink:** `render()` keeps one instance per stdout (`WeakMap<WriteStream, Ink>`); a second
+  `render(node, {stdout})` on a stream that already has a live instance warns on stderr but
+  **reuses** that instance and `rerender`s the new tree into it.
+- **vue-tui:** a second `mount()` on a still-live stdout warns on stderr and returns an
+  **inert handle**. It wires no second renderer and renders nothing; the first app's tree
+  stays on screen. `unmount()`/`teardown()` on that handle never touch the owner's stream or
+  registry entry (`unmount()` only settles the inert handle's own exit promise).
+- **Why:** a second `mount()` on a live stdout is a misuse (forgot to `unmount()`, a
+  re-render glitch fired `mount()` twice, or expecting `mount()` to re-render — it doesn't;
+  update reactive state for that). Ink treats it as unsupported and warns too. vue-tui fails
+  safe: it ignores the second mount, keeps the live app rendering, and warns with the two
+  recovery paths. It deliberately doesn't copy Ink's reuse-and-rerender: there's no clean
+  public path to it (`createApp` binds the tree to the app, so an Ink-style rerender would
+  mean reaching into the live app's container or tearing it down first), and on a misuse path
+  keeping the running app stable beats auto-tearing it down (which would churn on a re-render
+  glitch). Maintainer decision (2026-06-04): KEEP. Test: `instance-reuse-guard.test.tsx`.
+
 ### Raw mode is owned for the interactive lifetime by default (`rawMode` option)
 
 - **Ink:** raw mode is **lazy / reference-counted to input hooks**. `useInput` /
diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/instance-reuse-guard.test.tsx b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/instance-reuse-guard.test.tsx
index 3aa0c75..ff8c23d 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/instance-reuse-guard.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/lifecycle/instance-reuse-guard.test.tsx
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ test("warn + skip wiring when mount() is called on an already-live stdout", asyn
 
   // (a) A warning containing the key phrase was written to process.stderr.
   stderrSpy.mockRestore();
-  expect(stderrWrites.join("")).toContain(
-    "createApp()/mount() was called again for the same stdout before the previous Vue TUI instance was unmounted",
-  );
+  expect(stderrWrites.join("")).toContain("this stdout already has a live app");
 
   // (b) The second mount did NOT wire a second renderer: no additional writes
   // to stdout happened immediately after the second mount (the second app
@@ -96,9 +94,7 @@ test("warn + skip wiring when mount() is called on an already-live stdout", asyn
   const app3 = createApp(App);
   app3.mount({ stdout, stdin, stderr: process.stderr, interactive: false });
   thirdSpy.mockRestore();
-  expect(thirdWrites.join("")).toContain(
-    "createApp()/mount() was called again for the same stdout before the previous Vue TUI instance was unmounted",
-  );
+  expect(thirdWrites.join("")).toContain("this stdout already has a live app");
 
   // Cleanup: app1 still owns the stream; unmount it cleanly.
   app1.unmount();
@@ -128,7 +124,7 @@ test("unmounting first app allows a subsequent mount on the same stdout (no warn
   stderrSpy.mockRestore();
 
   const warnText = stderrWrites.join("");
-  expect(warnText).not.toContain("createApp()/mount() was called again for the same stdout");
+  expect(warnText).not.toContain("this stdout already has a live app");
 
   // app2 renders cleanly.
   await app2.waitUntilRenderFlush();
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/render.ts b/packages/runtime/src/render.ts
index 6c0d5bf..047cd98 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/render.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/render.ts
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ export function createApp(root: Component, rootProps?: RootProps | null): TuiApp
     // alternate-screen renderer cannot swallow it via patchConsole.
     if (liveInstances.has(stdout)) {
       process.stderr.write(
-        "Warning: createApp()/mount() was called again for the same stdout before the previous Vue TUI instance was unmounted. Reusing stdout across multiple mount() calls is unsupported. Call unmount() first.\n",
+        "Warning: this stdout already has a live app, so this mount() was ignored. To update the current view, change its reactive state instead of remounting; to mount another app, unmount() the existing one first.\n",
       );
       // Mark this app as skipped so unmount()/teardown()/resolveExit() are
       // complete no-ops — they must never touch the owner's stream or WeakMap entry.