diff --git a/CURRENT.md b/CURRENT.md
index e24777a..9012481 100644
--- a/CURRENT.md
+++ b/CURRENT.md
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ mobile draft at 390px.
   - [x] C11 preview caching: Discord-hosted image/GIF previews (WebP 320px, hash-addressed, 5 MiB
     cap, one attempt) run after every walk in both modes. Live run `...-20260916090722`:
     `previewed: 2`; thumbs served over `/api/media/<scrape>/<item>/thumb` (200).
+  - [x] C34 Resume from cursor. A paused scrape can continue where it stopped instead of
+    re-walking the top: `POST /api/media/scrape/resume`, MCP `resume_media_scrape`, and a Resume
+    button in History. Previews never needed the walk — backfill fetches them straight from the
+    stored URLs; the walk is only for discovery. Live: the paused `gernal_chut` scrape resumed at
+    cursor `365256427247239181`, fetched its final page, and entered the preview pass.
   - [x] C33 Puppet history pagination. The core's `message.fetch` read the client store, which
     keeps only the newest messages plus the channel's first — every page was 10 messages and the
     walk stopped after one page (a 10-message, 4-media scrape of an ancient group with thousands
diff --git a/docs/daemon.md b/docs/daemon.md
index 0c52081..198b069 100644
--- a/docs/daemon.md
+++ b/docs/daemon.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ The daemon exposes MCP over Streamable HTTP. The default address is `http://127.
 | `list_media_scrapes` | Media scrapes with state, pages, messages, and counts. |
 | `get_media_scrape` | One scrape by ID. |
 | `stop_media_scrape` | Stop a scrape; it pauses after the current page. |
+| `resume_media_scrape` | Continue a paused scrape from its cursor. |
 | `get_media_storage` | Usage against the limit, per-kind sizes, and the scrape list. |
 | `query_media` | Media items across scrapes (`kind?`, `source?`, `scrapeId?`, `channelId?`, `limit?`, `offset?`). |
 | `get_media_item` | One media item by `scrapeId` and `itemId`. |
diff --git a/docs/media-scraper.md b/docs/media-scraper.md
index 172c5e2..9f6baf0 100644
--- a/docs/media-scraper.md
+++ b/docs/media-scraper.md
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ Rules:
 
 - One running scrape at a time. Further requests queue.
 - `stop` marks the job and lets the current page finish.
+- `resume` continues a paused scrape from its stored cursor, so an interrupted walk does not fetch
+  the pages it already has again. The History popup has a **Resume** button and the API a
+  `POST /api/media/scrape/resume` route.
 - Every page is an outbound read. Sends from commands keep their own pacing.
 
 ## Pacing and backoff
diff --git a/docs/webui.md b/docs/webui.md
index 7d500d7..7227a34 100644
--- a/docs/webui.md
+++ b/docs/webui.md
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ replaceable.
 | GET | `/api/media/errors` | none | Bot and scrape errors, newest first |
 | POST | `/api/media/errors/clear` | none | Clear the error list |
 | POST | `/api/media/scrape/stop` | `id` | Stop a media scrape |
+| POST | `/api/media/scrape/resume` | `id` | Continue a paused scrape from its cursor |
 | POST | `/api/media/clean` | `ids?` | Delete the given scrapes, or every scrape when `ids` is absent |
 | GET | `/api/logs` | `limit` | The persistent action log |
 | GET | `/api/events` | none | Server-sent events |
diff --git a/media-scrape/src/engine.ts b/media-scrape/src/engine.ts
index 2acc04c..396d4c9 100644
--- a/media-scrape/src/engine.ts
+++ b/media-scrape/src/engine.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,22 @@ export class ScrapeEngine {
         this.stopRequested.add(id);
     }
 
+    /** Continue a paused scrape from its stored cursor instead of walking the top again. */
+    async resume(scrapeId: string, backend: ScrapeBackend): Promise<ScrapeMeta | null> {
+        const meta = this.active.get(scrapeId) ?? readScrapeMeta(join(this.options.rootDir, scrapeId));
+        if (!meta) return null;
+        if (meta.state === "running" || meta.state === "queued") return { ...meta };
+
+        this.stopRequested.delete(scrapeId);
+        meta.state = "queued";
+        this.active.set(scrapeId, meta);
+        writeScrapeMeta(join(this.options.rootDir, scrapeId), meta);
+
+        this.queue.push({ meta, dir: join(this.options.rootDir, scrapeId), backend });
+        void this.processQueue();
+        return { ...meta };
+    }
+
     /** Cache previews for rows a finished or paused scrape never reached. Returns the count. */
     async backfillPreviews(scrapeId: string): Promise<number> {
         const meta = this.active.get(scrapeId) ?? readScrapeMeta(join(this.options.rootDir, scrapeId));
diff --git a/media-scrape/test/run.ts b/media-scrape/test/run.ts
index c78bee1..1ff3b3e 100644
--- a/media-scrape/test/run.ts
+++ b/media-scrape/test/run.ts
@@ -877,6 +877,33 @@ void (async () => {
         assert.equal(existsSync(join(dir, `${poster?.hash}.webp`)), true);
     });
 
+    await test("engine resumes a paused scrape from its cursor", async () => {
+        const first = new FakeBackend([
+            { messages: [message("500"), message("499")] },
+            { messages: [message("498")] }
+        ]);
+
+        const engine = engineFor(root, first);
+        const started = await engine.start({ channelId: "140", guildId: null, mode: "links", backend: first });
+        engine.stop(started.id);
+        await engine.processQueue();
+
+        let meta = engine.get(started.id);
+        assert.equal(meta?.state, "paused");
+        assert.equal(meta?.cursor, "499");
+        assert.equal(meta?.messages, 2);
+
+        const second = new FakeBackend([{ messages: [message("498")] }]);
+        await engine.resume(started.id, second);
+        await engine.processQueue();
+
+        meta = engine.get(started.id);
+        assert.equal(meta?.state, "done");
+        assert.equal(meta?.messages, 3);
+        assert.equal(meta?.cursor, "498");
+        assert.equal(second.calls[0].before, "499");
+    });
+
     await test("backfillPreviews fills rows left by a preview-less walk", async () => {
         const backend = new FakeBackend([
             {
diff --git a/poc/public/media.js b/poc/public/media.js
index a01118a..9e14b44 100644
--- a/poc/public/media.js
+++ b/poc/public/media.js
@@ -1104,6 +1104,20 @@
                             `${formatBytes(bytesById.get(scrape.id) ?? 0)} · files ${scrape.downloaded ?? 0} · previews ${scrape.previewed ?? 0}`
                     )
                 );
+                if (["paused", "queued"].includes(scrape.state)) {
+                    row.append(
+                        button("Resume", async () => {
+                            try {
+                                await window.VK.api.post("/api/media/scrape/resume", { id: scrape.id });
+                            } catch (error) {
+                                setStatus(`resume failed: ${error.message}`);
+                            }
+                            void loadScrapes();
+                            void openHistoryModal();
+                        })
+                    );
+                }
+
                 list.append(row);
             }
 
diff --git a/poc/src/control-bridge.ts b/poc/src/control-bridge.ts
index 9885da2..b1f920b 100644
--- a/poc/src/control-bridge.ts
+++ b/poc/src/control-bridge.ts
@@ -836,6 +836,15 @@ function buildServer(): McpServer {
         async ({ scrapeId }) => jsonText(media.getScrape(scrapeId))
     );
 
+    server.registerTool(
+        "resume_media_scrape",
+        {
+            description: "Continue a paused media scrape from its cursor.",
+            inputSchema: { scrapeId: z.string().describe("Scrape ID") }
+        },
+        async ({ scrapeId }) => jsonText(await media.resumeScrape(scrapeId))
+    );
+
     server.registerTool(
         "stop_media_scrape",
         {
diff --git a/poc/src/media.ts b/poc/src/media.ts
index 4c6480b..386b466 100644
--- a/poc/src/media.ts
+++ b/poc/src/media.ts
@@ -384,6 +384,28 @@ export class MediaService {
         this.engine.stop(id);
     }
 
+    /** Continue a paused scrape from its cursor with the same backend family. */
+    async resumeScrape(scrapeId: string): Promise<ScrapeMeta | null> {
+        const meta = this.engine.get(scrapeId);
+        if (!meta) return null;
+
+        let backend: ScrapeBackend;
+        if (meta.backend === "slopbot" && meta.guildId) {
+            const available = await this.ensureSlopbot();
+            const inGuild = this.bot?.guilds.cache.has(meta.guildId) ?? false;
+            const fetcher = this.botFetcher;
+            if (!available || !inGuild || !fetcher) {
+                throw new Error("slopbot is not connected to that guild");
+            }
+            backend = new SlopbotBackend(fetcher);
+        } else {
+            backend = this.puppetBackend();
+        }
+
+        this.deps.log?.(`resuming scrape ${scrapeId} from cursor ${meta.cursor ?? "start"}`);
+        return this.engine.resume(scrapeId, backend);
+    }
+
     listScrapes(): ScrapeMeta[] {
         return this.engine.list();
     }
diff --git a/poc/src/webui.ts b/poc/src/webui.ts
index 8591410..16dddec 100644
--- a/poc/src/webui.ts
+++ b/poc/src/webui.ts
@@ -980,6 +980,18 @@ export function startWebUi(deps: WebUiDeps): WebUiHandle {
         })
     );
 
+    app.post(
+        "/api/media/scrape/resume",
+        wrap(async (req, res) => {
+            const id = String(req.body?.id ?? "");
+            if (!id) throw new HttpError(400, "id is required");
+
+            const scrape = await deps.media.resumeScrape(id);
+            deps.getPuppet()?.appendAction({ type: "media", action: "resume", scrapeId: id });
+            res.json({ ok: true, result: scrape });
+        })
+    );
+
     app.post(
         "/api/media/scrape/stop",
         wrap(async (req, res) => {