diff --git a/nanobot/triggers/local_turns.py b/nanobot/triggers/local_turns.py
index a468d42e..63f429f7 100644
--- a/nanobot/triggers/local_turns.py
+++ b/nanobot/triggers/local_turns.py
@@ -44,7 +44,15 @@ def _should_defer_local_trigger_turn(
     session_key: str,
     active_session_keys: Iterable[str],
 ) -> bool:
-    return local_trigger(msg.metadata) is not None and session_key in active_session_keys
+    if not (local_trigger(msg.metadata) is not None and session_key in active_session_keys):
+        return False
+    # Mid-turn interruption requested: the trigger was created with
+    # origin_metadata {"interrupt": true} (copied verbatim into msg.metadata
+    # by the local runner). Skip deferral so the message routes into the
+    # session's pending queue and is injected at the next tool-call boundary.
+    if msg.metadata.get("interrupt"):
+        return False
+    return True
 
 
 def _local_trigger_id(msg: InboundMessage) -> str | None: