diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c785b1c..8a949a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,31 @@ All notable changes to `geny-executor` are recorded here. The format
 follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) and
 this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [2.0.1] — 2026-05-18
+
+Patch release. Fixes a crash when a manifest names ``"subagent_type"``
+as the Stage 12 orchestrator strategy.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- ``SubagentTypeOrchestrator.__init__`` now accepts ``registry=None``
+  and falls back to an empty :class:`SubagentTypeRegistry`. The
+  ``StrategySlot`` machinery zero-arg-constructs the orchestrator
+  during ``PipelineMutator.restore``, before
+  ``Pipeline._wire_subagent_orchestrator`` has had a chance to bind
+  the real registry. In 2.0.0 that crashed with
+  ``__init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'registry'``;
+  in 2.0.1 the temporary empty instance is harmless — every delegate
+  request lands as ``"unknown_agent_type"`` until the wire step
+  replaces the orchestrator with one bound to the host's registry.
+
+### Migration
+
+None. Hosts that already pass ``subagent_registry=`` to
+``Pipeline.from_manifest_async`` keep their existing behaviour; the
+fix only matters during the brief window between strategy restore
+and post-restore wiring.
+
 ## [2.0.0] — 2026-05-17
 
 **Major release.** The LLM client layer is generalised to support every
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e2a6ec1..3d85b9f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "geny-executor"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 description = "Harness-engineered agent pipeline library with 21-stage dual-abstraction architecture, built on the Anthropic API"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/geny_executor/__init__.py b/src/geny_executor/__init__.py
index 07a30a1..7df39d9 100644
--- a/src/geny_executor/__init__.py
+++ b/src/geny_executor/__init__.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     ProviderDrivenStrategy,
 )
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0"
+__version__ = "2.0.1"
 
 __all__ = [
     # Core
diff --git a/src/geny_executor/stages/s12_agent/subagent_type.py b/src/geny_executor/stages/s12_agent/subagent_type.py
index a37536a..8da95c8 100644
--- a/src/geny_executor/stages/s12_agent/subagent_type.py
+++ b/src/geny_executor/stages/s12_agent/subagent_type.py
@@ -183,8 +183,16 @@ class SubagentTypeOrchestrator(AgentOrchestrator):
     the same way.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, registry: SubagentTypeRegistry):
-        self._registry = registry
+    def __init__(self, registry: Optional[SubagentTypeRegistry] = None):
+        # ``registry`` is logically required, but accepting ``None`` lets
+        # zero-arg construction work — which the ``StrategySlot`` machinery
+        # uses while restoring a manifest that names ``"subagent_type"`` as
+        # the orchestrator. The pipeline immediately replaces this instance
+        # with one bound to the real registry via
+        # ``Pipeline._wire_subagent_orchestrator``; until that runs, the
+        # orchestrator behaves as if no descriptors are registered (every
+        # delegate request lands as an "unknown_agent_type" failure).
+        self._registry = registry if registry is not None else SubagentTypeRegistry()
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_subagent_orchestrator_zero_arg.py b/tests/unit/test_subagent_orchestrator_zero_arg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a767022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_subagent_orchestrator_zero_arg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""Regression test for the 2.0.1 fix: SubagentTypeOrchestrator must
+accept zero-arg construction so the StrategySlot restore path that
+runs *before* Pipeline._wire_subagent_orchestrator doesn't crash.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "src"))
+
+import pytest
+
+from geny_executor.core.state import PipelineState
+from geny_executor.stages.s12_agent.subagent_type import (
+    SubagentTypeDescriptor,
+    SubagentTypeOrchestrator,
+    SubagentTypeRegistry,
+)
+
+
+def test_orchestrator_accepts_zero_arg() -> None:
+    """The StrategySlot machinery instantiates the strategy with no
+    constructor args during PipelineMutator.restore. 2.0.0 raised
+    TypeError here; 2.0.1 returns a usable instance with an empty
+    registry."""
+    orch = SubagentTypeOrchestrator()
+    assert orch._registry is not None
+    assert len(orch._registry) == 0
+
+
+def test_orchestrator_explicit_registry_unchanged() -> None:
+    reg = SubagentTypeRegistry()
+    reg.register(SubagentTypeDescriptor(
+        agent_type="x", factory=lambda ctx: None, description="x"
+    ))
+    orch = SubagentTypeOrchestrator(reg)
+    assert orch._registry is reg
+    assert len(orch._registry) == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_zero_arg_orchestrate_treats_unknown_agent_as_structured_failure() -> None:
+    """Before _wire_subagent_orchestrator runs, the orchestrator has an
+    empty registry. Any delegate request must land as a structured
+    failure, not a crash."""
+    orch = SubagentTypeOrchestrator()
+    state = PipelineState(session_id="s")
+    state.delegate_requests = [{"agent_type": "missing", "task": "t"}]
+    result = await orch.orchestrate(state)
+    assert result.delegated is True
+    assert len(result.sub_results) == 1
+    assert result.sub_results[0]["success"] is False
+    assert "unknown_agent_type" in (result.sub_results[0].get("error") or "")