diff --git a/packages/uipath-platform/pyproject.toml b/packages/uipath-platform/pyproject.toml
index eab210d34..b12e287e3 100644
--- a/packages/uipath-platform/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/uipath-platform/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "uipath-platform"
-version = "0.2.17"
+version = "0.2.18"
 description = "HTTP client library for programmatic access to UiPath Platform"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/packages/uipath-platform/src/uipath/platform/orchestrator/_jobs_service.py b/packages/uipath-platform/src/uipath/platform/orchestrator/_jobs_service.py
index fa0103b2c..0dc329d4e 100644
--- a/packages/uipath-platform/src/uipath/platform/orchestrator/_jobs_service.py
+++ b/packages/uipath-platform/src/uipath/platform/orchestrator/_jobs_service.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
@@ -163,6 +164,99 @@ async def main():  # noqa: D103
             json=spec.json,
         )
 
+    @traced(name="jobs_resume_job", run_type="uipath")
+    def resume_job(
+        self,
+        *,
+        job_key: str,
+        input_arguments: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        folder_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        folder_path: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Resumes a suspended job that is not waiting on an inbox.
+
+        :meth:`resume` delivers a payload to the inbox of a job suspended on an
+        API resume trigger. A job can also suspend without one, and then there is
+        no inbox to deliver to. A conversational agent ending an exchange is the
+        common case. Such a job is resumed at the job level instead, carrying the
+        next input as arguments.
+
+        Args:
+            job_key (str): The key of the job to resume.
+            input_arguments (Optional[Dict[str, Any]]): Arguments the resumed
+                execution receives as its input.
+            folder_key (Optional[str]): The key of the folder the job runs in.
+                Override the default one set in the SDK config.
+            folder_path (Optional[str]): The path of the folder the job runs in.
+                Override the default one set in the SDK config.
+        """
+        spec = self._resume_job_spec(
+            job_key=job_key,
+            input_arguments=input_arguments,
+            folder_key=folder_key,
+            folder_path=folder_path,
+        )
+        self.request(
+            spec.method,
+            url=spec.endpoint,
+            headers=spec.headers,
+            json=spec.json,
+        )
+
+    @traced(name="jobs_resume_job", run_type="uipath")
+    async def resume_job_async(
+        self,
+        *,
+        job_key: str,
+        input_arguments: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        folder_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        folder_path: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Asynchronously resumes a suspended job that is not waiting on an inbox.
+
+        See :meth:`resume_job`.
+
+        Args:
+            job_key (str): The key of the job to resume.
+            input_arguments (Optional[Dict[str, Any]]): Arguments the resumed
+                execution receives as its input.
+            folder_key (Optional[str]): The key of the folder the job runs in.
+                Override the default one set in the SDK config.
+            folder_path (Optional[str]): The path of the folder the job runs in.
+                Override the default one set in the SDK config.
+
+        Examples:
+            ```python
+            import asyncio
+
+            from uipath.platform import UiPath
+
+            sdk = UiPath()
+
+
+            async def main():  # noqa: D103
+                await sdk.jobs.resume_job_async(
+                    job_key="ccd177d7-e477-40b6-9f27-477b0506ef65",
+                    input_arguments={"message": "and what about last quarter?"},
+                )
+
+
+            asyncio.run(main())
+            ```
+        """
+        spec = self._resume_job_spec(
+            job_key=job_key,
+            input_arguments=input_arguments,
+            folder_key=folder_key,
+            folder_path=folder_path,
+        )
+        await self.request_async(
+            spec.method,
+            url=spec.endpoint,
+            headers=spec.headers,
+            json=spec.json,
+        )
+
     @property
     def custom_headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         return self.folder_headers
@@ -821,6 +915,28 @@ def _resume_spec(
             },
         )
 
+    def _resume_job_spec(
+        self,
+        *,
+        job_key: str,
+        input_arguments: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        folder_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        folder_path: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> RequestSpec:
+        return RequestSpec(
+            method="POST",
+            endpoint=Endpoint(
+                "/orchestrator_/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.ResumeJob"
+            ),
+            json={
+                "jobKey": job_key,
+                "inputArguments": json.dumps(input_arguments or {}),
+            },
+            headers={
+                **header_folder(folder_key, folder_path),
+            },
+        )
+
     def _retrieve_spec(
         self,
         *,
diff --git a/packages/uipath-platform/tests/services/test_jobs_service.py b/packages/uipath-platform/tests/services/test_jobs_service.py
index 6782855d4..4d461fd35 100644
--- a/packages/uipath-platform/tests/services/test_jobs_service.py
+++ b/packages/uipath-platform/tests/services/test_jobs_service.py
@@ -235,6 +235,55 @@ def test_resume_with_inbox_id(
             == f"UiPath.Python.Sdk/UiPath.Python.Sdk.Activities.JobsService.resume/{version}"
         )
 
+    def test_resume_job_needs_no_inbox(
+        self,
+        httpx_mock: HTTPXMock,
+        service: JobsService,
+        base_url: str,
+        org: str,
+        tenant: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        """A job that suspended without an API trigger has no inbox to deliver to."""
+        endpoint = (
+            f"{base_url}{org}{tenant}/orchestrator_/odata/Jobs/"
+            "UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.ResumeJob"
+        )
+        httpx_mock.add_response(url=endpoint, status_code=200)
+
+        service.resume_job(
+            job_key="ccd177d7-e477-40b6-9f27-477b0506ef65",
+            input_arguments={"message": "and what about last quarter?"},
+        )
+
+        sent_request = httpx_mock.get_request()
+        assert sent_request is not None
+        assert sent_request.method == "POST"
+        assert str(sent_request.url) == endpoint
+        assert json.loads(sent_request.content.decode()) == {
+            "jobKey": "ccd177d7-e477-40b6-9f27-477b0506ef65",
+            "inputArguments": json.dumps({"message": "and what about last quarter?"}),
+        }
+
+    def test_resume_job_without_arguments_sends_an_empty_object(
+        self,
+        httpx_mock: HTTPXMock,
+        service: JobsService,
+        base_url: str,
+        org: str,
+        tenant: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        endpoint = (
+            f"{base_url}{org}{tenant}/orchestrator_/odata/Jobs/"
+            "UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.ResumeJob"
+        )
+        httpx_mock.add_response(url=endpoint, status_code=200)
+
+        service.resume_job(job_key="ccd177d7-e477-40b6-9f27-477b0506ef65")
+
+        sent_request = httpx_mock.get_request()
+        assert sent_request is not None
+        assert json.loads(sent_request.content.decode())["inputArguments"] == "{}"
+
     def test_resume_with_job_id(
         self,
         httpx_mock: HTTPXMock,
diff --git a/packages/uipath-platform/uv.lock b/packages/uipath-platform/uv.lock
index 2e506b0af..99067a7a6 100644
--- a/packages/uipath-platform/uv.lock
+++ b/packages/uipath-platform/uv.lock
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ revision = 3
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 
 [options]
-exclude-newer = "2026-07-29T07:23:36.9681123Z"
+exclude-newer = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" # This has no effect and is included for backwards compatibility when using relative exclude-newer values.
 exclude-newer-span = "P2D"
 
 [options.exclude-newer-package]
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uipath-platform"
-version = "0.2.17"
+version = "0.2.18"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "anyio" },
diff --git a/packages/uipath/pyproject.toml b/packages/uipath/pyproject.toml
index 599b65f33..9d03dcc1e 100644
--- a/packages/uipath/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/uipath/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "uipath"
-version = "2.14.1"
+version = "2.14.2"
 description = "Python SDK and CLI for UiPath Platform, enabling programmatic interaction with automation services, process management, and deployment tools."
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/_chat/_custom.py b/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/_chat/_custom.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef66bed9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/_chat/_custom.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+"""Loading a chat bridge the project supplies itself.
+
+The Conversational Agent Service is one place an exchange can be spoken to, not
+the only one. A project that names a ``chatBridge`` in uipath.json is telling
+the runtime where its messages go instead: Slack, Teams, a webhook, a test
+double. The runtime already speaks to all of them through
+``UiPathChatProtocol``, so nothing framework-specific is involved and every
+agent framework gets the same reach for free.
+"""
+
+import importlib.util
+import logging
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Callable
+
+from uipath.runtime.chat import UiPathChatProtocol
+from uipath.runtime.context import UiPathRuntimeContext
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+ChatBridgeFactory = Callable[[UiPathRuntimeContext], UiPathChatProtocol | None]
+
+
+class UiPathChatBridgeError(Exception):
+    """A configured chat bridge could not be loaded."""
+
+
+def _load_factory(spec: str) -> ChatBridgeFactory:
+    if ":" not in spec:
+        raise UiPathChatBridgeError(
+            f"chatBridge must be 'file_path:factory_name', got {spec!r}."
+        )
+    file_part, _, factory_name = spec.partition(":")
+
+    path = Path(file_part).resolve()
+    if not path.is_file():
+        raise UiPathChatBridgeError(f"chatBridge file not found: {path}")
+
+    module_name = f"_uipath_chat_bridge_{path.stem}"
+    module_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, path)
+    if module_spec is None or module_spec.loader is None:
+        raise UiPathChatBridgeError(f"chatBridge file is not importable: {path}")
+
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(module_spec)
+    sys.modules[module_name] = module
+    module_spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+
+    factory: Any = getattr(module, factory_name, None)
+    if factory is None:
+        raise UiPathChatBridgeError(f"{path.name} has no attribute {factory_name!r}.")
+    if not callable(factory):
+        raise UiPathChatBridgeError(f"{spec} is not callable.")
+    return factory
+
+
+def resolve_chat_bridge(
+    spec: str | None, context: UiPathRuntimeContext
+) -> UiPathChatProtocol | None:
+    """Build the project's own chat bridge, if it declared one and it wants this run.
+
+    A factory returning ``None`` declines, which is how one agent serves both a
+    custom surface and the Conversational Agent Service without branching.
+    """
+    if not spec:
+        return None
+    bridge = _load_factory(spec)(context)
+    if bridge is None:
+        logger.debug("chatBridge %s declined this run.", spec)
+    return bridge
diff --git a/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/cli_run.py b/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/cli_run.py
index 9d12a86c3..028bb5762 100644
--- a/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/cli_run.py
+++ b/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/cli_run.py
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from uipath._cli._chat._bridge import get_chat_bridge
+from uipath._cli._chat._custom import resolve_chat_bridge
 from uipath._cli._debug._bridge import ConsoleDebugBridge
 from uipath._cli._utils._common import read_resource_overwrites_from_file
 from uipath._cli._utils._debug import setup_debugging
 from uipath._cli._utils._tracing import create_trace_manager
+from uipath._cli.models.uipath_json_schema import UiPathJsonConfig
 from uipath.eval.mocks import SimulationConfig, UiPathMockRuntime, build_mocking_context
 from uipath.platform.common import (
     ExecutionSourceContext,
@@ -293,6 +295,16 @@ async def execute() -> None:
                                         mocking_context=mocking_context,
                                     )
 
+                            # A project's own bridge is not tied to a platform job,
+                            # so it works the same locally and deployed.
+                            custom_bridge = resolve_chat_bridge(
+                                UiPathJsonConfig.load_from_file().chat_bridge, ctx
+                            )
+                            if custom_bridge is not None:
+                                chat_runtime = UiPathChatRuntime(
+                                    delegate=runtime, chat_bridge=custom_bridge
+                                )
+
                             if ctx.job_id:
                                 if UiPathConfig.is_tracing_enabled:
                                     trace_manager.add_span_processor(
@@ -302,7 +314,11 @@ async def execute() -> None:
                                         )
                                     )
 
-                                if ctx.conversation_id and ctx.exchange_id:
+                                if (
+                                    chat_runtime is None
+                                    and ctx.conversation_id
+                                    and ctx.exchange_id
+                                ):
                                     chat_bridge: UiPathChatProtocol = get_chat_bridge(
                                         context=ctx
                                     )
@@ -313,6 +329,8 @@ async def execute() -> None:
                                 ctx.result = await execute_runtime(
                                     ctx, chat_runtime or runtime
                                 )
+                            elif chat_runtime is not None:
+                                ctx.result = await execute_runtime(ctx, chat_runtime)
                             else:
                                 ctx.result = await debug_runtime(ctx, runtime)
                         finally:
diff --git a/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/models/uipath_json_schema.py b/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/models/uipath_json_schema.py
index ca5818b86..6cbed8736 100644
--- a/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/models/uipath_json_schema.py
+++ b/packages/uipath/src/uipath/_cli/models/uipath_json_schema.py
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ class UiPathJsonConfig(BaseModelWithDefaultConfig):
         "Each key is an entrypoint name, and each value is a path in format 'file_path:agent_name'",
     )
 
+    chat_bridge: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        alias="chatBridge",
+        description="Where a conversational agent's messages go when the "
+        "Conversational Agent Service is not driving it, in the format "
+        "'file_path:factory_name'. The factory takes the runtime context and "
+        "returns a UiPathChatProtocol, or None to decline.",
+    )
+
     def to_json_string(self, indent: int = 2) -> str:
         """Export to JSON string with proper formatting."""
         return self.model_dump_json(
diff --git a/packages/uipath/uv.lock b/packages/uipath/uv.lock
index c905ec7c3..f9c60b86a 100644
--- a/packages/uipath/uv.lock
+++ b/packages/uipath/uv.lock
@@ -2599,7 +2599,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uipath"
-version = "2.14.1"
+version = "2.14.2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "applicationinsights" },
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uipath-platform"
-version = "0.2.17"
+version = "0.2.18"
 source = { editable = "../uipath-platform" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "anyio" },