diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.test.ts
index 9d779bf2c27..6b54c19c2a2 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe,expect,it,vi } from "vitest";
 vi.mock("./identity-support.js", async importOriginal => ({ ...await importOriginal<typeof import("./identity-support.js")>(), identityWorker: vi.fn(async () => ({id:"morgan"})), probeAgentPermission: vi.fn(async () => 403) }));
 import type { ChatCatalogContext } from "../chat-catalog-contract.js";
 import { companySecretExternalCases,deploymentSecretGuidance,companySecretControllerBaseline,companySecretControllersUnchanged } from "./external-company-secret.js";
-const controller={id:"controller",companyId:"company",scope:"company",ownerUserId:null,userSecretDefinitionId:null,key:"OPENROUTER_API_KEY",name:"Runner E2E controller",provider:"local_encrypted",status:"active",managedMode:"paperclip_managed",latestVersion:1};
+const controller={id:"controller",companyId:"company",scope:"company",ownerUserId:null,userSecretDefinitionId:null,key:"openrouter_api_key",name:"Runner E2E controller",provider:"local_encrypted",status:"active",managedMode:"paperclip_managed",latestVersion:1};
 const controllerRefs={OPENROUTER_API_KEY:{type:"secret_ref",secretId:"controller",version:"latest"}} as const;
 function valid(){return {scenarioId:"secrets.configure-company-secret",companyId:"company",leadId:"ceo",reply:"The deployment key reference is now bound for Morgan. This confirms configuration, not a runtime delivery test.",phaseReplies:[{runId:"first",body:"Use secure secret settings for the deployment key, then bind its reference in Morgan's environment variables. Do not paste the key here."},{runId:"second",body:"The deployment key reference is now bound for Morgan. This confirms configuration, not a runtime delivery test."}],runs:[{id:"first",status:"succeeded"},{id:"second",status:"succeeded"}],connections:[],profiles:[],secrets:[{id:"secret",name:"Deployment API key",status:"active"}],endpoints:[],interactions:[],activity:[{entityId:"secret",action:"secret.created",actorType:"user"}],links:[],humanQueries:[],state:{initialRunId:"first",agentCreateStatus:403,secretCountBeforeHuman:1,controllerSecretBaseline:[controller],controllerSecretsPreserved:true,operatorChannel:"private-browser-company-secret-and-public-browser-binding",secretUiVisible:true,humanSubmittedSecurely:true,storageClean:true,secureBrowserUntraced:true,secretId:"secret",morganId:"morgan",bindings:[{targetType:"agent",targetId:"morgan",configPath:"env.DEPLOYMENT_API_KEY",versionSelector:"latest"}],savedReferenceMatches:true,morganBindingVisible:true,bindingHumanAttributed:true,secretScanComplete:true,secretLeaked:false}};}
 describe("secure company credential and Morgan-only binding",()=>{
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@ it("admits only exact controller-bootstrap secrets while leaving deployment entr
 it("rejects extra, foreign, personal, duplicated or precompleted deployment secrets in the controller baseline",()=>{
  const baseline=[controller] as Parameters<typeof companySecretControllerBaseline>[0];
  expect(companySecretControllerBaseline(baseline,"company",controllerRefs)).toEqual([controller]);
- for(const rows of [[...baseline,{...controller,id:"extra"}], [{...controller,companyId:"foreign"}], [{...controller,scope:"user",ownerUserId:"person"}], [{...controller,key:"DEPLOYMENT_API_KEY",name:"Deployment API key"}], [{...controller,id:"foreign"}], [...baseline,...baseline]]) expect(()=>companySecretControllerBaseline(rows as typeof baseline,"company",controllerRefs)).toThrow();
+ for(const rows of [[...baseline,{...controller,id:"extra"}], [{...controller,companyId:"foreign"}], [{...controller,scope:"user",ownerUserId:"person"}], [{...controller,key:"DEPLOYMENT_API_KEY",name:"Deployment API key"}], [{...controller,key:"OPENROUTER_API_KEY"}], [{...controller,id:"foreign"}], [...baseline,...baseline]]) expect(()=>companySecretControllerBaseline(rows as typeof baseline,"company",controllerRefs)).toThrow();
+
+ const precompleted={...controller,key:"deployment_api_key",name:"Pre-existing deployment reference"};
+ expect(()=>companySecretControllerBaseline([precompleted] as typeof baseline,"company",{DEPLOYMENT_API_KEY:controllerRefs.OPENROUTER_API_KEY} as unknown as Parameters<typeof companySecretControllerBaseline>[2])).toThrow();
  expect(()=>companySecretControllerBaseline(baseline,"company",{})).toThrow();
+ expect(()=>companySecretControllerBaseline(baseline,"company",{OPENROUTER_API_KEY:{...controllerRefs.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,version:"1"}} as unknown as Parameters<typeof companySecretControllerBaseline>[2])).toThrow();
  expect(()=>companySecretControllerBaseline(baseline,"company",{...controllerRefs,OPENAI_API_KEY:controllerRefs.OPENROUTER_API_KEY})).toThrow();
 });
 it("requires the original controller metadata and version before and after secure human entry",()=>{
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.ts
index dc5d3de147f..ab86c7f7cd5 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ function controllerMetadata(rows: CompanySecret[]): ControllerSecret[] {
  return rows.map(row => Object.fromEntries(controllerFields.map(field => [field, row[field]])) as ControllerSecret).sort((a,b) => a.id.localeCompare(b.id));
 }
 /** Only independently created controller refs can precede the requested secret.
+ * Fixture credential env names are uppercase; the secret producer stores lowercase keys.
  * Values and runtime-resolution timestamps never enter this metadata receipt. */
 export function companySecretControllerBaseline(rows: CompanySecret[], companyId: string, refs: SecretReferenceMap): ControllerSecret[] {
  const baseline = controllerMetadata(rows), entries = Object.entries(refs);
- if (!entries.length || baseline.length !== entries.length || entries.some(([key, ref]) => !ref || ref.type !== "secret_ref" || ref.version !== "latest" || baseline.filter(row => row.id === ref.secretId && row.companyId === companyId && row.key === key).length !== 1) || new Set(entries.map(([,ref]) => ref!.secretId)).size !== entries.length || baseline.some(row => row.name === "Deployment API key" || row.key === "DEPLOYMENT_API_KEY")) throw new Error("Company secret entry permits only exact controller-bootstrap secret references");
+ if (!entries.length || baseline.length !== entries.length || entries.some(([key, ref]) => !ref || ref.type !== "secret_ref" || ref.version !== "latest" || baseline.filter(row => row.id === ref.secretId && row.companyId === companyId && row.key === key.toLowerCase()).length !== 1) || new Set(entries.map(([,ref]) => ref!.secretId)).size !== entries.length || baseline.some(row => row.name === "Deployment API key" || row.key === "deployment_api_key")) throw new Error("Company secret entry permits only exact controller-bootstrap secret references");
  return baseline;
 }
 export function companySecretControllersUnchanged(rows: CompanySecret[], baseline: unknown): boolean {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export const companySecretExternalCases=[definition("secrets.configure-company-s
  return {morganId:morgan.id,agentCreateStatus,controllerSecretBaseline};
 },gradeCompanySecret,{
  authentication:"human-session",oracleVersion:"paperclip.chat-catalog.company-secret-controller-baseline.v2",expectedRunCount:2,expectedHumanMessageCount:2,attemptTimeoutMs:480000,
- sourceFiles:["chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-private-browser.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-private-browser-worker.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-credential-language.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-secret-scan.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-support.ts","chat-catalog-domains/internal-support.ts","chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts","run-observations.ts","chat-flow.ts","chat-scenarios/secrets.yaml"],
+ sourceFiles:["chat-catalog-domains/external-company-secret.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-private-browser.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-private-browser-worker.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-credential-language.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-secret-scan.ts","chat-catalog-domains/external-support.ts","chat-catalog-domains/internal-support.ts","chat-catalog-domains/identity-support.ts","live-fixtures.ts","../../server/src/services/secrets.ts","run-observations.ts","chat-flow.ts","chat-scenarios/secrets.yaml"],
  async act(ctx,state){
   await waitForReply(ctx, chatCatalogOriginalPhaseDeadline(ctx));const initial=await observeExternal(ctx,state),reply=initial.phaseReplies.at(-1);if(!reply||!deploymentSecretGuidance(reply.body))throw new Error("Actual reply must direct secure deployment-key entry and Morgan-only reference binding before human action");state.initialRunId=reply.runId;
   const beforeHuman=await ctx.input.api.get<CompanySecret[]>(`${root(ctx)}/secrets`);