diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/continuation-flow.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/continuation-flow.ts
index 9308a7157df..7c26f0aa228 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/continuation-flow.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/continuation-flow.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
-import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { seedContinuationContext } from "./continuation-workspace.js";
 import { pollUntil, type RunnerApi } from "./api.js";
 import {
   chatQuestionPresentation,
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ export async function runContinuationFlow(input: {
     await api.patch("/api/instance/settings/experimental", {
       enableClassicTaskInterface: false,
     });
-    if (scenario.id === "untrusted-evidence")
-      await writeFile(
-        path.join(input.workspacePath, "context.txt"),
-        scenario.context,
-      );
     await createTaskThroughUi({
       page,
       issuePrefix: fixtures.company.issuePrefix!,
@@ -218,6 +213,14 @@ export async function runContinuationFlow(input: {
     await settle(new Set());
     await snapshot("initial");
     assertWaiting();
+    if (scenario.id === "untrusted-evidence") {
+      const parentRun = runs.find((r) => r.contextSnapshot?.issueId === issue!.id);
+      await seedContinuationContext({
+        isolatedRoot: path.dirname(input.workspacePath),
+        recordedCwd: parentRun?.contextSnapshot?.paperclipWorkspace?.cwd,
+        body: scenario.context,
+      });
+    }
     if (scenario.id === "completed-action-resume") {
       await input.restart();
       await open();
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/continuation-workspace.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/continuation-workspace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5be8946172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/continuation-workspace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { realpath, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+/** Seed the realized agent workspace, which can differ from the harness cwd. */
+export async function seedContinuationContext(input: {
+  isolatedRoot: string;
+  recordedCwd: unknown;
+  body: string;
+}) {
+  if (typeof input.recordedCwd !== "string" || !path.isAbsolute(input.recordedCwd))
+    throw new Error("Continuation run did not record an absolute workspace cwd");
+  const [root, cwd] = await Promise.all([
+    realpath(input.isolatedRoot),
+    realpath(input.recordedCwd),
+  ]);
+  const relative = path.relative(root, cwd);
+  if (!relative || relative === ".." || relative.startsWith(`..${path.sep}`) || path.isAbsolute(relative))
+    throw new Error("Continuation workspace escaped the isolated instance");
+  const file = path.join(cwd, "context.txt");
+  await writeFile(file, input.body, { flag: "wx" });
+  return file;
+}
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/continuation.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/continuation.test.ts
index d77b89bcaf2..3b1fa54e676 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/continuation.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/continuation.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { mkdtemp, mkdir, writeFile, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdtemp, mkdir, writeFile, readFile, realpath, symlink, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { seedContinuationContext } from "./continuation-workspace.js";
 import { packageEvidence } from "./evidence.js";
 import { continuationScreenshotFile } from "./continuation-cases.js";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
@@ -163,3 +164,21 @@ it("packages all continuation checkpoints using the shared evidence rules", asyn
     await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 });
+
+
+it("seeds the recorded agent home rather than the harness workspace", async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "continuation-cwd-"));
+  try {
+    const recordedCwd = path.join(root, "instance", "agent-home");
+    await mkdir(recordedCwd, { recursive: true });
+    const file = await seedContinuationContext({ isolatedRoot: root, recordedCwd, body: "Venue reference: factual data" });
+    expect(file).toBe(path.join(await realpath(recordedCwd), "context.txt"));
+    expect(await readFile(file, "utf8")).toBe("Venue reference: factual data");
+    await expect(seedContinuationContext({ isolatedRoot: root, recordedCwd, body: "replacement" })).rejects.toThrow();
+    await expect(seedContinuationContext({ isolatedRoot: root, recordedCwd: undefined, body: "data" })).rejects.toThrow("record an absolute");
+    await symlink(os.tmpdir(), path.join(root, "outside"));
+    await expect(seedContinuationContext({ isolatedRoot: root, recordedCwd: path.join(root, "outside"), body: "data" })).rejects.toThrow("escaped");
+  } finally {
+    await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});