diff --git a/doc/plans/2026-10-12-claude-runner-default.md b/doc/plans/2026-10-12-claude-runner-default.md
index 6a8b8379b9c..884afe7c528 100644
--- a/doc/plans/2026-10-12-claude-runner-default.md
+++ b/doc/plans/2026-10-12-claude-runner-default.md
@@ -216,3 +216,38 @@ and [cloud image build](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38
 retain source `557c3064a30779e86e1ae312eab3d1d42c3a8b8d`. Actual pack/image
 identity agreement remains required. Additional Claude defaults remain gated
 pending clean-install and execution evidence. No local Docker or Rust build.
+
+### Independent cloud pack comparison and explicit-asset compatibility
+
+The cloud image build `38293576503` passed. Its immutable image is
+`ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip-daytona-runner@sha256:d9dbda3a9435e3e555f431bdeb0ba22e1241ae9103184e6c1646a200e26423e1`.
+The image manifest, copied from a stopped disposable container on the cloud
+host, exactly matches the independently downloaded Linux x64 producer manifest:
+pack digest `sha256:97f44524d1b35ed6295c922f6b52ac376960213be0a0e09a3635c281db26aecf`;
+Node digest `sha256:7fde7b8afa198da66257f42ee2001d874c7355631e6d1579a5fb5ef1f246df4c`;
+provider-tree digest `sha256:83aafb7d6c951c1fa31c0d8bbbfd32c39b4d265b01607cd566c55c8d9b4a6143`.
+Both bind source 557c3064a3. This is actual byte-identity proof, not task execution.
+
+The independently downloaded ARM producer archive has storage SHA256
+`7c219420b02149cdc3f44c6c5073bed40631d26c03d06f0b109a9ff36962c9c7`;
+its pack digest is `sha256:51fe734d79211b474ee13f53080ac60f07cdc9315ebd33b703ecf4a7dc0f8ce1`.
+Bounded extraction checked 7,244 members, all recorded artifact hashes and
+absence of controller binaries. The shipped Claude admission probe passed on
+the native cloud ARM host with zero provider turns and no credentials.
+The prior installed pack remains available separately.
+
+Latest platform review found the automatic Linux restriction also affected
+explicit Mac SSH assets. The restriction now applies only when selecting a
+bundled pack; explicit assets retain their existing manifest integrity checks.
+Eight targeted controls passed, including both Mac architectures and unchanged
+automatic Linux selection. Final broad source checks run in the cloud on
+reconciled `06c4f5e5a0`: [campaign 38296110502](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/actions/runs/38296110502).
+The behavior head `2874232d25` received 5/5 after its three settings fixes.
+
+Installed Mac proof is available as a Paperclip
+[acceptance report](http://127.0.0.1:3105/api/attachments/61653e0a-3ae0-459c-b1d1-20b5d1db73d6/content?download=1)
+and [screenshot](http://127.0.0.1:3105/api/attachments/bce37c56-3984-45b9-a995-b6a23cc9a85d/content?download=1),
+with artifact work products on CLAA-2. The actual native SDK is the server's
+nested 0.3.286 package, executable SHA256
+`75e3016e9d2570767b08e43a7467d4817a4f149232c169ca295f2c95fef21433`;
+the top-level Legacy SDK is a separate dependency and was not this runtime.
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
index 3a7d4650037..6d55a13594c 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
@@ -1124,6 +1124,33 @@ describe("native provider usage normalization", () => {
 });
 
 describe("remote provider pack manifest", () => {
+  it.each(["arm64", "x64"].flatMap(architecture => [false, true].map(explicit => ({ architecture, explicit }))))(
+    "keeps explicit Mac SSH assets at their existing pack integrity gate ($architecture, explicit=$explicit)", async ({ architecture, explicit }) => {
+      const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "paperclip-explicit-mac-pack-"));
+      const daemonPath = join(root, "paperclip-runnerd");
+      const daemon = Buffer.alloc(64);
+      daemon.writeUInt32LE(0xfeedfacf);
+      daemon.writeUInt32LE(architecture === "arm64" ? 0x0100000c : 0x01000007, 4);
+      await writeFile(daemonPath, daemon);
+      state.resolveRemoteRunnerBinary.mockResolvedValue(daemonPath);
+      state.createBackend.mockClear();
+      const remoteExecution = { ...execution,
+        provider: { kind: "acpx", agent: "claude", model: "claude-opus-5-5" },
+        workspace: { ...execution.workspace, cwd: root },
+        session: { ...execution.session, normalizedSessionId: `explicit-mac-${randomUUID()}`, driverKind: "acpx_runtime" },
+      } as unknown as NativeExecutionInputV1;
+      try {
+        await expect(createRunnerdBackend({ db: leaseDb(remoteExecution), execution: remoteExecution, runnerInstanceId: "runner",
+          runnerRemoteBinaryPath: daemonPath,
+          ...(explicit ? { runnerRemoteProviderPackPath: root } : {}),
+          runnerExecutionTarget: { kind: "remote", transport: "ssh", remoteCwd: "/workspace",
+            spec: { host: "runner.internal", port: 22, username: "runner", remoteWorkspacePath: "/workspace", remoteCwd: "/workspace",
+              privateKey: null, knownHosts: null, strictHostKeyChecking: true } },
+        })).rejects.toThrow(explicit ? "provider-pack.json is unreadable (missing)" : "require a qualified Linux target");
+        expect(state.createBackend).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      } finally { await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+    },
+  );
   const canonical = (value: unknown): string => {
     if (Array.isArray(value)) return `[${value.map(canonical).join(",")}]`;
     if (value && typeof value === "object") {
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
index 8db5037bce4..48a7022feab 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
@@ -11523,10 +11523,11 @@ async function createRunnerdBackendWithinSessionClaim(
     ? await resolveRemotePaperclipRunnerBinary({ runner: remoteCommandRunner!, remoteCwd: remoteTarget!.remoteCwd, configuredPath: input.runnerRemoteBinaryPath })
     : null;
   const remoteClaudeTarget = remoteClaudeRunnerBinary ? runnerBinaryTarget(readFileSync(remoteClaudeRunnerBinary)) : null;
-  if (remoteClaude && remoteClaudeTarget !== "linux-x64" && remoteClaudeTarget !== "linux-arm64") {
+  const useBundledClaudePack = remoteClaude && !input.runnerRemoteProviderPackPath?.trim();
+  if (useBundledClaudePack && remoteClaudeTarget !== "linux-x64" && remoteClaudeTarget !== "linux-arm64") {
     throw new Error("runner_remote_provider_artifact_incompatible: Claude remote provider packs require a qualified Linux target");
   }
-  const bundledClaudeManifest = remoteClaudeTarget === "linux-x64" || remoteClaudeTarget === "linux-arm64"
+  const bundledClaudeManifest = useBundledClaudePack && (remoteClaudeTarget === "linux-x64" || remoteClaudeTarget === "linux-arm64")
     ? bundledRemoteProviderPackManifestPath(undefined, remoteClaudeTarget) : null;
   const bundledClaudeRoot = bundledClaudeManifest && existsSync(join(dirname(bundledClaudeManifest), "node_modules"))
     ? dirname(bundledClaudeManifest) : null;