diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/runtime-context-materializer.test.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/runtime-context-materializer.test.ts
index 9f09593949..4e68be2944 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/runtime-context-materializer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/runtime-context-materializer.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createRunnerdCodexAppServerArgs } from "../live/runnerd-codex-transport.js";
 import {
   chmod,
   lstat,
@@ -517,3 +518,12 @@ command = "untrusted-command"
     await expect(stat(join(symlinkCodexHome, "auth.json"))).rejects.toThrow();
   });
 });
+
+it("exposes a trusted persistent personal directory without instruction files", () => {
+  const options = { environment: { AGENT_HOME: "/untrusted", HOME: "/ambient" }, codexHome: "/private-provider" };
+  const supplied = createRunnerdCodexAppServerArgs({ ...options, persistentAgentHome: "/personal/agent" }).join("\n");
+  expect(supplied).toContain('AGENT_HOME="/personal/agent"');
+  expect(supplied).toContain('"/private-provider"="none"');
+  expect(supplied).not.toContain('AGENT_HOME="/untrusted"');
+  expect(createRunnerdCodexAppServerArgs(options).join("\n")).not.toContain("AGENT_HOME");
+});
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts
index 3bc94c1cb2..ae90a54fb4 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/live/runnerd-codex-transport.ts
@@ -1207,6 +1207,8 @@ export interface CapabilityRunnerdProcessEvidence {
 export interface CapabilityRunnerdCodexTransportOptions {
   /** Server-authorized local computer MCP on the selected execution environment. */
   computerTool?: { command: string; args: readonly string[] } | null;
+  /** Controller-authorized durable personal directory, independent of instructions. */
+  persistentAgentHome?: string;
   provider?: "codex" | "opencode" | "claude_managed" | "aws_agentcore" | "acpx";
   opencodePermissionMode?: NativeOpenCodePermissionMode;
   acpxAgent?: QualifiedAcpxAgent;
@@ -3447,6 +3449,7 @@ export function createRunnerdCodexAppServerArgs(input: {
   codexCommand?: string;
   readOnlyRoots?: string[];
   instructionWorkingCopyRoot?: string;
+  persistentAgentHome?: string;
 }): string[] {
   // The filesystem policy denies HOME and CODEX_HOME to keep credentials and
   // runner state outside provider reach. Always bind those names to the actual
@@ -3457,9 +3460,10 @@ export function createRunnerdCodexAppServerArgs(input: {
       ...input.environment,
       HOME: input.codexHome,
       CODEX_HOME: input.codexHome,
+      ...(input.persistentAgentHome ? { AGENT_HOME: input.persistentAgentHome } : {}),
     },
     [...(input.readOnlyRoots ?? []), ...codexExecutableReadOnlyRoots(input.environment ?? {}, input.codexCommand)],
-    input.instructionWorkingCopyRoot,
+    input.instructionWorkingCopyRoot ?? input.persistentAgentHome,
   );
 }
 
@@ -4969,6 +4973,7 @@ class DurablePrpCodexTransport implements CodexAppServerTransport {
                           codexHome,
                           codexCommand: effectiveCodexCommand,
                           instructionWorkingCopyRoot: runtimeContext?.instructions.workingCopy?.rootPath,
+            persistentAgentHome: this.options.persistentAgentHome,
                           readOnlyRoots: [
                             ...trustedRuntimeReadOnlyRoots(
                               this.options.environment,
@@ -5453,6 +5458,7 @@ class DurablePrpCodexTransport implements CodexAppServerTransport {
             codexHome,
             codexCommand: typeof recordedCommand === "string" ? recordedCommand : this.options.codexCommand,
             instructionWorkingCopyRoot: runtimeContext?.instructions.workingCopy?.rootPath,
+            persistentAgentHome: this.options.persistentAgentHome,
             readOnlyRoots: [
               ...trustedRuntimeReadOnlyRoots(this.options.environment),
               ...(runtimeContext
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
index 407bfa9ee9..b4b0dd4252 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
@@ -13411,6 +13411,7 @@ async function createRunnerdBackendWithinSessionClaim(
         resumeWorkingDirectory: runnerExecution.workspace.cwd,
         externallySandboxed: adapterExecutionTargetIsCommandBacked(remoteTarget),
         computerTool: remoteTarget?.transport === "computer" ? remoteTarget.computerTool : undefined,
+        persistentAgentHome: remoteTarget?.transport === "computer" ? remoteTarget.fileAuthority.agentHome : undefined,
         opencodeRuntimeDirectory: remoteRunnerFilesystemRoot
           ? posix.join(remoteRunnerFilesystemRoot, "opencode")
           : undefined,