diff --git a/.github/workflows/runner-full-stack-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/runner-full-stack-e2e.yml
index 66b8de5fb06..772d61f062e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runner-full-stack-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runner-full-stack-e2e.yml
@@ -1085,6 +1085,7 @@ jobs:
           PAPERCLIP_E2E_DAYTONA_IMAGE: ${{ needs.daytona_image.outputs.image }}
           PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_REMOTE_PROVIDER_PACK_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/paperclip-runner/provider-pack
           PAPERCLIP_E2E_CAMPAIGN_ID: gha-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-${{ matrix.executionId }}
+          PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_LOCK_SHA256: ${{ needs.target_lock.outputs.lock_sha256 }}
           PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_SOURCE_SHA: ${{ needs.authorize.outputs.target_sha }}
           PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_SOURCE_REF: ${{ needs.authorize.outputs.target_ref }}
           PAPERCLIP_PLAYWRIGHT_CHANNEL: ${{ needs.authorize.outputs.playwright_channel }}
diff --git a/doc/plans/2026-10-06-hermes-native-runner.md b/doc/plans/2026-10-06-hermes-native-runner.md
index 546981c3315..7b6e3f5a4f4 100644
--- a/doc/plans/2026-10-06-hermes-native-runner.md
+++ b/doc/plans/2026-10-06-hermes-native-runner.md
@@ -855,3 +855,12 @@ billing. The initial sandbox socket denial is a separate infrastructure outcome.
 Hermes remains pending the full original Mac/Daytona, subscription, connection,
 attachment/control/state/routine and public-consumer gates. The ledger still
 retains $23 against the $25 cap; unknown charges are not counted as free.
+
+Review of `12098ba3` found that the source check rejected the trusted paid
+workflow's resolved target lock. Admission now allows only its unstaged tracked
+`pnpm-lock.yaml` replacement after independently hashing the complete regular
+file against the workflow's approved SHA-256. The campaign receipt preserves
+that digest and reports the actual dirty state instead of calling the working
+tree clean. Other edits, staged replacements, missing/mismatched approval,
+deletions and symlinks remain rejected. All eighteen source-admission tests and
+Product E2E TypeScript pass. The root lockfile itself remains unchanged.
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/README.md b/tests/runner-e2e/README.md
index b42f76672c6..3dbd9183a4c 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/README.md
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/README.md
@@ -1489,6 +1489,10 @@ Detached checkouts record `HEAD` unless an explicitly matched target SHA supplie
 its ref. Read-only `--list` and `--matrix-json` discovery require no source
 admission or credentials. This receipt identifies the controller; runtime/image
 provenance and live behavior still require their independent checks.
+The paid workflow may restore its reviewed target lockfile: only an unstaged
+modification of the tracked `pnpm-lock.yaml` is allowed, and its complete bytes
+must match `PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_LOCK_SHA256`. The receipt records that approved
+digest and the actual working-tree cleanliness. Other edits remain rejected.
 
 When a Hermes cell is selected, the trusted workflow provisions its pinned
 Python closure on Linux before exposing credentials, and selects the same
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/hermes-source.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/hermes-source.test.ts
index 19a12f0c2f5..43452025681 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/hermes-source.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/hermes-source.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
-import { mkdtempSync, realpathSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { mkdtempSync, realpathSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { devNull, tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ function checkout() {
     env: { PATH: process.env.PATH, GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL: devNull, GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM: "1" } }).trim();
   git("init", "-b", "qualification");
   writeFileSync(join(root, "source.txt"), "original\n");
-  git("add", "source.txt");
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "pnpm-lock.yaml"), "original lock\n");
+  git("add", "source.txt", "pnpm-lock.yaml");
   git("-c", "user.name=Fixture", "-c", "user.email=fixture@example.test", "-c", "commit.gpgsign=false", "-c", `core.hooksPath=${devNull}`, "commit", "-m", "fixture");
   return { root, git, sha: git("rev-parse", "HEAD") };
 }
@@ -62,3 +64,41 @@ describe("Hermes qualification controller source admission", () => {
     expect(() => prepareHermesQualificationSource(selected, "/does-not-exist", env)).toThrow("readable Git source before credentials");
   });
 });
+
+describe("approved qualification dependency lock", () => {
+  const resolved = "reviewed resolved lock\n";
+  const digest = createHash("sha256").update(resolved).digest("hex");
+  it("admits only the independently verified lock replacement and records its digest and dirty state", () => {
+    const f = checkout(); writeFileSync(join(f.root, "pnpm-lock.yaml"), resolved);
+    const env = { PATH: process.env.PATH, PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_LOCK_SHA256: digest };
+    expect(prepareHermesQualificationSource(selected, f.root, env)).toMatchObject({
+      sha: f.sha, workingTreeClean: false, approvedLockSha256: digest,
+    });
+    expect(resolveRunnerE2ESource(null, env).sha).toBe(f.sha);
+  });
+  it("still records a verified lock when it already matches the commit", () => {
+    const f = checkout();
+    const originalDigest = createHash("sha256").update("original lock\n").digest("hex");
+    expect(prepareHermesQualificationSource(selected, f.root, {
+      PATH: process.env.PATH, PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_LOCK_SHA256: originalDigest,
+    })).toMatchObject({ workingTreeClean: true, approvedLockSha256: originalDigest });
+  });
+  it.each(["missing", "incorrect", "malformed"])("rejects a replacement with %s approval before recording source", approval => {
+    const f = checkout(); writeFileSync(join(f.root, "pnpm-lock.yaml"), resolved);
+    const env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { PATH: process.env.PATH,
+      ...(approval === "missing" ? {} : { PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_LOCK_SHA256: approval === "incorrect" ? "a".repeat(64) : "not-a-digest" }) };
+    expect(() => prepareHermesQualificationSource(selected, f.root, env)).toThrow();
+    expect(env.PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_SOURCE_SHA).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  it.each(["source", "untracked", "staged", "deleted", "symlink"])("rejects %s changes even alongside an approved digest", kind => {
+    const f = checkout(); const lock = join(f.root, "pnpm-lock.yaml"); writeFileSync(lock, resolved);
+    if (kind === "source") writeFileSync(join(f.root, "source.txt"), "changed\n");
+    if (kind === "untracked") writeFileSync(join(f.root, "extra.txt"), "changed\n");
+    if (kind === "staged") f.git("add", "pnpm-lock.yaml");
+    if (kind === "deleted" || kind === "symlink") rmSync(lock);
+    if (kind === "symlink") { writeFileSync(join(f.root, "resolved.txt"), resolved); symlinkSync("resolved.txt", lock); }
+    expect(() => prepareHermesQualificationSource(selected, f.root, {
+      PATH: process.env.PATH, PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_LOCK_SHA256: digest,
+    })).toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/hermes-source.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/hermes-source.ts
index 3e35f75eb26..a6a31af0471 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/hermes-source.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/hermes-source.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { closeSync, constants, fstatSync, openSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { devNull } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
 import type { MatrixExecution } from "./types.js";
 import { resolveRunnerE2ESource } from "./source.js";
 
@@ -20,27 +23,44 @@ export function prepareHermesQualificationSource(
       return execFileSync("git", ["-c", "core.fsmonitor=false", ...args], {
         cwd: repositoryRoot, env: gitEnvironment, encoding: "utf8",
         timeout: 10_000, maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024, stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
-      }).trim();
+      });
     } catch {
       throw new Error("Hermes qualification needs readable Git source before credentials; use a clean checkout.");
     }
   };
-  const sha = git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]);
+  const sha = git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]).trim();
   if (!/^[a-f0-9]{40}$/.test(sha)) throw new Error("Hermes qualification source SHA is invalid.");
-  if (git(["status", "--porcelain", "--untracked-files=normal"])) {
+  const changes = git(["status", "--porcelain", "-z", "--untracked-files=normal"]).split("\0").filter(Boolean);
+  const approvedLock = environment.PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_LOCK_SHA256?.trim();
+  if (approvedLock && !/^[a-f0-9]{64}$/.test(approvedLock)) throw new Error("Hermes qualification approved lock digest is invalid.");
+  if (changes.some(change => change !== " M pnpm-lock.yaml" || !approvedLock)) {
     throw new Error("Hermes qualification needs a clean checkout before credentials; commit or remove source changes.");
   }
+  if (approvedLock) {
+    let fd: number | undefined;
+    try {
+      fd = openSync(join(repositoryRoot, "pnpm-lock.yaml"), constants.O_RDONLY | constants.O_NOFOLLOW);
+      const stat = fstatSync(fd);
+      if (!stat.isFile() || stat.size > 16 * 1024 * 1024
+        || createHash("sha256").update(readFileSync(fd)).digest("hex") !== approvedLock) throw new Error();
+    } catch {
+      throw new Error("Hermes qualification lockfile differs from the approved digest before credentials.");
+    } finally {
+      if (fd !== undefined) closeSync(fd);
+    }
+  }
   const requestedSha = environment.PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_SOURCE_SHA?.trim();
   if (requestedSha && requestedSha !== sha) {
     throw new Error("Hermes qualification source SHA differs from the checked-out controller before credentials.");
   }
-  const ref = git(["rev-parse", "--symbolic-full-name", "HEAD"]);
-  if (git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]) !== sha) throw new Error("Hermes qualification source changed during admission.");
+  const ref = git(["rev-parse", "--symbolic-full-name", "HEAD"]).trim();
+  if (git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]).trim() !== sha) throw new Error("Hermes qualification source changed during admission.");
   // These explicit values survive local-env loading and reach every child and
   // synthetic failure. A workflow's own GITHUB_SHA may identify another commit.
   environment.PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_SOURCE_SHA = sha;
   environment.PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_SOURCE_REF =
     (requestedSha && environment.PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_SOURCE_REF?.trim()) || ref;
-  return { schema: "paperclip.hermes.e2e-source/v1", workingTreeClean: true,
+  return { schema: "paperclip.hermes.e2e-source/v1", workingTreeClean: changes.length === 0,
+    ...(approvedLock ? { approvedLockSha256: approvedLock } : {}),
     ...resolveRunnerE2ESource(null, environment) };
 }