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 d49205ae65b..6357d6ec8c8 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
@@ -10488,9 +10488,9 @@ describe("runnerd provider runtime wiring", () => {
       corrupt: true,
       accepted: false,
     },
-  ] as const)(
-    "uses remote prior-run backup when acceptance=$accepted direct=$directLifecycle backup=$backupLifecycle corrupt=$corrupt",
-    async ({ directLifecycle, backupLifecycle, corrupt, accepted }) => {
+  ].flatMap(testCase => (["sandbox", "ssh"] as const).map(transport => ({ ...testCase, transport }))))(
+    "uses $transport prior-run backup when acceptance=$accepted direct=$directLifecycle backup=$backupLifecycle corrupt=$corrupt",
+    async ({ directLifecycle, backupLifecycle, corrupt, accepted, transport }) => {
 
 
       const priorExecution = scopedNativeExecution("remote-prior-scope");
@@ -10504,7 +10504,10 @@ describe("runnerd provider runtime wiring", () => {
       const priorRunDb = priorNativeRunDb(priorExecution);
       const remoteTarget = {
         kind: "remote" as const,
-        transport: "sandbox" as const,
+        transport,
+        spec: { host: "fixture.invalid", username: "fixture", port: 22,
+          remoteCwd: "/workspace", remoteWorkspacePath: "/workspace",
+          privateKey: null, knownHosts: null, strictHostKeyChecking: true },
         providerKey: "daytona",
         leaseId: "environment-lease-remote-prior-scope",
         remoteCwd: "/home/daytona/paperclip-workspace",
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
index b0fb8b56c98..ed860b6eb73 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
@@ -7729,9 +7729,7 @@ async function executePaperclipNativeSessionWithinScope(
     retainedTransition = await migrateRunnerdStateRootForExecution({
       db: input.db,
       execution: input.execution,
-      allowVerifiedBackup:
-        input.runnerExecutionTarget?.kind === "remote" &&
-        input.runnerExecutionTarget.transport === "sandbox",
+      allowVerifiedBackup: input.runnerExecutionTarget?.kind === "remote",
       // A retained warm runner is deliberately still ready rather than
       // suspended. Only the exact idle in-process owner may rotate that
       // prior-run authority; after a hard restart the map is empty and the
@@ -11198,9 +11196,7 @@ export async function createRunnerdBackend(input: {
       retainedTransition = await migrateRunnerdStateRootForExecution({
         db: input.db,
         execution: input.execution,
-        allowVerifiedBackup:
-          input.runnerExecutionTarget?.kind === "remote" &&
-          input.runnerExecutionTarget.transport === "sandbox",
+        allowVerifiedBackup: input.runnerExecutionTarget?.kind === "remote",
         allowRetainedWarmRunner: false,
         allowLocalRecovery: input.runnerExecutionTarget?.kind !== "remote",
         onLog: input.onLog,