diff --git a/scripts/native-ingestion/live-browser.mjs b/scripts/native-ingestion/live-browser.mjs
index e446a1b31a8..7bdaf9fe68d 100644
--- a/scripts/native-ingestion/live-browser.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native-ingestion/live-browser.mjs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ try {
     const active = runs.find(run => run.status === "running");
     if (!active) return null;
     const text = normalizeVisible(await visibleAgentText());
+    const visibleAt = Date.now();
     const rows = await eventsFor(active.id);
     const delta = rows.map(row => row.payload?.prpEvent).find(event => event?.eventType === "item.delta"
       && event.payload.kind === "agentMessage" && normalizeVisible(event.payload.text).length >= 12
@@ -83,15 +84,16 @@ try {
     if (!delta) return null;
     // Re-read status after observing the matching UI text. A completed run
     // discovered on the next poll cannot establish streaming visibility.
-    if ((await api(`/api/heartbeat-runs/${active.id}`)).status !== "running") return null;
+    const observedRun = await api(`/api/heartbeat-runs/${active.id}`);
+    if (observedRun.status !== "running") return null;
     return { runId: active.id, sourceEventId: delta.sourceEventId, sourceSeq: delta.sourceSeq,
-      emittedAt: delta.emittedAt, visibleText: text.slice(-1000) };
+      emittedAt: delta.emittedAt, visibleText: text.slice(-1000), visibleAt,
+      run: runSummary(observedRun), statusObservedAt: Date.now() };
   }, Boolean);
   journey.visibleDelta = streaming;
-  journey.firstVisibleAt = Date.now();
-  const during = await taskRuns(created.issueId);
-  journey.streamingRunStatuses = during.map(runSummary);
-  journey.visibleBeforeTerminal = during.some(run => ["queued", "running"].includes(run.status));
+  journey.firstVisibleAt = streaming.visibleAt;
+  journey.streamingRunStatuses = [streaming.run];
+  journey.visibleBeforeTerminal = streaming.run.status === "running";
   expect(journey.visibleBeforeTerminal).toBe(true);
   await page.screenshot({ path: join(config.evidenceDir, "live-streaming.png"), fullPage: true });
   const finished = await poll("completed native run", () => taskRuns(created.issueId), runs =>
diff --git a/scripts/native-ingestion/live-launch.mjs b/scripts/native-ingestion/live-launch.mjs
index 200358b8e5c..9854bf070b4 100644
--- a/scripts/native-ingestion/live-launch.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native-ingestion/live-launch.mjs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ try {
   const { prepareTestDriveEnvironment, bootstrapTestDrive } = await import(pathToFileURL(join(repository, "cli/src/commands/test-drive.ts")).href);
   const options = { dataDir, companyName: "Native ingestion live acceptance", agentName: "Live ingestion agent",
     harness: "opencode", model, apiKeyEnv: credentialName, browser: false };
-  await prepareTestDriveEnvironment(options, repository);
+  const { linkedWorktree } = await prepareTestDriveEnvironment(options, repository);
   process.env.PAPERCLIP_UI_DEV_MIDDLEWARE = "false";
   process.env.NODE_ENV = "production";
   process.env.SERVE_UI = "true";
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ try {
   const origin = `http://${server.host}:${server.listenPort}`;
   const { PaperclipApiClient } = await import(pathToFileURL(join(repository, "cli/src/client/http.ts")).href);
   const api = new PaperclipApiClient({ apiBase: origin });
-  const fixture = await bootstrapTestDrive({ api, options, linkedWorktree: true, instanceId: "default", env: process.env });
+  const fixture = await bootstrapTestDrive({ api, options, linkedWorktree,
+    instanceId: process.env.PAPERCLIP_INSTANCE_ID ?? "default", env: process.env });
   if (fixture.reused || !fixture.agent) throw new Error("Fresh live-provider fixture was not created");
   await api.patch("/api/instance/settings/experimental", { enableNativeRunner: true });
   const agent = await api.patch(`/api/agents/${fixture.agent.id}`, {