diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/FIXTURES.md b/tests/runner-e2e/FIXTURES.md
index d1571426ec0..990ec383670 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/FIXTURES.md
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/FIXTURES.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ canonical Plan revision, capture its pending UI, approve in the browser, and
 prove exactly two successful runs. `warm_three_turn` provides exactly two
 browser follow-up messages, preserves one project/execution-workspace scope,
 verifies host file contents after every turn, and finishes within three
-ten-minute turn deadlines. Native warm turns 1 and 2 create a real confirmation card with `request_human_input` before reporting `needs_review`; the pending card supplies the required review gate. A disposition string alone does not create that gate. Turn 3 reports Done without another card.
+ten-minute turn deadlines. Native turns 1 and 2 include an actionable human review in the completion report's `attentionRequests`. Paperclip creates the review gate from that report. An explicit question-tool wait yields the turn and suppresses its final prose, so it is not interchangeable with this completion-review fixture. Turn 3 reports Done without another review.
 
 Every selected case runs in its own isolated Paperclip process, and independent
 cases may run concurrently. Follow-up turns inside one case retain their shared
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.test.ts
index c4eb357793f..c6772a0680f 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { createIssueThreadInteractionSchema } from "../../packages/shared/src/validators/issue.js";
+import { normalizePrpResultSignals } from "../../packages/paperclip-runner/src/protocol/result-normalization.js";
 import {
   connectionReviewSuite,
   runnerEnvironments,
@@ -26,27 +26,16 @@ import {
 } from "./selectors.js";
 
 describe("runner E2E catalog", () => {
-  it("gives native warm turns a real review card before reporting needs_review", () => {
+  it("supplies an actionable human review in native warm completion examples", () => {
     const prompts = [daytonaWarmContinuityTask.buildPrompt("nonce"), ...daytonaWarmContinuityTask.buildFollowupMessages!("nonce")];
     for (const [index, prompt] of prompts.entries()) {
-      const match = prompt.match(/call request_human_input with (\{.*\})\. Reuse/);
-      if (index === 2) {
-        expect(match).toBeNull();
-        continue;
-      }
-      expect(match, `turn ${index + 1} must create its review interaction`).not.toBeNull();
-      const request = JSON.parse(match![1]);
-      const interaction = createIssueThreadInteractionSchema.parse({
-        kind: "request_confirmation", idempotencyKey: request.idempotencyKey,
-        title: request.title, summary: request.prompt, continuationPolicy: request.continuationPolicy,
-        payload: { ...request.payload, prompt: request.prompt },
-      });
-      expect(interaction).toMatchObject({
-        kind: "request_confirmation", continuationPolicy: "wake_assignee",
-        payload: { target: { type: "custom", revisionId: `nonce-T${index + 1}` }, rejectRequiresReason: true },
-      });
-      expect(request.interactionKind).toBe("confirmation");
-      expect(prompt.indexOf("call request_human_input with")).toBeLessThan(prompt.indexOf("then call paperclip_finish"));
+      const match = prompt.match(/attentionRequests:(\[.*?\]),evidence:/);
+      expect(match).not.toBeNull();
+      const signals = normalizePrpResultSignals({ attentionRequests: JSON.parse(match![1]) });
+      expect(signals.ignoredAttentionRequests).toEqual([]);
+      expect(signals.actionableAttentionRequests).toHaveLength(index === 2 ? 0 : 1);
+      if (index < 2) expect(signals.actionableAttentionRequests[0]).toMatchObject({kind:"review", ownerClass:"human"});
+      expect(prompt).not.toContain("call request_human_input");
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.ts
index bbceb51d7a9..0686733664b 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.ts
@@ -811,22 +811,10 @@ function warmTurnInstructions(turn: 1 | 2 | 3, nonce: string) {
   );
   const marker = warmTurnMarker(turn, nonce);
   const finalTurn = turn === 3;
-  const nativeReviewRequest = {
-    interactionKind: "confirmation",
-    idempotencyKey: `daytona-warm-review-T${turn}-${nonce}`,
-    title: `Warm continuity turn ${turn}`,
-    prompt: `Is this warm continuity task ready to complete after turn ${turn}?`,
-    continuationPolicy: "wake_assignee",
-    payload: {
-      version: 1,
-      acceptLabel: "Approve completion",
-      rejectLabel: "Continue work",
-      rejectRequiresReason: true,
-      allowDeclineReason: true,
-      supersedeOnUserComment: false,
-      target: { type: "custom", key: `daytona_warm_turn_${turn}`, revisionId: `${nonce}-T${turn}`, label: `Warm continuity turn ${turn}` },
-    },
-  };
+  const reviewRequests = finalTurn ? [] : [{
+    kind: "review", ownerClass: "human",
+    summary: `Review the verified turn ${turn} workspace file and decide whether this task is ready to complete or needs another revision.`,
+  }];
   const legacyCompletion = finalTurn
     ? `In a legacy runner, make exactly one public-API completion write after verification: PATCH /api/issues/$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID with {"status":"done","comment":"${marker}"}. Include Authorization and X-Paperclip-Run-Id. Do not POST a separate comment.`
     : `In a legacy runner, after verification POST exactly one request_confirmation to /api/issues/$PAPERCLIP_TASK_ID/interactions with {"kind":"request_confirmation","idempotencyKey":"daytona-warm-review-T${turn}-${nonce}","resolverPolicy":"human_only","title":"Warm continuity turn ${turn}","summary":"Review completed warm continuity turn ${turn}.","continuationPolicy":"wake_assignee","payload":{"version":1,"prompt":"Is this warm continuity task ready to complete after turn ${turn}?","acceptLabel":"Approve completion","rejectLabel":"Continue work","rejectRequiresReason":true,"allowDeclineReason":true,"supersedeOnUserComment":false,"target":{"type":"custom","key":"daytona_warm_turn_${turn}","revisionId":"${nonce}-T${turn}","label":"Warm continuity turn ${turn}"}}}. Capture the returned interaction id. Then make exactly one issue PATCH with {"status":"in_review","comment":"${marker}","reviewInteractionId":"<returned interaction id>"}. Include Authorization and X-Paperclip-Run-Id on both writes. If the issue PATCH fails, retry only that PATCH and never create another interaction. Do not POST a separate comment. After both writes succeed, end the response and heartbeat immediately; do not wait or poll because the reviewer action will start the next turn.`;
@@ -836,8 +824,7 @@ function warmTurnInstructions(turn: 1 | 2 | 3, nonce: string) {
       ? `Create ${file} with exactly this one line followed by a newline: ${lines[0]}`
       : `Before changing anything, read ${file} and verify its content is exactly ${lines.slice(0, -1).join("\\n")} followed by a newline. Then append exactly ${lines.at(-1)} followed by a newline.`,
     `After the write, verify ${file} contains exactly these lines, once each and in order: ${lines.join(" | ")}.`,
-    ...(!finalTurn ? [`In a native runner, after verification and before reporting needs_review, call request_human_input with ${JSON.stringify(nativeReviewRequest)}. Reuse its idempotencyKey on a retry; do not create another card. The pending card is the review gate; do not report done while it is waiting.`] : []),
-    `In a native runner, use the current turn completion revision and criterion IDs (CURRENT_TURN_REVISION below is a placeholder, not a literal), then call paperclip_finish exactly once with {reportedWorkDisposition:"${finalTurn ? "done" : "needs_review"}",summary:"${marker}",completionClaim:{contractRevision:CURRENT_TURN_REVISION,objectiveSatisfied:true,criteria:[{criterionId:"objective",status:"satisfied",evidenceRefs:[]}],remainingWork:[]},evidence:[],verification:[{commandOrCheck:"read ${file}",status:"passed"}]}. Wait for that tool call to succeed, then emit exactly ${marker} once as the complete user-facing final response.`,
+    `In a native runner, use the current turn completion revision and criterion IDs (CURRENT_TURN_REVISION below is a placeholder, not a literal), then call paperclip_finish exactly once with {reportedWorkDisposition:"${finalTurn ? "done" : "needs_review"}",summary:"${marker}",completionClaim:{contractRevision:CURRENT_TURN_REVISION,objectiveSatisfied:true,criteria:[{criterionId:"objective",status:"satisfied",evidenceRefs:[]}],remainingWork:[]},attentionRequests:${JSON.stringify(reviewRequests)},evidence:[],verification:[{commandOrCheck:"read ${file}",status:"passed"}]}. Wait for that tool call to succeed, then emit exactly ${marker} once as the complete user-facing final response.`,
     legacyCompletion,
     `In a legacy runner, the PATCH comment is the complete visible response. After its 2xx response, finish silently: do not print, echo, or emit ${marker} again as assistant text.`,
     `Do not include ${marker} in any other visible response or write. Do not recreate, truncate, reorder, or duplicate prior lines.`,
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/matchers.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/matchers.ts
index 650fd907f4d..90b0f0bdb6e 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/matchers.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/matchers.ts
@@ -166,3 +166,20 @@ export async function evaluateMatchers(
     matchers.map((matcher) => evaluateMatcher(matcher, observation)),
   );
 }
+
+
+export function persistedFinalRunMessage(
+  comments: Array<{ id: string; createdByRunId?: string | null; body?: string | null }>,
+  run: { id: string; resultJson?: Record<string, unknown> | null },
+): string {
+  const runComments = comments.filter(comment => comment.createdByRunId === run.id);
+  const decision = run.resultJson?.presentationDecision;
+  const selectedId = decision && typeof decision === "object" && !Array.isArray(decision)
+    ? (decision as Record<string, unknown>).commentId : null;
+  // Read the persisted comment selected for the user, not a finish summary or
+  // attachment preparation message. Missing selected evidence must still fail.
+  if (typeof selectedId === "string") {
+    return runComments.find(comment => comment.id === selectedId)?.body ?? "";
+  }
+  return runComments.map(comment => comment.body ?? "").join("\n");
+}
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/runner.spec.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/runner.spec.ts
index 1523fa36706..c93b6a8d758 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/runner.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/runner.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { classifyFailure } from "./failure-classifier.js";
 import { runnerE2EServerControlPaths } from "./harness-env.js";
 import { setupConnectionReview } from "./connection-reviews.js";
 import { setupLiveFixtures, type LiveFixtureValues } from "./live-fixtures.js";
-import { evaluateMatcher, type MatcherResult } from "./matchers.js";
+import { evaluateMatcher, persistedFinalRunMessage, type MatcherResult } from "./matchers.js";
 import {
   acceptedPlanSessionResetFailures,
   hasTerminalMalformedPlanConfirmation,
@@ -1707,10 +1707,7 @@ for (const execution of executions) {
       const message = agentComments
         .map((comment) => comment.body ?? "")
         .join("\n");
-      const finalRunMessage = agentComments
-        .filter((comment) => comment.createdByRunId === finalRun.id)
-        .map((comment) => comment.body ?? "")
-        .join("\n");
+      const finalRunMessage = persistedFinalRunMessage(agentComments, finalRun);
       const pendingInteractions = terminal.interactions.filter(
         (interaction) => interaction.status === "pending",
       );
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/support.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/support.test.ts
index 655a3c4195c..3be21db56e6 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/support.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/support.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from "./harness-env.js";
 import { runnerExecutionById, runnerMatrix } from "./catalog.js";
 import { assertEmbeddedDatabaseIsolation } from "./instance-isolation.js";
-import { evaluateMatchers } from "./matchers.js";
+import { evaluateMatchers, persistedFinalRunMessage } from "./matchers.js";
 import {
   assertSecretFree,
   findSecretLeak,
@@ -1310,3 +1310,24 @@ describe("runner E2E macOS shared-memory cleanup", () => {
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+
+describe("persisted final response selection", () => {
+  const comments = [
+    { id: "attachment-comment", body: "Prepared file for this response.", createdByRunId: "run-1" },
+    { id: "reply", body: "FINAL", createdByRunId: "run-1" },
+    { id: "other-run", body: "unrelated", createdByRunId: "run-2" },
+  ];
+  const run = { id: "run-1", resultJson: { presentationDecision: { commentId: "reply" } } };
+  it("grades the real final comment independently from an attachment's preparation comment", () => {
+    expect(persistedFinalRunMessage(comments, run)).toBe("FINAL");
+  });
+  it("fails closed when the selected final comment is missing or belongs to another run", () => {
+    expect(persistedFinalRunMessage(comments.slice(0, 1), run)).toBe("");
+    expect(persistedFinalRunMessage(comments, { ...run, resultJson: { presentationDecision: { commentId: "other-run" } } })).toBe("");
+  });
+  it("keeps legacy fallback and does not replace absent visible text with a summary", () => {
+    expect(persistedFinalRunMessage(comments, { id: "run-1" })).toBe("Prepared file for this response.\nFINAL");
+    expect(persistedFinalRunMessage([], { id: "run-1", resultJson: { summary: "FINAL" } })).toBe("");
+  });
+});