diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-app-server-driver.lifecycle.test.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-app-server-driver.lifecycle.test.ts
index 62e97dc75e4..4bc5843d8ce 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-app-server-driver.lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-app-server-driver.lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@ describe("Codex app-server Codex driver", () => {
     expect(transport.calls[0]?.method).toBe("initialize");
   });
 
+  it("names the local app-server process in session.started for the control plane's stop proof", async () => {
+    const transport = new FakeCodexTransport();
+    Object.assign(transport, {
+      processInfo: () => ({ pid: process.pid, processGroupId: null, startedAt: "2026-08-18T18:00:00.000Z", exited: false, exitCode: null, signal: null }),
+    });
+    const session = await makeDriver([transport]).openSession({ runId: "run-identity", normalizedSessionId: "normalized-identity", workingDirectory: WORKSPACE });
+    const started = await session.events()[Symbol.asyncIterator]().next();
+    expect(started.value).toMatchObject({ eventType: "session.started",
+      payload: { processId: process.pid, processGroupId: null, processStartedAt: expect.stringMatching(/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T/) } });
+  });
+
   it("persists process ownership after a lazy transport launches during session open", async () => {
     const transport = new FakeCodexTransport();
     Object.assign(transport, {
diff --git a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-session-state.ts b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-session-state.ts
index 7e9e9cf862e..2f7c4cc366d 100644
--- a/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-session-state.ts
+++ b/packages/paperclip-runner/src/drivers/codex/codex-session-state.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type CodexUsageBaseline, codexRunUsage } from "./codex-usage-baseline.js";
+import { readLocalProcessStartedAt } from "../../live/linux-process-start.js";
 import type { ProviderRateLimitSnapshot } from "../provider-rate-limits.js";
 import { workspaceRootsFor } from "../../tool-file-changes.js";
 import type {
@@ -626,9 +627,16 @@ export function initializeCodexSessionEvents(
   state: CodexSessionState,
   input: CodexSessionStateInput,
 ): void {
+    // Name the local app-server process (Codex, or the OpenCode proxy that owns `opencode serve`
+    // in its process group) so the control plane's stop proof can verify that exact process exited.
+    const processInfo = state.transport.processInfo?.();
+    const processIdentity = processInfo && !processInfo.exited && processInfo.pid !== null
+      ? { processId: processInfo.pid, processGroupId: processInfo.processGroupId, processStartedAt: readLocalProcessStartedAt(processInfo.pid) }
+      : {};
     state.emit(input.resumed ? "session.resumed" : "session.started", {
       driverSessionId: input.opened.threadId,
       providerSessionId: input.opened.providerSessionId,
+      ...processIdentity,
       context: input.opened.context,
     });
     state.emitGoalCapabilities();