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 71a256d3c8..43727f505e 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.test.ts
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ import {
   sha256DirectoryTree,
   stageRemoteRunnerDirectory,
   stageRemoteRunnerFile,
+  nativeComputerToolForExecution,
   steerNativeSession,
   syncRemoteRunnerDirectoryOut,
   verifyNativeHarnessBackup,
@@ -2466,6 +2467,17 @@ describe("remote provider checkpoint snapshots", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("computer tool execution authority", () => {
+  it.each(["standard", "planning", "ask"] as const)("only installs mutation-capable desktop tools for standard work (%s)", (workMode) => {
+    const tool = { command: "cua-driver", args: ["mcp"] };
+    const target = { kind: "remote", transport: "computer", computerTool: tool } as never;
+    const input = { task: { workMode }, executionMode: "default" } as NativeExecutionInput;
+    expect(nativeComputerToolForExecution(input, target)).toBe(workMode === "standard" ? tool : undefined);
+    expect(nativeComputerToolForExecution({ ...input, executionMode: "plan" } as NativeExecutionInput, target)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(nativeComputerToolForExecution(input, { kind: "remote", transport: "sandbox" } as never)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("remote provider checkpoint restores", () => {
   it("budgets artifact upload time and retains redacted staging diagnostics", async () => {
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "paperclip-runner-file-"));
@@ -2514,7 +2526,7 @@ describe("remote provider checkpoint restores", () => {
         expect(await readFile(targetPath, "utf8")).toBe("previous verified binary");
       } else {
         await stage;
-        expect(await readFile(targetPath)).toEqual(bytes);
+        expect((await readFile(targetPath)).equals(bytes)).toBe(true);
         expect((await lstat(targetPath)).mode & 0o777).toBe(0o700);
       }
       expect(maxInFlight).toBe(3);
@@ -2522,6 +2534,31 @@ describe("remote provider checkpoint restores", () => {
     } finally { await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
   });
 
+  it("shares eight upload slots across concurrent artifact transfers", async () => {
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "paperclip-runner-upload-slots-"));
+    const sourcePath = join(root, "source");
+    await writeFile(sourcePath, randomBytes(20 * 1024 * 1024));
+    let active = 0;
+    let peak = 0;
+    const execute = vi.fn(async (request: { command: string; args: string[]; stdin?: string }) => {
+      if (request.stdin) { active++; peak = Math.max(peak, active); }
+      try {
+        if (request.stdin) await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 25));
+        execFileSync(request.command, request.args, { input: request.stdin });
+        return { exitCode: 0, timedOut: false, stdout: "", stderr: "" };
+      } finally { if (request.stdin) active--; }
+    });
+    try {
+      await Promise.all(["one", "two"].map(target => stageRemoteRunnerFile({
+        target: { kind: "remote", transport: "computer" } as never,
+        runner: { execute } as never, sourcePath, targetPath: join(root, target), mode: 0o700,
+      })));
+      expect(peak).toBe(8);
+      expect(active).toBe(0);
+      expect((await readFile(join(root, "one"))).equals(await readFile(join(root, "two")))).toBe(true);
+    } finally { await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+  });
+
   it.each([{ sizeMiB: 0, corrupt: false }, { sizeMiB: 65, corrupt: false }, { sizeMiB: 0, corrupt: true }])("stages a $sizeMiB MiB provider pack through a command-only computer runner (corrupt=$corrupt)", async ({ sizeMiB, corrupt }) => {
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "paperclip-computer-pack-"));
     const sourcePath = join(root, "source");
@@ -7559,7 +7596,7 @@ describe("native warm session supervision", () => {
     await closeWarmNativeSessionsForRun({ runId: owners[1]!.runId, reason: "fixture cleanup" });
   });
 
-  it.each(["model", "credential", "tools"])("replaces a computer warm runner after %s configuration admits a fresh owner", async (change) => {
+  it.each(["model", "credential", "tools", "read-only"])("replaces a computer warm runner after %s configuration admits a fresh owner", async (change) => {
     const name = `computer-config-change-${change}`;
     const current = { ...execution, binding: { ...execution.binding, runId: `${name}-one`, agentId: name, executionWorkspaceId: name },
       session: { ...execution.session, normalizedSessionId: name, lifecyclePolicy: { mode: "warm" as const, idleTimeoutMs: 60_000 } } } as NativeExecutionInputV1;
@@ -7580,7 +7617,8 @@ describe("native warm session supervision", () => {
     });
     await executePaperclipNativeSession({ db: leaseDb(current), execution: current, runnerInstanceId: name, runnerExecutionTarget: target as never,
       managedAiCredentialIdentity: "credential-before" });
-    const next = { ...current, binding: { ...current.binding, runId: `${name}-two` }, provider: change === "model" ? { ...current.provider, model: "changed-model" } : current.provider } as NativeExecutionInputV1;
+    const next = { ...current, binding: { ...current.binding, runId: `${name}-two` }, provider: change === "model" ? { ...current.provider, model: "changed-model" } : current.provider,
+      task: { ...current.task, workMode: change === "read-only" ? "ask" : "standard" } } as NativeExecutionInputV1;
     await executePaperclipNativeSession({ db: leaseDb(next), execution: next, runnerInstanceId: name,
       managedAiCredentialIdentity: change === "credential" ? "credential-after" : "credential-before",
       refreshTools: change === "tools",
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
index 0a301c8851..e5bef3d137 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
@@ -5430,6 +5430,7 @@ function nativeSessionConfigDigest(
         provider: execution.provider,
         driverKind: execution.session.driverKind,
         lifecyclePolicy: execution.session.lifecyclePolicy,
+        workMode: execution.task.workMode,
         executionMode:
           "executionMode" in execution ? execution.executionMode : "default",
         runtimeContextDigest:
@@ -10249,6 +10250,16 @@ export function assertRemoteRunnerBuildMetadata(
   }
 }
 
+export function nativeComputerToolForExecution(
+  execution: NativeExecutionInput,
+  target: AdapterExecutionTarget | null | undefined,
+): AdapterComputerExecutionTarget["computerTool"] | undefined {
+  if (target?.kind !== "remote" || target.transport !== "computer" ||
+      execution.task.workMode !== "standard" ||
+      ("executionMode" in execution && execution.executionMode === "plan")) return undefined;
+  return target.computerTool;
+}
+
 export async function stageRemoteRunnerFile(input: {
   target: Extract<AdapterExecutionTarget, { kind: "remote" }>;
   runner: CommandManagedRuntimeRunner;
@@ -10298,6 +10309,25 @@ export async function stageRemoteRunnerFile(input: {
   }
 }
 
+const REMOTE_ARTIFACT_UPLOAD_CONCURRENCY = 8;
+let activeRemoteArtifactUploads = 0;
+const remoteArtifactUploadWaiters: Array<() => void> = [];
+
+async function withRemoteArtifactUploadSlot(operation: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    if (activeRemoteArtifactUploads < REMOTE_ARTIFACT_UPLOAD_CONCURRENCY) {
+      activeRemoteArtifactUploads++;
+      resolve();
+    } else remoteArtifactUploadWaiters.push(resolve);
+  });
+  try { await operation(); }
+  finally {
+    const next = remoteArtifactUploadWaiters.shift();
+    if (next) next();
+    else activeRemoteArtifactUploads--;
+  }
+}
+
 async function uploadRemoteRunnerFileChunks(input: {
   sourcePath: string;
   remotePath: string;
@@ -10323,9 +10353,11 @@ async function uploadRemoteRunnerFileChunks(input: {
       completedBytes += chunk.length;
       // Disjoint fixed offsets permit bounded parallel upload and idempotent
       // writes. The final digest rejects missing, duplicated, or partial bytes.
-      pending.push(run(`base64 -d | dd of=${quote(remotePath)} bs=4194304 seek=${chunkIndex++} conv=notrunc 2>/dev/null`,
-        chunk.toString("base64")).catch((error) => { uploadError ??= error; }));
-      if (pending.length === 4) {
+      const offset = chunkIndex++;
+      pending.push(withRemoteArtifactUploadSlot(() => run(
+        `base64 -d | dd of=${quote(remotePath)} bs=4194304 seek=${offset} conv=notrunc 2>/dev/null`,
+        chunk.toString("base64"))).catch((error) => { uploadError ??= error; }));
+      if (pending.length === REMOTE_ARTIFACT_UPLOAD_CONCURRENCY) {
         await Promise.all(pending);
         pending.length = 0;
         if (uploadError) throw uploadError;
@@ -13451,7 +13483,7 @@ async function createRunnerdBackendWithinSessionClaim(
         runnerFilesystemRoot: remoteRunnerFilesystemRoot ?? undefined,
         resumeWorkingDirectory: runnerExecution.workspace.cwd,
         externallySandboxed: adapterExecutionTargetIsCommandBacked(remoteTarget),
-        computerTool: remoteTarget?.transport === "computer" ? remoteTarget.computerTool : undefined,
+        computerTool: nativeComputerToolForExecution(input.execution, remoteTarget),
         persistentAgentHome: remoteTarget?.transport === "computer" ? remoteTarget.fileAuthority.agentHome : undefined,
         opencodeRuntimeDirectory: remoteRunnerFilesystemRoot
           ? posix.join(remoteRunnerFilesystemRoot, "opencode")