diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.ts
index 3732cb22a9d..8953c0527e9 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/catalog.ts
@@ -950,11 +950,12 @@ export const runnerSuites: readonly RunnerSuiteFixture[] = [
     id: "agent-chat-hardening", label: "Agent Chat Recovery and Coordination", manualOnly: true,
     description: "Native chat startup cancellation, committed sends, hiring, grounded status, and remote continuity.",
     groups: ["chat", "native"],
-    profiles: runnerProfiles.filter(profile => ["runner-codex", "runner-acpx-claude"].includes(profile.id)).map(defaultPermissionProfile),
+    profiles: runnerProfiles.filter(profile => ["runner-codex", "runner-acpx-claude"].includes(profile.id))
+      .map(profile => productionStoryProfile(defaultPermissionProfile(profile))),
     environments: [localEnvironment, daytonaWarmEnvironment], tasks: chatHardeningTasks, expectedMatrixSize: 18,
     excludedExecutionIds: ["runner-codex", "runner-acpx-claude"].flatMap(profile =>
       ["stop-startup-new-resume", "hire-delegate-reuse", "blocked-status-review"].map(task => `agent-chat-hardening.${profile}.daytona.${task}`)),
-    definitionMetadata: { version: 1, permissions: "production-defaults", grading: "durable-state-and-source-evidence", scheduling: "explicit-only" },
+    definitionMetadata: { version: 1, permissions: "production-defaults", instructions: "production", grading: "durable-state-and-source-evidence", scheduling: "explicit-only" },
   },
   ...(process.env.PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_E2E_CONNECTION_REVIEWS === "1" ? [connectionReviewSuite] : []),
   {
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-hardening.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-hardening.test.ts
index 934e39efabe..c432853c924 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-hardening.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-hardening.test.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ describe("agent chat hardening oracles", () => {
     for (const cell of cells) {
       expect(buildRunnerE2EProcessEnvironment({}, [cell]).PAPERCLIP_RUNNER_API_TOOLS_ENABLED).toBe(
         ["hire-delegate-reuse", "blocked-status-review"].includes(cell.task.id) ? "true" : undefined);
+      const config = cell.profile.buildAgent({ executionId: "fixture", workspacePath: "/workspace", environmentId: "local",
+        environmentFixtureId: "local", secretRefs: { [cell.profile.credential]: { type: "secret_ref", secretId: "secret", version: "latest" } } });
+      expect(config.role).toBe("ceo");
+      expect(JSON.stringify(config.instructionsBundle)).not.toMatch(/mark the task done|paperclip_finish|POST \/api|PUT \/api/);
+      expect(config.adapterConfig).not.toHaveProperty("codexPermissionMode");
+      expect(config.adapterConfig).not.toHaveProperty("acpxPermissionMode");
     }
   });
 });