diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/setup-supertest.ts b/server/src/__tests__/setup-supertest.ts
index 9c7db2179d4..e1318c6f950 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/setup-supertest.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/setup-supertest.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,20 @@ process.env.PAPERCLIP_TEST_HOST_HOME ??= process.env.PAPERCLIP_HOME?.trim() || p
 // Receipt-spool recovery must never scan a developer's instance during tests.
 const paperclipTestHome = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "paperclip-vitest-home-"));
 process.env.PAPERCLIP_HOME = paperclipTestHome;
+// Runtime-context bundles are published read-only (0o555 directories), so
+// restore owner write access on directories before removing the tree.
+function restoreDirectoryWriteAccess(target: string): void {
+  const stat = fs.lstatSync(target, { throwIfNoEntry: false });
+  if (!stat?.isDirectory()) return;
+  fs.chmodSync(target, 0o700);
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(target)) restoreDirectoryWriteAccess(path.join(target, entry));
+}
 // Setup-file afterAll hooks run before suites drain asynchronous heartbeats.
 // Cleanup at worker exit, after all suite teardown, avoids deleting live state.
-process.once("exit", () => fs.rmSync(paperclipTestHome, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 8, retryDelay: 50 }));
+process.once("exit", () => {
+  restoreDirectoryWriteAccess(paperclipTestHome);
+  fs.rmSync(paperclipTestHome, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 8, retryDelay: 50 });
+});
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const SupertestTest = require("supertest/lib/test.js") as SupertestTestConstructor;