diff --git a/src/lib/agent/base-image-hermes-resolution.test.ts b/src/lib/agent/base-image-hermes-resolution.test.ts
index 8081e019156..4aa235162d6 100644
--- a/src/lib/agent/base-image-hermes-resolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/agent/base-image-hermes-resolution.test.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,24 @@ describe("Hermes base-image resolver integration", () => {
     fs.rmSync(testRoot, { force: true, recursive: true });
   });
 
-  it("stages Hermes on aarch64 with a Dockerfile-pinned platform digest produced by the resolver path (#6313)", () => {
+  it("stages Hermes on aarch64 when the resolved Dockerfile-pinned platform digest has the pinned inventory (#6313)", () => {
+    const captureByEntrypointAndPinnedInventory = new Map([
+      ["/opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python\0false", "nemoclaw-hermes-mcp-runtime-ok"],
+      ["/usr/bin/ldd\0false", "ldd (GNU libc) 2.41"],
+      ["/bin/sh\0true", "nemoclaw-security-inventory-ok"],
+    ]);
+    dockerMocks.capture.mockImplementation((args: string[]) => {
+      const entrypoint = args[args.indexOf("--entrypoint") + 1];
+      const requestsPinnedInventory = args.some((arg) =>
+        arg.includes("nemoclaw-python3.13-htmlparser-fix=3.13.5-2+deb13u4+nemoclaw1"),
+      );
+      return (
+        captureByEntrypointAndPinnedInventory.get(
+          `${entrypoint}\0${String(requestsPinnedInventory)}`,
+        ) ?? ""
+      );
+    });
+
     const result = stageHermesSandbox();
 
     expect(fs.readFileSync(result.stagedDockerfile, "utf8")).toContain(
@@ -149,6 +166,12 @@ describe("Hermes base-image resolver integration", () => {
       trackedRef,
       { ignoreError: true },
     );
+    expect(dockerMocks.capture).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.stringContaining("nemoclaw-python3.13-htmlparser-fix=3.13.5-2+deb13u4+nemoclaw1"),
+      ]),
+      expect.objectContaining({ ignoreError: true }),
+    );
   }, 15_000);
 
   it("stops before a release fallback when the tracked Hermes base fails qualification (#10826)", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/base-image-hermes.test.ts b/src/lib/agent/base-image-hermes.test.ts
index e715ba93961..ab49b26d722 100644
--- a/src/lib/agent/base-image-hermes.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/agent/base-image-hermes.test.ts
@@ -78,15 +78,63 @@ describe("agent base image provisioning", () => {
       const options = resolveSandboxBaseImageMock.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as {
         validateImage?: (imageRef: string) => boolean;
       };
+      dockerCaptureMock.mockReturnValueOnce("nemoclaw-hermes-mcp-runtime-ok").mockReturnValue("");
+
+      expect(options.validateImage?.("hermes-base:stale-inventory")).toBe(false);
+      expect(dockerCaptureMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("rejects the older security inventory without pinned resolver provenance (#10947)", () => {
+    withMockedDocker(({ ensureAgentBaseImage, dockerCaptureMock, resolveSandboxBaseImageMock }) => {
+      ensureAgentBaseImage(makeAgent());
+      const options = resolveSandboxBaseImageMock.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as {
+        validateImage?: (imageRef: string, context?: { source: string }) => boolean;
+      };
       dockerCaptureMock
         .mockReturnValueOnce("nemoclaw-hermes-mcp-runtime-ok")
-        .mockReturnValueOnce("");
+        .mockReturnValueOnce("")
+        .mockReturnValueOnce("nemoclaw-security-inventory-ok");
 
-      expect(options.validateImage?.("hermes-base:stale-inventory")).toBe(false);
+      expect(options.validateImage?.("hermes-base:cached-old", { source: "local" })).toBe(false);
       expect(dockerCaptureMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     });
   });
 
+  it("accepts the reviewed security inventory in the Dockerfile-pinned Hermes base", () => {
+    withMockedDocker(({ ensureAgentBaseImage, dockerCaptureMock, resolveSandboxBaseImageMock }) => {
+      ensureAgentBaseImage(makeAgent());
+      const options = resolveSandboxBaseImageMock.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as {
+        pinnedRemoteRef?: string;
+        validateImage?: (
+          imageRef: string,
+          context?: { source: string; pinnedRemoteRef?: string },
+        ) => boolean;
+      };
+      dockerCaptureMock
+        .mockReturnValueOnce("nemoclaw-hermes-mcp-runtime-ok")
+        .mockReturnValueOnce("")
+        .mockReturnValueOnce("nemoclaw-security-inventory-ok");
+
+      expect(options.pinnedRemoteRef).toMatch(
+        /^ghcr\.io\/nvidia\/nemoclaw\/hermes-sandbox-base@sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}$/,
+      );
+      expect(
+        options.validateImage?.(options.pinnedRemoteRef!, {
+          source: "pinned",
+          pinnedRemoteRef: options.pinnedRemoteRef,
+        }),
+      ).toBe(true);
+      const inventoryProbe = dockerCaptureMock.mock.calls[2]?.[0] as string[];
+      expect(inventoryProbe).toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining([
+          options.pinnedRemoteRef,
+          expect.stringContaining("nemoclaw-python3.13-htmlparser-fix=3.13.5-2+deb13u4+nemoclaw1"),
+        ]),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   it("rejects a Hermes base that has MCP but lacks ACP", () => {
     withMockedDocker(({ ensureAgentBaseImage, dockerCaptureMock, resolveSandboxBaseImageMock }) => {
       ensureAgentBaseImage(makeAgent());
diff --git a/src/lib/agent/base-image.ts b/src/lib/agent/base-image.ts
index 75d2043997a..c438236dd69 100644
--- a/src/lib/agent/base-image.ts
+++ b/src/lib/agent/base-image.ts
@@ -37,12 +37,16 @@ import {
   SANDBOX_BASE_RESOLUTION_SCHEMA,
   SANDBOX_BASE_TAG,
   type SandboxBaseImageResolution,
+  type SandboxBaseImageValidationContext,
   SandboxBaseImageResolutionError,
   type SandboxBaseImageResolutionMetadata,
   type TrustedLocalBaseImageOverride,
   versionGte,
 } from "../sandbox-base-image";
-import { sandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory } from "../sandbox-base-image/security-inventory";
+import {
+  hermesSandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory,
+  sandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory,
+} from "../sandbox-base-image/security-inventory";
 import { getAgentSandboxBaseImageEnvVar } from "./base-image-env";
 import { createDeepAgentsCodeBaseImageResolutionOptions } from "./deep-agents-code-base-image";
 import type { AgentDefinition } from "./defs";
@@ -328,11 +332,16 @@ function createAgentBaseImageResolutionOptions(
   options: EnsureAgentBaseImageOptions,
 ): ResolveBaseImageOptions {
   const imageName = `ghcr.io/nvidia/nemoclaw/${agent.name}-sandbox-base`;
+  const pinnedRemoteRef = getHermesPinnedRemoteBaseRef(agent) ?? undefined;
   const validationOptions =
     agent.name === "hermes"
       ? {
-          validateImage: (imageRef: string) =>
-            hermesBaseImageSupportsMcp(imageRef) && sandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory(imageRef),
+          validateImage: (imageRef: string, context?: SandboxBaseImageValidationContext) =>
+            hermesBaseImageSupportsMcp(imageRef) &&
+            hermesSandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory(
+              imageRef,
+              context?.source === "pinned" && context.pinnedRemoteRef === pinnedRemoteRef,
+            ),
           validationDescription:
             "the required MCP Streamable HTTP and ACP runtimes and the immutable security package inventory",
         }
@@ -342,7 +351,6 @@ function createAgentBaseImageResolutionOptions(
             validationDescription: "the immutable security package inventory",
           }
         : createDeepAgentsCodeBaseImageResolutionOptions(agent, dockerfilePath);
-  const pinnedRemoteRef = getHermesPinnedRemoteBaseRef(agent) ?? undefined;
   return {
     imageName,
     dockerfilePath,
@@ -417,7 +425,12 @@ export function bindLocalAgentBaseImageToPinnedProvenance(
   ) {
     return null;
   }
-  if (resolutionOptions.validateImage && !resolutionOptions.validateImage(imageRef)) return null;
+  if (
+    resolutionOptions.validateImage &&
+    !resolutionOptions.validateImage(imageRef, { source: "pinned", pinnedRemoteRef })
+  ) {
+    return null;
+  }
   const digest = resolvedRemoteRef.slice(resolvedRemoteRef.indexOf("@") + 1);
   const metadata = createSandboxBaseImageResolutionMetadata(
     resolutionOptions,
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-agent-resolution.test.ts b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-agent-resolution.test.ts
index dca8e044bac..71b65ac64ce 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-agent-resolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-agent-resolution.test.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe("agent-specific sandbox base-image resolution", () => {
       ignoreError: true,
       suppressOutput: true,
     });
-    expect(validateImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(staleRef);
+    expect(validateImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(staleRef, { source: "override" });
     expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.stringContaining("lacks a required runtime capability"),
     );
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-platform-digest.test.ts b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-platform-digest.test.ts
index bf209c7c033..5373714aed8 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-platform-digest.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-platform-digest.test.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ describe("sandbox base-image pinned platform digest resolution", () => {
   });
 
   it("returns a Dockerfile-pinned platform digest from the resolver path", () => {
+    const validateImage = vi.fn(() => true);
     dockerMocks.imageInspect.mockImplementation((ref: string) => ({
       status: ref === REF || ref === PLATFORM_REF ? 0 : 1,
     }));
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ describe("sandbox base-image pinned platform digest resolution", () => {
       ...resolutionOptions(),
       pinnedRemoteRef: REF,
       requirePinnedRemoteRef: true,
+      validateImage,
     });
 
     expect(resolved).toEqual({
@@ -145,6 +147,10 @@ describe("sandbox base-image pinned platform digest resolution", () => {
     expect(dockerMocks.imageInspectFormat).toHaveBeenCalledWith("{{json .RepoDigests}}", REF, {
       ignoreError: true,
     });
+    expect(validateImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(REF, {
+      source: "pinned",
+      pinnedRemoteRef: REF,
+    });
     expect(dockerMocks.build).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-release-resolution.test.ts b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-release-resolution.test.ts
index cce544ea33e..782925072ac 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-release-resolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image-release-resolution.test.ts
@@ -231,8 +231,12 @@ describe("sandbox base-image release resolution", () => {
       suppressOutput: true,
     });
     expect(dockerMocks.pull).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(state.validateImage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, RELEASE_REF);
-    expect(state.validateImage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, RELEASE_REF);
+    expect(state.validateImage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, RELEASE_REF, {
+      source: "version-tag",
+    });
+    expect(state.validateImage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, RELEASE_REF, {
+      source: "version-tag",
+    });
     expect(dockerMocks.build).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image.ts b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image.ts
index a4e47613899..68cb18eaf33 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image.ts
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ function resolveContentAddressedLocalOverride(
       );
     }
   }
-  if (options.validateImage && !options.validateImage(imageRef)) {
+  if (options.validateImage && !options.validateImage(imageRef, { source: "local" })) {
     throw new SandboxBaseImageResolutionError(
       `${options.label || "Sandbox base image"} local override '${imageRef}' lacks ` +
         `${options.validationDescription || "a required runtime capability"}.`,
@@ -313,7 +313,15 @@ function validatePulledCandidate(
     }
   }
 
-  if (options.validateImage && !options.validateImage(imageRef)) {
+  if (
+    options.validateImage &&
+    !options.validateImage(imageRef, {
+      source,
+      ...(candidateOptions.pinnedRemoteRef
+        ? { pinnedRemoteRef: candidateOptions.pinnedRemoteRef }
+        : {}),
+    })
+  ) {
     if (warn) {
       console.warn("  Warning: sandbox base image lacks a required runtime capability.");
     }
@@ -407,7 +415,10 @@ function resolveLocalCandidate(
       const check = options.requireOpenshellSandboxAbi
         ? imageMeetsMinimumGlibc(imageRef, options.minGlibcVersion || OPENSHELL_SANDBOX_MIN_GLIBC)
         : { ok: true, version: null };
-      if (check.ok && (!options.validateImage || options.validateImage(imageRef))) {
+      if (
+        check.ok &&
+        (!options.validateImage || options.validateImage(imageRef, { source: "local" }))
+      ) {
         addTraceEvent("nemoclaw.sandbox_base_image.local_fallback_reuse");
         return { ref: imageRef, digest: null, source: "local", glibcVersion: check.version };
       }
@@ -456,7 +467,7 @@ function resolveLocalCandidate(
     return null;
   }
 
-  if (options.validateImage && !options.validateImage(imageRef)) {
+  if (options.validateImage && !options.validateImage(imageRef, { source: "local" })) {
     console.error("  Local sandbox base image lacks a required runtime capability.");
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/resolution-metadata.test.ts b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/resolution-metadata.test.ts
index f1b48cae341..09de48829f4 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/resolution-metadata.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/resolution-metadata.test.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ describe("sandbox base-image resolution metadata lifecycle", () => {
         KEY,
       ),
     ).toBeNull();
-    expect(validateImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(REF);
+    expect(validateImage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(REF, {
+      source: metadata.source,
+      ...(metadata.pinnedRemoteRef ? { pinnedRemoteRef: metadata.pinnedRemoteRef } : {}),
+    });
     expect(mocks.addTraceEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith("nemoclaw.sandbox_base_image.cache_stale", {
       reason: "custom_validation_failed",
     });
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/resolution-metadata.ts b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/resolution-metadata.ts
index 0dadb09f3ec..c9dfb28660d 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/resolution-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/resolution-metadata.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,13 @@ export function reuseSandboxBaseImageResolutionHint(
     addTraceEvent("nemoclaw.sandbox_base_image.cache_stale", { reason: validation.reason });
     return null;
   }
-  if (options.validateImage && !options.validateImage(hint.ref)) {
+  if (
+    options.validateImage &&
+    !options.validateImage(hint.ref, {
+      source: hint.source,
+      ...(hint.pinnedRemoteRef ? { pinnedRemoteRef: hint.pinnedRemoteRef } : {}),
+    })
+  ) {
     addTraceEvent("nemoclaw.sandbox_base_image.cache_stale", {
       reason: "custom_validation_failed",
     });
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/security-inventory.ts b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/security-inventory.ts
index b354595f62e..c41a58aceb7 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/security-inventory.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/security-inventory.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 import { dockerCapture } from "../adapters/docker";
 
 const SECURITY_INVENTORY_PROBE_OK = "nemoclaw-security-inventory-ok";
+const CURRENT_PYTHON_HTMLPARSER_FIX_PACKAGE =
+  "nemoclaw-python3.13-htmlparser-fix=3.13.5-2+deb13u5+nemoclaw1";
+const PINNED_HERMES_BASE_PYTHON_HTMLPARSER_FIX_PACKAGE =
+  "nemoclaw-python3.13-htmlparser-fix=3.13.5-2+deb13u4+nemoclaw1";
 
 export const SANDBOX_BASE_SECURITY_PACKAGE_INVENTORY = [
   "libexpat1=2.8.3-1",
@@ -14,11 +18,18 @@ export const SANDBOX_BASE_SECURITY_PACKAGE_INVENTORY = [
   "vim-tiny=2:9.2.0858-1",
   "libssh2-1t64=1.11.1-1+deb13u1+nemoclaw2",
   "libssl3t64=3.5.7-1~deb13u2",
-  "nemoclaw-python3.13-htmlparser-fix=3.13.5-2+deb13u5+nemoclaw1",
+  CURRENT_PYTHON_HTMLPARSER_FIX_PACKAGE,
   "perl-base=5.44.0-1nemoclaw1",
   "perl=5.44.0-1nemoclaw1",
 ] as const;
 
+const PINNED_HERMES_BASE_SECURITY_PACKAGE_INVENTORY = SANDBOX_BASE_SECURITY_PACKAGE_INVENTORY.map(
+  (packageSpec) =>
+    packageSpec === CURRENT_PYTHON_HTMLPARSER_FIX_PACKAGE
+      ? PINNED_HERMES_BASE_PYTHON_HTMLPARSER_FIX_PACKAGE
+      : packageSpec,
+);
+
 export const OPENCLAW_SANDBOX_BASE_SECURITY_PACKAGE_INVENTORY = [
   ...SANDBOX_BASE_SECURITY_PACKAGE_INVENTORY,
   "libevent-core-2.1-7t64=2.1.13-stable-1",
@@ -70,6 +81,18 @@ export function sandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory(imageRef: string): boolean
   return sandboxBaseImageHasPackageInventory(imageRef, SANDBOX_BASE_SECURITY_PACKAGE_INVENTORY);
 }
 
+/** Accept the reviewed older inventory only with pinned-base provenance. */
+export function hermesSandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory(
+  imageRef: string,
+  allowPinnedInventory = false,
+): boolean {
+  return (
+    sandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory(imageRef) ||
+    (allowPinnedInventory &&
+      sandboxBaseImageHasPackageInventory(imageRef, PINNED_HERMES_BASE_SECURITY_PACKAGE_INVENTORY))
+  );
+}
+
 export function openClawSandboxBaseImageHasSecurityInventory(imageRef: string): boolean {
   return sandboxBaseImageHasPackageInventory(
     imageRef,
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/types.ts b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/types.ts
index c44b823f077..0f5551ee8d9 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox-base-image/types.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export type ResolveBaseImageOptions = {
   pinnedRemoteRef?: string;
   requirePinnedRemoteRef?: boolean;
   allowLocalFallback?: boolean;
-  validateImage?: (imageRef: string) => boolean;
+  validateImage?: (imageRef: string, context?: SandboxBaseImageValidationContext) => boolean;
   validationDescription?: string;
   resolutionHint?: SandboxBaseImageResolutionMetadata | null;
   forceRefresh?: boolean;
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ export type SandboxBaseImageResolution = {
   metadata?: SandboxBaseImageResolutionMetadata;
 };
 
+export type SandboxBaseImageValidationContext = Pick<
+  SandboxBaseImageResolution,
+  "source" | "pinnedRemoteRef"
+>;
+
 export type LocalImageMetadata = {
   Id?: unknown;
   RepoDigests?: unknown;
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/hermes-acp-live.ts b/test/e2e/fixtures/hermes-acp-live.ts
index e90b3ed9886..38ea136b6aa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fixtures/hermes-acp-live.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/hermes-acp-live.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { setTimeout as sleep } from "node:timers/promises";
 import type { ArtifactSink } from "./artifacts.ts";
 import type { SandboxClient } from "./clients/sandbox.ts";
 import { type ChildProcessProgress, spawnObservedChild } from "./observed-child-process.ts";
+import type { ShellProbeResult } from "./shell-probe.ts";
 import { superviseChild } from "../../helpers/process-supervisor.ts";
 
 const ACP_SCENARIO_TIMEOUT_MS = 3 * 60_000;
@@ -66,6 +67,24 @@ export function hermesAcpLiveHostEnv(source: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): NodeJS.ProcessE
   return result;
 }
 
+export function hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(result: ShellProbeResult): boolean {
+  const text = `${result.stdout}\n${result.stderr}`;
+  if (result.exitCode === 0) {
+    return (
+      !result.timedOut &&
+      result.signal === null &&
+      /^Status:[ \t]*Disconnected[ \t]*\r?$/imu.test(result.stdout)
+    );
+  }
+  return (
+    !result.timedOut &&
+    result.signal === null &&
+    /client error \(Connect\)/iu.test(text) &&
+    /tcp connect error/iu.test(text) &&
+    /Connection refused \(os error (?:61|111)\)/iu.test(text)
+  );
+}
+
 export function isAcpResponse(message: unknown, id: number): message is JsonObject {
   return (
     typeof message === "object" &&
diff --git a/test/e2e/live/hermes-e2e.test.ts b/test/e2e/live/hermes-e2e.test.ts
index f8fa398c7b5..adc241f9167 100644
--- a/test/e2e/live/hermes-e2e.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/live/hermes-e2e.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { expect, test } from "../fixtures/e2e-test.ts";
 import {
   HERMES_ACP_LIFECYCLE_BUDGET_MS,
   type HermesAcpLiveScenario,
+  hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed,
   runHermesAcpLiveScenario,
 } from "../fixtures/hermes-acp-live.ts";
 import {
@@ -824,8 +825,7 @@ test(
       timeoutMs: 30_000,
     });
     expect(
-      stoppedGatewayStatus.exitCode === 0 &&
-        /^Status:[ \t]*Disconnected[ \t]*\r?$/imu.test(stoppedGatewayStatus.stdout),
+      hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(stoppedGatewayStatus),
       resultText(stoppedGatewayStatus),
     ).toBe(true);
     const gatewayRecoveryPassed = await runAcpScenario("gateway-recovery");
diff --git a/test/e2e/support/hermes-acp-live.test.ts b/test/e2e/support/hermes-acp-live.test.ts
index e08ce10b0af..bfdf840be15 100644
--- a/test/e2e/support/hermes-acp-live.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/support/hermes-acp-live.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   acpMessageContainsPong,
   createHermesAcpPromptEvidenceTracker,
   hermesAcpExchangeEvidencePassed,
+  hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed,
   hermesAcpLiveHostEnv,
   hermesAcpScenarioTimeoutMs,
   isAcpResponse,
@@ -22,6 +23,83 @@ import {
 } from "../fixtures/hermes-acp-live.ts";
 
 describe("Hermes ACP live evidence boundary", () => {
+  const shellResult = ({
+    exitCode,
+    signal = null,
+    stderr = "",
+    stdout = "",
+    timedOut = false,
+  }: {
+    exitCode: number;
+    signal?: NodeJS.Signals | null;
+    stderr?: string;
+    stdout?: string;
+    timedOut?: boolean;
+  }) => ({
+    command: ["openshell", "status"],
+    exitCode,
+    signal,
+    timedOut,
+    stdout,
+    stderr,
+    artifacts: { stdout: "", stderr: "", result: "" },
+  });
+
+  it("recognizes the OpenShell 0.0.116 stopped-gateway response (#10947)", () => {
+    expect(
+      hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(
+        shellResult({
+          exitCode: 1,
+          stderr:
+            "Error:   × client error (Connect)\n  ├─▶ tcp connect error\n  ╰─▶ Connection refused (os error 111)\n",
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(
+        shellResult({ exitCode: 0, stdout: "Status: Disconnected\nGateway: nemoclaw\n" }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(
+        shellResult({
+          exitCode: 0,
+          stdout: "Status: Disconnected\nGateway: nemoclaw\n",
+          timedOut: true,
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(
+        shellResult({
+          exitCode: 0,
+          signal: "SIGTERM",
+          stdout: "Status: Disconnected\nGateway: nemoclaw\n",
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(
+        shellResult({ exitCode: 1, stderr: "Error: permission denied\n" }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(
+        shellResult({ exitCode: 1, stderr: "Connection refused", timedOut: true }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      hermesAcpGatewayStoppedPreconditionPassed(
+        shellResult({
+          exitCode: 1,
+          signal: "SIGTERM",
+          stderr:
+            "Error:   × client error (Connect)\n  ├─▶ tcp connect error\n  ╰─▶ Connection refused (os error 111)\n",
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it.each(["installed", "checkout"] as const)(
     "initializes through the %s adapter",
     async (installation) => {