diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-self-hosted.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-self-hosted.yaml
index 20342321182..6cc94c71f6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-self-hosted.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-self-hosted.yaml
@@ -160,3 +160,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run port override E2E tests
         run: NEMOCLAW_TEST_IMAGE=nemoclaw-production bash test/e2e-port-overrides.sh
+
+  test-non-root-sandbox-smoke:
+    runs-on: linux-amd64-cpu4
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    needs: build-sandbox-images
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+
+      - name: Download image artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4
+        with:
+          name: isolation-image
+          path: /tmp
+
+      - name: Load image
+        run: gunzip -c /tmp/isolation-image.tar.gz | docker load
+
+      - name: Run non-root sandbox smoke test
+        run: NEMOCLAW_TEST_IMAGE=nemoclaw-production bash test/e2e-non-root-smoke.sh
diff --git a/test/e2e-non-root-smoke.sh b/test/e2e-non-root-smoke.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..4770777299e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-non-root-smoke.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# E2E smoke test for non-root sandbox execution under
+# --security-opt no-new-privileges (issue #2571).
+#
+# Replicates Brev Launchable / DGX Spark's PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS constraint
+# in CI to catch regressions of:
+#
+#   - #2472 (2026-04-25): non-root entrypoint crashed when install_configure_guard
+#     wrote to ~/.bashrc/.profile under Landlock + `set -e` — 5-day outage
+#     invisible to CI. Architecturally gone after #2741 (rc files are now
+#     root:root 444 static shims); this test guards the symptom — entrypoint
+#     exits non-zero under no-new-privileges.
+#
+# (#2482-class detection — `openclaw tui` "Missing gateway auth token" — is
+# deferred to a follow-up PR after #2485 merges, since current main has no
+# token-generation code path in the standalone container.)
+#
+# CAVEAT: no-new-privileges ≠ Landlock. We catch #2472-class bugs only
+# when they manifest as a non-zero entrypoint exit; the original ~/.bashrc
+# write under Landlock is not reproduced. A real Landlock ruleset is future
+# work (#2571).
+#
+# How: ENTRYPOINT=`nemoclaw-start`, CMD=`["/bin/bash"]`. Passing a command
+# to `docker run` overrides CMD; the entrypoint captures it into NEMOCLAW_CMD
+# and exec's it *after* setup (nemoclaw-start.sh:1508 non-root / :1613 root).
+# We pass `true` (Test 1) so setup runs end-to-end without entering the
+# gateway-launch path (which needs OpenShell).
+#
+# Requires: docker
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+IMAGE="${NEMOCLAW_TEST_IMAGE:-nemoclaw-production}"
+
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+pass() {
+  echo -e "${GREEN}PASS${NC}: $1"
+  PASSED=$((PASSED + 1))
+}
+fail() {
+  echo -e "${RED}FAIL${NC}: $1"
+  FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
+}
+info() { echo -e "${YELLOW}TEST${NC}: $1"; }
+
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+if ! docker image inspect "$IMAGE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  fail "Image $IMAGE not found — load it before running this test"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Helper: run the entrypoint under --security-opt no-new-privileges with
+# a final command of the caller's choice. The command is captured by
+# nemoclaw-start as NEMOCLAW_CMD and exec'd after entrypoint setup.
+# Returns combined stdout+stderr; caller checks $? and/or output.
+run_under_nnp() {
+  docker run --rm --security-opt no-new-privileges "$IMAGE" "$@" 2>&1 || return $?
+}
+
+# ── Test 1: Entrypoint setup completes under no-new-privileges (#2472) ──
+
+info "1. Entrypoint setup chain completes under --security-opt no-new-privileges"
+RC=0
+OUT=$(run_under_nnp true) || RC=$?
+if [ "$RC" -eq 0 ]; then
+  pass "entrypoint exited 0 under no-new-privileges (#2472 setup chain healthy)"
+else
+  fail "entrypoint exited $RC under no-new-privileges — likely #2472-class regression"
+  echo "$OUT" | tail -20 | sed 's/^/  /'
+fi
+
+# ── Test 2: Kernel confirms PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS is applied (sanity) ──
+
+info "2. Kernel confirms NoNewPrivs=1 inside container (defends against silent flag typos)"
+NNP=$(docker run --rm --security-opt no-new-privileges --entrypoint "" "$IMAGE" \
+  sh -c 'grep ^NoNewPrivs /proc/self/status' 2>/dev/null \
+  | awk '{print $2}' || echo "")
+if [ "$NNP" = "1" ]; then
+  pass "kernel confirms NoNewPrivs=1"
+else
+  fail "expected NoNewPrivs=1 inside container, got '${NNP:-<empty>}'"
+fi
+
+# ── Summary ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+echo ""
+echo -e "${GREEN}========================================${NC}"
+echo -e "  Results: ${GREEN}$PASSED passed${NC}, ${RED}$FAILED failed${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}========================================${NC}"
+
+[ "$FAILED" -eq 0 ] || exit 1