diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/compatible-anthropic-switch.ts b/test/e2e/fixtures/compatible-anthropic-switch.ts
index 9cc38afb5dc..d80c96d29d8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fixtures/compatible-anthropic-switch.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/compatible-anthropic-switch.ts
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ function readOwnedGatewayStateFile(filePath: string, currentUid: number): string
   }
 }
 
-function managedOpenShellGatewayPid(): number | null {
-  const stateDirectory = resolveDockerDriverGatewayStateDir(process.env, os.homedir());
+function managedOpenShellGatewayPid(homeDir: string): number | null {
+  const stateDirectory = resolveDockerDriverGatewayStateDir(process.env, homeDir);
   const pidPath = path.join(stateDirectory, "openshell-gateway.pid");
   const markerPath = path.join(stateDirectory, "runtime.json");
   const pidPathExists = pathExists(pidPath);
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ function managedOpenShellGatewayPid(): number | null {
   return pid;
 }
 
-async function activeOpenShellGatewayPid(host: HostCliClient): Promise<number> {
-  const managedPid = managedOpenShellGatewayPid();
+async function activeOpenShellGatewayPid(host: HostCliClient, homeDir: string): Promise<number> {
+  const managedPid = managedOpenShellGatewayPid(homeDir);
   if (managedPid !== null) return managedPid;
   for (const serviceName of GATEWAY_SERVICE_NAMES) {
     const result = await host.command(
@@ -219,11 +219,12 @@ async function activeOpenShellGatewayPid(host: HostCliClient): Promise<number> {
 export async function installGatewayHostVerificationAlias(
   host: HostCliClient,
   cleanup: { add(name: string, run: () => Promise<void> | void): void },
+  homeDir: string = os.homedir(),
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const gatewayPid = await activeOpenShellGatewayPid(host);
+  const gatewayPid = await activeOpenShellGatewayPid(host, homeDir);
   const ownerToken = randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
   const fixtureDirectory = fs.mkdtempSync(
-    path.join(os.homedir(), ".nemoclaw-gateway-resolver-"),
+    path.join(homeDir, ".nemoclaw-gateway-resolver-"),
   );
   const resolverSource = path.join(fixtureDirectory, "hosts");
   const ownedLine = `127.0.0.1 ${OPENSHELL_HOST_ALIAS} # nemoclaw-gateway-host-verifier:${ownerToken}`;
diff --git a/test/e2e/live/openclaw-inference-switch.test.ts b/test/e2e/live/openclaw-inference-switch.test.ts
index c5c269360de..298d3c93569 100644
--- a/test/e2e/live/openclaw-inference-switch.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/live/openclaw-inference-switch.test.ts
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ test("openclaw-inference-switch: switches route and preserves live OpenClaw beha
 
   if (SWITCH_PROVIDER === "compatible-anthropic-endpoint" && SWITCH_MOCK_ANTHROPIC === "1") {
     mockProvider = await startMockAnthropicProvider();
-    await installGatewayHostVerificationAlias(host, cleanup);
+    await installGatewayHostVerificationAlias(host, cleanup, home);
     await artifacts.writeJson("mock-anthropic-provider.json", {
       endpointUrl: mockProvider.endpointUrl,
     });
diff --git a/test/e2e/support/compatible-anthropic-switch.test.ts b/test/e2e/support/compatible-anthropic-switch.test.ts
index d3110c2813d..0c561559854 100644
--- a/test/e2e/support/compatible-anthropic-switch.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/support/compatible-anthropic-switch.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ const INVALID_MANAGED_GATEWAY_STATE_CASES = [
   },
 ] as const;
 
+function mockGatewayProcess(pid: number, gatewayBin: string): void {
+  const statSync = fs.statSync;
+  vi.spyOn(fs, "statSync").mockImplementation(((target) =>
+    String(target) === `/proc/${pid}`
+      ? ({ uid: process.getuid?.() ?? 0 } as fs.Stats)
+      : statSync(target)) as typeof fs.statSync);
+  const realpathSync = fs.realpathSync;
+  const gatewayExecutablePaths = new Set([`/proc/${pid}/exe`, gatewayBin]);
+  vi.spyOn(fs, "realpathSync").mockImplementation(((target) =>
+    gatewayExecutablePaths.has(String(target))
+      ? gatewayBin
+      : realpathSync(target)) as typeof fs.realpathSync);
+}
+
 describe("compatible Anthropic inference switch setup", () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.unstubAllEnvs();
@@ -99,11 +113,19 @@ describe("compatible Anthropic inference switch setup", () => {
     expect(rewrite).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("uses the managed Docker-driver gateway before the user service (#9166)", async () => {
-    const stateDirectory = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-managed-gateway-test-"));
+  it("uses managed Docker-driver gateway state from the target home before the user service (#9166)", async () => {
+    const home = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-target-home-gateway-test-"));
+    const stateDirectory = path.join(
+      home,
+      ".local",
+      "state",
+      "nemoclaw",
+      "openshell-docker-gateway",
+    );
     const pid = process.pid;
     const gatewayBin = "/usr/bin/openshell-gateway";
-    vi.stubEnv("NEMOCLAW_OPENSHELL_GATEWAY_STATE_DIR", stateDirectory);
+    fs.mkdirSync(stateDirectory, { recursive: true });
+    vi.stubEnv("NEMOCLAW_OPENSHELL_GATEWAY_STATE_DIR", "");
     writeDockerDriverGatewayPidFile(path.join(stateDirectory, "openshell-gateway.pid"), pid);
     writeDockerDriverGatewayRuntimeMarkerForStateDir(stateDirectory, {
       desiredEnv: {},
@@ -111,17 +133,16 @@ describe("compatible Anthropic inference switch setup", () => {
       gatewayBin,
       pid,
     });
-    const realpathSync = fs.realpathSync;
-    const gatewayExecutablePaths = new Set([`/proc/${pid}/exe`, gatewayBin]);
-    vi.spyOn(fs, "realpathSync").mockImplementation(
-      ((target) =>
-        gatewayExecutablePaths.has(String(target)) ? gatewayBin : realpathSync(target)) as typeof fs.realpathSync,
-    );
+    mockGatewayProcess(pid, gatewayBin);
     const command = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ exitCode: 0, stderr: "", stdout: "" });
     const add = vi.fn();
 
     try {
-      await installGatewayHostVerificationAlias({ command } as unknown as HostCliClient, { add });
+      await installGatewayHostVerificationAlias(
+        { command } as unknown as HostCliClient,
+        { add },
+        home,
+      );
       const cleanupMount = add.mock.calls[0]?.[1] as () => Promise<void>;
       await cleanupMount();
 
@@ -133,7 +154,7 @@ describe("compatible Anthropic inference switch setup", () => {
         );
       }
     } finally {
-      fs.rmSync(stateDirectory, { force: true, recursive: true });
+      fs.rmSync(home, { force: true, recursive: true });
     }
   });
 
@@ -153,7 +174,11 @@ describe("compatible Anthropic inference switch setup", () => {
     const add = vi.fn();
 
     try {
-      await installGatewayHostVerificationAlias({ command } as unknown as HostCliClient, { add });
+      await installGatewayHostVerificationAlias(
+        { command } as unknown as HostCliClient,
+        { add },
+        stateDirectory,
+      );
       const cleanupMount = add.mock.calls[0]?.[1] as () => Promise<void>;
       await cleanupMount();