diff --git a/.github/workflows/bun-profile-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/bun-profile-tests.yml
index 39eb8d42b7a..3b26806454f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bun-profile-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bun-profile-tests.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         default: false
 
+env:
+  ORCA_TEST_REQUIRE_ORCAD_ARTIFACTS: '1'
+
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify native Alpine artifact and persistence
         run: |
           docker run --rm --init -i \
-            -e ORCA_BACKGROUND_LAUNCH=1 \
+            -e ORCA_BACKGROUND_LAUNCH=1 -e ORCA_TEST_REQUIRE_ORCAD_ARTIFACTS=1 \
             -v "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE:/work" -w /work \
             node:24-alpine3.23 sh -s <<'BUN_QUALIFICATION'
           set -eu
diff --git a/config/scripts/bundled-cli-runtime-fixture.mjs b/config/scripts/bundled-cli-runtime-fixture.mjs
index af36933dc06..848199aa86c 100644
--- a/config/scripts/bundled-cli-runtime-fixture.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/bundled-cli-runtime-fixture.mjs
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ import { copyFile, mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { cliRuntimeTarget, cliRuntimeFilename } from '../bundled-cli-runtime.cjs'
 
-export async function writeBundledCliRuntimeFixture(directory, platform, arch) {
-  const bytes = 'runtime fixture'
+export async function writeBundledCliRuntimeFixture(
+  directory,
+  platform,
+  arch,
+  bytes = 'runtime fixture'
+) {
   await mkdir(directory, { recursive: true })
-  await writeFile(join(directory, cliRuntimeFilename(platform)), bytes)
+  await writeFile(join(directory, cliRuntimeFilename(platform)), bytes, { mode: 0o755 })
   await copyFile(
     join(import.meta.dirname, '../../resources/licenses/bun/LICENSE.md'),
     join(directory, 'LICENSE.md')
diff --git a/config/scripts/electron-builder-runtime-resources.test.mjs b/config/scripts/electron-builder-runtime-resources.test.mjs
index e5fa704aeec..b7a181dcb5e 100644
--- a/config/scripts/electron-builder-runtime-resources.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/electron-builder-runtime-resources.test.mjs
@@ -466,14 +466,23 @@ describe('packaged runtime resources', () => {
         )
         await writeFile(join(unpackedCliDir, 'cli-bin.js'), "require('./index.js')\n", 'utf8')
         await mkdir(join(resourcesDir, 'terminal-daemon'), { recursive: true })
-        await writeFile(join(resourcesDir, 'terminal-daemon', 'daemon-entry.js'), '')
-        await writeBundledCliRuntimeFixture(join(resourcesDir, 'cli-runtime'), 'linux', 'x64')
+        await writeFile(
+          join(resourcesDir, 'terminal-daemon', 'daemon-entry.js'),
+          'console.error("Usage: daemon-entry <socket>"); process.exit(1)\n'
+        )
+        const quotedNode = `'${process.execPath.replaceAll("'", "'\\''")}'`
+        await writeBundledCliRuntimeFixture(
+          join(resourcesDir, 'cli-runtime'),
+          'linux',
+          process.arch,
+          `#!/bin/sh\nexec ${quotedNode} "$@"\n`
+        )
         await writeFile(launcherPath, '#!/usr/bin/env bash\n', { encoding: 'utf8', mode: 0o644 })
 
         await electronBuilderConfig.afterPack({
           appOutDir: join(root, 'linux-unpacked'),
           electronPlatformName: 'linux',
-          arch: 1,
+          arch: process.arch === 'arm64' ? 3 : 1,
           packager: { appInfo: { version: '9.9.9' } }
         })
 
diff --git a/config/scripts/orca-dev-bin.test.mjs b/config/scripts/orca-dev-bin.test.mjs
index 5d7120f1cd5..abecdd3f27d 100644
--- a/config/scripts/orca-dev-bin.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/orca-dev-bin.test.mjs
@@ -14,16 +14,21 @@ describe('orca-dev package bin', () => {
     expect(readFileSync(wrapperPath, 'utf8')).toMatch(/^#!\/usr\/bin\/env node\n/)
   })
 
+  const launcherBuilt = existsSync(path.join(projectDir, 'out', 'cli', 'cli-bun-launcher.js'))
+  const required = process.env.ORCA_TEST_REQUIRE_CLI_ARTIFACTS === '1'
+
   it.skipIf(
-    !existsSync(
-      path.join(
-        projectDir,
-        'out',
-        'cli-runtime',
-        `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`,
-        process.platform === 'win32' ? 'bun-runtime.exe' : 'bun-runtime'
-      )
-    )
+    !required &&
+      (!launcherBuilt ||
+        !existsSync(
+          path.join(
+            projectDir,
+            'out',
+            'cli-runtime',
+            `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`,
+            process.platform === 'win32' ? 'bun-runtime.exe' : 'bun-runtime'
+          )
+        ))
   )('hands the dev CLI to staged Bun without requiring Bash', () => {
     const root = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), 'orca-dev-bin-'))
     const cliEntry = path.join(root, 'cli-entry.cjs')
diff --git a/config/scripts/orcad-companion-artifacts.test.mjs b/config/scripts/orcad-companion-artifacts.test.mjs
index aec23038886..d00348d80c3 100644
--- a/config/scripts/orcad-companion-artifacts.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/orcad-companion-artifacts.test.mjs
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ const entries = [
   'port-scan-command-worker-entry.js'
 ]
 
-describe.skipIf(!existsSync(runtime))('packaged orcad companion processes', () => {
+const built = existsSync(join(directory, '.version'))
+const required = process.env.ORCA_TEST_REQUIRE_ORCAD_ARTIFACTS === '1'
+
+describe.skipIf(!built && !required)('packaged orcad companion processes', () => {
   it('reads a transcript and executes a probe without checkout dependencies', async () => {
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'orca companion artifacts '))
     try {
diff --git a/config/scripts/run-bundled-runtime-tests.mjs b/config/scripts/run-bundled-runtime-tests.mjs
index 9b91d69cd57..772cf503d0d 100644
--- a/config/scripts/run-bundled-runtime-tests.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/run-bundled-runtime-tests.mjs
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ const runtime = join(
   `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`,
   cliRuntimeFilename(process.platform)
 )
-const env = { ...process.env, ORCA_BACKGROUND_LAUNCH: '1', BUN_EXECUTABLE: runtime }
+const env = {
+  ...process.env,
+  ORCA_BACKGROUND_LAUNCH: '1',
+  BUN_EXECUTABLE: runtime,
+  ORCA_TEST_REQUIRE_CLI_ARTIFACTS: '1'
+}
 function run(args, environment = env) {
   const result = runProcessSync({
     program: process.execPath,