diff --git a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/orchestration-structured-worker-session.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/orchestration-structured-worker-session.test.ts
index 501897b8731..fd2699cbe2e 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/orchestration-structured-worker-session.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/orchestration-structured-worker-session.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { getAppEnvironment } from '../../../../shared/app-environment'
 import { dispatchWriteFailureReason } from '../../../../shared/structured-agent-session-dispatch-rejection'
 
 const hostRef: { current: unknown } = { current: null }
@@ -94,7 +96,15 @@ describe('structured worker session hold', () => {
       onJournalActivity: () => {}
     })
     expect(envAtSpawn?.ORCA_TERMINAL_HANDLE).toBe(created.identity.handle)
-    expect(envAtSpawn?.ORCA_CLI_COMMAND).toBe('orca')
+    // This app's own launcher by absolute path, so a login shell's profile cannot swap in a global.
+    expect(envAtSpawn?.ORCA_CLI_COMMAND).toBe(
+      join(
+        getAppEnvironment().getPath('userData'),
+        'cli',
+        'bin',
+        process.platform === 'win32' ? 'orca-dev.cmd' : 'orca-dev'
+      )
+    )
     expect(envAtSpawn?.ORCA_PANE_KEY).toBeUndefined()
     releaseStructuredWorkerSession('d_spawn')
   })