diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-structured-agent-session-create-intent.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-structured-agent-session-create-intent.test.ts
index 746341ead83..c1e5f2522ff 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-structured-agent-session-create-intent.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-structured-agent-session-create-intent.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { prepareAdoptedTranscript } from '../native-chat/agent-session-wire/structured-agent-session-adopted-import'
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, realpath, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ describe('structured agent-session create intent', () => {
         envelope: { sessionId: 'new-chat', clientOperationId: 'operation-1' },
         worktree: 'id:another-workspace',
         agent: 'claude',
-        resumeFrom: { providerSessionId: 'provider-session-alpha-1',
-          cliSource: { workspaceId: 'another-workspace', paneKey: 'missing-pane' } }
+        resumeFrom: {
+          providerSessionId: 'provider-session-alpha-1',
+          cliSource: { workspaceId: 'another-workspace', paneKey: 'missing-pane' }
+        }
       })
     ).rejects.toMatchObject({
       refusal: {
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ describe('structured agent-session create intent', () => {
 
 describe('adopting a conversation recorded outside Orca', () => {
   it('resolves OMP history with the configured launch environment', async () => {
-    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-omp-create-intent-'))
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(await realpath(tmpdir()), 'orca-omp-create-intent-'))
     try {
       const accountHome = join(root, 'account', 'agent')
       const ambientData = join(root, 'ambient-data')
@@ -451,7 +453,7 @@ describe('adopting a conversation recorded outside Orca', () => {
   })
 
   it('adopts the original Pi file into a folder workspace and refuses another folder', async () => {
-    const accountHome = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-pi-adopt-intent-'))
+    const accountHome = await mkdtemp(join(await realpath(tmpdir()), 'orca-pi-adopt-intent-'))
     vi.stubEnv('PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR', accountHome)
     try {
       const file = join(
@@ -496,17 +498,23 @@ describe('adopting a conversation recorded outside Orca', () => {
       expect(intent.adopt).toEqual({
         providerHandle: { transport: 'jsonl-rpc', agent: 'pi', nativeId: file },
         transcriptPath: file,
-        source: { providerSessionId: '0198c2a4-7d1e-7c3a-9a4b-1f2e3d4c5b6a', workspaceCwd: '/repos/workspace-1' }
+        source: {
+          providerSessionId: '0198c2a4-7d1e-7c3a-9a4b-1f2e3d4c5b6a',
+          workspaceCwd: '/repos/workspace-1'
+        }
       })
 
       workspaceDirectory = '/different-folder'
       const refused = await runtime.resolveStructuredAgentSessionCreateIntent({
-          envelope: { sessionId: 'session-2', clientOperationId: 'operation-2' },
-          worktree: 'id:workspace-1',
-          agent: 'pi',
-          resumeFrom: { providerSessionId: '0198c2a4-7d1e-7c3a-9a4b-1f2e3d4c5b6a' }
-        })
-      expect(await prepareAdoptedTranscript(refused)).toMatchObject({ ok: false, refusal: { code: 'agent_session_identity_required' } })
+        envelope: { sessionId: 'session-2', clientOperationId: 'operation-2' },
+        worktree: 'id:workspace-1',
+        agent: 'pi',
+        resumeFrom: { providerSessionId: '0198c2a4-7d1e-7c3a-9a4b-1f2e3d4c5b6a' }
+      })
+      expect(await prepareAdoptedTranscript(refused)).toMatchObject({
+        ok: false,
+        refusal: { code: 'agent_session_identity_required' }
+      })
     } finally {
       vi.unstubAllEnvs()
       await rm(accountHome, { recursive: true, force: true })
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-tests/repository-project-operations-part-02.spec.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-tests/repository-project-operations-part-02.spec.ts
index 9cde689889d..81c9e856da7 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-tests/repository-project-operations-part-02.spec.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-tests/repository-project-operations-part-02.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { realpath } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
   DEFAULT_REPO_BADGE_COLOR,
@@ -350,7 +351,9 @@ describe('OrcaRuntimeService', () => {
   })
 
   it('preserves existing badgeColor on runtime cloneRepo folder->git dedupe upgrade', async () => {
-    const destination = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-runtime-folder-upgrade-'))
+    const destination = await mkdtemp(
+      join(await realpath(tmpdir()), 'orca-runtime-folder-upgrade-')
+    )
     const clonePath = join(destination, 'repo-badge-color')
     const spawnSpy = vi.spyOn(gitRunner, 'gitSpawnAfterWindowsEnvironmentReady')
     spawnSpy.mockImplementation(() => {