diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness/cli_login.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness/cli_login.rs
index 4036d9f239..6d53025f4b 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness/cli_login.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness/cli_login.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use crate::managed_agents::{
-    discovery::{
-        classify_runtime, codex_adapter_availability, find_command, resolve_command,
-        KnownAcpRuntime,
-    },
+    discovery::{classify_runtime, codex_adapter_availability, find_command, KnownAcpRuntime},
     AcpAvailabilityStatus,
 };
 
@@ -39,14 +36,16 @@ pub(super) fn requirements(
 
     match availability {
         AcpAvailabilityStatus::Available => {
-            let Some(binary_path) = resolve_command(probe_args[0]) else {
+            let augmented_path = cli_probe::augmented_path();
+            let Some(binary_path) =
+                cli_probe::resolve_probe_command(probe_args[0], augmented_path.as_deref())
+            else {
                 return vec![missing_requirement(
                     probe_args,
                     setup_copy,
                     AcpAvailabilityStatus::Available,
                 )];
             };
-            let augmented_path = cli_probe::augmented_path();
             match cli_probe::login_probe(&binary_path, probe_args, augmented_path.as_deref()) {
                 cli_probe::ProbeOutcome::LoggedIn => vec![],
                 cli_probe::ProbeOutcome::LoggedOut => vec![missing_requirement(
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness/cli_probe.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness/cli_probe.rs
index 513da4e2a8..8fb1344915 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness/cli_probe.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness/cli_probe.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use crate::managed_agents::runtime::build_augmented_path;
 
@@ -21,6 +21,42 @@ pub(crate) fn augmented_path() -> Option<String> {
     )
 }
 
+/// Resolve a login-probe command with the same PATH precedence used by the
+/// managed-agent child process.
+///
+/// The desktop process may have a stale shim earlier on its ambient PATH than
+/// the actual CLI selected by [`augmented_path`]. Probing that shim can report
+/// a false logged-out state even though the spawned harness would use a healthy
+/// authenticated CLI. Prefer the child PATH on Unix, then fall back to the
+/// normal command resolver for explicit paths and platform-specific shims.
+pub(crate) fn resolve_probe_command(
+    command: &str,
+    augmented_path: Option<&str>,
+) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    if !command.contains(std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR) {
+        if let Some(path) = augmented_path {
+            for directory in std::env::split_paths(path) {
+                let candidate = directory.join(command);
+                if is_executable_file(&candidate) {
+                    return Some(candidate);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    crate::managed_agents::resolve_command(command)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn is_executable_file(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+    path.metadata()
+        .map(|metadata| metadata.is_file() && metadata.permissions().mode() & 0o111 != 0)
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
 /// Outcome of a CLI login-status probe.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub(crate) enum ProbeOutcome {
@@ -164,6 +200,31 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_probe_command_prefers_augmented_child_path() {
+        use std::fs;
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+        let temp = tempfile::tempdir().expect("temp dir");
+        let preferred_dir = temp.path().join("preferred-bin");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&preferred_dir).expect("preferred dir");
+        let preferred = preferred_dir.join("fake-codex");
+        fs::write(&preferred, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n").expect("write preferred command");
+        fs::set_permissions(&preferred, fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755))
+            .expect("chmod preferred command");
+        let augmented = std::env::join_paths([preferred_dir.as_path()])
+            .expect("join augmented PATH")
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            .into_owned();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::resolve_probe_command("fake-codex", Some(&augmented)),
+            Some(preferred),
+            "readiness must resolve the same command selected by the child PATH"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[cfg(unix)]
     #[test]
     fn login_probe_config_invalid_on_stderr_signal() {
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/agents/AGENTS.md b/desktop/src/features/agents/AGENTS.md
index b578326eba..eaf70d85d2 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/agents/AGENTS.md
+++ b/desktop/src/features/agents/AGENTS.md
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ with a TypeScript lookup table or an id comparison in a component.
    `getAgentAccessOwnerOnly()` is true, every managed agent's access control is
    locked to owner-only, including provider-backed agents. A provider backend
    does not prove remote execution and must never create a policy carve-out.
+12. **CLI readiness uses the child PATH.** Login probes must resolve the CLI
+   from the same augmented PATH used by the managed-agent child. The desktop's
+   ambient PATH may contain an older wrapper that resolves a different package
+   manager prefix and falsely reports that an otherwise healthy CLI is logged
+   out.
 
 ## The tests that enforce this