diff --git a/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/src/runtime/state-file.ts b/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/src/runtime/state-file.ts
index 202efbf33..a85a7b183 100644
--- a/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/src/runtime/state-file.ts
+++ b/examples/rsc-agent-runtime/src/runtime/state-file.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ export const createFileRuntimeKernel = (options: FileRuntimeKernelOptions): Runt
           { host: input.host, path: input.path, sessionId: input.sessionId, toolName: input.toolName },
           { idempotencyKey: input.idempotencyKey, signal: mutationOptions?.signal },
         );
-        return snapshotAt(store, committed.revision, undefined, mutationOptions?.signal);
+        // Idempotent replays return the current head, exactly like the retired
+        // JSONL kernel: a rerun after a later reset must surface the reset
+        // state, not the durable prefix at the original commit.
+        return snapshotAt(store, committed.replayed ? undefined : committed.revision, undefined, mutationOptions?.signal);
       });
     },
 
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ export const createFileRuntimeKernel = (options: FileRuntimeKernelOptions): Runt
           ...(input.seed === undefined ? {} : { seed: { edits: [], seed: input.seed } }),
           signal: mutationOptions?.signal,
         });
-        return snapshotAt(store, committed.revision, undefined, mutationOptions?.signal);
+        return snapshotAt(store, committed.replayed ? undefined : committed.revision, undefined, mutationOptions?.signal);
       });
     },
 
diff --git a/packages/agent-bundle/package.json b/packages/agent-bundle/package.json
index 4335bb422..31531604f 100644
--- a/packages/agent-bundle/package.json
+++ b/packages/agent-bundle/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
     "yaml": "2.9.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@agent-bundle/runtime": "workspace:*",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/server": "2.0.0",
     "@types/react": "19.2.18",
     "@types/ws": "8.18.1",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b59653a38..be63f1bb0 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ settings:
   autoInstallPeers: true
   excludeLinksFromLockfile: false
 
+overrides:
+  '@agent-bundle/runtime': workspace:*
+
 importers:
 
   .:
@@ -184,6 +187,9 @@ importers:
 
   packages/agent-bundle:
     dependencies:
+      '@agent-bundle/runtime':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../rsc-runtime
       '@modelcontextprotocol/client':
         specifier: 2.0.0
         version: 2.0.0
@@ -254,9 +260,6 @@ importers:
         specifier: 2.9.0
         version: 2.9.0
     devDependencies:
-      '@agent-bundle/runtime':
-        specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../rsc-runtime
       '@types/react':
         specifier: 19.2.18
         version: 19.2.18
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index b6aae7d0f..38aacb47a 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ packages:
   - packages/*
   - packages/workbench/src/inspector
   - examples/*
+# The published agent-bundle manifest must never carry a `workspace:` range
+# (npm refuses to install such a tarball, and the release audit forbids it),
+# so its optional @agent-bundle/runtime peer is satisfied from the workspace
+# here instead of through a devDependency in the shipped package.json.
+overrides:
+  '@agent-bundle/runtime': workspace:*
 allowBuilds:
   '@google/genai': false
   msgpackr-extract: false
diff --git a/scripts/run-examples-check.mjs b/scripts/run-examples-check.mjs
index 43428178d..777cd2561 100644
--- a/scripts/run-examples-check.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-examples-check.mjs
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ if (pnpmEntrypoint === undefined || pnpmEntrypoint.length === 0) {
   throw new Error('run-examples-check.mjs must be launched through a pnpm package script.');
 }
 
-const child = spawn(process.execPath, [
-  pnpmEntrypoint,
+// npm_execpath is a JavaScript entrypoint under corepack and pnpm's own
+// installer, but a native shim (or a bare command name) under standalone
+// setups such as pnpm/setup on hosted CI. Only JavaScript files can be
+// launched through the current Node executable.
+const isJavaScriptEntrypoint = /\.[cm]?js$/u.test(pnpmEntrypoint);
+const command = isJavaScriptEntrypoint ? process.execPath : pnpmEntrypoint;
+const child = spawn(command, [
+  ...(isJavaScriptEntrypoint ? [pnpmEntrypoint] : []),
   '--filter',
   './examples/*',
   '--workspace-concurrency=3',