diff --git a/rust/crates/runtime/tests/probe_unshare.rs b/rust/crates/runtime/tests/probe_unshare.rs
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+//! Scratch probe: dump GitHub runner unshare semantics (temporary, PR will be closed).
+#![cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+
+use std::process::Command;
+
+fn run(args: &[&str]) -> (i32, String, String) {
+    let out = Command::new("unshare").args(args).output();
+    match out {
+        Ok(o) => (
+            o.status.code().unwrap_or(-1),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout).trim().to_string(),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr).trim().to_string(),
+        ),
+        Err(e) => (-1, String::new(), format!("spawn error: {e}")),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn dump_unshare_semantics() {
+    let uid = unsafe { libc::getuid() };
+    let mut report = String::new();
+    report.push_str(&format!("uid={uid} euid={}\n", unsafe { libc::geteuid() }));
+    for f in ["/etc/subuid", "/etc/subgid"] {
+        report.push_str(&format!("--- {f} ---\n"));
+        if let Ok(s) = std::fs::read_to_string(f) {
+            report.push_str(&s);
+        } else {
+            report.push_str("(unreadable)\n");
+        }
+    }
+    for k in ["/proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone", "/proc/sys/kernel/apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns"] {
+        report.push_str(&format!("{k} = {}\n", std::fs::read_to_string(k).unwrap_or_else(|_| "(n/a)".into())));
+    }
+    for (name, args) in [
+        ("plain", &["--user", "--map-root-user", "true"][..]),
+        ("auto", &["--user", "--map-root-user", "--map-auto", "true"][..]),
+        (
+            "plain-full",
+            &["--user", "--map-root-user", "--mount", "--ipc", "--pid", "--uts", "--fork", "sh", "-lc", "echo alpha"][..],
+        ),
+        (
+            "auto-full",
+            &["--user", "--map-root-user", "--map-auto", "--mount", "--ipc", "--pid", "--uts", "--fork", "sh", "-lc", "echo alpha"][..],
+        ),
+    ] {
+        let (rc, so, se) = run(args);
+        report.push_str(&format!("[{name}] rc={rc} stdout={so:?} stderr={se:?}\n"));
+    }
+    panic!("PROBE REPORT:\n{report}");
+}