diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
index b27c93b7a5..deb42387db 100644
--- a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-session-executor.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ import {
   type NativeSessionGoalControl,
 } from "../../vendor/paperclip-runner/index.js";
 import type { AdapterExecutionTarget } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils/execution-target";
-import { createSshCommandManagedRuntimeRunner } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils/ssh";
+import { createNativeSshCommandRunner } from "./native-ssh-command-runner.js";
 import type { CommandManagedRuntimeRunner } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils/command-managed-runtime";
 import {
   resolvePaperclipRunnerTransport,
@@ -9919,7 +9919,7 @@ async function createRunnerdBackendWithinSessionClaim(
   const remoteTarget = target.kind === "remote" ? target : null;
   const remoteCommandRunner = remoteTarget
     ? remoteTarget.transport === "ssh"
-      ? createSshCommandManagedRuntimeRunner({
+      ? createNativeSshCommandRunner({
           spec: remoteTarget.spec,
           defaultCwd: remoteTarget.remoteCwd,
         })
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-ssh-command-runner.test.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-ssh-command-runner.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be76d4ea2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-ssh-command-runner.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { chmod, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createNativeSshCommandRunner } from "./native-ssh-command-runner.js";
+import { MAX_REMOTE_DELIVERABLE_BYTES, readVerifiedRemoteWorkspaceFile } from "./remote-deliverable-file.js";
+
+describe("native SSH deliverable output budget", () => {
+  let root: string;
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "paperclip-ssh-output-"));
+    // Exercise the real SSH command adapter and its execFile output limit,
+    // replacing only the network executable with a deterministic byte source.
+    const executable = join(root, "ssh");
+    await writeFile(executable, `#!${process.execPath}\nprocess.stdout.write(require('node:fs').readFileSync(${JSON.stringify(join(root, "response"))}));\n`);
+    await chmod(executable, 0o700);
+    vi.stubEnv("PATH", `${root}:${process.env.PATH}`);
+  });
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+    await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  const createRunner = () => createNativeSshCommandRunner({
+    spec: {
+      host: "fixture.invalid", port: 22, username: "fixture",
+      remoteWorkspacePath: "/workspace", remoteCwd: "/workspace",
+      privateKey: null, knownHosts: null, strictHostKeyChecking: true,
+    },
+    defaultCwd: "/workspace",
+  });
+
+  it.each([64, MAX_REMOTE_DELIVERABLE_BYTES])("returns exact verified bytes for a %i-byte file through the SSH adapter", async (byteSize) => {
+    const body = Buffer.alloc(byteSize, 65);
+    await writeFile(join(root, "response"), body.toString("base64"));
+    const result = await readVerifiedRemoteWorkspaceFile({
+      runner: createRunner(), workspaceRoot: "/workspace", contentRef: "result.md",
+      byteSize, sha256: createHash("sha256").update(body).digest("hex"),
+    });
+    expect(result.equals(body)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("stops a remote command that exceeds the maximum encoded envelope", async () => {
+    await writeFile(join(root, "response"), Buffer.alloc(4 * Math.ceil(MAX_REMOTE_DELIVERABLE_BYTES / 3) + 1, 65));
+    const result = await createRunner().execute({ command: "node", args: ["unused"], timeoutMs: 10_000 });
+    expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-ssh-command-runner.ts b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-ssh-command-runner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c1e28a3ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/services/native-runtime/native-ssh-command-runner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { createSshCommandManagedRuntimeRunner } from "@paperclipai/adapter-utils/ssh";
+import { MAX_REMOTE_DELIVERABLE_BYTES } from "./remote-deliverable-file.js";
+
+/** The command transport used by a native session on an operator-bound SSH host. */
+export function createNativeSshCommandRunner(
+  input: Pick<Parameters<typeof createSshCommandManagedRuntimeRunner>[0], "spec" | "defaultCwd">,
+) {
+  return createSshCommandManagedRuntimeRunner({
+    ...input,
+    // The verified reader returns base64. Bound the command output to one
+    // maximum-size encoded file; the adapter's 1 MiB default truncates it.
+    maxBufferBytes: 4 * Math.ceil(MAX_REMOTE_DELIVERABLE_BYTES / 3),
+  });
+}