diff --git a/src/main/codex/codex-session-resume-home.test.ts b/src/main/codex/codex-session-resume-home.test.ts
index 4f55dec23..f2bf77107 100644
--- a/src/main/codex/codex-session-resume-home.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/codex/codex-session-resume-home.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import {
+  claimsCodexRolloutLayout,
   findTrustedCodexSessionResume,
   resolveTrustedCodexSessionResumeHome
 } from './codex-session-resume-home'
@@ -224,3 +225,47 @@ describe('resolveTrustedCodexSessionResumeHome', () => {
     ).resolves.toBeNull()
   })
 })
+
+describe('claimsCodexRolloutLayout', () => {
+  it('is true for a rollout path even if the file is missing', () => {
+    expect(
+      claimsCodexRolloutLayout('/Users/example/.codex/sessions/2026/07/20/rollout-session.jsonl')
+    ).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('is true for compressed rollouts and Windows-separated paths', () => {
+    expect(
+      claimsCodexRolloutLayout(
+        '/Users/example/.codex/sessions/2026/07/20/rollout-session.jsonl.zst'
+      )
+    ).toBe(true)
+    expect(
+      claimsCodexRolloutLayout(
+        'C:\\Users\\example\\.codex\\sessions\\2026\\07\\20\\rollout-session.jsonl'
+      )
+    ).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('is true for a rollout under a home Orca no longer trusts, so resume cannot silently fall through to the selected account', () => {
+    expect(
+      claimsCodexRolloutLayout('/removed/account/home/sessions/2026/07/20/rollout-a.jsonl')
+    ).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('is false for Claude (or other non-Codex) transcript paths', () => {
+    expect(
+      claimsCodexRolloutLayout(
+        '/Users/example/.claude/projects/-Users-example-repo/019f81b9-19a9-7651-a8d1-352d9420bd11.jsonl'
+      )
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('is false for empty provenance and JSONL misplaced inside a sessions root', () => {
+    expect(claimsCodexRolloutLayout(undefined)).toBe(false)
+    expect(claimsCodexRolloutLayout('   ')).toBe(false)
+    expect(claimsCodexRolloutLayout('/Users/example/.codex/sessions/rollout-a.jsonl')).toBe(false)
+    expect(
+      claimsCodexRolloutLayout('/Users/example/.codex/sessions/2026/07/20/nested/rollout-a.jsonl')
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/codex/codex-session-resume-home.ts b/src/main/codex/codex-session-resume-home.ts
index aebaf6a15..639d2620e 100644
--- a/src/main/codex/codex-session-resume-home.ts
+++ b/src/main/codex/codex-session-resume-home.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import {
 import { listCodexSessionRolloutFilesIncrementally } from './codex-session-file-listing'
 
 // Why: only Codex's dated rollout layout may establish account-home provenance; nested/misplaced JSONL must not select credentials.
-const ROLLOUT_RELATIVE_PATH = /^\d{4}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}\/rollout-[^/]+\.jsonl(?:\.zst)?$/
+const DATED_ROLLOUT_TAIL = String.raw`\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}/rollout-[^/]+\.jsonl(?:\.zst)?`
+const ROLLOUT_RELATIVE_PATH = new RegExp(`^${DATED_ROLLOUT_TAIL}$`)
+// Why: case-insensitive because trusted-home matching folds Windows path case too.
+const CODEX_ROLLOUT_LAYOUT_PATH = new RegExp(`(?:^|/)sessions/${DATED_ROLLOUT_TAIL}$`, 'i')
 
 function isCodexRolloutInsideSessionsRoot(sessionsRoot: string, filePath: string): boolean {
   const relativePath = relativePathInsideRoot(sessionsRoot, filePath)
@@ -76,6 +79,20 @@ export function resolveTrustedCodexSessionResumeHome(args: {
   return resolveTrustedCodexSessionResume(args)?.homePath ?? null
 }
 
+/**
+ * True when transcriptPath claims Codex's dated rollout layout, under any home and without
+ * checking existence — separating rejected Codex provenance from cross-agent/stale metadata.
+ * Not scoped to trusted homes: a rollout under a removed home is still rejected provenance,
+ * and admitting it would resume that session under whichever account is selected now.
+ */
+export function claimsCodexRolloutLayout(transcriptPath: string | undefined): boolean {
+  const persistedPath = transcriptPath?.trim()
+  if (!persistedPath) {
+    return false
+  }
+  return CODEX_ROLLOUT_LAYOUT_PATH.test(persistedPath.replace(/\\/g, '/'))
+}
+
 export async function findTrustedCodexSessionResume(args: {
   sessionId: string
   transcriptPath: string | undefined
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 8d8c429f2..ec2dbdc1b 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ import { startCodexSessionIndexHealInBackground } from './codex/codex-session-in
 import { createCodexSessionMigrationScheduler } from './codex/codex-session-migration-scheduler'
 import { prepareLegacySharedCodexSessionResume } from './codex/codex-legacy-session-resume'
 import { resolveHostCodexSessionSourceHome } from './codex/codex-session-source-home'
-import { findTrustedCodexSessionResume } from './codex/codex-session-resume-home'
+import {
+  claimsCodexRolloutLayout,
+  findTrustedCodexSessionResume
+} from './codex/codex-session-resume-home'
 import { getSystemCodexHomePath } from './codex/codex-home-paths'
 import { normalizeRuntimePathForComparison } from '../shared/cross-platform-path'
 import type { AgentProviderSessionMetadata } from '../shared/agent-session-resume'
@@ -852,7 +855,9 @@ async function prepareCodexSessionResumeForLaunch(args: {
     trustedCodexHomes: trustedHomes
   })
   if (!sessionSource) {
-    if (args.providerSession.transcriptPath) {
+    // Why: an unverifiable Codex rollout still blocks; only paths that never claimed Codex
+    // provenance (e.g. ~/.claude/… on a pane mislabeled "codex") fall through to a normal launch.
+    if (claimsCodexRolloutLayout(args.providerSession.transcriptPath)) {
       throw new Error(
         'Orca could not verify the originating Codex session file, so automatic resume was stopped to avoid using a different account.'
       )