diff --git a/src/daemon/__tests__/provider-device-admission.test.ts b/src/daemon/__tests__/provider-device-admission.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c90ea1b65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemon/__tests__/provider-device-admission.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+import type { DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
+import {
+  installProviderDeviceAdmission,
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+  providerDeviceAdmission,
+} from '../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+const providerDevice = { id: 'provider-1', name: 'Cloud iPhone' } as unknown as DeviceInfo;
+const localDevice = { id: 'local-1', name: 'iPhone 16' } as unknown as DeviceInfo;
+
+let previous = providerDeviceAdmission();
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  previous = providerDeviceAdmission();
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  installProviderDeviceAdmission(previous);
+});
+
+test('an un-composed process treats every device as local', () => {
+  installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: () => false });
+  expect(isActiveProviderDevice(providerDevice)).toBe(false);
+  expect(isActiveProviderDevice(localDevice)).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test('the installed admission is what the daemon decides on', () => {
+  installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: (device) => device.id === 'provider-1' });
+  expect(isActiveProviderDevice(providerDevice)).toBe(true);
+  expect(isActiveProviderDevice(localDevice)).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test('the fact is read per call, so a request-scoped scope stays live', () => {
+  let owned = false;
+  installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: () => owned });
+  expect(isActiveProviderDevice(providerDevice)).toBe(false);
+  owned = true;
+  expect(isActiveProviderDevice(providerDevice)).toBe(true);
+});
diff --git a/src/daemon/__tests__/request-router-android-modal.test.ts b/src/daemon/__tests__/request-router-android-modal.test.ts
index f49af77108..2ab2565c54 100644
--- a/src/daemon/__tests__/request-router-android-modal.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/__tests__/request-router-android-modal.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ import {
 import type { SessionState } from '../session-state.ts';
 import { LeaseRegistry } from '../lease-registry.ts';
 import { makeSessionStore } from '../../__tests__/test-utils/store-factory.ts';
-import { createProviderDeviceRuntimeRequestProviders } from '../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  createProviderDeviceRuntimeRequestProviders,
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+} from '../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+// Root composition installs the daemon's provider-device admission; this test composes the
+// request providers the same way, so it installs the fact the same way.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: isActiveProviderDevice });
 import type { ProviderDeviceRuntime } from '@agent-device/contracts/device';
 import { makeTestScreenRecordingResource } from '../../__tests__/test-utils/screen-recording-live-handle.ts';
 import { androidObservation } from '../../platform-runtime.ts';
diff --git a/src/daemon/__tests__/selector-capture-fixture.ts b/src/daemon/__tests__/selector-capture-fixture.ts
index 225ff11938..0188688d9e 100644
--- a/src/daemon/__tests__/selector-capture-fixture.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/__tests__/selector-capture-fixture.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   snapshotRuntimeOperationFacts,
 } from '@agent-device/contracts/snapshot-runtime';
 import { deviceShape, type DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-admission.ts';
 import type { BindDeviceRuntime, InspectDeviceRuntimeFacts } from '../request-runtime-binding.ts';
 import { unavailableDeviceRuntimeGateway } from './test-device-runtime-gateway.ts';
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/__tests__/session-device-resolution.test.ts b/src/daemon/__tests__/session-device-resolution.test.ts
index a92b41b116..45c5c37234 100644
--- a/src/daemon/__tests__/session-device-resolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/__tests__/session-device-resolution.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from '../session-device-resolution.ts';
 import { appleSessionObservation } from '../../platform-runtime-apple-resources.ts';
 import { resolveTargetDevice } from '@agent-device/device-selection/dispatch-resolve';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { ensureDeviceReady } from '../device-ready.ts';
 
 vi.mock('../../platform-runtime-apple-resources.ts', async (importOriginal) => ({
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ vi.mock('../../platform-runtime-apple-resources.ts', async (importOriginal) => (
 vi.mock('@agent-device/device-selection/dispatch-resolve', () => ({
   resolveTargetDevice: vi.fn(),
 }));
-vi.mock('../../provider-device-runtime.ts', () => ({
+vi.mock('../provider-device-admission.ts', () => ({
   isActiveProviderDevice: vi.fn(() => false),
 }));
 vi.mock('../device-ready.ts', () => ({
diff --git a/src/daemon/__tests__/snapshot-runtime-fixture.ts b/src/daemon/__tests__/snapshot-runtime-fixture.ts
index aa8fefb7be..7a64abc51f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/__tests__/snapshot-runtime-fixture.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/__tests__/snapshot-runtime-fixture.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
 import { applePlugin } from '@agent-device/platform-apple';
 import { type DispatchContext } from '../../core/dispatch-context.ts';
 import { getRequestSignal } from '@agent-device/host-kit/request';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-admission.ts';
 import type { BindDeviceRuntime, InspectDeviceRuntimeFacts } from '../request-runtime-binding.ts';
 import { unavailableDeviceRuntimeGateway } from './test-device-runtime-gateway.ts';
 import { writeSolidPng } from './screenshot-runtime-fixture.ts';
diff --git a/src/daemon/android-foreground-surface.ts b/src/daemon/android-foreground-surface.ts
index 1a84ab7eac..c1f6af601a 100644
--- a/src/daemon/android-foreground-surface.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/android-foreground-surface.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { AndroidObservationAdapter } from '@agent-device/contracts/android-observation';
 import { AppError } from '@agent-device/kernel/errors';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from './provider-device-admission.ts';
 import type { SessionState } from './session-state.ts';
 
 export type AndroidEscapeSurface = {
diff --git a/src/daemon/android-system-dialog.ts b/src/daemon/android-system-dialog.ts
index 3bd079bd36..8816bfe79a 100644
--- a/src/daemon/android-system-dialog.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/android-system-dialog.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { centerOfRect, type SnapshotNode } from '@agent-device/kernel/snapshot';
 import { isSnapshotNodeInteractionBlocked } from '@agent-device/capture-kit/snapshot-occlusion';
 import { expireRefFrame } from './ref-frame.ts';
 import type { SessionState } from './session-state.ts';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from './provider-device-admission.ts';
 
 const ANDROID_BLOCKING_MODAL_PATTERN = /\bis(?:n(?:'|'|')?t| not)\s+responding\b/i;
 const ANDROID_CLOSE_APP_PATTERN = /^close app$/i;
diff --git a/src/daemon/device-ready.ts b/src/daemon/device-ready.ts
index 15338570e9..0592781b6f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/device-ready.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/device-ready.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
 import { ensureLocalPlatformDeviceReady } from '../platform-runtime-device-ready.ts';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from './provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { createTtlMemo } from '@agent-device/kernel/ttl-memo';
 
 // Exported so unit tests can assert TTL behavior without duplicating the value.
diff --git a/src/daemon/direct-ios-selector.ts b/src/daemon/direct-ios-selector.ts
index 66eb092f91..8eb0688635 100644
--- a/src/daemon/direct-ios-selector.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/direct-ios-selector.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isIosFamily } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
 import type { SnapshotNode } from '@agent-device/kernel/snapshot';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from './provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { isPostGestureStabilizationPending } from './deferred-interaction-outcome.ts';
 import type { SessionState } from './session-state.ts';
 import { readSimpleSelectorTarget } from '@agent-device/selectors';
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/session-doctor-warmup.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/session-doctor-warmup.test.ts
index 57d14b1557..2adb0e5820 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/session-doctor-warmup.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/session-doctor-warmup.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { beforeEach, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import type { DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { handleDoctorCommand } from '../session-doctor.ts';
 import { createHostDiagnostics } from '../../../platform-runtime-host-diagnostics.ts';
 import { makeSessionStore } from '../../../__tests__/test-utils/store-factory.ts';
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ vi.mock('../session-doctor-app.ts', () => ({
 vi.mock('../session-doctor-metro.ts', () => ({
   probeMetro: vi.fn(async () => ({ id: 'metro', status: 'pass', summary: 'mocked' })),
 }));
-vi.mock('../../../provider-device-runtime.ts', () => ({
+vi.mock('../../provider-device-admission.ts', () => ({
   isActiveProviderDevice: vi.fn(() => false),
 }));
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/session-relaunch-close.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/session-relaunch-close.test.ts
index 97c98f6ae8..580e3c1e02 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/session-relaunch-close.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/session-relaunch-close.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@ import { test, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import * as os from 'node:os';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import { LeaseRegistry } from '../../lease-registry.ts';
-import { setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+  setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes,
+} from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+// The daemon reads provider ownership through its own typed admission seam; production
+// installs it from root composition, and these tests compose it the same way.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: isActiveProviderDevice });
 import { createTestDeviceInventoryGateways } from '../../../__tests__/test-utils/device-inventory-gateways.ts';
 import { makeSessionStore } from '../../../__tests__/test-utils/store-factory.ts';
 import { makeSession } from '../../../__tests__/test-utils/session-factories.ts';
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-capture-retry.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-capture-retry.test.ts
index d6097d1ff8..59350cb063 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-capture-retry.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-capture-retry.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@ import {
   resetGetRuntimeFixture,
 } from '../../__tests__/interaction-get-runtime-fixture.ts';
 import { captureSnapshot } from '../../snapshot-capture.ts';
-import { setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+  setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes,
+} from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+// The daemon reads provider ownership through its own typed admission seam; production
+// installs it from root composition, and these tests compose it the same way.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: isActiveProviderDevice });
 import { buildInteractionSurfaceSignature } from '../../interaction-outcome-policy.ts';
 import { buildNodes } from '../../../__tests__/test-utils/snapshot-builders.ts';
 import { resetSnapshotRuntimeFixture } from '../../__tests__/snapshot-runtime-fixture.ts';
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-freshness.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-freshness.test.ts
index 42de3d411d..2712c6ab27 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-freshness.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-freshness.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ import { resetGetRuntimeFixture } from '../../__tests__/interaction-get-runtime-
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import { captureSnapshot } from '../../snapshot-capture.ts';
 import { SessionStore } from '../../session-store.ts';
-import { setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+  setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes,
+} from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+// The daemon reads provider ownership through its own typed admission seam; production
+// installs it from root composition, and these tests compose it the same way.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: isActiveProviderDevice });
 import { AppError } from '@agent-device/kernel/errors';
 import { buildInteractionSurfaceSignature } from '../../interaction-outcome-policy.ts';
 import { buildSnapshotPresentationKey } from '@agent-device/kernel/snapshot';
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-wait.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-wait.test.ts
index bcdc9b6335..90a38568cf 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-wait.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler-wait.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import { test, expect, vi, afterEach, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { legacyDispatchCapture } from '../../__tests__/legacy-snapshot-capture-fixture.ts';
 import { resetGetRuntimeFixture } from '../../__tests__/interaction-get-runtime-fixture.ts';
-import { setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+  setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes,
+} from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+// The daemon reads provider ownership through its own typed admission seam; production
+// installs it from root composition, and these tests compose it the same way.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: isActiveProviderDevice });
 import type { SessionState } from '../../session-state.ts';
 import { buildSnapshotPresentationKey } from '@agent-device/kernel/snapshot';
 import {
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler.test.ts
index 627e2998aa..fada858f56 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-handler.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@ import { test, expect, vi, afterEach, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { legacyDispatchCapture } from '../../__tests__/legacy-snapshot-capture-fixture.ts';
 import { resetGetRuntimeFixture } from '../../__tests__/interaction-get-runtime-fixture.ts';
 import { resetSnapshotRuntimeFixture } from '../../__tests__/snapshot-runtime-fixture.ts';
-import { setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+  setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes,
+} from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+// The daemon reads provider ownership through its own typed admission seam; production
+// installs it from root composition, and these tests compose it the same way.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: isActiveProviderDevice });
 import type { DaemonResponse } from '../../daemon-request.ts';
 import type { SessionState } from '../../session-state.ts';
 import {
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-session-cleanup.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-session-cleanup.test.ts
index 78867e619d..7b033fb6e8 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-session-cleanup.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-session-cleanup.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ import { platformResourceCleanup } from '../../../platform-runtime-resource-clea
 import { closeIosApp } from '@agent-device/platform-apple/app-lifecycle';
 import { stopIosRunnerSession } from '@agent-device/platform-apple/runner/operations';
 import { IOS_SIMULATOR } from '../../../__tests__/test-utils/device-fixtures.ts';
-import { setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+  setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes,
+} from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+// The daemon reads provider ownership through its own typed admission seam; production
+// installs it from root composition, and these tests compose it the same way.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: isActiveProviderDevice });
 import type { ProviderDeviceRuntime } from '@agent-device/contracts/device';
 
 const mockStopIosRunnerSession = vi.mocked(stopIosRunnerSession);
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-settings-handler.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-settings-handler.test.ts
index c3aca61036..22010e1d47 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-settings-handler.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/snapshot-settings-handler.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import { test, expect, vi, afterEach, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { legacyDispatchCapture } from '../../__tests__/legacy-snapshot-capture-fixture.ts';
 import { handleSnapshotCommands as handleProductionSnapshotCommands } from '../snapshot.ts';
-import { setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+  setActiveProviderDeviceRuntimes,
+} from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
+
+// The daemon reads provider ownership through its own typed admission seam; production
+// installs it from root composition, and these tests compose it the same way.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: isActiveProviderDevice });
 import { platformResourceCleanup } from '../../../platform-runtime-resource-cleanup.ts';
 import {
   fixtureSettingsMutations,
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/session-doctor.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/session-doctor.ts
index d4d7eeab1d..23371a69a8 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/session-doctor.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/session-doctor.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { PUBLIC_COMMANDS } from '@agent-device/command-registry/catalog';
 import { isIosFamily, publicPlatformString, type DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
 import { AppError } from '@agent-device/kernel/errors';
 import { emitRequestProgress } from '@agent-device/host-kit/request';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-admission.ts';
 import {
   listLocalDeviceInventory,
   shouldPropagateDeviceInventoryProbeError,
diff --git a/src/daemon/interaction/internal/interaction-gesture.ts b/src/daemon/interaction/internal/interaction-gesture.ts
index 086715c5e1..5729b4bc46 100644
--- a/src/daemon/interaction/internal/interaction-gesture.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/interaction/internal/interaction-gesture.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   type Point,
 } from '@agent-device/kernel/snapshot';
 import { resolveBoundGestureRuntime, type BoundGestureExecutor } from '../../gesture-runtime.ts';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { sleep } from '@agent-device/host-kit/retry';
 import { ensureAndroidBlockingSystemDialogReady } from '../../android-system-dialog.ts';
 import { readRefMutationFrame } from '../../ref-frame.ts';
diff --git a/src/daemon/interaction/internal/interaction-touch-reference-frame.ts b/src/daemon/interaction/internal/interaction-touch-reference-frame.ts
index b395297ab9..d6072722e3 100644
--- a/src/daemon/interaction/internal/interaction-touch-reference-frame.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/interaction/internal/interaction-touch-reference-frame.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { SessionStore } from '../../session-store.ts';
 import { getSnapshotReferenceFrame } from '../../touch-reference-frame.ts';
 import type { SessionState } from '../../session-state.ts';
 import type { BoundContextFromFlags, CaptureSnapshotForSession } from './types.ts';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../provider-device-admission.ts';
 
 async function resolveDirectTouchReferenceFrame(params: {
   session: SessionState;
diff --git a/src/daemon/provider-device-admission.ts b/src/daemon/provider-device-admission.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d69a4850f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemon/provider-device-admission.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import type { DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
+
+/**
+ * Whether a device is currently owned by a provider runtime (a cloud or remote lease holder)
+ * rather than a local simulator or emulator. Callers branch on it for fast paths, foreground
+ * reads, and hint policy.
+ */
+export type ProviderDeviceAdmission = Readonly<{
+  isActive(device: DeviceInfo): boolean;
+}>;
+
+/**
+ * The no-provider state, which is what an un-composed process sees: every device is local.
+ * Root composition replaces it through `installProviderDeviceAdmission` before requests run,
+ * the same way it installs the other request-scoped runtime capabilities.
+ */
+const NO_PROVIDER_DEVICE_ADMISSION: ProviderDeviceAdmission = {
+  isActive: () => false,
+};
+
+let installedProviderDeviceAdmission: ProviderDeviceAdmission = NO_PROVIDER_DEVICE_ADMISSION;
+
+/**
+ * Root composition's installation point. The provider runtime scope is ambient per request, so
+ * this is the one place the daemon names where the fact comes from, and the daemon never reads
+ * provider runtime internals itself.
+ */
+export function installProviderDeviceAdmission(admission: ProviderDeviceAdmission): void {
+  installedProviderDeviceAdmission = admission;
+}
+
+export function providerDeviceAdmission(): ProviderDeviceAdmission {
+  return installedProviderDeviceAdmission;
+}
+
+export function isActiveProviderDevice(device: DeviceInfo): boolean {
+  return installedProviderDeviceAdmission.isActive(device);
+}
diff --git a/src/daemon/request-generic-dispatch.ts b/src/daemon/request-generic-dispatch.ts
index b19ae38ab1..7f82f464d3 100644
--- a/src/daemon/request-generic-dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/request-generic-dispatch.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   resolveRefFrameEffect,
   shouldGuardAndroidBlockingDialog,
 } from './daemon-command-registry.ts';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from './provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { buildActionEventResult } from '@agent-device/session-journal/session-event-action-presentation';
 import type { AndroidObservationAdapter } from '@agent-device/contracts/android-observation';
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/server/daemon-runtime.ts b/src/daemon/server/daemon-runtime.ts
index 7735bebc7c..405f08adc9 100644
--- a/src/daemon/server/daemon-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/server/daemon-runtime.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import { resolveSessionRequestLogPath } from '../session-artifact-paths.ts';
 import { resolveDaemonPaths, resolveDaemonServerMode } from '../config.ts';
 import { createDaemonHttpServer } from './http-server.ts';
 import { trackDownloadableArtifact } from '../artifact-tracking.ts';
-import { createProviderDeviceRuntimeRequestProviders } from '../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import {
+  createProviderDeviceRuntimeRequestProviders,
+  isActiveProviderDevice,
+} from '../../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../provider-device-admission.ts';
 import {
   androidObservation,
   createPlatformRuntimeGateway,
@@ -277,6 +281,7 @@ export async function startDaemonRuntime(
     providerDeviceRuntimes,
     { providerRuntimeRequiredIds: DEFAULT_PROVIDER_RUNTIME_REQUIRED_IDS },
   );
+  installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: (device) => isActiveProviderDevice(device) });
   const requestPlatformProviders = createRequestPlatformProviders({
     providers: {
       appleRunnerProvider: providerRuntimeProviders.appleRunnerProvider,
diff --git a/src/daemon/session-device-resolution.ts b/src/daemon/session-device-resolution.ts
index 80c1c02bae..6241b3143d 100644
--- a/src/daemon/session-device-resolution.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/session-device-resolution.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isIosFamily, type DeviceInfo } from '@agent-device/kernel/device';
 import { AppError } from '@agent-device/kernel/errors';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from './provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { appleSessionObservation } from '../platform-runtime-apple-resources.ts';
 import { resolveTargetDevice } from '@agent-device/device-selection/dispatch-resolve';
 import type { DaemonRequest, DaemonResponse } from './daemon-request.ts';
diff --git a/src/daemon/snapshot-session.ts b/src/daemon/snapshot-session.ts
index 8b89f573a2..884e94ac7a 100644
--- a/src/daemon/snapshot-session.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/snapshot-session.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { resolveTargetDevice } from '@agent-device/device-selection/dispatch-res
 import type { PlatformResourceCleanup } from './platform-resource-cleanup.ts';
 import type { DaemonRequest } from './daemon-request.ts';
 import type { SessionScope, SessionState } from './session-state.ts';
-import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from './provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { SessionStore } from './session-store.ts';
 
 export async function resolveSessionDevice(
diff --git a/test/integration/provider-scenarios/harness.ts b/test/integration/provider-scenarios/harness.ts
index 72ac5f1f5e..04d3cdce51 100644
--- a/test/integration/provider-scenarios/harness.ts
+++ b/test/integration/provider-scenarios/harness.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ import {
 import { createHostDiagnostics } from '../../../src/platform-runtime-host-diagnostics.ts';
 import type { PlatformRuntimeProviderRegistration } from '../../../src/platform-runtime-gateway.ts';
 import { createProviderPlatformRuntimeRegistrations } from '../../../src/provider-device-runtimes.ts';
+import { isActiveProviderDevice } from '../../../src/provider-device-runtime.ts';
+import { installProviderDeviceAdmission } from '../../../src/daemon/provider-device-admission.ts';
 import { unavailableDeviceRuntimeGateway } from '../../../src/daemon/__tests__/test-device-runtime-gateway.ts';
 
 import { openWebSessionNames } from '../../../src/daemon/web-session-names.ts';
 
+// Match daemon composition (src/daemon/server/daemon-runtime.ts): the daemon decides on provider
+// ownership through its own admission seam, which root composition installs.
+installProviderDeviceAdmission({ isActive: (device) => isActiveProviderDevice(device) });
+
 const PROVIDER_SCENARIO_TOKEN = 'provider-scenario-token';
 const PROVIDER_SCENARIO_TEMP_REMOVE_OPTIONS = {
   recursive: true,