diff --git a/crates/mind-body/tests/wake.rs b/crates/mind-body/tests/wake.rs
index cbd2ddc..9a97e3b 100644
--- a/crates/mind-body/tests/wake.rs
+++ b/crates/mind-body/tests/wake.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 //! The `mind-wake` binary as a process: its arguments and its exit codes. The
 //! brake's root is a constant, so a process test can only ever see the absent
 //! store of an instance no host has; the cycle's behaviour is tested in the
-//! library against a real mind and a real store.
+//! library against a real mind and a real store. One test, `#[ignore]`d outside a
+//! container, puts the real binary, the real daemon and a real store at the
+//! brake's root together, which is where the host a run records can be seen.
 
-use std::process::{Command, Output};
+use std::net::UdpSocket;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Output, Stdio};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use chrono::Utc;
+use cultnet_rs::Selection;
+use eureka_pipeline::{
+    Date, DocRef, PipelineCampaign, PipelineDocument, PipelineInstance, PipelineKind, PipelineStewardship, PipelineTarget, Sha, Slug, TargetInvariant,
+};
+use huginn_mind::{Faculty, Mind, PipelineAdmissionBatch, PipelineAdmissionOutcome, PipelinePageItems, PipelineProvenance};
+use mind_body::control::{BurnRate, CONTROL_ROOT, ControlWriter, control_path};
+use rust_decimal::Decimal;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
 
 const NO_SUCH_INSTANCE: &str = "wake-test-no-such-instance";
 
@@ -11,6 +27,11 @@ fn wake(args: &[&str]) -> Output {
     Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_mind-wake")).args(args).env_remove("HUGINN_ENDPOINT").output().unwrap()
 }
 
+/// The binary with `HUGINN_ENDPOINT` set to `endpoint`.
+fn wake_with_env_endpoint(args: &[&str], endpoint: &str) -> Output {
+    Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_mind-wake")).args(args).env("HUGINN_ENDPOINT", endpoint).output().unwrap()
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn without_an_instance_or_with_a_stray_argument_it_exits_2_with_the_usage_and_echoes_nothing() {
     let canary = "canary-argument-3f9a";
@@ -49,3 +70,131 @@ fn a_malformed_endpoint_or_none_is_exit_2_and_the_endpoint_is_not_echoed() {
     let none = wake(&["--instance", NO_SUCH_INSTANCE]);
     assert_eq!(none.status.code(), Some(2));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn without_the_flag_the_daemon_is_found_through_huginn_endpoint_and_a_bad_value_is_not_echoed() {
+    // With no endpoint at all the cycle exits 2 (above); with the variable set it
+    // goes on to the brake, which holds an instance no host has, and exits 0.
+    let held = wake_with_env_endpoint(&["--instance", NO_SUCH_INSTANCE], "rudp://127.0.0.1:9");
+    assert_eq!(held.status.code(), Some(0), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&held.stderr));
+    assert_eq!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&held.stdout).trim(), "held: BrakeAbsent");
+
+    let canary = "canary-env-endpoint-4d02";
+    let bad = wake_with_env_endpoint(&["--instance", NO_SUCH_INSTANCE], canary);
+    assert_eq!(bad.status.code(), Some(2));
+    assert!(!String::from_utf8_lossy(&bad.stderr).contains(canary) && bad.stdout.is_empty());
+
+    // The flag wins over the variable: a valid flag with a bad variable still holds.
+    let flag = wake_with_env_endpoint(&["--instance", NO_SUCH_INSTANCE, "--endpoint", "rudp://127.0.0.1:9"], canary);
+    assert_eq!(flag.status.code(), Some(0));
+}
+
+const INSTANCE: &str = "yggdrasil";
+const CAMPAIGN: &str = "eureka-body";
+const REPO: &str = "GameCult/Huginn";
+
+fn doc_ref() -> DocRef {
+    DocRef { path: "docs/eureka-body-target.md".into(), start_line: 1, end_line: 9, commit: Sha("df7507b".into()) }
+}
+
+/// The identity, stewardship, campaign and target a Persona turn's run cites.
+fn seed() -> Vec<PipelineDocument> {
+    let date = || Date("2026-10-09".into());
+    vec![
+        PipelineDocument::Instance(PipelineInstance { instance: Slug(INSTANCE.into()), display_name: "test mind".into(), created_at: date(), host: "test".into() }),
+        PipelineDocument::Stewardship(PipelineStewardship { instance: Slug(INSTANCE.into()), repo: REPO.into(), sequence: 1, assigned_on: date(), note: "assigned".into() }),
+        PipelineDocument::Campaign(PipelineCampaign {
+            slug: Slug(CAMPAIGN.into()),
+            title: "Eureka body".into(),
+            repos: vec![REPO.into()],
+            working_branch: "main".into(),
+            target_doc: doc_ref(),
+        }),
+        PipelineDocument::Target(PipelineTarget {
+            campaign: Slug(CAMPAIGN.into()),
+            revision: 1,
+            invariants: vec![TargetInvariant { label: "run-is-the-grant".into(), statement: "A run is the grant.".into() }],
+            not_in_scope: vec![],
+            canonical_implementations: vec![],
+            doc: doc_ref(),
+        }),
+    ]
+}
+
+/// The daemon, ended with the test whether it passes or not.
+struct Daemon(Child);
+
+impl Drop for Daemon {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = self.0.kill();
+        let _ = self.0.wait();
+    }
+}
+
+/// The real binary against the real daemon and a real store at the brake's
+/// root. It writes `/etc/gamecult/minds`, so it runs in a container only
+/// (`/.dockerenv`), as root, after `cargo build -p huginn-daemon` has put the
+/// daemon beside the binary. `PATH` is empty so no unit is ever reached: the
+/// run opens, its unit fails to start and the run is withdrawn, which is the
+/// outcome printed.
+#[test]
+#[ignore = "container only: root, /etc/gamecult/minds and a built huginn-daemon beside the binary"]
+fn the_real_bin_against_the_real_daemon_opens_a_run_that_records_this_machines_host_and_the_agent() {
+    assert!(Path::new("/.dockerenv").exists(), "this test writes the brake's root and runs in a container only");
+    let slug = Slug(INSTANCE.into());
+    let state = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    {
+        let mut mind = Mind::open(state.path(), &slug).unwrap();
+        let batch = PipelineAdmissionBatch {
+            instance: slug.clone(),
+            provenance: PipelineProvenance { faculty: Faculty::Hands, agent: "test".into(), session: "test".into(), tool: "test".into() },
+            documents: seed(),
+        };
+        assert!(matches!(mind.admit(batch, Utc::now()), PipelineAdmissionOutcome::Committed { .. }));
+    }
+    let mut writer = ControlWriter::open(control_path(Path::new(CONTROL_ROOT), &slug).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    writer.set_brake(true, Utc::now(), "op").unwrap();
+    let dial = BurnRate { heat: Decimal::from_str("1").unwrap(), base_cooldown_s: 600, base_run_usd: Decimal::from_str("5").unwrap(), set_at: Utc::now(), set_by: "op".into() };
+    writer.set_dial(dial).unwrap();
+
+    let port = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap().local_addr().unwrap().port();
+    let endpoint = format!("rudp://127.0.0.1:{port}");
+    let wake_exe = Path::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_mind-wake"));
+    let daemon_exe = wake_exe.with_file_name("huginn-daemon");
+    assert!(daemon_exe.exists(), "build huginn-daemon first: {}", daemon_exe.display());
+    let daemon = Daemon(
+        Command::new(&daemon_exe)
+            .args(["--state-root", state.path().to_str().unwrap(), "--instance", INSTANCE, "--bind", &format!("127.0.0.1:{port}")])
+            .args(["--qdrant-url", "http://127.0.0.1:1", "--ollama-url", "http://127.0.0.1:1", "--embedding-model", "x"])
+            .stdout(Stdio::null())
+            .stderr(Stdio::null())
+            .spawn()
+            .unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    // Exit 2 before the daemon answers has opened nothing; try again until it does.
+    let mut output = None;
+    for _ in 0..40 {
+        let attempt = Command::new(wake_exe).args(["--instance", INSTANCE, "--endpoint", &endpoint]).env("PATH", "").output().unwrap();
+        if attempt.status.code() != Some(2) {
+            output = Some(attempt);
+            break;
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+    }
+    let output = output.expect("the daemon never answered");
+    assert_eq!(output.status.code(), Some(0), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+    assert_eq!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim(), "refused: start_failed");
+    drop(daemon);
+
+    let hostname = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/sys/kernel/hostname").unwrap().trim().to_string();
+    assert!(!hostname.is_empty());
+    let mind = Mind::open(state.path(), &slug).unwrap();
+    let runs = Selection { schemas: Some(vec![PipelineKind::Run.type_id().to_string()]), ..Selection::default() };
+    let PipelinePageItems::Headers(headers) = mind.query(&runs).unwrap().items else { panic!("documents to a header selection") };
+    assert_eq!(headers.len(), 1);
+    let view = mind.view(&headers[0].id).unwrap().unwrap();
+    let PipelineDocument::Run(run) = &view.document else { panic!("not a run") };
+    assert_eq!(run.host.0, hostname);
+    assert_eq!(view.admission.provenance.agent.0, "mind-wake");
+}