diff --git a/docs-internal/registry-parity-worklist.md b/docs-internal/registry-parity-worklist.md
index ae9db9ef25..e80daf37c1 100644
--- a/docs-internal/registry-parity-worklist.md
+++ b/docs-internal/registry-parity-worklist.md
@@ -683,6 +683,14 @@ real e2e tests that prove Linux-parity behavior — not smoke tests.
     `2026-07-08T13-12-51-0700-item12-jq-check-types-final.log`;
     `2026-07-08T13-12-51-0700-item12-jq-cargo-fmt-check-final.log`.
     Rev: `slnmvuqz`.
+  - **pi — DONE.** Enabled the existing real `createSession('pi')` headless
+    suite in default core Vitest coverage and unskipped the upstream Pi SDK bash
+    tool path. The suite proves initialization over the native sidecar
+    transport plus real ACP write-tool and bash-tool flows inside the VM. Proof:
+    `2026-07-08T14-37-00-0700-item12-cc-cache-restored-target-files.log`;
+    `2026-07-08T14-37-00-0700-item12-sidecar-build-after-manual-cc-restore.log`;
+    `2026-07-08T14-38-00-0700-item12-pi-headless-final-after-cc-restore.log`.
+    Rev: `mzuuypsm`.
 - **Objective:** write real e2e tests proving each behaves like its Linux
  counterpart (jq processes real JSON, sed edits streams, tar round-trips archives,
   gzip round-trips, etc.); agents exercise the real ACP
diff --git a/packages/core/tests/pi-headless.test.ts b/packages/core/tests/pi-headless.test.ts
index b1cd922223..66246c810d 100644
--- a/packages/core/tests/pi-headless.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/tests/pi-headless.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { resolve } from "node:path";
-import type { Fixture, ToolCall } from "@copilotkit/llmock";
-import { moduleAccessMounts } from "./helpers/node-modules-mount.js";
 import common from "@agentos-software/common";
 import pi from "@agentos-software/pi";
+import type { Fixture, ToolCall } from "@copilotkit/llmock";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import type { AgentCapabilities, AgentInfo } from "../src/agent-os.js";
 import { AgentOs } from "../src/agent-os.js";
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 	startLlmock,
 	stopLlmock,
 } from "./helpers/llmock-helper.js";
+import { moduleAccessMounts } from "./helpers/node-modules-mount.js";
 
 const MODULE_ACCESS_CWD = resolve(import.meta.dirname, "..");
 
@@ -206,15 +206,7 @@ describe("full createSession('pi') inside the VM", () => {
 		}
 	}, 120_000);
 
-	// Blocked on shell `>` redirect output being visible to `vm.readFile()`.
-	// The vanilla Pi SDK bash backend spawns the shell directly and the redirect
-	// runs inside the guest shell, but the written bytes do not reconcile to the
-	// host read path yet. Before the adapter dropped its custom bash operations
-	// override this case passed because the override routed the command through
-	// the rpc-client `sh -c` path that the host can observe; the vanilla backend
-	// surfaces the underlying runtime gap. Tracked in
-	// ~/.agents/todo/agentos-runtime-fixes.md (shell-exec redirect visibility).
-	test.skip("runs the real Pi SDK ACP flow end-to-end for bash tool calls", async () => {
+	test("runs the real Pi SDK ACP flow end-to-end for bash tool calls", async () => {
 		const fixtures = createToolFixtures(
 			{
 				name: "bash",
diff --git a/packages/core/vitest.config.ts b/packages/core/vitest.config.ts
index 96c473e2c7..f9881d112c 100644
--- a/packages/core/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/vitest.config.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ const SLOW_E2E_FILES = [
 	"tests/batch-file-ops.test.ts",
 	"tests/agentos-base-filesystem.test.ts",
 	"tests/pi-sdk-boot-probe.test.ts",
-	"tests/pi-headless.test.ts",
 	"tests/pi-tool-llmock.test.ts",
 	"tests/native-sidecar-process-permissions.test.ts",
 	"tests/pi-extensions.test.ts",