diff --git a/work-items/open/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/artifacts/.gitkeep b/work-items/closed/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/artifacts/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/work-items/open/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/item.md b/work-items/closed/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/item.md
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--- a/work-items/open/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/item.md
+++ b/work-items/closed/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/item.md
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 id: 20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env
 slug: dev-pod-runtime-command-env
 title: Dev: add Pod runtime executable override env
-status: open
+status: closed
 kind: task
 priority: P2
 labels: [cli, pod, env, dev]
 created_at: 2026-05-31T12:40:40Z
-updated_at: 2026-05-31T20:41:28Z
+updated_at: 2026-05-31T20:41:56Z
 assignee: null
 legacy_ticket: null
 ---
diff --git a/work-items/closed/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/resolution.md b/work-items/closed/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/resolution.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/work-items/closed/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/resolution.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Added `INSOMNIA_POD_RUNTIME_COMMAND` as a narrow development escape hatch for dogfooding/self-rebuild cases where `current_exe()` can point at a deleted debug binary.
+
+Implementation:
+- Added the override in `client::PodRuntimeCommand`.
+- Unset/empty values preserve the default `current_exe() + ["pod"]` behavior.
+- Non-empty values replace only the executable path and still automatically receive the `pod` prefix argument.
+- The value is not shell-parsed and is not argument-split.
+- Spawn/restore failure diagnostics include the resolved runtime command.
+- Documented the variable in `docs/environment.md` as development-only, not normal user configuration.
+- Did not reintroduce `INSOMNIA_POD_COMMAND` or old executable-without-prefix semantics.
+
+Review:
+- External reviewer `dev-pod-runtime-env-reviewer-20260531` approved implementation commit `0031953ed352ba7fae9e798b6aeee1e8ea080816`.
+- Reviewer noted a non-blocking future improvement: display formatting for runtime commands could quote argv pieces with spaces more clearly.
+
+Validation after merge:
+- `cargo fmt --check`
+- `cargo test -p client runtime_command`
+- `cargo test -p client`
+- `cargo check -p client -p pod -p tui -p insomnia` (passed with existing dead-code warnings)
+- `./tickets.sh doctor`
+- `git diff --check`
+- `git grep -n "INSOMNIA_POD_COMMAND" -- ':!work-items' || true` produced no active references.
diff --git a/work-items/open/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/thread.md b/work-items/closed/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/thread.md
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--- a/work-items/open/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/thread.md
+++ b/work-items/closed/20260531-124040-dev-pod-runtime-command-env/thread.md
@@ -38,4 +38,35 @@ Validation adequacy:
 - Reviewer performed read-only diff/source/docs/grep review and did not rerun Cargo tests.
 
 
+---
+
+<!-- event: close author: hare at: 2026-05-31T20:41:56Z status: closed -->
+
+## Closed
+
+Added `INSOMNIA_POD_RUNTIME_COMMAND` as a narrow development escape hatch for dogfooding/self-rebuild cases where `current_exe()` can point at a deleted debug binary.
+
+Implementation:
+- Added the override in `client::PodRuntimeCommand`.
+- Unset/empty values preserve the default `current_exe() + ["pod"]` behavior.
+- Non-empty values replace only the executable path and still automatically receive the `pod` prefix argument.
+- The value is not shell-parsed and is not argument-split.
+- Spawn/restore failure diagnostics include the resolved runtime command.
+- Documented the variable in `docs/environment.md` as development-only, not normal user configuration.
+- Did not reintroduce `INSOMNIA_POD_COMMAND` or old executable-without-prefix semantics.
+
+Review:
+- External reviewer `dev-pod-runtime-env-reviewer-20260531` approved implementation commit `0031953ed352ba7fae9e798b6aeee1e8ea080816`.
+- Reviewer noted a non-blocking future improvement: display formatting for runtime commands could quote argv pieces with spaces more clearly.
+
+Validation after merge:
+- `cargo fmt --check`
+- `cargo test -p client runtime_command`
+- `cargo test -p client`
+- `cargo check -p client -p pod -p tui -p insomnia` (passed with existing dead-code warnings)
+- `./tickets.sh doctor`
+- `git diff --check`
+- `git grep -n "INSOMNIA_POD_COMMAND" -- ':!work-items' || true` produced no active references.
+
+
 ---