bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/Bridged.java

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ public final class Bridged {
         // dangerous configuration cannot be reached by ignoring a log line.
         cfg.validateAuthExposure();
         cfg.validateLeadScan();
+        // CB-542: a subscription:true profile whose env: reseats ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL/AUTH_TOKEN would
+        // reach an unguarded endpoint (the launcher skips SubscriptionGuard for it). Refuse at load.
+        cfg.validateSubscriptionProfiles();
 
         Path socket = cfg.herdrSocket() != null && !cfg.herdrSocket().isBlank()
                 ? Path.of(cfg.herdrSocket())

bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/BridgedConfig.java

@@ -119,6 +119,17 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
      *                       each adapter drives only its own kind. Normalised to lower-case; blank ⇒ the
      *                       default. It selects the adapter, not the transport — placement, tabs, cwd, and
      *                       the readiness gate are kind-independent and stay in the shared base.
+     * @param subscription  {@code true} to run this profile's workers on the operator's Claude
+     *                       subscription, on purpose (CB-539). When set, the launcher neither requires
+     *                       nor injects {@code ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL} / {@code ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN}, and the
+     *                       {@code SubscriptionGuard} base_url requirement is skipped <em>for this
+     *                       profile only</em>. Absent/{@code false} (the default) keeps today's hard
+     *                       refusal: a claude-code profile with no base_url may not spawn, because
+     *                       spawning one would bill the subscription. Mutually exclusive with
+     *                       {@code baseUrl} — setting both is a configuration error (the two state
+     *                       opposite intents). For the same reason, an {@code env:} entry naming
+     *                       {@code ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL} or {@code ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN} is refused at
+     *                       config load (CB-542): on the subscription path no guard would vet it.
      */
     @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
     public record Worker(String profile, String baseUrl, String model,
@@ -130,7 +141,8 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
                          String kind,
                          Map<String, String> env,
                          Float weight,
-                         Integer maxLoad) {
+                         Integer maxLoad,
+                         Boolean subscription) {
 
         /** Peer kind spawned by {@link dev.ltms.bridged.worker.ClaudeCodeLauncher} (the default). */
         public static final String KIND_CLAUDE_CODE = "claude-code";
@@ -163,6 +175,7 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
             env = (env == null) ? Map.of() : Map.copyOf(env);
             weight = (weight == null || weight <= 0.0f) ? 1.0f : weight;
             maxLoad = (maxLoad == null || maxLoad <= 0) ? null : maxLoad;
+            subscription = (subscription != null && subscription) ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
         }
 
         /**
@@ -175,7 +188,7 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
                       String placement, String workspace, String tabLabel, String mcpUrl,
                       String cwd, List<String> parityOverlay) {
             this(profile, baseUrl, model, configDir, tokenEnv, argv, placement, workspace, tabLabel,
-                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, null, null, null, null, null, null);
+                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
         }
 
         /**
@@ -187,7 +200,7 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
                       String placement, String workspace, String tabLabel, String mcpUrl,
                       String cwd, List<String> parityOverlay, String gitTokenEnv, String gitHostEnv) {
             this(profile, baseUrl, model, configDir, tokenEnv, argv, placement, workspace, tabLabel,
-                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, gitTokenEnv, gitHostEnv, null, null, null, null);
+                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, gitTokenEnv, gitHostEnv, null, null, null, null, null);
         }
 
         /**
@@ -200,13 +213,13 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
                       String cwd, List<String> parityOverlay, String gitTokenEnv, String gitHostEnv,
                       String kind) {
             this(profile, baseUrl, model, configDir, tokenEnv, argv, placement, workspace, tabLabel,
-                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, gitTokenEnv, gitHostEnv, kind, null, null, null);
+                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, gitTokenEnv, gitHostEnv, kind, null, null, null, null);
         }
 
         /** A copy with {@code profile} set — used to default a profile to its {@code workers} key. */
         public Worker withProfile(String p) {
             return new Worker(p, baseUrl, model, configDir, tokenEnv, argv, placement, workspace, tabLabel,
-                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, gitTokenEnv, gitHostEnv, kind, env, weight, maxLoad);
+                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, gitTokenEnv, gitHostEnv, kind, env, weight, maxLoad, subscription);
         }
 
         /** True when this profile is served by the Claude Code adapter (the default kind). */
@@ -219,11 +232,48 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
             return KIND_OPENCODE.equals(kind);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * True when this profile runs on the operator's Claude subscription, on purpose (CB-539).
+         * Absent/{@code false} (the default) keeps the hard refusal: a claude-code profile with no
+         * base_url may not spawn, because doing so would bill the subscription.
+         */
+        public boolean isSubscription() {
+            return Boolean.TRUE.equals(subscription);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Backward-compatible constructor without the CB-539 subscription flag — the worker stays on
+         * the off-subscription boundary (the default). Keeps pre-CB-539 call sites (and any YAML
+         * that omits the flag) compiling and behaving identically.
+         */
+        public Worker(String profile, String baseUrl, String model,
+                      String configDir, String tokenEnv, List<String> argv,
+                      String placement, String workspace, String tabLabel, String mcpUrl,
+                      String cwd, List<String> parityOverlay, String gitTokenEnv, String gitHostEnv,
+                      String kind, Map<String, String> env, Float weight, Integer maxLoad) {
+            this(profile, baseUrl, model, configDir, tokenEnv, argv, placement, workspace, tabLabel,
+                    mcpUrl, cwd, parityOverlay, gitTokenEnv, gitHostEnv, kind, env, weight, maxLoad, null);
+        }
+
         /** True when this profile's workers are granted a forge token to open their own PR (CB-302). */
         public boolean hasGitToken() {
             return gitTokenEnv != null && !gitTokenEnv.isBlank();
         }
 
+        /**
+         * True when this profile's {@code env:} block names a worker-side Anthropic binding variable.
+         * Those two keys are the adapter's, never the operator's: on a claude-code worker
+         * {@code ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL} is the endpoint the {@code SubscriptionGuard} vetted, and
+         * {@code ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN} is injected from {@code tokenEnv}. An {@code env:} entry for
+         * either is a bypass vector — it is what the subscription path would otherwise let survive
+         * unguarded — so it is rejected at config load (see
+         * {@link BridgedConfig#validateSubscriptionProfiles()}).
+         */
+        public boolean envCarriesAnthropicBinding() {
+            return env != null
+                    && (env.containsKey("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL") || env.containsKey("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN"));
+        }
+
         /** True when workers should land in their own tab in the worker space. */
         public boolean tabPlacement() {
             return "tab".equals(placement);
@@ -632,6 +682,44 @@ public record BridgedConfig(
                         + "confused.");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reject a subscription profile whose {@code env:} block tries to reseat the Anthropic binding
+     * (CB-542).
+     *
+     * <p>Why this must be fatal rather than sanitised: {@code subscription: true} deliberately
+     * stops the launcher from writing {@code ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL}/{@code ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN} and
+     * skips the {@code SubscriptionGuard} for that profile. But the profile's {@code env:} map is
+     * layered into the worker environment separately, so an {@code ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL} sitting
+     * there would survive into the worker having passed no guard at all — {@code subscription: true}
+     * plus an {@code env:} repoint is a contradiction just like {@code subscription: true} plus a
+     * {@code baseUrl}. The launcher also hard-strips these two keys from the worker env as a
+     * belt-and-braces measure; this method is the loud, load-time refusal so the operator is told
+     * about the mistake instead of having it silently cleaned up.
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException when any subscription profile's {@code env:} names
+     *                               {@code ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL} or {@code ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN},
+     *                               naming the profile and the offending key(s)
+     */
+    public void validateSubscriptionProfiles() {
+        List<String> bad = new java.util.ArrayList<>();
+        workerProfiles().forEach((name, w) -> {
+            if (w.isSubscription() && w.envCarriesAnthropicBinding()) {
+                List<String> keys = w.env().keySet().stream()
+                        .filter(k -> k.equals("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL") || k.equals("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN"))
+                        .sorted()
+                        .toList();
+                bad.add("worker profile '" + name + "' carries " + keys + " in env: — "
+                        + "subscription: true forbids ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL / ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN there, "
+                        + "because on the subscription no guard vets them (they would repoint the "
+                        + "worker past the SubscriptionGuard). Remove them from env: (or drop "
+                        + "subscription: true).");
+            }
+        });
+        if (!bad.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("refusing to start: " + String.join(" ", bad));
+        }
+    }
+
     /** True for the loopback addresses and the unspecified-but-local forms we treat as same-host. */
     private static boolean isLoopbackBind(String host) {
         if (host == null || host.isBlank()) {

bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/worker/ClaudeCodeLauncher.java

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import dev.ltms.bridged.herdr.Agent;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.herdr.AgentControl;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.herdr.WorkspaceControl;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.peer.Capability;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ public final class ClaudeCodeLauncher extends HerdrPeerLauncher {
     /** Label prefix for this adapter's herdr agent names (drives naming + orphan reap). */
     private static final String NAME_PREFIX = "claude";
 
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ClaudeCodeLauncher.class);
+
     private final SubscriptionGuard guard;
 
     /**
@@ -116,14 +120,43 @@ public final class ClaudeCodeLauncher extends HerdrPeerLauncher {
      */
     @Override
     protected Launch buildLaunch(BridgedConfig.Worker cfg) {
+        // CB-539: a profile may deliberately opt into the subscription (subscription: true) when no
+        // off-subscription endpoint exists for it — e.g. `sonnet` on `ccs`. That profile gets no
+        // ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL/AUTH_TOKEN (there is nothing to point them at) and the guard's base_url
+        // requirement is skipped FOR IT ONLY. Every other profile keeps the hard boundary below.
+        boolean onSubscription = cfg.isSubscription();
         String baseUrl = cfg.baseUrl();
-        guard.assertWorker(baseUrl); // hard stop before we spawn anything
+
+        if (onSubscription) {
+            // NO SILENT CONTRADICTION: subscription:true + a baseUrl state opposite intents; refuse
+            // loudly rather than pick a winner.
+            if (baseUrl != null && !baseUrl.isBlank()) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("profile '" + cfg.profile()
+                        + "' sets both subscription: true and a baseUrl ('" + baseUrl + "') — the two "
+                        + "are contradictory: a subscription profile must not point at an endpoint. "
+                        + "Drop baseUrl, or drop subscription: true.");
+            }
+            // Visible without anyone going looking for it: this worker bills the subscription.
+            log.warn("spawning profile '{}' on the Claude subscription (subscription: true) — this "
+                    + "worker WILL bill the operator's subscription", cfg.profile());
+        } else {
+            guard.assertWorker(baseUrl); // hard stop before we spawn anything
+        }
 
         Map<String, String> workerEnv = baseEnv(cfg);
-        workerEnv.put("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL", baseUrl);
+        if (onSubscription) {
+            // CB-542 belt-and-braces: on the subscription path no guard vets these two keys, and the
+            // profile's env: is layered in by baseEnv — so strip any that rode in there. Config load
+            // already rejects this (loudly, naming the profile); this makes the boundary hold even
+            // for a profile built in code that never passed through that validation.
+            workerEnv.remove("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL");
+            workerEnv.remove("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN");
+        } else {
+            workerEnv.put("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL", baseUrl);
+            putIfPresent(workerEnv, "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN", env.apply(cfg.tokenEnv()));
+        }
         putIfPresent(workerEnv, "ANTHROPIC_MODEL", cfg.model());
         putIfPresent(workerEnv, "CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR", cfg.configDir());
-        putIfPresent(workerEnv, "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN", env.apply(cfg.tokenEnv()));
         applyGitToken(workerEnv, cfg);
 
         return new Launch(workerEnv, argvWithModel(argvWithBridge(cfg), cfg));

bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/config/BridgedConfigTest.java

@@ -640,4 +640,100 @@ class BridgedConfigTest {
         assertEquals(1.0f, w.weight(), 0.0001f, "absent weight defaults to 1.0");
         assertNull(w.maxLoad(), "absent maxLoad defaults to unlimited (null)");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void subscriptionFlagBindsAndDefaultsFalse(@TempDir Path dir) throws Exception {
+        Path f = dir.resolve("subscription.yaml");
+        Files.writeString(f, """
+                workers:
+                  sonnet:
+                    subscription: true
+                    argv: ["ccs", "sonnet"]
+                  opted:
+                    baseUrl: http://gx10.gw:8000
+                """);
+
+        BridgedConfig cfg = BridgedConfig.load(f);
+        assertTrue(cfg.workerProfiles().get("sonnet").isSubscription(),
+                "subscription: true binds as an explicit opt-in");
+        assertFalse(cfg.workerProfiles().get("opted").isSubscription(),
+                "a profile without the key stays off-subscription (the default)");
+    }
+
+    // ── CB-542: subscription:true must not smuggle an unguarded endpoint via env: ───────────────
+
+    @Test
+    void aSubscriptionProfileWithAnthropicBaseUrlInEnvIsRejected(@TempDir Path dir) throws Exception {
+        Path f = dir.resolve("baseUrl.yaml");
+        Files.writeString(f, """
+                workers:
+                  sonnet:
+                    subscription: true
+                    argv: ["ccs", "sonnet"]
+                    env:
+                      ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: http://anything-not-on-the-allowlist
+                """);
+        BridgedConfig cfg = BridgedConfig.load(f);
+
+        IllegalStateException e = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                cfg::validateSubscriptionProfiles);
+        assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("sonnet"), "the refusal names the offending profile");
+        assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL"),
+                "the refusal names the offending key: " + e.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void aSubscriptionProfileWithAnthropicAuthTokenInEnvIsRejected(@TempDir Path dir) throws Exception {
+        Path f = dir.resolve("authToken.yaml");
+        Files.writeString(f, """
+                workers:
+                  sonnet:
+                    subscription: true
+                    argv: ["ccs", "sonnet"]
+                    env:
+                      ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN: sk-ant-not-on-any-allowlist
+                """);
+        BridgedConfig cfg = BridgedConfig.load(f);
+
+        IllegalStateException e = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                cfg::validateSubscriptionProfiles);
+        assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("sonnet"), "the refusal names the offending profile");
+        assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN"),
+                "the refusal names the offending key: " + e.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void aSubscriptionProfileWithACleanEnvPassesValidation(@TempDir Path dir) throws Exception {
+        Path f = dir.resolve("clean.yaml");
+        Files.writeString(f, """
+                workers:
+                  sonnet:
+                    subscription: true
+                    argv: ["ccs", "sonnet"]
+                    env:
+                      JAVA_HOME: /opt/jdk
+                """);
+        BridgedConfig cfg = BridgedConfig.load(f);
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow(cfg::validateSubscriptionProfiles,
+                "a subscription profile may carry env: — just not the Anthropic binding keys");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void aNonSubscriptionProfileMayCarryAnthropicEnvKeys(@TempDir Path dir) throws Exception {
+        // The override is only dangerous on the subscription path, where no guard could vet it. A
+        // plain profile's env: is still overwritten by the launcher's guard-checked value (CB-511).
+        Path f = dir.resolve("nonsub.yaml");
+        Files.writeString(f, """
+                workers:
+                  gx10:
+                    baseUrl: http://gx10.gw:8000
+                    env:
+                      ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: http://something
+                """);
+        BridgedConfig cfg = BridgedConfig.load(f);
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow(cfg::validateSubscriptionProfiles,
+                "only subscription:true profiles are checked — off-subscription ones keep the baseUrl guard");
+    }
 }

bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/worker/ClaudeCodeLauncherTest.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dev.ltms.bridged.worker;
 
 import dev.ltms.bridged.config.BridgedConfig;
+import dev.ltms.bridged.guard.GuardException;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.guard.SubscriptionGuard;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.herdr.AgentControl;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.herdr.FakeHerdr;
@@ -615,4 +616,111 @@ class ClaudeCodeLauncherTest {
         assertFalse(spawnedArgs(herdr).contains("--model"));
         assertNull(startEnv(herdr).get("ANTHROPIC_MODEL"));
     }
+
+    // --- CB-539: subscription-profile opt-in ----------------------------------------------------
+
+    /** A claude-code profile on the subscription: no baseUrl (by design), no off-sub endpoint. */
+    private static BridgedConfig.Worker subscriptionCfg(String profile, String baseUrl) {
+        return new BridgedConfig.Worker(
+                profile, baseUrl, "sonnet", null, "BRIDGED_WORKER_TOKEN",
+                List.of("ccs", profile), "tab", "bridged-workers", "w #{n}", null, null, null,
+                null, null, null, Map.of(), null, null, true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void defaultRefusalIsPreservedForClaudeProfileWithNoBaseUrl() {
+        // Requirement 1: absent subscription:true ⇒ byte-identical refusal to today. A claude-code
+        // profile with no baseUrl and no subscription must still be refused (it would bill the sub).
+        FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
+        BridgedConfig.Worker cfg = new BridgedConfig.Worker(
+                "ltms-local", null, "coder", null, "BRIDGED_WORKER_TOKEN",
+                List.of("ccs", "ltms-local"), "tab", "bridged-workers", "w #{n}", null, null, null);
+        ClaudeCodeLauncher svc = new ClaudeCodeLauncher(new AgentControl(herdr), new WorkspaceControl(herdr),
+                new SubscriptionGuard(Set.of("gx00.gw")), Map.of(cfg.profile(), cfg), cfg.profile(), _ -> null);
+
+        GuardException ex = assertThrows(GuardException.class, () -> svc.spawn("ltms-local", null, null));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("no ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL"),
+                "the refusal names the missing baseUrl: " + ex.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(0, herdr.calls.stream().filter(c -> c.method().equals("agent.start")).count(),
+                "nothing was spawned before the refusal");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void subscriptionProfileSpawnsWithoutInjectedAnthropicVars() {
+        // Requirement on subscription:true: no baseUrl is required (or injected), and neither
+        // ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL nor ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN is injected even though the token env would
+        // resolve one if asked.
+        FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
+        BridgedConfig.Worker cfg = subscriptionCfg("sonnet", null);
+        new ClaudeCodeLauncher(new AgentControl(herdr), new WorkspaceControl(herdr),
+                new SubscriptionGuard(Set.of("gx00.gw")), Map.of(cfg.profile(), cfg), cfg.profile(),
+                _ -> "would-be-token").spawn();
+
+        Map<String, String> env = startEnv(herdr);
+        assertNull(env.get("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL"), "no baseUrl injected for a subscription profile");
+        assertNull(env.get("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN"), "no auth token injected for a subscription profile");
+        assertEquals("sonnet", env.get("ANTHROPIC_MODEL"),
+                "the model alias is still injected; only the subscription-boundary vars are dropped");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void subscriptionPlusBaseUrlIsRefused() {
+        // Requirement 2: subscription:true + a baseUrl state opposite intents — refuse at spawn,
+        // naming the profile, rather than silently picking a winner.
+        FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
+        BridgedConfig.Worker cfg = subscriptionCfg("sonnet", "http://gx00.gw:8000");
+        ClaudeCodeLauncher svc = new ClaudeCodeLauncher(new AgentControl(herdr), new WorkspaceControl(herdr),
+                new SubscriptionGuard(Set.of("gx00.gw")), Map.of(cfg.profile(), cfg), cfg.profile(), _ -> null);
+
+        IllegalStateException ex = assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class,
+                () -> svc.spawn("sonnet", null, null));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("sonnet"), "refusal names the profile: " + ex.getMessage());
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("subscription"), "refusal explains the contradiction: " + ex.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(0, herdr.calls.stream().filter(c -> c.method().equals("agent.start")).count(),
+                "nothing was spawned before the contradiction was refused");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void nonSubscriptionProfilesAreStillAllowlistChecked() {
+        // Requirement 3: the guard keeps its teeth for every other profile — a base_url whose host is
+        // not on the allowlist is still refused, whether or not any subscription profile exists.
+        FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
+        BridgedConfig.Worker rogue = new BridgedConfig.Worker(
+                "rogue", "http://evil.example.com:8000", "coder", null, "BRIDGED_WORKER_TOKEN",
+                List.of("ccs", "rogue"), "tab", "bridged-workers", "w #{n}", null, null, null);
+        ClaudeCodeLauncher svc = new ClaudeCodeLauncher(new AgentControl(herdr), new WorkspaceControl(herdr),
+                new SubscriptionGuard(Set.of("gx00.gw")), Map.of(rogue.profile(), rogue), rogue.profile(), _ -> null);
+
+        GuardException ex = assertThrows(GuardException.class, () -> svc.spawn("rogue", null, null));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("not on the"), "refusal cites the allowlist: " + ex.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(0, herdr.calls.stream().filter(c -> c.method().equals("agent.start")).count(),
+                "nothing was spawned before the allowlist refusal");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void aSubscriptionProfileHasAnEnvSuppliedAnthropicBindingStripped() {
+        // CB-542: even a subscription profile whose env: carries ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL (or AUTH_TOKEN)
+        // must not hand them to the worker — on the subscription path no guard would vet them. Config
+        // load refuses this loudly; this launcher-side strip is the belt-and-braces that makes the
+        // invariant hold for a profile built in code that never passed through that validation.
+        FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
+        BridgedConfig.Worker cfg = new BridgedConfig.Worker(
+                "sonnet", null, "sonnet", null, "BRIDGED_WORKER_TOKEN",
+                List.of("ccs", "sonnet"), "tab", "bridged-workers", "w #{n}", null, null, null,
+                null, null, null,
+                Map.of("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL", "http://evil.example.com",
+                        "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN", "sk-ant-bad", "JAVA_HOME", "/opt/jdk"),
+                null, null, true);
+        new ClaudeCodeLauncher(new AgentControl(herdr), new WorkspaceControl(herdr),
+                new SubscriptionGuard(Set.of("gx00.gw")), Map.of(cfg.profile(), cfg), cfg.profile(),
+                _ -> "would-be-token").spawn();
+
+        Map<String, String> env = startEnv(herdr);
+        assertNull(env.get("ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL"),
+                "the unguarded endpoint must not survive into the worker");
+        assertNull(env.get("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN"),
+                "the unguarded token must not survive into the worker");
+        assertEquals("/opt/jdk", env.get("JAVA_HOME"),
+                "only the Anthropic binding keys are stripped; the rest of env: still applies");
+    }
 }