diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/local/sherpa/packaged-runtime.local.e2e.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/speech/providers/local/sherpa/packaged-runtime.local.e2e.test.ts
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+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { expect, onTestFinished, test } from "vitest";
+
+// Exercises npm's consumer resolution, without the repository lockfile. Requires registry access.
+test.runIf(process.platform === "linux" && process.arch === "x64").each([false, true])(
+  "a server consumer installs the pinned local speech native runtime (upgrade: %s)",
+  (upgrade) => {
+    const directory = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "paseo-speech-consumer-"));
+    onTestFinished(() => rmSync(directory, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+    const serverRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../../../../../", import.meta.url));
+    const packed = JSON.parse(
+      execFileSync("npm", ["pack", "--ignore-scripts", "--json", "--pack-destination", directory], {
+        cwd: serverRoot,
+        encoding: "utf8",
+        timeout: 60_000,
+      }),
+    ) as Array<{ filename: string }>;
+    const consumer = path.join(directory, "consumer");
+    mkdirSync(consumer);
+    writeFileSync(path.join(consumer, "package.json"), '{"private":true}');
+    if (upgrade) {
+      execFileSync(
+        "npm",
+        [
+          "install",
+          "--ignore-scripts",
+          "--omit=dev",
+          "--no-audit",
+          "--no-fund",
+          "@getpaseo/server@0.8.0",
+        ],
+        { cwd: consumer, encoding: "utf8", timeout: 120_000 },
+      );
+    }
+    execFileSync(
+      "npm",
+      [
+        "install",
+        "--ignore-scripts",
+        "--omit=dev",
+        "--no-audit",
+        "--no-fund",
+        path.join(directory, packed[0].filename),
+      ],
+      { cwd: consumer, encoding: "utf8", timeout: 120_000 },
+    );
+
+    const serverRequire = createRequire(
+      path.join(consumer, "node_modules/@getpaseo/server/package.json"),
+    );
+    const wrapperPath = serverRequire.resolve("sherpa-onnx-node/package.json");
+    const wrapperRequire = createRequire(wrapperPath);
+    const wrapper = wrapperRequire(wrapperPath) as { version: string };
+    const native = wrapperRequire("sherpa-onnx-linux-x64/package.json") as { version: string };
+    expect(native.version).toBe(wrapper.version);
+  },
+  180_000,
+);