diff --git a/apps/server/src/shepherd/live-runtime.composition.test.ts b/apps/server/src/shepherd/live-runtime.composition.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc638fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/server/src/shepherd/live-runtime.composition.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+function liveVerifierArguments(source: string): string {
+  const expression = "new ContainerVerifier(registry(), {";
+  const start = source.indexOf(expression);
+  if (start < 0) throw new Error("live verifier composition site was not found");
+  const close = /^\s*\}\);/mu.exec(source.slice(start));
+  if (!close) throw new Error("live verifier composition site was not terminated");
+  return source
+    .slice(start, start + close.index)
+    .replace(/\/\/[^\n]*/gu, "")
+    .replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//gu, "");
+}
+
+describe("live Runtime verifier composition", () => {
+  it("addresses independent verification snapshots through the controller state volume", async () => {
+    const source = await readFile(
+      path.resolve(process.cwd(), "src/shepherd/live-runtime.integration.test.ts"),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    const options = liveVerifierArguments(source);
+
+    expect(options).toContain("stateRoot: config.containerStateRoot");
+    expect(options).toContain("stateVolume: config.containerStateVolume");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/server/src/shepherd/live-runtime.integration.test.ts b/apps/server/src/shepherd/live-runtime.integration.test.ts
index c122094..d865b72 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/shepherd/live-runtime.integration.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/shepherd/live-runtime.integration.test.ts
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ describe.skipIf(!liveEnabled)("Shepherd live Codex Runtime gate", () => {
             maxTimeoutMs: config.shepherdVerificationTimeoutMs,
             maxOutputBytes: config.codexMaxOutputBytes,
             sensitiveValues: [config.arkApiKey, config.authToken],
+            stateRoot: config.containerStateRoot,
+            stateVolume: config.containerStateVolume,
           });
           verifiers.push(verifier);
           const store = new JsonStore(statePath, {