warning: in the working copy of 'crates/spt/tests/worker_lifecycle_e2e.rs', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
warning: in the working copy of 'crates/spt/tests/worker_lifecycle_e2e.rs', LF will be replaced by CRLF the next time Git touches it
diff --git a/crates/spt/tests/worker_lifecycle_e2e.rs b/crates/spt/tests/worker_lifecycle_e2e.rs
index 0c7bb96..4ba6fc0 100644
--- a/crates/spt/tests/worker_lifecycle_e2e.rs
+++ b/crates/spt/tests/worker_lifecycle_e2e.rs
@@ -77,9 +77,20 @@ fn reap_daemon(home: &std::path::Path, owned_target: &std::path::Path) {
         !ancestors.contains(&pid),
         "WORKER_E2E_REAP_REFUSED: target pid {pid} is a test-harness ancestor: {ancestors:?}"
     );
-    let exe = spt_store::proc::exe_path(pid).unwrap_or_else(|| {
-        panic!("WORKER_E2E_REAP_REFUSED: cannot resolve executable for pid {pid}")
-    });
+    if !spt_store::proc::is_process_alive(pid) {
+        eprintln!("WORKER_E2E_REAP_SKIPPED: pid {pid} already exited");
+        return;
+    }
+    let exe = match spt_store::proc::exe_path(pid) {
+        Some(exe) => exe,
+        None if !spt_store::proc::is_process_alive(pid) => {
+            eprintln!("WORKER_E2E_REAP_SKIPPED: pid {pid} already exited");
+            return;
+        }
+        None => {
+            panic!("WORKER_E2E_REAP_REFUSED: live pid {pid} executable is unreadable")
+        }
+    };
     assert!(
         exe.starts_with(owned_target),
         "WORKER_E2E_REAP_REFUSED: pid {pid} resolves outside owned target: exe={} target={}",