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+"""Regression test for intentional Wave 3 refusal of unscoped remote scheduled SSH.
+
+Contract:
+Raw scheduled remote SSH without an exact external backend resource binding
+must fail closed deterministically with:
+"Remote scheduled workload requires an exact external backend binding."
+"""
+import pytest
+
+from src.agent_runtime.authority import OperationGrant, RequestAuthority, bind_request_authority
+from src.builtin_actions import _run_subprocess, action_ssh_command
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_scheduled_remote_ssh_refusal_is_deterministic_and_fail_closed():
+    """Unscoped remote SSH in a scheduled workload must fail closed."""
+    authority = RequestAuthority("sched-1", "alice", "sched-session", "", (OperationGrant("bash"),))
+    with bind_request_authority(authority):
+        # 1. Direct _run_subprocess with ssh argv
+        output, success = await _run_subprocess(["ssh", "user@remote.host", "uptime"])
+        assert success is False
+        assert output == "Remote scheduled workload requires an exact external backend binding."
+
+        # 2. action_ssh_command targeting remote host
+        output, success = await action_ssh_command(
+            owner="alice",
+            command="uptime",
+            host="remote.example.com",
+            user="deploy",
+        )
+        assert success is False
+        assert output == "Remote scheduled workload requires an exact external backend binding."
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_scheduled_ssh_refusal_requires_authority_first():
+    """Without any active authority, launch is denied before reaching the remote SSH gate."""
+    output, success = await _run_subprocess(["ssh", "user@remote.host", "uptime"])
+    assert success is False
+    assert output == "Scheduled process launch has no server authority."