diff --git a/tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py b/tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py
index 7e73f12dbc..5a42f842d8 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py
@@ -347,3 +347,34 @@ class TestRelayRoutingStampGlobals:
             ss.set_multiplex_active(False)
         for name in self.AUTH_VARS:
             assert not ss._is_global_env(name), name
+
+
+class TestSecretScopeAcrossExecutorThreads:
+    """Multiplexed profile state must reach pool workers (see #95119).
+
+    The context-compression timeout fence runs auxiliary LLM calls in a
+    daemon thread pool.  Bundled CPython runtime builds omit
+    ``ThreadPoolExecutor``'s context propagation, so the profile secret
+    scope was absent in the worker and ``get_secret`` failed closed with
+    ``UnscopedSecretError``, silently degrading compression to lossy
+    deterministic summaries.  ``DaemonThreadPoolExecutor.submit`` restores
+    stdlib context semantics; these tests lock that in.
+    """
+
+    def test_scoped_read_works_in_daemon_pool_worker(self, monkeypatch):
+        from tools.daemon_pool import DaemonThreadPoolExecutor
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("SURPLUS_API_KEY", "env-key")
+        ss.set_multiplex_active(True)
+        token = ss.set_secret_scope({"SURPLUS_API_KEY": "scope-key"})
+        pool = DaemonThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1)
+        try:
+            # The scope (authoritative under multiplex) must reach the worker.
+            seen = pool.submit(ss.get_secret, "SURPLUS_API_KEY").result(timeout=10)
+            assert seen == "scope-key"
+            # A scoped miss must still not borrow the (cross-profile) env value.
+            monkeypatch.setenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "env-leak")
+            assert pool.submit(ss.get_secret, "OPENAI_API_KEY").result(timeout=10) is None
+        finally:
+            pool.shutdown(wait=True)
+            ss.reset_secret_scope(token)
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_daemon_pool.py b/tests/tools/test_daemon_pool.py
index 250cc86e59..9370afb46f 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_daemon_pool.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_daemon_pool.py
@@ -69,6 +69,30 @@ def test_wedged_worker_does_not_block_interpreter_exit():
     assert "main-done" in proc.stdout
 
 
+def test_submit_propagates_caller_contextvars():
+    """Pool workers inherit contextvars set in the submitting context.
+
+    Stdlib ThreadPoolExecutor snapshots the caller's context with
+    ``copy_context()``; some bundled CPython runtime builds strip that, so
+    the daemon pool restores it explicitly.  Without the fix this returns
+    the default because the worker runs in a bare context.
+    """
+    from contextvars import ContextVar
+
+    var = ContextVar("daemon_pool_test_var", default="unset")
+
+    pool = DaemonThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1)
+    try:
+        token = var.set("hello")
+        try:
+            seen = pool.submit(var.get).result(timeout=10)
+        finally:
+            var.reset(token)
+        assert seen == "hello"
+    finally:
+        pool.shutdown(wait=True)
+
+
 def _repo_root():
     import pathlib
 
diff --git a/tools/daemon_pool.py b/tools/daemon_pool.py
index 2fb5a61d0a..368a9c614d 100644
--- a/tools/daemon_pool.py
+++ b/tools/daemon_pool.py
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ exit hook insists on joining.
   - the interpreter's non-daemon thread join at shutdown skips them.
 
 Semantics are otherwise identical (initializer/initargs, work queue,
-idle-thread reuse).  Use it for any pool whose work is best-effort or
+idle-thread reuse) and, since #95119, so is context propagation:
+``submit`` snapshots the submitting context with ``copy_context()`` and
+runs each work item inside it, matching stdlib ``ThreadPoolExecutor``.
+That matters because some bundled CPython runtime builds omit stdlib's
+context propagation entirely, which silently drops contextvar-based state
+(profile secret scope, HERMES_HOME override) in pool workers — e.g. the
+context-compression timeout fence resolved auxiliary provider keys with
+``UnscopedSecretError`` under the multiplexed gateway.  Use it for any
+pool whose work is best-effort or
 independently interruptible and must never hold the process open:
 concurrent tool execution, background memory sync, catalog fan-out,
 subagent timeout wrappers.  Do NOT use it for work that must complete
@@ -30,6 +38,7 @@ import threading
 import weakref
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from concurrent.futures.thread import _worker
+from contextvars import copy_context
 
 __all__ = ["DaemonThreadPoolExecutor"]
 
@@ -37,6 +46,28 @@ __all__ = ["DaemonThreadPoolExecutor"]
 class DaemonThreadPoolExecutor(ThreadPoolExecutor):
     """ThreadPoolExecutor variant whose workers do not block process exit."""
 
+    def submit(self, fn, /, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Submit a callable, propagating the caller's contextvars.
+
+        Stdlib ``ThreadPoolExecutor`` snapshots the submitting context with
+        ``copy_context()`` and runs each work item inside it, so pool
+        workers inherit contextvar state such as the multiplexed profile
+        secret scope.  Some bundled CPython runtime builds strip that
+        propagation from the stdlib executor (their ``_WorkItem.run`` calls
+        the callable directly), which broke auxiliary LLM key resolution
+        from the context-compression timeout fence with
+        ``UnscopedSecretError``.  Restore the stdlib behavior explicitly so
+        the daemon pool behaves identically on every runtime; on runtimes
+        that already propagate, the inner ``ctx.run`` re-applies the same
+        immutable context and is a no-op.
+        """
+        ctx = copy_context()
+
+        def _run_with_context(*call_args, **call_kwargs):
+            return ctx.run(fn, *call_args, **call_kwargs)
+
+        return super().submit(_run_with_context, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def _adjust_thread_count(self) -> None:
         # Mirrors CPython's implementation (3.8–3.13) with two changes:
         # daemon=True and no _threads_queues registration.