diff --git a/tests/tools/test_bot_desktop_browser_fence.py b/tests/tools/test_bot_desktop_browser_fence.py
index 1d8ba3ae5d..0222165eca 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_bot_desktop_browser_fence.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_bot_desktop_browser_fence.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dispatched, and a command whose run crossed a takeover loses its result."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import subprocess
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -38,6 +39,57 @@ def _wire(monkeypatch, commands):
     return browser, session
 
 
+def _wire_browser_exec(monkeypatch, run_cli):
+    """Route browser_exec through local Chromium without starting a real browser."""
+    from tools import browser_tool_cloud as cloud
+    from tools import browser_tool_session as session
+    from tools import browser_use_cli as browser_use
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(browser_use, "_find_cli", lambda: ["browser-use"])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(browser_use, "_base_subprocess_env", lambda: {})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(browser_use, "_real_profile_consented", lambda: False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(browser_use, "_resolve_lightpanda_cdp", lambda *a: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("tools.browser_tool_cdp._get_cdp_override", lambda: "")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("tools.browser_tool._get_open_command_timeout", lambda **_kw: 5)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "_get_cloud_provider", lambda: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(session, "_run_browser_command", lambda *_a, **_kw: {
+        "success": True, "data": {"cdpUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:9222"}})
+    monkeypatch.setattr(browser_use, "_attach_vault_supervisor", lambda *a: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(browser_use, "_run_cli_killing_process_group", run_cli)
+    return browser_use
+
+
+def test_browser_exec_is_fenced_while_human_controls_shared_browser(monkeypatch):
+    dispatched: list[str] = []
+
+    def run_cli(*_args):
+        dispatched.append("browser-use")
+        return subprocess.CompletedProcess([], 0, "WHAT-THE-HUMAN-TYPED", "")
+
+    browser_use = _wire_browser_exec(monkeypatch, run_cli)
+    lease.acquire("human-viewer")
+    raw = browser_use.browser_exec("print(page_info())", task_id="review")
+    assert isinstance(raw, str)
+    result = json.loads(raw)
+    assert dispatched == [], "human holds the lease, yet browser_exec was dispatched"
+    assert "WHAT-THE-HUMAN-TYPED" not in raw
+    assert result.get("code") == "human_has_control"
+
+
+def test_browser_exec_result_crossing_a_takeover_is_discarded(monkeypatch):
+    def run_cli(*_args):
+        lease.acquire("human-viewer")
+        lease.release("human-viewer")
+        return subprocess.CompletedProcess([], 0, "WHAT-THE-HUMAN-TYPED", "")
+
+    browser_use = _wire_browser_exec(monkeypatch, run_cli)
+    raw = browser_use.browser_exec("print(page_info())", task_id="review")
+    assert isinstance(raw, str)
+    result = json.loads(raw)
+    assert "WHAT-THE-HUMAN-TYPED" not in raw
+    assert result.get("code") == "human_has_control"
+
+
 def test_browser_click_is_fenced_while_human_controls_shared_browser(monkeypatch):
     commands: list = []
     browser, _ = _wire(monkeypatch, commands)
diff --git a/tools/browser_use_cli.py b/tools/browser_use_cli.py
index a52ac1b0bb..3dc2840f7c 100644
--- a/tools/browser_use_cli.py
+++ b/tools/browser_use_cli.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ _SESSION_RE = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_-]{0,63}$")
 # Set on the env dict by the CDP resolvers when the resolved browser is EXCLUSIVE to this named session
 # (per-name provider / named BU cloud / Lightpanda). Popped before the subprocess launches — never exported.
 _PRIVATE_BROWSER_SENTINEL = "_HERMES_BU_PRIVATE_BROWSER"
+# Internal route provenance: this exec resolved to a browser on the Bot Desktop display and must use
+# the same human-control lease fence as the built-in browser tools. Popped before launching the CLI.
+_BOT_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SENTINEL = "_HERMES_BU_BOT_DESKTOP_BROWSER"
 
 # Prepended to the model's code for named sessions on SHARED browsers (a /browser connect CDP override): the
 # harness daemon attaches to the first existing page at startup, so two fresh named daemons can land on the
@@ -391,6 +394,7 @@ def _resolve_lightpanda_cdp(env: dict, task_id: Optional[str], session_name: str
     )
     if err is None:
         env[_PRIVATE_BROWSER_SENTINEL] = "1"
+        env[_BOT_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SENTINEL] = "1"
     return err
 
 
@@ -416,6 +420,7 @@ def _resolve_managed_chromium_cdp(env: dict, task_id: Optional[str], session_nam
                 "Run `hermes tools` → Browser Automation to (re)install Chromium, or switch backends.")
     _set_cdp_env(env, cdp)
     env[_PRIVATE_BROWSER_SENTINEL] = "1"  # one Chromium per cache key: nothing to share a tab with
+    env[_BOT_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SENTINEL] = "1"
     return None
 
 
@@ -505,6 +510,7 @@ def _resolve_real_profile_cdp(env: dict, force_local: bool) -> Optional[str]:
     cdp, err = _real_profile_cdp()
     if cdp and not err:
         _set_cdp_env(env, cdp)
+        env[_BOT_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SENTINEL] = "1"
     return err or None
 
 
@@ -627,7 +633,7 @@ def browser_exec(code: str, session: str = "", timeout_s: int = _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
     route_err = _route_backend(env, session, task_id, bool(local))
     if route_err:
         return tool_error(route_err)
-    _attach_vault_supervisor(env, task_id)
+    bot_desktop_browser = bool(env.pop(_BOT_DESKTOP_BROWSER_SENTINEL, None))
 
     # SHARED browser (/browser connect CDP override): pin each named session to its own tab (see
     # _OWN_TAB_PREAMBLE). Private per-name browsers skip this — nothing to collide with.
@@ -646,14 +652,30 @@ def browser_exec(code: str, session: str = "", timeout_s: int = _DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 
     timeout = _clamp_timeout(timeout_s)
     started = time.time()
-    try:
-        proc = _run_cli_killing_process_group(cmd, code, env, timeout)
-    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
-        return tool_error(f"browser-use exec timed out after {timeout}s. The daemon may still be working; retry "
-                          f"with a larger timeout_s (max {_MAX_TIMEOUT_S}), or split the work into several calls that "
-                          "append to workspace files — anything already written to the workspace is preserved.")
-    except OSError as e:
-        return tool_error(f"Failed to launch browser-use CLI: {e}")
+
+    def dispatch() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        _attach_vault_supervisor(env, task_id)
+        try:
+            return {"proc": _run_cli_killing_process_group(cmd, code, env, timeout)}
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            return {"error_result": tool_error(
+                f"browser-use exec timed out after {timeout}s. The daemon may still be working; retry "
+                f"with a larger timeout_s (max {_MAX_TIMEOUT_S}), or split the work into several calls that "
+                "append to workspace files — anything already written to the workspace is preserved."
+            )}
+        except OSError as e:
+            return {"error_result": tool_error(f"Failed to launch browser-use CLI: {e}")}
+
+    if bot_desktop_browser:
+        from tools.browser_tool_session import run_fenced
+        dispatched = run_fenced({"features": {"local": True}}, dispatch)
+    else:
+        dispatched = dispatch()
+    if "proc" not in dispatched:
+        if "error_result" in dispatched:
+            return dispatched["error_result"]
+        return tool_result(dispatched)
+    proc = dispatched["proc"]
 
     result = {"success": proc.returncode == 0, "exit_code": proc.returncode, "output": proc.stdout}
     if workspace: