diff --git a/cmd/hwlab-device-pod/main.test.ts b/cmd/hwlab-device-pod/main.test.ts
index 262e06c2..ab278a65 100644
--- a/cmd/hwlab-device-pod/main.test.ts
+++ b/cmd/hwlab-device-pod/main.test.ts
@@ -216,9 +216,15 @@ test("device pod executor dispatches internal jobs through cloud-api gateway ada
         dispatch: {
           shellExecuted: true,
           dispatchStatus: "succeeded",
-          stdout: "device-host-cli ok",
           exitCode: 0
         },
+        shellExecuted: true,
+        dispatchStatus: "succeeded",
+        stdout: "device-host-cli ok",
+        stderr: "",
+        exitCode: 0,
+        stdoutTruncated: false,
+        stderrTruncated: false,
         auditId: "aud_devicepod_test",
         evidenceId: "evd_devicepod_test",
         gateway: { gatewayId: "gtw_devicepod_test" }
@@ -268,6 +274,9 @@ test("device pod executor dispatches internal jobs through cloud-api gateway ada
     const output = await waitForJobStatus(service.port, "device-pod-test", "job_devicepod_gateway_test", "completed");
     assert.equal(output.status, "completed");
     assert.equal(output.output.text, "device-host-cli ok");
+    assert.equal(output.output.dispatch.stdoutBytes, 18);
+    assert.equal(output.output.dispatch.exitCode, 0);
+    assert.equal(output.output.dispatch.stdoutTruncated, false);
     assert.equal(output.output.auditId, "aud_devicepod_test");
     assert.equal(dispatches.length, 1);
     assert.equal(dispatches[0].internalService, "hwlab-device-pod");
diff --git a/cmd/hwlab-device-pod/main.ts b/cmd/hwlab-device-pod/main.ts
index 5571c27a..6c4e05ea 100644
--- a/cmd/hwlab-device-pod/main.ts
+++ b/cmd/hwlab-device-pod/main.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ function jobFromGatewayDispatch(job, payload, httpStatus) {
     output: boundedOutput({
       text: dispatchText,
       httpStatus,
-      dispatch,
+      dispatch: gatewayDispatchSummary(result, dispatch),
       gateway: result.gateway ?? null,
       auditId: result.auditId ?? null,
       evidenceId: result.evidenceId ?? null,
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ function jobFromGatewayDispatch(job, payload, httpStatus) {
 }
 
 function gatewayDispatchText(result, dispatch) {
+  if (typeof result.stdout === "string" && result.stdout) return result.stdout;
+  if (typeof result.stderr === "string" && result.stderr) return result.stderr;
   if (typeof dispatch.stdout === "string" && dispatch.stdout) return dispatch.stdout;
   if (typeof dispatch.stderr === "string" && dispatch.stderr) return dispatch.stderr;
   if (typeof result.text === "string") return result.text;
@@ -424,6 +426,25 @@ function gatewayDispatchText(result, dispatch) {
   return "";
 }
 
+function gatewayDispatchSummary(result, dispatch) {
+  const value = (key) => dispatch[key] ?? result[key];
+  return pruneUndefined({
+    shellExecuted: value("shellExecuted"),
+    dispatchStatus: value("dispatchStatus"),
+    status: value("status"),
+    exitCode: value("exitCode"),
+    signal: value("signal"),
+    timedOut: value("timedOut"),
+    cwd: value("cwd"),
+    command: value("command"),
+    stdoutBytes: textBytes(value("stdout")),
+    stderrBytes: textBytes(value("stderr")),
+    stdoutTruncated: value("stdoutTruncated"),
+    stderrTruncated: value("stderrTruncated"),
+    durationMs: value("durationMs")
+  });
+}
+
 function deviceHostCommand(profile, job) {
   const args = deviceHostArgs(job.intent, job.args);
   if (!args) return null;
@@ -725,6 +746,14 @@ function boundedOutput(output, maxBytes = DEVICE_JOB_OUTPUT_MAX_BYTES) {
   return { ...bounded, bytes: Math.min(buffer.length, maxBytes), truncation: { maxBytes, truncated: clipped, originalBytes: buffer.length } };
 }
 
+function pruneUndefined(value) {
+  return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).filter(([, item]) => item !== undefined));
+}
+
+function textBytes(value) {
+  return typeof value === "string" ? Buffer.byteLength(value, "utf8") : undefined;
+}
+
 function freshness(observedAt, blocker) {
   return { observedAt, ageMs: 0, stale: Boolean(blocker), source: blocker ? "blocked" : "device-pod-executor" };
 }
diff --git a/tools/device-pod-cli.test.ts b/tools/device-pod-cli.test.ts
index 5e9c9b6a..1eb3919e 100644
--- a/tools/device-pod-cli.test.ts
+++ b/tools/device-pod-cli.test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,70 @@ test("device-pod-cli auto-locates from assembled runtime and rejects manual URL
   assert.equal(rejected.payload.error.code, "runtime_endpoint_manual_url_forbidden");
 });
 
+test("device-pod-cli reuses matching hwlab-cli web session cookie when no explicit auth is assembled", async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "hwlab-device-pod-cli-session-"));
+  await mkdir(path.join(root, ".state/hwlab-cli"), { recursive: true });
+  await writeFile(path.join(root, ".state/hwlab-cli/session.json"), JSON.stringify({
+    baseUrl: "http://74.48.78.17:19666",
+    cookie: "hwlab_session=session-from-web",
+    user: { username: "admin" }
+  }), "utf8");
+  const originalCwd = process.cwd();
+  process.chdir(root);
+  try {
+    const result = await runDevicePodCli(["profile", "list"], {
+      env: {
+        HWLAB_RUNTIME_NAMESPACE: "hwlab-v02",
+        HWLAB_RUNTIME_LANE: "v02",
+        HWLAB_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT_LOCKED: "1",
+        HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_ASSEMBLED_RUNTIME: "1"
+      },
+      fetchImpl: async (url, init) => {
+        assert.equal(String(url), "http://74.48.78.17:19667/v1/device-pods");
+        assert.equal(init?.headers?.cookie, "hwlab_session=session-from-web");
+        assert.equal(init?.headers?.["x-hwlab-session-token"], undefined);
+        return jsonResponse(200, { ok: true, devicePods: [] });
+      },
+      now: () => "2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z"
+    });
+    assert.equal(result.exitCode, 0);
+    assert.equal(result.payload.runtimeEndpoint.source, "runtime-namespace");
+    assert.equal(result.payload.runtimeEndpoint.explicitOverride, false);
+  } finally {
+    process.chdir(originalCwd);
+  }
+});
+
+test("device-pod-cli ignores stale hwlab-cli web session from another runtime scope", async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "hwlab-device-pod-cli-stale-session-"));
+  await mkdir(path.join(root, ".state/hwlab-cli"), { recursive: true });
+  await writeFile(path.join(root, ".state/hwlab-cli/session.json"), JSON.stringify({
+    baseUrl: "http://74.48.78.17:17666",
+    cookie: "hwlab_session=dev-session"
+  }), "utf8");
+  const originalCwd = process.cwd();
+  process.chdir(root);
+  try {
+    const result = await runDevicePodCli(["profile", "list"], {
+      env: {
+        HWLAB_RUNTIME_NAMESPACE: "hwlab-v02",
+        HWLAB_RUNTIME_LANE: "v02",
+        HWLAB_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT_LOCKED: "1",
+        HWLAB_CODE_AGENT_ASSEMBLED_RUNTIME: "1"
+      },
+      fetchImpl: async (_url, init) => {
+        assert.equal(init?.headers?.cookie, undefined);
+        return jsonResponse(401, { ok: false, error: { code: "auth_required" } });
+      },
+      now: () => "2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z"
+    });
+    assert.equal(result.exitCode, 1);
+    assert.equal(result.payload.httpStatus, 401);
+  } finally {
+    process.chdir(originalCwd);
+  }
+});
+
 test("device-pod-cli keeps manual API URL only as unlocked local debug override", async () => {
   const seen: string[] = [];
   const result = await runDevicePodCli(["--api-base-url", "http://debug.test", "--session-token", "debug-session", "profile", "list"], {
diff --git a/tools/src/device-pod-cli-lib.ts b/tools/src/device-pod-cli-lib.ts
index 18ca6c65..8bdc7feb 100644
--- a/tools/src/device-pod-cli-lib.ts
+++ b/tools/src/device-pod-cli-lib.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { resolveRuntimeEndpoint, runtimeEndpointVisibility } from "./runtime-endpoint-resolver.ts";
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { resolveRuntimeEndpoint, runtimeEndpointVisibility, sameRuntimeEndpointScope } from "./runtime-endpoint-resolver.ts";
 
 const VERSION = "0.2.0-rest";
 const CLI_NAME = "device-pod-cli";
@@ -371,9 +374,10 @@ async function requestJson({ parsed, env, fetchImpl, method, path, body, auth =
   const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), numberOption(parsed.timeoutMs) ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS);
   try {
     const url = `${baseUrl}${path}`;
+    const authHeaderValues = auth ? await authHeaders(parsed, env, endpoint) : {};
     const response = await fetchImpl(`${baseUrl}${path}`, {
       method,
-      headers: clean({ accept: "application/json", ...(body ? { "content-type": "application/json" } : {}), ...(auth ? authHeaders(parsed, env) : {}), ...extraHeaders }),
+      headers: clean({ accept: "application/json", ...(body ? { "content-type": "application/json" } : {}), ...authHeaderValues, ...extraHeaders }),
       body: body ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,
       signal: controller.signal
     });
@@ -466,7 +470,37 @@ const uartJsonRpcOptionKeys = [
   "baudRate"
 ];
 function defaultOperation(surface: string) { return surface === "workspace" ? "ls" : surface === "debug-probe" ? "status" : "read"; }
-function authHeaders(parsed: ParsedArgs, env: EnvLike) { const cookie = text(parsed.cookie ?? env.HWLAB_SESSION_COOKIE); const sessionToken = text(parsed.sessionToken ?? env.HWLAB_DEVICE_POD_SESSION_TOKEN ?? env.HWLAB_CLOUD_API_SESSION_TOKEN ?? env.HWLAB_SESSION_TOKEN); const bearer = text(parsed.bearerToken ?? env.HWLAB_BEARER_TOKEN); return clean({ ...(cookie ? { cookie: cookie.includes("=") ? cookie : `hwlab_session=${encodeURIComponent(cookie)}` } : {}), ...(sessionToken ? { "x-hwlab-session-token": sessionToken } : {}), ...(bearer ? { authorization: `Bearer ${bearer}` } : {}) }); }
+async function authHeaders(parsed: ParsedArgs, env: EnvLike, endpoint: any) {
+  const explicitCookie = text(parsed.cookie ?? env.HWLAB_SESSION_COOKIE);
+  const sessionToken = text(parsed.sessionToken ?? env.HWLAB_DEVICE_POD_SESSION_TOKEN ?? env.HWLAB_CLOUD_API_SESSION_TOKEN ?? env.HWLAB_SESSION_TOKEN);
+  const bearer = text(parsed.bearerToken ?? env.HWLAB_BEARER_TOKEN);
+  const stateCookie = !explicitCookie && !sessionToken && !bearer ? await savedHwlabCliCookie(parsed, env, endpoint) : "";
+  const cookie = explicitCookie || stateCookie;
+  return clean({
+    ...(cookie ? { cookie: cookie.includes("=") ? cookie : `hwlab_session=${encodeURIComponent(cookie)}` } : {}),
+    ...(sessionToken ? { "x-hwlab-session-token": sessionToken } : {}),
+    ...(bearer ? { authorization: `Bearer ${bearer}` } : {})
+  });
+}
+
+async function savedHwlabCliCookie(parsed: ParsedArgs, env: EnvLike, endpoint: any) {
+  const file = hwlabCliSessionFile(parsed, env);
+  let stored: any;
+  try {
+    stored = JSON.parse(await readFile(file, "utf8"));
+  } catch {
+    return "";
+  }
+  const cookie = text(stored?.cookie);
+  const storedBaseUrl = text(stored?.baseUrl);
+  if (!cookie || !storedBaseUrl) return "";
+  return storedBaseUrl === endpoint?.baseUrl || sameRuntimeEndpointScope(storedBaseUrl, endpoint?.baseUrl) ? cookie : "";
+}
+
+function hwlabCliSessionFile(parsed: ParsedArgs, env: EnvLike) {
+  const explicit = text(parsed.stateFile ?? env.HWLAB_CLI_STATE_FILE ?? env.HWLAB_SESSION_STATE_FILE);
+  return path.resolve(process.cwd(), explicit || ".state/hwlab-cli/session.json");
+}
 function responsePayload(action: string, response: any, extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}, parsed: ParsedArgs = { _: [] }) {
   const success = response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300 && response.body?.ok !== false;
   const full = parsed.full === true;