diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/reliability-interactions/worktrunk-worktree-removal.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/reliability-interactions/worktrunk-worktree-removal.test.ts
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+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
+import type { Settings, TaskStore, Task } from "@fusion/core";
+import { cleanupOrphanedWorktrees } from "../../worktree-pool.js";
+import { SelfHealingManager } from "../../self-healing.js";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+const { execSpy, existsSpy, readdirSpy } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  execSpy: vi.fn(),
+  existsSpy: vi.fn(() => true),
+  readdirSpy: vi.fn(() => []),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("node:child_process", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("node:child_process")>();
+  return { ...actual, exec: execSpy };
+});
+
+vi.mock("node:fs", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("node:fs")>();
+  return { ...actual, existsSync: existsSpy, readdirSync: readdirSpy };
+});
+
+function storeForSelfHealing(settings: Partial<Settings>, task: Partial<Task>): TaskStore & EventEmitter {
+  const emitter = new EventEmitter();
+  return Object.assign(emitter, {
+    getSettings: vi.fn(async () => ({ globalPause: false, enginePaused: false, ...settings } as Settings)),
+    listTasks: vi.fn(async ({ column }: any = {}) => (column === "in-review" ? [task] : [])),
+    updateTask: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    moveTask: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    logEntry: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    getTask: vi.fn(async () => task),
+  }) as unknown as TaskStore & EventEmitter;
+}
+
+describe("reliability interactions: worktrunk worktree removal routing", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    execSpy.mockImplementation((_cmd: string, _opts: unknown, cb: (err: unknown, stdout: string, stderr: string) => void) => cb(null, "", ""));
+    existsSpy.mockReturnValue(true);
+  });
+
+  it("worktree-pool cleanup keeps native remove behavior in native mode", async () => {
+    readdirSpy.mockReturnValue([{ isDirectory: () => true, name: "fn-1" }]);
+    execSpy.mockImplementation((cmd: string, _opts: unknown, cb: (err: unknown, stdout: string, stderr: string) => void) => {
+      if (cmd.includes("git worktree list --porcelain")) {
+        cb(null, "worktree /repo/.worktrees/fn-1\n", "");
+        return;
+      }
+      cb(null, "", "");
+    });
+
+    const store = { listTasks: vi.fn(async () => []) } as unknown as TaskStore;
+    await cleanupOrphanedWorktrees("/repo", store, { worktreesDir: "/repo/.worktrees" });
+
+    expect(execSpy.mock.calls.some((call) => String(call[0]).includes("git worktree remove --force \"/repo/.worktrees/fn-1\""))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("self-healing recover path avoids native git remove under worktrunk mode", async () => {
+    const task = {
+      id: "FN-999",
+      column: "in-review",
+      status: "failed",
+      branch: "fusion/fn-999",
+      worktree: "/repo/.worktrees/fn-999",
+      mergeDetails: { mergeConfirmed: false },
+      log: [],
+      createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+    } as unknown as Task;
+    const store = storeForSelfHealing({ worktrunk: { enabled: true, onFailure: "fail" } as any }, task);
+    const mgr = new SelfHealingManager(store, { rootDir: "/repo", getExecutingTaskIds: () => new Set() });
+
+    vi.spyOn(mgr as any, "isBranchTipMisboundToTask").mockResolvedValue({ misbound: true, branchTip: "abc", landed: { sha: "abc", strategy: "tip-reachable" } });
+    vi.spyOn(mgr as any, "clearCompletionBranchIfSubsumed").mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+    await mgr.recoverBranchMisboundInReviewTasks();
+
+    expect(execSpy.mock.calls.some((call) => String(call[0]).includes("git worktree remove"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("merger callsite is migrated to removeWorktree helper", () => {
+    const source = readFileSync(new URL("../../merger.ts", import.meta.url), "utf-8");
+    expect(source).toContain("await removeWorktree({");
+    expect(source).toContain("removePostMergeWorktree(rootDir, postMergeWorktree, taskId, settings)");
+  });
+});