diff --git a/docs/openbao-public-listener-transition.md b/docs/openbao-public-listener-transition.md
index 0ddd776..a4317c6 100644
--- a/docs/openbao-public-listener-transition.md
+++ b/docs/openbao-public-listener-transition.md
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ Warden's contained child inherits the caller's cwd, so a relative `scripts/...`
 path raises OSError, prints `attended command could not start`, and revokes a
 successful login without applying the callback. Do not run the owner command
 directly with a persistent token. The wrapper also supplies the WSL browser
-launcher when native `xdg-open` is absent.
+launcher when native `xdg-open` is absent, and pins `BAO_ADDR` to
+`http://127.0.0.1:18200`. After public Ingress retraction, CLI login against
+`https://bao.coulomb.social` fails before command handoff.
 
 ## Guarded sequence
 
diff --git a/scripts/openbao-attended-exec.py b/scripts/openbao-attended-exec.py
index 6255e68..78950a8 100755
--- a/scripts/openbao-attended-exec.py
+++ b/scripts/openbao-attended-exec.py
@@ -23,14 +23,25 @@ def reviewed_command(args):
     return [str(command), *args[1:]]
 
 
-def main():
-    args = reviewed_command(sys.argv[1:])
+TUNNEL = 'http://127.0.0.1:18200'
+
+
+def contained_env():
     env = os.environ.copy()
+    env['BAO_ADDR'] = TUNNEL
+    env['VAULT_ADDR'] = TUNNEL
+    env.pop('BAO_TOKEN', None)
+    env.pop('VAULT_TOKEN', None)
     if not any(shutil.which(x) for x in ('xdg-open', 'x-www-browser', 'www-browser')):
         if not Path('/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/powershell.exe').is_file():
             raise SystemExit('No supported attended browser launcher is available')
         env['PATH'] = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / 'operator-browser') + os.pathsep + env.get('PATH', '')
-    os.execvpe('warden', ['warden', 'access', 'openbao-platform-admin-login', '--exec', '--', *args], env)
+    return env
+
+
+def main():
+    args = reviewed_command(sys.argv[1:])
+    os.execvpe('warden', ['warden', 'access', 'openbao-platform-admin-login', '--exec', '--', *args], contained_env())
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tests/test_openbao_operator_loopback_callback.py b/tests/test_openbao_operator_loopback_callback.py
index 5f7d975..7af1aa3 100644
--- a/tests/test_openbao_operator_loopback_callback.py
+++ b/tests/test_openbao_operator_loopback_callback.py
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ def test_receipt_records_apply_and_failure(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     assert json.loads(failed.read_text())['status'] == 'bao_write_failed'
 
 
+def test_attended_wrapper_pins_operator_tunnel_address(monkeypatch):
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+        'attended', Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / 'scripts/openbao-attended-exec.py')
+    wrapper = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(wrapper)
+    monkeypatch.setenv('BAO_ADDR', 'https://bao.coulomb.social')
+    monkeypatch.setenv('VAULT_ADDR', 'https://bao.coulomb.social')
+    monkeypatch.setenv('BAO_TOKEN', 'must-not-propagate')
+    env = wrapper.contained_env()
+    assert env['BAO_ADDR'] == wrapper.TUNNEL
+    assert env['VAULT_ADDR'] == wrapper.TUNNEL
+    assert 'BAO_TOKEN' not in env
+    assert 'VAULT_TOKEN' not in env
+
+
 def test_attended_wrapper_requires_absolute_existing_executable(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     import os
     spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
diff --git a/workplans/RPF-WP-0042-informed-decision-sitting-requester.md b/workplans/RPF-WP-0042-informed-decision-sitting-requester.md
index bf89d4e..63fb3fe 100644
--- a/workplans/RPF-WP-0042-informed-decision-sitting-requester.md
+++ b/workplans/RPF-WP-0042-informed-decision-sitting-requester.md
@@ -47,3 +47,8 @@ Operator approved CCR-2026-0026/0027 on 2026-09-15. Source registration is in
 `key-cape/config/service-clients.example.yaml`. Live apply is the silent helper
 `scripts/provision-sitting-requester.sh` through `openbao-attended-exec.py`.
 No sitting POST until exchange proof exists. Do not widen CCR-2026-0024/0025.
+
+2026-09-15 attended attempt failed before command handoff:
+`revocation could not be confirmed`. Public Ingress is already absent, and the
+shell still had `BAO_ADDR=https://bao.coulomb.social`. The wrapper now pins the
+operator tunnel. Retry that same helper; do not treat this attempt as custody.