diff --git a/.github/workflows/agent-task-contracts.yml b/.github/workflows/agent-task-contracts.yml
index aa93f301..3e3d5cd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/agent-task-contracts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/agent-task-contracts.yml
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run test:bounded-recipe-plan
       - run: npm run test:bounded-recipe-plan-integration
       - run: npm run test:recipe-step-continuation
+      - run: npm run test:phpunit-runtime-rejection
+      - run: npm run test:php-wasm-runtime-rejection-any-command
       - run: npm run test:disposable-mysql-mysqli-e2e
       - run: npm run test:runtime-sources-playground-integration
       - run: npm run test:playground-phpunit-readonly-cache-integration
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbadb166..dafae140 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
     "test:host-node-heap": "tsx tests/host-node-heap.test.ts",
     "test:phpunit-structured-evidence": "tsx tests/phpunit-structured-evidence.test.ts",
     "test:phpunit-runtime-rejection": "tsx tests/phpunit-runtime-rejection.test.ts",
+    "test:php-wasm-runtime-rejection-any-command": "tsx tests/php-wasm-runtime-rejection-any-command.test.ts",
     "test:playground-worker-runtime-rejection": "tsx tests/playground-worker-runtime-rejection.test.ts",
     "test:php-wasm-extension-manifests": "tsx tests/php-wasm-extension-manifests.test.ts",
     "test:browser-task-builder": "tsx tests/browser-task-builder.test.ts",
diff --git a/packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.ts b/packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.ts
index cf6f0c38..a309b47c 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.ts
@@ -386,9 +386,14 @@ class PlaygroundRuntime implements Runtime {
         const executeCommand = async () => spec.processIdentity
           ? await this.requestWorkerExecutions.run(spec.environment ?? {}, async () => await timeoutPlaygroundCommand(executePlaygroundCommand(this, executionSpec, this.hostTools), spec, abortController))
           : await timeoutPlaygroundCommand(executePlaygroundCommand(this, executionSpec, this.hostTools), spec, abortController)
-        return spec.command === "wordpress.phpunit"
-          ? await terminalizeOnPhpWasmRuntimeRejection(executeCommand, () => abortController.abort())
-          : await executeCommand()
+        // A php.wasm trap is a property of the runtime, not of the command that
+        // happened to be running: it leaves the interpreter unusable, and the
+        // rejection arrives out of band on the process rather than through the
+        // command's own promise. Scoping this to wordpress.phpunit left every
+        // other command able to hang forever on the identical fault — a trap in
+        // wordpress.run-php wedged a recipe-run for its whole 1500s budget and
+        // reported only a timeout.
+        return await terminalizeOnPhpWasmRuntimeRejection(executeCommand, () => abortController.abort())
       })
       const finishedAt = now()
       const envelope = typeof output === "string"
diff --git a/tests/php-wasm-runtime-rejection-any-command.test.ts b/tests/php-wasm-runtime-rejection-any-command.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01ac9572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/php-wasm-runtime-rejection-any-command.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/**
+ * A php.wasm trap is a property of the runtime, not of the command that
+ * happened to be running. The terminalizer was originally wired only to
+ * `wordpress.phpunit` (851f0aa), which left every other command able to hang
+ * forever on the identical fault: a trap raised during `wordpress.run-php`
+ * wedged a recipe-run for its whole budget and reported only a timeout.
+ *
+ * This pins the generalization — a non-PHPUnit command must terminalize too.
+ */
+import assert from "node:assert/strict"
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises"
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os"
+import { join } from "node:path"
+import { createRuntime } from "../packages/runtime-core/src/index.js"
+import { createPlaygroundRuntimeBackend } from "../packages/runtime-playground/src/index.js"
+import type { PlaygroundCliModule } from "../packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-cli-runner.js"
+import { executeRecipeWorkflowStep, recipeStepFailure } from "../packages/cli/src/commands/recipe-run-workflow-evidence.js"
+
+const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "wp-codebox-php-wasm-rejection-any-command-"))
+
+// The fault observed in the field: mysqli async polling traps inside the
+// PHP-WASM build and the rejection surfaces out of band on the process, while
+// the command's own promise never settles.
+const phpWasmFailure = new WebAssembly.RuntimeError("null function or function signature mismatch")
+phpWasmFailure.stack = [
+  `RuntimeError: ${phpWasmFailure.message}`,
+  "    at php.wasm._php_stream_write_filtered (wasm://wasm/php.wasm-05996276:wasm-function[3039]:0x26c31e)",
+  "    at php.wasm.mysqlnd_stream_array_from_fd_set (wasm://wasm/php.wasm-05996276:wasm-function[8606]:0x69ad75)",
+  "    at php.wasm.zif_mysqli_poll (wasm://wasm/php.wasm-05996276:wasm-function[12986]:0x9949a8)",
+].join("\n")
+
+const cliModule: PlaygroundCliModule = {
+  runCLI: async () => ({
+    serverUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9404",
+    playground: {
+      run: async () => {
+        queueMicrotask(() => process.emit("unhandledRejection", phpWasmFailure, Promise.resolve()))
+        return await new Promise<never>(() => undefined)
+      },
+      readFileAsText: async () => "",
+    },
+    [Symbol.asyncDispose]: async () => undefined,
+  }),
+}
+
+const runtime = await createRuntime({
+  backend: "wordpress-playground",
+  artifactsDirectory: root,
+  environment: { kind: "wordpress", name: "php-wasm-rejection-any-command", version: "7.0", phpVersion: "8.3", blueprint: { steps: [] } },
+  policy: { network: "deny", filesystem: "sandbox", commands: ["wordpress.run-php"], secrets: "none", approvals: "never" },
+}, createPlaygroundRuntimeBackend({ cliModule }))
+
+const workflowStep = {
+  phase: "steps" as const,
+  index: 0,
+  step: { command: "wordpress.run-php", args: ["code=<?php mysqli_poll();"] },
+}
+const startedAt = Date.now()
+
+try {
+  const error = await Promise.race([
+    executeRecipeWorkflowStep(runtime, workflowStep, root, undefined, root).then(
+      () => assert.fail("wordpress.run-php unexpectedly completed after a php.wasm trap"),
+      (reason: unknown) => reason,
+    ),
+    new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => setTimeout(() => reject(new Error("php.wasm runtime rejection did not terminalize a non-PHPUnit command within 500ms")), 500)),
+  ])
+  const failure = recipeStepFailure(workflowStep, error, startedAt)
+  const serialized = JSON.stringify(failure)
+
+  assert.equal(failure.schema, "wp-codebox/recipe-step-failure/v1")
+  assert.equal(failure.classification, "error")
+  // The whole point: a trapped runtime must not be paid for at budget rates.
+  assert.ok(failure.durationMs < 500, `expected immediate terminal failure, received ${failure.durationMs}ms`)
+  assert.match(serialized, /wp-codebox-php-wasm-runtime-rejection/)
+  assert.match(serialized, /infrastructure-failure/)
+  assert.match(serialized, /php-wasm/)
+  assert.match(serialized, /null function or function signature mismatch/)
+  // The failure must name the trap, not the clock.
+  assert.doesNotMatch(serialized, /recipe-run-timeout/)
+} finally {
+  await runtime.destroy()
+  await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+}
+
+console.log("php.wasm runtime rejection terminalizes non-phpunit commands ok")