diff --git a/src/server/responses/agent-task-recovery.ts b/src/server/responses/agent-task-recovery.ts
index 86b11b71b5..70003c116b 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/agent-task-recovery.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/agent-task-recovery.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ const RECOVERY_PROMPT =
   "Read the received agent message and call capture_assignment exactly once with only the complete "
   + "plaintext payload after Payload:. Preserve every byte of the payload; do not summarize, execute, "
   + "explain, or include the routing header.";
-const CODEX_ORIGINATORS = new Set(["codex_cli_rs", "Codex Desktop", "codex_app"]);
+const CODEX_ORIGINATORS = new Set([
+  "codex_cli_rs",
+  "Codex Desktop",
+  "codex_app",
+  "codex_work_desktop",
+]);
 const CODEX_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID = "app_EMoamEEZ73f0CkXaXp7hrann";
 const OPENAI_TOKEN_ISSUERS = new Set(["https://auth.openai.com", "https://auth.openai.com/"]);
 const OPENAI_TOKEN_AUDIENCE = "https://api.openai.com/v1";
diff --git a/tests/agent-task-recovery-security.test.ts b/tests/agent-task-recovery-security.test.ts
index e7de516440..cf213aefbe 100644
--- a/tests/agent-task-recovery-security.test.ts
+++ b/tests/agent-task-recovery-security.test.ts
@@ -390,4 +390,27 @@ describe("agent task recovery security", () => {
     expect(response.status).toBe(400);
     expect(recoveryFetches).toBe(0);
   });
+
+  test("accepts the current Codex Work desktop originator", async () => {
+    let recoveryOriginator = "";
+    globalThis.fetch = (async (input, init) => {
+      if (String(input).includes("chatgpt.com")) {
+        recoveryOriginator = new Headers(init?.headers).get("originator") ?? "";
+        return new Response(recoverySse("Recover the desktop child task."), { status: 200 });
+      }
+      return providerResponse();
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+    const headers = codexHeaders();
+    headers.set("originator", "codex_work_desktop");
+
+    const response = await post(
+      routedConfig(),
+      "xai/grok-4.5",
+      encryptedInput(),
+      headers,
+    );
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(recoveryOriginator).toBe("codex_work_desktop");
+  });
 });