diff --git a/src/process/ProcessCommandIdentity.ts b/src/process/ProcessCommandIdentity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3757f88a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/process/ProcessCommandIdentity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { basename } from "node:path";
+
+/** Match process-table command text while handling macOS executable-name normalization. */
+export const matchesOwnedProcessCommand = (
+  actual: string,
+  expected: string,
+  platform: NodeJS.Platform = process.platform,
+): boolean => {
+  const actualCommand = actual.trim();
+  const expectedCommand = expected.trim();
+  if (
+    actualCommand === expectedCommand ||
+    actualCommand.startsWith(`${expectedCommand} `)
+  )
+    return true;
+  if (platform !== "darwin") return false;
+  const actualExecutable = actualCommand.split(/\s+/u, 1)[0];
+  const expectedExecutable = expectedCommand.split(/\s+/u, 1)[0];
+  return (
+    actualExecutable !== undefined &&
+    expectedExecutable !== undefined &&
+    basename(actualExecutable) === basename(expectedExecutable)
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/process/ProcessOwnership.ts b/src/process/ProcessOwnership.ts
index d6f9e7bf66..bdaff58b4d 100644
--- a/src/process/ProcessOwnership.ts
+++ b/src/process/ProcessOwnership.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { promisify } from "node:util";
 
+import { matchesOwnedProcessCommand } from "./ProcessCommandIdentity.js";
+
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
 /** Identity proof required before REA may signal an owned process group. */
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ const launcherIdentityFailure = (
     return "owned launcher parent identity did not match";
   if (
     ownership.expectedCommand !== undefined &&
-    !commandMatches(launcher.command, ownership.expectedCommand)
+    !matchesOwnedProcessCommand(launcher.command, ownership.expectedCommand)
   )
     return "owned launcher command identity did not match";
   return null;
@@ -471,7 +473,7 @@ export const observeOwnedProcessLineage = async (
     );
   if (
     ownership.expectedCommand !== undefined &&
-    !commandMatches(launcher.command, ownership.expectedCommand)
+    !matchesOwnedProcessCommand(launcher.command, ownership.expectedCommand)
   )
     return unavailableLineage(
       ownership,
@@ -553,10 +555,3 @@ const liveProcesses = (
   members: readonly ProcessTableEntry[],
 ): readonly ProcessTableEntry[] =>
   members.filter(({ state }) => !state.startsWith("Z"));
-
-const commandMatches = (actual: string, expected: string): boolean => {
-  return (
-    actual.trim() === expected.trim() ||
-    actual.trim().startsWith(`${expected.trim()} `)
-  );
-};
diff --git a/tests/processOwnership.test.ts b/tests/processOwnership.test.ts
index 6a7f716ba0..d3bf6d6558 100644
--- a/tests/processOwnership.test.ts
+++ b/tests/processOwnership.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   type ProcessOwnershipHost,
   type WindowsProcessTreeHost,
 } from "../src/process/ProcessOwnership.js";
+import { matchesOwnedProcessCommand } from "../src/process/ProcessCommandIdentity.js";
 
 const ownership = {
   runId: "run-token",
@@ -61,6 +62,30 @@ describe("owned process-group cleanup", () => {
     ).toEqual({ REA_PROCESS_RUN_ID: "owned", EMPTY: "" });
   });
 
+  it("matches macOS executable names after process-table normalization", () => {
+    expect(
+      matchesOwnedProcessCommand(
+        "node /tmp/fake-launcher.mjs",
+        "/opt/node/bin/node",
+        "darwin",
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      matchesOwnedProcessCommand(
+        "node /tmp/fake-launcher.mjs",
+        "/opt/python/bin/python3",
+        "darwin",
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      matchesOwnedProcessCommand(
+        "node /tmp/fake-launcher.mjs",
+        "/opt/node/bin/node",
+        "linux",
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("signals only a group whose every member carries the run token", async () => {
     const { adapter, signalGroup } = host({
       100: { REA_PROCESS_RUN_ID: "run-token" },