diff --git a/test/shell.d/factory-reset-elevation-test.sh b/test/shell.d/factory-reset-elevation-test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+source "$(dirname "$0")/base-test.sh"
+
+if (( EUID == 0 )); then
+  skip "factory-reset self-elevation requires an unprivileged caller"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT
+mkdir -p "$tmp/bin" "$tmp/checkout with spaces"
+
+# Exercise the real startup, but never include the destructive reset body.
+awk '
+  /^export PATH=/ { found = 1; print "exit 99"; exit }
+  { print }
+  END { if (!found) exit 1 }
+' "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-system-factory-reset" >"$tmp/checkout with spaces/reset"
+chmod +x "$tmp/checkout with spaces/reset"
+ln -s "$tmp/checkout with spaces/reset" "$tmp/reset-link"
+
+cat >"$tmp/bin/sudo" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf '%s\0' "$@" >"$CALL_LOG"
+exit "${SUDO_STATUS:-0}"
+SH
+chmod +x "$tmp/bin/sudo"
+
+args=('argument with spaces' '' '--flag' '$(touch should-not-run)' $'two\nlines')
+expected=(env 'GUM_INPUT_PROMPT=Reset this computer? ' /usr/bin/omarchy-system-factory-reset "${args[@]}")
+for invocation in "$tmp/checkout with spaces/reset" './checkout with spaces/reset' "$tmp/reset-link"; do
+  for status in 0 1 127; do
+    actual_status=0
+    (cd "$tmp" && env -i HOME="$tmp" PATH="$tmp/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" \
+      OMARCHY_PATH="$tmp/checkout with spaces" PACKAGED_PATH="$tmp/wrong-target" \
+      GUM_INPUT_PROMPT='Reset this computer? ' CALL_LOG="$tmp/call" SUDO_STATUS="$status" \
+      "$invocation" "${args[@]}") || actual_status=$?
+    (( actual_status == status )) || fail "elevation status is preserved for $invocation"
+    mapfile -d '' -t actual <"$tmp/call"
+    (( ${#actual[@]} == ${#expected[@]} )) || fail "elevation argument count is preserved"
+    for i in "${!expected[@]}"; do
+      [[ ${actual[i]} == "${expected[i]}" ]] || fail "elevation argument $i is preserved for $invocation"
+    done
+    [[ ! -e $tmp/should-not-run ]] || fail "caller arguments were executed"
+  done
+  pass "factory reset pins $invocation to the packaged command and preserves arguments, styling and status"
+done