diff --git a/.fabro/Dockerfile b/.fabro/Dockerfile
index f523c9c99..6268a5484 100644
--- a/.fabro/Dockerfile
+++ b/.fabro/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        curl git ca-certificates build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev unzip python3 \
+        curl git ripgrep ca-certificates build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev unzip python3 \
         xvfb xfce4 xfce4-terminal x11vnc novnc dbus-x11 \
         libx11-6 libxrandr2 libxext6 libxrender1 libxfixes3 libxss1 libxtst6 libxi6 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/.fabro/project.toml b/.fabro/project.toml
index 18b684a79..c6710f052 100644
--- a/.fabro/project.toml
+++ b/.fabro/project.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ auto_stop = "30m"
 repo = "fabro-sh/fabro"
 
 [environments.fabro-dev.image]
-ref = "fabro-v11"
+ref = "fabro-v12"
 dockerfile = { path = "Dockerfile" }
 
 [environments.fabro-dev.resources]
diff --git a/.fabro/workflows/implement-plan/workflow.fabro b/.fabro/workflows/implement-plan/workflow.fabro
index bfa79d6c2..d4d99bf9d 100644
--- a/.fabro/workflows/implement-plan/workflow.fabro
+++ b/.fabro/workflows/implement-plan/workflow.fabro
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ digraph ImplementPlan {
     implement         [label="Implement", prompt="Read the plan file referenced in the goal and implement every step. Make all the code changes described in the plan. Use red/green TDD.", model="gpt-55", reasoning_effort="xhigh"]
     simplify_opus     [label="Simplify (Opus)", prompt="@prompts/simplify.md"]
     simplify_gpt      [label="Simplify (GPT-55)", prompt="@prompts/simplify.md", model="gpt-55"]
-    verify            [label="Verify", shape=parallelogram, script="git fetch origin main 2>&1 && git merge --no-edit --no-stat origin/main 2>&1 && cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 fmt --all 2>&1 && cargo dev docs refresh 2>&1 && cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 fmt --check --all 2>&1 && ! rg -n 'AuthMode::Disabled|RunAuthMethod|RunSubjectProvenance|\bActorRef\b|\bActorKind\b|AuthenticatedSubject|AuthenticatedService|AuthorizeRunScoped|AuthorizeRunBlob|AuthorizeStageArtifact|AuthorizeCommandLog|auth_method\s*==\s*\"disabled\"' lib/crates apps lib/packages docs/public/api-reference/fabro-api.yaml 2>&1 && cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings 2>&1 && cargo nextest run --workspace --status-level slow --profile ci 2>&1 && cargo dev docs check 2>&1 && bun install --frozen-lockfile 2>&1 && (cd apps/fabro-web && bun run typecheck) 2>&1 && (cd apps/fabro-web && bun run test) 2>&1 && (cd lib/packages/fabro-api-client && bun run typecheck) 2>&1 && cargo dev build -- -p fabro-cli --release 2>&1", goal_gate=true, retry_target="fixup"]
+    verify            [label="Verify", shape=parallelogram, script="git fetch origin main 2>&1 && git merge --no-edit --no-stat origin/main 2>&1 && cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 fmt --all 2>&1 && cargo dev docs refresh 2>&1 && cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 fmt --check --all 2>&1 && { command -v rg >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo 'rg is required for verify'; exit 127; }; } && ! rg -n 'AuthMode::Disabled|RunAuthMethod|RunSubjectProvenance|\bActorRef\b|\bActorKind\b|AuthenticatedSubject|AuthenticatedService|AuthorizeRunScoped|AuthorizeRunBlob|AuthorizeStageArtifact|AuthorizeCommandLog|auth_method\s*==\s*\"disabled\"' lib/crates apps lib/packages docs/public/api-reference/fabro-api.yaml 2>&1 && cargo +nightly-2026-04-14 clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings 2>&1 && cargo nextest run --workspace --status-level slow --profile ci 2>&1 && cargo dev docs check 2>&1 && bun install --frozen-lockfile 2>&1 && (cd apps/fabro-web && bun run typecheck) 2>&1 && (cd apps/fabro-web && bun run test) 2>&1 && (cd lib/packages/fabro-api-client && bun run typecheck) 2>&1 && cargo dev build -- -p fabro-cli --release 2>&1", goal_gate=true, retry_target="fixup"]
     fixup             [label="Fixup", prompt="The verify step failed. Read the build output from context and fix all format, clippy, Rust test, docs, TypeScript typecheck/test, and build failures.", max_visits=3]
 
     start -> toolchain
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/pipeline/initialize.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/pipeline/initialize.rs
index 3165f7855..c620c0151 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/pipeline/initialize.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-workflow/src/pipeline/initialize.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use fabro_hooks::{HookContext, HookDecision, HookEvent, HookExecutionContext, Ho
 use fabro_model::Catalog;
 use fabro_sandbox::{
     GitSetupIntent, ReadBeforeWriteSandbox, SandboxEventCallback, SandboxSpec,
-    reconnect_for_run_with_callback,
+    reconnect_for_run_with_callback, shell_quote,
 };
 use fabro_static::EnvVars;
 use fabro_vault::Vault;
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use super::types::{InitOptions, Initialized, LlmSpec, Persisted, SandboxEnvSpec}
 use crate::devcontainer_bridge::{devcontainer_to_snapshot_config, run_devcontainer_lifecycle};
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::event::{Event, RunNoticeCode, RunNoticeLevel};
+use crate::git::GitAuthor;
 use crate::github_token_source::{AppIatMinter, GitHubTokenSource};
 use crate::handler::llm::{AgentAcpBackend, AgentApiBackend, BackendRouter, routing};
 use crate::handler::{HandlerRegistry, default_registry};
@@ -66,6 +67,25 @@ fn git_setup_intent(run_options: &RunOptions) -> GitSetupIntent {
     }
 }
 
+async fn configure_sandbox_git_identity(
+    sandbox: &dyn Sandbox,
+    author: &GitAuthor,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let command = format!(
+        "git config --local user.name {} && git config --local user.email {}",
+        shell_quote(&author.name),
+        shell_quote(&author.email)
+    );
+    sandbox
+        .exec_command(&command, 10_000, None, None, None)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| Error::engine_with_source("Sandbox git identity setup failed", err))?
+        .into_result("git config user identity")
+        .map_err(|err| Error::engine_with_source("Sandbox git identity setup failed", err))?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn build_sandbox_env(
     spec: &SandboxEnvSpec,
     github_app: Option<&fabro_github::GitHubCredentials>,
@@ -574,6 +594,10 @@ pub async fn initialize(
             }
         }
     }
+    if sandbox.origin_url().is_some() {
+        let git_author = options.run_options.git_author();
+        configure_sandbox_git_identity(sandbox.as_ref(), &git_author).await?;
+    }
 
     if !options.lifecycle.setup_commands.is_empty() {
         options.emitter.emit(&Event::SetupStarted {
@@ -915,6 +939,29 @@ mod tests {
         (result, events)
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn configure_sandbox_git_identity_uses_run_author() {
+        let sandbox = fabro_sandbox::test_support::MockSandbox::linux();
+        let author = GitAuthor::from_options(
+            Some("Fabro Bot".to_string()),
+            Some("fabro-bot@example.com".to_string()),
+        );
+
+        configure_sandbox_git_identity(&sandbox, &author)
+            .await
+            .expect("git identity should configure");
+
+        let commands = sandbox
+            .captured_commands
+            .lock()
+            .expect("captured_commands lock poisoned")
+            .clone();
+        assert_eq!(commands, vec![
+            "git config --local user.name 'Fabro Bot' && git config --local user.email \
+             fabro-bot@example.com"
+        ]);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn initialize_prepares_sandbox_and_uses_persisted_run_dir() {
         let temp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();