diff --git a/.config/make/tests.mak b/.config/make/tests.mak
index 993f27347..3e485058a 100644
--- a/.config/make/tests.mak
+++ b/.config/make/tests.mak
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ script-tests: ## Run shell script tests
 	./scripts/test_exact_1mib_handoff_abba.sh
 	./scripts/test_pinned_paired_abba_bench.sh
 	./scripts/test_manual_transition_runbooks.sh
+	./scripts/test_fuzz_runner.sh
 	./scripts/check_embedded_secrets.sh --self-test
 	python3 ./scripts/check_test_wiring.py --self-test
 	python3 ./scripts/check_security_coverage.py --self-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fuzz.yml b/.github/workflows/fuzz.yml
index 6aa780fc6..395dc1848 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fuzz.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fuzz.yml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             fuzz/artifacts/**
             fuzz/corpus/${{ matrix.target }}/**
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 7
 
   # ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             fuzz/artifacts/**
             fuzz/corpus/${{ matrix.target }}/**
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 30
 
   # ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/fuzz/README.md b/fuzz/README.md
index 9d24efed5..2698ba256 100644
--- a/fuzz/README.md
+++ b/fuzz/README.md
@@ -68,10 +68,18 @@ FUZZ_TARGET=path_containment ./scripts/fuzz/run.sh
 # Nightly-style: 300s per target
 MAX_TOTAL_TIME=300 ./scripts/fuzz/run.sh
 
+# Replay a recorded libFuzzer seed
+FUZZ_TARGET=path_containment FUZZ_SEED=123456789 ./scripts/fuzz/run.sh
+
 # Skip build (use pre-built harness)
 SKIP_BUILD=1 FUZZ_TARGET=local_metadata ./scripts/fuzz/run.sh
 ```
 
+Each run writes `fuzz/artifacts/<target>/run-manifest.txt` with the target,
+libFuzzer seed, time budget, Git revision and dirty state, and runner mode. CI
+uploads that manifest with the corpus and any crash input so the exact run can
+be replayed.
+
 ## CI Workflow
 
 The GitHub Actions workflow (`.github/workflows/fuzz.yml`) uses a **build/run separation** pattern:
diff --git a/scripts/fuzz/run.sh b/scripts/fuzz/run.sh
index c02f3c22b..a8ef91c80 100755
--- a/scripts/fuzz/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/fuzz/run.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 # Environment variables:
 #   FUZZ_TARGET     — run only this target (default: all smoke targets)
 #   MAX_TOTAL_TIME  — seconds to fuzz per target (default: 60)
+#   FUZZ_SEED       — replay one libFuzzer seed (default: generate and record one per target)
 #   ARTIFACT_ROOT   — artifact output directory (default: artifacts)
 #   BUILD_ONLY      — set to 1 to skip fuzz runs (default: 0)
 #   SKIP_BUILD      — set to 1 to skip build phase (default: 0)
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
 REPO_ROOT=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)
 FUZZ_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/fuzz"
 MAX_TOTAL_TIME=${MAX_TOTAL_TIME:-60}
+FUZZ_SEED=${FUZZ_SEED:-}
 ARTIFACT_ROOT=${ARTIFACT_ROOT:-artifacts}
 FUZZ_TARGET=${FUZZ_TARGET:-}
 BUILD_ONLY=${BUILD_ONLY:-0}
@@ -44,6 +46,15 @@ SKIP_BUILD=${SKIP_BUILD:-0}
 USE_PREBUILT_BINARY=${USE_PREBUILT_BINARY:-0}
 PREBUILT_BINARY_DIR=${PREBUILT_BINARY_DIR:-}
 
+if [ -n "$FUZZ_SEED" ]; then
+    case "$FUZZ_SEED" in
+        0*|*[!0-9]*)
+            echo "FUZZ_SEED must be a positive decimal integer without leading zeroes: $FUZZ_SEED" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
 cd "$FUZZ_DIR"
 mkdir -p "$ARTIFACT_ROOT"
 
@@ -75,6 +86,35 @@ for target in $targets; do
     mkdir -p "$artifact_dir"
     mkdir -p "$corpus_dir"
 
+    seed="$FUZZ_SEED"
+    if [ -z "$seed" ]; then
+        seed=$(printf '%s\n' "${GITHUB_RUN_ID:-local}:${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT:-0}:$target:$(date +%s):$$" | cksum | awk '{print $1}')
+        if [ "$seed" = "0" ]; then
+            seed=1
+        fi
+    fi
+    revision=$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || printf 'unknown')
+    if [ "$revision" = "unknown" ]; then
+        git_dirty="unknown"
+    elif [ -n "$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" status --porcelain --untracked-files=normal 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+        git_dirty="true"
+    else
+        git_dirty="false"
+    fi
+    if [ "$USE_PREBUILT_BINARY" = "1" ]; then
+        runner_mode="prebuilt"
+    else
+        runner_mode="cargo-fuzz"
+    fi
+    {
+        printf 'target=%s\n' "$target"
+        printf 'seed=%s\n' "$seed"
+        printf 'max_total_time=%s\n' "$MAX_TOTAL_TIME"
+        printf 'git_revision=%s\n' "$revision"
+        printf 'git_dirty=%s\n' "$git_dirty"
+        printf 'runner_mode=%s\n' "$runner_mode"
+    } > "$artifact_dir/run-manifest.txt"
+
     if [ "$USE_PREBUILT_BINARY" = "1" ]; then
         binary_dir="$PREBUILT_BINARY_DIR"
         if [ -z "$binary_dir" ]; then
@@ -89,11 +129,11 @@ for target in $targets; do
             echo "Missing executable prebuilt fuzz binary: $binary_path" >&2
             exit 1
         fi
-        echo "==> $binary_path (-max_total_time=$MAX_TOTAL_TIME, -artifact_prefix=$artifact_dir/, corpus=$corpus_dir)"
-        "$binary_path" -max_total_time="$MAX_TOTAL_TIME" -artifact_prefix="$artifact_dir/" "$corpus_dir"
+        echo "==> $binary_path (-max_total_time=$MAX_TOTAL_TIME, -seed=$seed, -artifact_prefix=$artifact_dir/, corpus=$corpus_dir)"
+        "$binary_path" -max_total_time="$MAX_TOTAL_TIME" -seed="$seed" -artifact_prefix="$artifact_dir/" "$corpus_dir"
         continue
     fi
 
-    echo "==> cargo +nightly fuzz run $target (-max_total_time=$MAX_TOTAL_TIME, -artifact_prefix=$artifact_dir/)"
-    cargo +nightly fuzz run "$target" -- -max_total_time="$MAX_TOTAL_TIME" -artifact_prefix="$artifact_dir/"
+    echo "==> cargo +nightly fuzz run $target (-max_total_time=$MAX_TOTAL_TIME, -seed=$seed, -artifact_prefix=$artifact_dir/)"
+    cargo +nightly fuzz run "$target" -- -max_total_time="$MAX_TOTAL_TIME" -seed="$seed" -artifact_prefix="$artifact_dir/"
 done
diff --git a/scripts/test_fuzz_runner.sh b/scripts/test_fuzz_runner.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..76e368162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_fuzz_runner.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd)
+REPO_ROOT=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)
+TMP_ROOT=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_ROOT"' EXIT HUP INT TERM
+
+mkdir -p "$TMP_ROOT/bin"
+cat > "$TMP_ROOT/bin/path_containment" <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/sh
+printf '%s\n' "$@" > "$FAKE_ARGS_FILE"
+EOF
+chmod +x "$TMP_ROOT/bin/path_containment"
+
+EXPLICIT_ARTIFACTS="$TMP_ROOT/explicit-artifacts"
+FAKE_ARGS_FILE="$TMP_ROOT/explicit-args" \
+FUZZ_TARGET=path_containment \
+FUZZ_SEED=123456789 \
+MAX_TOTAL_TIME=7 \
+ARTIFACT_ROOT="$EXPLICIT_ARTIFACTS" \
+SKIP_BUILD=1 \
+USE_PREBUILT_BINARY=1 \
+PREBUILT_BINARY_DIR="$TMP_ROOT/bin" \
+    "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/fuzz/run.sh"
+
+EXPLICIT_MANIFEST="$EXPLICIT_ARTIFACTS/path_containment/run-manifest.txt"
+test -f "$EXPLICIT_MANIFEST"
+grep -Fx -- '-seed=123456789' "$TMP_ROOT/explicit-args"
+grep -Fx 'target=path_containment' "$EXPLICIT_MANIFEST"
+grep -Fx 'seed=123456789' "$EXPLICIT_MANIFEST"
+grep -Fx 'max_total_time=7' "$EXPLICIT_MANIFEST"
+grep -Fx "git_revision=$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" rev-parse HEAD)" "$EXPLICIT_MANIFEST"
+grep -E '^git_dirty=(true|false)$' "$EXPLICIT_MANIFEST"
+grep -Fx 'runner_mode=prebuilt' "$EXPLICIT_MANIFEST"
+
+AUTO_ARTIFACTS="$TMP_ROOT/auto-artifacts"
+FAKE_ARGS_FILE="$TMP_ROOT/auto-args" \
+FUZZ_TARGET=path_containment \
+MAX_TOTAL_TIME=1 \
+ARTIFACT_ROOT="$AUTO_ARTIFACTS" \
+SKIP_BUILD=1 \
+USE_PREBUILT_BINARY=1 \
+PREBUILT_BINARY_DIR="$TMP_ROOT/bin" \
+    "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/fuzz/run.sh"
+
+AUTO_MANIFEST="$AUTO_ARTIFACTS/path_containment/run-manifest.txt"
+auto_seed=$(sed -n 's/^seed=//p' "$AUTO_MANIFEST")
+case "$auto_seed" in
+    ''|*[!0-9]*)
+        echo "automatic seed was not recorded as an unsigned decimal integer: $auto_seed" >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+grep -Fx -- "-seed=$auto_seed" "$TMP_ROOT/auto-args"
+
+cat > "$TMP_ROOT/bin/cargo" <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/sh
+printf '%s\n' "$@" > "$FAKE_CARGO_ARGS_FILE"
+EOF
+chmod +x "$TMP_ROOT/bin/cargo"
+
+CARGO_ARTIFACTS="$TMP_ROOT/cargo-artifacts"
+PATH="$TMP_ROOT/bin:$PATH" \
+FAKE_CARGO_ARGS_FILE="$TMP_ROOT/cargo-args" \
+FUZZ_TARGET=path_containment \
+FUZZ_SEED=987654321 \
+MAX_TOTAL_TIME=9 \
+ARTIFACT_ROOT="$CARGO_ARTIFACTS" \
+SKIP_BUILD=1 \
+    "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/fuzz/run.sh"
+
+CARGO_MANIFEST="$CARGO_ARTIFACTS/path_containment/run-manifest.txt"
+grep -Fx '+nightly' "$TMP_ROOT/cargo-args"
+grep -Fx 'fuzz' "$TMP_ROOT/cargo-args"
+grep -Fx 'run' "$TMP_ROOT/cargo-args"
+grep -Fx 'path_containment' "$TMP_ROOT/cargo-args"
+grep -Fx -- '-seed=987654321' "$TMP_ROOT/cargo-args"
+grep -Fx 'seed=987654321' "$CARGO_MANIFEST"
+grep -Fx 'runner_mode=cargo-fuzz' "$CARGO_MANIFEST"
+
+for invalid_seed in 0 0123 not-a-number; do
+    if FUZZ_TARGET=path_containment FUZZ_SEED="$invalid_seed" SKIP_BUILD=1 "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/fuzz/run.sh" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "invalid FUZZ_SEED was accepted: $invalid_seed" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "fuzz runner seed manifest tests passed"