diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44feffc2..95a3e3be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Package metadata lives in [prpm.json](prpm.json). The repo currently publishes `
 | [choosing-swarm-patterns](skills/choosing-swarm-patterns/SKILL.md) | 1.1.5 | Pick the right Agent Relay orchestration pattern across the 10 core swarm patterns plus specialized patterns. |
 | [writing-agent-relay-workflows](skills/writing-agent-relay-workflows/SKILL.md) | 2.0.0 | **DEPRECATED** - the superseded v1 `@relayflows/core` WorkflowBuilder engine. Use [`writing-relayflows`](skills/writing-relayflows/SKILL.md) for v2; keep this only to maintain an existing v1 workflow. |
 | [setting-up-relayfile](skills/setting-up-relayfile/SKILL.md) | 1.1.2 | Set up Relayfile mounts and writeback for provider files through local filesystem access. |
-| [setting-up-agent-relay-desktop](skills/setting-up-agent-relay-desktop/SKILL.md) | 1.1.9 | Install and configure Agent Relay Desktop end-to-end from a Codex or Claude session, including headless Linux, device login, registration, webhooks, integrations, and verification. |
+| [setting-up-agent-relay-desktop](skills/setting-up-agent-relay-desktop/SKILL.md) | 1.1.10 | Install and configure Agent Relay Desktop end-to-end from a Codex or Claude session, including headless Linux, device login, registration, webhooks, integrations, and verification. |
 | [setting-up-agent-relay-sessions](skills/setting-up-agent-relay-sessions/SKILL.md) | 0.2.8 | Set a person up for live agent-to-agent session handoff end-to-end from a Codex or Claude session: reuse `setting-up-agent-relay-desktop` for the desktop leg, install the agent-sessions cloud MCP before the session starts, confirm the handoff tools loaded, and prove a live round trip with a teammate (or self-verify the roster + own-session read path when no teammate is online yet). |
 | [signing-in-to-agent-relay-cloud](skills/signing-in-to-agent-relay-cloud/SKILL.md) | 0.1.0 | Sign a person in to Agent Relay Cloud through the OAuth device flow from an agent session: device grant, polling, refresh, whoami, and the CLI credential handoff, with no token printed. |
 | [setting-up-agent-relay-flows](skills/setting-up-agent-relay-flows/SKILL.md) | 0.1.0 | Choose a catalog flow and repository, connect tools and coding-agent credentials, activate the listener through the direct-source deploy API, and verify it is listening. Builds on `signing-in-to-agent-relay-cloud`. |
diff --git a/prpm.json b/prpm.json
index 2f806774..5c0faf1d 100644
--- a/prpm.json
+++ b/prpm.json
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "setting-up-agent-relay-desktop",
-      "version": "1.1.9",
+      "version": "1.1.10",
       "description": "Set up or repair Agent Relay Desktop end-to-end from a running Codex or Claude session on macOS or Linux, including verified installation, headless systemd service, device sign-in, new-session uploads, self-registration, direct delivery, webhooks, GitHub subscriptions, and delivery verification.",
       "format": "claude",
       "subtype": "skill",
diff --git a/skills/setting-up-agent-relay-desktop/SKILL.md b/skills/setting-up-agent-relay-desktop/SKILL.md
index 130f8301..514f0863 100644
--- a/skills/setting-up-agent-relay-desktop/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/setting-up-agent-relay-desktop/SKILL.md
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ interval without it.
 If the socket exists, inspect it before installing anything:
 
 ```sh
-test -S "${relay_socket:-/nonexistent}" || { printf 'relay_socket is not set: run the socket discovery block first.\n' >&2; exit 1; }
+# Checks only that a socket file exists; the curl below is what proves the
+# app answers (a crashed app can leave a stale socket file behind).
+test -S "${relay_socket:-/nonexistent}" || { printf 'relay_socket is unset or names no socket file (%s): run the socket discovery block first.\n' "${relay_socket:-unset}" >&2; exit 1; }
 curl -sS --max-time 60 --unix-socket "$relay_socket" http://relay/setup/status | jq
 ```