diff --git a/devBenches/devcontainer.test/README.md b/devBenches/devcontainer.test/README.md
index e9cc383..de1e998 100644
--- a/devBenches/devcontainer.test/README.md
+++ b/devBenches/devcontainer.test/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Layer 1a adds developer tools on top of Layer 0:
 - PATH configuration for all dev tools
 
 The Layer 3 user image adds the effective-user Corepack cache exercised by the
-unprivileged pnpm checks in this harness.
+unprivileged pnpm checks in this harness, including shells that place
+`/usr/bin` before `/usr/local/bin`.
 
 ## Quick Start
 
diff --git a/devBenches/devcontainer.test/test.sh b/devBenches/devcontainer.test/test.sh
index f04950c..ad38a2b 100755
--- a/devBenches/devcontainer.test/test.sh
+++ b/devBenches/devcontainer.test/test.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ test_tool_output "Node.js" "node --version"
 test_tool_output "npm" "npm --version"
 test_tool_output "yarn" "yarn --version"
 test_tool_output "pnpm as unprivileged user" "pnpm --version"
+test_tool "pnpm wrapper survives /usr/bin-first PATH" \
+    "PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin; test \"\$(command -v pnpm)\" = /usr/bin/pnpm && test \"\$(readlink -f /usr/bin/pnpm)\" = /usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-user-cache && pnpm --version"
 test_tool "Corepack cache is user-owned and writable" \
     "runtime_home=\$(getent passwd \"\$(id -u)\" | cut -d: -f6); cache=\"\$runtime_home/.cache/corepack\"; test -d \"\$cache\" && test -w \"\$cache\" && test \"\$(stat -c '%u' \"\$cache\")\" = \"\$(id -u)\""
 test_tool "/usr/local/bin in PATH" "echo \$PATH | grep -q '/usr/local/bin'"
diff --git a/user-layer/Dockerfile b/user-layer/Dockerfile
index a76e858..3d79c11 100644
--- a/user-layer/Dockerfile
+++ b/user-layer/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 # Container version labels
 LABEL layer="3"
 LABEL layer.name="user-layer"
-LABEL layer.version="1.2.1"
+LABEL layer.version="1.2.2"
 LABEL layer.description="User personalization layer"
 
 # Build arguments
@@ -32,11 +32,28 @@ USER root
 
 # Corepack's shared base-layer cache is root-owned. Route Corepack and its
 # package-manager shims through a runtime wrapper that selects a writable cache
-# from the effective user's passwd home, including for non-interactive calls.
+# from the effective user's passwd home. Preserve the original Corepack entry
+# points before intercepting both common PATH locations; mounted shell configs
+# may put /usr/bin ahead of /usr/local/bin.
 COPY corepack-user-cache /usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-user-cache
-RUN chmod 0755 /usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-user-cache && \
+RUN set -eux && \
+    chmod 0755 /usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-user-cache && \
+    mkdir -p /usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-original && \
     for command in corepack pnpm pnpx yarn yarnpkg; do \
+        if [ -e "/usr/bin/$command" ] || [ -L "/usr/bin/$command" ]; then \
+            original_command="/usr/bin/$command"; \
+        elif [ -e "/usr/local/bin/$command" ] || [ -L "/usr/local/bin/$command" ]; then \
+            original_command="/usr/local/bin/$command"; \
+        else \
+            echo "Required Corepack command is unavailable: $command" >&2; \
+            exit 1; \
+        fi; \
+        preserved_command="${original_command}.workbenches-original"; \
+        mv "$original_command" "$preserved_command"; \
+        test -x "$preserved_command"; \
+        ln -sfn "$preserved_command" "/usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-original/$command"; \
         ln -sfn /usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-user-cache "/usr/local/bin/$command"; \
+        ln -sfn /usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-user-cache "/usr/bin/$command"; \
     done
 
 # ========================================
diff --git a/user-layer/corepack-user-cache b/user-layer/corepack-user-cache
index 90b90e4..2a755d9 100644
--- a/user-layer/corepack-user-cache
+++ b/user-layer/corepack-user-cache
@@ -25,4 +25,11 @@ case "${COREPACK_HOME:-}" in
 esac
 
 mkdir -p "$COREPACK_HOME"
-exec "/usr/bin/$command_name" "$@"
+
+original_command="/usr/local/libexec/workbenches-corepack-original/$command_name"
+if [ ! -x "$original_command" ]; then
+    echo "Original Corepack command is unavailable: $original_command" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exec "$original_command" "$@"