diff --git a/test/integration/android-emulator-e2e/live-harness.ts b/test/integration/android-emulator-e2e/live-harness.ts
index ed04b1c84..b84f4643d 100644
--- a/test/integration/android-emulator-e2e/live-harness.ts
+++ b/test/integration/android-emulator-e2e/live-harness.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { execFile } from 'node:child_process';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 
 import {
   createLiveDeviceContext,
@@ -37,9 +39,68 @@ export function createContext(): LiveContext {
   };
 }
 
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
+/**
+ * What the OS says about rotation when a step fails: the two settings `orientation` writes, the
+ * display's current rotation, and every WindowManager rotation decision logcat still holds (with
+ * the reason it gives). Read through adb, not agent-device, so it stands even when the CLI path
+ * is what failed.
+ */
+async function readAndroidRotationEvidence(context: LiveContext): Promise<string> {
+  const probes: readonly [string, string[]][] = [
+    ['accelerometer_rotation', ['shell', 'settings', 'get', 'system', 'accelerometer_rotation']],
+    ['user_rotation', ['shell', 'settings', 'get', 'system', 'user_rotation']],
+    ['display rotation', ['shell', 'dumpsys', 'display']],
+    ['logcat rotation decisions', ['logcat', '-d', '-v', 'time']],
+  ];
+  const sections: string[] = [];
+  for (const [title, args] of probes) {
+    try {
+      const { stdout } = await execFileAsync('adb', ['-s', context.serial, ...args], {
+        maxBuffer: 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+        timeout: 20_000,
+      });
+      sections.push(`## ${title}\n${selectRotationLines(title, stdout)}`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      sections.push(
+        `## ${title}\n(failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)})`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return `${sections.join('\n\n')}\n`;
+}
+
+function selectRotationLines(title: string, output: string): string {
+  if (title === 'display rotation') {
+    return output
+      .split('\n')
+      .filter((line) =>
+        /mCurrentOrientation|mRotation=|installOrientation|\brotation \d/.test(line),
+      )
+      .map((line) => line.trim().slice(0, 200))
+      .slice(0, 8)
+      .join('\n');
+  }
+  if (title === 'logcat rotation decisions') {
+    return output
+      .split('\n')
+      .filter(
+        (line) =>
+          /(WindowManager|DisplayRotation|WindowOrientationListener|RotationResolver|DisplayContent|SensorService)/.test(
+            line,
+          ) && /rotat|orient/i.test(line),
+      )
+      .slice(-60)
+      .join('\n');
+  }
+  return output.trim();
+}
+
 const harness = createLiveDeviceHarness<LiveContext, AndroidEmulatorBehaviorId>({
   behaviorsForScenario: liveBehaviorsForScenario,
   commandsForScenario: liveCommandsForScenario,
+  deviceEvidence: readAndroidRotationEvidence,
   commonFlags: (context, args) => [
     ...args,
     '--platform',
diff --git a/test/integration/live-device-e2e/runtime.ts b/test/integration/live-device-e2e/runtime.ts
index ff1976929..731621cf6 100644
--- a/test/integration/live-device-e2e/runtime.ts
+++ b/test/integration/live-device-e2e/runtime.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ type HarnessOptions<Context, BehaviorId extends string> = {
     env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
     options?: { timeoutMs?: number },
   ) => Promise<CliJsonResult>;
+  /**
+   * Platform-owned device facts for a failed step (rotation state, system logs), read outside
+   * agent-device so they describe the device even when the CLI path is what failed. Best-effort:
+   * a throw or undefined records nothing.
+   */
+  deviceEvidence?: (context: Context) => Promise<string | undefined>;
   writeCoverageReport: (context: Context) => void;
 };
 
@@ -176,6 +182,7 @@ export function createLiveDeviceHarness<
         `artifacts: ${context.artifactDir}`,
         `screenshot: ${evidence.screenshotPath ?? '(capture failed)'}`,
         `snapshot: ${evidence.snapshotPath ?? '(capture failed)'}`,
+        `device: ${evidence.devicePath ?? '(not collected)'}`,
       ].join('\n');
       fs.writeFileSync(path.join(context.artifactDir, 'failed-step.txt'), message);
       assert.fail(message);
@@ -191,12 +198,22 @@ export function createLiveDeviceHarness<
    */
   async function captureFailedStepEvidence(
     context: Context,
-  ): Promise<{ screenshotPath?: string; snapshotPath?: string }> {
+  ): Promise<{ screenshotPath?: string; snapshotPath?: string; devicePath?: string }> {
     const stem = path.join(context.artifactDir, `failed-step-${context.stepHistory.length}`);
     const screenshotPath = `${stem}.png`;
     const snapshotPath = `${stem}-snapshot.json`;
+    const devicePath = `${stem}-device.txt`;
     const runCli = options.runCli ?? runBuiltCliJson;
-    const evidence: { screenshotPath?: string; snapshotPath?: string } = {};
+    const evidence: { screenshotPath?: string; snapshotPath?: string; devicePath?: string } = {};
+    try {
+      const facts = await options.deviceEvidence?.(context);
+      if (facts !== undefined) {
+        fs.writeFileSync(devicePath, facts);
+        evidence.devicePath = devicePath;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // evidence only
+    }
     try {
       const screenshot = await runCli(
         options.commonFlags(context, ['screenshot', screenshotPath]),