diff --git a/extensions/agent-chain.ts b/extensions/agent-chain.ts
index 8cf7d2a..e50776c 100644
--- a/extensions/agent-chain.ts
+++ b/extensions/agent-chain.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import type { ExtensionAPI } from "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent";
 import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import { Text, truncateToWidth, visibleWidth } from "@mariozechner/pi-tui";
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
+import { realpathSync } from "fs";
 import { readFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync, mkdirSync, unlinkSync } from "fs";
 import { join, resolve } from "path";
 import { applyExtensionDefaults } from "./themeMap.ts";
@@ -364,7 +365,10 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
 		const state = stepStates[stepIndex];
 
 		return new Promise((resolve) => {
-			const proc = spawn("pi", args, {
+			// Use process.execPath (real node) + pi script to bypass snap AppArmor confinement.
+		const nodeBin = process.execPath;
+		const piScript = (() => { try { return realpathSync(process.argv[1]); } catch { return process.argv[1]; } })();
+		const proc = spawn(nodeBin, [piScript, ...args], {
 				stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
 				env: { ...process.env },
 			});
diff --git a/extensions/agent-team.ts b/extensions/agent-team.ts
index 66ecbef..87a4c3e 100644
--- a/extensions/agent-team.ts
+++ b/extensions/agent-team.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type { ExtensionAPI } from "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent";
 import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import { Text, type AutocompleteItem, truncateToWidth, visibleWidth } from "@mariozechner/pi-tui";
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
+import { realpathSync } from "fs";
 import { readdirSync, readFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, unlinkSync } from "fs";
 import { join, resolve } from "path";
 import { applyExtensionDefaults } from "./themeMap.ts";
@@ -365,7 +366,11 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
 		const textChunks: string[] = [];
 
 		return new Promise((resolve) => {
-			const proc = spawn("pi", args, {
+			// Use process.execPath (real node binary) + resolved pi script to bypass
+		// snap AppArmor confinement that breaks pipes on snap-to-snap spawns.
+		const nodeBin = process.execPath;
+		const piScript = (() => { try { return realpathSync(process.argv[1]); } catch { return process.argv[1]; } })();
+		const proc = spawn(nodeBin, [piScript, ...args], {
 				stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
 				env: { ...process.env },
 			});
diff --git a/extensions/pi-pi.ts b/extensions/pi-pi.ts
index 97c46d2..eb38816 100644
--- a/extensions/pi-pi.ts
+++ b/extensions/pi-pi.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import type { ExtensionAPI } from "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent";
 import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import { Text, truncateToWidth, visibleWidth } from "@mariozechner/pi-tui";
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
+import { realpathSync } from "fs";
 import { readdirSync, readFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
 import { join, resolve } from "path";
 import { applyExtensionDefaults } from "./themeMap.ts";
@@ -291,7 +292,10 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
 		const textChunks: string[] = [];
 
 		return new Promise((resolve) => {
-			const proc = spawn("pi", args, {
+			// Use process.execPath (real node) + pi script to bypass snap AppArmor confinement.
+		const nodeBin = process.execPath;
+		const piScript = (() => { try { return realpathSync(process.argv[1]); } catch { return process.argv[1]; } })();
+		const proc = spawn(nodeBin, [piScript, ...args], {
 				stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
 				env: { ...process.env },
 			});
diff --git a/extensions/subagent-widget.ts b/extensions/subagent-widget.ts
index a31ac6e..89489db 100644
--- a/extensions/subagent-widget.ts
+++ b/extensions/subagent-widget.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import type { ExtensionAPI } from "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent";
 import { DynamicBorder } from "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent";
 import { Container, Text } from "@mariozechner/pi-tui";
 import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
-const { spawn } = require("child_process") as any;
+import { spawn } from "child_process";
+import { realpathSync } from "fs";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as os from "os";
 import * as path from "path";
@@ -139,7 +140,12 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
 			: "openrouter/google/gemini-3-flash-preview";
 
 		return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-			const proc = spawn("pi", [
+			// Use process.execPath (real node binary, not snap wrapper) + resolved pi script
+		// to bypass snap AppArmor confinement that breaks pipes on snap-to-snap spawns.
+		const nodeBin = process.execPath;
+		const piScript = (() => { try { return realpathSync(process.argv[1]); } catch { return process.argv[1]; } })();
+		const proc = spawn(nodeBin, [
+				piScript,
 				"--mode", "json",
 				"-p",
 				"--session", state.sessionFile,   // persistent session for /subcont resumption