diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/subprocess/worker-runtime.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/subprocess/worker-runtime.ts
index 808ac4ff7..ba2ffa13b 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/subprocess/worker-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/subprocess/worker-runtime.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,12 @@ export async function installSharpStubResolver(runtimeDir: string): Promise<stri
 }
 
 function shouldInstallOnnxRuntimeCudaProviders(device: string | undefined): boolean {
-	return process.platform === "linux" && process.arch === "x64" && device?.trim().toLowerCase() === "cuda";
+	const normalized = device?.trim().toLowerCase();
+	return (
+		process.platform === "linux" &&
+		process.arch === "x64" &&
+		(normalized === "cuda" || normalized === "gpu" || normalized === "auto")
+	);
 }
 
 async function missingOnnxRuntimeCudaProviderFiles(binDir: string): Promise<string[]> {
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/tiny-runtime-install.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/tiny-runtime-install.test.ts
index eb70a9eff..3bf0c0f47 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/tiny-runtime-install.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/tiny-runtime-install.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ describe("tiny runtime CUDA provider repair", () => {
 		}
 	});
 
+	it("repairs CUDA sidecars for generic accelerated device requests", async () => {
+		if (process.platform !== "linux" || process.arch !== "x64") return;
+		for (const device of ["auto", "gpu"] as const) {
+			const runtimeDir = await makeRuntimeWithOnnxInstallScript();
+
+			await ensureOnnxRuntimeCudaProviders(runtimeDir, device);
+
+			const binDir = path.join(runtimeDir, "node_modules", "onnxruntime-node", "bin", "napi-v6", "linux", "x64");
+			for (const file of CUDA_PROVIDER_FILES) {
+				expect(await Bun.file(path.join(binDir, file)).exists()).toBe(true);
+			}
+		}
+	});
+
 	it("reports CUDA device visibility failures after provider sidecars exist", async () => {
 		if (process.platform !== "linux" || process.arch !== "x64") return;
 		const runtimeDir = await makeRuntimeWithOnnxInstallScript();