diff --git a/.agents/skills/lib_py/loop/runner.py b/.agents/skills/lib_py/loop/runner.py
index 8de3938..c5d7726 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/lib_py/loop/runner.py
+++ b/.agents/skills/lib_py/loop/runner.py
@@ -256,7 +256,12 @@ class LoopRunner:
                 print("Use --plan to have the Planner write a new plan, or --plan-file to reuse one:", file=sys.stderr)
                 print('  run_loop.sh --creator <creator> --plan-file <path> --task "..."', file=sys.stderr)
                 sys.exit(1)
-            resolved = Path(self.plan_file).expanduser().resolve()
+            # A relative path is taken against the control root, as the usage
+            # line says and as jobs_dir already does (Issue #21 R2): the runner
+            # never chdirs to workspace_root, so resolving against the caller's
+            # cwd would look somewhere else entirely - and could find a
+            # same-named file there. `/` keeps an absolute path as it is.
+            resolved = (self.workspace_root / Path(self.plan_file).expanduser()).resolve()
             text = self._plan_text(resolved)
             if text is None:
                 log_error(f"--plan-file {resolved}: not a readable file with plan text in it.")
diff --git a/tests/test_issue25_plan_reuse.py b/tests/test_issue25_plan_reuse.py
index 175876f..5296967 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue25_plan_reuse.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue25_plan_reuse.py
@@ -203,6 +203,48 @@ def test_p3b_the_refusal_names_the_resolved_path(ctl, tmp_path, capsys):
     assert str(missing.resolve()) in capsys.readouterr().err
 
 
+def test_p3c_a_relative_plan_file_is_taken_against_the_control_root(ctl, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """R1/N1: the usage line promises control-root-relative, and the runner
+    never chdirs to the control root. Resolving against the caller's cwd looked
+    somewhere else - and a same-named file there won silently, which is the
+    very failure #25 is about."""
+    (ctl / "plans").mkdir()
+    (ctl / "plans" / "named.md").write_text(NEW_PLAN, encoding="utf-8")
+    caller = tmp_path / "caller"
+    (caller / "plans").mkdir(parents=True)
+    monkeypatch.chdir(caller)
+
+    r = _runner("--plan-file", "plans/named.md")
+    r.parse_args()
+    assert Path(r.plan_file) == (ctl / "plans" / "named.md").resolve()
+    assert "NAMED-PLAN-MARKER" in r.current_plan
+
+    # the same name in the caller's cwd must not win
+    (caller / "plans" / "named.md").write_text(OLD_PLAN, encoding="utf-8")
+    r = _runner("--plan-file", "plans/named.md")
+    r.parse_args()
+    assert Path(r.plan_file) == (ctl / "plans" / "named.md").resolve()
+    assert "NAMED-PLAN-MARKER" in r.current_plan
+    assert "OLD-PLAN-MARKER" not in r.current_plan
+
+
+def test_p3d_an_absolute_plan_file_is_left_alone(ctl, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Anchoring the relative case must not rewrite absolute or ~ paths."""
+    named = tmp_path / "abs-plan.md"
+    named.write_text(NEW_PLAN, encoding="utf-8")
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    r = _runner("--plan-file", str(named))
+    r.parse_args()
+    assert Path(r.plan_file) == named.resolve()
+
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))
+    home_plan = tmp_path / "home-plan.md"
+    home_plan.write_text(NEW_PLAN, encoding="utf-8")
+    r = _runner("--plan-file", "~/home-plan.md")
+    r.parse_args()
+    assert Path(r.plan_file) == home_plan.resolve()
+
+
 def test_p4_plan_file_conflicts_with_plan_and_needs_a_value(ctl, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     named = tmp_path / "my-plan.md"
     named.write_text(NEW_PLAN, encoding="utf-8")