diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/routes/settings.ts b/packages/server/src/server/routes/settings.ts
index 4f5a70eb..e5673275 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/routes/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/routes/settings.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify"
 import { z } from "zod"
-import { spawnSync } from "child_process"
-import { buildSpawnSpec } from "../../workspaces/runtime"
+import { probeBinaryVersion } from "../../workspaces/runtime"
 import type { SettingsService } from "../../settings/service"
 import type { Logger } from "../../logger"
 
@@ -15,37 +14,8 @@ const ValidateBinarySchema = z.object({
 })
 
 function validateBinaryPath(binaryPath: string): { valid: boolean; version?: string; error?: string } {
-  if (!binaryPath) {
-    return { valid: false, error: "Missing binary path" }
-  }
-
-  const spec = buildSpawnSpec(binaryPath, ["--version"])
-  try {
-    const result = spawnSync(spec.command, spec.args, {
-      encoding: "utf8",
-      windowsVerbatimArguments: Boolean((spec.options as { windowsVerbatimArguments?: boolean }).windowsVerbatimArguments),
-    })
-
-    if (result.error) {
-      return { valid: false, error: result.error.message }
-    }
-    if (result.status !== 0) {
-      const stderr = result.stderr?.trim()
-      const stdout = result.stdout?.trim()
-      const combined = stderr || stdout
-      const error = combined ? `Exited with code ${result.status}: ${combined}` : `Exited with code ${result.status}`
-      return { valid: false, error }
-    }
-
-    const stdout = (result.stdout ?? "").trim()
-    const firstLine = stdout.split(/\r?\n/).find((line) => line.trim().length > 0)
-    const normalized = firstLine?.trim()
-    const versionMatch = normalized?.match(/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)/)
-    const version = versionMatch?.[1]
-    return { valid: true, version }
-  } catch (error) {
-    return { valid: false, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) }
-  }
+  const result = probeBinaryVersion(binaryPath)
+  return { valid: result.valid, version: result.version, error: result.error }
 }
 
 export function registerSettingsRoutes(app: FastifyInstance, deps: RouteDeps) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/workspaces/manager.ts b/packages/server/src/workspaces/manager.ts
index a4b50e06..a6d03c66 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/workspaces/manager.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/workspaces/manager.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { FileSystemBrowser } from "../filesystem/browser"
 import { searchWorkspaceFiles, WorkspaceFileSearchOptions } from "../filesystem/search"
 import { clearWorkspaceSearchCache } from "../filesystem/search-cache"
 import { WorkspaceDescriptor, WorkspaceFileResponse, FileSystemEntry } from "../api-types"
-import { WorkspaceRuntime, ProcessExitInfo } from "./runtime"
+import { WorkspaceRuntime, ProcessExitInfo, probeBinaryVersion } from "./runtime"
 import { Logger } from "../logger"
 import { getOpencodeConfigDir } from "../opencode-config.js"
 import {
@@ -283,28 +283,22 @@ export class WorkspaceManager {
       return undefined
     }
 
-    try {
-      const result = spawnSync(resolvedPath, ["--version"], { encoding: "utf8" })
-      if (result.status === 0 && result.stdout) {
-        const line = result.stdout.split(/\r?\n/).find((entry) => entry.trim().length > 0)
-        if (line) {
-          const normalized = line.trim()
-          const versionMatch = normalized.match(/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)/)
-          if (versionMatch) {
-            const version = versionMatch[1]
-            this.options.logger.debug({ binary: resolvedPath, version }, "Detected binary version")
-            return version
-          }
-          this.options.logger.debug({ binary: resolvedPath, reported: normalized }, "Binary reported version string")
-          return normalized
-        }
-      } else if (result.error) {
-        this.options.logger.warn({ binary: resolvedPath, err: result.error }, "Failed to read binary version")
+    const result = probeBinaryVersion(resolvedPath)
+    if (result.valid) {
+      if (result.version) {
+        this.options.logger.debug({ binary: resolvedPath, version: result.version }, "Detected binary version")
+        return result.version
       }
-    } catch (error) {
-      this.options.logger.warn({ binary: resolvedPath, err: error }, "Failed to detect binary version")
+      if (result.reported) {
+        this.options.logger.debug({ binary: resolvedPath, reported: result.reported }, "Binary reported version string")
+        return result.reported
+      }
+      return undefined
     }
 
+    if (result.error) {
+      this.options.logger.warn({ binary: resolvedPath, err: result.error }, "Failed to detect binary version")
+    }
     return undefined
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/workspaces/runtime.ts b/packages/server/src/workspaces/runtime.ts
index a7196d60..0246fbfd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/workspaces/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/workspaces/runtime.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { Logger } from "../logger"
 export const WINDOWS_CMD_EXTENSIONS = new Set([".cmd", ".bat"])
 export const WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_EXTENSIONS = new Set([".ps1"])
 
+const VERSION_REGEX = /([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)/
+
 export function buildSpawnSpec(binaryPath: string, args: string[]) {
   if (process.platform !== "win32") {
     return { command: binaryPath, args, options: {} as const }
@@ -40,6 +42,61 @@ export function buildSpawnSpec(binaryPath: string, args: string[]) {
   return { command: binaryPath, args, options: {} as const }
 }
 
+export function probeBinaryVersion(binaryPath: string): {
+  valid: boolean
+  version?: string
+  reported?: string
+  error?: string
+} {
+  if (!binaryPath) {
+    return { valid: false, error: "Missing binary path" }
+  }
+
+  const spec = buildSpawnSpec(binaryPath, ["--version"])
+
+  try {
+    const result = spawnSync(spec.command, spec.args, {
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      windowsVerbatimArguments: Boolean(
+        (spec.options as { windowsVerbatimArguments?: boolean }).windowsVerbatimArguments,
+      ),
+    })
+
+    if (result.error) {
+      return { valid: false, error: result.error.message }
+    }
+
+    if (result.status !== 0) {
+      const stderr = result.stderr?.trim()
+      const stdout = result.stdout?.trim()
+      const combined = stderr || stdout
+      const error = combined ? `Exited with code ${result.status}: ${combined}` : `Exited with code ${result.status}`
+      return { valid: false, error }
+    }
+
+    const stdoutLines = String(result.stdout ?? "")
+      .split(/\r?\n/)
+      .map((line) => line.trim())
+      .filter((line) => line.length > 0)
+    const stderrLines = String(result.stderr ?? "")
+      .split(/\r?\n/)
+      .map((line) => line.trim())
+      .filter((line) => line.length > 0)
+
+    // Prefer stdout; fall back to stderr (some tools report version there).
+    const reported = stdoutLines[0] ?? stderrLines[0]
+    if (!reported) {
+      return { valid: true }
+    }
+
+    const versionMatch = reported.match(VERSION_REGEX)
+    const version = versionMatch?.[1]
+    return { valid: true, version, reported }
+  } catch (error) {
+    return { valid: false, error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) }
+  }
+}
+
 const SENSITIVE_ENV_KEY = /(PASSWORD|TOKEN|SECRET)/i
 
 function redactEnvironment(env: Record<string, string | undefined>): Record<string, string | undefined> {