diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e024539..af5abb1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Platform notes:
 - **Linux** builds need only Docker: `pnpm build:linux` compiles inside
   `swift:6.1-bookworm` and emits a tarball. Chromium must be non-Snap —
   the runtime rejects Snap launchers before starting, by design.
+- **Rootless Docker works**, including the E2E: Chromium's nested namespace
+  sandbox runs fine, and the harness detects the daemon mode so exported QA
+  evidence comes back owned by you. Nothing binds a host port, so the suites
+  cannot collide with other services on a shared machine.
 - `pnpm test:e2e:mac` opens real windows and mutates `com.headless.app` user
   defaults. Don't run it in a background session or on a machine where that
   matters.
diff --git a/apps/headless/Tests/linux-docker.sh b/apps/headless/Tests/linux-docker.sh
index 69146fa..58e126a 100755
--- a/apps/headless/Tests/linux-docker.sh
+++ b/apps/headless/Tests/linux-docker.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,19 @@ EVIDENCE_ROOT="${HEADLESS_EVIDENCE_ROOT:-$PWD/build/qa-evidence}"
 mkdir -p "$EVIDENCE_ROOT"
 EVIDENCE_DIR="$(mktemp -d "$EVIDENCE_ROOT/linux.XXXXXX")"
 chmod 0777 "$EVIDENCE_DIR"
+# The container writes evidence as its own non-root user, which lands on the
+# host as an id this user cannot read. Which id to hand it back to depends on
+# how the daemon maps them: rootful Docker maps uid to uid, so the invoking
+# user's id is correct, while rootless maps container root to the invoking user
+# and every other container id to an unreadable subuid.
+if docker info --format '{{join .SecurityOptions ","}}' 2>/dev/null | grep -q rootless; then
+  EVIDENCE_OWNER="0:0"
+else
+  EVIDENCE_OWNER="$(id -u):$(id -g)"
+fi
 restore_evidence_owner() {
   docker run --rm --user root -v "$EVIDENCE_DIR:/evidence" \
-    headless-p1-test chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" /evidence >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    headless-p1-test chown -R "$EVIDENCE_OWNER" /evidence >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
   chmod 0700 "$EVIDENCE_DIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 }
 file_mode() {