diff --git a/hermes_cli/doctor.py b/hermes_cli/doctor.py
index 18ea422f3e2..0446f39d7f6 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/doctor.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/doctor.py
@@ -1727,13 +1727,14 @@ def run_doctor(args):
         # not found" warning. If the user has explicitly chosen
         # TERMINAL_ENV=docker inside the container they likely mounted
         # /var/run/docker.sock, so fall through to the normal check.
-        if terminal_env != "docker":
+        # Only the implicit local-vs-docker choice is affected: remote
+        # backends (ssh, daytona, vercel_sandbox, ...) work fine from
+        # inside a container and must keep their real diagnostics.
+        if terminal_env == "local":
             check_info(
                 "Running inside a container — using local terminal backend "
                 "(docker-in-docker is not configured by default)"
             )
-            # Skip to next section; Docker isn't relevant here.
-            terminal_env = "local"
     if terminal_env == "docker":
         if _safe_which("docker"):
             # Check if docker daemon is running
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_termux_api_detection.py b/tests/tools/test_termux_api_detection.py
index c1406c4585a..506655bc3c5 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_termux_api_detection.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_termux_api_detection.py
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ class TestDetectAudioEnvironmentTermuxFallback:
         monkeypatch.delenv("SSH_CLIENT", raising=False)
         monkeypatch.delenv("SSH_TTY", raising=False)
         monkeypatch.delenv("SSH_CONNECTION", raising=False)
+        # detect_audio_environment() also probes the REAL host for
+        # containment; a containerized CI runner would append the
+        # container warning and flip available=False. A Termux device is
+        # never a container — pin the probe to the scenario under test.
+        import hermes_constants
+        monkeypatch.setattr(hermes_constants, "is_container", lambda: False)
 
         # No sounddevice — we go down the Termux:API branch.
         monkeypatch.setattr(