diff --git a/packages/agentenv-protocol/src/agentenv_protocol/computer/app_data.py b/packages/agentenv-protocol/src/agentenv_protocol/computer/app_data.py
index 397c97699..1898b4f80 100644
--- a/packages/agentenv-protocol/src/agentenv_protocol/computer/app_data.py
+++ b/packages/agentenv-protocol/src/agentenv_protocol/computer/app_data.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from ..agent_env_environment import OP_ADD_DATA, OP_GET_DATA, OP_RESET_DATA
 from ..transfers import WriteNamespaceGrant
 from ..types import METHOD_ADD, METHOD_RESET, FilePart, uploaded_object_path
+from .app_runtime import paused_app
 from .dataplane import data_files, file_parts, part_bytes
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ def _served(self, op: str) -> Optional[Callable]:
         if not self.paths:
             return None
         return {OP_ADD_DATA: functools.partial(add, paths=self.paths),
-                OP_GET_DATA: functools.partial(get, self.paths, self.runtime.paused),
+                OP_GET_DATA: functools.partial(get, self.paths),
                 OP_RESET_DATA: functools.partial(reset, self.paths)}[op]
 
     async def _within(self, op: str, served: Callable, args: tuple, answer: asyncio.Future) -> Any:
@@ -177,13 +178,12 @@ async def add(parts: list, paths: list[str]) -> None:
     await in_thread(write_within, Path.home(), files, paths)
 
 
-async def get(paths: list[str], paused: Callable[[], contextlib.AbstractContextManager],
-              write_namespace: Optional[WriteNamespaceGrant]) -> list:
-    """A part for each file under ``paths``, copied with the app ``paused``, so they are of one moment, and sent from
-    the copy once it runs again."""
+async def get(paths: list[str], write_namespace: Optional[WriteNamespaceGrant]) -> list:
+    """A part for each file under ``paths``, copied with the app this server launched paused (``paused_app``), so they
+    are of one moment, and sent from the copy once it runs again; an app's own data/get hook calls it so too."""
     INITIAL.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=INITIAL.parent) as staging:
-        with paused():
+        with paused_app():
             await in_thread(_stage, Path.home(), paths, Path(staging))
         return await file_parts(Path(staging), paths, write_namespace)
 
diff --git a/packages/agentenv-protocol/src/agentenv_protocol/computer/app_runtime.py b/packages/agentenv-protocol/src/agentenv_protocol/computer/app_runtime.py
index e1beac1fa..bf125781c 100644
--- a/packages/agentenv-protocol/src/agentenv_protocol/computer/app_runtime.py
+++ b/packages/agentenv-protocol/src/agentenv_protocol/computer/app_runtime.py
@@ -139,10 +139,8 @@ def running(self) -> bool:
         return _running() is not None
 
     def paused(self) -> contextlib.AbstractContextManager:
-        """The app this server launched last, every process of it, paused while the block runs, so a copy of its files
-        taken meanwhile is of one moment."""
-        pid = _running()
-        return session.paused(pid) if pid is not None else contextlib.nullcontext()
+        """The app this server launched last paused while the block runs (``paused_app``)."""
+        return paused_app()
 
     def exited(self) -> bool:
         """Log that the app this server launched last ended on its own, with its exit code or the signal that ended
@@ -242,6 +240,13 @@ def _running() -> Optional[int]:
     return pid if pid is not None and session.alive(pid) else None
 
 
+def paused_app() -> contextlib.AbstractContextManager:
+    """The app this server launched last, every process of it, paused while the block runs, so a copy of its files
+    taken meanwhile is of one moment; nothing when it isn't running."""
+    pid = _running()
+    return session.paused(pid) if pid is not None else contextlib.nullcontext()
+
+
 async def _bounded(name: str, check: Awaitable[Optional[str]]) -> Optional[str]:
     """What ``check`` finds wrong, within ``CHECK_TIMEOUT_S``; a check that runs past it or raises says so."""
     try:
diff --git a/packages/agentenv-protocol/tests/test_computer_app_data.py b/packages/agentenv-protocol/tests/test_computer_app_data.py
index 99e18ec0c..b4638b324 100644
--- a/packages/agentenv-protocol/tests/test_computer_app_data.py
+++ b/packages/agentenv-protocol/tests/test_computer_app_data.py
@@ -138,6 +138,19 @@ async def test_an_app_with_only_paths_loads_exports_and_resets_them_as_installed
     assert reset == {"Mail/inbox.txt": b"installed"}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_takes_paths_and_a_write_namespace_and_pauses_the_running_app_as_exported_apps_call_it(home,
+                                                                                                        desktop):
+    (home / "Mail").mkdir()
+    (home / "Mail/inbox.txt").write_text("kept")
+    await PathsMail()._computer_app.launch_app()
+
+    parts = await app_data.get(["Mail"], None)
+
+    assert [await part_bytes(part) for part in parts] == [b"kept"]
+    assert desktop == [("launch", 4242), ("pause", 4242), ("continue", 4242)]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_a_file_under_none_of_its_paths_or_through_a_link_out_of_them_is_refused_and_nothing_is_written(home):
     (home / "Documents").mkdir()