diff --git a/ops/signoz/p0-obs-002-post-closure-regression.yaml b/ops/signoz/p0-obs-002-post-closure-regression.yaml
index 3e1510057..5eff85f3a 100644
--- a/ops/signoz/p0-obs-002-post-closure-regression.yaml
+++ b/ops/signoz/p0-obs-002-post-closure-regression.yaml
@@ -778,9 +778,9 @@ pending_verifiers:
         independent_export_verifier_sha256: cbab56dd3919866a96550c1dce46ec67783cd6f00473e4491861e17d1430048c
         isolated_restore_driver_sha256: 38ce70b3f891a3ce8edfaeb880ccf69d0bb6817c3f801a0aefa0f06341901997
         contract_tests_sha256: 474d9dfcfe170c62425356ea9f06ed0dc1629b39215ee80f395f721c7d43a923
-        controlled_deployer_sha256: ca64829e8cd850d83b016a6207bf463da586a68a4c78571e7a8734c93deb4766
-        deployer_tests_sha256: 2092164f254b7c8b9064f2ffb1859e6dd4213b627992373719b3d9bc8a6ae200
-      test_terminal: 20_passed
+        controlled_deployer_sha256: 2d0f7ae20ff8919dfc0f6caa1c3e346c0d8127d997ffa46f86a6e92df212e6f4
+        deployer_tests_sha256: eb6acd4da593f75dbd26a0abfc6674a60221ef7eac91e2f679f8ac75e9eda43e
+      test_terminal: 21_passed
       portable_assets:
         - dashboards
         - alert_rules
diff --git a/scripts/ops/deploy-signoz-metadata-toolchain.sh b/scripts/ops/deploy-signoz-metadata-toolchain.sh
index ac447471e..b6519d42b 100755
--- a/scripts/ops/deploy-signoz-metadata-toolchain.sh
+++ b/scripts/ops/deploy-signoz-metadata-toolchain.sh
@@ -166,7 +166,11 @@ emit ai_decision pass "candidate_additive_immutable_inactive_source_deploy"
 emit risk_policy_decision pass "medium_no_active_pointer_no_secret_no_raw_sqlite"
 
 remote_check() {
-  bounded_ssh "${SSH_OPTIONS[@]}" "${TARGET_HOST}" bash -s -- \
+  # The immutable root is deliberately 0700/root-owned. Run this bounded
+  # verifier as root so it can distinguish exact from absent without relaxing
+  # directory permissions. REMOTE_CHECK contains only stat/hash/process/API
+  # reads and performs no writes.
+  bounded_ssh "${SSH_OPTIONS[@]}" "${TARGET_HOST}" sudo -n bash -s -- \
     "${REMOTE_ROOT}" "${BUNDLE_ID}" "${REMOTE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS}" \
     "${KILL_AFTER_SECONDS}" "${SOURCE_HASHES[@]}" <<'REMOTE_CHECK'
 set -euo pipefail
diff --git a/scripts/ops/tests/test_signoz_metadata_toolchain_deploy.py b/scripts/ops/tests/test_signoz_metadata_toolchain_deploy.py
index 256f2feec..c2b2840eb 100644
--- a/scripts/ops/tests/test_signoz_metadata_toolchain_deploy.py
+++ b/scripts/ops/tests/test_signoz_metadata_toolchain_deploy.py
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ def test_shared_operation_lock_is_existing_read_only_and_fail_closed() -> None:
     assert "exec 8>>/tmp/awoooi-signoz-backup-operation.lock" not in source
 
 
+def test_remote_check_uses_privileged_read_only_visibility() -> None:
+    source = DEPLOYER.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    remote_check = source.split("remote_check() {", 1)[1].split("\n}", 1)[0]
+    assert '"${TARGET_HOST}" sudo -n bash -s --' in remote_check
+    assert "REMOTE_CHECK contains only stat/hash/process/API" in remote_check
+
+
 def test_exact_five_file_supply_chain_and_modes_are_fixed() -> None:
     source = DEPLOYER.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     for path in (
diff --git a/scripts/reboot-recovery/signoz-canonical-route-preflight.py b/scripts/reboot-recovery/signoz-canonical-route-preflight.py
index d22a1e528..223d5a303 100644
--- a/scripts/reboot-recovery/signoz-canonical-route-preflight.py
+++ b/scripts/reboot-recovery/signoz-canonical-route-preflight.py
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ def evaluate(root: Path, contract_path: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
         == len(METADATA_EXPORT_SOURCE_PATHS)
         and set(declared_metadata_export_hashes) == set(METADATA_EXPORT_SOURCE_PATHS)
         and declared_metadata_export_hashes == actual_metadata_export_hashes
-        and metadata_export_source_contract.get("test_terminal") == "20_passed"
+        and metadata_export_source_contract.get("test_terminal") == "21_passed"
     )
     offsite_backup = pending_verifiers.get("signoz_backup_offsite_dr", {})
     failed_artifacts = pending_verifiers.get(
diff --git a/scripts/reboot-recovery/tests/test_signoz_canonical_route_migration.py b/scripts/reboot-recovery/tests/test_signoz_canonical_route_migration.py
index 8015ff7d8..287316873 100644
--- a/scripts/reboot-recovery/tests/test_signoz_canonical_route_migration.py
+++ b/scripts/reboot-recovery/tests/test_signoz_canonical_route_migration.py
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ def test_post_release_verifier_and_native_backup_close_with_remaining_gaps() ->
         field: hashlib.sha256((ROOT / relative).read_bytes()).hexdigest()
         for field, relative in metadata_paths.items()
     }
-    assert source_contract["test_terminal"] == "20_passed"
+    assert source_contract["test_terminal"] == "21_passed"
     assert source_contract["raw_sqlite_read"] is False
     assert source_contract["raw_volume_read"] is False
     assert source_contract["secret_value_persistence"] is False