diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/independent_verifier_registry.py b/apps/api/src/services/independent_verifier_registry.py
index 9fd3ba166..a61d136b0 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/independent_verifier_registry.py
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/independent_verifier_registry.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ _DOMAIN_CONTRACTS: tuple[dict[str, Any], ...] = (
     {
         "domain": "backup_restore",
         "mutating": False,
-        "executor": None,
+        "executor": "Agent99",
         "break_glass_executor": "backup_restore_break_glass",
         "verifier": "backup_restore_readback_verifier",
         "runtime_write_allowed": False,
diff --git a/apps/api/tests/test_independent_verifier_registry.py b/apps/api/tests/test_independent_verifier_registry.py
index 712b84344..f2efbdc5d 100644
--- a/apps/api/tests/test_independent_verifier_registry.py
+++ b/apps/api/tests/test_independent_verifier_registry.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from src.services.controlled_alert_target_router import (
+    resolve_typed_alert_target,
+)
 from src.services.independent_verifier_registry import (
     build_independent_verifier_registry,
 )
@@ -49,7 +52,10 @@ def test_registry_covers_every_typed_domain_without_false_runtime_closure() -> N
         if row["mutating"] is True
     )
     assert by_domain["backup_restore"]["runtime_write_allowed"] is False
-    assert by_domain["backup_restore"]["executor"] is None
+    assert by_domain["backup_restore"]["executor"] == "Agent99"
+    assert by_domain["backup_restore"]["break_glass_executor"] == (
+        "backup_restore_break_glass"
+    )
     assert by_domain["unknown"]["runtime_write_allowed"] is False
     assert by_domain["unknown"]["executor"] is None
     assert all(
@@ -58,6 +64,26 @@ def test_registry_covers_every_typed_domain_without_false_runtime_closure() -> N
     )
 
 
+def test_backup_readback_route_matches_independent_verifier_contract() -> None:
+    route = resolve_typed_alert_target(
+        alertname="BackupFreshnessMissing",
+        target_resource="backup_restore",
+        namespace="",
+    )
+    registry = build_independent_verifier_registry()
+    contract = next(
+        row
+        for row in registry["domain_contracts"]
+        if row["domain"] == route["target_kind"]
+    )
+
+    assert route["executor"] == contract["executor"] == "Agent99"
+    assert route["break_glass_executor"] == contract["break_glass_executor"]
+    assert route["verifier"] == contract["verifier"]
+    assert route["controlled_apply_allowed"] is False
+    assert contract["runtime_write_allowed"] is False
+
+
 def test_registry_fails_closed_when_one_catalog_loses_its_postcondition() -> None:
     catalog = [
         {
diff --git a/docs/operations/sre-k3s-controlled-automation-work-items.snapshot.json b/docs/operations/sre-k3s-controlled-automation-work-items.snapshot.json
index 5bcddd744..aca534b90 100644
--- a/docs/operations/sre-k3s-controlled-automation-work-items.snapshot.json
+++ b/docs/operations/sre-k3s-controlled-automation-work-items.snapshot.json
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@
         "apps/api/src/services/agent99_controlled_dispatch_ledger.py",
         "apps/api/src/services/db_bounded_executor.py",
         "apps/api/src/services/backup_restore_signal_automation.py",
+        "apps/api/src/services/controlled_alert_target_router.py",
         "apps/api/src/services/post_execution_verifier.py"
       ],
       "executor": "none",
@@ -783,6 +784,7 @@
         "machine-readable registry covers all eight typed domains and keeps executor identity separate from verifier identity for all six mutating domains",
         "all 17 Ansible catalogs have registered independent postconditions; every auto-apply catalog is check-mode capable and the sole exception is explicit break-glass",
         "K3s, Host/Container, Agent99, DB, Backup/restore and unknown-asset lanes expose domain-specific verifier contracts with cross-domain fallback disabled",
+        "Backup/restore read-only routing and the verifier registry now bind the same Agent99 evidence collector, backup_restore_readback_verifier and separate backup_restore_break_glass mutation executor; controlled apply and runtime writes remain disabled, with a cross-module contract test",
         "Host111 three-origin, GCP exact-series, gitea-native metrics and host99 Alertmanager relay readbacks are registered as runtime receipt requirements rather than source completion evidence"
       ],
       "runtime_gaps": [