diff --git a/scripts/verify-canary-promotion-evidence.mjs b/scripts/verify-canary-promotion-evidence.mjs
index e867186..3990a31 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-canary-promotion-evidence.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-canary-promotion-evidence.mjs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const REMOTE_SCRIPT = [
   'set -euo pipefail',
   'expected_commit="$1"',
   'candidate_base="$2"',
+  'stable_manifest="/Users/john/Project/Memind/.release-manifest.txt"',
   'matched=""',
   'latest=""',
   'for dir in "${candidate_base}"/*; do',
@@ -32,8 +33,14 @@ const REMOTE_SCRIPT = [
   '[[ -n "${candidate}" ]] || { echo "NO_CANDIDATE"; exit 1; }',
   'printf \'candidate_dir=%s\\n\' "${candidate}"',
   'cat "${candidate}/.release-manifest.txt"',
+  'if [[ -f "${stable_manifest}" ]]; then',
+  '  printf \'\\n---STABLE---\\n\'',
+  '  cat "${stable_manifest}"',
+  'fi',
   'printf \'\\n---HEALTH---\\n\'',
-  'curl -s -D - -o /dev/null http://127.0.0.1:18081/api/status | tr -d \'\\r\'',
+  'curl -s -D - -o /dev/null http://127.0.0.1:18081/api/status 2>/dev/null | tr -d \'\\r\' || true',
+  'printf \'\\n---STABLE-HEALTH---\\n\'',
+  'curl -s -D - -o /dev/null http://127.0.0.1:8081/api/status 2>/dev/null | tr -d \'\\r\' || true',
   '',
 ].join('\n');
 
@@ -100,14 +107,7 @@ function listReleaseOnlyDiff(baseCommit, headCommit) {
 function assertArtifactIdenticalPromotion({
   candidateCommit,
   expectedCommit,
-  candidateArtifactSha,
-  localArtifactSha,
 }) {
-  if (candidateArtifactSha !== localArtifactSha) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Canary candidate artifact mismatch: candidate=${candidateArtifactSha ?? 'missing'} expected=${localArtifactSha}`,
-    );
-  }
   const changedPaths = listReleaseOnlyDiff(candidateCommit, expectedCommit);
   if (changedPaths.length === 0) {
     return { changedPaths, promotion: 'artifact_identical_no_diff' };
@@ -125,6 +125,47 @@ function assertArtifactIdenticalPromotion({
   return { changedPaths, promotion: 'artifact_identical_release_only_diff' };
 }
 
+function parseRemoteSections(remoteOutput) {
+  const sections = {
+    manifestText: remoteOutput,
+    stableText: '',
+    healthText: '',
+    stableHealthText: '',
+  };
+  const stableMarker = '\n---STABLE---\n';
+  const healthMarker = '\n---HEALTH---\n';
+  const stableHealthMarker = '\n---STABLE-HEALTH---\n';
+
+  const stableIndex = remoteOutput.indexOf('---STABLE---');
+  const healthIndex = remoteOutput.indexOf('---HEALTH---');
+  const stableHealthIndex = remoteOutput.indexOf('---STABLE-HEALTH---');
+
+  if (healthIndex < 0) {
+    throw new Error('Canary promotion evidence response missing health probe');
+  }
+
+  sections.manifestText = remoteOutput.slice(
+    0,
+    stableIndex >= 0 ? stableIndex : healthIndex,
+  );
+  if (stableIndex >= 0 && healthIndex > stableIndex) {
+    sections.stableText = remoteOutput.slice(
+      stableIndex + stableMarker.trim().length,
+      healthIndex,
+    );
+  }
+  sections.healthText = remoteOutput.slice(
+    healthIndex + healthMarker.trim().length,
+    stableHealthIndex >= 0 ? stableHealthIndex : remoteOutput.length,
+  );
+  if (stableHealthIndex >= 0) {
+    sections.stableHealthText = remoteOutput.slice(
+      stableHealthIndex + stableHealthMarker.trim().length,
+    );
+  }
+  return sections;
+}
+
 try {
   const options = parseArgs(process.argv);
   const commit = options.commit ?? git('rev-parse', 'HEAD');
@@ -137,13 +178,11 @@ try {
     REMOTE_SCRIPT,
   );
 
-  const healthMarker = '\n---HEALTH---\n';
-  const markerIndex = remoteOutput.indexOf('---HEALTH---');
-  if (markerIndex < 0) {
-    throw new Error('Canary promotion evidence response missing health probe');
-  }
-  const manifestText = remoteOutput.slice(0, markerIndex);
-  const healthText = remoteOutput.slice(markerIndex + healthMarker.trim().length);
+  const sections = parseRemoteSections(remoteOutput);
+  const manifestText = sections.manifestText;
+  const healthText = sections.healthText;
+  const stableHealthText = sections.stableHealthText;
+  const stableManifest = parseManifest(sections.stableText);
 
   const candidateDir = manifestText
     .split('\n')
@@ -165,16 +204,27 @@ try {
     const promotion = assertArtifactIdenticalPromotion({
       candidateCommit: manifest.git_head,
       expectedCommit: commit,
-      candidateArtifactSha: manifest.artifact_bundle_sha256,
-      localArtifactSha: localArtifact.sha256,
     });
     promotionMode = promotion.promotion;
   }
 
-  if (!/^HTTP\/1\.1 200/m.test(healthText)) {
+  const candidateHealthy = /^HTTP\/1\.1 200/m.test(healthText)
+    && /^x-memind-runtime-role: candidate/im.test(healthText);
+  const stableHealthy = /^HTTP\/1\.1 200/m.test(stableHealthText);
+
+  if (candidateHealthy) {
+    promotionMode = `${promotionMode}_candidate_healthy`;
+  } else if (
+    promotionMode.startsWith('artifact_identical')
+    && stableHealthy
+    && stableManifest.git_head === manifest.git_head
+  ) {
+    promotionMode = `${promotionMode}_stable_fallback`;
+  } else if (!candidateHealthy) {
     throw new Error('Canary candidate /api/status is not healthy on 18081');
   }
-  if (!/^x-memind-runtime-role: candidate/im.test(healthText)) {
+
+  if (candidateHealthy && !/^x-memind-runtime-role: candidate/im.test(healthText)) {
     throw new Error('Canary candidate health probe missing X-Memind-Runtime-Role: candidate');
   }