diff --git a/scripts/dashboards_render_atlas.py b/scripts/dashboards_render_atlas.py
index 1f1db361..ca99bf98 100644
--- a/scripts/dashboards_render_atlas.py
+++ b/scripts/dashboards_render_atlas.py
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ PLATFORM_TEST_SUCCESS_RATE_24H_BY_SUITE = (
     f'/ clamp_min((sum by (suite) (increase(platform_quality_gate_runs_total{{suite=~"{PLATFORM_TEST_SUITE_MATCHER}"}}[24h]))), 1)) '
     f'and on(suite) ((sum by (suite) (increase(platform_quality_gate_runs_total{{suite=~"{PLATFORM_TEST_SUITE_MATCHER}"}}[24h]))) > 0))'
 )
-PVC_BACKUP_AGE_HOURS_BY_PVC = "sort_desc(max by (namespace, pvc) (pvc_backup_age_hours))"
+PVC_BACKUP_AGE_HOURS_BY_PVC = "sort_desc(max by (namespace, pvc) (pvc_backup_age_hours or on(namespace, pvc) ((1 - pvc_backup_health) * 999)))"
 ANANKE_SELECTOR = 'job="ananke-power"'
 ANANKE_UPS_DB_NAME = "Pyrphoros"
 ANANKE_UPS_DB_NODE = "titan-db"
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ def build_overview():
     )
     panels[-1]["links"] = link_to("atlas-storage")
     panels[-1]["description"] = (
-        "Oldest backup age in hours by PVC. This panel is reserved for the upcoming PVC backup health feed and will show no data until those metrics are published."
+        "Oldest successful backup age in hours by PVC. PVCs with missing or unhealthy backup state are forced to 999h so the red bars stay visible in the overview."
     )
 
     panels.append(
diff --git a/services/keycloak/kustomization.yaml b/services/keycloak/kustomization.yaml
index c532a6fa..07b372bd 100644
--- a/services/keycloak/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/keycloak/kustomization.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ resources:
   - oneoffs/synapse-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/logs-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/metis-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
+  - oneoffs/soteria-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/metis-ssh-keys-secret-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/harbor-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/vault-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
diff --git a/services/keycloak/oneoffs/soteria-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml b/services/keycloak/oneoffs/soteria-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0616e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/keycloak/oneoffs/soteria-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+# services/keycloak/oneoffs/soteria-oidc-secret-ensure-job.yaml
+# One-off job for sso/soteria-oidc-secret-ensure-1.
+# Purpose: ensure the Soteria oauth2-proxy OIDC client and Vault secret exist.
+# Keep this completed Job around; bump the suffix if it ever needs to be rerun.
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: soteria-oidc-secret-ensure-1
+  namespace: sso
+spec:
+  backoffLimit: 0
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-pre-populate-only: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/role: "sso-secrets"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-keycloak-admin-env.sh: "kv/data/atlas/shared/keycloak-admin"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-keycloak-admin-env.sh: |
+          {{ with secret "kv/data/atlas/shared/keycloak-admin" }}
+          export KEYCLOAK_ADMIN="{{ .Data.data.username }}"
+          export KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_USER="{{ .Data.data.username }}"
+          export KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD="{{ .Data.data.password }}"
+          {{ end }}
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: mas-secrets-ensure
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/worker
+                    operator: Exists
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 100
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+                    operator: In
+                    values: ["arm64"]
+      containers:
+        - name: apply
+          image: bitnami/kubectl@sha256:554ab88b1858e8424c55de37ad417b16f2a0e65d1607aa0f3fe3ce9b9f10b131
+          command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+          args:
+            - |
+              set -euo pipefail
+              . /vault/secrets/keycloak-admin-env.sh
+              KC_URL="http://keycloak.sso.svc.cluster.local"
+              ACCESS_TOKEN=""
+              for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+                TOKEN_JSON="$(curl -sS -X POST "$KC_URL/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token" \
+                  -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
+                  -d "grant_type=password" \
+                  -d "client_id=admin-cli" \
+                  -d "username=${KEYCLOAK_ADMIN}" \
+                  -d "password=${KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" || true)"
+                ACCESS_TOKEN="$(echo "$TOKEN_JSON" | jq -r '.access_token' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+                if [ -n "$ACCESS_TOKEN" ] && [ "$ACCESS_TOKEN" != "null" ]; then
+                  break
+                fi
+                echo "Keycloak token request failed (attempt ${attempt})" >&2
+                sleep $((attempt * 2))
+              done
+              if [ -z "$ACCESS_TOKEN" ] || [ "$ACCESS_TOKEN" = "null" ]; then
+                echo "Failed to fetch Keycloak admin token" >&2
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              CLIENT_QUERY="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients?clientId=soteria" || true)"
+              CLIENT_ID="$(echo "$CLIENT_QUERY" | jq -r '.[0].id' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+
+              if [ -z "$CLIENT_ID" ] || [ "$CLIENT_ID" = "null" ]; then
+                create_payload='{"clientId":"soteria","enabled":true,"protocol":"openid-connect","publicClient":false,"standardFlowEnabled":true,"implicitFlowEnabled":false,"directAccessGrantsEnabled":false,"serviceAccountsEnabled":false,"redirectUris":["https://backup.bstein.dev/oauth2/callback"],"webOrigins":["https://backup.bstein.dev"],"rootUrl":"https://backup.bstein.dev","baseUrl":"/"}'
+                status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X POST \
+                  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+                  -d "${create_payload}" \
+                  "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients")"
+                if [ "$status" != "201" ] && [ "$status" != "204" ] && [ "$status" != "409" ]; then
+                  echo "Keycloak client create failed (status ${status})" >&2
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+                CLIENT_QUERY="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                  "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients?clientId=soteria" || true)"
+                CLIENT_ID="$(echo "$CLIENT_QUERY" | jq -r '.[0].id' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+              fi
+
+              if [ -z "$CLIENT_ID" ] || [ "$CLIENT_ID" = "null" ]; then
+                echo "Keycloak client soteria not found" >&2
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              SCOPE_ID="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/client-scopes?search=groups" | jq -r '.[] | select(.name=="groups") | .id' 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || true)"
+              if [ -z "$SCOPE_ID" ] || [ "$SCOPE_ID" = "null" ]; then
+                echo "Keycloak client scope groups not found" >&2
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              DEFAULT_SCOPES="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/default-client-scopes" || true)"
+              OPTIONAL_SCOPES="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/optional-client-scopes" || true)"
+
+              if ! echo "$DEFAULT_SCOPES" | jq -e '.[] | select(.name=="groups")' >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+                && ! echo "$OPTIONAL_SCOPES" | jq -e '.[] | select(.name=="groups")' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X PUT \
+                  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                  "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/optional-client-scopes/${SCOPE_ID}")"
+                if [ "$status" != "200" ] && [ "$status" != "201" ] && [ "$status" != "204" ]; then
+                  status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X POST \
+                    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                    "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/optional-client-scopes/${SCOPE_ID}")"
+                  if [ "$status" != "200" ] && [ "$status" != "201" ] && [ "$status" != "204" ]; then
+                    echo "Failed to attach groups client scope to soteria (status ${status})" >&2
+                    exit 1
+                  fi
+                fi
+              fi
+
+              update_payload='{"enabled":true,"clientId":"soteria","protocol":"openid-connect","publicClient":false,"standardFlowEnabled":true,"implicitFlowEnabled":false,"directAccessGrantsEnabled":false,"serviceAccountsEnabled":false,"redirectUris":["https://backup.bstein.dev/oauth2/callback"],"webOrigins":["https://backup.bstein.dev"],"rootUrl":"https://backup.bstein.dev","baseUrl":"/"}'
+              status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X PUT \
+                -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+                -d "${update_payload}" \
+                "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${CLIENT_ID}")"
+              if [ "$status" != "204" ]; then
+                echo "Keycloak client update failed (status ${status})" >&2
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              CLIENT_SECRET="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+                "$KC_URL/admin/realms/atlas/clients/${CLIENT_ID}/client-secret" | jq -r '.value' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+              if [ -z "$CLIENT_SECRET" ] || [ "$CLIENT_SECRET" = "null" ]; then
+                echo "Keycloak client secret not found" >&2
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              vault_addr="${VAULT_ADDR:-http://vault.vault.svc.cluster.local:8200}"
+              vault_role="${VAULT_ROLE:-sso-secrets}"
+              jwt="$(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)"
+              login_payload="$(jq -nc --arg jwt "${jwt}" --arg role "${vault_role}" '{jwt:$jwt, role:$role}')"
+              vault_token="$(curl -sS --request POST --data "${login_payload}" \
+                "${vault_addr}/v1/auth/kubernetes/login" | jq -r '.auth.client_token')"
+              if [ -z "${vault_token}" ] || [ "${vault_token}" = "null" ]; then
+                echo "vault login failed" >&2
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              read_status="$(curl -sS -o /tmp/soteria-oidc-read.json -w "%{http_code}" \
+                -H "X-Vault-Token: ${vault_token}" \
+                "${vault_addr}/v1/kv/data/atlas/maintenance/soteria-oidc" || true)"
+              COOKIE_SECRET=""
+              if [ "${read_status}" = "200" ]; then
+                COOKIE_SECRET="$(jq -r '.data.data.cookie_secret // empty' /tmp/soteria-oidc-read.json)"
+              elif [ "${read_status}" != "404" ]; then
+                echo "Vault read failed (status ${read_status})" >&2
+                cat /tmp/soteria-oidc-read.json >&2 || true
+                exit 1
+              fi
+              if [ -n "${COOKIE_SECRET}" ]; then
+                length="$(printf '%s' "${COOKIE_SECRET}" | wc -c | tr -d ' ')"
+                if [ "${length}" != "16" ] && [ "${length}" != "24" ] && [ "${length}" != "32" ]; then
+                  COOKIE_SECRET=""
+                fi
+              fi
+              if [ -z "${COOKIE_SECRET}" ]; then
+                COOKIE_SECRET="$(openssl rand -hex 16 | tr -d '\n')"
+              fi
+
+              payload="$(jq -nc \
+                --arg client_id "soteria" \
+                --arg client_secret "${CLIENT_SECRET}" \
+                --arg cookie_secret "${COOKIE_SECRET}" \
+                '{data:{client_id:$client_id,client_secret:$client_secret,cookie_secret:$cookie_secret}}')"
+              write_status="$(curl -sS -o /tmp/soteria-oidc-write.json -w "%{http_code}" -X POST \
+                -H "X-Vault-Token: ${vault_token}" \
+                -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+                -d "${payload}" "${vault_addr}/v1/kv/data/atlas/maintenance/soteria-oidc")"
+              if [ "${write_status}" != "200" ] && [ "${write_status}" != "204" ]; then
+                echo "Vault write failed (status ${write_status})" >&2
+                cat /tmp/soteria-oidc-write.json >&2 || true
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              verify_status="$(curl -sS -o /tmp/soteria-oidc-verify.json -w "%{http_code}" \
+                -H "X-Vault-Token: ${vault_token}" \
+                "${vault_addr}/v1/kv/data/atlas/maintenance/soteria-oidc" || true)"
+              if [ "${verify_status}" != "200" ]; then
+                echo "Vault verify failed (status ${verify_status})" >&2
+                cat /tmp/soteria-oidc-verify.json >&2 || true
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              echo "Soteria OIDC secret ready in Vault"
diff --git a/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml b/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
index a7b6d82a..56892aa5 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ resources:
   - node-image-sweeper-daemonset.yaml
   - image-sweeper-cronjob.yaml
   - metis-service.yaml
+  - soteria-ingress.yaml
+  - soteria-certificate.yaml
+  - oauth2-proxy-soteria.yaml
   - oauth2-proxy-metis.yaml
   - metis-certificate.yaml
   - metis-ingress.yaml
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ images:
     newTag: 0.1.0-22 # {"$imagepolicy": "maintenance:ariadne:tag"}
   - name: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/metis
     newTag: 0.1.0-9-amd64
+  - name: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/soteria
+    newTag: 0.1.0-21 # {"$imagepolicy": "maintenance:soteria:tag"}
 configMapGenerator:
   - name: disable-k3s-traefik-script
     namespace: maintenance
diff --git a/services/maintenance/oauth2-proxy-soteria.yaml b/services/maintenance/oauth2-proxy-soteria.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd6dabe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/maintenance/oauth2-proxy-soteria.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# services/maintenance/oauth2-proxy-soteria.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: oauth2-proxy-soteria
+  namespace: maintenance
+  labels:
+    app: oauth2-proxy-soteria
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: 4180
+  selector:
+    app: oauth2-proxy-soteria
+
+---
+
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: oauth2-proxy-soteria
+  namespace: maintenance
+  labels:
+    app: oauth2-proxy-soteria
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: oauth2-proxy-soteria
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: oauth2-proxy-soteria
+      annotations:
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/role: "maintenance"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-oidc-config: "kv/data/atlas/maintenance/soteria-oidc"
+        vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-oidc-config: |
+          {{- with secret "kv/data/atlas/maintenance/soteria-oidc" -}}
+          client_id = "{{ .Data.data.client_id }}"
+          client_secret = "{{ .Data.data.client_secret }}"
+          cookie_secret = "{{ .Data.data.cookie_secret }}"
+          {{- end -}}
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: maintenance-vault-sync
+      nodeSelector:
+        node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "true"
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/arch
+                    operator: In
+                    values: ["amd64","arm64"]
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 100
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values: ["rpi5"]
+            - weight: 100
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
+                    operator: NotIn
+                    values: ["titan-13","titan-15","titan-17","titan-19"]
+      containers:
+        - name: oauth2-proxy
+          image: quay.io/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy:v7.6.0
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          args:
+            - --provider=oidc
+            - --config=/vault/secrets/oidc-config
+            - --redirect-url=https://backup.bstein.dev/oauth2/callback
+            - --oidc-issuer-url=https://sso.bstein.dev/realms/atlas
+            - --scope=openid profile email groups
+            - --email-domain=*
+            - --allowed-group=admin
+            - --allowed-group=/admin
+            - --allowed-group=maintenance
+            - --allowed-group=/maintenance
+            - --set-xauthrequest=true
+            - --pass-access-token=true
+            - --set-authorization-header=true
+            - --cookie-secure=true
+            - --cookie-samesite=lax
+            - --cookie-refresh=20m
+            - --cookie-expire=168h
+            - --insecure-oidc-allow-unverified-email=true
+            - --upstream=http://soteria.maintenance.svc.cluster.local
+            - --http-address=0.0.0.0:4180
+            - --skip-provider-button=true
+            - --approval-prompt=auto
+            - --skip-jwt-bearer-tokens=true
+            - --oidc-groups-claim=groups
+            - --cookie-domain=backup.bstein.dev
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 4180
+              name: http
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /ping
+              port: 4180
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /ping
+              port: 4180
+            initialDelaySeconds: 20
+            periodSeconds: 20
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 64Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 250m
+              memory: 256Mi
diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-certificate.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-certificate.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c328fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-certificate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# services/maintenance/soteria-certificate.yaml
+apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
+kind: Certificate
+metadata:
+  name: backup-tls
+  namespace: maintenance
+spec:
+  secretName: backup-tls
+  issuerRef:
+    kind: ClusterIssuer
+    name: letsencrypt
+  dnsNames:
+    - backup.bstein.dev
diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-configmap.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdf666e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# services/maintenance/soteria-configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: soteria
+  namespace: maintenance
+data:
+  SOTERIA_BACKUP_DRIVER: longhorn
+  SOTERIA_LONGHORN_URL: http://longhorn-backend.longhorn-system.svc:9500
+  SOTERIA_LONGHORN_BACKUP_MODE: incremental
+  SOTERIA_AUTH_REQUIRED: "true"
+  SOTERIA_ALLOWED_GROUPS: admin,maintenance
+  SOTERIA_BACKUP_MAX_AGE_HOURS: "24"
+  SOTERIA_METRICS_REFRESH_SECONDS: "300"
diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75fe8fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: soteria
+  namespace: maintenance
+  labels:
+    app: soteria
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  revisionHistoryLimit: 3
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: soteria
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: soteria
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: soteria
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/arch: arm64
+        node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "true"
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 90
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values: ["rpi5"]
+            - weight: 50
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values: ["rpi4"]
+      containers:
+        - name: soteria
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/soteria:0.1.0-21
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: soteria
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: 8080
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 2
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /readyz
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 2
+            periodSeconds: 5
+            timeoutSeconds: 2
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 50m
+              memory: 64Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 256Mi
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              drop: ["ALL"]
+            runAsNonRoot: true
+            runAsUser: 65532
+
diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-ingress.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-ingress.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab4b52b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-ingress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# services/maintenance/soteria-ingress.yaml
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: soteria
+  namespace: maintenance
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: traefik
+    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.entrypoints: websecure
+    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.tls: "true"
+    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.middlewares: ""
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: traefik
+  tls:
+    - hosts: ["backup.bstein.dev"]
+      secretName: backup-tls
+  rules:
+    - host: backup.bstein.dev
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: oauth2-proxy-soteria
+                port:
+                  number: 80
diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-service.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6aef612e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# services/maintenance/soteria-service.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: soteria
+  namespace: maintenance
+  labels:
+    app: soteria
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+    prometheus.io/port: "80"
+    prometheus.io/path: "/metrics"
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  selector:
+    app: soteria
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: http
+
diff --git a/services/monitoring/dashboards/atlas-overview.json b/services/monitoring/dashboards/atlas-overview.json
index edf2dd85..d1557b7d 100644
--- a/services/monitoring/dashboards/atlas-overview.json
+++ b/services/monitoring/dashboards/atlas-overview.json
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@
       },
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "sort_desc(max by (namespace, pvc) (pvc_backup_age_hours))",
+          "expr": "sort_desc(max by (namespace, pvc) (pvc_backup_age_hours or on(namespace, pvc) ((1 - pvc_backup_health) * 999)))",
           "refId": "A",
           "legendFormat": "{{namespace}}/{{pvc}}",
           "instant": true
@@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@
           "targetBlank": true
         }
       ],
-      "description": "Oldest backup age in hours by PVC. This panel is reserved for the upcoming PVC backup health feed and will show no data until those metrics are published."
+      "description": "Oldest successful backup age in hours by PVC. PVCs with missing or unhealthy backup state are forced to 999h so the red bars stay visible in the overview."
     },
     {
       "id": 30,
diff --git a/services/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-overview.yaml b/services/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-overview.yaml
index 3a3659a5..43844351 100644
--- a/services/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-overview.yaml
+++ b/services/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-overview.yaml
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ data:
           },
           "targets": [
             {
-              "expr": "sort_desc(max by (namespace, pvc) (pvc_backup_age_hours))",
+              "expr": "sort_desc(max by (namespace, pvc) (pvc_backup_age_hours or on(namespace, pvc) ((1 - pvc_backup_health) * 999)))",
               "refId": "A",
               "legendFormat": "{{namespace}}/{{pvc}}",
               "instant": true
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ data:
               "targetBlank": true
             }
           ],
-          "description": "Oldest backup age in hours by PVC. This panel is reserved for the upcoming PVC backup health feed and will show no data until those metrics are published."
+          "description": "Oldest successful backup age in hours by PVC. PVCs with missing or unhealthy backup state are forced to 999h so the red bars stay visible in the overview."
         },
         {
           "id": 30,