diff --git a/ci/tests/glue/config.yaml b/ci/tests/glue/config.yaml
index 5a89ac80..bae31d04 100644
--- a/ci/tests/glue/config.yaml
+++ b/ci/tests/glue/config.yaml
@@ -36,3 +36,17 @@ ariadne_schedule_tasks:
   - task: schedule.comms_seed_room
     check_last_success: true
     max_success_age_hours: 48
+  - task: schedule.pod_cleaner
+    check_last_success: true
+    max_success_age_hours: 6
+  - task: schedule.opensearch_prune
+    check_last_success: false
+  - task: schedule.image_sweeper
+    check_last_success: true
+    max_success_age_hours: 18
+  - task: schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync
+    check_last_success: true
+    max_success_age_hours: 12
+  - task: schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe
+    check_last_success: true
+    max_success_age_hours: 2
diff --git a/scripts/dashboards_render_atlas.py b/scripts/dashboards_render_atlas.py
index 4755c4b5..b1aa0bbf 100644
--- a/scripts/dashboards_render_atlas.py
+++ b/scripts/dashboards_render_atlas.py
@@ -400,6 +400,11 @@ ARIADNE_ALL_SCHEDULE_TASKS = [
     "schedule.comms_pin_invite",
     "schedule.comms_reset_room",
     "schedule.comms_seed_room",
+    "schedule.pod_cleaner",
+    "schedule.opensearch_prune",
+    "schedule.image_sweeper",
+    "schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync",
+    "schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe",
 ]
 ARIADNE_FAST_SCHEDULE_TASKS = [
     task
@@ -414,6 +419,10 @@ ARIADNE_SCHEDULE_HEALTH_TASKS = [
     "schedule.firefly_user_sync",
     "schedule.comms_guest_name",
     "schedule.comms_seed_room",
+    "schedule.pod_cleaner",
+    "schedule.image_sweeper",
+    "schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync",
+    "schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe",
 ]
 ARIADNE_ALL_SCHEDULE_FILTER = f'task=~"^({promql_task_regex(ARIADNE_ALL_SCHEDULE_TASKS)})$"'
 ARIADNE_FAST_SCHEDULE_FILTER = f'task=~"^({promql_task_regex(ARIADNE_FAST_SCHEDULE_TASKS)})$"'
diff --git a/services/logging/kustomization.yaml b/services/logging/kustomization.yaml
index dc487155..157c9737 100644
--- a/services/logging/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/logging/kustomization.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ resources:
   - oneoffs/opensearch-ism-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/opensearch-dashboards-setup-job.yaml
   - oneoffs/opensearch-observability-setup-job.yaml
-  - opensearch-prune-cronjob.yaml
   - fluent-bit-helmrelease.yaml
   - node-log-rotation-daemonset.yaml
   - node-image-gc-rpi4-daemonset.yaml
@@ -46,12 +45,6 @@ configMapGenerator:
       - node_image_prune_rpi5.sh=scripts/node_image_prune_rpi5.sh
     options:
       disableNameSuffixHash: true
-  - name: opensearch-prune-script
-    namespace: logging
-    files:
-      - prune.py=scripts/opensearch_prune.py
-    options:
-      disableNameSuffixHash: true
   - name: opensearch-observability-script
     namespace: logging
     files:
diff --git a/services/logging/opensearch-prune-cronjob.yaml b/services/logging/opensearch-prune-cronjob.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dc0dffb2..00000000
--- a/services/logging/opensearch-prune-cronjob.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# services/logging/opensearch-prune-cronjob.yaml
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: opensearch-prune
-  namespace: logging
-spec:
-  schedule: "23 3 * * *"
-  suspend: true
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 3
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: 2
-      template:
-        spec:
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
-          nodeSelector:
-            node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "true"
-            hardware: rpi5
-          affinity:
-            nodeAffinity:
-              requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-                nodeSelectorTerms:
-                  - matchExpressions:
-                      - key: hardware
-                        operator: In
-                        values:
-                          - rpi5
-          containers:
-            - name: prune
-              image: python:3.11-alpine
-              command: ["python", "/scripts/prune.py"]
-              env:
-                - name: OPENSEARCH_URL
-                  value: http://opensearch-master.logging.svc.cluster.local:9200
-                - name: LOG_LIMIT_BYTES
-                  value: "1099511627776"
-                - name: LOG_INDEX_PATTERNS
-                  value: "kube-*,journald-*,trace-analytics-*"
-              volumeMounts:
-                - name: scripts
-                  mountPath: /scripts
-          volumes:
-            - name: scripts
-              configMap:
-                name: opensearch-prune-script
diff --git a/services/logging/scripts/opensearch_prune.py b/services/logging/scripts/opensearch_prune.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ad84d5b5..00000000
--- a/services/logging/scripts/opensearch_prune.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-import json
-import os
-import re
-import sys
-import urllib.error
-import urllib.request
-
-os_url = os.environ.get("OPENSEARCH_URL", "http://opensearch-master.logging.svc.cluster.local:9200").rstrip("/")
-limit_bytes = int(os.environ.get("LOG_LIMIT_BYTES", str(1024**4)))
-patterns = [p.strip() for p in os.environ.get("LOG_INDEX_PATTERNS", "kube-*,journald-*").split(",") if p.strip()]
-
-UNITS = {
-    "b": 1,
-    "kb": 1024,
-    "mb": 1024**2,
-    "gb": 1024**3,
-    "tb": 1024**4,
-}
-
-def parse_size(value: str) -> int:
-    if not value:
-        return 0
-    text = value.strip().lower()
-    if text in ("-", "0"):
-        return 0
-    match = re.match(r"^([0-9.]+)([a-z]+)$", text)
-    if not match:
-        return 0
-    number = float(match.group(1))
-    unit = match.group(2)
-    if unit not in UNITS:
-        return 0
-    return int(number * UNITS[unit])
-
-def request_json(path: str):
-    url = f"{os_url}{path}"
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=30) as response:
-        payload = response.read().decode("utf-8")
-    return json.loads(payload)
-
-def delete_index(index: str) -> None:
-    url = f"{os_url}/{index}"
-    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method="DELETE")
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as response:
-        _ = response.read()
-    print(f"deleted {index}")
-
-indices = []
-for pattern in patterns:
-    try:
-        data = request_json(f"/_cat/indices/{pattern}?format=json&h=index,store.size,creation.date")
-    except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
-        if exc.code == 404:
-            continue
-        raise
-    for item in data:
-        index = item.get("index")
-        if not index or index.startswith("."):
-            continue
-        size = parse_size(item.get("store.size", ""))
-        created = int(item.get("creation.date", "0") or 0)
-        indices.append({"index": index, "size": size, "created": created})
-
-total = sum(item["size"] for item in indices)
-print(f"total_log_bytes={total}")
-if total <= limit_bytes:
-    print("within limit")
-    sys.exit(0)
-
-indices.sort(key=lambda item: item["created"])
-for item in indices:
-    if total <= limit_bytes:
-        break
-    delete_index(item["index"])
-    total -= item["size"]
-
-print(f"remaining_log_bytes={total}")
diff --git a/services/maintenance/ariadne-deployment.yaml b/services/maintenance/ariadne-deployment.yaml
index 390e5b36..348d15f1 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/ariadne-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/ariadne-deployment.yaml
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ spec:
               value: "15"
             - name: ARIADNE_SCHEDULE_METIS_SENTINEL_WATCH
               value: "*/30 * * * *"
+            - name: ARIADNE_SCHEDULE_METIS_K3S_TOKEN_SYNC
+              value: "11 */6 * * *"
+            - name: ARIADNE_SCHEDULE_PLATFORM_QUALITY_SUITE_PROBE
+              value: "*/15 * * * *"
             - name: METRICS_PATH
               value: "/metrics"
           resources:
diff --git a/services/maintenance/image-sweeper-cronjob.yaml b/services/maintenance/image-sweeper-cronjob.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 00392060..00000000
--- a/services/maintenance/image-sweeper-cronjob.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# services/maintenance/image-sweeper-cronjob.yaml
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: image-sweeper
-  namespace: maintenance
-spec:
-  schedule: "30 4 * * 0"
-  suspend: true
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 2
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 2
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      template:
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: node-image-sweeper
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
-          nodeSelector:
-            kubernetes.io/os: linux
-            kubernetes.io/arch: arm64
-            node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "true"
-          tolerations:
-            - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
-              operator: Exists
-              effect: NoSchedule
-            - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
-              operator: Exists
-              effect: NoSchedule
-          containers:
-            - name: image-sweeper
-              image: python:3.12.9-alpine3.20
-              command: ["/bin/sh", "/scripts/node_image_sweeper.sh"]
-              env:
-                - name: ONE_SHOT
-                  value: "true"
-              securityContext:
-                privileged: true
-                runAsUser: 0
-              volumeMounts:
-                - name: host-root
-                  mountPath: /host
-                - name: script
-                  mountPath: /scripts
-                  readOnly: true
-          volumes:
-            - name: host-root
-              hostPath:
-                path: /
-            - name: script
-              configMap:
-                name: node-image-sweeper-script
-                defaultMode: 0555
diff --git a/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml b/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
index a7b6d82a..5ff09a17 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ resources:
   - secretproviderclass.yaml
   - metis-configmap.yaml
   - metis-data-pvc.yaml
+  - soteria-configmap.yaml
   - vault-serviceaccount.yaml
   - vault-sync-deployment.yaml
   - ariadne-serviceaccount.yaml
+  - soteria-serviceaccount.yaml
   - ariadne-rbac.yaml
+  - soteria-rbac.yaml
   - disable-k3s-traefik-serviceaccount.yaml
   - disable-k3s-traefik-rbac.yaml
   - k3s-traefik-cleanup-rbac.yaml
@@ -21,19 +24,18 @@ resources:
   - pod-cleaner-rbac.yaml
   - ariadne-deployment.yaml
   - metis-deployment.yaml
+  - soteria-deployment.yaml
   - oneoffs/ariadne-migrate-job.yaml
   - ariadne-service.yaml
+  - soteria-service.yaml
   - disable-k3s-traefik-daemonset.yaml
   - oneoffs/k3s-traefik-cleanup-job.yaml
   - node-nofile-daemonset.yaml
   - metis-sentinel-amd64-daemonset.yaml
   - metis-sentinel-arm64-daemonset.yaml
-  - metis-k3s-token-sync-cronjob.yaml
   - k3s-agent-restart-daemonset.yaml
-  - pod-cleaner-cronjob.yaml
   - node-image-sweeper-serviceaccount.yaml
   - node-image-sweeper-daemonset.yaml
-  - image-sweeper-cronjob.yaml
   - metis-service.yaml
   - oauth2-proxy-metis.yaml
   - metis-certificate.yaml
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ 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: 0.1.0-11 # {"$imagepolicy": "maintenance:soteria:tag"}
 configMapGenerator:
   - name: disable-k3s-traefik-script
     namespace: maintenance
@@ -62,12 +66,6 @@ configMapGenerator:
       - node_nofile.sh=scripts/node_nofile.sh
     options:
       disableNameSuffixHash: true
-  - name: pod-cleaner-script
-    namespace: maintenance
-    files:
-      - pod_cleaner.sh=scripts/pod_cleaner.sh
-    options:
-      disableNameSuffixHash: true
   - name: node-image-sweeper-script
     namespace: maintenance
     files:
diff --git a/services/maintenance/metis-k3s-token-sync-cronjob.yaml b/services/maintenance/metis-k3s-token-sync-cronjob.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ef49087..00000000
--- a/services/maintenance/metis-k3s-token-sync-cronjob.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# services/maintenance/metis-k3s-token-sync-cronjob.yaml
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: metis-k3s-token-sync
-  namespace: maintenance
-spec:
-  schedule: "11 */6 * * *"
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 2
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      template:
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: metis-token-sync
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
-          nodeName: titan-0a
-          tolerations:
-            - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
-              operator: Exists
-              effect: NoSchedule
-            - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
-              operator: Exists
-              effect: NoSchedule
-          containers:
-            - name: sync
-              image: hashicorp/vault:1.17.6
-              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-              command:
-                - /bin/sh
-                - -c
-              args:
-                - |
-                  set -eu
-                  token="$(tr -d '\n' < /host/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/token)"
-                  jwt="$(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)"
-                  VAULT_TOKEN="$(vault write -field=token auth/kubernetes/login role="${VAULT_K8S_ROLE}" jwt="${jwt}")"
-                  export VAULT_TOKEN
-                  vault kv put kv/atlas/maintenance/metis-runtime k3s_token="${token}"
-              env:
-                - name: VAULT_ADDR
-                  value: http://vault.vault.svc.cluster.local:8200
-                - name: VAULT_K8S_ROLE
-                  value: maintenance-metis-token-sync
-              securityContext:
-                runAsUser: 0
-              volumeMounts:
-                - name: k3s-server
-                  mountPath: /host/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server
-                  readOnly: true
-          volumes:
-            - name: k3s-server
-              hostPath:
-                path: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server
diff --git a/services/maintenance/pod-cleaner-cronjob.yaml b/services/maintenance/pod-cleaner-cronjob.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 99d13f67..00000000
--- a/services/maintenance/pod-cleaner-cronjob.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# services/maintenance/pod-cleaner-cronjob.yaml
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: pod-cleaner
-  namespace: maintenance
-spec:
-  schedule: "0 * * * *"
-  suspend: true
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 3
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: 1
-      template:
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: pod-cleaner
-          restartPolicy: Never
-          nodeSelector:
-            kubernetes.io/arch: arm64
-            node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "true"
-          containers:
-            - name: cleaner
-              image: bitnami/kubectl@sha256:554ab88b1858e8424c55de37ad417b16f2a0e65d1607aa0f3fe3ce9b9f10b131
-              command: ["/usr/bin/env", "bash"]
-              args: ["/scripts/pod_cleaner.sh"]
-              volumeMounts:
-                - name: script
-                  mountPath: /scripts
-                  readOnly: true
-          volumes:
-            - name: script
-              configMap:
-                name: pod-cleaner-script
-                defaultMode: 0555
diff --git a/services/maintenance/scripts/pod_cleaner.sh b/services/maintenance/scripts/pod_cleaner.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ec043e2..00000000
--- a/services/maintenance/scripts/pod_cleaner.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-for phase in Succeeded Failed; do
-  kubectl get pods -A --field-selector="status.phase=${phase}" \
-    -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.namespace}{" "}{.metadata.name}{"\n"}{end}' \
-    | while read -r namespace name; do
-        if [ -n "${namespace}" ] && [ -n "${name}" ]; then
-          kubectl delete pod -n "${namespace}" "${name}" --ignore-not-found --grace-period=0 --wait=false
-        fi
-      done
-done
diff --git a/services/monitoring/dashboards/atlas-jobs.json b/services/monitoring/dashboards/atlas-jobs.json
index 95ca2b41..a54789eb 100644
--- a/services/monitoring/dashboards/atlas-jobs.json
+++ b/services/monitoring/dashboards/atlas-jobs.json
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
       },
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "sum((((time() - ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"})) > bool 129600)) or on() vector(0)",
+          "expr": "sum((((time() - ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"})) > bool 129600)) or on() vector(0)",
           "refId": "A"
         }
       ],
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
       },
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "count((ariadne_schedule_next_run_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"} unless on(task) ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"})) or on() vector(0)",
+          "expr": "count((ariadne_schedule_next_run_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"} unless on(task) ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"})) or on() vector(0)",
           "refId": "A"
         }
       ],
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
       },
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "sum(((1 - ariadne_schedule_last_status{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"}) > bool 0)) or on() vector(0)",
+          "expr": "sum(((1 - ariadne_schedule_last_status{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"}) > bool 0)) or on() vector(0)",
           "refId": "A"
         }
       ],
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@
       },
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_error_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
+          "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_error_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
           "refId": "A",
           "legendFormat": "{{task}}",
           "instant": true
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@
       },
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
+          "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
           "refId": "A",
           "legendFormat": "{{task}}",
           "instant": true
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@
       },
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
+          "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
           "refId": "A",
           "legendFormat": "{{task}}",
           "instant": true
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@
       },
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "sort_desc(((ariadne_schedule_next_run_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"} - time()) / 3600))",
+          "expr": "sort_desc(((ariadne_schedule_next_run_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"} - time()) / 3600))",
           "refId": "A",
           "legendFormat": "{{task}}",
           "instant": true
diff --git a/services/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-jobs.yaml b/services/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-jobs.yaml
index 4001aa95..dd2b019b 100644
--- a/services/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-jobs.yaml
+++ b/services/monitoring/grafana-dashboard-jobs.yaml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ data:
           },
           "targets": [
             {
-              "expr": "sum((((time() - ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"})) > bool 129600)) or on() vector(0)",
+              "expr": "sum((((time() - ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"})) > bool 129600)) or on() vector(0)",
               "refId": "A"
             }
           ],
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ data:
           },
           "targets": [
             {
-              "expr": "count((ariadne_schedule_next_run_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"} unless on(task) ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"})) or on() vector(0)",
+              "expr": "count((ariadne_schedule_next_run_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"} unless on(task) ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"})) or on() vector(0)",
               "refId": "A"
             }
           ],
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ data:
           },
           "targets": [
             {
-              "expr": "sum(((1 - ariadne_schedule_last_status{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"}) > bool 0)) or on() vector(0)",
+              "expr": "sum(((1 - ariadne_schedule_last_status{task=~\"^(schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"}) > bool 0)) or on() vector(0)",
               "refId": "A"
             }
           ],
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ data:
           },
           "targets": [
             {
-              "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_error_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
+              "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_error_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
               "refId": "A",
               "legendFormat": "{{task}}",
               "instant": true
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ data:
           },
           "targets": [
             {
-              "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
+              "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
               "refId": "A",
               "legendFormat": "{{task}}",
               "instant": true
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ data:
           },
           "targets": [
             {
-              "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
+              "expr": "sort_desc((time() - max_over_time(ariadne_schedule_last_success_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"}[$__range])) / 3600)",
               "refId": "A",
               "legendFormat": "{{task}}",
               "instant": true
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ data:
           },
           "targets": [
             {
-              "expr": "sort_desc(((ariadne_schedule_next_run_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room)$\"} - time()) / 3600))",
+              "expr": "sort_desc(((ariadne_schedule_next_run_timestamp_seconds{task=~\"^(schedule.mailu_sync|schedule.nextcloud_sync|schedule.nextcloud_cron|schedule.nextcloud_maintenance|schedule.vaultwarden_sync|schedule.wger_user_sync|schedule.wger_admin|schedule.firefly_user_sync|schedule.firefly_cron|schedule.vault_k8s_auth|schedule.vault_oidc|schedule.comms_guest_name|schedule.comms_pin_invite|schedule.comms_reset_room|schedule.comms_seed_room|schedule.pod_cleaner|schedule.opensearch_prune|schedule.image_sweeper|schedule.metis_k3s_token_sync|schedule.platform_quality_suite_probe)$\"} - time()) / 3600))",
               "refId": "A",
               "legendFormat": "{{task}}",
               "instant": true
diff --git a/services/monitoring/kustomization.yaml b/services/monitoring/kustomization.yaml
index 67580f60..68d35f3f 100644
--- a/services/monitoring/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/monitoring/kustomization.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ resources:
   - platform-quality-gateway-pvc.yaml
   - platform-quality-gateway-service.yaml
   - platform-quality-gateway-deployment.yaml
-  - platform-quality-suite-probe-cronjob.yaml
   - vault-sync-deployment.yaml
   - grafana-alerting-config.yaml
   - grafana-folders.yaml
diff --git a/services/monitoring/platform-quality-suite-probe-cronjob.yaml b/services/monitoring/platform-quality-suite-probe-cronjob.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8685ef11..00000000
--- a/services/monitoring/platform-quality-suite-probe-cronjob.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# services/monitoring/platform-quality-suite-probe-cronjob.yaml
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: platform-quality-suite-probe
-  namespace: monitoring
-spec:
-  schedule: "*/15 * * * *"
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 2
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 2
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: 0
-      template:
-        metadata:
-          labels:
-            app: platform-quality-suite-probe
-        spec:
-          restartPolicy: Never
-          containers:
-            - name: probe
-              image: curlimages/curl:8.12.1
-              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-              command: ["/bin/sh", "/scripts/platform_quality_suite_probe.sh"]
-              env:
-                - name: PUSHGATEWAY_URL
-                  value: http://platform-quality-gateway.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:9091
-                - name: HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
-                  value: "12"
-              volumeMounts:
-                - name: probe-script
-                  mountPath: /scripts
-                  readOnly: true
-          volumes:
-            - name: probe-script
-              configMap:
-                name: platform-quality-suite-probe-script
-                defaultMode: 0555