diff --git a/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml b/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
index f721d4f82..23f383357 100644
--- a/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 25m, memory: 32Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 100m, memory: 64Mi}
         - name: install-agent-tools
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - sh
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 100m, memory: 256Mi}
             limits: {cpu: "1", memory: 1Gi}
         - name: patch-auth
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 25m, memory: 64Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 100m, memory: 128Mi}
         - name: patch-tui-gateway
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 25m, memory: 64Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 100m, memory: 128Mi}
         - name: patch-codex-runtime
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 25m, memory: 64Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 100m, memory: 128Mi}
         - name: bootstrap-coordinator
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 50m, memory: 128Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 500m, memory: 512Mi}
         - name: configure-agent-clients
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - sh
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 25m, memory: 32Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 250m, memory: 128Mi}
         - name: prepare-ttyd-index
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ spec:
             limits: {cpu: 250m, memory: 128Mi}
       containers:
         - name: hermes
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command: [/init, /opt/hermes/docker/main-wrapper.sh]
           args: [gateway, run]
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ spec:
             - {name: allowlist, mountPath: /etc/oauth2-proxy, readOnly: true}
             - {name: oauth-tmp, mountPath: /tmp}
         - name: terminal
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command: [/bin/sh, -ec]
           args:
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 25m, memory: 64Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 500m, memory: 512Mi}
         - name: cli-lane-runner
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command: [/bin/sh, -ec]
           args:
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 100m, memory: 256Mi}
             limits: {cpu: "3", memory: 6Gi}
         - name: model-steward
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command: [/opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python, /opt/coordinator/hermes_coordinator.py, --loop, --interval, "3600"]
           env:
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ spec:
             requests: {cpu: 25m, memory: 64Mi}
             limits: {cpu: 250m, memory: 512Mi}
         - name: image-broker
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:cf07be056feea8e4f2d5512899f990732f3d26b4915257de8f90105d96cec67d
+          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command: [/bin/sh, -ec]
           args:
diff --git a/services/hermes/agent-image-prewarm.yaml b/services/hermes/agent-image-prewarm.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ae840934e..000000000
--- a/services/hermes/agent-image-prewarm.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# services/hermes/agent-image-prewarm.yaml
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: Job
-metadata:
-  name: hermes-agent-image-prewarm-20260811
-  namespace: hermes
-  labels:
-    app: hermes-agent-image-prewarm
-spec:
-  backoffLimit: 2
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: hermes-agent-image-prewarm
-    spec:
-      serviceAccountName: hermes-agent
-      restartPolicy: Never
-      nodeSelector:
-        kubernetes.io/hostname: titan-12
-      containers:
-        - name: prewarm
-          image: registry.bstein.dev/bstein/hermes-agent@sha256:b413be5fcc0c01b0dd3e9ae0d54c23314a14f5e58f55da0d7cb47b408a2447e0
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          command: [/bin/true]
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            capabilities:
-              drop: [ALL]
-            seccompProfile:
-              type: RuntimeDefault
-          resources:
-            requests: {cpu: 10m, memory: 16Mi}
-            limits: {cpu: 100m, memory: 64Mi}
diff --git a/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml b/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
index 42de3680e..416da66b5 100644
--- a/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/kustomization.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ resources:
   - networkpolicy.yaml
   - ollama-deployment.yaml
   - deployment.yaml
-  - agent-image-prewarm.yaml
   - agent-deployment.yaml
   - voice-deployment.yaml
   - chat-statefulset.yaml