diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/descheduler/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/descheduler/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1466000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/descheduler/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/descheduler/kustomization.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: Kustomization
+metadata:
+  name: descheduler
+  namespace: flux-system
+  annotations:
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/ssa: IfNotPresent
+spec:
+  interval: 30m
+  path: ./infrastructure/descheduler
+  prune: true
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: flux-system
+    namespace: flux-system
+  targetNamespace: kube-system
+  dependsOn:
+    - name: helm
+    - name: core
+  wait: true
diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/kustomization.yaml
index 6e75b040..1d0d8715 100644
--- a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - core/kustomization.yaml
   - helm/kustomization.yaml
+  - descheduler/kustomization.yaml
+  - resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml
   - cert-manager/kustomization.yaml
   - metallb/kustomization.yaml
   - traefik/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90260edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# clusters/atlas/flux-system/platform/resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: Kustomization
+metadata:
+  name: resource-guardrails
+  namespace: flux-system
+  annotations:
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/ssa: IfNotPresent
+spec:
+  interval: 10m
+  path: ./infrastructure/resource-guardrails
+  prune: true
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: flux-system
+    namespace: flux-system
+  dependsOn:
+    - name: core
+  wait: true
diff --git a/infrastructure/core/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/core/kustomization.yaml
index d34e023c..dae83588 100644
--- a/infrastructure/core/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/core/kustomization.yaml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ resources:
   - coredns-custom.yaml
   - coredns-deployment.yaml
   - ntp-sync-daemonset.yaml
+  - workload-profiles.yaml
   - ../sources/cert-manager/letsencrypt.yaml
   - ../sources/cert-manager/letsencrypt-prod.yaml
diff --git a/infrastructure/core/workload-profiles.yaml b/infrastructure/core/workload-profiles.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16dc15bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/core/workload-profiles.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# infrastructure/core/workload-profiles.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: atlas-workload-profiles
+  namespace: kube-system
+data:
+  profiles.yaml: |
+    profiles:
+      tiny:
+        request: { cpu: 25m, memory: 64Mi }
+        limit: { cpu: 200m, memory: 256Mi }
+      light:
+        request: { cpu: 50m, memory: 128Mi }
+        limit: { cpu: 500m, memory: 512Mi }
+      standard:
+        request: { cpu: 250m, memory: 512Mi }
+        limit: { cpu: "1", memory: 1Gi }
+      heavy:
+        request: { cpu: 500m, memory: 1Gi }
+        limit: { cpu: 1500m, memory: 3Gi }
+      ci:
+        request: { cpu: 512m, memory: 512Mi }
+        limit: { cpu: 1500m, memory: 2Gi }
+      scavenger:
+        request: { cpu: 10m, memory: 32Mi }
+        limit: { cpu: 250m, memory: 256Mi }
diff --git a/infrastructure/descheduler/helmrelease.yaml b/infrastructure/descheduler/helmrelease.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7890068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/descheduler/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# infrastructure/descheduler/helmrelease.yaml
+apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2
+kind: HelmRelease
+metadata:
+  name: descheduler
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  interval: 30m
+  install:
+    remediation:
+      retries: 3
+  upgrade:
+    remediation:
+      retries: 3
+  chart:
+    spec:
+      chart: descheduler
+      version: 0.33.0
+      sourceRef:
+        kind: HelmRepository
+        name: descheduler
+        namespace: flux-system
+  values:
+    kind: CronJob
+    schedule: "*/20 * * * *"
+    successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+    failedJobsHistoryLimit: 3
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 50m
+        memory: 96Mi
+      limits:
+        cpu: 200m
+        memory: 256Mi
+    deschedulerPolicyAPIVersion: descheduler/v1alpha2
+    deschedulerPolicy:
+      maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode: 2
+      maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNamespace: 2
+      profiles:
+        - name: atlas-rpi-balance
+          pluginConfig:
+            - name: DefaultEvictor
+              args:
+                nodeFit: true
+                minPodAge: 10m
+                podProtections:
+                  extraEnabled:
+                    - PodsWithPVC
+                    - PodsWithLocalStorage
+                    - SystemCriticalPods
+            - name: RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts
+              args:
+                podRestartThreshold: 12
+                includingInitContainers: true
+            - name: RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity
+              args:
+                nodeAffinityType:
+                  - requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution
+            - name: RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint
+            - name: RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints
+            - name: LowNodeUtilization
+              args:
+                thresholds:
+                  cpu: 45
+                  memory: 45
+                  pods: 45
+                targetThresholds:
+                  cpu: 75
+                  memory: 75
+                  pods: 75
+          plugins:
+            balance:
+              enabled:
+                - RemovePodsViolatingTopologySpreadConstraint
+                - LowNodeUtilization
+            deschedule:
+              enabled:
+                - RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts
+                - RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints
+                - RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity
+    priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
+    nodeSelector:
+      node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "true"
+    affinity:
+      nodeAffinity:
+        preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - weight: 100
+            preference:
+              matchExpressions:
+                - key: hardware
+                  operator: In
+                  values:
+                    - rpi5
+    tolerations:
+      - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
+        operator: Exists
+        effect: NoSchedule
+      - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
+        operator: Exists
+        effect: NoSchedule
diff --git a/infrastructure/descheduler/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/descheduler/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47358065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/descheduler/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# infrastructure/descheduler/kustomization.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+  - helmrelease.yaml
diff --git a/infrastructure/resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38b06d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# infrastructure/resource-guardrails/kustomization.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+  - limitranges.yaml
diff --git a/infrastructure/resource-guardrails/limitranges.yaml b/infrastructure/resource-guardrails/limitranges.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24762aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/resource-guardrails/limitranges.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+# infrastructure/resource-guardrails/limitranges.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: List
+items:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: ai
+    spec: &defaultCompute
+      limits:
+        - type: Container
+          defaultRequest:
+            cpu: 50m
+            memory: 96Mi
+          default:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 512Mi
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: bstein-dev-home
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: cert-manager
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: climate
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: comms
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: crypto
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: finance
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: gitea
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: harbor
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: health
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: jellyfin
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: jenkins
+    spec:
+      limits:
+        - type: Container
+          defaultRequest:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 256Mi
+          default:
+            cpu: 1500m
+            memory: 2Gi
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: logging
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: mailu-mailserver
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: maintenance
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: metallb-system
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: monitoring
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: nextcloud
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: outline
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: planka
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: postgres
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: quality
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: sso
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: sui-metrics
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: traefik
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: vault
+    spec: *defaultCompute
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: LimitRange
+    metadata:
+      name: atlas-default-compute
+      namespace: vaultwarden
+    spec: *defaultCompute
diff --git a/infrastructure/sources/helm/descheduler.yaml b/infrastructure/sources/helm/descheduler.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57e71acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/sources/helm/descheduler.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# infrastructure/sources/helm/descheduler.yaml
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+kind: HelmRepository
+metadata:
+  name: descheduler
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 1h
+  url: https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/descheduler/
diff --git a/infrastructure/sources/helm/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/sources/helm/kustomization.yaml
index e45f58f8..b789dcc3 100644
--- a/infrastructure/sources/helm/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/sources/helm/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - ananace.yaml
+  - descheduler.yaml
   - fluent-bit.yaml
   - grafana.yaml
   - hashicorp.yaml
diff --git a/services/crypto/monerod/deployment.yaml b/services/crypto/monerod/deployment.yaml
index 1ea85a0d..74a72bf2 100644
--- a/services/crypto/monerod/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/crypto/monerod/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: monerod
   namespace: crypto
-  labels: { app: monerod }
+  labels:
+    app: monerod
+    atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: heavy
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   strategy: { type: Recreate }
   selector: { matchLabels: { app: monerod } }
   template:
     metadata:
-      labels: { app: monerod }
+      labels:
+        app: monerod
+        atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: heavy
     spec:
       securityContext:
         fsGroup: 1000
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ spec:
                 - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
                   operator: NotIn
                   values: ["titan-12","titan-13","titan-15","titan-17","titan-19"]
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 120
       containers:
       - name: monerod
         image: registry.bstein.dev/crypto/monerod:0.18.4.1
@@ -83,7 +88,13 @@ spec:
           periodSeconds: 20
           timeoutSeconds: 20
           failureThreshold: 36
-        terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 120
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 250m
+            memory: 1Gi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 1500m
+            memory: 3Gi
         lifecycle:
           preStop:
             exec:
diff --git a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
index 820c2ce5..31db7ce9 100644
--- a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: monero-p2pool
   namespace: crypto
-  labels: { app: monero-p2pool }
+  labels:
+    app: monero-p2pool
+    atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: light
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels: { app: monero-p2pool }
   template:
     metadata:
-      labels: { app: monero-p2pool }
+      labels:
+        app: monero-p2pool
+        atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: light
       annotations:
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "crypto"
@@ -87,6 +91,13 @@ spec:
             tcpSocket: { port: 3333 }
             initialDelaySeconds: 10
             periodSeconds: 10
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 128Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 500m
+              memory: 512Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - { name: p2pool-bin, mountPath: /opt/p2pool }
       volumes:
diff --git a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/xmrig-daemonset.yaml b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/xmrig-daemonset.yaml
index a1ee2ae8..f36f832e 100644
--- a/services/crypto/xmr-miner/xmrig-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/services/crypto/xmr-miner/xmrig-daemonset.yaml
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ kind: DaemonSet
 metadata:
   name: monero-xmrig
   namespace: crypto
-  labels: { app: monero-xmrig }
+  labels:
+    app: monero-xmrig
+    atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: scavenger
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels: { app: monero-xmrig }
   updateStrategy: { type: RollingUpdate }
   template:
     metadata:
-      labels: { app: monero-xmrig }
+      labels:
+        app: monero-xmrig
+        atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: scavenger
     spec:
       priorityClassName: scavenger
       nodeSelector:
@@ -47,3 +51,10 @@ spec:
                 --donate-level N \
                 --cpu-priority 1 \
                 --threads "${THR}" ${EXTRA}
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 32Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 250m
+              memory: 256Mi
diff --git a/services/gitea/deployment.yaml b/services/gitea/deployment.yaml
index be5be132..75b27fb9 100644
--- a/services/gitea/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/gitea/deployment.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: gitea
   labels:
     app: gitea
+    atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: heavy
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: gitea
+        atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: heavy
       annotations:
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-init-first: "true"
@@ -197,6 +199,13 @@ spec:
               value: "true"
             - name: SSH_PORT
               value: "2242"
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 500m
+              memory: 1Gi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 1500m
+              memory: 2Gi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: gitea-data
               mountPath: /data
diff --git a/services/harbor/helmrelease.yaml b/services/harbor/helmrelease.yaml
index 26419cc9..0f62598e 100644
--- a/services/harbor/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/services/harbor/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -77,10 +77,16 @@ spec:
       internal:
         nodeSelector:
           ananke.bstein.dev/harbor-bootstrap: "true"
-          kubernetes.io/hostname: titan-11
         image:
           repository: registry.bstein.dev/infra/harbor-redis
           tag: v2.14.1-arm64 # {"$imagepolicy": "harbor:harbor-redis:tag"}
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 50m
+            memory: 96Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 250m
+            memory: 256Mi
         affinity:
           nodeAffinity:
             requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
@@ -114,10 +120,16 @@ spec:
     core:
       nodeSelector:
         ananke.bstein.dev/harbor-bootstrap: "true"
-        kubernetes.io/hostname: titan-11
       image:
         repository: registry.bstein.dev/infra/harbor-core
         tag: v2.14.1-arm64 # {"$imagepolicy": "harbor:harbor-core:tag"}
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 100m
+          memory: 256Mi
+        limits:
+          cpu: 750m
+          memory: 1Gi
       serviceAccountName: harbor-vault-sync
       automountServiceAccountToken: true
       existingSecret: harbor-core
@@ -180,10 +192,16 @@ spec:
     jobservice:
       nodeSelector:
         ananke.bstein.dev/harbor-bootstrap: "true"
-        kubernetes.io/hostname: titan-11
       image:
         repository: registry.bstein.dev/infra/harbor-jobservice
         tag: v2.14.1-arm64 # {"$imagepolicy": "harbor:harbor-jobservice:tag"}
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 50m
+          memory: 128Mi
+        limits:
+          cpu: 500m
+          memory: 512Mi
       serviceAccountName: harbor-vault-sync
       automountServiceAccountToken: true
       existingSecret: harbor-jobservice
@@ -227,10 +245,16 @@ spec:
     portal:
       nodeSelector:
         ananke.bstein.dev/harbor-bootstrap: "true"
-        kubernetes.io/hostname: titan-11
       image:
         repository: registry.bstein.dev/infra/harbor-portal
         tag: v2.14.1-arm64 # {"$imagepolicy": "harbor:harbor-portal:tag"}
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 25m
+          memory: 64Mi
+        limits:
+          cpu: 200m
+          memory: 128Mi
       affinity:
         nodeAffinity:
           requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
@@ -255,7 +279,13 @@ spec:
     registry:
       nodeSelector:
         ananke.bstein.dev/harbor-bootstrap: "true"
-        kubernetes.io/hostname: titan-11
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 100m
+          memory: 256Mi
+        limits:
+          cpu: 1
+          memory: 1Gi
       registry:
         image:
           repository: registry.bstein.dev/infra/harbor-registry
@@ -338,10 +368,16 @@ spec:
     nginx:
       nodeSelector:
         ananke.bstein.dev/harbor-bootstrap: "true"
-        kubernetes.io/hostname: titan-11
       image:
         repository: registry.bstein.dev/infra/harbor-nginx
         tag: v2.14.1-arm64 # {"$imagepolicy": "harbor:harbor-nginx:tag"}
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 25m
+          memory: 64Mi
+        limits:
+          cpu: 200m
+          memory: 128Mi
       affinity:
         nodeAffinity:
           requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
diff --git a/services/jellyfin/deployment.yaml b/services/jellyfin/deployment.yaml
index ea50685c..8ffc2494 100644
--- a/services/jellyfin/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/jellyfin/deployment.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: jellyfin
   labels:
     app: jellyfin
+    atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: heavy
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   strategy:
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: jellyfin
+        atlas.bstein.dev/workload-profile: heavy
       annotations:
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "pegasus"
@@ -134,6 +136,9 @@ spec:
             requests:
               cpu: "500m"
               memory: 1Gi
+            limits:
+              cpu: "1500m"
+              memory: 3Gi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: jellyfin-vault-entrypoint
               mountPath: /entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/services/jenkins/configmap-jcasc.yaml b/services/jenkins/configmap-jcasc.yaml
index 877e0e53..2de9681d 100644
--- a/services/jenkins/configmap-jcasc.yaml
+++ b/services/jenkins/configmap-jcasc.yaml
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ data:
         plainText
       clouds:
       - kubernetes:
-          containerCapStr: "4"
+          containerCapStr: "3"
           connectTimeout: "20"
           readTimeout: "90"
           jenkinsUrl: "http://jenkins.jenkins.svc.cluster.local:8080"
diff --git a/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml b/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
index 64e33ddb..444d0fbe 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/kustomization.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ resources:
   - disable-k3s-traefik-daemonset.yaml
   - oneoffs/k3s-traefik-cleanup-job.yaml
   - node-nofile-daemonset.yaml
+  - rpi-resource-reservation-daemonset.yaml
   - metis-sentinel-amd64-daemonset.yaml
   - metis-sentinel-arm64-daemonset.yaml
   - k3s-agent-restart-daemonset.yaml
@@ -84,3 +85,9 @@ configMapGenerator:
       - node_image_sweeper.sh=scripts/node_image_sweeper.sh
     options:
       disableNameSuffixHash: true
+  - name: rpi-resource-reservation-script
+    namespace: maintenance
+    files:
+      - rpi_resource_reservation.sh=scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh
+    options:
+      disableNameSuffixHash: true
diff --git a/services/maintenance/rpi-resource-reservation-daemonset.yaml b/services/maintenance/rpi-resource-reservation-daemonset.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..298a1781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/maintenance/rpi-resource-reservation-daemonset.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# services/maintenance/rpi-resource-reservation-daemonset.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: rpi-resource-reservation
+  namespace: maintenance
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: rpi-resource-reservation
+  updateStrategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: rpi-resource-reservation
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: node-nofile
+      nodeSelector:
+        node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "true"
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: hardware
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - rpi4
+                      - rpi5
+      tolerations:
+        - key: node.kubernetes.io/unschedulable
+          operator: Exists
+          effect: NoSchedule
+        - key: node.kubernetes.io/not-ready
+          operator: Exists
+          effect: NoExecute
+        - key: node.kubernetes.io/unreachable
+          operator: Exists
+          effect: NoExecute
+      containers:
+        - name: reservation
+          image: bitnami/kubectl@sha256:554ab88b1858e8424c55de37ad417b16f2a0e65d1607aa0f3fe3ce9b9f10b131
+          command: ["/usr/bin/env", "bash"]
+          args: ["/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh"]
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 32Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 96Mi
+          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: rpi-resource-reservation-script
+            defaultMode: 0555
diff --git a/services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh b/services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dda7e7bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+host_root="/host"
+unit="k3s-agent"
+unit_file="${host_root}/etc/systemd/system/${unit}.service"
+config_dir="${host_root}/etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml.d"
+config_file="${config_dir}/90-atlas-rpi-reservations.yaml"
+
+if [ ! -f "${unit_file}" ]; then
+  echo "k3s-agent unit not found; this guardrail only manages worker agents"
+  sleep infinity
+fi
+
+tmp_file="$(mktemp)"
+cat > "${tmp_file}" <<'EOF'
+# Managed by Flux via services/maintenance/scripts/rpi_resource_reservation.sh.
+# Keep RPi workers below saturation so kubelet and the OS keep enough headroom
+# to evict or recover before the board wedges.
+kubelet-arg+:
+  - "system-reserved=cpu=250m,memory=384Mi,ephemeral-storage=1Gi"
+  - "kube-reserved=cpu=150m,memory=256Mi,ephemeral-storage=1Gi"
+  - "eviction-hard=memory.available<512Mi,nodefs.available<10%,imagefs.available<10%"
+  - "eviction-soft=memory.available<768Mi,nodefs.available<15%,imagefs.available<15%"
+  - "eviction-soft-grace-period=memory.available=1m,nodefs.available=2m,imagefs.available=2m"
+  - "eviction-max-pod-grace-period=60"
+EOF
+
+changed=0
+if [ ! -f "${config_file}" ] || ! cmp -s "${tmp_file}" "${config_file}"; then
+  mkdir -p "${config_dir}"
+  install -m 0644 "${tmp_file}" "${config_file}"
+  changed=1
+fi
+rm -f "${tmp_file}"
+
+if [ "${changed}" -eq 1 ]; then
+  delay="$(( (RANDOM % 420) + 30 ))"
+  echo "updated ${config_file}; restarting ${unit} after ${delay}s"
+  sleep "${delay}"
+  chroot "${host_root}" /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
+  chroot "${host_root}" /bin/systemctl restart "${unit}"
+else
+  echo "${config_file} already up to date"
+fi
+
+sleep infinity