diff --git a/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_monitor.py b/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_monitor.py
index 3d2c095c1..c3ffe4538 100755
--- a/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_monitor.py
+++ b/scripts/ops/hermes_triage_monitor.py
@@ -194,6 +194,35 @@ _DIAG_QUERY = (
 )
 
 
+_HISTORY_QUERY = (
+    ". /vault/secrets/ariadne-env.sh >/dev/null 2>&1; python3 -c \""
+    "import json,os,psycopg;"
+    "conn=psycopg.connect(os.environ['ARIADNE_DATABASE_URL']);"
+    "cur=conn.cursor();"
+    "cur.execute(\\\"select created_at,detail from ariadne_events where"
+    " event_type='hermes_autotriage_incident' order by id desc limit 40\\\");"
+    "rows=[(t,d if isinstance(d,dict) else json.loads(d)) for t,d in cur.fetchall()];"
+    "rows=[r for r in rows if r[1].get('incident_id')=='__INCIDENT__'];"
+    "[print(str(t)[11:19], v.get('status'), json.dumps(v.get('phase') or {})[:80])"
+    " for t,v in reversed(rows)]\""
+)
+
+
+def incident_history(incident: str) -> None:
+    """Show this incident's recorded state changes, oldest first.
+
+    Durable evidence on purpose. A stage describes a moment that has passed,
+    so reading live cluster state at that point misrepresents it: by the time
+    the detection stage is narrated the repair has already run, and the
+    fixture would read healthy as though it had never failed.
+    """
+
+    if not incident:
+        return
+    run(["kubectl", "-n", NS_ARIADNE, "exec", "deploy/ariadne", "-c", "ariadne", "--",
+         "sh", "-c", _HISTORY_QUERY.replace("__INCIDENT__", incident)], limit=10)
+
+
 def diagnosis_event() -> None:
     """Show the diagnosis Ariadne stored: what Hermes said, and the verdict."""
 
@@ -201,12 +230,13 @@ def diagnosis_event() -> None:
          "sh", "-c", _DIAG_QUERY], limit=16)
 
 
-def evidence_for(key: str) -> None:
+def evidence_for(key: str, incident: str = "") -> None:
     """Run the reads that show this stage actually happened."""
 
     if key == "detect":
-        run(["kubectl", "-n", NS_DEMO, "get", "cm", "hermes-triage-demo-fixture",
-             "-o", "jsonpath={.data.state}"])
+        print(f"  {DIM}the incident's recorded state changes; durable, so it still reads"
+              f" true after the repair has run:{RESET}")
+        incident_history(incident)
     elif key == "evidence":
         print(f"  {DIM}the bundle is what Ariadne sends Hermes; the audit trail keeps it{RESET}\n")
         run(["kubectl", "-n", NS_ARIADNE, "exec", "deploy/ariadne", "-c", "ariadne", "--",
@@ -255,7 +285,7 @@ class Monitor:
         self.done.add(key)
         banner(key)
         print(f"  {BOLD}what happened:{RESET} {evidence}\n")
-        evidence_for(key)
+        evidence_for(key, self.incident)
 
     def new_incident(self, incident: str) -> None:
         if incident and incident != self.incident: