diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4436b98..7e6bd6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ an existing pod UID whose container or init container is still in ErrImagePull
 or ImagePullBackOff. Completed and deleting pods are ignored. A helper restart
 is reserved in the existing run history before execution and may occur at most
 once per helper in 30 minutes, including failed rollouts. History must remain
-writable; otherwise this repair fails closed. It is a single-coordinator control,
-not a cross-host distributed lock. Do not run two coordinators against one cluster.
+writable; otherwise this repair fails closed. Only the coordinator daemon runs periodic shared-cluster repairs; the peer
+continues UPS monitoring and shutdown forwarding. Do not configure two hosts as
+coordinators for one cluster.
 
 A targeted daemon fix can use the existing installer without rewriting host
 configuration, UPS settings, or systemd/bootstrap units:
diff --git a/internal/service/daemon.go b/internal/service/daemon.go
index 3191221..9a0e6b4 100644
--- a/internal/service/daemon.go
+++ b/internal/service/daemon.go
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ func (d *Daemon) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 // like a later Vault reseal or stale dead-node deletions without waiting for a
 // fresh bootstrap run.
 func (d *Daemon) maybeRunPostStartAutoHeal(ctx context.Context, lastRun *time.Time, anyOnBattery bool) {
+	// Shared cluster repairs have one owner; peers still monitor their UPS and
+	// forward shutdown intent through the existing coordination path.
+	if d.cfg.Coordination.Role == "peer" {
+		return
+	}
 	interval := time.Duration(d.cfg.Startup.PostStartAutoHealSeconds) * time.Second
 	if interval <= 0 || anyOnBattery {
 		return
diff --git a/internal/service/daemon_poststart_autorepair_test.go b/internal/service/daemon_poststart_autorepair_test.go
index 1aa34a8..9737ed1 100644
--- a/internal/service/daemon_poststart_autorepair_test.go
+++ b/internal/service/daemon_poststart_autorepair_test.go
@@ -26,8 +26,14 @@ func TestDaemonMaybeRunPostStartAutoHeal(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	d.cfg.Coordination.Role = "peer"
 	var last time.Time
 	d.maybeRunPostStartAutoHeal(context.Background(), &last, false)
+	if calls != 0 || !last.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatal("peer must not mutate shared cluster recovery state")
+	}
+	d.cfg.Coordination.Role = "coordinator"
+	d.maybeRunPostStartAutoHeal(context.Background(), &last, false)
 	if calls != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("expected first auto-heal invocation, got %d", calls)
 	}