diff --git a/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml b/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
index 302544f7..ca65c62d 100644
--- a/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ spec:
                     values: ["true"]
                   - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/storage-backbone
                     operator: DoesNotExist
+                  # Verified chat workers while other Pi runtimes recover.
+                  - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
+                    operator: In
+                    values: [titan-08, titan-12]
                   - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
                     operator: NotIn
                     # titan-04's kubelet stalled before handing the Hermes image pull to CRI.