From 969febe7e41731bf7b93fd84ca401707ae61fbaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jenkins <brad@bstein.dev>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 02:29:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] hermes: keep chat on verified worker hosts

---
 services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

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.