diff --git a/scripts/node_admin_access.py b/scripts/node_admin_access.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 71d619b9..97fd0aa4
--- a/scripts/node_admin_access.py
+++ b/scripts/node_admin_access.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import hmac
 import json
 import os
 import pwd
+from pathlib import Path
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -70,16 +71,44 @@ def run(payload, apply=False):
             "before": before, "after": after}
 
 
+def retire_legacy_sudo(result):
+    """Remove only the known Metis grant after password access is established."""
+    if not result["after"].get("atlas", {}).get("vault_password_matches"):
+        raise ValueError("atlas_password_not_verified")
+    expected = ("atlas ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/systemctl, /usr/sbin/poweroff, "
+                "/sbin/poweroff, /usr/local/bin/hecate, /usr/local/bin/k3s, /usr/bin/k3s")
+    paths = [Path("/etc/sudoers.d/90-hecate-atlas"), Path("/etc/metis/sudoers-hecate")]
+    for path in paths:
+        if path.exists() and path.read_text().strip() != expected:
+            raise ValueError("legacy_grant_modified_requires_review")
+    if subprocess.run(["/usr/sbin/visudo", "-c"], capture_output=True).returncode:
+        raise ValueError("sudo_configuration_invalid")
+    backup = Path("/var/lib/atlas-maintenance/legacy-sudo-20261004")
+    backup.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True, mode=0o700)
+    changed = []
+    for path in paths:
+        if path.exists():
+            destination = backup / path.name
+            if destination.exists():
+                raise ValueError("legacy_backup_already_exists")
+            path.rename(destination)
+            changed.append(path.name)
+    result["retired_legacy_sudo"] = changed
+
+
 def main():
     """Read one bounded payload and emit only safe operational metadata."""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument("--apply", action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument("--retire-legacy-sudo", action="store_true")
     args = parser.parse_args()
     try:
         content = sys.stdin.read(65537)
         if len(content) > 65536:
             raise ValueError("payload_too_large")
         result = run(json.loads(content), args.apply)
+        if args.retire_legacy_sudo:
+            retire_legacy_sudo(result)
     except Exception as error:
         # Do not echo exception messages: malformed input can contain credentials.
         print(json.dumps({"error": "node_access_operation_failed", "type": type(error).__name__}))
diff --git a/scripts/node_disable_obsolete_ramlog.sh b/scripts/node_disable_obsolete_ramlog.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d5c2479f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/node_disable_obsolete_ramlog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Stop stale Armbian RAM-log copy hooks after logs have moved to external storage.
+set -euo pipefail
+[[ ${EUID} -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Run as root" >&2; exit 1; }
+config=/etc/default/armbian-ramlog
+[[ -f ${config} ]] || { echo "No Armbian RAM-log configuration" >&2; exit 1; }
+[[ $(readlink -f /var/log) == /mnt/astraios/var/log ]] || {
+  echo "Refusing: /var/log does not use the managed external log path" >&2; exit 1;
+}
+[[ $(findmnt -n -o TARGET -T /var/log) == /mnt/astraios ]] || {
+  echo "Refusing: another filesystem is mounted over the external log directory" >&2; exit 1;
+}
+[[ $(findmnt -n -o FSTYPE -T /var/log) == ext4 ]] || exit 1
+if systemctl is-active --quiet armbian-ramlog.service; then
+  echo "Refusing: migrate an active RAM-log mount before changing this setting" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+backup=/var/lib/atlas-maintenance/ramlog-before-20261004
+install -d -m 700 "${backup}"
+[[ -e ${backup}/armbian-ramlog ]] || cp -p "${config}" "${backup}/armbian-ramlog"
+# The native Armbian hooks already honor this flag, including at boot.
+sed -i 's/^ENABLED=.*/ENABLED=false/' "${config}"
+grep -qx 'ENABLED=false' "${config}"
+systemctl start logrotate.service
+systemctl show logrotate.service -p Result -p ExecMainStatus
diff --git a/services/maintenance/apps/ariadne-deployment.yaml b/services/maintenance/apps/ariadne-deployment.yaml
index cb54df8a..043b9e2e 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/apps/ariadne-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/apps/ariadne-deployment.yaml
@@ -629,10 +629,10 @@ spec:
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
-              memory: 128Mi
+              memory: 512Mi
             limits:
               cpu: 500m
-              memory: 512Mi
+              memory: 1Gi
           # timeoutSeconds defaults to 1, which this pod cannot honour. The
           # auto-triage tick runs every minute and spends most of it waiting on
           # Jenkins, OpenSearch, Gitea and Hermes; against a 500m CPU limit the