diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 91e69d5b..f5e3b4a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ jobs:
             } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           fi
 
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@949feb2413d6458794dcd2491c4babbbce0c15c1 # v7.1.0
+        with:
+          node-version: '22.23.4'
+      - name: Verify Node before running application tooling
+        run: node docker/verify-node-trust.mjs
+
       - name: Run application tests
         env:
           DB_CONNECTION: mysql
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
index 7ac05cb2..11f39906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke.yml
@@ -12,16 +12,41 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   compose:
-    name: docker compose sample workflows
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: docker compose sample workflows (${{ matrix.platform }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04
+            platform: linux/amd64
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            platform: linux/arm64
     env:
-      COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME: sample-app-smoke-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+      COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME: sample-app-smoke-${{ strategy.job-index }}-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
       APP_PORT: '0'
+      SAMPLE_APP_COMMIT: ${{ github.sha }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
-      - name: Build and start stack
-        run: docker compose up -d --build --wait app worker
+      - name: Build the production input without a prior cache
+        run: |
+          test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$SAMPLE_APP_COMMIT"
+          docker compose build --pull --no-cache app
+      - name: Start the qualified build
+        run: docker compose up -d --wait app worker
+      - name: Verify the copied runtime and browser
+        env:
+          EXPECTED_PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+        run: |
+          image_id="$(docker compose images -q app)"
+          test "$(docker image inspect "$image_id" --format '{{.Os}}/{{.Architecture}}')" = "$EXPECTED_PLATFORM"
+          test "$(docker image inspect "$image_id" --format '{{index .Config.Labels "org.opencontainers.image.revision"}}')" = "$SAMPLE_APP_COMMIT"
+          docker image inspect "$image_id" --format 'image={{.Id}} platform={{.Os}}/{{.Architecture}} revision={{index .Config.Labels "org.opencontainers.image.revision"}}'
+          docker compose exec -T app node docker/verify-node-trust.mjs
+          docker compose exec -T app node --test tests/Node/ProductionNodeTrustTest.mjs
+          docker compose exec -T app php /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-runtime-trust.php /usr/bin/composer
+          docker compose exec -T app node docker/playwright-smoke.js
       - name: Run embedded workflow samples
         run: scripts/compose-smoke.sh
       - name: Dump logs
@@ -30,3 +55,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Tear down stack
         if: always()
         run: docker compose down -v --remove-orphans
+
+  qualify:
+    name: docker compose sample workflows
+    needs: [compose]
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 2
+    steps:
+      - name: Require both native image jobs
+        env:
+          IMAGE_RESULT: ${{ needs.compose.result }}
+        run: test "$IMAGE_RESULT" = success
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 62815d1d..2685d266 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-FROM php:8.4-cli AS base
+FROM composer:2.10.3@sha256:da624c2c705d54e2f5a9bb77a5dc6c7d091711433ebefd7035672e84c2010fee AS composer
 
+FROM php:8.4.27-cli-bookworm@sha256:496b5e02fe9fe44fcfb715023b931048111dc4e0bc719789d83c906be9f04b05 AS base
+
+COPY --from=composer /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
 COPY docker/install-phpredis.sh /usr/local/bin/install-phpredis
+COPY docker/verify-runtime-trust.php docker/verify-node-trust.mjs /usr/local/share/sample-app/
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    curl ffmpeg libnspr4 libnss3 libpq-dev libzip-dev unzip git \
+RUN php /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-runtime-trust.php "$(command -v composer)" \
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    curl ffmpeg git libnspr4 libnss3 libpq-dev libzip-dev unzip \
     && docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql pcntl zip bcmath \
     && sh /usr/local/bin/install-phpredis \
+    && php /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-runtime-trust.php "$(command -v composer)" \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY --from=composer:2 /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # ── Dependencies ─────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -25,17 +29,19 @@ ARG SAMPLE_APP_COMMIT=
 
 COPY composer.json composer.lock ./
 COPY scripts/install-composer-artifacts.sh /usr/local/bin/install-composer-artifacts
-RUN bash /usr/local/bin/install-composer-artifacts
+RUN php /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-runtime-trust.php "$(command -v composer)" \
+    && bash /usr/local/bin/install-composer-artifacts
 
 COPY . .
 RUN composer dump-autoload --optimize
 
 # ── Frontend assets ──────────────────────────────────────
-FROM node:22-slim AS assets
+FROM node:22.23.4-bookworm-slim@sha256:de170b39439eb0e5a3444ad7d60b015614a381e10fecae2e30ec9e735122f38d AS assets
 
 WORKDIR /app
+COPY docker/verify-node-trust.mjs /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-node-trust.mjs
 COPY package.json package-lock.json* ./
-RUN npm ci
+RUN node /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-node-trust.mjs && npm ci --ignore-scripts
 
 COPY resources/ resources/
 COPY vite.config.js ./
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@ FROM base AS production
 
 ARG SAMPLE_APP_COMMIT=
 ENV SAMPLE_APP_COMMIT=${SAMPLE_APP_COMMIT}
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.revision="${SAMPLE_APP_COMMIT}"
 
 COPY --from=vendor /app /app
 COPY --from=assets /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
@@ -54,17 +61,16 @@ COPY --from=assets /app/node_modules /app/node_modules
 COPY --from=assets /app/public/build /app/public/build
 COPY .env.example /app/.env.example
 
-RUN ln -sf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js /usr/local/bin/npm \
+RUN node /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-node-trust.mjs \
+    && ln -sf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js /usr/local/bin/npm \
     && ln -sf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js /usr/local/bin/npx \
     && npx playwright install --with-deps chromium \
-    && node docker/playwright-smoke.js
-
-# Create .env so artisan commands work at build time
-RUN cp .env.example .env 2>/dev/null || echo "APP_KEY=" > .env
-RUN php artisan key:generate --force
-
-# Publish Waterline assets
-RUN php artisan vendor:publish --tag=waterline-assets --force 2>/dev/null || true
+    && node docker/playwright-smoke.js \
+    && node /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-node-trust.mjs \
+    && php /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-runtime-trust.php "$(command -v composer)" \
+    && (cp .env.example .env 2>/dev/null || echo "APP_KEY=" > .env) \
+    && php artisan key:generate --force \
+    && (php artisan vendor:publish --tag=waterline-assets --force 2>/dev/null || true)
 
 COPY docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/app-entrypoint
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/app-entrypoint
diff --git a/docker/verify-node-trust.mjs b/docker/verify-node-trust.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7112711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/verify-node-trust.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { X509Certificate } from 'node:crypto';
+import * as tls from 'node:tls';
+
+const [major, minor, patch] = process.versions.node.split('.').map(Number);
+assert(major === 22 && (minor > 23 || (minor === 23 && patch >= 4)), 'Node 22.23.4 or newer on the 22 line is required');
+assert.notEqual(process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED, '0', 'Node TLS verification must remain enabled');
+assert.equal(typeof tls.getCACertificates, 'function', 'Node must expose its effective default CA store');
+
+const certificates = tls.getCACertificates('default');
+assert(certificates.length > 0, 'Node default CA store is empty');
+const blocked = new Set(['AAA Certificate Services', 'emSign ECC Root CA - G3']);
+for (const pem of certificates) {
+    const certificate = new X509Certificate(pem);
+    const commonNames = certificate.toLegacyObject().subject.CN;
+    for (const commonName of Array.isArray(commonNames) ? commonNames : [commonNames]) {
+        assert(!blocked.has(commonName), 'Blocked certificate in the effective Node default CA store');
+    }
+}
+console.log(JSON.stringify({ node: process.versions.node, architecture: process.arch, default_roots: certificates.length, blocked_roots: 0 }));
diff --git a/docker/verify-runtime-trust.php b/docker/verify-runtime-trust.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..456bc3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/verify-runtime-trust.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+final class ProductionTrustRefused extends RuntimeException {}
+
+if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION !== 8 || PHP_MINOR_VERSION !== 4 || PHP_VERSION_ID < 80427) {
+    throw new ProductionTrustRefused('PHP 8.4.27 or newer on the 8.4 line is required.');
+}
+Phar::loadPhar($argv[1]);
+require_once 'phar://composer.phar/vendor/autoload.php';
+if (!str_starts_with(Composer\Composer::VERSION, '2.') || version_compare(Composer\Composer::VERSION, '2.10.3', '<')) {
+    throw new ProductionTrustRefused('Composer 2.10.3 or newer on the 2 line is required.');
+}
+
+function inspectSampleCaBundle(string $path): int
+{
+    $contents = file_get_contents($path);
+    if ($contents === false || !preg_match_all('/-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----.*?-----END CERTIFICATE-----/s', $contents, $certificates)) {
+        throw new ProductionTrustRefused('The effective CA store must contain PEM certificates.');
+    }
+    foreach ($certificates[0] as $certificate) {
+        $parsed = openssl_x509_parse($certificate);
+        if ($parsed === false) {
+            throw new ProductionTrustRefused('Malformed certificate in an effective CA store.');
+        }
+        foreach ((array) ($parsed['subject']['CN'] ?? []) as $subject) {
+            if (in_array($subject, ['AAA Certificate Services', 'emSign ECC Root CA - G3'], true)) {
+                throw new ProductionTrustRefused('Blocked certificate in an effective CA store.');
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return count($certificates[0]);
+}
+
+$config = Composer\Factory::createConfig(null, getcwd());
+if (is_file('composer.json')) {
+    $manifest = json_decode((string) file_get_contents('composer.json'), true, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+    $config->merge(['config' => $manifest['config'] ?? []], 'project');
+}
+if ($config->get('disable-tls') || !$config->get('secure-http')) {
+    throw new ProductionTrustRefused('Composer TLS and secure HTTP must remain enabled.');
+}
+$locations = openssl_get_cert_locations();
+$paths = array_filter([
+    '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt', $locations['default_cert_file'],
+    getenv('SSL_CERT_FILE'), ini_get('openssl.cafile'),
+    $config->get('cafile') ?: Composer\CaBundle\CaBundle::getSystemCaRootBundlePath(),
+]);
+$directories = array_filter([
+    $locations['default_cert_dir'], getenv('SSL_CERT_DIR'),
+    ini_get('openssl.capath'), $config->get('capath'),
+]);
+foreach (array_unique($directories) as $directory) {
+    if (!is_dir($directory)) {
+        throw new ProductionTrustRefused('Cannot inspect an effective CA directory.');
+    }
+    foreach (['*.pem', '*.crt', '[a-f0-9]*.[0-9]'] as $pattern) {
+        $paths = array_merge($paths, glob($directory.'/'.$pattern) ?: []);
+    }
+}
+$bundles = 0;
+foreach (array_unique($paths) as $path) {
+    inspectSampleCaBundle($path);
+    $bundles++;
+}
+echo json_encode(['php' => PHP_VERSION, 'composer' => Composer\Composer::VERSION, 'inspected_stores' => $bundles, 'blocked_roots' => 0], JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR).PHP_EOL;
diff --git a/tests/Node/ProductionNodeTrustTest.mjs b/tests/Node/ProductionNodeTrustTest.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f0dce01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Node/ProductionNodeTrustTest.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+const verifier = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../docker/verify-node-trust.mjs', import.meta.url));
+const syntheticRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../fixtures/security/withdrawn-test-root.pem', import.meta.url));
+const cleanEnvironment = { ...process.env };
+delete cleanEnvironment.NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS;
+delete cleanEnvironment.NODE_OPTIONS;
+delete cleanEnvironment.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED;
+
+function invoke(environment = {}, preload = '') {
+    const arguments_ = preload ? ['--import', `data:text/javascript,${encodeURIComponent(preload)}`] : [];
+    return spawnSync(process.execPath, [...arguments_, verifier], {
+        env: { ...cleanEnvironment, ...environment }, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 10_000,
+    });
+}
+
+test('the actual fixed runtime exposes a nonempty clean default store', () => {
+    const result = invoke();
+    assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+    const evidence = JSON.parse(result.stdout);
+    assert.equal(evidence.node, process.versions.node);
+    assert(evidence.default_roots > 0);
+    assert.equal(evidence.blocked_roots, 0);
+});
+
+test('a blocked extra root is detected in the actual child default store', () => {
+    const result = invoke({ NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS: syntheticRoot });
+    assert.notEqual(result.status, 0);
+    assert.match(result.stderr, /Blocked certificate in the effective Node default CA store/);
+});
+
+test('a changed default store is inspected rather than only the bundled roots', () => {
+    const certificate = readFileSync(syntheticRoot, 'utf8');
+    const result = invoke({}, `import { setDefaultCACertificates } from 'node:tls'; setDefaultCACertificates([${JSON.stringify(certificate)}]);`);
+    assert.notEqual(result.status, 0);
+    assert.match(result.stderr, /Blocked certificate in the effective Node default CA store/);
+});
+
+test('an empty default store cannot produce a false clean result', () => {
+    const result = invoke({}, "import { setDefaultCACertificates } from 'node:tls'; setDefaultCACertificates([]);");
+    assert.notEqual(result.status, 0);
+    assert.match(result.stderr, /Node default CA store is empty/);
+});
+
+test('TLS verification cannot be disabled', () => {
+    const result = invoke({ NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED: '0' });
+    assert.notEqual(result.status, 0);
+    assert.match(result.stderr, /Node TLS verification must remain enabled/);
+});
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ProductionImageTrustContractTest.php b/tests/Unit/ProductionImageTrustContractTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da390cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/ProductionImageTrustContractTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests\Unit;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class ProductionImageTrustContractTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test_external_runtime_and_composer_inputs_are_immutable(): void
+    {
+        $source = $this->dockerfile();
+        preg_match_all('/^FROM (\S+)/mi', $source, $inputs);
+        $external = array_values(array_filter($inputs[1], static fn (string $input): bool => $input !== 'base'));
+
+        $this->assertCount(3, $external);
+        foreach ($external as $input) {
+            $this->assertMatchesRegularExpression('/^[^@]+:[^@]+@sha256:[a-f0-9]{64}$/D', $input);
+        }
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('node:22.23.4-bookworm-slim@', $source);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('composer:2.10.3@', $source);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('php:8.4.27-cli-bookworm@', $source);
+    }
+
+    public function test_node_is_checked_before_asset_and_final_browser_downloads(): void
+    {
+        $source = $this->dockerfile();
+        $guard = 'node /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-node-trust.mjs';
+        $assetCheck = strpos($source, $guard);
+        $assetDownload = strpos($source, 'npm ci');
+        $finalCheck = strpos($source, $guard, $assetDownload);
+        $browserDownload = strpos($source, 'npx playwright install');
+
+        foreach ([$assetCheck, $assetDownload, $finalCheck, $browserDownload] as $position) {
+            $this->assertIsInt($position);
+        }
+        $this->assertLessThan($assetDownload, $assetCheck);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('npm ci --ignore-scripts', $source);
+        $this->assertGreaterThan($assetDownload, $finalCheck);
+        $this->assertLessThan($browserDownload, $finalCheck);
+    }
+
+    public function test_php_trust_precedes_os_and_application_dependency_requests(): void
+    {
+        $source = $this->dockerfile();
+        $guard = 'php /usr/local/share/sample-app/verify-runtime-trust.php';
+        $firstCheck = strpos($source, $guard);
+        $osDownload = strpos($source, 'apt-get update');
+        $vendorCheck = strpos($source, $guard, $osDownload);
+        $vendorDownload = strpos($source, 'bash /usr/local/bin/install-composer-artifacts');
+
+        foreach ([$firstCheck, $osDownload, $vendorCheck, $vendorDownload] as $position) {
+            $this->assertIsInt($position);
+        }
+        $this->assertLessThan($osDownload, $firstCheck);
+        $this->assertGreaterThan($osDownload, $vendorCheck);
+        $this->assertLessThan($vendorDownload, $vendorCheck);
+    }
+
+    private function dockerfile(): string
+    {
+        return (string) file_get_contents(dirname(__DIR__, 2).'/Dockerfile');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/security/withdrawn-test-root.pem b/tests/fixtures/security/withdrawn-test-root.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..244d8e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/security/withdrawn-test-root.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----