diff --git a/stacks/chrome-service/main.tf b/stacks/chrome-service/main.tf
index a0e803c9..30210808 100644
--- a/stacks/chrome-service/main.tf
+++ b/stacks/chrome-service/main.tf
@@ -439,8 +439,12 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "chrome_service" {
       metadata[0].annotations["keel.sh/trigger"],
       metadata[0].annotations["keel.sh/pollSchedule"], # KYVERNO_LIFECYCLE_V2
       metadata[0].annotations["keel.sh/match-tag"],
-      spec[0].template[0].spec[0].container[0].image, # KEEL_IGNORE_IMAGE — Keel manages tag updates
-      # container[1]=novnc now TF-managed on ghcr:latest (ADR-0002 #29) — was KEEL_IGNORE
+      # container[0]=chrome-service (MS Playwright, pinned via local.image) and
+      # container[1]=novnc (ghcr:latest, ADR-0002 #29) are BOTH TF-managed now.
+      # container[0].image was previously KEEL_IGNORE'd here; that let a stray
+      # clobber to the novnc image stick (chromium-not-found crashloop 2026-06-16)
+      # because TF could not revert the ignored field. Removed so TF re-asserts the
+      # pinned image. Keel is inert (keel.sh/policy=never) and no deploy step touches these.
       spec[0].template[0].spec[0].init_container[0].image,
       metadata[0].annotations["kubernetes.io/change-cause"],
       metadata[0].annotations["deployment.kubernetes.io/revision"],
diff --git a/stacks/monitoring/modules/monitoring/prometheus_chart_values.tpl b/stacks/monitoring/modules/monitoring/prometheus_chart_values.tpl
index ce35bfb7..a86c832f 100755
--- a/stacks/monitoring/modules/monitoring/prometheus_chart_values.tpl
+++ b/stacks/monitoring/modules/monitoring/prometheus_chart_values.tpl
@@ -2840,15 +2840,22 @@ serverFiles:
             annotations:
               summary: "MAM ratio is {{ $value | printf \"%.2f\" }} for 24h (target: >= 1.0)"
           - alert: MAMFarmingStuck
+            # Heartbeat-based: fires only when the grabber CronJob has not COMPLETED
+            # a run in >4h (the original failure mode: Forbid-blocked / wedged in
+            # ContainerCreating). The grabber heartbeats mam_grabber_last_run_timestamp
+            # on every completed run — including legit dry runs that grab 0 (its random
+            # search offset lands on an empty/over-filtered page, which is normal). The
+            # old increase(mam_farming_grabbed[4h])==0 could not tell "didn't run" from
+            # "ran, nothing to grab" (Pushgateway serves the last value forever), so a
+            # dry freeleech period false-fired. Cookie-expiry and qBittorrent-down have
+            # their own alerts (MAM session cookie / QBittorrentDisconnected).
             expr: |
-              increase(mam_farming_grabbed[4h]) == 0
-              and mam_farming_total_seeding < 150
-              and mam_ratio >= 1.2
-            for: 4h
+              time() - mam_grabber_last_run_timestamp > 4 * 3600
+            for: 15m
             labels:
               severity: warning
             annotations:
-              summary: "Grabber has added 0 torrents in 4h despite healthy ratio ({{ $value | printf \"%.2f\" }})"
+              summary: "MAM freeleech grabber has not completed a run in {{ $value | humanizeDuration }} — CronJob stuck/blocked"
           - alert: MAMJanitorStuckBacklog
             expr: mam_janitor_skipped_active > 400
             for: 6h
diff --git a/stacks/servarr/mam-farming/files/freeleech-grabber.py b/stacks/servarr/mam-farming/files/freeleech-grabber.py
index 3c7064c7..160a160e 100644
--- a/stacks/servarr/mam-farming/files/freeleech-grabber.py
+++ b/stacks/servarr/mam-farming/files/freeleech-grabber.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ def main():
             profile_metrics
             + f'mam_grabber_skipped_reason{{reason="{reason}"}} 1\n'
             + f"mam_farming_grabbed 0\n"
+            + f"mam_grabber_last_run_timestamp {int(time.time())}\n"
         )
         return
 
@@ -153,7 +154,11 @@ def main():
         ).json()
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"qBittorrent unreachable: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
-        push(profile_metrics + "mam_farming_grabbed 0\n")
+        push(
+            profile_metrics
+            + "mam_farming_grabbed 0\n"
+            + f"mam_grabber_last_run_timestamp {int(time.time())}\n"
+        )
         sys.exit(1)
 
     farming = [t for t in all_torrents if t.get("category") == "mam-farming"]
@@ -264,6 +269,7 @@ def main():
         + f"mam_farming_grabbed {grabbed}\n"
         + f"mam_farming_total_seeding {len(farming) + grabbed}\n"
         + f"mam_farming_size_bytes {total_size}\n"
+        + f"mam_grabber_last_run_timestamp {int(time.time())}\n"
     )
     push(metrics)
     print(f"Done: grabbed={grabbed}")