diff --git a/scripts/check_215_pods.py b/scripts/check_215_pods.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d45aebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_215_pods.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -o wide")
+print("=== PODS IN CATTLE-SYSTEM ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system rollout status deployment/rancher --timeout=30s")
+print("=== ROLLOUT STATUS ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+print(stderr.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("curl -k -I -s https://aerodrome.snarfnet.net | head -n 10")
+print("=== ENDPOINT ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm list -n cattle-system")
+print("=== HELM LIST ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_pod_events.py b/scripts/check_pod_events.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..263cfcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_pod_events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system describe pod rancher-574bb974f4-877rf | grep -A 10 -B 2 Events:")
+print("=== POD EVENTS ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system describe pod rancher-574bb974f4-877rf | grep -A 15 'Last State:'")
+print("=== LAST STATE ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_pods_now.py b/scripts/check_pods_now.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fb71a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_pods_now.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -l app=rancher -o wide")
+print("=== RANCHER PODS ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_probe_values.py b/scripts/check_probe_values.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..799739b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_probe_values.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("grep -i -C 5 probe /tmp/rancher-2153/rancher/values.yaml")
+print("Probe in values.yaml:")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_rancher_live.py b/scripts/check_rancher_live.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8ca142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_rancher_live.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -l app=rancher -o wide")
+print("=== RANCHER PODS ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system rollout status deployment/rancher --timeout=30s")
+print("=== ROLLOUT STATUS ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+print(stderr.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_rancher_logs.py b/scripts/check_rancher_logs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aefcee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_rancher_logs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system logs -l app=rancher -c rancher --tail=50")
+print("=== RANCHER LOGS ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+print(stderr.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_revision_11.py b/scripts/check_revision_11.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e63f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_revision_11.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -l app=rancher -o wide")
+print("=== RANCHER PODS ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -l app=rancher-webhook -o wide")
+print("=== RANCHER WEBHOOK ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("curl -k -I -s https://aerodrome.snarfnet.net | head -n 10")
+print("=== ENDPOINT ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_startup_probe.py b/scripts/check_startup_probe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc53d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_startup_probe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system get deployment rancher -o jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].startupProbe}'")
+print("Startup Probe:", stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/tune_startup_probe.py b/scripts/tune_startup_probe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c661f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tune_startup_probe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+
+upgrade_cmd = (
+    "KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm upgrade rancher /tmp/rancher-2153/rancher "
+    "--namespace cattle-system "
+    "--set hostname=aerodrome.snarfnet.net "
+    "--set ingress.tls.source=secret "
+    "--set startupProbe.failureThreshold=36"
+)
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command(upgrade_cmd)
+print("UPGRADE STDOUT:", stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+print("UPGRADE STDERR:", stderr.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/wait_final_rollout.py b/scripts/wait_final_rollout.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ea3c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/wait_final_rollout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import paramiko
+import sys
+import time
+
+sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+client = paramiko.SSHClient()
+client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+key_path = r"C:\Users\Snarf\.ssh\id_ed25519_snarfnet"
+
+client.connect("140.44.4.11", username="root", key_filename=key_path, timeout=15)
+
+print("Waiting for deployment/rancher rollout status...")
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system rollout status deployment/rancher --timeout=360s")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+print(stderr.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml kubectl -n cattle-system get pods -l app=rancher -o wide")
+print("=== FINAL RANCHER PODS ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm list -n cattle-system")
+print("=== FINAL HELM RELEASES ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command("curl -k -I -s https://aerodrome.snarfnet.net | head -n 10")
+print("=== ENDPOINT ===")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+
+client.close()
+