diff --git a/scripts/check_214_pods.py b/scripts/check_214_pods.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b2da87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_214_pods.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)
+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'))
+
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/check_helm_cattle.py b/scripts/check_helm_cattle.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c395aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_helm_cattle.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 helm list -n cattle-system")
+print(stdout.read().decode('utf-8'))
+client.close()
+
diff --git a/scripts/step_rancher.py b/scripts/step_rancher.py
index 3148dc8..c7602e2 100644
--- a/scripts/step_rancher.py
+++ b/scripts/step_rancher.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ sed -i '/kubeVersion:/d' /tmp/rancher-hop/rancher/Chart.yaml
     run_cmd(upgrade_cmd)
     
     # 4. Wait for deployment rollout
-    print("\n--- 4. Waiting for deployment/rancher rollout status (timeout 400s) ---")
-    run_cmd("kubectl -n cattle-system rollout status deployment/rancher --timeout=400s")
+    print("\n--- 4. Waiting for deployment/rancher rollout status (timeout 600s) ---")
+    run_cmd("kubectl -n cattle-system rollout status deployment/rancher --timeout=600s")
     
     # 5. Check cattle-system pods
     print("\n--- 5. Checking cattle-system pods ---")
diff --git a/scripts/test_dryrun_2153.py b/scripts/test_dryrun_2153.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..111dc82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_dryrun_2153.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+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)
+
+test_cmd = """
+rm -rf /tmp/rancher-2153 && mkdir -p /tmp/rancher-2153 && cd /tmp/rancher-2153
+KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm pull rancher-stable/rancher --version 2.15.3 --untar
+sed -i '/kubeVersion:/d' rancher/Chart.yaml
+KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml helm upgrade rancher ./rancher --namespace cattle-system \
+  --set hostname=aerodrome.snarfnet.net --set ingress.tls.source=secret --dry-run
+"""
+
+stdin, stdout, stderr = client.exec_command(test_cmd)
+out = stdout.read().decode('utf-8')
+err = stderr.read().decode('utf-8')
+print("STDOUT:", out[:400])
+print("STDERR:", err)
+
+client.close()
+