diff --git a/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json b/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
index 6f93fc4c5..7d0d17560 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
+++ b/frontend-modern/browser-verification.json
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 {
   "version": 1,
-  "base_sha": "550b2d80a175cc66ab4e7ac269b7ec350e101611",
-  "verified_at": "2026-09-08T11:54:21Z",
+  "base_sha": "d242055f9877a47d31b08133e3e8588cbff65f40",
+  "verified_at": "2026-09-08T20:59:34.058403Z",
   "result": "passed",
   "changed_paths": [
-    "frontend-modern/src/utils/alertDestinationsPresentation.ts"
+    "frontend-modern/src/utils/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.ts"
   ],
   "content_sha256": {
-    "frontend-modern/src/utils/alertDestinationsPresentation.ts": "67f6f9a1c98345949e162bf06a38760e61457aa1e8a2130913646647a4f29e88"
+    "frontend-modern/src/utils/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.ts": "b99d8b5411e0e894f294f106d970978c8573915ff7ffe0ed60c451128e22d34a"
   },
   "routes": [
-    "/qualification (real health and delivery-log cards, scripted props)"
+    "/qualification.html (production-built real NodeDrawerOverview with synthetic reactive props)"
   ],
   "viewports": [
     {
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@
     }
   ],
   "states": [
-    "Retained terminal server_error health diagnosis and failed delivery log entry"
+    "Unavailable permission denial",
+    "Retained stale count with permission-denial title",
+    "Checked zero",
+    "Checked positive count",
+    "Not-checked permission-denial reason"
   ],
   "interactions": [
-    "Load both cards at desktop, tablet and phone widths; assert label, guidance, no page errors or horizontal overflow."
+    "At each width select unavailable, stale, zero, positive, not_checked, then unavailable again; assert text, stale title, no obsolete Sys.Audit prescription, no page errors or horizontal page overflow."
   ],
-  "notes": "Phone screenshot visually inspected; screenshots retained at /tmp/pulse-server-error-copy. Initial fixture omitted alertIds and timed out; corrected fixture passed all three widths. No installed delivery or receipt claim.",
-  "command": "pulse-heavy-run -- node scripts/check-delivery-server-error-copy.mjs"
+  "notes": "Built isolated real component with Vite esnext target, served compiled assets to Chromium. Desktop stale and phone unavailable screenshots visually inspected. Phone uses existing ellipsis for long values; full reason retained in title. No installed backend or reporter credential reproduction. Initial fixture build attempts failed on default target and virtual HTML path; corrected fixture build and all checks passed. Screenshots /tmp/pulse-update-access-copy; log /tmp/web-205503/browser-built.log.",
+  "command": "pulse-heavy-run -- node scripts/check-update-access-copy.mjs"
 }
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/__tests__/NodeDrawerOverview.updateEvidence.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/__tests__/NodeDrawerOverview.updateEvidence.test.tsx
index 52f83acd3..14136132a 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/__tests__/NodeDrawerOverview.updateEvidence.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/components/Workloads/__tests__/NodeDrawerOverview.updateEvidence.test.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ describe('NodeDrawerOverview update evidence', () => {
       />
     ));
 
-    expect(screen.getByText('Unavailable · Sys.Audit permission required')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Unavailable · Update check access denied')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.test.ts
index 07a1fefdd..f2dabdf3b 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('Proxmox update evidence presentation', () => {
         pendingUpdatesReason: 'permission_denied',
       }),
     ).toMatchObject({
-      value: 'Unavailable · Sys.Audit permission required',
+      value: 'Unavailable · Update check access denied',
       current: false,
     });
   });
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/utils/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.ts b/frontend-modern/src/utils/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.ts
index a8c144ae1..4b90f7a1d 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/utils/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/utils/proxmoxUpdateEvidence.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type UpdateEvidenceNode = Pick<
 const reasonLabel = (reason: Node['pendingUpdatesReason']): string => {
   switch (reason) {
     case 'permission_denied':
-      return 'Sys.Audit permission required';
+      return 'Update check access denied';
     case 'source_unavailable':
       return 'Proxmox source unavailable';
     case 'check_failed':
diff --git a/scripts/check-update-access-copy.mjs b/scripts/check-update-access-copy.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47c0b2a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-update-access-copy.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Isolated real-browser component qualification; no installed backend or delivery claim.
+import { build, preview } from "../frontend-modern/node_modules/vite/dist/node/index.js";
+import solid from "../frontend-modern/node_modules/vite-plugin-solid/dist/esm/index.mjs";
+import { chromium } from "@playwright/test";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+const root = resolve("frontend-modern");
+process.chdir(root);
+const fixture = `
+import { render } from 'solid-js/web';
+import { createSignal } from 'solid-js';
+import { NodeDrawerOverview } from '/src/components/Workloads/NodeDrawerOverview';
+import '/src/index.css';
+const base = {id:'lab-pve1',name:'pve1',instance:'lab',status:'online',type:'node',cpu:0,memory:{total:1024,used:256,free:768,usage:25},disk:{total:1024,used:256,free:768,usage:25},uptime:3600,loadAverage:[],kernelVersion:'6.8.12',pveVersion:'9.0.1',cpuInfo:{model:'CPU',cores:4,sockets:1,mhz:'2400'},lastSeen:new Date().toISOString(),connectionHealth:'healthy'};
+const states = {
+ not_checked:{pendingUpdatesStatus:'not_checked',pendingUpdatesReason:'permission_denied'},
+ unavailable:{pendingUpdatesStatus:'unavailable',pendingUpdatesReason:'permission_denied'},
+ stale:{pendingUpdates:1,pendingUpdatesStatus:'stale',pendingUpdatesReason:'permission_denied',pendingUpdatesCheckedAt:new Date().toISOString()},
+ zero:{pendingUpdates:0,pendingUpdatesStatus:'checked',pendingUpdatesCheckedAt:new Date().toISOString()},
+ positive:{pendingUpdates:1,pendingUpdatesStatus:'checked',pendingUpdatesCheckedAt:new Date().toISOString()}
+};
+const [state,setState] = createSignal('unavailable');
+render(() => <main class="p-4"><nav>{Object.keys(states).map(key => <button class="p-2" onClick={() => setState(key)}>{key}</button>)}</nav><NodeDrawerOverview node={{...base,...states[state()]}} /></main>, document.getElementById('root'));
+`;
+const config = {
+  root,
+  configFile: false,
+  optimizeDeps: {
+    noDiscovery: true,
+    entries: [],
+    esbuildOptions: { target: "esnext" },
+  },
+  esbuild: { target: "esnext" },
+  plugins: [
+    solid(),
+    {
+      name: "update-access-fixture",
+      resolveId(id) {
+        if (id === "/update-access-fixture.tsx" || id === resolve(root, "qualification.html")) return id;
+      },
+      load(id) {
+        if (id === "/update-access-fixture.tsx") return fixture;
+        if (id === resolve(root, "qualification.html")) return '<div id="root"></div><script type="module" src="/update-access-fixture.tsx"></script>';
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+  resolve: { alias: { "@": resolve(root, "src") } },
+  build: { target: "esnext", outDir: "/tmp/pulse-update-access-build", emptyOutDir: true, rollupOptions: { input: resolve(root, "qualification.html") } },
+};
+await build(config);
+const server = await preview({root, configFile:false, build:{outDir:"/tmp/pulse-update-access-build"}, preview:{host:"127.0.0.1",port:5198,strictPort:true}});
+
+let browser;
+try {
+
+  browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: true });
+  mkdirSync("/tmp/pulse-update-access-copy", { recursive: true });
+  for (const width of [1440, 900, 390]) {
+    const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: { width, height: 900 } });
+    const errors = [];
+    page.on('pageerror', error => errors.push(error.message));
+    await page.goto("http://127.0.0.1:5198/qualification.html");
+    for (const state of ['unavailable', 'stale', 'zero', 'positive', 'not_checked', 'unavailable']) {
+      await page.getByRole('button', {name:state,exact:true}).click();
+      const expected = state === 'not_checked' ? 'Not checked · Update check access denied' : state === 'unavailable' ? 'Unavailable · Update check access denied' : state === 'stale' ? /1 pending · stale/ : state === 'zero' ? /No pending updates · checked/ : /1 pending · checked/;
+      await page.getByText(expected,{exact:typeof expected === 'string'}).waitFor();
+      if (state === 'stale') assert.match(await page.getByText(/1 pending · stale/).getAttribute('title'), /Update check access denied/);
+      assert.equal(await page.getByText('Sys.Audit permission required',{exact:false}).count(),0);
+      assert.equal(await page.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.scrollWidth <= innerWidth), true);
+      assert.deepEqual(errors, []);
+      await page.screenshot({path: `/tmp/pulse-update-access-copy/${width}-${state}.png`, fullPage:true});
+    }
+    await page.close();
+  }
+  console.log(JSON.stringify({result:'passed',viewports:[1440,900,390],scope:'Real NodeDrawerOverview, Chromium, scripted props; no installed delivery claim'}));
+
+} finally {
+  await browser?.close();
+  await new Promise(resolve => server.httpServer.close(resolve));
+}