diff --git a/.github/scripts/recover-demo-runtime.sh b/.github/scripts/recover-demo-runtime.sh
index ad5689eb3..ab8969629 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/recover-demo-runtime.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/recover-demo-runtime.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-if [ "$#" -ne 15 ]; then
-  echo "usage: recover-demo-runtime.sh EXPECTED_HOSTNAME LOCAL_BASE_URL EXPECTED_VERSION MOCK_NODES MOCK_VMS_PER_NODE MOCK_LXCS_PER_NODE MOCK_DOCKER_HOSTS MOCK_DOCKER_CONTAINERS MOCK_GENERIC_HOSTS MOCK_K8S_CLUSTERS MOCK_K8S_NODES MOCK_K8S_PODS MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS MOCK_SEED_DURATION MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL" >&2
+if [ "$#" -ne 16 ]; then
+  echo "usage: recover-demo-runtime.sh EXPECTED_HOSTNAME LOCAL_BASE_URL EXPECTED_VERSION MOCK_NODES MOCK_VMS_PER_NODE MOCK_LXCS_PER_NODE MOCK_DOCKER_HOSTS MOCK_DOCKER_CONTAINERS MOCK_GENERIC_HOSTS MOCK_K8S_CLUSTERS MOCK_K8S_NODES MOCK_K8S_PODS MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS MOCK_SEED_DURATION MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL" >&2
   exit 2
 fi
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ MOCK_K8S_NODES="${11}"
 MOCK_K8S_PODS="${12}"
 MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS="${13}"
 MOCK_SEED_DURATION="${14}"
-MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL="${15}"
+MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL="${15}"
+MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL="${16}"
 SERVICE_NAME="pulse"
 RELAY_SERVICE_NAME="pulse-relay"
 EXPECTED_BINARY="/opt/pulse/bin/pulse"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ for fixture_count in \
   [[ "$fixture_count" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]
 done
 [[ "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*[smhd]$ ]]
+[[ "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*[smh]$ ]]
 [[ "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*[smh]$ ]]
 
 log() {
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ runtime_profile_matches() {
     sudo grep -Fxq "PULSE_MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS=${MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS}" /etc/pulse/.env &&
     sudo grep -Fxq "PULSE_MOCK_SEED_METRICS_STORE=false" /etc/pulse/.env &&
     sudo grep -Fxq "PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SEED_DURATION=${MOCK_SEED_DURATION}" /etc/pulse/.env &&
+    sudo grep -Fxq "PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL=${MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL}" /etc/pulse/.env &&
     sudo grep -Fxq "PULSE_MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL=${MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL}" /etc/pulse/.env
 }
 
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ emit_evidence() {
     --arg mock_k8s_pods "$MOCK_K8S_PODS" \
     --arg mock_k8s_deployments "$MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS" \
     --arg mock_seed_duration "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION" \
+    --arg mock_sample_interval "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL" \
     --arg mock_update_interval "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL" \
     '{schema_version: 1, status: $status, mutated: $mutated,
       hostname: $hostname, service: $service,
@@ -207,6 +211,7 @@ emit_evidence() {
         mock_k8s_pods: $mock_k8s_pods,
         mock_k8s_deployments: $mock_k8s_deployments,
         mock_seed_duration: $mock_seed_duration,
+        mock_sample_interval: $mock_sample_interval,
         mock_update_interval: $mock_update_interval}}'
 }
 
@@ -293,6 +298,7 @@ set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS "$MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS"
 # opt-in here can turn startup into an unbounded SQLite backfill.
 set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_SEED_METRICS_STORE false
 set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SEED_DURATION "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION"
+set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL"
 set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL"
 sudo chown pulse:pulse /etc/pulse/.env
 sudo chmod 600 /etc/pulse/.env
diff --git a/.github/scripts/resolve-demo-runtime-profile.sh b/.github/scripts/resolve-demo-runtime-profile.sh
index fb5ad1416..8a19aff3b 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/resolve-demo-runtime-profile.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/resolve-demo-runtime-profile.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ if git grep -q 'mockEagerHistoryPVEGuestLimit' "${TAG_REF}" -- internal/monitori
   MOCK_K8S_PODS=40
   MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS=14
   MOCK_SEED_DURATION=48h
+  MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL=1m
   MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL=2s
 else
   PROFILE="legacy-bounded"
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ else
   MOCK_K8S_PODS=12
   MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS=4
   MOCK_SEED_DURATION=2h
+  # The compatibility runtime seeds history synchronously before binding the
+  # HTTP listener. Bound the point density as well as the duration so a small
+  # demo host can reach health without changing the installed release bits.
+  MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL=5m
   MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL=15s
 fi
 
@@ -65,4 +70,5 @@ printf 'mock_k8s_nodes=%s\n' "$MOCK_K8S_NODES"
 printf 'mock_k8s_pods=%s\n' "$MOCK_K8S_PODS"
 printf 'mock_k8s_deployments=%s\n' "$MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS"
 printf 'mock_seed_duration=%s\n' "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION"
+printf 'mock_sample_interval=%s\n' "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL"
 printf 'mock_update_interval=%s\n' "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/recover-demo-server.yml b/.github/workflows/recover-demo-server.yml
index 6c000ac24..3087e5d9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/recover-demo-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/recover-demo-server.yml
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ jobs:
           MOCK_K8S_PODS: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_k8s_pods }}
           MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_k8s_deployments }}
           MOCK_SEED_DURATION: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_seed_duration }}
+          MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_sample_interval }}
           MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_update_interval }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
             -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes \
             -o UserKnownHostsFile=~/.ssh/known_hosts \
             "$DEMO_SERVER_USER@$DEMO_SERVER_HOST" \
-            "bash -s -- $(printf '%q ' "$DEMO_EXPECTED_HOSTNAME" "$DEMO_LOCAL_BASE_URL" "$EXPECTED_VERSION" "$MOCK_NODES" "$MOCK_VMS_PER_NODE" "$MOCK_LXCS_PER_NODE" "$MOCK_DOCKER_HOSTS" "$MOCK_DOCKER_CONTAINERS" "$MOCK_GENERIC_HOSTS" "$MOCK_K8S_CLUSTERS" "$MOCK_K8S_NODES" "$MOCK_K8S_PODS" "$MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS" "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION" "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL")" \
+            "bash -s -- $(printf '%q ' "$DEMO_EXPECTED_HOSTNAME" "$DEMO_LOCAL_BASE_URL" "$EXPECTED_VERSION" "$MOCK_NODES" "$MOCK_VMS_PER_NODE" "$MOCK_LXCS_PER_NODE" "$MOCK_DOCKER_HOSTS" "$MOCK_DOCKER_CONTAINERS" "$MOCK_GENERIC_HOSTS" "$MOCK_K8S_CLUSTERS" "$MOCK_K8S_NODES" "$MOCK_K8S_PODS" "$MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS" "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION" "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL" "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL")" \
             < .github/scripts/recover-demo-runtime.sh \
             > demo-runtime-recovery.json
           jq -e '.schema_version == 1 and (.status == "recovered" or .status == "healthy_noop")' \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-demo-server.yml b/.github/workflows/update-demo-server.yml
index 72eaa472d..17ec2fa07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-demo-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-demo-server.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       mock_k8s_pods: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_k8s_pods }}
       mock_k8s_deployments: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_k8s_deployments }}
       mock_seed_duration: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_seed_duration }}
+      mock_sample_interval: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_sample_interval }}
       mock_update_interval: ${{ steps.runtime_profile.outputs.mock_update_interval }}
 
     steps:
@@ -564,6 +565,7 @@ jobs:
           MOCK_K8S_PODS="${{ needs.resolve.outputs.mock_k8s_pods }}"
           MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS="${{ needs.resolve.outputs.mock_k8s_deployments }}"
           MOCK_SEED_DURATION="${{ needs.resolve.outputs.mock_seed_duration }}"
+          MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL="${{ needs.resolve.outputs.mock_sample_interval }}"
           MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL="${{ needs.resolve.outputs.mock_update_interval }}"
           REMOTE_SCRIPT=$(cat <<'EOF'
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -580,7 +582,8 @@ jobs:
           MOCK_K8S_PODS="${11}"
           MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS="${12}"
           MOCK_SEED_DURATION="${13}"
-          MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL="${14}"
+          MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL="${14}"
+          MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL="${15}"
           CONFIG_DIR="/etc/${SERVICE_NAME:-pulse}"
           SERVICE_USER="$(systemctl show "$SERVICE_NAME" --property=User --value 2>/dev/null || true)"
           SERVICE_GROUP="$(systemctl show "$SERVICE_NAME" --property=Group --value 2>/dev/null || true)"
@@ -678,6 +681,7 @@ jobs:
           # persistent public demo data directory.
           set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_SEED_METRICS_STORE false
           set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SEED_DURATION "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION"
+          set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL"
           set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL"
 
           ensure_demo_fixture_entitlement
@@ -700,7 +704,7 @@ jobs:
           EOF
           )
           ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 "$DEMO_SERVER_USER@$DEMO_SERVER_HOST" \
-            "bash -s -- $(printf '%q ' "$SERVICE_NAME" "$DEMO_LOCAL_BASE_URL" "$MOCK_NODES" "$MOCK_VMS_PER_NODE" "$MOCK_LXCS_PER_NODE" "$MOCK_DOCKER_HOSTS" "$MOCK_DOCKER_CONTAINERS" "$MOCK_GENERIC_HOSTS" "$MOCK_K8S_CLUSTERS" "$MOCK_K8S_NODES" "$MOCK_K8S_PODS" "$MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS" "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION" "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL")" <<<"$REMOTE_SCRIPT"
+            "bash -s -- $(printf '%q ' "$SERVICE_NAME" "$DEMO_LOCAL_BASE_URL" "$MOCK_NODES" "$MOCK_VMS_PER_NODE" "$MOCK_LXCS_PER_NODE" "$MOCK_DOCKER_HOSTS" "$MOCK_DOCKER_CONTAINERS" "$MOCK_GENERIC_HOSTS" "$MOCK_K8S_CLUSTERS" "$MOCK_K8S_NODES" "$MOCK_K8S_PODS" "$MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS" "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION" "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL" "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL")" <<<"$REMOTE_SCRIPT"
 
       - name: Verify demo runtime
         env:
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
index f4f0bf468..4ccf5b1fe 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
@@ -3079,8 +3079,9 @@ bounded compatibility profile across every fixture family: 8 Proxmox nodes
 with 6 VMs and 4 LXCs per node, 2 Docker hosts with 8 containers each, 2
 generic hosts, and 1 Kubernetes cluster with 3 nodes, 12 pods, and 4
 deployments. That profile retains two hours of eager history and uses a
-15-second full-estate update cadence, preventing newer workflow defaults from
-imposing an unqualified bootstrap, memory, and CPU load on an older binary.
+five-minute history sample interval plus a 15-second full-estate update cadence,
+preventing newer workflow defaults from imposing an unqualified synchronous
+bootstrap, memory, and CPU load on an older binary before it binds health.
 The manually dispatched stable-demo recovery path consumes that same resolver
 and may mutate only the resolver-owned bounded mock-profile values before
 restarting the already-installed `pulse` service. It must retain the current stable binary,
diff --git a/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go b/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
index c79bb6060..8a6a51c45 100644
--- a/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
+++ b/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
@@ -1845,6 +1845,7 @@ func TestUpdateDemoWorkflowUsesGovernedNetworkPath(t *testing.T) {
 		`MOCK_VMS_PER_NODE=10`,
 		`MOCK_K8S_PODS=40`,
 		`MOCK_SEED_DURATION=48h`,
+		`MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL=1m`,
 		`MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL=2s`,
 		`PROFILE="legacy-bounded"`,
 		`MOCK_NODES=8`,
@@ -1858,6 +1859,7 @@ func TestUpdateDemoWorkflowUsesGovernedNetworkPath(t *testing.T) {
 		`MOCK_K8S_PODS=12`,
 		`MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS=4`,
 		`MOCK_SEED_DURATION=2h`,
+		`MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL=5m`,
 		`MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL=15s`,
 		`resolve_config_dir`,
 		`set_env_value DEMO_MODE true`,
@@ -1869,6 +1871,7 @@ func TestUpdateDemoWorkflowUsesGovernedNetworkPath(t *testing.T) {
 		`set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_K8S_PODS "$MOCK_K8S_PODS"`,
 		`set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_SEED_METRICS_STORE false`,
 		`set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SEED_DURATION "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION"`,
+		`set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL"`,
 		`set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL"`,
 		`ensure_demo_fixture_entitlement`,
 		`"demo_fixtures"`,
diff --git a/scripts/release_control/release_promotion_policy_test.py b/scripts/release_control/release_promotion_policy_test.py
index d6d83e6c4..d39199c21 100644
--- a/scripts/release_control/release_promotion_policy_test.py
+++ b/scripts/release_control/release_promotion_policy_test.py
@@ -1956,6 +1956,7 @@ class ReleasePromotionPolicyTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("MOCK_K8S_PODS=12", demo_profile)
         self.assertIn("MOCK_K8S_DEPLOYMENTS=4", demo_profile)
         self.assertIn("MOCK_SEED_DURATION=2h", demo_profile)
+        self.assertIn("MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL=5m", demo_profile)
         self.assertIn("MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL=15s", demo_profile)
         self.assertIn("resolve_config_dir", demo)
         self.assertIn("set_env_value DEMO_MODE true", demo)
@@ -1963,6 +1964,7 @@ class ReleasePromotionPolicyTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_NODES "$MOCK_NODES"', demo)
         self.assertIn("set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_SEED_METRICS_STORE false", demo)
         self.assertIn('set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SEED_DURATION "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION"', demo)
+        self.assertIn('set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL"', demo)
         self.assertIn('set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL"', demo)
         self.assertIn("ensure_demo_fixture_entitlement", demo)
         self.assertIn('"demo_fixtures"', demo)
@@ -2100,7 +2102,7 @@ class ReleasePromotionPolicyTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("install.sh", workflow)
         self.assertNotIn("scp ", workflow)
 
-        self.assertIn('if [ "$#" -ne 15 ]', recovery)
+        self.assertIn('if [ "$#" -ne 16 ]', recovery)
         self.assertIn('SERVICE_NAME="pulse"', recovery)
         self.assertIn('RELAY_SERVICE_NAME="pulse-relay"', recovery)
         self.assertIn('EXPECTED_BINARY="/opt/pulse/bin/pulse"', recovery)
@@ -2118,6 +2120,7 @@ class ReleasePromotionPolicyTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_SEED_METRICS_STORE false", recovery)
         self.assertIn('grep -Fxq "PULSE_MOCK_SEED_METRICS_STORE=false"', recovery)
         self.assertIn('set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SEED_DURATION "$MOCK_SEED_DURATION"', recovery)
+        self.assertIn('set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_TRENDS_SAMPLE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL"', recovery)
         self.assertIn('set_env_value PULSE_MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL "$MOCK_UPDATE_INTERVAL"', recovery)
         self.assertIn('sudo systemctl restart "$SERVICE_NAME"', recovery)
         self.assertIn('sudo systemctl stop "$SERVICE_NAME"', recovery)