diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index 1a315d4e9e..e3e227c4c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ jobs:
           dispatch="$(
             jq -n \
               --arg tag "${TAG}" \
-              '{ref: $tag, return_run_details: true, inputs: {tag: $tag}}' | \
+              '{ref: "main", return_run_details: true, inputs: {tag: $tag}}' | \
               gh api \
                 --method POST \
                 -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qualify-secure-runtime-release.yml b/.github/workflows/qualify-secure-runtime-release.yml
index 92f9e3f5ad..d0fcc1a2dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qualify-secure-runtime-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qualify-secure-runtime-release.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
 
+      - name: Bind canonical Pulse origin
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          test "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" = "rcourtman/Pulse"
+          # checkout v7 records the canonical HTTPS URL without .git. The
+          # released attestation expects the equivalent .git spelling and
+          # independently checks the remote tag and branch identities.
+          origin_url="$(git remote get-url origin)"
+          case "${origin_url}" in
+            https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse|https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse.git) ;;
+            *) echo "::error::Release checkout origin is not canonical Pulse."; exit 1 ;;
+          esac
+          git remote set-url origin https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse.git
+
       - name: Verify detached release source
         id: source
         env:
@@ -77,8 +91,11 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --no-tags origin \
             "refs/heads/${required_branch}:refs/remotes/origin/${required_branch}"
           commit="$(git rev-parse "${TAG}^{commit}")"
-          test "${GITHUB_REF}" = "refs/tags/${TAG}"
-          test "${GITHUB_SHA}" = "${commit}"
+          # Run reviewed qualification control from protected main, while the
+          # checkout and the packet remain bound to the immutable release tag.
+          test "${GITHUB_REF}" = "refs/heads/main"
+          test "${GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF}" = "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/.github/workflows/qualify-secure-runtime-release.yml@refs/heads/main"
+          test "${GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA}" = "${GITHUB_SHA}"
           test "$(git branch --show-current)" = ""
           test -z "$(git status --short --untracked-files=all)"
           git merge-base --is-ancestor "${commit}" "origin/${required_branch}"
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
index 86624b192d..71d1d4f4c9 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/deployment-installability.md
@@ -1219,7 +1219,16 @@ artifact-selection behaviour.
    Private signing material and publication credentials must never enter the
    compilation job.
    Post-publication secure-runtime qualification must authenticate before it
-   executes. `.github/workflows/qualify-secure-runtime-release.yml` may download
+   executes. The publication workflow dispatches the reviewed qualification
+   control from protected `main`, with the immutable RC tag as its sole source
+   input. The qualification workflow must prove its own repository, workflow
+   ref and workflow SHA are that `main` control, then check out the detached
+   release tag and verify its commit is on the governed release line. Its
+   checkout may report either canonical HTTPS origin spelling, with or without
+   `.git`; it must reject every other origin before normalising to the exact
+   `.git` spelling required by the packet attester. Normalisation must not
+   relax the separate remote tag, branch, release and artifact identity checks.
+   `.github/workflows/qualify-secure-runtime-release.yml` may download
    caller-owned release assets only into a non-executable holding directory.
    `scripts/release_control/secure_runtime_attestation_v7.py` must copy the six
    binaries, four collector signatures, checksum manifest, assembly and
diff --git a/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go b/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
index f262cb0e61..a64578e473 100644
--- a/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
+++ b/scripts/installtests/build_release_assets_test.go
@@ -2792,7 +2792,7 @@ func TestSecureRuntimeQualificationPacketIsHostedAndReleaseBound(t *testing.T) {
 		"release/pulse-secure-runtime-collector-v1-linux-amd64",
 		"release/pulse-secure-runtime-collector-v3-linux-amd64",
 		"qualify-secure-runtime-release.yml/dispatches",
-		`{ref: $tag, return_run_details: true, inputs: {tag: $tag}}`,
+		`{ref: "main", return_run_details: true, inputs: {tag: $tag}}`,
 		"Secure-runtime qualification dispatch did not return an exact workflow run.",
 		"Immutable RC publication did not retain an exact secure-runtime qualification run identity.",
 	} {
@@ -2805,9 +2805,11 @@ func TestSecureRuntimeQualificationPacketIsHostedAndReleaseBound(t *testing.T) {
 	if strings.Contains(qualificationWorkflow, "release:\n    types: [published]") {
 		t.Fatal("secure-runtime qualification must be explicitly dispatched after immutable publication, not rely on suppressed release events")
 	}
+	originIndex := strings.Index(qualificationWorkflow, "Bind canonical Pulse origin")
+	sourceIndex := strings.Index(qualificationWorkflow, "Verify detached release source")
 	preauthenticationIndex := strings.Index(qualificationWorkflow, "Pre-authenticate exact qualification packet")
 	privilegedExecutionIndex := strings.Index(qualificationWorkflow, "docker run")
-	if preauthenticationIndex < 0 || privilegedExecutionIndex < 0 || preauthenticationIndex > privilegedExecutionIndex {
+	if originIndex < 0 || sourceIndex < originIndex || preauthenticationIndex < sourceIndex || privilegedExecutionIndex < preauthenticationIndex {
 		t.Fatal("secure-runtime release packet must be authenticated before any privileged Docker execution")
 	}
 	if strings.Contains(qualificationWorkflow, `$RUNNER_TEMP/secure-runtime-downloads:/release:ro`) {
@@ -2815,8 +2817,11 @@ func TestSecureRuntimeQualificationPacketIsHostedAndReleaseBound(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, required := range []string{
 		".immutable == true",
-		`test "${GITHUB_REF}" = "refs/tags/${TAG}"`,
-		`test "${GITHUB_SHA}" = "${commit}"`,
+		`test "${GITHUB_REF}" = "refs/heads/main"`,
+		`test "${GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA}" = "${GITHUB_SHA}"`,
+		`test "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" = "rcourtman/Pulse"`,
+		`https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse|https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse.git)`,
+		`git remote set-url origin https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse.git`,
 		"ca-certificates curl dbus systemd systemd-sysv util-linux",
 		`docker:27.5.1-dind@sha256:f649ef046008ca7f926a2571c32b0ac22e5c59eb61b959617f9acc2a4c638cf5`,
 		`for command in curl docker dockerd id nsenter runuser systemctl`,