diff --git a/.github/workflows/connect-top-disk-acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/connect-top-disk-acceptance.yml
index 7843ad0bd..e6b32ce43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/connect-top-disk-acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/connect-top-disk-acceptance.yml
@@ -12,21 +12,21 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-name: Connect top.disk artifact acceptance
+name: Connect top.disk service-job acceptance
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       build_run_id:
-        description: Successful main-branch Build and Release workflow run ID
+        description: Successful main-branch Build and Release run ID
         required: true
         type: string
       artifact_id:
-        description: Linux x86_64 GNU artifact ID from that run
+        description: Linux x86_64 GNU artifact from that run
         required: true
         type: string
       source_sha:
-        description: Exact 40-character source commit
+        description: Exact RustFS source commit
         required: true
         type: string
       artifact_digest:
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
       binary_sha256:
-        description: Expected rustfs binary SHA-256
+        description: Independently verified rustfs binary SHA-256
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      connect_sha:
+        description: Exact Connect top.disk service-job acceptance harness commit
         required: true
         type: string
 
@@ -44,16 +48,67 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   top-disk:
-    name: Verify native Linux x86_64 top.disk artifact
-    runs-on: sm-standard-2
-    timeout-minutes: 15
+    name: Verify native top.disk service job over mTLS
+    runs-on: dind-sm-standard-2
+    timeout-minutes: 45
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout acceptance harness
+      - name: Checkout exact RustFS source
         uses: actions/checkout@f548e57e544e1ff5a4c46bf1e1b8685f8e4a348a # v7
         with:
+          path: rustfs-source
           persist-credentials: false
+          ref: ${{ inputs.source_sha }}
 
-      - name: Verify source run and artifact identity
+      - name: Checkout exact Connect harness
+        uses: actions/checkout@f548e57e544e1ff5a4c46bf1e1b8685f8e4a348a # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/connect
+          path: connect-harness
+          persist-credentials: false
+          ref: ${{ inputs.connect_sha }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 25.8.1
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: connect-harness/web/package-lock.json
+
+      - name: Ensure GitHub CLI
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if command -v gh >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh --version
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          gh_version="2.101.0"
+          case "$(uname -m)" in
+            x86_64) gh_arch="amd64" ;;
+            aarch64|arm64) gh_arch="arm64" ;;
+            *)
+              echo "Unsupported Linux architecture for GitHub CLI: $(uname -m)" >&2
+              exit 1
+              ;;
+          esac
+
+          gh_install_root="${RUNNER_TEMP:-$PWD}/gh-cli"
+          rm -rf "$gh_install_root"
+          mkdir -p "$gh_install_root/bin"
+          archive="$gh_install_root/gh.tar.gz"
+          curl --fail --location --retry 3 \
+            "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${gh_version}/gh_${gh_version}_linux_${gh_arch}.tar.gz" \
+            --output "$archive"
+          tar -xzf "$archive" -C "$gh_install_root"
+          install -m 0755 \
+            "$gh_install_root/gh_${gh_version}_linux_${gh_arch}/bin/gh" \
+            "$gh_install_root/bin/gh"
+          echo "$gh_install_root/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          export PATH="$gh_install_root/bin:$PATH"
+          gh --version
+
+      - name: Verify official source and artifact identity
         shell: bash
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -61,82 +116,136 @@ jobs:
           ARTIFACT_ID: ${{ inputs.artifact_id }}
           SOURCE_SHA: ${{ inputs.source_sha }}
           ARTIFACT_DIGEST: ${{ inputs.artifact_digest }}
+          BINARY_SHA256: ${{ inputs.binary_sha256 }}
+          CONNECT_SHA: ${{ inputs.connect_sha }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          [[ "$BUILD_RUN_ID" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]
-          [[ "$ARTIFACT_ID" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]
-          [[ "$SOURCE_SHA" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ ]]
+          [[ "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" == rustfs/rustfs ]]
+          [[ "$BUILD_RUN_ID" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ && "$ARTIFACT_ID" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]
+          [[ "$SOURCE_SHA" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ && "$CONNECT_SHA" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ ]]
           [[ "$ARTIFACT_DIGEST" =~ ^sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}$ ]]
+          [[ "$BINARY_SHA256" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{64}$ ]]
+          [[ $(git -C rustfs-source rev-parse HEAD) == "$SOURCE_SHA" ]]
+          [[ $(git -C connect-harness rev-parse HEAD) == "$CONNECT_SHA" ]]
+          [[ $(git -C rustfs-source remote get-url origin) == https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs ]]
+          [[ $(git -C connect-harness remote get-url origin) == https://github.com/rustfs/connect ]]
+          run=$(gh api "repos/rustfs/rustfs/actions/runs/${BUILD_RUN_ID}")
+          jq -e --arg source "$SOURCE_SHA" '
+            .head_sha == $source and .head_branch == "main"
+            and .head_repository.full_name == "rustfs/rustfs"
+            and .name == "Build and Release" and .path == ".github/workflows/build.yml"
+            and .status == "completed" and .conclusion == "success"
+          ' <<<"$run" >/dev/null
+          jobs=$(gh api --paginate --slurp "repos/rustfs/rustfs/actions/runs/${BUILD_RUN_ID}/jobs?per_page=100")
+          jq -e '
+            [.[].jobs[] | select(.name | test("^Build RustFS \\(linux-x86_64-gnu, [a-z0-9-]+, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, false, linux, pyroscope\\)$"))] as $matches
+            | ($matches | length) == 1 and $matches[0].conclusion == "success"
+          ' <<<"$jobs" >/dev/null
+          artifact=$(gh api "repos/rustfs/rustfs/actions/artifacts/${ARTIFACT_ID}")
+          jq -e --argjson run "$BUILD_RUN_ID" --arg source "$SOURCE_SHA" --arg digest "$ARTIFACT_DIGEST" '
+            .workflow_run.id == $run and .workflow_run.head_sha == $source
+            and .name == ("rustfs-linux-x86_64-gnu-dev-" + $source[0:7])
+            and .digest == $digest and .expired == false
+            and (.expires_at | fromdateiso8601) > now
+            and .size_in_bytes > 0 and .size_in_bytes <= 2147483648
+          ' <<<"$artifact" >/dev/null
+          jq -r '.expires_at' <<<"$artifact" > artifact-expires-at
+          gh api "repos/rustfs/rustfs/actions/artifacts/${ARTIFACT_ID}/zip" > official-artifact.zip
+          [[ $(stat --format=%s official-artifact.zip) == $(jq -r '.size_in_bytes' <<<"$artifact") ]]
+          printf '%s  official-artifact.zip\n' "${ARTIFACT_DIGEST#sha256:}" | sha256sum --check --strict
 
-          run=$(gh api "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${BUILD_RUN_ID}")
-          [[ $(jq -r '.conclusion' <<<"$run") == success ]]
-          [[ $(jq -r '.head_sha' <<<"$run") == "$SOURCE_SHA" ]]
-          [[ $(jq -r '.head_branch' <<<"$run") == main ]]
-          [[ $(jq -r '.head_repository.full_name' <<<"$run") == "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" ]]
-          [[ $(jq -r '.name' <<<"$run") == "Build and Release" ]]
-
-          artifact=$(gh api "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/artifacts/${ARTIFACT_ID}")
-          [[ $(jq -r '.workflow_run.id' <<<"$artifact") == "$BUILD_RUN_ID" ]]
-          [[ $(jq -r '.workflow_run.head_sha' <<<"$artifact") == "$SOURCE_SHA" ]]
-          [[ $(jq -r '.name' <<<"$artifact") == rustfs-linux-x86_64-gnu-* ]]
-          [[ $(jq -r '.digest' <<<"$artifact") == "$ARTIFACT_DIGEST" ]]
-          [[ $(jq -r '.expired' <<<"$artifact") == false ]]
-
-      - name: Download exact build artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
-        with:
-          artifact-ids: ${{ inputs.artifact_id }}
-          path: artifact
-          run-id: ${{ inputs.build_run_id }}
-          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
-
-      - name: Extract exact RustFS binary
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          SOURCE_SHA: ${{ inputs.source_sha }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          short_sha=${SOURCE_SHA:0:7}
-          package=$(find artifact -type f -name "rustfs-linux-x86_64-gnu-dev-${short_sha}.zip" -print -quit)
-          [[ -n "$package" ]]
-          mkdir -p binary
-          unzip -qq "$package" rustfs -d binary
-          chmod +x binary/rustfs
-
-      - name: Run top.disk acceptance
+      - name: Extract only the verified official service binary
         shell: bash
         env:
           SOURCE_SHA: ${{ inputs.source_sha }}
           BINARY_SHA256: ${{ inputs.binary_sha256 }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          scripts/ci/check_connect_top_disk_artifact.sh \
-            binary/rustfs "$SOURCE_SHA" "$BINARY_SHA256" \
-            top-disk-runtime-evidence.json top-disk.zip
+          python3 - <<'PY'
+          import io
+          import os
+          import pathlib
+          import shutil
+          import stat
+          import zipfile
 
-      - name: Bind workflow and artifact provenance
+          def regular(entry):
+              mode = entry.external_attr >> 16
+              return not entry.is_dir() and stat.S_IFMT(mode) in (0, stat.S_IFREG)
+
+          package = f"rustfs-linux-x86_64-gnu-dev-{os.environ['SOURCE_SHA'][:7]}.zip"
+          with zipfile.ZipFile('official-artifact.zip') as outer:
+              entries = outer.infolist()
+              assert 1 <= len(entries) <= 16
+              assert len({entry.filename for entry in entries}) == len(entries)
+              assert all(regular(entry) and pathlib.PurePosixPath(entry.filename).name == entry.filename for entry in entries)
+              assert sum(entry.file_size for entry in entries) <= 2147483648
+              assert outer.testzip() is None
+              with zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(outer.read(package))) as inner:
+                  entries = inner.infolist()
+                  expected = {'rustfs', 'rustfs-cli', 'rustfs.cpu-symbol-catalog.json', 'rustfs.cpu-symbol-catalog.sha256'}
+                  assert {entry.filename for entry in entries} == expected and len(entries) == len(expected)
+                  assert all(regular(entry) and 0 < entry.file_size <= 1073741824 for entry in entries)
+                  assert inner.testzip() is None
+                  pathlib.Path('binary').mkdir()
+                  with inner.open('rustfs') as source, open('binary/rustfs', 'xb') as destination:
+                      header = source.read(20)
+                      assert header[:7] == b'\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01' and header[18:20] == b'\x3e\x00', 'Expected a little-endian ELF64 x86-64 binary'
+                      destination.write(header)
+                      shutil.copyfileobj(source, destination)
+          PY
+          chmod 0755 binary/rustfs
+          printf '%s  binary/rustfs\n' "$BINARY_SHA256" | sha256sum --check --strict
+
+      - name: Run the real top.disk service job
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          SOURCE_SHA: ${{ inputs.source_sha }}
+          CONNECT_E2E_PRODUCER_SOURCE: ${{ inputs.source_sha }}
+          CONNECT_E2E_PRODUCER_SHA256: ${{ inputs.binary_sha256 }}
+          CONNECT_E2E_PRODUCER_ARTIFACT_ID: ${{ inputs.artifact_id }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          git -C connect-harness diff --exit-code
+          printf '%s\n' "$SOURCE_SHA" >connect-harness/tests/e2e/connected/rustfs-ref
+          changed=$(git -C connect-harness diff --name-only)
+          [[ -z "$changed" || "$changed" == tests/e2e/connected/rustfs-ref ]]
+          npm --prefix connect-harness/web ci
+          connect-harness/web/node_modules/.bin/playwright install --with-deps chromium
+          make -C connect-harness e2e-connected-dispatch-check
+          RUSTFS_BINARY="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/binary/rustfs" \
+            RUSTFS_WORKTREE="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/rustfs-source" \
+            CONNECT_E2E_TOP_DISK_EVIDENCE="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/top-disk-service-job-evidence.json" \
+            make -C connect-harness e2e-connected E2E_SCENARIO=top-disk
+
+      - name: Bind and validate sanitized evidence
         shell: bash
         env:
           BUILD_RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.build_run_id }}
           ARTIFACT_ID: ${{ inputs.artifact_id }}
           ARTIFACT_DIGEST: ${{ inputs.artifact_digest }}
+          BINARY_SHA256: ${{ inputs.binary_sha256 }}
+          CONNECT_SHA: ${{ inputs.connect_sha }}
+          SOURCE_SHA: ${{ inputs.source_sha }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          jq \
-            --arg workflowRunId "$GITHUB_RUN_ID" \
-            --arg buildRunId "$BUILD_RUN_ID" \
-            --arg artifactId "$ARTIFACT_ID" \
-            --arg artifactDigest "$ARTIFACT_DIGEST" \
-            '. + {workflowRunId: $workflowRunId, buildRunId: $buildRunId, artifactId: $artifactId, artifactDigest: $artifactDigest}' \
-            top-disk-runtime-evidence.json >top-disk-runtime-evidence.bound.json
-          mv top-disk-runtime-evidence.bound.json top-disk-runtime-evidence.json
+          jq -e --arg source "$SOURCE_SHA" --arg binary "$BINARY_SHA256" --arg artifact "$ARTIFACT_ID" '
+            .status == "PASS" and .officialArtifactId == $artifact and .producerSource == $source and .producerSha256 == $binary
+            and .result.provenance.sourceCommit == $source
+            and .result.provenance.executableSha256 == $binary
+          ' top-disk-service-job-evidence.json >/dev/null
+          jq --arg run "$GITHUB_RUN_ID" --arg build "$BUILD_RUN_ID" \
+            --arg artifact "$ARTIFACT_ID" --arg digest "$ARTIFACT_DIGEST" \
+            --arg connect "$CONNECT_SHA" --arg source "$SOURCE_SHA" --arg binary "$BINARY_SHA256" \
+            --arg expiry "$(cat artifact-expires-at)" '
+            . + {workflowRunId:$run,buildRunId:$build,artifactId:$artifact,artifactDigest:$digest,artifactExpiresAt:$expiry,connectSha:$connect,sourceSha:$source,binarySha256:$binary}
+          ' top-disk-service-job-evidence.json > top-disk-service-job-evidence.bound.json
+          mv top-disk-service-job-evidence.bound.json top-disk-service-job-evidence.json
 
-      - name: Upload acceptance evidence
+      - name: Upload only verified sanitized evidence
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
         with:
-          name: connect-top-disk-evidence-${{ github.run_id }}
-          path: |
-            top-disk-runtime-evidence.json
-            top-disk.zip
+          name: connect-top-disk-service-job-evidence-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: top-disk-service-job-evidence.json
           retention-days: 14
           if-no-files-found: error