diff --git a/services/posture-check/komodo-stack-hygiene.sh b/services/posture-check/komodo-stack-hygiene.sh
index d45384b..271b37e 100644
--- a/services/posture-check/komodo-stack-hygiene.sh
+++ b/services/posture-check/komodo-stack-hygiene.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ INLINE_ALLOWLIST="${INLINE_ALLOWLIST:-komodo,grafana}"
 # (Beispiele, Archive, Submodule).
 COMPOSE_EXCLUDE_PATTERN="${COMPOSE_EXCLUDE_PATTERN:-/archive/|/examples/|/.git/}"
 
+# Compose-Dir-Namen, die bewusst NICHT als Komodo-Stack laufen sollen
+# (Work-in-progress, Build-/Dev-Compose, manuell deployed). Komma-separiert.
+EXPECTED_NOT_IN_KOMODO="${EXPECTED_NOT_IN_KOMODO:-hermes-agent}"
+
 TMP_DIR="${TMP_DIR:-/tmp/kallilab-komodo-stack-hygiene}"
 mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR"
 RESULTS_FILE="$TMP_DIR/results.$$"
@@ -48,6 +52,34 @@ is_inline_allowed() {
   return 1
 }
 
+is_expected_not_in_komodo() {
+  local name="$1"
+  local IFS=,
+  for entry in $EXPECTED_NOT_IN_KOMODO; do
+    [ "$name" = "$entry" ] && return 0
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+# True drift: do files inside this stack's compose-dir actually differ
+# between deployed_hash and latest_hash? Komodo's deployed_hash bumps only
+# on redeploy, while latest_hash tracks master HEAD - that produces a noisy
+# "Pending Update" even when the stack itself wasn't touched.
+stack_files_changed() {
+  local name="$1" deployed="$2" latest="$3"
+  local dir
+  # Locate the stack's compose dir (case-insensitive, same as Mode 3).
+  dir="$(find "$REPO_ROOT" -type d -iname "$name" -not -path "*/.git/*" 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
+  [ -n "$dir" ] || return 0  # No dir -> can't tell, treat as drift to be safe
+  ( cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git rev-parse --verify --quiet "$deployed" >/dev/null ) || return 0
+  ( cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git rev-parse --verify --quiet "$latest"   >/dev/null ) || return 0
+  local rel="${dir#$REPO_ROOT/}"
+  if ( cd "$REPO_ROOT" && git diff --quiet "$deployed".."$latest" -- "$rel" ); then
+    return 1  # no change
+  fi
+  return 0    # real change
+}
+
 # Komodo-API-Credentials laden und Stack-Liste holen.
 if [ ! -r "$KOMODO_ENV_FILE" ]; then
   add_result "warning" "komodo-api" "Komodo env file not readable: $KOMODO_ENV_FILE"
@@ -108,10 +140,14 @@ if [ -s "$STACKS_FILE" ]; then
       add_result "warning" "$name" "Stack name does not match any compose directory in repo"
     fi
 
-    # Failure-Mode 4: Deployed-Hash hinkt latest hinterher.
+    # Failure-Mode 4: Deployed-Hash hinkt latest hinterher UND der Stack-Dir
+    # hat tatsaechlich File-Aenderungen dazwischen. Reine Komodo-Hash-Bewegung
+    # ohne Stack-Inhalt aendert nichts und ist kein echter Drift.
     # "-" = unbekannt (z.B. gitea self-host edge case), nicht als Drift werten.
-    if [ "$deployed_hash" != "-" ] && [ "$latest_hash" != "-" ] && [ "$deployed_hash" != "$latest_hash" ]; then
-      add_result "warning" "$name" "deployed_hash $deployed_hash != latest_hash $latest_hash"
+    if [ "$deployed_hash" != "-" ] && [ "$latest_hash" != "-" ] \
+       && [ "$deployed_hash" != "$latest_hash" ] \
+       && stack_files_changed "$name" "$deployed_hash" "$latest_hash"; then
+      add_result "warning" "$name" "deployed_hash $deployed_hash != latest_hash $latest_hash (stack files changed)"
     fi
 
     # Failure-Mode 5: Stack ist down.
@@ -145,6 +181,9 @@ if [ -s "$STACKS_FILE" ]; then
     if is_inline_allowed "$dir_name"; then
       continue
     fi
+    if is_expected_not_in_komodo "$dir_name"; then
+      continue
+    fi
     # Case-insensitive, weil z.B. host-services/Adguard <-> Komodo-Stack adguard
     # legitim als gematched gilt.
     if ! printf '%s\n' "$known_names" | grep -Fixq "$dir_name"; then