diff --git a/Darling/Darling.Tests/ManagedConfFileTests.cs b/Darling/Darling.Tests/ManagedConfFileTests.cs
index 33017fde4..eacd6d19b 100644
--- a/Darling/Darling.Tests/ManagedConfFileTests.cs
+++ b/Darling/Darling.Tests/ManagedConfFileTests.cs
@@ -368,6 +368,20 @@ public void RenderBody_ContainsCheckpointTimeout()
         Assert.Contains("checkpoint_timeout = '15min'", body, StringComparison.Ordinal);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Pin: <see cref="ManagedConfFile.RenderBody"/> always renders <c>listen_addresses</c> as
+    /// exactly loopback (<c>DarlingManagedPostgres.BuildConfAppend</c>'s v1 line) — never the network
+    /// address an exposed store's command line adds. Every verification path that reads this rendered text
+    /// (<see cref="ManagedConfMigrationRunner.VerifyStepB"/>, <see cref="ManagedConfMigrationRunner.FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors"/>)
+    /// depends on that being true — it is the reason the command line always outranks this file for the key,
+    /// on every exposed store, every start.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void RenderBody_ListenAddresses_IsAlwaysLoopbackOnly()
+    {
+        var body = ManagedConfFile.RenderBody(SampleInputs());
+
+        Assert.Contains("listen_addresses = '127.0.0.1'", body, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// #4246 (claude-desktop's parity pin, 14:47Z): for EVERY marker in
     /// <see cref="DarlingManagedPostgres.AllManagedConfMarkers"/>, every key that marker's OWN legacy builder
diff --git a/Darling/Darling.Tests/ManagedConfMigrationRunnerTests.cs b/Darling/Darling.Tests/ManagedConfMigrationRunnerTests.cs
index 9eae4c5b3..7bd90cc59 100644
--- a/Darling/Darling.Tests/ManagedConfMigrationRunnerTests.cs
+++ b/Darling/Darling.Tests/ManagedConfMigrationRunnerTests.cs
@@ -503,6 +503,67 @@ public void VerifyStepB_NewErrorFromManagedFile_Fails()
         Assert.Contains("work_mem", outcome.MismatchedKeys);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Pin: <see cref="ManagedConfMigrationRunner.FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors"/> is the
+    /// <c>MigratedUnstamped</c> re-verification's own scan (<c>DarlingManagedPostgres.MigrateManagedConfAsync</c>),
+    /// which must skip the same <see cref="DarlingStoreHostProfile.CommandLineOnlyKeys"/> as
+    /// <see cref="ManagedConfMigrationRunner.VerifyStepB"/> does, for the same reason: an exposed store's
+    /// <c>listen_addresses</c> is always overridden by the command line, so darling-managed.conf's rendered
+    /// (always loopback-only) line reports <c>error = "setting could not be applied"</c> on every start even
+    /// though nothing needs healing. <c>192.0.2.10</c> (RFC 5737) stands in for the store's own address.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors_ListenAddressesOverriddenByCommandLine_IsNotAnError()
+    {
+        var managedPath = Path.Combine(_dataDir, ManagedConfFile.FileName);
+        var rows = new List<FileSettingRow>
+        {
+            new(SourceFile: managedPath, SourceLine: 1, Name: "listen_addresses", Setting: "127.0.0.1", Applied: false, Error: "setting could not be applied"),
+            Applied("work_mem", "16MB", file: managedPath, line: 2),
+        };
+
+        var (hasError, mismatchedKeys) = ManagedConfMigrationRunner.FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors(rows);
+
+        Assert.False(hasError);
+        Assert.Empty(mismatchedKeys);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Pin: the same skip for <c>port</c> — also command-line-owned
+    /// (<see cref="DarlingStoreHostProfile.CommandLineOnlyKeys"/>).</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors_PortOverriddenByCommandLine_IsNotAnError()
+    {
+        var managedPath = Path.Combine(_dataDir, ManagedConfFile.FileName);
+        var rows = new List<FileSettingRow>
+        {
+            new(SourceFile: managedPath, SourceLine: 1, Name: "port", Setting: "5555", Applied: false, Error: "setting could not be applied"),
+            Applied("work_mem", "16MB", file: managedPath, line: 2),
+        };
+
+        var (hasError, mismatchedKeys) = ManagedConfMigrationRunner.FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors(rows);
+
+        Assert.False(hasError);
+        Assert.Empty(mismatchedKeys);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Pin: a REAL error row on another key (not command-line-owned) still reports as an error,
+    /// with that key named — the skip is narrow, not a blanket "ignore darling-managed.conf errors".</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors_RealErrorOnOtherKey_StillReportsError()
+    {
+        var managedPath = Path.Combine(_dataDir, ManagedConfFile.FileName);
+        var rows = new List<FileSettingRow>
+        {
+            new(SourceFile: managedPath, SourceLine: 1, Name: "listen_addresses", Setting: "127.0.0.1", Applied: false, Error: "setting could not be applied"),
+            new(SourceFile: managedPath, SourceLine: 2, Name: "work_mem", Setting: "16MB", Applied: false, Error: "invalid value"),
+        };
+
+        var (hasError, mismatchedKeys) = ManagedConfMigrationRunner.FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors(rows);
+
+        Assert.True(hasError);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("listen_addresses", mismatchedKeys);
+        Assert.Contains("work_mem", mismatchedKeys);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Pin: a store with a configured network endpoint always starts PostgreSQL with
     /// <c>listen_addresses</c> forced onto the command line (<see cref="DarlingManagedPostgres.BuildServerRuntimeOptions"/>).
     /// The rendered <c>darling-managed.conf</c> line stays loopback-only, so PostgreSQL reports THAT file
diff --git a/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Service/DarlingManagedPostgres.cs b/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Service/DarlingManagedPostgres.cs
index d9accae73..dc312314a 100644
--- a/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Service/DarlingManagedPostgres.cs
+++ b/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Service/DarlingManagedPostgres.cs
@@ -3037,23 +3037,15 @@ outcome is now unknown. Keep the prior non-null outcome rather than erasing it w
                        same here: migrated, no pending file, stale stamp.
                        Re-verify against what is on disk NOW: no new error row may come from darling-managed.conf
                        relative to the file's own current bytes — the file itself is the ground truth once no
-                       pending snapshot survives to compare against. */
+                       pending snapshot survives to compare against. Except DarlingStoreHostProfile.CommandLineOnlyKeys
+                       (port, listen_addresses): an exposed store always starts PostgreSQL with both forced onto
+                       the pg_ctl command line, which outranks the file unconditionally, so the rendered
+                       (always loopback-only) listen_addresses line reports an error row here on every start of
+                       an exposed store even though nothing is actually wrong — same trap and same fix as
+                       ManagedConfMigrationRunner.VerifyStepB below. */
                     var rows = await snapshot(cancellationToken);
                     var managedConfPath = Path.Combine(_dataDirectory, ManagedConfFile.FileName);
-                    var newErrorFromManagedFile = false;
-                    var mismatchedKeys = new List<string>();
-                    foreach (var row in rows)
-                    {
-                        if (row.Error is not null && row.SourceFile is not null
-                            && string.Equals(Path.GetFileName(row.SourceFile), ManagedConfFile.FileName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                        {
-                            newErrorFromManagedFile = true;
-                            if (row.Name is not null)
-                            {
-                                mismatchedKeys.Add(row.Name);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
+                    var (newErrorFromManagedFile, mismatchedKeys) = ManagedConfMigrationRunner.FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors(rows);
 
                     if (newErrorFromManagedFile)
                     {
diff --git a/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Service/ManagedConfMigrationRunner.cs b/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Service/ManagedConfMigrationRunner.cs
index 42378eadd..847471d52 100644
--- a/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Service/ManagedConfMigrationRunner.cs
+++ b/Darling/PerformanceMonitor.Darling.Service/ManagedConfMigrationRunner.cs
@@ -296,6 +296,49 @@ private static ManagedConfMigrationOutcome CompareAndFinish(
             ManagedConfVerificationStatus.Failed, mismatches, backupPath, ManagedConfMigrationStep.A);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The <see cref="ManagedConfMigrationState.Kind.MigratedUnstamped"/> re-verification's own scan of a
+    /// fresh <c>pg_file_settings</c> snapshot: every error row whose <c>sourcefile</c> names
+    /// <see cref="ManagedConfFile.FileName"/>, by <see cref="Path.GetFileName(string)"/> (not a suffix
+    /// match — a stray <c>old-darling-managed.conf</c> in an include directory is a different file), EXCEPT
+    /// <see cref="DarlingStoreHostProfile.CommandLineOnlyKeys"/> (<c>port</c>, <c>listen_addresses</c>) — the
+    /// same skip <see cref="VerifyStepB"/> applies, and for the same reason: an exposed store's command line
+    /// always outranks the file for both keys, so PostgreSQL reports the rendered (always loopback-only) file
+    /// row with <c>error = 'setting could not be applied'</c> on every start, never a real mismatch. Returns
+    /// the matched keys (empty when clean, whether because nothing matched or every match was named for a
+    /// skipped key) so the caller can log and build the <c>Failed</c> outcome exactly as before this method
+    /// existed — this is a pure extraction, not a behavior change beyond the skip. <c>HasError</c> is true
+    /// whenever a genuine (non-skipped) error row was found, INCLUDING one with no <c>Name</c> — the
+    /// pre-extraction code failed on that row too, even though it never had a key to name.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static (bool HasError, IReadOnlyList<string> MismatchedKeys) FindUnstampedManagedFileErrors(
+        IReadOnlyList<FileSettingRow> rows)
+    {
+        var hasError = false;
+        var mismatchedKeys = new List<string>();
+        foreach (var row in rows)
+        {
+            if (row.Error is null || row.SourceFile is null
+                || !string.Equals(Path.GetFileName(row.SourceFile), ManagedConfFile.FileName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (row.Name is not null && Array.IndexOf(DarlingStoreHostProfile.CommandLineOnlyKeys, row.Name) >= 0)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            hasError = true;
+            if (row.Name is not null)
+            {
+                mismatchedKeys.Add(row.Name);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return (hasError, mismatchedKeys);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Step B: after a normal derivation has already rendered and written
     /// <c>darling-managed.conf</c>, checks that <paramref name="rows"/> (a fresh <c>pg_file_settings</c>