diff --git a/.woodpecker/ci.yml b/.woodpecker/ci.yml
index 806aa616..41fa8076 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/ci.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/ci.yml
@@ -125,10 +125,19 @@ steps:
           echo "ci-postgres did not become ready" >&2
           exit 1
         fi
-      # Run migrations (DATABASE_URL is set in environment above)
-      - pnpm --filter @mosaicstack/db run db:migrate
-      # Run all tests
-      - pnpm test
+      # RM-61 negative control 2/2: arm a real post-readiness database crash,
+      # then continuously query until the service loss is observed.
+      - psql "$DATABASE_URL" -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -c 'CREATE TABLE rm61_crash_armed (armed boolean NOT NULL)'
+      - |
+        for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+          if ! psql "$DATABASE_URL" -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -c 'SELECT 1'; then
+            echo "RM-61 control observed the armed PostgreSQL crash" >&2
+            exit 61
+          fi
+          sleep 1
+        done
+        echo "RM-61 control did not observe the armed PostgreSQL crash" >&2
+        exit 62
     depends_on:
       - typecheck
 
@@ -139,6 +148,15 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_USER: mosaic
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mosaic
       POSTGRES_DB: mosaic
-      # RM-61 negative control 1/2: force a real PostgreSQL startup failure.
-      # This commit is intentionally red and will be reverted after its single run.
-      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: --rm61-invalid-option
+    entrypoint:
+      - /bin/sh
+      - -c
+    commands:
+      - |
+        docker-entrypoint.sh postgres &
+        postgres_pid=$$!
+        until pg_isready -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5432 -U mosaic; do sleep 1; done
+        until [ "$$(psql -h 127.0.0.1 -U mosaic -d mosaic -Atqc "SELECT to_regclass('public.rm61_crash_armed')")" = "rm61_crash_armed" ]; do sleep 1; done
+        echo "RM-61 control killing ready PostgreSQL postmaster $$postgres_pid" >&2
+        kill -KILL "$$postgres_pid"
+        wait "$$postgres_pid"
diff --git a/docs/scratchpads/1000-rm-61-ci-contract-exemption.md b/docs/scratchpads/1000-rm-61-ci-contract-exemption.md
index 4a1d08f0..ce2d656b 100644
--- a/docs/scratchpads/1000-rm-61-ci-contract-exemption.md
+++ b/docs/scratchpads/1000-rm-61-ci-contract-exemption.md
@@ -33,14 +33,23 @@ Historical JSON saved locally under `.evidence/rm-61/` (not for commit). Supplie
 
 - [x] Requirements and kill criterion recorded before control implementation.
 - [x] Historical full-JSON records captured.
-- [ ] Startup-failure control observed terminal.
+- [x] Startup-failure control observed terminal.
 - [ ] Post-readiness crash control observed terminal.
 - [ ] Discrimination verdict recorded.
 - [ ] Conditional exemption implementation (only if verdict permits).
 
 ## Tests / evidence
 
-Pending.
+### Control 1 — real startup failure
+
+- Commit: `3931b0e29eb834914f7b17e4db7e221481d436fa`
+- Pipeline: #2189, exact commit match.
+- Full JSON child scan: 9 total — 7 success, 2 failure, 0 skipped/pending/running.
+- `ci-postgres`: `state=failure`, `exit_code=1`, `error=null`, with a five-second execution window.
+- `test`: `state=failure`, `exit_code=1` after the readiness budget expired.
+- Pipeline/workflow: terminal `failure`.
+
+This control is red and its service record differs from #1000 (`exit_code=0` plus pod-not-found). It proves the startup-failure direction only. It does not settle the dangerous post-readiness crash/garbage-collection path.
 
 ## Risks