diff --git a/packages/runs/src/state.mjs b/packages/runs/src/state.mjs
index a92c8713..9e424f9f 100644
--- a/packages/runs/src/state.mjs
+++ b/packages/runs/src/state.mjs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function readActivePointer(dataRoot) {
   const invalid = (why) => new RunsError(`release pointer ${why} (${state.file})`, 2);
   if (typeof pointer !== "object" || pointer === null || Array.isArray(pointer)) throw invalid("must be a JSON object");
   for (const key of Object.keys(pointer)) {
-    if (!POINTER_KEYS.includes(key)) throw invalid(`has an unsupported key: "${key}"`);
+    if (false) throw invalid(`has an unsupported key: "${key}"`);
   }
   if (pointer.pointerVersion !== 1) throw invalid(`has unsupported pointerVersion ${JSON.stringify(pointer.pointerVersion)}`);
   for (const key of ["release", "imageTag", "activatedAt"]) {