diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bbafef7d..38b51df1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}.middlewares=${AUTH_MIDDLEWARE:-klz-ratelimit,klz-forward,klz-compress}"
 
       # Public Router – paths that bypass Gatekeeper auth (health, SEO, static assets, OG images)
-      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.rule=(${TRAEFIK_HOST_RULE:-Host(`${TRAEFIK_HOST:-klz-cables.com}`)}) && (PathPrefix(`/_next/static`) || PathPrefix(`/_next/data`) || PathPrefix(`/_next/image`) || PathPrefix(`/health`) || PathPrefix(`/login`) || PathPrefix(`/gatekeeper`) || PathPrefix(`/uploads`) || PathPrefix(`/media`) || Path(`/robots.txt`) || Path(`/manifest.webmanifest`) || PathPrefix(`/sitemap`) || PathPrefix(`/api/og`) || PathPrefix(`/opengraph-image`) || PathRegexp(`^/([a-z]{2}/)?(health|login|gatekeeper|uploads|media|robots\\\\.txt|sitemap|api/og|opengraph-image)`))"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.rule=(${TRAEFIK_HOST_RULE:-Host(`${TRAEFIK_HOST:-klz-cables.com}`)}) && (PathPrefix(`/_next`) || PathPrefix(`/health`) || PathPrefix(`/login`) || PathPrefix(`/gatekeeper`) || PathPrefix(`/uploads`) || PathPrefix(`/media`) || Path(`/robots.txt`) || Path(`/manifest.webmanifest`) || PathPrefix(`/sitemap`) || PathPrefix(`/api/og`) || PathPrefix(`/opengraph-image`) || PathRegexp(`^/([a-z]{2}/)?(health|login|gatekeeper|uploads|media|robots\\\\.txt|sitemap|api/og|opengraph-image)`))"
       - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.entrypoints=${TRAEFIK_ENTRYPOINT:-web}"
       - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.tls.certresolver=${TRAEFIK_CERT_RESOLVER:-}"
       - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.tls=${TRAEFIK_TLS:-false}"
diff --git a/scripts/check-forms.ts b/scripts/check-forms.ts
index 6217b4ce..74db8d2b 100644
--- a/scripts/check-forms.ts
+++ b/scripts/check-forms.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,37 @@ const delay = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 async function main() {
   console.log(`\n🚀 Starting E2E Form Submission Check for: ${targetUrl}`);
 
-  // 0. Settlement Delay: Wait for deployment to settle (sync containers/Varnish)
-  console.log(`⏳ Waiting 10s for deployment settlement...`);
-  await delay(10000);
+  // 0. Pre-warming settlement: Wait for deployment to respond (sync containers/Varnish)
+  console.log(`⏳ Pre-warming: Waiting for deployment to return 200 OK...`);
+  const maxWaitMs = 60000;
+  const startTime = Date.now();
+  let warmed = false;
+
+  while (Date.now() - startTime < maxWaitMs) {
+    try {
+      const resp = await axios.get(targetUrl, {
+        headers: { Cookie: `klz_gatekeeper_session=${gatekeeperPassword}` },
+        timeout: 5000,
+        validateStatus: (s) => s === 200,
+      });
+      if (resp.status === 200) {
+        warmed = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Quietly retry
+    }
+    await delay(2000);
+  }
+
+  if (!warmed) {
+    console.warn(`⚠️ Pre-warming timed out after 60s. Proceeding anyway...`);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`✅ Deployment settled and responding.`);
+  }
+
+  // Brief stabilization buffer
+  await delay(5000);
 
   // 1. Fetch Sitemap to discover the contact page and a product page
   const sitemapUrl = `${targetUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/sitemap.xml`;
@@ -126,19 +154,29 @@ async function main() {
     chunkErrorsDetected = false;
     console.log(`\n🧪 Testing ${label} on: ${url}`);
     
-    // First attempt
-    await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded', timeout: 30000 });
-    await delay(3000); // Allow initial JS execution
+    // First attempt: Wait for network to be relatively idle
+    await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'networkidle2', timeout: 30000 });
     
-    if (chunkErrorsDetected) {
-      const cbUrl = `${url}${url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?'}cb=${Date.now()}`;
-      console.warn(`   ⚠️ Assets failed to load (Varnish staleness suspected). Retrying with cache-buster: ${cbUrl}`);
-      chunkErrorsDetected = false;
-      await page.goto(cbUrl, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded', timeout: 30000 });
+    // REDIRECTION CHECK: Logging redirected landing page
+    const finalUrl = page.url();
+    if (finalUrl !== url && !finalUrl.includes(url)) {
+      console.log(`   🔀 Redirected to: ${finalUrl}`);
     }
 
-    // Wait for network to settle slightly
-    await page.waitForNetworkIdle({ idleTime: 1000, timeout: 10000 }).catch(() => {});
+    if (chunkErrorsDetected) {
+      const buster = `cb=${Date.now()}`;
+      const cbUrl = finalUrl.includes('?') ? `${finalUrl}&${buster}` : `${finalUrl}?${buster}`;
+      console.warn(`   ⚠️ Assets failed to load (Varnish staleness suspected). Retrying with cache-buster: ${cbUrl}`);
+      chunkErrorsDetected = false;
+      await page.goto(cbUrl, { waitUntil: 'networkidle2', timeout: 30000 });
+    }
+
+    // Capture HTML on failure during hydration wait
+    try {
+      await page.waitForNetworkIdle({ idleTime: 1000, timeout: 5000 }).catch(() => {});
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.warn('   ⚠️ Network idle timeout, proceeding with current state.');
+    }
   };
 
   // 3. Authenticate through Gatekeeper login form
@@ -189,7 +227,9 @@ async function main() {
       // Find the form input by name
       await page.waitForSelector('input[name="name"]', { visible: true, timeout: 15000 });
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error('Failed to find Contact Form input. Page Title:', await page.title());
+      console.error('❌ Failed to find Contact Form input. Page Title:', await page.title());
+      const html = await page.content();
+      console.log(`💻 FULL HTML DUMP (top 2000 chars):\n${html.slice(0, 2000)}`);
       throw e;
     }