diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 260750dd..03da7704 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Programa is a fork of [cmux](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux); for history p
 - New setting, off by default: open a browser split beside the terminal whenever a new agent workspace is created (⌘⇧C, `programa` helper agents, and `race`). Also `automation.openBrowserWithAgentSplits` in settings.json.
 
 ### Fixed
+- Release publishing accepts the previous ten-asset candidate manifests again, so the first ship after the remote daemon removal no longer fails.
 - Remote and local CLI clients now share the v2 JSON-RPC and `programa-relay-auth` contracts, password-protected sockets work through MCP, and remote bootstrap files, tmux wait signals, relay diagnostics, and downloaded daemon artifacts have bounded ownership and lifetime.
 - Session recovery now rejects oversized or structurally invalid snapshots before reconstruction, quarantines corrupt primaries, caps history scanning, elects escrow holders without unlinking live or indeterminate sockets, and terminates timed-out subprocess trees without leaving descendants or pipe readers behind.
 - The iOS client now uses device-only Keychain credentials, bounded newline framing, cancellation-safe request and pairing deadlines, settled path selection, server-reconciled CloudKit subscriptions, and a generation-owned reconnect loop. The completed duplicate macOS transport spike has been removed.
diff --git a/scripts/rolling_release_state.js b/scripts/rolling_release_state.js
index daf63041..0ed118c3 100644
--- a/scripts/rolling_release_state.js
+++ b/scripts/rolling_release_state.js
@@ -50,6 +50,22 @@ function requiredImmutableNames(build) {
   ];
 }
 
+// The remote daemon (programad-remote) was removed in PR #329, which narrowed
+// requiredImmutableNames to just the two current build artifacts. The already-published
+// prerelease that the live appcast points at was sealed before that change and still
+// carries these six legacy daemon immutables. It cannot be deleted, so the validator
+// must keep accepting its sealed manifest as-is instead of rejecting it as corrupt.
+function legacyImmutableNames(build) {
+  return [
+    `programad-remote-checksums-${build}.txt`,
+    `programad-remote-darwin-amd64-${build}`,
+    `programad-remote-darwin-arm64-${build}`,
+    `programad-remote-linux-amd64-${build}`,
+    `programad-remote-linux-arm64-${build}`,
+    `programad-remote-manifest-${build}.json`,
+  ];
+}
+
 function validateAsset(asset, index) {
   const label = `manifest asset ${index}`;
   assertPlainObject(asset, label);
@@ -109,6 +125,7 @@ function validateCandidateManifest(manifest) {
   const stableAliases = assets.filter((asset) => asset.role === "stable-alias");
   const immutable = assets.filter((asset) => asset.role === "immutable");
   const requiredNames = new Set(requiredImmutableNames(manifest.build));
+  const legacyNames = new Set(legacyImmutableNames(manifest.build));
 
   for (const asset of assets) {
     if (asset.name === "appcast.xml" && asset.role !== "appcast") {
@@ -123,13 +140,21 @@ function validateCandidateManifest(manifest) {
     if (asset.role === "stable-alias" && asset.name !== "programa-macos.dmg") {
       throw new TypeError("the stable-alias role is reserved for programa-macos.dmg");
     }
-    if (asset.role === "immutable" && !requiredNames.has(asset.name)) {
+    if (asset.role === "immutable" && !requiredNames.has(asset.name) && !legacyNames.has(asset.name)) {
       throw new TypeError(`manifest has an unexpected immutable asset or build suffix: ${asset.name}`);
     }
   }
 
   if (manifest.sealed) {
-    if (assets.length !== 4) throw new TypeError("sealed manifest must contain exactly 4 assets");
+    const presentLegacyNames = immutable.filter((asset) => legacyNames.has(asset.name));
+    const isLegacyManifest = presentLegacyNames.length > 0;
+    if (isLegacyManifest && presentLegacyNames.length !== legacyNames.size) {
+      throw new TypeError("sealed manifest has a partial legacy daemon asset set");
+    }
+    const expectedAssetCount = isLegacyManifest ? 10 : 4;
+    if (assets.length !== expectedAssetCount) {
+      throw new TypeError(`sealed manifest must contain exactly ${expectedAssetCount} assets`);
+    }
     if (appcast.length !== 1 || stableAliases.length !== 1) {
       throw new TypeError("sealed manifest must contain exactly one appcast and one stable alias");
     }
diff --git a/scripts/rolling_release_state.test.js b/scripts/rolling_release_state.test.js
index a98ae52f..d81b6ac5 100644
--- a/scripts/rolling_release_state.test.js
+++ b/scripts/rolling_release_state.test.js
@@ -267,6 +267,56 @@ test("immutable payload suffixes must match the candidate build", () => {
   assert.throws(() => validateCandidateManifest(value), /build|suffix|asset|required/i);
 });
 
+// PR #329 removed the remote daemon (programad-remote) and narrowed the required
+// immutable set from ten assets to two. The already-published rolling candidate that
+// the live appcast points at was sealed before that change and still carries the six
+// legacy daemon immutables, so the validator must keep accepting it.
+function legacyDaemonAssets(build) {
+  return [
+    `programad-remote-checksums-${build}.txt`,
+    `programad-remote-darwin-amd64-${build}`,
+    `programad-remote-darwin-arm64-${build}`,
+    `programad-remote-linux-amd64-${build}`,
+    `programad-remote-linux-arm64-${build}`,
+    `programad-remote-manifest-${build}.json`,
+  ].map((name, index) => ({
+    name,
+    role: "immutable",
+    size: index + 100,
+    sha256: String(index + 100).padStart(64, "0"),
+  }));
+}
+
+test("a sealed manifest with the full legacy ten-asset daemon set still validates", () => {
+  const value = manifestFor("41");
+  value.assets.push(...legacyDaemonAssets("41"));
+
+  const validated = validateCandidateManifest(value);
+  assert.equal(validated.assets.length, 10);
+});
+
+test("a sealed manifest with a partial legacy daemon asset set fails closed", () => {
+  const value = manifestFor("41");
+  value.assets.push(...legacyDaemonAssets("41").slice(0, 3));
+
+  assert.throws(() => validateCandidateManifest(value), /partial|legacy|daemon|asset/i);
+});
+
+test("an immutable asset with an unknown, non-legacy name still fails validation", () => {
+  const value = manifestFor("41");
+  value.assets.push({
+    name: "programad-remote-windows-amd64-41",
+    role: "immutable",
+    size: 900,
+    sha256: "e".repeat(64),
+  });
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => validateCandidateManifest(value),
+    /unexpected immutable asset or build suffix/i,
+  );
+});
+
 test("the stable DMG is byte-identical to the immutable build DMG", () => {
   const valid = manifestFor("41");
   assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateCandidateManifest(valid));