diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c7399b..9f673ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,12 +131,11 @@ Backups и `.deploy` всегда находятся рядом с фактич
 
 1. Проверка тега, настроек, данных и CA; загрузка образов и проверка прав
    runtime user. Ошибка до остановки сохраняет работающие сервисы.
-2. Сравнение образов и конфигурации с реальными контейнерами. При исправной
-   неизменной установке — no-op. Если изменился только frontend, backend
-   продолжает работать, backup и migration не запускаются.
-3. Если изменился backend или его конфигурация: stop → копия **всего** data
-   directory с WAL/SHM → migration → backend readiness. Неизменный frontend
-   не пересоздаётся; если меняется и он, запускается после готовности backend.
+2. Stop backend → копия **всего** data directory с WAL/SHM → migration →
+   backend readiness. Только для `--init` пустой базы backup не требуется.
+3. Запуск frontend после готовности backend. Каждый вызов выполняет этот путь,
+   включая повтор того же тега и frontend-only update. No-op/change detection
+   отсутствуют; приняты короткий простой API и дополнительный backup.
 4. Успех записывается в `.deploy/current` только после проверки запуска.
    Краткий простой допустим. После обновления проверьте через HTTPS deep link,
    login/refresh, существующие карты и чтение зашифрованного подключения.
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ cp -a /opt/wealthledger/backups/CHOSEN_BACKUP/data /opt/wealthledger/data
    ```
 
    Tests используют настоящий Git, backup-файлы и file locks, а Docker заменяют
-   управляемым double. Проверяются update/no-op, смена настроек, сохранение ключей,
+   управляемым double. Проверяются полные повторные updates, настройки, ключи,
    ошибки pull/backup/migration/readiness, конкуренция и незавершённая операция.
    Отдельная проверка реального Docker для restore: `bash tests/deploy.sh --docker-restore`.
    Она создаёт временный project, заменяет bind-каталог и проверяет пересоздание
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 1a587c0..ea33b64 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -166,49 +166,26 @@ quiet compose run --rm --no-deps -T --entrypoint node backend -e '
     process.exit(1);
 ' || die 'Image preflight failed: check data permissions, CA certificate and keys'
 
-matches() {
-  local id=$1 service=$2 image=$3 name hash
-  [[ -n $id && -s $state/current ]] || return 1
-  read -r name hash <<< "$(compose config --hash "$service")"
-  [[ $name == "$service" && $hash =~ ^[0-9a-f]{64}$ ]] || return 1
-  [[ $(inspect "$id" '{{index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.config-hash"}}') == "$hash" && \
-     $(inspect "$id" '{{.Image}}') == "$(dock image inspect --format '{{.Id}}' "$image")" && \
-     $(inspect "$id" '{{.State.Running}} {{if .State.Health}}{{.State.Health.Status}}{{end}}') == 'true healthy' ]]
-}
-change_backend=yes change_frontend=yes
-if matches "$backend" backend "$backend_image"; then change_backend=no; fi
-if matches "$frontend" frontend "$frontend_image"; then change_frontend=no; fi
-if [[ $change_backend == no && $change_frontend == no ]]; then
-  stage=ready
-  record > "$state/current.tmp"; mv -- "$state/current.tmp" "$state/current"
-  printf 'Already running the selected images and configuration; no update needed.\n'
-  exit
-fi
-
-if [[ $change_backend == yes ]]; then
-  mark stop
-  quiet compose stop backend
-  [[ -z $backend || $(inspect "$backend" '{{.State.Running}}') == false ]] || die 'Backend did not stop'
-  migration=$(container migration)
-  [[ -z $migration || $(inspect "$migration" '{{.State.Running}}') == false ]] || die 'A migration writer appeared; backup was not started'
-  if [[ $initialize != yes ]]; then
-    mark backup
-    mkdir -p -- "$backups"
-    partial=$(mktemp -d "$backups/.partial-$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ).XXXXXXXX")
-    quiet cp -a -- "$data" "$partial/data" || die 'Backup failed; partial copy is NOT usable; backend remains stopped'
-    backup="$backups/$(basename -- "$partial" | sed 's/^\.partial-//')"
-    mv -- "$partial" "$backup"
-    printf 'Backup: %s\n' "$backup"
-  fi
-  mark migration
-  quiet compose up --no-deps --force-recreate --abort-on-container-exit --exit-code-from migration migration
-  mark backend-start
-  quiet compose up -d --no-deps --wait --wait-timeout 120 backend
-fi
-if [[ $change_frontend == yes ]]; then
-  mark frontend-start
-  quiet compose up -d --no-deps --wait --wait-timeout 120 frontend
+mark stop
+quiet compose stop backend
+[[ -z $backend || $(inspect "$backend" '{{.State.Running}}') == false ]] || die 'Backend did not stop'
+migration=$(container migration)
+[[ -z $migration || $(inspect "$migration" '{{.State.Running}}') == false ]] || die 'A migration writer appeared; backup was not started'
+if [[ $initialize != yes ]]; then
+  mark backup
+  mkdir -p -- "$backups"
+  partial=$(mktemp -d "$backups/.partial-$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ).XXXXXXXX")
+  quiet cp -a -- "$data" "$partial/data" || die 'Backup failed; partial copy is NOT usable; backend remains stopped'
+  backup="$backups/$(basename -- "$partial" | sed 's/^\.partial-//')"
+  mv -- "$partial" "$backup"
+  printf 'Backup: %s\n' "$backup"
 fi
+mark migration
+quiet compose up --no-deps --force-recreate --abort-on-container-exit --exit-code-from migration migration
+mark backend-start
+quiet compose up -d --no-deps --wait --wait-timeout 120 backend
+mark frontend-start
+quiet compose up -d --no-deps --wait --wait-timeout 120 frontend
 stage=ready
 record > "$state/current.tmp"; mv -- "$state/current.tmp" "$state/current"
 rm -- "$state/pending"
diff --git a/tests/deploy.sh b/tests/deploy.sh
index 9447a7e..9d6828f 100755
--- a/tests/deploy.sh
+++ b/tests/deploy.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ printf 'FRONTEND_IMAGE=wrong:9.9.9\nBACKEND_IMAGE=wrong:9.9.9\n' > "$sandbox/rep
 
 cat > "$sandbox/bin/docker" <<'PY'
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import hashlib, json, os, pathlib, sys
+import json, os, pathlib, sys
 base = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 case = pathlib.Path((base / 'case').read_text())
 args = sys.argv[1:]
@@ -73,22 +73,17 @@ state = json.loads(db.read_text()) if db.exists() else {}
 with (case / 'calls').open('a') as log:
     log.write(json.dumps(args) + '\n')
 def save(): db.write_text(json.dumps(state))
-def image_id(ref): return 'sha256:' + hashlib.sha256(ref.encode()).hexdigest()
 if args[0] == 'context': print('unix:///test/docker.sock')
 elif args[0] == 'info': pass
 elif args[0] == 'ps':
     service = next(a.split('=')[-1] for a in args if 'com.docker.compose.service=' in a)
     if service in state: print(service)
-elif args[0] == 'image': print(image_id(args[-1]))
 elif args[0] == 'inspect':
     fmt, name = args[2], args[3]
     c = state[name]
     if '.Mounts' in fmt: print(str(case / 'data'))
     elif '.Config.Env' in fmt: print('\n'.join(k + '=' + c['env'][k] for k in ('JWT_SECRET','TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY')))
     elif '.Config.Image' in fmt: print(c['image'])
-    elif '.Image' in fmt: print(image_id(c['image']))
-    elif '.Config.Labels' in fmt: print(c['hash'])
-    elif '.State.Health' in fmt: print(('true' if c['running'] else 'false') + ' ' + c['health'])
     elif '.State.Running' in fmt: print('true' if c['running'] else 'false')
     else: raise AssertionError(fmt)
 elif args[0] == 'compose':
@@ -103,13 +98,8 @@ elif args[0] == 'compose':
                     k,v = line.split('=',1); env[k] = v
     cmd = args[args.index('-f')+2:]
     def ref(service): return env['FRONTEND_IMAGE' if service == 'frontend' else 'BACKEND_IMAGE']
-    def service_hash(service):
-        config = {'image': ref(service)}
-        if service != 'frontend': config.update({k:v for k,v in env.items() if k not in ('FRONTEND_IMAGE','FRONTEND_PORT')})
-        return hashlib.sha256(json.dumps(config,sort_keys=True).encode()).hexdigest()
     if cmd[0] == 'config':
         if '--environment' in cmd: print('\n'.join(k+'='+v for k,v in env.items()))
-        elif '--hash' in cmd: print(cmd[-1] + ' ' + service_hash(cmd[-1]))
     elif cmd[0] == 'pull':
         if fault == 'pull': sys.exit(1)
     elif cmd[0] == 'run':
@@ -125,8 +115,7 @@ elif args[0] == 'compose':
             if fault == 'migration': sys.exit(1)
             with (case/'data/wealthledger.db').open('a') as f: f.write(' migrated')
         else:
-            state[name] = dict(image=ref(name), hash=service_hash(name), env=env, running=True,
-                               health='unhealthy' if fault == name else 'healthy')
+            state[name] = dict(image=ref(name), env=env, running=True)
             save()
             if fault == name: sys.exit(1)
     else: raise AssertionError(cmd)
@@ -180,25 +169,25 @@ first_backup=$(find "$case_dir/backups" -name wealthledger.db -print)
 contains "$case_dir/.deploy/current" 'backend=registry.test/backend:1.0.0'
 : > "$case_dir/calls"
 ok v1.0.0
-unchanged_runtime
-[[ $(count_backups) == 1 ]]
+contains "$case_dir/calls" '"stop", "backend"'
+[[ $(count_backups) == 2 ]]
 : > "$case_dir/calls"
 ok v1.0.1
-! grep -Eq '"(stop|up)".*"(backend|migration)"' "$case_dir/calls"
-[[ $(count_backups) == 1 ]]
+contains "$case_dir/calls" '"stop", "backend"'
+[[ $(count_backups) == 3 ]]
 : > "$case_dir/calls"
 ok v1.1.0
-! grep -Eq '"(stop|up)".*"frontend"' "$case_dir/calls"
-[[ $(count_backups) == 2 ]]
+contains "$case_dir/calls" '"frontend"'
+[[ $(count_backups) == 4 ]]
 printf '\nLOG_LEVEL=debug\n' >> "$case_dir/production.env"
 ok v1.1.0
-[[ $(count_backups) == 3 ]]
+[[ $(count_backups) == 5 ]]
 printf '\nJWT_SECRET=changed-secret\n' >> "$case_dir/production.env"
 : > "$case_dir/calls"
 fails v1.1.0
 unchanged_runtime
 ! grep -q 'changed-secret\|test-secret-that' "$case_dir/output"
-echo 'PASS adoption, backup companions, no-op, selective update, config drift, secret preservation'
+echo 'PASS adoption, backup companions, complete repeated updates and secret preservation'
 
 new_case init
 rm "$case_dir/data/"*
@@ -227,7 +216,7 @@ for fault in pull preflight copy migration backend frontend; do
     copy) ! grep -Eq '"up".*"migration"' "$case_dir/calls"; contains "$case_dir/output" 'Backup failed' ;;
     migration) ! grep -Eq '"up".*"backend"' "$case_dir/calls" ;;
     backend) contains "$case_dir/calls" '"stop", "backend"' ;;
-    frontend) ! grep -Eq '"(stop|up)".*"(backend|migration)"' "$case_dir/calls" ;;
+    frontend) python3 -c 'import json,sys; assert json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))["backend"]["running"]' "$case_dir/docker.json" ;;
   esac
   if [[ $fault != pull && $fault != preflight ]]; then
     [[ -f $case_dir/.deploy/pending ]]