diff --git a/charts/flex-auth/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/flex-auth/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8bccd6c..a6a73c0 100644
--- a/charts/flex-auth/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/flex-auth/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,11 +45,19 @@ spec:
             - {{ required "outbox.source is required when outbox.enabled=true" .Values.outbox.source | quote }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- if eq (include "flex-auth.callerAuth.enabled" .) "true" }}
-            {{- $binding := required "callerAuth.binding is required when callerAuth.mode is warn or enforce" .Values.callerAuth.binding }}
+            {{- $binding := "" }}
+            {{- if not (and .Values.readback .Values.readback.enabled) }}
+            {{- $binding = required "callerAuth.binding is required when callerAuth.mode is warn or enforce" .Values.callerAuth.binding }}
+            {{- end }}
             - --caller-auth-mode
             - {{ include "flex-auth.callerAuth.mode" . | quote }}
             - --caller-kubernetes-url
             - {{ required "callerAuth.kubernetesURL is required when callerAuth.mode is warn or enforce" .Values.callerAuth.kubernetesURL | quote }}
+            {{- if and .Values.readback .Values.readback.enabled }}
+            {{- /* serve-readback admits one readback caller and no /v1/check binding (FLEX-DEC-2026-019). */}}
+            - --readback-caller
+            - {{ required "readback.caller is required when readback.enabled=true" .Values.readback.caller | quote }}
+            {{- else }}
             - --caller-binding
             - {{ $binding | quote }}
             {{- range .Values.callerAuth.extraBindings }}
@@ -57,6 +65,7 @@ spec:
             - {{ . | quote }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: {{ .Values.service.port }}
diff --git a/charts/flex-auth/values.yaml b/charts/flex-auth/values.yaml
index 9f3d517..b61b808 100644
--- a/charts/flex-auth/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/flex-auth/values.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ consumer:
 
 # disabled keeps the image bootable without TokenReview (isolated canary).
 # Production pins set warn, then enforce, independently per consumer.
+# serve-readback pins (FLEX-WP-0035) admit one readback caller via
+# --readback-caller instead of --caller-binding.
+readback:
+  enabled: false
+  caller: ""
+
 callerAuth:
   mode: disabled
   audience: flex-auth
diff --git a/cmd/flex-auth/readback_pin_test.go b/cmd/flex-auth/readback_pin_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f23c6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/flex-auth/readback_pin_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+type pinValues struct {
+	Image struct {
+		Digest string `yaml:"digest"`
+	} `yaml:"image"`
+	Args []string `yaml:"args"`
+}
+
+func loadPinValues(t *testing.T, name string) pinValues {
+	t.Helper()
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "..", "values", name))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var v pinValues
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(raw, &v); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
+func argAfter(args []string, flag string) []string {
+	var out []string
+	for i := 0; i+1 < len(args); i++ {
+		if args[i] == flag {
+			out = append(out, args[i+1])
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// FLEX-WP-0035-T04, contract §4: the readback pin runs each participant's
+// package at the same digest its own pin runs. The package is baked into the
+// image, so same image digest and same path is the same package digest.
+func TestReadbackPinMatchesParticipantPins(t *testing.T) {
+	readback := loadPinValues(t, "application-readback.yaml")
+	if len(readback.Args) == 0 || readback.Args[0] != "serve-readback" {
+		t.Fatal("readback pin must run serve-readback, which mounts no /v1/check")
+	}
+	participants := map[string]string{"informed-decision": "informed-decision-lifecycle.yaml"}
+	packages := argAfter(readback.Args, "--package")
+	if len(packages) != len(participants) {
+		t.Fatalf("readback packages %v, want one per participant %v", packages, participants)
+	}
+	for _, pkg := range packages {
+		system, path, _ := strings.Cut(pkg, "=")
+		file, ok := participants[system]
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("readback package for %q has no participant pin", system)
+		}
+		own := loadPinValues(t, file)
+		if own.Image.Digest != readback.Image.Digest {
+			t.Errorf("%s: readback image %s, own pin %s", system, readback.Image.Digest, own.Image.Digest)
+		}
+		if policies := argAfter(own.Args, "--policy"); len(policies) != 1 || policies[0] != path {
+			t.Errorf("%s: readback package %s, own pin %v", system, path, policies)
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(strings.Join(argAfter(readback.Args, "--registry"), " "), strings.Join(argAfter(own.Args, "--registry"), " ")) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: readback pin does not load its registry", system)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/values/application-readback.yaml b/values/application-readback.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07153a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/values/application-readback.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# FLEX-WP-0035-T04: advisory application access readback for user-engine.
+# Founder-approved 2026-10-10. Runs each participant's package from the same
+# image digest and path as that participant's own pin (contract §4); the test
+# TestReadbackPinMatchesParticipantPins enforces it.
+name: flex-auth-application-readback
+image:
+  repository: forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/flex-auth
+  digest: sha256:e8c57c18a4a9d5583be099146984f7e9cd881446218b65aeefd7619b18aa9229
+args:
+- serve-readback
+- --addr
+- 0.0.0.0:8080
+- --registry
+- /opt/flex-auth/examples/application-readback/registry_snapshot.json
+- --registry
+- /opt/flex-auth/examples/informed-decision-lifecycle/registry.json
+- --package
+- informed-decision=/opt/flex-auth/examples/informed-decision-lifecycle/policy.md
+callerAuth:
+  mode: enforce
+  kubernetesURL: https://10.43.0.1
+readback:
+  enabled: true
+  caller: system:serviceaccount:user-engine:user-engine
+consumer:
+  isolated: false
+  namespace: user-engine
+  podName: user-engine
+resources:
+  requests:
+    cpu: 5m
+    memory: 32Mi
+  limits:
+    cpu: 300m
+    memory: 192Mi
diff --git a/values/informed-decision-lifecycle.yaml b/values/informed-decision-lifecycle.yaml
index 8ef9dd9..aacc786 100644
--- a/values/informed-decision-lifecycle.yaml
+++ b/values/informed-decision-lifecycle.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Founder-approved INFD-WP-0007 / FLEX-WP-0033 cutover, 2026-10-04.
+# Lifecycle v2 (application.access), founder-approved FLEX-WP-0035-T04, 2026-10-10.
+# Previous stable: sha256:bdac62bc3f089cba0df7c35eeb8d0d9b3af2d4bae5e4ea4767516c1ed20b1e99
 name: flex-auth-informed-decision-lifecycle
 image:
   repository: forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/flex-auth
-  digest: sha256:bdac62bc3f089cba0df7c35eeb8d0d9b3af2d4bae5e4ea4767516c1ed20b1e99
+  digest: sha256:e8c57c18a4a9d5583be099146984f7e9cd881446218b65aeefd7619b18aa9229
 args:
 - serve
 - --addr