diff --git a/nix/module-eval/grafana.nix b/nix/module-eval/grafana.nix
index 677cbd83..83fe5d0c 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/grafana.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/grafana.nix
@@ -414,9 +414,10 @@ let
     {
       # The CI runs tab of the forge board is in the directory the provider scans (`bao.json` is the
       # control that the entries are read at all), and every metric it queries
-      # is a name the poller pushes: a renamed metric on either side is a board
+      # is a name the poller pushes, and the default-branch panels query the names
+      # the controller records: a renamed metric on either side is a board
       # of empty panels.
-      name = "the forge dashboard ships, and its CI runs tab queries the metric names the CI run poller pushes";
+      name = "the forge dashboard ships, and its CI runs tab queries the metric names the CI run poller and the controller record";
       ok =
         let
           provider = lib.head grafanaWithAuthelia.containers.swarm-grafana.config.services.grafana.provision.dashboards.settings.providers;
@@ -431,6 +432,12 @@ let
             ) exprs
           );
           pushed = builtins.readFile ../../swarm-ci-metrics/src/sample.rs;
+          queriedVcs = lib.unique (
+            lib.concatMap (
+              e: map lib.head (lib.filter lib.isList (builtins.split ''"(hyperhive\.vcs\.[a-z_.]+)"'' e))
+            ) exprs
+          );
+          recordedVcs = builtins.readFile ../../swarm-controller/src/vcs_metrics.rs;
         in
         lib.elem "forge.json" shipped
         && lib.elem "bao.json" shipped
@@ -440,6 +447,13 @@ let
             "hyperhive.ci.run.queue_wait"
           ]
         && lib.all (m: lib.hasInfix "\"${m}\"" pushed) queried
+        &&
+          lib.sort lib.lessThan queriedVcs == [
+            "hyperhive.vcs.default_branch.lines_added"
+            "hyperhive.vcs.default_branch.lines_deleted"
+            "hyperhive.vcs.default_branch.merges"
+          ]
+        && lib.all (m: lib.hasInfix "\"${m}\"" recordedVcs) queriedVcs
         && lib.any (v: v.spec.name == "repo") board.spec.variables;
     }
     {