diff --git a/nix/host-modules/hive-tls.nix b/nix/host-modules/hive-tls.nix
index 1e2087e0..6179f823 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/hive-tls.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/hive-tls.nix
@@ -514,6 +514,39 @@ in
           [ -s "$1" ] && openssl x509 -in "$1" -noout -checkend "$halflife" >/dev/null 2>&1
         }
 
+        # Expiry is not the only way a leaf goes wrong. A leaf signed
+        # when the configured name set was smaller stays valid for its
+        # whole lifetime while omitting every name added since — so a
+        # config change can evaluate, build and deploy cleanly and the
+        # gateway still serves a certificate that does not cover the new
+        # service. The services sub-CA already reconciles this way (its
+        # `.names` comparison in ../swarm-ca.nix); the leaves did not, so
+        # adding a name to the config alone could not fix a mis-served
+        # certificate on any hive whose leaf was not already near expiry.
+        #
+        # Read the names out of the CERTIFICATE, not a sidecar file: the
+        # pem is what nginx actually serves, and a bookkeeping file
+        # drifts from it the moment anyone replaces a leaf by hand.
+        covers() { # $1 = leaf, $2 = space-separated names it must carry
+          [ -s "$1" ] || return 1
+          _have="$(openssl x509 -in "$1" -noout -ext subjectAltName 2>/dev/null \
+                   | tr ',' '\n' | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*DNS:\(.*\)$/\1/p')"
+          [ -n "$_have" ] || return 1
+          _missing=0
+          # ⚠️ The hive leaf carries `*.<domain>`; without this the shell
+          # expands it against the cwd and the comparison silently tests
+          # a filename.
+          set -f
+          for _n in $2; do
+            printf '%s\n' "$_have" | grep -qxF "$_n" || _missing=1
+          done
+          set +f
+          [ "$_missing" = 0 ]
+        }
+
+        hiveNames=${lib.escapeShellArg "${domain} *.${domain}"}
+        svcNames=${lib.escapeShellArg (lib.concatStringsSep " " swarmServiceDomains)}
+
         # The services leaf is only expected where the sub-CA exists;
         # elsewhere its absence is the correct state, not a stale leaf.
         want_svc=${if swarmServiceDomains == [ ] then "0" else "1"}
@@ -521,12 +554,13 @@ in
           want_svc=0
         fi
 
-        if fresh "$leaf" && { [ "$want_svc" = 0 ] || fresh "$svcleaf"; }; then
-          echo "leaves valid for more than half their lifetime — no resign needed"
+        if fresh "$leaf" && covers "$leaf" "$hiveNames" \
+            && { [ "$want_svc" = 0 ] || { fresh "$svcleaf" && covers "$svcleaf" "$svcNames"; }; }; then
+          echo "leaves valid, and covering the configured names — no resign needed"
           exit 0
         fi
 
-        echo "a leaf is missing or near expiry — re-signing under the current CAs"
+        echo "a leaf is missing, near expiry, or missing a configured name — re-signing"
         before="$(sha256sum "$leaf" "$svcleaf" 2>/dev/null || true)"
 
         ${signHiveLeaf}