diff --git a/deploy/deploy.yaml b/deploy/deploy.yaml
index 54e4477a..2f0a45b2 100644
--- a/deploy/deploy.yaml
+++ b/deploy/deploy.yaml
@@ -1000,6 +1000,11 @@ lanes:
       port: 5432
       migrationSecretName: hwlab-cloud-api-production-db
       migrationSecretKey: migration-database-url
+    workbench:
+      rawHwlabEventWindow:
+        enabled: true
+        maxEntries: 200
+        maxRetainedBytes: 1048576
     envReuseServices: *v03EnvReuseServices
     bootScripts: *v03BootScripts
     serviceDeclarations: *v03ServiceDeclarations
diff --git a/scripts/gitops-render.test.ts b/scripts/gitops-render.test.ts
index aaa5372d..eb34b53b 100644
--- a/scripts/gitops-render.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/gitops-render.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import { CLOUD_CORE_MIGRATIONS, CLOUD_TRANSACTIONAL_REALTIME_MIGRATION_ID } from
 
 test("production migration uses its YAML-declared database Secret key", async () => {
   const deploy = parseYaml(await readFile("deploy/deploy.yaml", "utf8"));
+  assert.deepEqual(deploy.lanes.production.workbench.rawHwlabEventWindow, {
+    enabled: true,
+    maxEntries: 200,
+    maxRetainedBytes: 1048576
+  });
   const config = externalPostgresConfigForLane(deploy, "production", { nodeId: "NC01" });
   const manifest = externalPostgresManifest({
     profile: "production",
@@ -753,6 +758,7 @@ test("v03 render keeps node identity as data instead of generated structure", as
       CLOUD_CORE_MIGRATIONS.map((migration) => path.basename(migration.path))
     );
     assert.match(externalPostgresMigrationConfig?.data?.["run.mjs"] ?? "", /DATABASE_URL is required/u);
+    assert.match(externalPostgresMigrationConfig?.data?.["run.mjs"] ?? "", /hwlab-runtime-migration-started/u);
     assert.equal(externalPostgresMigrationConfig?.metadata?.annotations?.["argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave"], "-2");
     assert.equal(externalPostgresMigrationJob?.metadata?.annotations?.["argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave"], "-1");
     assert.equal(
diff --git a/scripts/src/gitops-render/runtime-manifests.mjs b/scripts/src/gitops-render/runtime-manifests.mjs
index 738542d0..6cb59f78 100644
--- a/scripts/src/gitops-render/runtime-manifests.mjs
+++ b/scripts/src/gitops-render/runtime-manifests.mjs
@@ -866,6 +866,7 @@ function externalPostgresMigrationRunner() {
     'const files = (await readdir(root)).filter((name) => /^\\d+_.*\\.sql$/u.test(name)).sort();',
     'const connectionString = process.env.DATABASE_URL;',
     'if (!connectionString) throw new Error("DATABASE_URL is required");',
+    'console.error(JSON.stringify({ event: "hwlab-runtime-migration-started", fileCount: files.length, valuesPrinted: false }));',
     'const pool = new Pool({ connectionString, max: 1 });',
     'try {',
     '  for (const file of files) {',