diff --git a/Launcher.Next.App/LocalParityLaunchService.cs b/Launcher.Next.App/LocalParityLaunchService.cs
index de21f4d..c115210 100644
--- a/Launcher.Next.App/LocalParityLaunchService.cs
+++ b/Launcher.Next.App/LocalParityLaunchService.cs
@@ -138,5 +138,23 @@ internal sealed class LocalParityLaunchService
     private static async Task<string> HashAsync(string path, CancellationToken ct) { await using var stream = File.OpenRead(path); return Convert.ToHexString(await SHA256.HashDataAsync(stream, ct)); }
     private static string Fingerprint(string path, string salt) => Convert.ToHexString(SHA256.HashData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(salt + "|" + path)));
     private static async Task<string> WriteEvidenceAsync(string directory, object value, CancellationToken ct) { var final = Path.Combine(directory, "controlled-local-parity-launch.json"); var temp = final + ".tmp"; await using (var stream = new FileStream(temp, FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None)) { await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(stream, value, cancellationToken: ct); await stream.FlushAsync(ct); } File.Move(temp, final); using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(await File.ReadAllTextAsync(final, ct)); if (doc.RootElement.GetProperty("schemaVersion").GetInt32() != 3) throw new InvalidOperationException("LOCAL_PARITY_EVIDENCE_INVALID"); return final; }
-    private static string ThisCommit() { try { var start = new ProcessStartInfo("git", "rev-parse HEAD") { WorkingDirectory = AppContext.BaseDirectory, UseShellExecute = false, RedirectStandardOutput = true }; using var p = Process.Start(start); return p is null ? "unknown" : p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd().Trim(); } catch { return "unknown"; } }
+    private static string ThisCommit()
+    {
+        var embedded = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LAUNCHER_COMMIT");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(embedded)) return embedded;
+        try
+        {
+            var releaseManifest = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "owner-review-release.json");
+            if (File.Exists(releaseManifest))
+            {
+                using var document = JsonDocument.Parse(File.ReadAllText(releaseManifest));
+                if (document.RootElement.TryGetProperty("launcherCommit", out var commit) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(commit.GetString())) return commit.GetString()!;
+            }
+            var start = new ProcessStartInfo("git", "rev-parse HEAD") { WorkingDirectory = AppContext.BaseDirectory, UseShellExecute = false, RedirectStandardOutput = true };
+            using var process = Process.Start(start);
+            var value = process is null ? "" : process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd().Trim();
+            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value) ? "unknown" : value;
+        }
+        catch { return "unknown"; }
+    }
 }