diff --git a/session-server/deploy-remote.sh b/session-server/deploy-remote.sh
index 5a0e31934f..e180779953 100644
--- a/session-server/deploy-remote.sh
+++ b/session-server/deploy-remote.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ deploy_and_check() {
     return 1
   }
   echo "→ systemctl restart session-server"
+  systemctl reset-failed session-server || return 1
   systemctl restart session-server || return 1
   # Health gate: wait for :8889 to bind (slow boot loads chat history first).
   for i in $(seq 1 "$BOOT_BUDGET"); do
diff --git a/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.mjs b/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.mjs
index 6416fbfbd9..76376ade8c 100644
--- a/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.mjs
+++ b/session-server/oskiewar-live-manager.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   oskiewarEvent,
   oskiewarSurface,
 } from "../system/public/aesthetic.computer/lib/oskiewar-analytics.mjs";
-import { validateMap } from "../xbox/live/oskiewar-map.mjs";
 import { createPostHogEventCapture } from "../shared/posthog-event-capture.mjs";
 
 const MATCH_WORD = "[bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou][bdfgklmnprstvz][aeiou]";
@@ -130,9 +129,6 @@ function perf(value) {
 }
 
 export function validateOskiewarLiveState(value) {
-  if (value?.map?.workshop !== undefined) {
-    try { validateMap(value.map.workshop); } catch { return "Invalid workshop map"; }
-  }
   if (!value || value.format !== "ac.oskiewar.live" || value.version !== 1)
     return "Unsupported live state";
   if (!integer(value.seq, 0, 2147483647) || !finite(value.at, 10000000000000))