diff --git a/supabase/deploy.sh b/supabase/deploy.sh
index 0ed9e8d..39523b9 100755
--- a/supabase/deploy.sh
+++ b/supabase/deploy.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,38 @@ die() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+repair_blocked() {
+  local reason="$1"
+  local fix="${2:-}"
+  echo "" >&2
+  echo "[REPAIR_BLOCKED] ${reason}" >&2
+  if [[ -n "$fix" ]]; then
+    echo "Suggested Fix: ${fix}" >&2
+  fi
+  echo "" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+check_supabase_minio_blocked() {
+  local ns="$1"
+  local kube_context="${2:-}"
+  local ctx_args=()
+  if [[ -n "$kube_context" ]]; then
+    ctx_args+=(--context "$kube_context")
+  fi
+
+  local minio_pod
+  minio_pod=$(kubectl "${ctx_args[@]}" get pods -n "$ns" -l "app.kubernetes.io/instance=supabase" --no-headers -o custom-columns=":metadata.name" | grep "minio" | head -n 1)
+  if [[ -n "$minio_pod" ]]; then
+    local logs
+    logs=$(kubectl "${ctx_args[@]}" logs -n "$ns" "$minio_pod" --tail=50 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [[ "$logs" == *"file access denied"* ]] || [[ "$logs" == *"/data/.minio.sys/tmp"* ]]; then
+      repair_blocked "Supabase MinIO is failing with file access denied on /data" \
+        "Ensure the rendered YAML contains the correct podSecurityContext (runAsUser: 65532, fsGroup: 65532). MinIO with Chainguard images must run as non-root with appropriate fsGroup for PVC volume mounts."
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
 warn() {
   echo "Warning: $*" >&2
 }
@@ -427,6 +459,9 @@ wait_for_supabase_ready() {
       continue
     fi
 
+    # Targeted blocked-state checks
+    check_supabase_minio_blocked "$ns" "$kube_context"
+
     local pending_pvcs not_ready_pods terminating_pods pvc_blockers pod_blockers status_metrics
     status_metrics=$(STATUS_JSON="$status_json" python3 - <<'PY'
 import json
diff --git a/supabase/helm/generated/manifest-summary.json b/supabase/helm/generated/manifest-summary.json
index 86148d3..c492daa 100644
--- a/supabase/helm/generated/manifest-summary.json
+++ b/supabase/helm/generated/manifest-summary.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "values": "/Users/chrisfu/dev/prole/supabase/helm/generated/values.generated.json",
-  "manifests": "/Users/chrisfu/dev/prole/supabase/k8s/supabase-helm.yaml",
-  "manifests_app": "/Users/chrisfu/dev/prole/supabase/helm/generated/supabase-helm.app.yaml",
-  "manifests_frontdoor_db": "/Users/chrisfu/dev/prole/supabase/helm/generated/supabase-helm.frontdoor-db.yaml",
+  "values": "supabase/helm/generated/values.generated.json",
+  "manifests": "supabase/k8s/supabase-helm.yaml",
+  "manifests_app": "supabase/helm/generated/supabase-helm.app.yaml",
+  "manifests_frontdoor_db": "supabase/helm/generated/supabase-helm.frontdoor-db.yaml",
   "db_host": "knoe-db-rw.knoe-db-0.svc.cluster.local",
   "supabase_namespace": "supabase"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/supabase/helm/render_supabase.py b/supabase/helm/render_supabase.py
index 747efed..5a26600 100755
--- a/supabase/helm/render_supabase.py
+++ b/supabase/helm/render_supabase.py
@@ -808,7 +808,27 @@ def _build_overlay(cfg: configparser.ConfigParser, args: argparse.Namespace) ->
             "vector": {"enabled": True, "fullnameOverride": "supabase-vector"},
             "kong": {"enabled": True, "fullnameOverride": "supabase-kong"},
             "storage": {"enabled": True, "fullnameOverride": "supabase-storage"},
-            "minio": {"enabled": not use_garage_s3, "fullnameOverride": "supabase-minio"},
+            "minio": {
+                "enabled": not use_garage_s3,
+                "fullnameOverride": "supabase-minio",
+                "podSecurityContext": {
+                    "runAsUser": 65532,
+                    "runAsGroup": 65532,
+                    "fsGroup": 65532,
+                    "fsGroupChangePolicy": "OnRootMismatch"
+                },
+                "securityContext": {
+                    "runAsUser": 65532,
+                    "runAsGroup": 65532,
+                    "allowPrivilegeEscalation": False,
+                    "readOnlyRootFilesystem": True,
+                    "runAsNonRoot": True
+                },
+                "resources": {
+                    "requests": {"cpu": "100m", "memory": "256Mi"},
+                    "limits": {"cpu": "500m", "memory": "512Mi"}
+                }
+            },
             "imgproxy": {"enabled": True, "fullnameOverride": "supabase-imgproxy"},
             # Explicit fullnameOverride per component strips the chart name
             # from pod names (avoids 'supabase-knoe-supabase-<component>').