diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/container/prod_orchestrator.rs b/core/archipelago/src/container/prod_orchestrator.rs
index 6aea283d..0a31df14 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/container/prod_orchestrator.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/container/prod_orchestrator.rs
@@ -595,10 +595,20 @@ async fn wait_for_manifest_host_ports(
 /// `podman inspect --format '{{json .HostConfig.PortBindings}}'` emits, e.g.
 /// `{"8080/tcp":[{"HostIp":"","HostPort":"18080"}]}`. Returns true only when a
 /// manifest container-port is positively published to a *different* host port
-/// than the manifest now asks for. Absence of a binding is deliberately NOT
-/// treated as drift here — that case is handled by the host-port repair/restart
-/// path and by host-networked apps that publish nothing — so we never trigger a
-/// destructive recreate on a false positive.
+/// than the manifest now asks for — or, when the manifest DECLARES a bind
+/// address, to a different host address. Absence of a binding is deliberately
+/// NOT treated as drift here — that case is handled by the host-port
+/// repair/restart path and by host-networked apps that publish nothing — so we
+/// never trigger a destructive recreate on a false positive.
+///
+/// The bind comparison is what lets a node self-heal after a catalog refresh
+/// pins an app to loopback for the app gate: a legacy (pre-quadlet) container
+/// still publishing `0.0.0.0:P` against a manifest that now declares
+/// `bind: 127.0.0.1` is recreated to the declared state, exactly as
+/// `package.update` would. An EMPTY manifest bind means "no instruction" and
+/// never fires this — recreating a loopback-published container to wildcard on
+/// silence is precisely the v1.7.121 incident class (Bitcoin RPC republished
+/// on the LAN).
 fn host_port_bindings_drifted(
     port_bindings_json: &str,
     manifest_ports: &[archipelago_container::manifest::PortMapping],
@@ -626,10 +636,26 @@ fn host_port_bindings_drifted(
         }
         let expected = port.host.to_string();
         let matches_expected = bindings.iter().any(|b| {
-            b.get("HostPort")
+            let host_port_ok = b
+                .get("HostPort")
                 .and_then(|h| h.as_str())
                 .map(|h| h == expected)
-                .unwrap_or(false)
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+            if !host_port_ok {
+                return false;
+            }
+            // Only a DECLARED bind participates; podman reports a wildcard
+            // publish as "" or "0.0.0.0".
+            if port.bind.is_empty() {
+                return true;
+            }
+            let actual_ip = b.get("HostIp").and_then(|h| h.as_str()).unwrap_or("");
+            let actual = if actual_ip.is_empty() {
+                "0.0.0.0"
+            } else {
+                actual_ip
+            };
+            actual == port.bind
         });
         if !matches_expected {
             return true;
@@ -4569,6 +4595,76 @@ mod tests {
         ));
     }
 
+    fn bound_port(
+        host: u16,
+        container: u16,
+        bind: &str,
+    ) -> archipelago_container::manifest::PortMapping {
+        archipelago_container::manifest::PortMapping {
+            bind: bind.to_string(),
+            ..port(host, container)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bind_drift_detected_when_declared_loopback_but_published_wildcard() {
+        // The legacy-container case: a pre-quadlet container still publishes
+        // 0.0.0.0 while the catalog-delivered manifest pins the app to
+        // loopback for the app gate. Must recreate, or the port stays open on
+        // every interface and the gate can never claim it.
+        for wildcard in [r#""""#, r#""0.0.0.0""#] {
+            let bindings = format!(r#"{{"80/tcp":[{{"HostIp":{wildcard},"HostPort":"8082"}}]}}"#);
+            assert!(host_port_bindings_drifted(
+                &bindings,
+                &[bound_port(8082, 80, "127.0.0.1")]
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn no_bind_drift_when_declared_loopback_and_published_loopback() {
+        let bindings = r#"{"80/tcp":[{"HostIp":"127.0.0.1","HostPort":"8082"}]}"#;
+        assert!(!host_port_bindings_drifted(
+            bindings,
+            &[bound_port(8082, 80, "127.0.0.1")]
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn no_bind_drift_on_undeclared_bind() {
+        // Silence is not consent (v1.7.121 incident class): an EMPTY manifest
+        // bind must never recreate a loopback-published container to
+        // wildcard — that is how Bitcoin's RPC got republished on the LAN.
+        let bindings = r#"{"8332/tcp":[{"HostIp":"127.0.0.1","HostPort":"8332"}]}"#;
+        assert!(!host_port_bindings_drifted(bindings, &[port(8332, 8332)]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multi_bind_publish_satisfies_each_declared_entry() {
+        // Same host/container pair listed twice (loopback + archy-net
+        // gateway): both declared binds are present in the actual publish.
+        let bindings = r#"{"8332/tcp":[
+            {"HostIp":"127.0.0.1","HostPort":"8332"},
+            {"HostIp":"10.89.0.1","HostPort":"8332"}
+        ]}"#;
+        assert!(!host_port_bindings_drifted(
+            bindings,
+            &[
+                bound_port(8332, 8332, "127.0.0.1"),
+                bound_port(8332, 8332, "10.89.0.1")
+            ]
+        ));
+        // And a wildcard-only publish drifts BOTH declared entries.
+        let wildcard = r#"{"8332/tcp":[{"HostIp":"","HostPort":"8332"}]}"#;
+        assert!(host_port_bindings_drifted(
+            wildcard,
+            &[
+                bound_port(8332, 8332, "127.0.0.1"),
+                bound_port(8332, 8332, "10.89.0.1")
+            ]
+        ));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn missing_secret_error_names_the_secret() {
         use archipelago_container::manifest::SecretsProvider;