diff --git a/scripts/src/frontend-auth.ts b/scripts/src/frontend-auth.ts
index 153a2b33..f4fc998d 100644
--- a/scripts/src/frontend-auth.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/frontend-auth.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ async function apply(config: UniDeskConfig, options: AuthOptions): Promise<Recor
   }
   const remote = await capture(config, auth.target.route, ["sh"], applyScript(auth, material));
   const parsed = parseJsonOutput(remote.stdout);
-  const runtime = await status(config, { ...options, raw: false });
+  const runtime = await waitForRuntimeStatus(config, options);
   return {
     ok: remote.exitCode === 0 && parsed?.ok === true && runtime.ok === true,
     ...base,
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ async function apply(config: UniDeskConfig, options: AuthOptions): Promise<Recor
   };
 }
 
+async function waitForRuntimeStatus(config: UniDeskConfig, options: AuthOptions): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  let latest: Record<string, unknown> | null = null;
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 12; attempt += 1) {
+    latest = await status(config, { ...options, raw: false });
+    if (latest.ok === true) return latest;
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5_000));
+  }
+  return latest ?? { ok: false, summary: { ok: false, error: "runtime-status-not-run", valuesPrinted: false } };
+}
+
 async function status(config: UniDeskConfig, options: AuthOptions): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
   const auth = readRuntimeAuthConfig();
   const material = readAuthMaterial(auth);