diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd-gates.ts b/scripts/src/cicd-gates.ts
index ab008e6c..39258921 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd-gates.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd-gates.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function runBranchFollowerGate(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, fo
   ].join("\n");
   const startedAt = Date.now();
   const command = runKubeScript(registry, options, script, "", (timeoutSeconds + registry.controller.budgets.reconcileTransportGraceSeconds) * 1000);
-  const parsed = command.exitCode === 0 ? parseFirstJsonObject(command.stdout) : null;
+  const parsed = command.exitCode === 0 ? parseLastJsonObject(command.stdout) : null;
   const ok = command.exitCode === 0 && parsed !== null && parsed.ok === true;
   return {
     ok,
@@ -353,6 +353,41 @@ function parseFirstJsonObject(text: string): Record<string, unknown> | null {
   return null;
 }
 
+function parseLastJsonObject(text: string): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+  let last: Record<string, unknown> | null = null;
+  let offset = 0;
+  while (offset < text.length) {
+    const start = text.indexOf("{", offset);
+    if (start < 0) break;
+    let depth = 0;
+    let inString = false;
+    let escaped = false;
+    let foundEnd = false;
+    for (let index = start; index < text.length; index += 1) {
+      const char = text[index];
+      if (inString) {
+        if (escaped) escaped = false;
+        else if (char === "\\") escaped = true;
+        else if (char === "\"") inString = false;
+      } else if (char === "\"") inString = true;
+      else if (char === "{") depth += 1;
+      else if (char === "}" && --depth === 0) {
+        try {
+          const parsed = JSON.parse(text.slice(start, index + 1)) as unknown;
+          if (typeof parsed === "object" && parsed !== null && !Array.isArray(parsed)) last = parsed as Record<string, unknown>;
+        } catch {
+          // Keep scanning because controller bootstrap may print non-contract JSON-like fragments.
+        }
+        offset = index + 1;
+        foundEnd = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!foundEnd) break;
+  }
+  return last;
+}
+
 function safeName(value: string): string {
   return value.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9-]+/gu, "-").replace(/-+/gu, "-").replace(/^-|-$/gu, "").slice(0, 32);
 }