diff --git a/castle-api/tests/test_deployment_roundtrip.py b/castle-api/tests/test_deployment_roundtrip.py
index 8e4bbb2..55f669e 100644
--- a/castle-api/tests/test_deployment_roundtrip.py
+++ b/castle-api/tests/test_deployment_roundtrip.py
@@ -78,3 +78,34 @@ class TestProgramEditSafety:
         assert m["description"] == "renamed"  # change applied
         assert m["source"].endswith("wired-in")  # source preserved
         assert m["commands"]["lint"] == [["make", "lint"]]  # commands preserved
+
+
+def test_deployment_edit_leaves_castle_yaml_globals_untouched(client, castle_root):
+    """The regression that bit us: a config-editor deployment edit must NOT rewrite
+    castle.yaml globals (role/secrets). Scoped writes guarantee this."""
+    import yaml
+
+    cy = castle_root / "castle.yaml"
+    data = yaml.safe_load(cy.read_text())
+    data["role"] = "authority"
+    data["secrets"] = {"backend": "openbao", "addr": "https://v:8200"}
+    cy.write_text(yaml.safe_dump(data))
+    before = cy.read_text()
+
+    resp = client.put("/config/deployments/test-svc", json={"config": {"reach": "off"}})
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert cy.read_text() == before, "deployment edit rewrote castle.yaml globals"
+
+
+def test_program_edit_leaves_castle_yaml_globals_untouched(client, castle_root):
+    import yaml
+
+    cy = castle_root / "castle.yaml"
+    data = yaml.safe_load(cy.read_text())
+    data["role"] = "authority"
+    cy.write_text(yaml.safe_dump(data))
+    before = cy.read_text()
+
+    resp = client.put("/config/programs/wired-in", json={"config": {"version": "9.9.9"}})
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert cy.read_text() == before, "program edit rewrote castle.yaml globals"
diff --git a/castle-api/tests/test_secrets_overrides.py b/castle-api/tests/test_secrets_overrides.py
index 83998bf..3623cb3 100644
--- a/castle-api/tests/test_secrets_overrides.py
+++ b/castle-api/tests/test_secrets_overrides.py
@@ -22,3 +22,12 @@ def test_set_override_rejected_on_file_backend(client: TestClient) -> None:
 
 def test_get_missing_override_is_404(client: TestClient) -> None:
     assert client.get("/secrets/overrides/primer/NOPE").status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_secrets_info_reports_backend(client: TestClient) -> None:
+    r = client.get("/secrets/info")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    body = r.json()
+    assert body["backend"] == "file"  # conftest forces file in tests
+    assert body["writable"] is True
+    assert "role" in body
diff --git a/core/tests/test_fleet_role.py b/core/tests/test_fleet_role.py
index e0a55b3..02e3ef6 100644
--- a/core/tests/test_fleet_role.py
+++ b/core/tests/test_fleet_role.py
@@ -86,6 +86,24 @@ def test_write_deployment_file_leaves_globals_untouched(castle_root: Path) -> No
     assert cy.read_text() == before  # globals byte-identical — nothing touched them
 
 
+def test_write_program_file_leaves_globals_untouched(castle_root: Path) -> None:
+    """Scoped program write must not rewrite castle.yaml globals either."""
+    from castle_core.config import load_config, write_program_file
+
+    cy = castle_root / "castle.yaml"
+    data = yaml.safe_load(cy.read_text())
+    data["role"] = "authority"
+    data["secrets"] = {"backend": "openbao"}
+    cy.write_text(yaml.safe_dump(data))
+    before = cy.read_text()
+
+    config = load_config(castle_root)
+    name = next(iter(config.programs))
+    write_program_file(config, name)
+
+    assert cy.read_text() == before
+
+
 def test_registry_role_round_trip(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     reg = NodeRegistry(
         node=NodeConfig(hostname="civil", role="authority"), deployed={}