diff --git a/Orchestrators/intermediate_sync_maintenance.sh b/Orchestrators/intermediate_sync_maintenance.sh
index 6990e65..87a4e31 100755
--- a/Orchestrators/intermediate_sync_maintenance.sh
+++ b/Orchestrators/intermediate_sync_maintenance.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 # OPERATIONAL MODEL
 # ==============================================================================================
 #
-#   1. conf_sync.sh --pull-only          — refresh partner conf cache in RAM (/tmp/varaverk/conf/)
+#   1. conf_sync.sh                      — refresh partner conf cache in RAM (/tmp/varaverk/conf/),
+#                                          both directions: pull theirs, push ours
 #   2. arr_sync.sh                       — sync Lidarr/Sonarr/Radarr libraries across all nodes
 #   3. Rsync window (optional)           — INTERMEDIATE_SYNC_SHARES, if any configured
 #   4. INTERMEDIATE_MAINTENANCE_SCRIPTS  — artwork fetch and any future 4-hour jobs
@@ -182,23 +183,27 @@ echo ""
 echo "━━━ $ICON_GEAR Intermediate Sync — $MY_ID — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') ━━━"
 
 # ==============================================================================================
-# ━━━ Conf Pull ━━━
+# ━━━ Conf Sync ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
 echo ""
-echo "━━━ $ICON_GEAR Conf Pull ━━━"
+echo "━━━ $ICON_GEAR Conf Sync ━━━"
 
+# Full sync, not --pull-only. The push half was written as an event-driven fast path for the
+# conf-save hook, but no such hook was ever built — so outside array start nothing pushed this
+# host's conf to its partners at all, and a partner's copy of our conf stayed at whatever it was
+# when we last rebooted. Pull alone kept our view of them fresh while their view of us decayed.
 CONF_SYNC_SCRIPT="$ECOSYSTEM_ROOT/System_Essentials/conf_sync.sh"
 if [[ ! -f "$CONF_SYNC_SCRIPT" ]]; then
     warn "conf_sync.sh not found — skipping partner conf refresh"
 else
-    _conf_args=("--pull-only")
+    _conf_args=()
     [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && _conf_args+=("--dry-run")
     if bash "$CONF_SYNC_SCRIPT" "${_conf_args[@]}"; then
         echo "Partner conf cache refreshed ✅"
-        JOB_PASS+=("conf_sync.sh --pull-only")
+        JOB_PASS+=("conf_sync.sh")
     else
-        warn "Partner conf pull failed — cache may be stale"
-        JOB_FAIL+=("conf_sync.sh --pull-only")
+        warn "Partner conf sync failed — cache may be stale"
+        JOB_FAIL+=("conf_sync.sh")
     fi
     unset _conf_args
 fi