diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh b/Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh
index 17e1fd0..340f842 100755
--- a/Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh
@@ -203,6 +203,46 @@ platform_get_temp_thresholds() {
     echo "${hdd_hot:-45} ${hdd_max:-55} ${ssd_hot:-60} ${ssd_max:-70}"
 }
 
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# platform_get_cpu_temp
+#   Writes the CPU temperature in °C to stdout as a decimal, or nothing if no sensor answers.
+#   Returns 1 when nothing could be read, so a caller can tell "no sensor" from "cold".
+#
+#   Two things make this harder than it looks, and both produced wrong numbers for months:
+#
+#   1. lm-sensors prints the alarm thresholds on the same line as the reading:
+#        Core 0:  +63.0 C  (high = +80.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)
+#      Anything that scrapes numbers off the whole line and takes the largest reports 100 —
+#      the critical threshold — as the current temperature, on every Intel box, forever. The
+#      parenthetical is stripped before a single digit is read.
+#
+#   2. On AMD, Tctl is not the die temperature. It is a control value carrying a fixed offset
+#      (+27°C on Threadripper), which is why HOST1 read 70 while the die was at 43. Tdie is the
+#      real measurement and is preferred wherever both are published.
+#
+#   Preference order: Tdie, then Intel's package sensor, then the board's own CPU Temp, then the
+#   hottest individual core. The first label that answers wins; within a label the maximum is
+#   taken, because a multi-die part publishes one line per die and the hottest is the one that
+#   matters.
+# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+platform_get_cpu_temp() {
+    command -v sensors >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
+
+    local out label value
+    out=$(sensors 2>/dev/null | sed 's/(.*//')      # drop "(high = ..., crit = ...)"
+    [[ -n "$out" ]] || return 1
+
+    for label in 'Tdie' 'Package id 0' 'CPU Temp' 'Core '; do
+        value=$(echo "$out" | grep -i "^[[:space:]]*${label}" \
+                | grep -oE '[+-]?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | sort -n | tail -1)
+        if [[ -n "$value" ]]; then
+            echo "${value#+}"          # bash printf tolerates a leading +, PHP casts fine, awk does not
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
 # ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # platform_is_maintenance_running
 #   Returns 0 if a parity check or sync is currently in progress.
diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php b/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
index 819b376..dc794f2 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/include/common.php
@@ -507,6 +507,41 @@ function vv_ups_stats(): array {
     ];
 }
 
+// CPU temperature in °C, or null if no sensor answers.
+//
+// Mirror of platform_get_cpu_temp() in Plugin/unraid/adapter.sh — the two must agree, because the
+// Monitor card and the stability watchdog display and act on the same number, and for months they
+// did not. The PHP side scraped every decimal off the sensor line and took the largest, which on
+// any board printing "(high = +80.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)" is the critical threshold: HOST2 reported
+// a flat 100°C while sitting at 63. The shell side took the line's last field, which on that same
+// board is the literal ")", so its check silently never fired.
+//
+// Both defects came from parsing a line that carries three temperatures when only one of them is a
+// reading. The parenthetical is stripped before any digit is read.
+//
+// Tdie before Tctl for the AMD reason: Tctl carries a fixed offset (+27°C on Threadripper) and is
+// a control value, not a measurement — it is why HOST1 read 70 while the die was at 43.
+function vv_cpu_temp(): ?int {
+    $out = shell_exec('sensors 2>/dev/null') ?: '';
+    if (trim($out) === '') return null;
+
+    $out = preg_replace('/\(.*$/m', '', $out);      // drop "(high = ..., crit = ...)"
+
+    foreach (['Tdie', 'Package id 0', 'CPU Temp', 'Core '] as $label) {
+        $best = null;
+        foreach (explode("\n", $out) as $line) {
+            if (stripos(ltrim($line), $label) !== 0)                  continue;
+            if (!preg_match('/([+-]?\d+\.\d+)/', $line, $m))          continue;
+            $v = (float)$m[1];
+            // Max within a label: a multi-die part publishes one line per die, and the hottest is
+            // the one worth acting on.
+            if ($best === null || $v > $best) $best = $v;
+        }
+        if ($best !== null) return (int)round($best);
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
 function vv_parity_status(): array {
     $var = [];
     foreach (@file('/var/local/emhttp/var.ini') ?: [] as $line) {
diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/include/monitor.php b/Plugin/unraid/include/monitor.php
index e18f8ea..5577dcb 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/include/monitor.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/include/monitor.php
@@ -275,9 +275,7 @@ function vv_watchdog_summary(): array {
     $loadRaw = @file_get_contents('/proc/loadavg') ?: '0';
     $load1   = (float)explode(' ', trim($loadRaw))[0];
 
-    $cpuTemp = null;
-    $sensorsOut = shell_exec("sensors 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'Core 0|Package id 0|Tdie|Tctl|CPU Temp' | grep -oE '[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+' | sort -n | tail -1") ?: '';
-    if ($sensorsOut && is_numeric(trim($sensorsOut))) $cpuTemp = (int)round((float)trim($sensorsOut));
+    $cpuTemp = vv_cpu_temp();
 
     $zombies = (int)trim(shell_exec("ps -eo stat 2>/dev/null | grep -c '^Z'") ?: '0');
 
diff --git a/Watchdogs/stability_watchdog.sh b/Watchdogs/stability_watchdog.sh
index 321e162..bf986ec 100755
--- a/Watchdogs/stability_watchdog.sh
+++ b/Watchdogs/stability_watchdog.sh
@@ -737,12 +737,11 @@ echo "━━━ $ICON_REBOOT Stability Watchdog — $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
 
     # ── CPU temperature ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     if [[ "$SYS_WATCHDOG_CHECK_CPU_TEMP" == true ]]; then
-        CPU_TEMP=""
-        if command -v sensors >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            CPU_TEMP=$(sensors 2>/dev/null | \
-                grep -i "Package id 0\|Tctl\|CPU Temp" | \
-                awk '{print $NF}' | tr -d '+°C' | head -1)
-        fi
+        # Was a local sensors scrape taking the line's last field, which on a board that prints
+        # "(high = +80.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)" is the literal ")" — so this check has been reading
+        # nothing and never firing on HOST2. The adapter owns the parse now; both halves of
+        # Varaverk read the same number by construction. See platform_get_cpu_temp().
+        CPU_TEMP=$(platform_get_cpu_temp 2>/dev/null || true)
         if [[ -n "$CPU_TEMP" ]]; then
             CPU_TEMP_INT=$(printf "%.0f" "$CPU_TEMP")
             TRIGGERED=false