diff --git a/Partnership/partnership_onboard.sh b/Partnership/partnership_onboard.sh
index 295670b..335effd 100755
--- a/Partnership/partnership_onboard.sh
+++ b/Partnership/partnership_onboard.sh
@@ -418,21 +418,24 @@ echo start-failed
 exit 1
 PHASE2_TRIGGER
             )
+            # Failure patterns are matched first, and they echo a path back. An owner whose
+            # SCRIPTS_DIR happened to contain the word "triggered" would otherwise satisfy a
+            # leading *triggered* glob and report success for a launch that never happened.
             case "$_phase2_out" in
-                *triggered*)
-                    echo "Phase 2 triggered on $OWNER ✅"
-                    log "Watch on $OWNER: Scheduler tab, or tail -f /var/log/varaverk/Partnership/partnership_onboard.log"
-                    PHASE2_TRIGGERED=true
-                    ;;
                 missing-runner:*)
                     error "Phase 2 not started — no run_job.sh at ${_phase2_out#missing-runner:} on $OWNER"
                     ;;
                 missing-script:*)
                     error "Phase 2 not started — no partnership_onboard.sh at ${_phase2_out#missing-script:} on $OWNER"
                     ;;
-                *start-failed*)
+                start-failed)
                     error "Phase 2 launch on $OWNER did not produce a job record — check run_job.sh there"
                     ;;
+                triggered)
+                    echo "Phase 2 triggered on $OWNER ✅"
+                    log "Watch on $OWNER: Scheduler tab, or tail -f /var/log/varaverk/Partnership/partnership_onboard.log"
+                    PHASE2_TRIGGERED=true
+                    ;;
                 *)
                     warn "Could not auto-trigger Phase 2 on $OWNER"
                     ;;