diff --git a/.github/workflows/hosted-dev-testflight.yml b/.github/workflows/hosted-dev-testflight.yml
index 74c7073..83e0f06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hosted-dev-testflight.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hosted-dev-testflight.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      actions: read
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
         with:
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Check the existing signing environment without secrets
         timeout-minutes: 1
+        env:
+          KIN_RECHECK_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$GITHUB_SHA"
           test -z "$(git status --porcelain)"
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 86
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      actions: read
     env:
       DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode_27.app/Contents/Developer
       KIN_DEV_SIGNING_ONLY: '1'
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Recheck environment before secret-bearing step
         timeout-minutes: 1
+        env:
+          KIN_RECHECK_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$GITHUB_SHA"
           test -z "$(git status --porcelain)"
diff --git a/scripts/check-signing-environment.py b/scripts/check-signing-environment.py
index 6f66f6a..fe6147e 100644
--- a/scripts/check-signing-environment.py
+++ b/scripts/check-signing-environment.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 attestation. The owner must also verify unsupported/omitted settings in GitHub.
 """
 import json
+import os
 import socket
 import ssl
 import urllib.error
@@ -33,8 +34,12 @@ def redirect_request(self, *args, **kwargs):
 def fetch(url):
     if url not in (BASE, BASE + '/deployment-branch-policies?per_page=100'):
         raise ValueError('unexpected endpoint')
+    token = os.environ.get('KIN_RECHECK_GITHUB_TOKEN', '')
+    if not token or len(token) > 4096 or not token.isascii() or not all(33 <= ord(c) <= 126 for c in token):
+        raise ValueError('token unavailable')
     request = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={
-        'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json', 'User-Agent': 'kin-signing-preflight'})
+        'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json', 'User-Agent': 'kin-signing-preflight',
+        'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token})
     opener = urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.ProxyHandler({}), _NoRedirect())
     with opener.open(request, timeout=10) as response:
         if response.status != 200:
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_signing_environment.py b/scripts/tests/test_signing_environment.py
index e2ecef1..b100e9f 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_signing_environment.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_signing_environment.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import copy
 import importlib.util
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ def test_bad_branch_policy(self):
         for policies in ({'total_count':0,'branch_policies':[]}, {'total_count':1,'branch_policies':[{'name':'*','type':'branch'}]}, {'total_count':1,'branch_policies':[{'name':'main','type':'tag'}]}, {'total_count':2,'branch_policies':[{'name':'main','type':'branch'}]}, {}):
             with self.subTest(policies=policies), self.assertRaises(ValueError): p.validate(self.env, policies)
 
+    @patch.dict(os.environ, {'KIN_RECHECK_GITHUB_TOKEN': 'synthetic-token'})
     def test_fetch_endpoint_and_json_bounds(self):
         class Response:
             status = 200
@@ -75,6 +77,41 @@ def test_fixed_failure_categories_and_redaction(self):
             with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as cm: p.main()
             self.assertIn('policy mismatch', str(cm.exception))
 
+    def test_token_is_scoped_to_fixed_endpoints_and_never_redirected(self):
+        class Response:
+            status = 200
+            def __enter__(self): return self
+            def __exit__(self, *args): pass
+            def read(self, size): return b'{}'
+        class Opener:
+            def __init__(self): self.requests = []
+            def open(self, request, timeout):
+                self.requests.append((request, timeout)); return Response()
+        opener = Opener()
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, {'KIN_RECHECK_GITHUB_TOKEN': 'synthetic-token'}, clear=True), patch.object(p.urllib.request, 'build_opener', return_value=opener):
+            for url in (p.BASE, p.BASE + '/deployment-branch-policies?per_page=100'):
+                self.assertEqual(p.fetch(url), {})
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError): p.fetch('https://private.invalid/')
+        self.assertEqual(len(opener.requests), 2)
+        for request, timeout in opener.requests:
+            self.assertEqual(request.get_header('Authorization'), 'Bearer synthetic-token')
+            self.assertEqual(timeout, 10)
+        self.assertIsNone(p._NoRedirect().redirect_request(None, None, None, None, None, None))
+
+    def test_missing_or_malformed_token_never_sends_request(self):
+        for token in ('', 'bad\ntoken', 'x' * 4097, '💡'):
+            with self.subTest(token=token[:8]), patch.dict(os.environ, {'KIN_RECHECK_GITHUB_TOKEN': token}, clear=True), patch.object(p.urllib.request, 'build_opener') as opener:
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError): p.fetch(p.BASE)
+                opener.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_workflow_limits_token_to_recheck_steps(self):
+        workflow = (Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / '.github/workflows/hosted-dev-testflight.yml').read_text()
+        self.assertEqual(workflow.count('KIN_RECHECK_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}'), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(workflow.count('      actions: read'), 2)
+        self.assertNotIn('actions: write', workflow)
+        self.assertIn("test \"$TRIAL_MODE\" = signing_only", workflow)
+        self.assertIn("if: ${{ false && inputs.mode == 'upload_trial' }}", workflow)
+
     def test_cleanup_is_conditioned_on_archive_step_start(self):
         workflow = (Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / '.github/workflows/hosted-dev-testflight.yml').read_text()
         self.assertIn('id: dev_archive', workflow)