diff --git a/deployment/aliyun/host-bybit-options-shadow-gate.sh b/deployment/aliyun/host-bybit-options-shadow-gate.sh
index 5ff299d9..0eb2056c 100755
--- a/deployment/aliyun/host-bybit-options-shadow-gate.sh
+++ b/deployment/aliyun/host-bybit-options-shadow-gate.sh
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ jq -n \
   --argjson disk_free_gb "$disk_free_gb" \
   --argjson upload_failure_count "$upload_failure_count" \
   --argjson last_upload_success_at "$last_upload_success_at" \
+  --arg SHADOW_SPOOL "$SHADOW_SPOOL" \
   '{schema:$schema,run_id:$run_id,created_at:$created_at,completed_at:$completed_at,
     candidate_sha256:$candidate_sha256,
     deployment_bundle_sha256:$deployment_bundle_sha256,
diff --git a/deployment/aliyun/test-bybit-options-shadow-gate.sh b/deployment/aliyun/test-bybit-options-shadow-gate.sh
index 1ba4bd70..09f2343e 100755
--- a/deployment/aliyun/test-bybit-options-shadow-gate.sh
+++ b/deployment/aliyun/test-bybit-options-shadow-gate.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ grep -Fq 'bybit-options-shadow-gate-policy.jq' "$shadow_gate"
 grep -Fq 'bybit-options-control-plane-lib.sh' "$shadow_gate"
 grep -Fq 'spool_drained:true' "$shadow_gate"
 grep -Fq 'upload_status:{failure_count:' "$shadow_gate"
+# The receipt jq program references $SHADOW_SPOOL in the service block; the
+# argument must actually be passed or the gate dies after a passing
+# observation window with "jq: $SHADOW_SPOOL is not defined".
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # literal contract assertion, $SHADOW_SPOOL must not expand
+grep -Fq -- '--arg SHADOW_SPOOL "$SHADOW_SPOOL"' "$shadow_gate"
 
 # Cutover contract: the candidate must clear a full shadow gate before the
 # production unit can be started, and the production env must stay fail-closed.