diff --git a/coraza-spoa/overrides.conf b/coraza-spoa/overrides.conf
index d8a7383..b506f03 100644
--- a/coraza-spoa/overrides.conf
+++ b/coraza-spoa/overrides.conf
@@ -59,17 +59,26 @@ SecRuleUpdateActionById 944100-944300 "ctl:ruleEngine=On"
 # single GCP-hosted scanner. Zero false positives observed; standard
 # WP/WooCommerce/Divi/HPR URLs do not end in these extensions.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# WARNING (measured 2026-10-09, Coraza v3.7.0 + CRS 4.25.0, in-process AND
-# live behind haproxy): 920440 is a CHAIN whose first link is
+# HOW IT IS PROMOTED (changed 2026-10-09, haproxy-manager-base 2026.10.2).
+# This used to be `SecRuleUpdateActionById 920440 "ctl:ruleEngine=On"`, which
+# was WRONG: 920440 is a CHAIN whose first link is
 # `REQUEST_BASENAME "@rx \.([^.]+)$"` -- it matches EVERY URL with a file
-# extension. Coraza runs the appended ctl:ruleEngine=On when that first link
-# matches, even though the chain then fails. So on any *.php / *.css / ...
-# request the engine is On for the rest of the transaction: 949110 enforces
-# the whole CRS anomaly score (a 942100 SQLi GET is 403 on /x.php, 200 on /x)
-# and 200002 denies body-parse errors -- in detect_only mode too, because
-# SecRuleEngine DetectionOnly cannot override a runtime ctl. Not changed here
-# (it would loosen live blocking fleet-wide); see waf-body-hardening-report.md.
-SecRuleUpdateActionById 920440 "ctl:ruleEngine=On"
+# extension -- and Coraza runs actions appended to a chain starter when that
+# first link matches, even though the chain then fails. Measured (Coraza
+# v3.7.0 + CRS 4.25.0, in-process and live): every *.php / *.css / ...
+# request ran with the engine On, so the whole CRS anomaly score (949110) and
+# 200002 enforced there -- in detect_only mode too, since SecRuleEngine
+# DetectionOnly cannot override a runtime ctl.
+#
+# Now: 920440 itself is untouched (it still sets tx.extension in its first
+# link and adds the anomaly score in its second), and this separate phase-1
+# rule, which runs after it, flips the engine only when the extension really
+# is in tx.restricted_extensions -- the original intent. Removing 920440
+# (break-glass, a per-host exception) also removes tx.extension, so this rule
+# goes quiet with it. Id 992920440 is outside WHP's generated range
+# (990000000-991999999).
+SecRule TX:EXTENSION "@within %{tx.restricted_extensions}" \
+    "id:992920440,phase:1,pass,nolog,t:none,t:lowercase,ctl:ruleEngine=On"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 930130 — Restricted File Access Attempt
diff --git a/scripts/test-waf-body-inspection.py b/scripts/test-waf-body-inspection.py
index 9e162bb..05cfb4d 100644
--- a/scripts/test-waf-body-inspection.py
+++ b/scripts/test-waf-body-inspection.py
@@ -217,6 +217,35 @@ class BufsizeCeilings(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(args[0].endswith(' body=req.body'))
 
 
+CORAZA_OVERRIDES = os.path.join(MODULE_DIR, 'coraza-spoa', 'overrides.conf')
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists(CORAZA_OVERRIDES),
+                     'coraza-spoa/overrides.conf is not shipped in this image; '
+                     'this class runs from a repo checkout')
+class BakedPromotions(unittest.TestCase):
+    """920440 is a CHAIN whose first link matches every URL with a file
+    extension. `SecRuleUpdateActionById 920440 "ctl:ruleEngine=On"` ran on that
+    first link, so every *.php / *.css request was evaluated with the engine
+    On (full CRS anomaly enforcement, in detect_only mode too). Measured
+    in-process and live, 2026-10-09; fixed by keying the flip on the chain's
+    real condition."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        with open(CORAZA_OVERRIDES) as fh:
+            self.lines = active_lines(fh.read())
+
+    def test_920440_is_not_promoted_on_its_chain_starter(self):
+        self.assertFalse([l for l in self.lines
+                          if re.match(r'SecRuleUpdateActionById\s+(\S*-)?920440\b', l)],
+                         '920440 promoted via SecRuleUpdateActionById again')
+
+    def test_920440_flip_keys_on_the_restricted_extension(self):
+        i = self.lines.index('SecRule TX:EXTENSION "@within %{tx.restricted_extensions}" \\')
+        self.assertEqual(self.lines[i + 1],
+                         '"id:992920440,phase:1,pass,nolog,t:none,t:lowercase,ctl:ruleEngine=On"')
+
+
 @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists(CORAZA_CONFIG),
                      'coraza-spoa/config.yaml is not shipped in this image; '
                      'this class runs from a repo checkout')