diff --git a/ci/platform.env b/ci/platform.env
index 11d2d1e..cc21730 100644
--- a/ci/platform.env
+++ b/ci/platform.env
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # remains reachable after its branch is deleted; the full commit pin makes the checkout immutable.
 EKKLESIA_PLATFORM_REPOSITORY=https://git.riverofglorymn.org/River_of_Glory_Church/Ekklesia.git
 EKKLESIA_PLATFORM_REF=refs/pull/90/head
-EKKLESIA_PLATFORM_COMMIT=6e64b3c5f955452b41dbf1aac4c5557841d1ff8a
+EKKLESIA_PLATFORM_COMMIT=a0e9948820a4e9b30b207ca3a0a98b3204eb8493
diff --git a/src/server/images/processing.ts b/src/server/images/processing.ts
index 2236d62..79b2482 100644
--- a/src/server/images/processing.ts
+++ b/src/server/images/processing.ts
@@ -177,10 +177,11 @@ export async function processSignageImage(bytes: Uint8Array): Promise<SignagePro
     height: metadata.height as number,
     width: metadata.width as number,
   };
-  const [display, thumbnail] = await Promise.all([
-    renderRendition(bytes, SIGNAGE_IMAGE_DISPLAY_RENDITION),
-    renderRendition(bytes, SIGNAGE_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_RENDITION),
-  ]);
+  // Keep peak native CPU and memory bounded inside the shared API process. Upload concurrency is
+  // already bounded at the module UI; running both renditions for every upload in parallel would
+  // multiply that concurrency again and can starve the database and storage clients on a small host.
+  const display = await renderRendition(bytes, SIGNAGE_IMAGE_DISPLAY_RENDITION);
+  const thumbnail = await renderRendition(bytes, SIGNAGE_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_RENDITION);
 
   return {
     byteSize: bytes.byteLength,
diff --git a/src/server/images/service.ts b/src/server/images/service.ts
index 6ef2e26..49ec3bc 100644
--- a/src/server/images/service.ts
+++ b/src/server/images/service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import {
+  MODULE_STORAGE_ERROR_CODES,
   type ModuleStorage,
   type ModuleStorageBucket,
-  ModuleStorageError,
+  type ModuleStorageErrorCode,
 } from "@ekklesia/module-sdk";
 import { SignageError } from "../errors.js";
 import { type SignageStore, SignageStoreConflict, type StoredImage } from "../store/types.js";
@@ -17,6 +18,20 @@ export function nativeImageBucket(storage: ModuleStorage): ModuleStorageBucket {
   return storage.bucket(SIGNAGE_IMAGE_BUCKET);
 }
 
+/** Host errors cross the installed-package boundary from a different copy of the SDK, so class
+ * identity is not part of the contract (ADR 0049). Recognize only the SDK's closed, sanitized
+ * storage-error shape; provider messages and causes remain inaccessible. */
+function storageErrorCode(error: unknown): ModuleStorageErrorCode | undefined {
+  if (!(error instanceof Error) || error.name !== "ModuleStorageError") {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const code = (error as { readonly code?: unknown }).code;
+  return typeof code === "string" &&
+    (MODULE_STORAGE_ERROR_CODES as readonly string[]).includes(code)
+    ? (code as ModuleStorageErrorCode)
+    : undefined;
+}
+
 /**
  * Object keys are scoped to the asset they belong to.
  *
@@ -41,7 +56,7 @@ export function renditionObjectKey(assetId: string, kind: string): string {
  * not a caller's business.
  */
 function storageFailure(error: unknown): SignageError {
-  if (error instanceof ModuleStorageError && error.code === "STORAGE_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND") {
+  if (storageErrorCode(error) === "STORAGE_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND") {
     return new SignageError("SIGNAGE_NOT_FOUND");
   }
   return new SignageError("SIGNAGE_STORAGE_UNAVAILABLE");
@@ -150,7 +165,7 @@ export async function ingestNativeImage(
     if (error instanceof SignageError) {
       throw error;
     }
-    if (error instanceof ModuleStorageError) {
+    if (storageErrorCode(error) !== undefined) {
       throw storageFailure(error);
     }
     throw new SignageError("SIGNAGE_OPERATION_FAILED");
diff --git a/tests/images.test.ts b/tests/images.test.ts
index 8993d00..970e191 100644
--- a/tests/images.test.ts
+++ b/tests/images.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ModuleStorage } from "@ekklesia/module-sdk";
 import sharp from "sharp";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { SignageError } from "../src/server/errors.js";
@@ -372,6 +373,30 @@ describe("native image ingest", () => {
     expect(store.images.size).toBe(0);
   });
 
+  it("recognizes a sanitized storage failure from the host's separate SDK copy", async () => {
+    const bucket = storage.bucket("native-images");
+    const externalError = Object.assign(new Error("The storage service could not be reached."), {
+      code: "STORAGE_PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE",
+      name: "ModuleStorageError",
+    });
+    const externalStorage: ModuleStorage = {
+      bucket: () => ({ ...bucket, put: () => Promise.reject(externalError) }),
+      buckets: () => ["native-images"],
+    };
+
+    await expectSignageCode(
+      ingestNativeImage({
+        bytes: await makeImage({ format: "png", height: 360, width: 640 }),
+        displayName: "welcome.png",
+        expiresAt: null,
+        filename: "welcome.png",
+        storage: externalStorage,
+        store,
+      }),
+      "SIGNAGE_STORAGE_UNAVAILABLE",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("treats a race with an identical upload as a success rather than a failure", async () => {
     const bytes = await makeImage({ format: "png", height: 1080, width: 1920 });
     const first = await ingest(bytes);