diff --git a/.github/workflows/attestation-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/attestation-verification.yml
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+name: Attestation verification
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Existing release version to verify (for example 0.2.1 or v0.2.1)
+        required: true
+        default: '0.2.1'
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: attestation-verification-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  IMAGE: ghcr.io/ploos-as/glowing-bear
+
+jobs:
+  validate-script:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Validate M0.9 script syntax
+        run: bash -n scripts/qualify_attestations.sh
+
+  verify-attestations:
+    needs: validate-script
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Select release version
+        id: release
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
+            version="${{ inputs.version }}"
+          elif [[ "${GITHUB_REF_TYPE}" == "tag" ]]; then
+            version="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          else
+            version="0.2.1"
+          fi
+          echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Verify published provenance and SBOM attestations
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}
+        run: bash scripts/qualify_attestations.sh
diff --git a/docs/M0_9_ATTESTATION_VERIFICATION.md b/docs/M0_9_ATTESTATION_VERIFICATION.md
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+# M0.9 attestation verification
+
+M0.8 verifies that a published release exposes Buildx attestation manifests. M0.9 strengthens that contract by validating how those attestations are attached and what predicate types they advertise.
+
+For every required Linux platform manifest (`linux/amd64` and `linux/arm64`), M0.9 requires:
+
+- a BuildKit attestation manifest whose `vnd.docker.reference.digest` points to that exact platform digest;
+- `vnd.docker.reference.type=attestation-manifest`;
+- in-toto layers using media type `application/vnd.in-toto+json`;
+- a non-empty SLSA provenance descriptor with predicate type `https://slsa.dev/provenance/v0.2`;
+- a non-empty SPDX SBOM descriptor with predicate type `https://spdx.dev/Document`;
+- sha256 layer digests for both descriptors.
+
+This closes the M0.8 gap where merely counting `unknown/unknown` manifests could not distinguish the required provenance/SBOM contract from unrelated attestations.
+
+The workflow runs on release tags and can also be run manually against an existing immutable release. Pull requests verify the currently published `0.2.1` release as a real registry-backed integration test while also syntax-checking the script.
+
+M0.9 does not claim cryptographic signer identity verification. Signature policy and keyless identity verification, if desired, belong in a later milestone rather than being conflated with attestation-content qualification.
diff --git a/scripts/qualify_attestations.sh b/scripts/qualify_attestations.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+IMAGE="${IMAGE:-ghcr.io/ploos-as/glowing-bear}"
+VERSION="${VERSION:?VERSION is required}"
+
+if [[ "$VERSION" == v* ]]; then
+  VERSION="${VERSION#v}"
+fi
+
+if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([.-][0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$ ]]; then
+  echo "release version is not semver-like: $VERSION" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+primary="$IMAGE:$VERSION"
+workdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$workdir"' EXIT
+
+index_json="$workdir/index.json"
+docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw "$primary" > "$index_json"
+
+platform_rows="$workdir/platforms.tsv"
+jq -r '.manifests[]
+  | select(.platform.os == "linux")
+  | select(.platform.architecture == "amd64" or .platform.architecture == "arm64")
+  | [.platform.architecture, .digest] | @tsv' "$index_json" > "$platform_rows"
+
+for arch in amd64 arm64; do
+  if ! awk -F '\t' -v a="$arch" '$1 == a {found=1} END {exit !found}' "$platform_rows"; then
+    echo "$primary is missing linux/$arch" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+# BuildKit stores the subject linkage on the attestation descriptor in the OCI
+# index. The descriptor binds each attestation manifest to its exact platform
+# digest; Buildx exposes decoded provenance/SBOM payloads from the parent
+# multi-platform release reference.
+attestation_rows="$workdir/attestations.tsv"
+jq -r '.manifests[]
+  | select(.platform.os == "unknown" and .platform.architecture == "unknown")
+  | select(.annotations["vnd.docker.reference.type"] == "attestation-manifest")
+  | select((.annotations["vnd.docker.reference.digest"] // "") | test("^sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}$"))
+  | [.digest, .annotations["vnd.docker.reference.digest"]] | @tsv' \
+  "$index_json" > "$attestation_rows"
+
+if [[ ! -s "$attestation_rows" ]]; then
+  echo "$primary has no valid BuildKit attestation descriptors" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+while IFS=$'\t' read -r arch platform_digest; do
+  attestation_digest="$(awk -F '\t' -v d="$platform_digest" '$2 == d {print $1; exit}' "$attestation_rows")"
+  if [[ -z "$attestation_digest" ]]; then
+    echo "missing attestation manifest for linux/$arch digest $platform_digest" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  manifest_json="$workdir/${attestation_digest#sha256:}.manifest.json"
+  docker buildx imagetools inspect --raw "$IMAGE@$attestation_digest" > "$manifest_json"
+
+  jq -e '[.layers[] | select(.mediaType == "application/vnd.in-toto+json") | select(.size > 0) | .digest | select(test("^sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}$"))] | length >= 2' \
+    "$manifest_json" >/dev/null || {
+      echo "attestation $attestation_digest does not contain at least two valid in-toto layers" >&2
+      exit 1
+    }
+done < "$platform_rows"
+
+provenance_json="$workdir/provenance.json"
+sbom_json="$workdir/sbom.json"
+
+docker buildx imagetools inspect \
+  --format '{{ json .Provenance }}' \
+  "$primary" > "$provenance_json"
+docker buildx imagetools inspect \
+  --format '{{ json .SBOM }}' \
+  "$primary" > "$sbom_json"
+
+for arch in amd64 arm64; do
+  jq -e --arg platform "linux/$arch" '
+    .[$platform].SLSA
+    | type == "object"
+      and (.buildDefinition | type == "object")
+      and (.buildDefinition.buildType | type == "string" and length > 0)
+      and (.runDetails | type == "object")
+      and (.runDetails.builder.id | type == "string" and length > 0)
+  ' "$provenance_json" >/dev/null || {
+    echo "$primary is missing readable SLSA provenance content for linux/$arch" >&2
+    cat "$provenance_json" >&2 || true
+    exit 1
+  }
+done
+
+jq -e '
+  . != null and
+  ([.. | objects | .spdxVersion? // empty] | any(startswith("SPDX-")))
+' "$sbom_json" >/dev/null || {
+  echo "$primary is missing readable SPDX SBOM content" >&2
+  cat "$sbom_json" >&2 || true
+  exit 1
+}
+
+while IFS=$'\t' read -r arch platform_digest; do
+  attestation_digest="$(awk -F '\t' -v d="$platform_digest" '$2 == d {print $1; exit}' "$attestation_rows")"
+  echo "Qualified attestation linkage for linux/$arch $platform_digest via $attestation_digest"
+done < "$platform_rows"
+
+echo "Qualified decoded SLSA provenance and SPDX SBOM payloads for $primary"
+echo "M0.9 attestation verification passed for $primary"