diff --git a/docs/recipes/mobile-release.md b/docs/recipes/mobile-release.md
index de0824a..d646236 100644
--- a/docs/recipes/mobile-release.md
+++ b/docs/recipes/mobile-release.md
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ target/hemx-mobile/workout/
   ios/README.md
 ```
 
-Use `workout mobile-verify` to check the generated kit and release binary. Use
-`workout doctor` when you only want to see missing external inputs.
+Use `workout mobile-verify` to check the generated kit and release binary. It
+fails on a non-HTTPS production origin, missing/inconsistent Android or iOS
+metadata, or external toolchain/signing blockers that were not written into the
+manifest and `BLOCKERS.md`. Use `workout doctor` when you only want to see
+missing external inputs.
 
 ## Production configuration
 
diff --git a/hemx-xtask/src/main.rs b/hemx-xtask/src/main.rs
index cfe28dc..ba33a17 100644
--- a/hemx-xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/hemx-xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ fn verify_workout_mobile_release(
     config: &WorkoutMobileConfig,
     require_server_binary: bool,
 ) -> Vec<String> {
-    let mut failures = Vec::new();
+    let mut failures = mobile_policy_failures(config);
     if require_server_binary && !Path::new("target/release/hemx-workout-example").exists() {
         failures.push(
             "target/release/hemx-workout-example is missing; run workout-mobile release first"
@@ -329,6 +329,23 @@ fn verify_workout_mobile_release(
         ],
         &mut failures,
     );
+
+    for blocker in mobile_external_blockers(config) {
+        check_file_contains(&manifest_path, &[&blocker], &mut failures);
+        check_file_contains(&blockers_path, &[&blocker], &mut failures);
+    }
+
+    failures
+}
+
+fn mobile_policy_failures(config: &WorkoutMobileConfig) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut failures = Vec::new();
+    if !config.origin.starts_with("https://") {
+        failures.push(
+            "HEMX_WORKOUT_ORIGIN must be a production HTTPS origin before mobile verification can pass"
+                .into(),
+        );
+    }
     failures
 }
 
@@ -797,6 +814,25 @@ mod tests {
             .any(|blocker| blocker.contains("production HTTPS origin")));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn workout_mobile_verify_fails_closed_on_non_https_origin() {
+        // req: examples/006
+        let config = workout_mobile_config_at(
+            "http://workout.example.com",
+            "target/test-workout-mobile-non-https",
+        );
+        let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&config.out_dir);
+        write_workout_mobile_release(&config, &mobile_external_blockers(&config))
+            .expect("write release kit");
+
+        let failures = verify_workout_mobile_release(&config, false);
+
+        assert!(failures
+            .iter()
+            .any(|failure| failure.contains("production HTTPS origin")));
+        let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&config.out_dir);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn workout_mobile_verify_accepts_generated_release_kit() {
         // req: examples/006
@@ -805,7 +841,7 @@ mod tests {
             "target/test-workout-mobile-accepts",
         );
         let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&config.out_dir);
-        write_workout_mobile_release(&config, &["Android signing key not configured".into()])
+        write_workout_mobile_release(&config, &mobile_external_blockers(&config))
             .expect("write release kit");
 
         assert!(verify_workout_mobile_release(&config, false).is_empty());
@@ -813,6 +849,27 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&config.out_dir);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn workout_mobile_verify_rejects_unacknowledged_external_blockers() {
+        // req: examples/006
+        let config = workout_mobile_config_at(
+            "https://workout.example.com",
+            "target/test-workout-mobile-unacknowledged-blockers",
+        );
+        let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&config.out_dir);
+        write_workout_mobile_release(&config, &[]).expect("write release kit");
+
+        let failures = verify_workout_mobile_release(&config, false);
+
+        assert!(failures.iter().any(|failure| {
+            failure.contains("release-manifest.json") && failure.contains("Android")
+        }));
+        assert!(failures
+            .iter()
+            .any(|failure| failure.contains("BLOCKERS.md") && failure.contains("Android")));
+        let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&config.out_dir);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn workout_mobile_verify_rejects_missing_release_kit() {
         // req: examples/006