diff --git a/komodo/resources.toml b/komodo/resources.toml
index 96de3e6..b1ef16f 100644
--- a/komodo/resources.toml
+++ b/komodo/resources.toml
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ registry_provider = "git.infra.msai.al"
 registry_account = "komodo"
 environment = """
 REGISTRY=git.infra.msai.al/mca/parking_solution
-# Staging booth: pin an immutable stage-<sha> per deploy (bump after merging dev → stage and
-# CI builds it). The moving `:stage` tag exists as the pointer; we deploy the sha, not the mover.
-TAG=stage-84f00db
+# Staging booth: pin an immutable stage-<sha> per deploy. PLACEHOLDER below — after merging
+# dev → stage and CI builds :stage-<sha>, set this to that exact sha (or override TAG in Core at
+# deploy). The moving `:stage` tag exists as the pointer; we deploy the sha, not the mover.
+TAG=stage-REPLACE_WITH_BUILT_SHA
 COOKIE_SECURE=0
 VISION_ENABLED=1
 WS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=