diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/tests/project_contract.rs b/packages/runtime-core/tests/project_contract.rs
index c62d502cd..e48c9bdd5 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-core/tests/project_contract.rs
+++ b/packages/runtime-core/tests/project_contract.rs
@@ -1309,6 +1309,33 @@ fn execution_dependency_compiler_preserves_review_conditions_and_refuses_invalid
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn execution_dependency_compiler_refuses_readiness_for_inactive_or_unknown_services() {
+    use project::execution::{Condition, Graph};
+    use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+    let fixture = Fixture::new(
+        "services:\n  web:\n    image: alpine:3.21\n  tools:\n    image: alpine:3.21\n    profiles: [debug]\n",
+    );
+    let plan = fixture.plan().plan;
+    assert!(plan.enrollment_compatible);
+    assert!(plan.services["web"].active);
+    assert!(!plan.services["tools"].active);
+    let active = BTreeMap::from([("web".into(), Condition::Started)]);
+    let graph = Graph::from_plan(&plan, &active).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(graph.services.keys().collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["web"]);
+    for extra in ["tools", "ghost"] {
+        let mut goals = active.clone();
+        goals.insert(extra.into(), Condition::Started);
+        let refusal = Graph::from_plan(&plan, &goals).unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(refusal.code, "graph_readiness", "{extra}");
+        assert!(
+            refusal.message.contains("inactive or unknown"),
+            "{extra}: {}",
+            refusal.message
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn executable_inputs_preserve_argv_and_resolve_only_explicit_values() {
     use project::inputs;
diff --git a/src/backends/native-project-routing.ts b/src/backends/native-project-routing.ts
index 167bad7b8..780dd2a8c 100644
--- a/src/backends/native-project-routing.ts
+++ b/src/backends/native-project-routing.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ export function hasOnlyNativeSupportedLabels(labels: unknown): boolean {
     ) ?? false
   );
 }
-/** Count all declared routes, including inactive profiles, before allocating the pool. */
+/**
+ * Count all declared routes, including inactive profiles, before allocating the pool.
+ *
+ * This runs before the profile-aware review, so it is a conservative upper bound: profile
+ * activation stays the reviewed plan's decision, and `reviewedNativeRoutes` must never find
+ * more active routes than this floor. Unlike readiness goals, an unused slot is harmless.
+ */
 export function nativeBridgeCapacity(
   specs: Readonly<Record<string, Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>>>
 ): number {
diff --git a/src/backends/native-project-start.ts b/src/backends/native-project-start.ts
index 1d85a18fe..c1413120a 100644
--- a/src/backends/native-project-start.ts
+++ b/src/backends/native-project-start.ts
@@ -334,18 +334,36 @@ async function pinNativeProjectImages(opts: {
     spec.image = ensured.image_id;
   }
 }
-function readiness(
-  specs: Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>,
-  initializers: ReadonlySet<string>,
-  routed: ReadonlySet<string>
-): string[] {
+/**
+ * Build `--ready` goals for exactly the services the reviewed plan marks active.
+ *
+ * Compose services outside the selected profiles stay in the normalized specs (they are
+ * still reviewed and pinned), but the runtime does not schedule them and refuses readiness
+ * goals for inactive or unknown services. Dependency edges declared by inactive services
+ * are ignored so they cannot raise an active service's readiness goal.
+ */
+export function nativeReadinessArgs(opts: {
+  readonly specs: Readonly<Record<string, Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>>>;
+  readonly plan: unknown;
+  readonly initializers: ReadonlySet<string>;
+  readonly routed: ReadonlySet<string>;
+}): string[] {
+  const reviewed =
+    isRecord(opts.plan) && isRecord(opts.plan.services)
+      ? opts.plan.services
+      : {};
+  const active = (name: string): boolean => {
+    const service = reviewed[name];
+    return isRecord(service) && service.active === true;
+  };
+  const specs = Object.entries(opts.specs).filter(([name]) => active(name));
   const ready: Record<string, string> = Object.fromEntries(
-    Object.entries(specs).map(([name, spec]) => [
+    specs.map(([name, spec]) => [
       name,
       spec.healthcheck ? "healthy" : "started",
     ])
   );
-  for (const spec of Object.values(specs)) {
+  for (const [, spec] of specs) {
     if (!isRecord(spec.depends_on)) {
       continue;
     }
@@ -361,16 +379,15 @@ function readiness(
       }
     }
   }
-  for (const name of initializers) {
+  for (const name of opts.initializers) {
     ready[name] = "completed";
   }
-  for (const name of routed) {
+  for (const name of opts.routed) {
     ready[name] = "healthy";
   }
-  return Object.entries(ready).flatMap(([name, condition]) => [
-    "--ready",
-    `${name}=${condition}`,
-  ]);
+  return Object.entries(ready)
+    .filter(([name]) => active(name))
+    .flatMap(([name, condition]) => ["--ready", `${name}=${condition}`]);
 }
 function authoritative(
   value: unknown,
@@ -1138,7 +1155,12 @@ export async function startNativeProject(opts: {
                 review.planId,
                 ...nativeSharedSourceFlags(review.report.plan),
                 ...cache.flags,
-                ...readiness(specs, cache.initializers, routes.services),
+                ...nativeReadinessArgs({
+                  specs,
+                  plan: review.report.plan,
+                  initializers: cache.initializers,
+                  routed: routes.services,
+                }),
                 ...routes.flags,
                 "--dependencies",
                 dependencyFile,
diff --git a/tests/native-project-start.test.ts b/tests/native-project-start.test.ts
index 710df0980..e34f75ec4 100644
--- a/tests/native-project-start.test.ts
+++ b/tests/native-project-start.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { preflightNativeRestart } from "../src/backends/native-project-restart-p
 import { selectNativeRetainedImages } from "../src/backends/native-project-retained-images.ts";
 import type { NativeProjectRun } from "../src/backends/native-project-run.ts";
 import {
+  nativeReadinessArgs,
   parseNativeHttpsSelection,
   reviewedNativeHttpsRoutes,
   startNativeProject,
@@ -1018,6 +1019,166 @@ test("routed startup reserves bridges and enrolls reviewed healthy services with
   expect(await startNativeProject(opts)).toBe(0);
 });
 
+const profileProbe = {
+  port: 3000,
+  path: "/health",
+  interval_ms: 100,
+  timeout_ms: 500,
+  retries: 3,
+  start_period_ms: 0,
+};
+/** One active service plus a routed and an unrouted service in the `debug` profile. */
+function profileSpecs(): Record<string, Record<string, unknown>> {
+  return {
+    web: { image: `sha256:${"e".repeat(64)}` },
+    admin: {
+      image: `sha256:${"e".repeat(64)}`,
+      profiles: ["debug"],
+      labels: {
+        caddy: "admin.example.com",
+        "caddy.reverse_proxy": "{{upstreams 3000}}",
+        "caddy.tls": "internal",
+      },
+      healthcheck: { "x-hack-http": profileProbe },
+    },
+    worker: {
+      image: `sha256:${"e".repeat(64)}`,
+      profiles: ["debug"],
+      depends_on: { web: { condition: "service_healthy" } },
+    },
+  };
+}
+function profilePlan(debug: boolean) {
+  return {
+    enrollment_compatible: true,
+    services: {
+      web: { active: true },
+      admin: {
+        active: debug,
+        routing: { port: 3000, hostnames: ["admin.example.com"] },
+        healthcheck: { native_http: profileProbe, disabled: false },
+      },
+      worker: { active: debug },
+    },
+  };
+}
+function readyGoals(args: readonly string[]): string[] {
+  return args.flatMap((arg, index) =>
+    args[index - 1] === "--ready" ? [arg] : []
+  );
+}
+
+test("readiness goals cover only services the reviewed plan marks active", () => {
+  expect(
+    nativeReadinessArgs({
+      specs: profileSpecs(),
+      plan: profilePlan(false),
+      initializers: new Set(),
+      routed: new Set(),
+    })
+  ).toEqual(["--ready", "web=started"]);
+  expect(
+    readyGoals(
+      nativeReadinessArgs({
+        specs: profileSpecs(),
+        plan: profilePlan(true),
+        initializers: new Set(),
+        routed: new Set(["admin"]),
+      })
+    ).sort()
+  ).toEqual(["admin=healthy", "web=healthy", "worker=started"]);
+  // Services absent from the plan are unknown, and a missing plan admits nothing.
+  expect(
+    nativeReadinessArgs({
+      specs: profileSpecs(),
+      plan: {
+        enrollment_compatible: true,
+        services: { web: { active: true } },
+      },
+      initializers: new Set(["worker"]),
+      routed: new Set(["admin"]),
+    })
+  ).toEqual(["--ready", "web=started"]);
+  expect(
+    nativeReadinessArgs({
+      specs: profileSpecs(),
+      plan: undefined,
+      initializers: new Set(),
+      routed: new Set(),
+    })
+  ).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+async function profileStartup(profiles: readonly string[] | undefined) {
+  const { opts } = await fixture(false);
+  const prepare = opts.dependencies.prepare!;
+  const review = opts.dependencies.review!;
+  const invoke = opts.dependencies.invoke!;
+  const serve = opts.dependencies.serve!;
+  const seen: { reviewed?: readonly string[]; serve?: readonly string[] } = {};
+  let bridges: string | undefined;
+  opts.dependencies.prepare = async (call) => ({
+    ...(await prepare(call)),
+    normalizedComposeJson: JSON.stringify({ services: profileSpecs() }),
+    serviceNames: ["web", "admin", "worker"],
+  });
+  opts.dependencies.review = async (call) => {
+    seen.reviewed = call.profiles;
+    return await review({
+      ...call,
+      run: async (checked) =>
+        call.run({
+          ...checked,
+          report: {
+            plan: profilePlan(call.profiles?.includes("debug") === true),
+          },
+        }),
+    });
+  };
+  opts.dependencies.invoke = async (call) => {
+    if (call.args[0] === "runtime" && call.args[1] === "up") {
+      const index = call.args.indexOf("--minimum-bridge-sockets");
+      bridges = index < 0 ? undefined : call.args[index + 1];
+    }
+    return await invoke(call);
+  };
+  opts.dependencies.serve = async (call) => {
+    seen.serve = call.args;
+    return await serve(call);
+  };
+  expect(
+    await startNativeProject(profiles ? { ...opts, profiles } : opts)
+  ).toBe(0);
+  return {
+    reviewed: seen.reviewed,
+    goals: readyGoals(seen.serve ?? []).sort(),
+    serveArgs: seen.serve ?? [],
+    bridges,
+  };
+}
+
+test("native up omits routed and unrouted inactive-profile services from readiness", async () => {
+  const started = await profileStartup(undefined);
+  expect(started.reviewed).not.toContain("debug");
+  // An inactive worker's healthy edge must not raise the active web goal.
+  expect(started.goals).toEqual(["web=started"]);
+  expect(started.serveArgs).not.toContain("admin=auto");
+  // Pool capacity still counts the inactive routed service on purpose.
+  expect(started.bridges).toBe("1");
+});
+
+test("an explicit profile activates its services' readiness and routes", async () => {
+  const started = await profileStartup(["debug"]);
+  expect(started.reviewed).toContain("debug");
+  expect(started.goals).toEqual([
+    "admin=healthy",
+    "web=healthy",
+    "worker=started",
+  ]);
+  expect(started.serveArgs).toContain("admin=auto");
+  expect(started.bridges).toBe("1");
+});
+
 function leaseIdentity(
   selection: Parameters<typeof acquireNativeHttpsLease>[0]
 ) {