diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/docker-deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/docker-deploy.yml
index 3086835..e6a6e3d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/docker-deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/docker-deploy.yml
@@ -74,19 +74,13 @@ jobs:
           export TEST_IMAGE="adcloud-server-ci:$SOURCE_REVISION-test"
           export CI_STACK_NAME="adcloud-ci-$(printf '%s' "$SOURCE_REVISION" | cut -c1-12)-${{ gitea.run_id }}"
           bash scripts/compose_stack.sh ci
-      - name: Deploy and verify published host port
-        run: |
-          export DEPLOY_IMAGE="adcloud-server-ci:$SOURCE_REVISION"
-          export DEPLOY_REPOSITORY="$SOURCE_REPOSITORY"
-          export DEPLOY_REVISION="$SOURCE_REVISION"
-          bash scripts/compose_stack.sh deploy
-      - name: Probe configured public URL
+      - name: Stop the retired persistent test stack
+        if: gitea.event_name == 'push' && gitea.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: |
           set -eu
-          if [ -n "$PUBLIC_BASE_URL" ]; then
-            case "$PUBLIC_BASE_URL" in http://*|https://*) ;; *) echo 'Invalid public URL'; exit 1 ;; esac
-            curl --fail --silent --show-error --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 20 "${PUBLIC_BASE_URL%/}/health"
-            printf '\nPublic API: %s\n' "$PUBLIC_BASE_URL"
-          else
-            echo "Host port $DEPLOY_PORT passed HTTP smoke; provide public_base_url to check public ingress."
+          stack_ids="$(docker ps -aq --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=adcloud-test)"
+          if [ -n "$stack_ids" ]; then
+            docker rm -f $stack_ids
           fi
+          docker rm -f adcloud-server-test 2>/dev/null || true
+          echo 'Retired Adcloud containers stopped; named data volumes were preserved.'