diff --git a/tests/integration/overrides/askari_inputonly.yml b/tests/integration/overrides/askari_inputonly.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2fe904
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+++ b/tests/integration/overrides/askari_inputonly.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+# Integration overlay (ADR-025) — the askari mesh-hardening REDESIGN (2026-06-19).
+# Validates INPUT-only default-deny on a Docker host: input policy drop, forward policy
+# accept (Docker-safe), SSH via the admin-addr break-glass, reboot-survivable.
+integration_profile: askari_inputonly
+base__firewall_apply: true
+base__firewall_input_only: true
+# No sshd ListenAddress change — never wt0-only in a throwaway VM.
+base__ssh_listen_mesh_only: false
+# Isolated VM: never touch the real mesh.
+base__mesh_enabled: false
+# The non-mesh SSH break-glass = the admin-addr path the real design uses. Point it at the
+# VM's libvirt-NAT gateway (where the harness connects from), by source IP so it is
+# interface-independent and the default-deny + reboot don't lock out the driver. This
+# mirrors askari's real base__firewall_admin_addrs (ubongo's WAN) in the test topology.
+base__firewall_admin_addrs:
+  - 192.168.150.1
diff --git a/tests/integration/profiles/askari_inputonly.json b/tests/integration/profiles/askari_inputonly.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d571d1d
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+++ b/tests/integration/profiles/askari_inputonly.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "groups": ["offsite_hosts"],
+  "applies": [
+    {"playbook": "site.yml", "tags": ["base"]},
+    {"playbook": "offsite.yml", "tags": ["docker_host", "reverse_proxy"]}
+  ],
+  "extra_vars_files": ["overrides/askari_inputonly.yml"],
+  "mem_mib": 3072,
+  "vcpus": 2
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/verify.yml b/tests/integration/verify.yml
index 1f460f5..cf9f61c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/verify.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/verify.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that:
           - integration_profile is defined
-          - integration_profile in ['askari', 'ubongo']
-        fail_msg: "integration_profile must be set in the profile overlay (askari|ubongo)"
+          - integration_profile in ['askari', 'askari_inputonly', 'ubongo']
+        fail_msg: "integration_profile must be set in the profile overlay (askari|askari_inputonly|ubongo)"
 
     # ── askari profile — Docker host: published-port forwarding survives the reboot ──
     # The load-bearing check probes the VM's published :80 FROM the controller (ubongo) — if
@@ -83,3 +83,47 @@
           ubongo profile: expected input policy drop, forward policy accept (input-only),
           the ssh-from-control lifeline (192.168.150.1), and both admin-addr
           (192.168.150.98/99) SSH allows in the live ruleset.
+
+    # ── askari_inputonly profile — the mesh-hardening REDESIGN (2026-06-19) ──
+    # INPUT-only default-deny on a Docker host: input policy drop, forward policy ACCEPT
+    # (Docker-safe), SSH via the admin-addr break-glass, published-port DNAT survives reboot.
+    - name: (askari_inputonly) Read the live nftables ruleset
+      when: integration_profile == 'askari_inputonly'
+      ansible.builtin.command: nft list ruleset
+      register: _nft_io
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: (askari_inputonly) INPUT default-deny, forward permissive, admin-addr break-glass
+      when: integration_profile == 'askari_inputonly'
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - "'hook input priority filter; policy drop;' in _nft_io.stdout"
+          - "'hook forward priority filter; policy accept;' in _nft_io.stdout"
+          - "'ip saddr 192.168.150.1 tcp dport 22 accept' in _nft_io.stdout"
+        fail_msg: >-
+          askari_inputonly: expected input policy drop, forward policy accept (input-only),
+          and the admin-addr break-glass (192.168.150.1) SSH allow in the live ruleset.
+
+    - name: (askari_inputonly) Gather service facts
+      when: integration_profile == 'askari_inputonly'
+      ansible.builtin.service_facts:
+
+    - name: (askari_inputonly) Docker daemon is active
+      when: integration_profile == 'askari_inputonly'
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "ansible_facts.services['docker.service'].state == 'running'"
+        fail_msg: "docker.service is not running"
+
+    - name: (askari_inputonly) Published port answers from the controller (DNAT + forward alive)
+      when: integration_profile == 'askari_inputonly'
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      become: false
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: "http://{{ ansible_host }}/"
+        follow_redirects: none
+        status_code: [200, 301, 308, 404, 502, 503]
+        timeout: 10
+      register: _probe_io
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 6
+      until: _probe_io is succeeded