diff --git a/scripts/smoke-check-tailnet-services.sh b/scripts/smoke-check-tailnet-services.sh
index c800ba2..1c9c158 100644
--- a/scripts/smoke-check-tailnet-services.sh
+++ b/scripts/smoke-check-tailnet-services.sh
@@ -203,10 +203,36 @@ check_service() {
   echo "HTTP status OK for $url"
 }
 
+check_flux_ui_service() {
+  local namespace="flux-system"
+  local service_name="weave-gitops-tailscale"
+  local hostname="flux.silverside-gopher.ts.net"
+
+  echo "Checking $namespace/$service_name -> $hostname"
+  if ! retry 18 10 service_proxy_ready "$namespace" "$service_name"; then
+    echo "Tailscale proxy did not become Ready for $namespace/$service_name; restarting proxy and retrying" >&2
+    restart_service_tailscale_proxy "$namespace" "$service_name"
+    if ! retry 6 10 service_proxy_ready "$namespace" "$service_name"; then
+      echo "Tailscale proxy pod is Ready but service condition is still stale for $namespace/$service_name; continuing with endpoint checks" >&2
+      "${KUBECTL[@]}" -n "$namespace" get svc "$service_name" -o yaml >&2 || true
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  retry 18 10 assigned_hostname_matches "$namespace" "$service_name" "$hostname"
+  retry 18 10 dns_resolves "$hostname"
+  retry 18 10 tailscale_ping_succeeds "$hostname"
+  "${KUBECTL[@]}" -n "$namespace" rollout status deployment/flux-system-weave-gitops --timeout=300s
+  "${KUBECTL[@]}" -n "$namespace" get endpointslice -l kubernetes.io/service-name="$service_name" \
+    -o jsonpath='{.items[0].endpoints[0].conditions.ready}' | grep -qx 'true'
+
+  echo "Resolved hostname: $(getent hosts "$hostname" | awk '{print $1}' | head -1)"
+  echo "Flux UI backend and Tailnet proxy are ready for $hostname"
+}
+
 wait_for_tailscale_operator 1200
 restart_unhealthy_tailscale_proxies
 
 check_service "cattle-system" "rancher-tailscale" "rancher.silverside-gopher.ts.net" "https://rancher.silverside-gopher.ts.net/"
 check_service "observability" "grafana-tailscale" "grafana.silverside-gopher.ts.net" "http://grafana.silverside-gopher.ts.net/"
 check_service "observability" "prometheus-tailscale" "prometheus.silverside-gopher.ts.net" "http://prometheus.silverside-gopher.ts.net:9090/"
-check_service "flux-system" "weave-gitops-tailscale" "flux.silverside-gopher.ts.net" "http://flux.silverside-gopher.ts.net/"
+check_flux_ui_service