diff --git a/.jules/sentinel.md b/.jules/sentinel.md
index e19da74..7f6136a 100644
--- a/.jules/sentinel.md
+++ b/.jules/sentinel.md
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@
 **Vulnerability:** A process can block (deadlock) when its stdout/stderr pipe fills before the parent reads it, because the child blocks on `write()` while the parent blocks on `waitUntilExit()`.
 **Learning:** `pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()` after `process.waitUntilExit()` is the deadlock pattern. Default macOS pipe buffer is ~64KB.
 **Prevention:** Read the pipe before/concurrently-with waiting for exit. The simplest pattern is to perform the read inside the same background queue that calls `waitUntilExit()`, capturing the bytes for the caller to use after the dispatch group resolves.
+## 2024-05-24 - Enforce HTTPS for Webhooks
+**Vulnerability:** Webhook configuration allowed 'http' schemes, leading to potential unencrypted transmission of sensitive daemon alerts.
+**Learning:** Webhook alerters and configuration parsers must strictly enforce HTTPS to ensure that sensitive system data and telemetry are not transmitted over unencrypted channels.
+**Prevention:** Always validate URL schemes in both configuration parsing and dynamic validation logic, explicitly rejecting 'http' in favor of 'https' for any external data transmission.
diff --git a/Sources/Cacheout/Headless/StatusSocket.swift b/Sources/Cacheout/Headless/StatusSocket.swift
index 12c516e..6914333 100644
--- a/Sources/Cacheout/Headless/StatusSocket.swift
+++ b/Sources/Cacheout/Headless/StatusSocket.swift
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@ public enum AutopilotConfigValidator {
             if let urlStr = webhook["url"] as? String {
                 if let url = URL(string: urlStr) {
                     let scheme = url.scheme?.lowercased() ?? ""
-                    if scheme != "http" && scheme != "https" {
-                        errors.append("webhook: url must use http or https scheme, got '\(scheme)'")
+                    if scheme != "https" {
+                        errors.append("webhook: url must use https scheme, got '\(scheme)'")
                     }
                     if url.host == nil || url.host?.isEmpty == true {
                         errors.append("webhook: url must be an absolute URL with a host")
diff --git a/Sources/Cacheout/Headless/WebhookAlerter.swift b/Sources/Cacheout/Headless/WebhookAlerter.swift
index 8fa8a8e..1ddfb94 100644
--- a/Sources/Cacheout/Headless/WebhookAlerter.swift
+++ b/Sources/Cacheout/Headless/WebhookAlerter.swift
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ extension WebhookAlerter.WebhookConfig {
     public static func parse(from json: [String: Any]) -> WebhookAlerter.WebhookConfig? {
         guard let webhook = json["webhook"] as? [String: Any],
               let urlStr = webhook["url"] as? String,
-              let url = URL(string: urlStr) else {
+              let url = URL(string: urlStr),
+              url.scheme?.lowercased() == "https" else {
             return nil
         }
         let format = webhook["format"] as? String ?? "generic"