diff --git a/dashboard_api_rev.py b/dashboard_api_rev.py
index c764219..8be9e5b 100644
--- a/dashboard_api_rev.py
+++ b/dashboard_api_rev.py
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ _ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
 # uvicorn workers (only one worker refreshes per tick); the work runs in a
 # thread so the async event loop never blocks on the ~9s REFRESH.
 _DATABASE_URL = os.environ["DATABASE_URL"]
+# The request pool (get_conn / DATABASE_URL) can be a READ-ONLY role
+# (dashboard_ro) — least privilege for serving. The v_trips refresher needs write
+# perms (it owns the REFRESH), so it connects via a SEPARATE privileged URL:
+# REFRESH_DATABASE_URL if set, else DATABASE_URL (single-role / legacy deploys).
+# So a prod bridge runs DATABASE_URL=dashboard_ro + REFRESH_DATABASE_URL=<app role>.
+_REFRESH_DB_URL = os.getenv("REFRESH_DATABASE_URL") or _DATABASE_URL
 # VTRIPS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_S <= 0 disables the in-process refresher entirely.
 # Staging sets it to 0: it connects read-only and prod owns the refresh, so a
 # staging instance must never attempt REFRESH (it would only log permission
@@ -82,10 +88,11 @@ def _refresh_v_trips_once() -> str:
 
     Uses a dedicated autocommit connection: REFRESH ... CONCURRENTLY cannot run
     inside a transaction block (so the pooled get_conn, which wraps a txn, won't
-    do). DATABASE_URL connects as a superuser, which may REFRESH the matview
-    even though reporting_refresher owns it.
+    do). Connects via _REFRESH_DB_URL (REFRESH_DATABASE_URL or DATABASE_URL) — a
+    privileged role that may REFRESH the matview, distinct from a read-only
+    request pool.
     """
-    conn = psycopg2.connect(_DATABASE_URL, connect_timeout=10)
+    conn = psycopg2.connect(_REFRESH_DB_URL, connect_timeout=10)
     try:
         conn.autocommit = True
         with conn.cursor() as cur:
diff --git a/deploy_dashboard_api.sh b/deploy_dashboard_api.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f815d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy_dashboard_api.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# deploy_dashboard_api.sh — PROD dashboard_api bridge (fleetapi.rahamafresh.com).
+# Standalone Traefik-labelled bridge (NOT Coolify-managed): reuses the
+# webhook_receiver image + app network, bind-mounts the WIP API file. An env/CORS
+# change needs a container RECREATE (this script does that).
+#
+# Stage-2 least privilege: the request pool connects as the READ-ONLY dashboard_ro
+# role (DATABASE_URL), while the v_trips refresher keeps the privileged app role
+# (REFRESH_DATABASE_URL) — REFRESH needs write perms that dashboard_ro lacks.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+WH=$(docker ps --filter name=webhook_receiver --format "{{.Names}}" | head -1)
+IMG=$(docker inspect "$WH" --format "{{.Image}}")
+APPNET=$(docker inspect "$WH" --format '{{range $k,$v := .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{$k}}{{end}}')
+echo "Reusing image $IMG on network $APPNET (from $WH)"
+
+mkdir -p /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api
+# Stage a fresh copy only if one was scp'd to ~; otherwise keep the existing mount.
+if [ -f /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api_rev.py ]; then
+  mv -f /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api_rev.py /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api/dashboard_api_rev.py
+fi
+test -f /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api/dashboard_api_rev.py \
+  || { echo "ERROR: dashboard_api_rev.py missing in mount dir; scp it to ~ first"; exit 1; }
+
+# Reuse the webhook container's env, stripping runtime noise AND any inherited
+# DATABASE_URL + DASHBOARD_CORS_ORIGINS (both set explicitly below).
+docker inspect "$WH" --format '{{range .Config.Env}}{{println .}}{{end}}' \
+  | grep -vE '^(PATH=|HOSTNAME=|HOME=|PWD=|TERM=|SHLVL=|_=|LANG=|GPG_KEY=|PYTHON_VERSION=|PYTHON_PIP_VERSION=|PYTHONUNBUFFERED=|DATABASE_URL=|DASHBOARD_CORS_ORIGINS=)' \
+  > /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api/dapi.env
+echo 'DASHBOARD_CORS_ORIGINS=https://liveposition.rahamafresh.com,https://fleetintelligence.rahamafresh.com,https://fleetnow.rahamafresh.com,https://fleetops.rahamafresh.com' \
+  >> /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api/dapi.env
+
+# Split roles: REFRESH_DATABASE_URL = the inherited privileged URL (for the
+# refresher); DATABASE_URL = read-only dashboard_ro (for request handling).
+SRC_DB_URL=$(docker inspect "$WH" --format '{{range .Config.Env}}{{println .}}{{end}}' | sed -n 's/^DATABASE_URL=//p' | head -1)
+RO_PW=$(cat /home/kianiadee/.dashboard_ro.pw 2>/dev/null || true)
+[ -n "$SRC_DB_URL" ] || { echo "ERROR: DATABASE_URL not found in $WH env"; exit 1; }
+[ -n "$RO_PW" ]     || { echo "ERROR: ~/.dashboard_ro.pw missing — run bootstrap_dashboard_ro.sh first"; exit 1; }
+HOSTPART="${SRC_DB_URL#*@}"
+{
+  echo "REFRESH_DATABASE_URL=${SRC_DB_URL}"
+  echo "DATABASE_URL=postgresql://dashboard_ro:${RO_PW}@${HOSTPART}"
+} >> /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api/dapi.env
+chmod 600 /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api/dapi.env
+
+docker rm -f dashboard_api 2>/dev/null || true
+docker run -d --name dashboard_api --restart unless-stopped \
+  --network "$APPNET" \
+  --env-file /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api/dapi.env \
+  -v /home/kianiadee/dashboard_api/dashboard_api_rev.py:/app/dashboard_api_rev.py:ro \
+  --label 'traefik.enable=true' \
+  --label 'traefik.docker.network=coolify' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.middlewares.redirect-to-https.redirectscheme.scheme=https' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.routers.http-0-fleetapi.entryPoints=http' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.routers.http-0-fleetapi.middlewares=redirect-to-https' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.routers.http-0-fleetapi.rule=Host(`fleetapi.rahamafresh.com`)' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.routers.https-0-fleetapi.entryPoints=https' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.routers.https-0-fleetapi.rule=Host(`fleetapi.rahamafresh.com`)' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.routers.https-0-fleetapi.tls=true' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.routers.https-0-fleetapi.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt' \
+  --label 'traefik.http.services.fleetapi.loadbalancer.server.port=8890' \
+  "$IMG" sh -c 'uvicorn dashboard_api_rev:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8890 --workers 2'
+
+docker network connect coolify dashboard_api 2>/dev/null || true
+sleep 8
+echo "== container =="; docker ps --filter name=dashboard_api --format "{{.Names}} | {{.Status}}"
+echo "== CORS origins in effect =="; docker exec dashboard_api printenv DASHBOARD_CORS_ORIGINS
+echo "== request role (expect dashboard_ro) =="; docker exec dashboard_api sh -lc 'printenv DATABASE_URL | sed -E "s#://([^:]+):[^@]+@#://\1:<pw>@#"'
+echo "== refresh role set? =="; docker exec dashboard_api sh -lc 'printenv REFRESH_DATABASE_URL | sed -E "s#://([^:]+):[^@]+@#://\1:<pw>@#"'
+echo "== internal health =="; docker exec dashboard_api sh -lc 'curl -s http://localhost:8890/health' 2>&1 | head || true