diff --git a/scripts/check-phase14.2.sh b/scripts/check-phase14.2.sh
index 960dd84..1b0e105 100755
--- a/scripts/check-phase14.2.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-phase14.2.sh
@@ -341,6 +341,32 @@ run_self_test() {
 	expect_status fresh-no-stamp 1 fresh_case
 	rm -rf "$tree"
 
+	# dev-stack.sh refuses an env file that turns the request log or the
+	# uploads route off (WR-08); unset, both default to true.
+	local envdir key
+	envdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+	mkdir -p "$envdir/nuxt"
+	: >"$envdir/nuxt/nuxt.config.ts"
+	{
+		printf 'DEV_STACK_NUXT_DIR=%s\n' "$envdir/nuxt"
+		for key in SUMMER_DATABASE__DSN SUMMER_APP__KEY SUMMER_GOLEM15__USER__JWT__SECRET SUMMER_ADMIN__JWT__SECRET \
+			SUMMER_SEARCH__TYPESENSE__API_KEY SUMMER_REALTIME__CENTRIFUGO__API_URL SUMMER_REALTIME__CENTRIFUGO__API_KEY \
+			SUMMER_REALTIME__CENTRIFUGO__TOKEN_SECRET NUXT_PUBLIC_CENTRIFUGO_WS_URL; do
+			printf '%s=planted\n' "$key"
+		done
+		printf 'NUXT_DEV_BACKEND_ORIGIN=http://127.0.0.1:8423\nNUXT_INTERNAL_API_ORIGIN=http://127.0.0.1:8423\n'
+	} >"$envdir/base.conf"
+	keys_case() {
+		env -i PATH="$PATH" HOME="$HOME" DEV_STACK_ENV_FILE="$1" bash "$DEV_STACK" exec -- \
+			sh -c '[ "$SUMMER_HTTP__ACCESS_LOG" = true ] && [ "$SUMMER_STORAGE__UPLOADS__SERVE" = true ]'
+	}
+	expect_status keys-default-on 0 keys_case "$envdir/base.conf"
+	{ cat "$envdir/base.conf"; printf 'SUMMER_HTTP__ACCESS_LOG=false\n'; } >"$envdir/log-off.conf"
+	expect_status keys-access-log-off 1 keys_case "$envdir/log-off.conf"
+	{ cat "$envdir/base.conf"; printf 'SUMMER_STORAGE__UPLOADS__SERVE=0\n'; } >"$envdir/serve-off.conf"
+	expect_status keys-uploads-off 1 keys_case "$envdir/serve-off.conf"
+	rm -rf "$envdir"
+
 	# Go log scan (T-14.2-20) and summaries.
 	local dir
 	dir="$(mktemp -d)"