diff --git a/charts/openbot/templates/networkpolicy.yaml b/charts/openbot/templates/networkpolicy.yaml
index d188a428..ef80cb8f 100644
--- a/charts/openbot/templates/networkpolicy.yaml
+++ b/charts/openbot/templates/networkpolicy.yaml
@@ -180,3 +180,104 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml . | indent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+
+{{- if and .Values.networkPolicy.enabled (eq .Values.computers.mode "sandbox") .Values.computers.sandbox.culler.enabled }}
+---
+{{- $culler := "culler" -}}
+{{/* A pod no policy selects keeps the cluster default, so this one was the release's only unfenced one. */}}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "openbot.componentName" (dict "root" . "component" $culler) }}
+  labels:
+{{ include "openbot.componentLabels" (dict "root" . "component" $culler) | indent 4 }}
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+{{ include "openbot.componentSelectorLabels" (dict "root" . "component" $culler) | indent 6 }}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  # No ingress rules, which under an Ingress policyType denies all of it.
+  ingress: []
+  egress:
+    # DNS, or the database hostname does not resolve and the sweep reads as the database being down.
+    - ports:
+        - port: 53
+          protocol: UDP
+        - port: 53
+          protocol: TCP
+    {{- if .Values.postgresql.enabled }}
+    - to:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: postgresql
+      ports:
+        - port: 5432
+          protocol: TCP
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- /* Empty kubernetesApiCidr permits these ports to any address, as the server's rule above does. */}}
+    - {{- with .Values.networkPolicy.kubernetesApiCidr }}
+      to:
+        - ipBlock:
+            cidr: {{ . }}
+      {{- end }}
+      ports:
+        - port: 443
+          protocol: TCP
+        - port: 6443
+          protocol: TCP
+    {{- /* An external database, which extraEgress already had to name; cullerExtraEgress narrows it. */}}
+    {{- with (default .Values.networkPolicy.extraEgress .Values.networkPolicy.cullerExtraEgress) }}
+{{ toYaml . | indent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- if and .Values.networkPolicy.enabled .Values.routines.enabled }}
+---
+{{- $routines := "routines" -}}
+{{/* Same reason as the culler; this pod holds no token and reaches only the database and the API server. */}}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "openbot.componentName" (dict "root" . "component" $routines) }}
+  labels:
+{{ include "openbot.componentLabels" (dict "root" . "component" $routines) | indent 4 }}
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+{{ include "openbot.componentSelectorLabels" (dict "root" . "component" $routines) | indent 6 }}
+  policyTypes:
+    - Ingress
+    - Egress
+  # No ingress rules, which under an Ingress policyType denies all of it.
+  ingress: []
+  egress:
+    # DNS, or neither the database nor the server resolves and the sweep reads as both being down.
+    - ports:
+        - port: 53
+          protocol: UDP
+        - port: 53
+          protocol: TCP
+    {{- if .Values.postgresql.enabled }}
+    - to:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              app.kubernetes.io/name: postgresql
+      ports:
+        - port: 5432
+          protocol: TCP
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- /* The API server, where SERVER_INTERNAL_URL points and the only thing this pod calls. */}}
+    - to:
+        - podSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+{{ include "openbot.componentSelectorLabels" (dict "root" . "component" "server") | indent 14 }}
+      ports:
+        - port: {{ .Values.server.service.port }}
+          protocol: TCP
+    {{- /* An external database, for the reason given on the culler's policy above. */}}
+    {{- with (default .Values.networkPolicy.extraEgress .Values.networkPolicy.routinesExtraEgress) }}
+{{ toYaml . | indent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/openbot/values.yaml b/charts/openbot/values.yaml
index 717bbb46..7bd6f2cc 100644
--- a/charts/openbot/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/openbot/values.yaml
@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ networkPolicy:
   # Where a Bot's computer may reach beyond the public internet. A deployment whose Bots must reach
   # an internal site adds it here, one address at a time, rather than reopening the private ranges.
   computerExtraEgress: []
+  # Extra egress for the culler. Empty falls back to `extraEgress`, where an external database is
+  # already named; set it to give the culler a narrower list.
+  cullerExtraEgress: []
+  # The same, for the routines sweep.
+  routinesExtraEgress: []
 
 podSecurityContext:
   runAsNonRoot: false
diff --git a/scripts/check-new-values-keys.ts b/scripts/check-new-values-keys.ts
index f87538c1..f9e950e3 100644
--- a/scripts/check-new-values-keys.ts
+++ b/scripts/check-new-values-keys.ts
@@ -357,11 +357,21 @@ for (const { path, component, field } of fieldFallbacks) {
   /*
    * Found by its component label rather than by name, because a name is the release name plus a
    * suffix and this check would then be pinned to both.
+   *
+   * Narrowed to pod-carrying kinds: a NetworkPolicy naming the same component carries the label too.
    */
+  const WORKLOAD_KINDS = new Set([
+    "CronJob",
+    "DaemonSet",
+    "Deployment",
+    "Job",
+    "StatefulSet",
+  ]);
   const carriers = parseAllDocuments(attempt.out)
     .map((document) => document.toJS() as unknown)
     .filter(
       (resource) =>
+        WORKLOAD_KINDS.has(String(valueAt(resource, ["kind"]))) &&
         valueAt(resource, [
           "metadata",
           "labels",
diff --git a/scripts/check-rendered-chart.ts b/scripts/check-rendered-chart.ts
index dc5de112..171f899f 100644
--- a/scripts/check-rendered-chart.ts
+++ b/scripts/check-rendered-chart.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,41 @@ if (serverPolicy) {
   }
 }
 
+// A pod no policy selects keeps the cluster default, so on a release that has policies it is the
+// only unfenced one. Asked of rendered objects, because the question is which pods came out.
+const policyComponents = new Set(
+  documents
+    .filter((document) => /^kind:\s*NetworkPolicy\s*$/m.test(document))
+    .flatMap((document) => {
+      const selector = document.split(/^\s{2}podSelector:\s*$/m)[1] ?? "";
+      const found = selector.match(
+        /app\.kubernetes\.io\/component:\s*([\w-]+)/,
+      );
+      return found?.[1] ? [found[1]] : [];
+    }),
+);
+if (policyComponents.size > 0) {
+  const workloads = documents.filter((document) =>
+    /^kind:\s*(Deployment|StatefulSet|CronJob|Job|DaemonSet)\s*$/m.test(
+      document,
+    ),
+  );
+  for (const workload of workloads) {
+    const component = workload.match(
+      /app\.kubernetes\.io\/component:\s*([\w-]+)/,
+    )?.[1];
+    const name = workload.match(/^\s{2}name:\s*(\S+)/m)?.[1] ?? "a workload";
+    if (!component) continue;
+    // The migrations Job runs once at install and is torn down; it is not a standing surface.
+    if (component === "migrations") continue;
+    if (!policyComponents.has(component)) {
+      problems.push(
+        `This release has NetworkPolicies but none selects ${name} (component: ${component}), so it is the one pod left unfenced while everything around it is restricted. Give it a policy or say in the chart why it needs none.`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 if (problems.length > 0) {
   for (const problem of problems) console.error(`::error::${problem}`);
   process.exit(1);