diff --git a/deploy/test-production-bootstrap.sh b/deploy/test-production-bootstrap.sh
index edda2f2..5e73c41 100755
--- a/deploy/test-production-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/deploy/test-production-bootstrap.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,27 @@ curl -fsS "http://127.0.0.1:$BOOTSTRAP_WEB_PORT/" >/dev/null
 curl -fsS -D - -o /dev/null "http://127.0.0.1:$BOOTSTRAP_API_PORT/health" | grep -qi '^x-frame-options: DENY'
 curl -fsS -D - -o /dev/null "http://127.0.0.1:$BOOTSTRAP_API_PORT/health" | grep -qi '^cross-origin-opener-policy: same-origin'
 
+# A10: Validate Caddy configuration without running the proxy
+echo "Validating Caddy configuration..."
+docker compose --env-file .env.production.example -f compose.production.yaml -f deploy/compose.bootstrap.yaml run --rm --no-deps --entrypoint "caddy adapt --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile --pretty" proxy >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo "ERROR: Caddy configuration is invalid" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+echo "Caddy configuration valid ✓"
+
+# A10: Check scheduler can start without external network
+echo "Validating community scheduler..."
+$compose up --build -d --wait community-scheduler
+# Scheduler runs in a loop, check it's healthy by verifying the process is running
+$compose exec -T community-scheduler python -c "from app.community_scheduler import schedule_interval; print('scheduler module loads OK')" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo "ERROR: Community scheduler failed to start" >&2
+  $compose logs --no-color community-scheduler >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+echo "Community scheduler valid ✓"
+# Stop scheduler to free resources
+$compose stop community-scheduler
+
 # A10: Extract Alembic revision ID programmatically, handle multiple heads
 ALEMBIC_HEADS_OUTPUT=$($compose exec -T api alembic heads 2>/dev/null || true)
 # Extract revision IDs (first field before space or '(head)'), handle multiple heads