diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index f9a953a..d72e4c2 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -165,6 +165,20 @@ apply_profile_from_feasibility() {
   esac
 }
 
+warn_tier_vs_feasibility() {
+  [ -f "$FEASIBILITY_JSON" ] || return 0
+  local recommended_tier recommended_profile
+  recommended_tier="$(json_field recommendation.recommended_tier)"
+  recommended_profile="$(json_field recommendation.recommended_profile)"
+  [ -n "$recommended_tier" ] || return 0
+  if [ "$recommended_tier" != "$TIER" ]; then
+    echo "⚠ Feasibility recommends tier '$recommended_tier' / profile '${recommended_profile:-unknown}' for this hardware."
+    echo "  Selected tier remains '$TIER'; unsupported services may be skipped by the feasibility profile."
+  else
+    echo "✓ Feasibility matches selected tier '$TIER' / profile '${recommended_profile:-unknown}'."
+  fi
+}
+
 has_nvidia_pci_gpu() {
   for vendor_file in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/vendor; do
     [ -f "$vendor_file" ] || continue
@@ -232,6 +246,9 @@ run_phase2() {
   echo "║   Nexus One AI — Phase 2: Stack        ║"
   echo "╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝"
 
+  apply_profile_from_feasibility
+  warn_tier_vs_feasibility
+
   GPU_AVAILABLE=false
   if ! has_working_nvidia_driver; then
     echo "No working NVIDIA GPU/driver found. Continuing with CPU/non-GPU installation path."
@@ -292,7 +309,6 @@ run_feasibility
 
 if [ "$SOFTWARE_ONLY" = true ]; then
   PHASE="2"
-  apply_profile_from_feasibility
 fi
 
 install_ansible