diff --git a/audit/internal/app/bundle_layout.go b/audit/internal/app/bundle_layout.go
index 8d054ee..eadcbe4 100644
--- a/audit/internal/app/bundle_layout.go
+++ b/audit/internal/app/bundle_layout.go
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ func techdumpBucketFor(name string) string {
 		return "storage"
 	case name == "nvidia-smi-q.txt", name == "nvidia-smi-query.csv", name == "nvidia-smi-conf-compute-q.txt",
 		name == "nvidia-smi-topo.txt", name == "nvidia-smi-nvlink-status.txt", name == "nvidia-smi-nvlink-errors.txt",
-		name == "rocm-smi.txt", name == "rocm-smi-showallinfo.txt":
+		name == "rocm-smi.txt", name == "rocm-smi-showallinfo.txt",
+		name == "pcie-nvidia-link.txt", name == "pcie-nvidia-link-under-load.txt", name == "kernel-aer-nvidia.txt":
 		return "gpu"
 	default:
 		// dmidecode-type0/1/2, ipmitool-*, sensors.json, lspci-vmm/vvv, and
diff --git a/audit/internal/app/bundle_layout_test.go b/audit/internal/app/bundle_layout_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f518e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audit/internal/app/bundle_layout_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package app
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestTechdumpBucketForPCIeLinkFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"pcie-nvidia-link.txt":            "gpu",
+		"pcie-nvidia-link-under-load.txt": "gpu",
+		"kernel-aer-nvidia.txt":           "gpu",
+	}
+	for name, want := range cases {
+		if got := techdumpBucketFor(name); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("techdumpBucketFor(%q) = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/audit/internal/app/support_bundle.go b/audit/internal/app/support_bundle.go
index e11758f..1243c0d 100644
--- a/audit/internal/app/support_bundle.go
+++ b/audit/internal/app/support_bundle.go
@@ -98,13 +98,7 @@ else
   echo "dmesg not found"
 fi
 `}},
-	{name: "export/gpu/kernel-aer-nvidia.txt", cmd: []string{"sh", "-c", `
-if command -v dmesg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  dmesg | grep -iE 'AER|NVRM|Xid|pcieport|nvidia' || echo "no AER/NVRM/Xid kernel messages found"
-else
-  echo "dmesg not found"
-fi
-`}},
+	{name: "export/gpu/kernel-aer-nvidia.txt", cmd: []string{"sh", "-c", platform.KernelAERNvidiaScript}},
 	{name: "livecd/gui/loginctl-sessions.txt", cmd: []string{"sh", "-c", `
 if command -v loginctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   loginctl list-sessions 2>&1 || true
@@ -310,22 +304,11 @@ if [ "$found" -eq 0 ]; then
   echo "no NVIDIA PCI devices found"
 fi
 `}},
-	{name: "export/gpu/pcie-nvidia-link.txt", cmd: []string{"sh", "-c", `
-for d in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/; do
-  vendor=$(cat "$d/vendor" 2>/dev/null)
-	  [ "$vendor" = "0x10de" ] || continue
-	  class=$(cat "$d/class" 2>/dev/null)
-	  case "$class" in
-	    0x030000|0x030200) ;;
-	    *) continue ;;
-	  esac
-	  dev=$(basename "$d")
-  echo "=== $dev ==="
-  for f in current_link_speed current_link_width max_link_speed max_link_width; do
-    printf "  %-22s %s\n" "$f" "$(cat "$d/$f" 2>/dev/null)"
-  done
-done
-`}},
+	// Also captured once at boot by platform.CaptureTechnicalDump (which the
+	// blackbox mirror picks up automatically); re-run here so an on-demand
+	// support bundle gets a fresh sample instead of a possibly-stale boot
+	// one. See bible-local/decisions/2026-08-24-pcie-gpu-gen1-idle-warning.md.
+	{name: "export/gpu/pcie-nvidia-link.txt", cmd: []string{"sh", "-c", platform.PCIeNvidiaLinkScript}},
 	// A Gen1-vs-Gen4 link speed reading at idle is ambiguous: NVIDIA drivers
 	// deliberately downclock PCIe in low power states and re-train to full
 	// speed under load, so pcie-nvidia-link.txt alone can't tell a real
@@ -333,31 +316,7 @@ done
 	// sysfs attributes while bee-gpu-burn is actively loading the GPUs — if
 	// the link comes up here, the idle Gen1 reading above was power saving,
 	// not a fault.
-	{name: "export/gpu/pcie-nvidia-link-under-load.txt", cmd: []string{"sh", "-c", `
-if ! command -v bee-gpu-burn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "bee-gpu-burn not found; cannot sample PCIe link speed under load"
-  exit 0
-fi
-bee-gpu-burn --seconds 8 --size-mb 64 >/tmp/bee-pcie-load-burn.log 2>&1 &
-burn_pid=$!
-sleep 3
-for d in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/; do
-  vendor=$(cat "$d/vendor" 2>/dev/null)
-  [ "$vendor" = "0x10de" ] || continue
-  class=$(cat "$d/class" 2>/dev/null)
-  case "$class" in
-    0x030000|0x030200) ;;
-    *) continue ;;
-  esac
-  dev=$(basename "$d")
-  echo "=== $dev ==="
-  for f in current_link_speed current_link_width max_link_speed max_link_width; do
-    printf "  %-22s %s\n" "$f" "$(cat "$d/$f" 2>/dev/null)"
-  done
-done
-wait "$burn_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
-rm -f /tmp/bee-pcie-load-burn.log
-`}},
+	{name: "export/gpu/pcie-nvidia-link-under-load.txt", cmd: []string{"sh", "-c", platform.PCIeNvidiaLinkUnderLoadScript}},
 	{name: "export/gpu/pcie-aer-sysfs.txt", cmd: []string{"sh", "-c", `
 found=0
 for dev in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*; do
diff --git a/audit/internal/platform/techdump.go b/audit/internal/platform/techdump.go
index 2b95080..b66c95b 100644
--- a/audit/internal/platform/techdump.go
+++ b/audit/internal/platform/techdump.go
@@ -39,6 +39,59 @@ var techDumpFixedCommands = []struct {
 	{Name: "storcli2", Args: []string{"show", "all", "J"}, File: "storcli2-show-all.json"},
 }
 
+// PCIeNvidiaLinkScript samples each NVIDIA GPU's current/max PCIe link
+// speed and width from sysfs. Exported so both the boot-time techdump
+// (below) and the on-demand support bundle (app/support_bundle.go, which
+// re-samples for freshness at bundle-build time) run the identical script
+// instead of two copies that can drift.
+const PCIeNvidiaLinkScript = `
+for d in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/; do
+  vendor=$(cat "$d/vendor" 2>/dev/null)
+  [ "$vendor" = "0x10de" ] || continue
+  class=$(cat "$d/class" 2>/dev/null)
+  case "$class" in
+    0x030000|0x030200) ;;
+    *) continue ;;
+  esac
+  dev=$(basename "$d")
+  echo "=== $dev ==="
+  for f in current_link_speed current_link_width max_link_speed max_link_width; do
+    printf "  %-22s %s\n" "$f" "$(cat "$d/$f" 2>/dev/null)"
+  done
+done
+`
+
+// PCIeNvidiaLinkUnderLoadScript re-samples PCIeNvidiaLinkScript's sysfs
+// attributes while bee-gpu-burn briefly loads the GPUs. An idle-only
+// reading can't tell a real degraded slot/riser from NVIDIA's normal
+// idle power-management downclock; this is the load-bearing counterpart
+// that lets a reader (human or agent) tell the two apart by comparing
+// pcie-nvidia-link.txt against pcie-nvidia-link-under-load.txt. See
+// bible-local/decisions/2026-08-24-pcie-gpu-gen1-idle-warning.md.
+const PCIeNvidiaLinkUnderLoadScript = `
+if ! command -v bee-gpu-burn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "bee-gpu-burn not found; cannot sample PCIe link speed under load"
+  exit 0
+fi
+bee-gpu-burn --seconds 8 --size-mb 64 >/tmp/bee-pcie-load-burn.log 2>&1 &
+burn_pid=$!
+sleep 3
+` + PCIeNvidiaLinkScript + `
+wait "$burn_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+rm -f /tmp/bee-pcie-load-burn.log
+`
+
+// KernelAERNvidiaScript filters dmesg for PCIe AER, NVRM, and Xid lines —
+// cheap (dmesg is already in memory) and the fastest way to tell a real
+// PCIe/GPU hardware fault from power-management noise.
+const KernelAERNvidiaScript = `
+if command -v dmesg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  dmesg | grep -iE 'AER|NVRM|Xid|pcieport|nvidia' || echo "no AER/NVRM/Xid kernel messages found"
+else
+  echo "dmesg not found"
+fi
+`
+
 var techDumpNvidiaCommands = []struct {
 	Name string
 	Args []string
@@ -53,6 +106,9 @@ var techDumpNvidiaCommands = []struct {
 	{Name: "nvidia-smi", Args: []string{"topo", "-m"}, File: "nvidia-smi-topo.txt"},
 	{Name: "nvidia-smi", Args: []string{"nvlink", "-s"}, File: "nvidia-smi-nvlink-status.txt"},
 	{Name: "nvidia-smi", Args: []string{"nvlink", "-e"}, File: "nvidia-smi-nvlink-errors.txt"},
+	{Name: "sh", Args: []string{"-c", PCIeNvidiaLinkScript}, File: "pcie-nvidia-link.txt"},
+	{Name: "sh", Args: []string{"-c", PCIeNvidiaLinkUnderLoadScript}, File: "pcie-nvidia-link-under-load.txt"},
+	{Name: "sh", Args: []string{"-c", KernelAERNvidiaScript}, File: "kernel-aer-nvidia.txt"},
 }
 
 type lsblkDumpRoot struct {