diff --git a/scripts/observer/observer.py b/scripts/observer/observer.py
index 4d349d4..967b26c 100644
--- a/scripts/observer/observer.py
+++ b/scripts/observer/observer.py
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ FAILED_EVENTS_DIR = STATE_DIR / "observer_failed_events"
 # "operator drops a file, the owning process consumes it" pattern the actions
 # pending/approved queue already uses.
 RESOLVE_REQUESTS_DIR = WORLD_DIR / "resolve-requests"
+# mkdir(mode=...) is masked by the process umask, so the SSH operator (group
+# aerbot) cannot drop a flag file into a dir created at the default 0o755 —
+# same defect/fix as executor.py's INBOX_DIR_MODE (2026-08-06): an explicit,
+# idempotent os.chmod after mkdir, applied on the same path the dir is used.
+RESOLVE_REQUESTS_DIR_MODE = 0o775
 
 # Time-based fallback for incidents that can never receive the service_healthy
 # event _resolve_incident() waits for (service removed/renamed/decommissioned
@@ -277,6 +282,13 @@ class Observer:
         LOGS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         FAILED_EVENTS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         RESOLVE_REQUESTS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        try:
+            os.chmod(RESOLVE_REQUESTS_DIR, RESOLVE_REQUESTS_DIR_MODE)
+        except OSError as e:
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Could not set mode {oct(RESOLVE_REQUESTS_DIR_MODE)} on "
+                f"{RESOLVE_REQUESTS_DIR}: {e}"
+            )
 
     def _quarantine_event_file(self, file_path: str, node_dir: str, exc: Exception) -> None:
         """Move an unreadable/unprocessable event out of the hot path."""
diff --git a/services/control-plane/tests/test_incident_lifecycle.py b/services/control-plane/tests/test_incident_lifecycle.py
index f740648..4f44e65 100644
--- a/services/control-plane/tests/test_incident_lifecycle.py
+++ b/services/control-plane/tests/test_incident_lifecycle.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import os
 import sys
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -915,3 +916,19 @@ def test_resolve_request_flag_for_already_resolved_incident_is_removed(tmp_path)
     assert obs.world_state["incidents"][inc_id]["status"] == "resolved"
     assert obs.world_state["incidents"][inc_id]["resolved_reason"] == "manual_operator"
     assert not flag.exists()
+
+
+def test_resolve_requests_dir_is_group_writable(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """world/resolve-requests/ must be group-writable so an SSH operator
+    (group aerbot, not the observer's own user) can drop a resolve flag file
+    without docker exec — mkdir(mode=...) alone is masked by the process
+    umask, same defect/fix as executor.py's INBOX_DIR_MODE (2026-08-06)."""
+    old_umask = os.umask(0o022)
+    try:
+        obs = _make_observer_simple(tmp_path)
+    finally:
+        os.umask(old_umask)
+    import observer.observer as obs_mod
+
+    mode = obs_mod.RESOLVE_REQUESTS_DIR.stat().st_mode & 0o777
+    assert mode == 0o775