diff --git a/docs/recorded-crashes.md b/docs/recorded-crashes.md
index 14dbac8cd0..ad9296cc38 100644
--- a/docs/recorded-crashes.md
+++ b/docs/recorded-crashes.md
@@ -115,9 +115,10 @@ PID-directory opens and relative accesses through those handles are rejected.
 Failed FD-relative pathname attempts are checked across syscall variants.
 Legacy relative pathname calls without dirfd/cwd evidence remain unverified;
 the verification report declares this gap rather than establishing their absence.
-The trace includes signal calls and rejects PID-targeted signals/probes and
+The trace includes signal and priority calls and rejects PID-targeted priority
+queries/changes, signals/probes and
 pidfd controls, including nonfatal signals and signal zero. These checks cover
-the recorded file/process/signal syscall surfaces, not every possible kernel
+the recorded file/process/signal/priority syscall surfaces, not every possible kernel
 interaction. The syscall trace also rejects access to the still-present
 source executable. The CI workflow defines Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian 13 (GDB 16)
 container lanes. Original inputs and host configuration remain unchanged.
diff --git a/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace-policy.mjs b/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace-policy.mjs
index f84394ed38..88e6b88a20 100644
--- a/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace-policy.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace-policy.mjs
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ export function nodeInventoryThreads(traces, executable) {
 }
 
 const targetsHistoricalPid = (line, pid) => {
+  const priority = /^(?:getpriority|setpriority)\(([^,]+), (-?\d+)[,)]/u.exec(
+    line,
+  );
+  if (
+    priority !== null &&
+    Number(priority[2]) === pid &&
+    priority[1] !== "PRIO_USER"
+  )
+    return true;
   const first = /^(kill|tkill|rt_sigqueueinfo|pidfd_open)\((-?\d+),/u.exec(
     line,
   );
diff --git a/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace.mjs b/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace.mjs
index 87715ec2c0..f87733b679 100644
--- a/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace.mjs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export async function verifyCoreInspectionTrace({
           "-s",
           "8192",
           "-e",
-          "trace=%process,%signal,%network,%file,ptrace,process_vm_readv,process_vm_writev,pidfd_open,pidfd_send_signal,pidfd_getfd",
+          "trace=%process,%signal,%network,%file,ptrace,process_vm_readv,process_vm_writev,pidfd_open,pidfd_send_signal,pidfd_getfd,getpriority,setpriority",
           "-o",
           prefix,
           process.execPath,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/process/recordedCrashTracePolicy.test.ts b/tests/boundary/process/recordedCrashTracePolicy.test.ts
index cd7e583262..be175e0590 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/process/recordedCrashTracePolicy.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/process/recordedCrashTracePolicy.test.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,22 @@ it.each([
     expect(() => check(101, line, live)).toThrow("non-inventory lookup");
 });
 
+it.each([
+  "getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 900) = 20",
+  "setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 900, 0) = 0",
+  "getpriority(PRIO_PGRP, 900) = 20",
+  "setpriority(PRIO_PGRP, 900, 0) = 0",
+  "getpriority(0x3 /* unknown PRIO selector */, 900) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)",
+])("rejects historical PID priority access: %s", (line) => {
+  for (const live of [true, false])
+    expect(() => check(101, line, live)).toThrow("non-inventory lookup");
+});
+
+it("keeps native priority UID selectors and distinct PIDs separate", () => {
+  expect(check(101, "getpriority(PRIO_USER, 900) = 20")).toEqual([]);
+  expect(check(101, "getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 9000) = 20")).toEqual([]);
+});
+
 it("keeps exec-replaced threads foreign and follows acknowledged unfinished thread clones", () => {
   const observed = [
     {