diff --git a/AutoMark/scripts/mods/AutoMark/mark/servo_skull_mark.lua b/AutoMark/scripts/mods/AutoMark/mark/servo_skull_mark.lua
index ea63276..752853a 100644
--- a/AutoMark/scripts/mods/AutoMark/mark/servo_skull_mark.lua
+++ b/AutoMark/scripts/mods/AutoMark/mark/servo_skull_mark.lua
@@ -36,7 +36,48 @@ local CANCEL_INTERVAL                   = 0.5
 -- (_generate_tag_id -> _create_tag_locally -> group limit -> rpc to clients) minus the gate.
 local function ensure_automark_tag_hook()
     local smart_tag_system = context.smart_tag_system
-    if not smart_tag_system or mod.omni_hack_patched_sys == smart_tag_system then
+    if not smart_tag_system then
+        return
+    end
+    if smart_tag_system._is_server then
+        if mod.omni_rpc_patched_sys == smart_tag_system then
+            return
+        end
+        local orig_rpc = smart_tag_system.rpc_request_set_smart_tag
+        if type(orig_rpc) ~= "function" then
+            return
+        end
+        -- SERVER STATE: clients' mark requests land here and die in _tagger_is_looking_at_target
+        -- (OMNI-CONFIRM measured 34% of outgoing auto-mark requests silently rejected: the server
+        -- re-checks aim cone + LOS at packet-arrival time, by which time the player has turned).
+        -- Rawset-shadow the handler on this instance and flip GameParameters.testify around the
+        -- synchronous original call so the look-check short-circuits; everything else in the
+        -- handler (templates, group limits, start(), rpc broadcast, telemetry) runs untouched.
+        -- Other testify consumers (dialogue, backend, talent, triggers) do not execute inside
+        -- this synchronous window.
+        local patched_rpc = function(self, channel_id, template_name_id, ...)
+            if mod_settings.debug_mode and not mod.omni_rpc_shadow_fired then
+                mod.omni_rpc_shadow_fired = true
+                mod:diag("OMNI-RPC-SHADOW FIRE (server-side testify window)")
+            end
+            local target_game_object_id, target_level_index, target_location = ...
+            local saved_testify = GameParameters.testify
+            GameParameters.testify = true
+            local ok = pcall(function()
+                orig_rpc(self, channel_id, template_name_id, target_game_object_id, target_level_index, target_location)
+            end)
+            GameParameters.testify = saved_testify
+            if not ok and mod_settings.debug_mode and not mod.omni_rpc_shadow_err_logged then
+                mod.omni_rpc_shadow_err_logged = true
+                mod:diag("OMNI-RPC-SHADOW orig handler threw")
+            end
+        end
+        rawset(smart_tag_system, "rpc_request_set_smart_tag", patched_rpc)
+        mod.omni_rpc_patched_sys = smart_tag_system
+        mod:diag("OMNI-RPC-SHADOW INSTALLED on server-state system")
+        return
+    end
+    if mod.omni_hack_patched_sys == smart_tag_system then
         return
     end
     local orig_set_tag = smart_tag_system.set_tag
@@ -97,6 +138,17 @@ local function ensure_automark_tag_hook()
 end
 mod.ensure_automark_tag_hook = ensure_automark_tag_hook
 
+-- the server-side state never runs our auto_hack/mark ticks (no local player), so arm the
+-- rpc-handler shadow from the tag system's own per-frame update, which runs in every state.
+mod:hook_safe(CLASS.SmartTagSystem, "update",
+    function(self, ...)
+        if not mod.omni_update_hook_seen then
+            mod.omni_update_hook_seen = true
+            mod:diag("OMNI-BOOT smart_tag_system:update seen, is_server=", tostring(self._is_server), " ctx_same=", tostring(self == context.smart_tag_system))
+        end
+        ensure_automark_tag_hook()
+    end)
+
 local function servo_skull_mark_callback()
     local smart_tag_system = context.smart_tag_system
     if not smart_tag_system then