diff --git a/.github/workflows/fresh-host-acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/fresh-host-acceptance.yml
index cce442b..bb01451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fresh-host-acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fresh-host-acceptance.yml
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       docker_pull_parallelism:
-        description: Parallelism for hosted macOS Docker image pulling.
+        description: Parallelism for hosted Docker image pulling.
         required: false
         type: string
         default: "2"
       docker_pull_max_attempts:
-        description: Retry attempts for hosted macOS Docker image pulling.
+        description: Retry attempts for hosted Docker image pulling.
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: "3"
+        default: "5"
       enable_package_cache:
         description: Restore uv and npm download caches for bootstrap.
         required: false
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       docker_pull_parallelism:
-        description: Parallelism for hosted macOS Docker image pulling.
+        description: Parallelism for hosted Docker image pulling.
         required: true
         type: string
         default: "2"
       docker_pull_max_attempts:
-        description: Retry attempts for hosted macOS Docker image pulling.
+        description: Retry attempts for hosted Docker image pulling.
         required: true
         type: string
-        default: "3"
+        default: "5"
       enable_package_cache:
         description: Restore uv and npm download caches for bootstrap.
         required: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fresh-host-core.yml b/.github/workflows/fresh-host-core.yml
index d3b6fa2..6a9b4bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fresh-host-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fresh-host-core.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ on:
       docker_pull_max_attempts:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: "3"
+        # Give the registry backoff room for transient Docker Hub blips.
+        default: "5"
       enable_package_cache:
         required: false
         type: boolean
@@ -21,9 +22,6 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
-  FRESH_HOST_DOCKER_PULL_PARALLELISM: "4"
-  # 5 retries let registry backoff survive transient Docker Hub issues
-  FRESH_HOST_DOCKER_PULL_MAX_ATTEMPTS: "5"
   FRESH_HOST_CACHE_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github-cache
   UV_CACHE_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github-cache/uv
   npm_config_cache: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github-cache/npm
@@ -34,6 +32,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux Fresh Host (${{ matrix.profile }})
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 75
+    env:
+      FRESH_HOST_SELECTED_DOCKER_PULL_PARALLELISM: ${{ inputs.docker_pull_parallelism }}
+      FRESH_HOST_SELECTED_DOCKER_PULL_MAX_ATTEMPTS: ${{ inputs.docker_pull_max_attempts }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index acc0c2f..0800fc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/fresh-host-core.yml
     with:
       docker_pull_parallelism: "2"
-      docker_pull_max_attempts: "3"
+      docker_pull_max_attempts: "5"
       enable_package_cache: true
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/tests/suites/contracts/repo/test_ci_workflow_surfaces.py b/tests/suites/contracts/repo/test_ci_workflow_surfaces.py
index b862051..c466fae 100644
--- a/tests/suites/contracts/repo/test_ci_workflow_surfaces.py
+++ b/tests/suites/contracts/repo/test_ci_workflow_surfaces.py
@@ -212,6 +212,38 @@ def test_fresh_host_core_workflow_stays_thin() -> None:
     assert ".github/scripts/fresh_host_images.py" not in text
 
 
+def test_fresh_host_core_linux_job_honors_pull_tuning_inputs() -> None:
+    """The Linux fresh-host job must honor per-caller docker_pull_* inputs, like macOS."""
+    loaded_workflow: object = yaml.safe_load(_workflow_text("fresh-host-core.yml"))
+    assert isinstance(loaded_workflow, dict)
+    workflow = cast(dict[object, object], loaded_workflow)
+
+    jobs = _as_str_object_dict(workflow.get("jobs"))
+    assert jobs is not None
+
+    # Both platform jobs must map the selected pull tuning env to the per-caller inputs.
+    for job_name in ("linux-fresh-host", "macos-fresh-host"):
+        job = _as_str_object_dict(jobs.get(job_name))
+        assert job is not None, job_name
+        job_env = _as_str_object_dict(job.get("env"))
+        assert job_env is not None, job_name
+        assert (
+            job_env.get("FRESH_HOST_SELECTED_DOCKER_PULL_PARALLELISM")
+            == "${{ inputs.docker_pull_parallelism }}"
+        ), job_name
+        assert (
+            job_env.get("FRESH_HOST_SELECTED_DOCKER_PULL_MAX_ATTEMPTS")
+            == "${{ inputs.docker_pull_max_attempts }}"
+        ), job_name
+
+    # The hard-coded top-level fallbacks must stay gone; if they return, the Linux prepull
+    # would silently override the per-caller inputs again.
+    workflow_env = _as_str_object_dict(workflow.get("env"))
+    assert workflow_env is not None
+    assert "FRESH_HOST_DOCKER_PULL_PARALLELISM" not in workflow_env
+    assert "FRESH_HOST_DOCKER_PULL_MAX_ATTEMPTS" not in workflow_env
+
+
 def test_fresh_host_workflow_preserves_dispatch_inputs_and_concurrency_controls() -> None:
     """Fresh-host acceptance should keep explicit tuning inputs and concurrency guards."""
     text = _workflow_text("fresh-host-acceptance.yml")