diff --git a/internal/controller/node/plan_execution_integration_test.go b/internal/controller/node/plan_execution_integration_test.go
index e97899c..d415142 100644
--- a/internal/controller/node/plan_execution_integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/node/plan_execution_integration_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ func TestIntegrationFullProgressionSnapshotMode(t *testing.T) {
 
 	driveTask(t, g, r, mock, fetch, planner.TaskConfigureGenesis)
 	driveTask(t, g, r, mock, fetch, planner.TaskConfigApply)
+	driveTask(t, g, r, mock, fetch, planner.TaskConfigureStateSync)
 	driveTask(t, g, r, mock, fetch, planner.TaskConfigValidate)
 	driveTask(t, g, r, mock, fetch, planner.TaskMarkReady)
 
diff --git a/internal/controller/node/plan_execution_test.go b/internal/controller/node/plan_execution_test.go
index e471772..c5aab73 100644
--- a/internal/controller/node/plan_execution_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/node/plan_execution_test.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func TestBuildPlan_Snapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	p, _ := planner.ForNode(snapshotNode())
 	plan := mustBuildPlan(t, p, snapshotNode())
 	got := taskTypes(plan)
-	want := []string{planner.TaskSnapshotRestore, planner.TaskConfigureGenesis, planner.TaskConfigApply, planner.TaskConfigValidate, planner.TaskMarkReady}
+	want := []string{planner.TaskSnapshotRestore, planner.TaskConfigureGenesis, planner.TaskConfigApply, planner.TaskConfigureStateSync, planner.TaskConfigValidate, planner.TaskMarkReady}
 	assertProgression(t, got, want)
 }
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func TestBuildPlan_SnapshotWithPeers(t *testing.T) {
 	p, _ := planner.ForNode(node)
 	plan := mustBuildPlan(t, p, node)
 	got := taskTypes(plan)
-	want := []string{planner.TaskSnapshotRestore, planner.TaskConfigureGenesis, planner.TaskConfigApply, planner.TaskDiscoverPeers, planner.TaskConfigValidate, planner.TaskMarkReady}
+	want := []string{planner.TaskSnapshotRestore, planner.TaskConfigureGenesis, planner.TaskConfigApply, planner.TaskDiscoverPeers, planner.TaskConfigureStateSync, planner.TaskConfigValidate, planner.TaskMarkReady}
 	assertProgression(t, got, want)
 }
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func TestBuildPlan_Replayer(t *testing.T) {
 	p, _ := planner.ForNode(node)
 	plan := mustBuildPlan(t, p, node)
 	got := taskTypes(plan)
-	want := []string{planner.TaskSnapshotRestore, planner.TaskConfigureGenesis, planner.TaskConfigApply, planner.TaskDiscoverPeers, planner.TaskConfigValidate, planner.TaskMarkReady}
+	want := []string{planner.TaskSnapshotRestore, planner.TaskConfigureGenesis, planner.TaskConfigApply, planner.TaskDiscoverPeers, planner.TaskConfigureStateSync, planner.TaskConfigValidate, planner.TaskMarkReady}
 	assertProgression(t, got, want)
 }
 
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ func TestBuildPlanPhaseAndTasks(t *testing.T) {
 	if plan.Phase != seiv1alpha1.TaskPlanActive {
 		t.Errorf("phase = %q, want Active", plan.Phase)
 	}
-	if len(plan.Tasks) != 5 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 5 tasks, got %d: %v", len(plan.Tasks), taskTypes(plan))
+	if len(plan.Tasks) != 6 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 6 tasks, got %d: %v", len(plan.Tasks), taskTypes(plan))
 	}
 	for _, pt := range plan.Tasks {
 		if pt.Status != seiv1alpha1.TaskPending {
diff --git a/internal/planner/bootstrap.go b/internal/planner/bootstrap.go
index 55f0a9e..0173cb9 100644
--- a/internal/planner/bootstrap.go
+++ b/internal/planner/bootstrap.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func buildBootstrapProgression(peers []seiv1alpha1.PeerSource, snap *seiv1alpha1
 	if len(peers) > 0 {
 		prog = insertBefore(prog, TaskConfigValidate, TaskDiscoverPeers)
 	}
-	if hasStateSync(snap) {
+	if snap != nil {
 		prog = insertBefore(prog, TaskConfigValidate, TaskConfigureStateSync)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/planner/planner.go b/internal/planner/planner.go
index 8a14f84..793e85a 100644
--- a/internal/planner/planner.go
+++ b/internal/planner/planner.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func buildBasePlan(
 	if len(peers) > 0 {
 		prog = insertBefore(prog, TaskConfigValidate, TaskDiscoverPeers)
 	}
-	if hasStateSync(snap) {
+	if snap != nil {
 		prog = insertBefore(prog, TaskConfigValidate, TaskConfigureStateSync)
 	}
 
diff --git a/manifests/samples/seinode/pacific-1-shadow-replayer.yaml b/manifests/samples/seinode/pacific-1-shadow-replayer.yaml
index efd89dc..5a2101e 100644
--- a/manifests/samples/seinode/pacific-1-shadow-replayer.yaml
+++ b/manifests/samples/seinode/pacific-1-shadow-replayer.yaml
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ spec:
       bootstrapImage: "ghcr.io/sei-protocol/sei:v6.3.0"
       trustPeriod: "9999h0m0s"
     resultExport:
-      canonicalRpc: "http://pacific-1-archive-0.pacific-1-archive.default.svc.cluster.local:26657"
+      canonicalRpc: "http://rpc.pacific-1.prod.platform.sei.io:26657"