diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 47cd55a4..e4e924e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
         with:
-          python-version: "3.13"
+          python-version: |
+            3.12
+            3.13
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
@@ -216,6 +218,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pre-commit
         run: pip install 'pre-commit==4.0.1'
 
+      - name: Verify actionlint native transport and pinned image parity
+        run: bash scripts/test-actionlint-hook.sh --docker-parity
+
       # Cache pre-commit's per-hook environments (Go, Python, Node, etc.
       # virtualenvs it builds on first run). Keyed on the hook config
       # because pre-commit will rebuild any env whose pinned rev changes.
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 34650f1c..d4316a81 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -102,23 +102,16 @@ repos:
   # versions, so an expression injection is caught before the push rather than
   # after. Keep the versions here and in ci.yml in lockstep.
   #
-  # actionlint is a local docker_image hook rather than the upstream
-  # rhysd/actionlint hook for the reason spelled out above for hadolint: the
-  # upstream actionlint-docker hook's entry pins the image by mutable tag, and
-  # `rev:` only pins the hook definition, not the image it runs. This entry
-  # pins the digest, so the ruleset can only change by editing this line.
-  #
-  # The image bundles shellcheck. actionlint silently skips every run: block
-  # and still exits 0 when shellcheck is absent from PATH, which is how the
-  # rollback.yml injection (#1542) went unflagged, so a system hook that
-  # depends on each developer having shellcheck installed would reintroduce
-  # exactly that gap.
+  # Match the pinned CI image, including Python 3.12. Require env-owned checkers
+  # because actionlint silently skips ShellCheck and pyflakes when missing.
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: actionlint
         name: Lint GitHub Actions workflows
-        language: docker_image
-        entry: rhysd/actionlint:1.7.12@sha256:b1934ee5f1c509618f2508e6eb47ee0d3520686341fec936f3b79331f9315667
+        language: python
+        language_version: python3.12
+        additional_dependencies: ['shellcheck-py==0.11.0.1', 'pyflakes==3.4.0']
+        entry: python scripts/actionlint-hook.py
         types: [yaml]
         files: ^\.github/workflows/
 
diff --git a/scripts/actionlint-hook.py b/scripts/actionlint-hook.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8f4cfbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/actionlint-hook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import fcntl
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+ACTIONLINT_MODULE = "github.com/rhysd/actionlint"
+ACTIONLINT_VERSION = "v1.7.12"
+ACTIONLINT_SUM = "h1:vQ4GeJN86C0QH+gTUQcs8McmK62OLT3kmakPMtEWYnY="
+LOCK_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 600
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    tools = Path(sys.executable).parent
+    versions = {"shellcheck": "0.11.0", "pyflakes": "3.4.0"}
+    for checker, expected in versions.items():
+        binary = tools / checker
+        if not binary.is_file() or not os.access(binary, os.X_OK):
+            print(f"actionlint: missing required hook dependency {checker}; rebuild the pre-commit environment", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 2
+        try:
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                [str(binary), "--version"], check=True, capture_output=True,
+                text=True, timeout=10,
+            )
+        except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError) as error:
+            print(f"actionlint: cannot verify {checker}: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 2
+        actual = result.stdout.splitlines()
+        valid = f"version: {expected}" in actual if checker == "shellcheck" else result.stdout.startswith(f"{expected} ")
+        if not valid:
+            print(f"actionlint: required {checker} {expected}; rebuild the pre-commit environment", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 2
+    go = shutil.which("go")
+    if go is None:
+        print("actionlint: Go is required to run pinned actionlint v1.7.12; install the project Go toolchain", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+    actionlint = tools / "actionlint"
+    try:
+        with (tools / ".actionlint-install.lock").open("a") as lock:
+            deadline = time.monotonic() + LOCK_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    fcntl.flock(lock, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+                    break
+                except BlockingIOError:
+                    if time.monotonic() >= deadline:
+                        print("actionlint: timed out waiting for bootstrap lock; retry after the other hook process finishes", file=sys.stderr)
+                        return 2
+                    time.sleep(0.1)
+            if actionlint.is_symlink():
+                print("actionlint: cached actionlint must not be a symlink; rebuild the pre-commit environment", file=sys.stderr)
+                return 2
+            if not actionlint.exists():
+                subprocess.run(
+                    [go, "install", f"{ACTIONLINT_MODULE}/cmd/actionlint@{ACTIONLINT_VERSION}"],
+                    env={**os.environ, "GOBIN": str(tools)}, check=True, timeout=300,
+                )
+            info = json.loads(subprocess.check_output(
+                [go, "version", "-m", "-json", str(actionlint)], text=True, timeout=10,
+            ))
+            expected_module = {"Path": ACTIONLINT_MODULE, "Version": ACTIONLINT_VERSION, "Sum": ACTIONLINT_SUM}
+            if (
+                info.get("Path") != f"{ACTIONLINT_MODULE}/cmd/actionlint"
+                or info.get("Main") != expected_module
+                or not os.access(actionlint, os.X_OK)
+            ):
+                print("actionlint: cached binary does not match the pinned module; rebuild the pre-commit environment", file=sys.stderr)
+                return 2
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError, ValueError) as error:
+        print(f"actionlint: cannot provision or verify pinned actionlint: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+    os.execv(str(actionlint), [
+        str(actionlint),
+        "-shellcheck", str(tools / "shellcheck"),
+        "-pyflakes", str(tools / "pyflakes"), *sys.argv[1:],
+    ])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/scripts/test-actionlint-hook.sh b/scripts/test-actionlint-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..429780a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-actionlint-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+parity=false
+if [[ $# -eq 1 && "$1" == --docker-parity ]]; then
+  parity=true
+elif [[ $# -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 [--docker-parity]" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+scratch="$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/actionlint-hook.XXXXXXXX")"
+trap 'printf "actionlint test evidence: %s\n" "$scratch"' EXIT
+mkdir -p "$scratch/repo/scripts" "$scratch/repo/.github/workflows"
+cp "$root/scripts/actionlint-hook.py" "$scratch/repo/scripts/"
+python3 -c 'import sys,yaml; c=yaml.safe_load(open(sys.argv[1])); h=next(h for r in c["repos"] if r["repo"]=="local" for h in r["hooks"] if h["id"]=="actionlint"); yaml.safe_dump({"repos":[{"repo":"local","hooks":[h]}]},open(sys.argv[2],"w"))' \
+  "$root/.pre-commit-config.yaml" "$scratch/repo/hook config.yaml"
+git -C "$scratch/repo" init -q
+export PRE_COMMIT_HOME="$scratch/pre-commit"
+export GOMODCACHE="$scratch/modules"
+
+expect() {
+  local wanted="$1" diagnostic="$2" log="$3"
+  shift 3
+  local status=0
+  "$@" >"$log" 2>&1 || status=$?
+  if [[ "$wanted" == pass && "$status" -ne 0 ]] || [[ "$wanted" == fail && "$status" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    cat "$log" >&2
+    echo "Unexpected $wanted result: $* (status $status)" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [[ -n "$diagnostic" ]] && ! grep -Fq -- "$diagnostic" "$log"; then
+    cat "$log" >&2
+    echo "Missing diagnostic: $diagnostic" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+run_hook() (
+  cd "$scratch/repo"
+  pre-commit run --config 'hook config.yaml' actionlint --files "$@"
+)
+
+for fixture in clean shell python syntax; do
+  name=".github/workflows/$fixture workflow.yml"
+  cp "$root/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/$fixture.fixture" "$scratch/repo/$name"
+  wanted=fail
+  case "$fixture" in
+    clean) wanted=pass; diagnostic='Passed' ;;
+    shell) diagnostic='SC2086' ;;
+    python) diagnostic="undefined name 'undefined_name'" ;;
+    syntax) diagnostic='[syntax-check]' ;;
+  esac
+  expect "$wanted" "$diagnostic" "$scratch/$fixture.native.log" run_hook "$name"
+  if "$parity"; then
+    image='rhysd/actionlint:1.7.12@sha256:b1934ee5f1c509618f2508e6eb47ee0d3520686341fec936f3b79331f9315667'
+    docker_diagnostic="$diagnostic"
+    if [[ "$wanted" == pass ]]; then docker_diagnostic=''; fi
+    expect "$wanted" "$docker_diagnostic" "$scratch/$fixture.docker.log" \
+      docker run --rm -v "$scratch/repo:/repo" -w /repo "$image" "$name"
+  fi
+done
+
+cp "$root/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/clean.fixture" "$scratch/repo/.github/workflows/clean workflow.yaml"
+expect pass 'Passed' "$scratch/yaml.native.log" run_hook '.github/workflows/clean workflow.yaml'
+if "$parity"; then
+  expect pass '' "$scratch/yaml.docker.log" docker run --rm -v "$scratch/repo:/repo" -w /repo "$image" '.github/workflows/clean workflow.yaml'
+fi
+
+interpreters=("$PRE_COMMIT_HOME"/repo*/py_env-python3.12/bin/python)
+[[ ${#interpreters[@]} -eq 1 && -x "${interpreters[0]}" ]]
+python="${interpreters[0]}"
+tools="${python%/python}"
+wrapper="$scratch/repo/scripts/actionlint-hook.py"
+clean="$scratch/repo/.github/workflows/clean workflow.yaml"
+expect pass '' "$scratch/warm-offline.log" env GOPROXY=off "$python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+expect fail 'timed out waiting for bootstrap lock' "$scratch/lock-timeout.log" "$python" -c \
+  'import fcntl,importlib.util,signal,sys; from pathlib import Path; spec=importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("hook",sys.argv[1]); hook=importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec); spec.loader.exec_module(hook); hook.LOCK_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=0.1; lock=(Path(sys.executable).parent/".actionlint-install.lock").open("a"); fcntl.flock(lock,fcntl.LOCK_EX); signal.alarm(2); sys.exit(hook.main())' "$wrapper"
+expect fail 'Go is required' "$scratch/missing-go.log" env PATH=/nonexistent "$python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+
+python3.12 -m venv --without-pip "$scratch/bootstrap"
+bootstrap="$scratch/bootstrap/bin"
+ln -s "$tools/shellcheck" "$bootstrap/shellcheck"
+ln -s "$tools/pyflakes" "$bootstrap/pyflakes"
+expect fail 'module lookup disabled by GOPROXY=off' "$scratch/cold-offline.log" \
+  env GOPROXY=off GOMODCACHE="$scratch/empty-modules" "$bootstrap/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+"$bootstrap/python" "$wrapper" "$clean" > "$scratch/concurrent-one.log" 2>&1 &
+one=$!
+"$bootstrap/python" "$wrapper" "$clean" > "$scratch/concurrent-two.log" 2>&1 &
+two=$!
+status=0
+wait "$one" || status=1
+wait "$two" || status=1
+[[ "$status" -eq 0 ]]
+expect pass '' "$scratch/concurrent-verified.log" env GOPROXY=off "$bootstrap/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+cp "$(command -v go)" "$bootstrap/actionlint"
+expect fail 'cached binary does not match the pinned module' "$scratch/wrong-actionlint.log" "$bootstrap/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+printf 'corrupt cached binary\n' > "$bootstrap/actionlint"
+expect fail 'cannot provision or verify pinned actionlint' "$scratch/corrupt-actionlint.log" "$bootstrap/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+mv "$bootstrap/actionlint" "$bootstrap/actionlint.corrupt"
+ln -s "$scratch/outside-actionlint" "$bootstrap/actionlint"
+expect fail 'cached actionlint must not be a symlink' "$scratch/broken-link.log" "$bootstrap/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+[[ ! -e "$scratch/outside-actionlint" ]]
+cp "$tools/actionlint" "$scratch/outside-actionlint"
+expect fail 'cached actionlint must not be a symlink' "$scratch/valid-link.log" "$bootstrap/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+cmp "$tools/actionlint" "$scratch/outside-actionlint"
+
+python3.12 -m venv --without-pip "$scratch/probe"
+probe="$scratch/probe/bin"
+expect fail 'missing required hook dependency shellcheck' "$scratch/missing-shellcheck.log" "$probe/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+ln -s "$tools/shellcheck" "$probe/shellcheck"
+expect fail 'missing required hook dependency pyflakes' "$scratch/missing-pyflakes.log" "$probe/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+"$python" -c 'import pathlib,sys; p=pathlib.Path(sys.argv[1]); p.write_text("#!/bin/sh\nexit 9\n"); p.chmod(0o755)' "$probe/pyflakes"
+expect fail 'cannot verify pyflakes' "$scratch/corrupt-pyflakes.log" "$probe/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+"$python" -c 'import pathlib,sys; p=pathlib.Path(sys.argv[1]); p.write_text("#!/bin/sh\nprintf \"0.0.0 Python\\n\"\n"); p.chmod(0o755)' "$probe/pyflakes"
+expect fail 'required pyflakes 3.4.0' "$scratch/wrong-version.log" "$probe/python" "$wrapper" "$clean"
+
+printf 'self-hosted-runner:\n  labels: [custom-transport-runner]\n' > "$scratch/config with spaces.yaml"
+"$python" -c 'from pathlib import Path; import sys; Path(sys.argv[2]).write_text(Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text().replace("ubuntu-latest", "custom-transport-runner"))' "$clean" "$scratch/custom runner.yaml"
+expect fail '[runner-label]' "$scratch/config-control.native.log" "$python" "$wrapper" "$scratch/custom runner.yaml"
+expect pass '' "$scratch/config.native.log" "$python" "$wrapper" -config-file "$scratch/config with spaces.yaml" "$scratch/custom runner.yaml"
+expect fail 'SC2086' "$scratch/debug.native.log" "$python" "$wrapper" -debug "$scratch/repo/.github/workflows/shell workflow.yml"
+grep -Fq -- '--norc -f json -x --shell bash -e SC1091,SC2194,SC2050,SC2153,SC2154,SC2157,SC2043 -' "$scratch/debug.native.log"
+expect fail "undefined name 'undefined_name'" "$scratch/debug-python.native.log" "$python" "$wrapper" -debug "$scratch/repo/.github/workflows/python workflow.yml"
+grep -Eq 'Running .*/pyflakes for Python script:' "$scratch/debug-python.native.log"
+printf 'actionlint transport regression checks passed\n'
diff --git a/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/clean.fixture b/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/clean.fixture
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1949e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/clean.fixture
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: valid
+on: push
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "$VALUE"
+      - shell: python
+        run: print("valid")
diff --git a/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/python.fixture b/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/python.fixture
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b0e4711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/python.fixture
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: bad python
+on: push
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - shell: python
+        run: print(undefined_name)
diff --git a/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/shell.fixture b/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/shell.fixture
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7c7e505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/shell.fixture
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: bad shell
+on: push
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo $VALUE
diff --git a/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/syntax.fixture b/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/syntax.fixture
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36bfc71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/testdata/actionlint-hook/syntax.fixture
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: bad workflow
+on: push
+jobs: [