diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53b8d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.git
+.github
+dist
+build
+.worktrees
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
index 38b39c9..4e072f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
+  packages: write
 
 concurrency:
   group: pipeline-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -64,33 +65,67 @@ jobs:
     name: Build
     needs: prep
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SERVICE_REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+      SERVICE_IMAGE_REPO_OWNER: ${{ vars.IMAGE_REPO_OWNER || github.repository_owner }}
+      SERVICE_IMAGE_NAME: xworkmate-bridge
     outputs:
       artifact_name: ${{ steps.artifact_meta.outputs.artifact_name }}
+      service_image_ref: ${{ steps.service_ref.outputs.image_ref }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 # v3.11.1
+
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-          cache: true
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ vars.GHCR_USERNAME || github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN || github.token }}
 
-      - name: Build x86 artifact
-        run: bash ./scripts/github-actions/build-artifact.sh dist
+      - name: Resolve service image ref
+        id: service_ref
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          image_repo="${SERVICE_REGISTRY}/${SERVICE_IMAGE_REPO_OWNER}/${SERVICE_IMAGE_NAME}"
+          image_tag="${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          image_ref="${image_repo}:${image_tag}"
 
-      - name: Smoke test built artifact
-        run: ./dist/xworkmate-bridge --help >/dev/null
+          echo "image_repo=${image_repo}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "image_tag=${image_tag}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "image_ref=${image_ref}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Build and optionally push service image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@471d1dc4e07e5cdedd4c2171150001c434f0b7a4 # v6.15.0
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: Dockerfile
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.service_ref.outputs.image_ref }}
+
+      - name: Write image ref artifact
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mkdir -p dist
+          printf '%s\n' "${{ steps.service_ref.outputs.image_ref }}" > dist/service-image-ref.txt
 
       - name: Record artifact metadata
         id: artifact_meta
-        run: echo "artifact_name=xworkmate-bridge-linux-amd64" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        run: echo "artifact_name=xworkmate-bridge-service-image-${GITHUB_SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - name: Upload artifact
+      - name: Upload image ref artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
         with:
           name: ${{ steps.artifact_meta.outputs.artifact_name }}
-          path: dist/xworkmate-bridge
+          path: dist/service-image-ref.txt
 
   deploy:
     name: Deploy
@@ -101,6 +136,8 @@ jobs:
       run_apply: ${{ steps.deploy_meta.outputs.run_apply }}
     env:
       INTERNAL_SERVICE_TOKEN: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.internal_service_token || secrets.INTERNAL_SERVICE_TOKEN }}
+      GHCR_USERNAME: ${{ vars.GHCR_USERNAME || github.repository_owner }}
+      GHCR_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN || github.token }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout service repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
@@ -114,18 +151,11 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.WORKSPACE_REPO_TOKEN || github.token }}
           path: playbooks
 
-      - name: Download build artifact
+      - name: Download build image ref artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4
         with:
           name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact_name }}
-          path: xworkmate-bridge/dist
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
-        with:
-          go-version-file: xworkmate-bridge/go.mod
-          cache: true
-          cache-dependency-path: xworkmate-bridge/go.sum
+          path: xworkmate-bridge/dist/image-artifact
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5
@@ -166,7 +196,9 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: xworkmate-bridge
         env:
           INTERNAL_SERVICE_TOKEN: ${{ env.INTERNAL_SERVICE_TOKEN }}
-          XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_ARTIFACT_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/xworkmate-bridge/dist/xworkmate-bridge
+          GHCR_USERNAME: ${{ env.GHCR_USERNAME }}
+          GHCR_PASSWORD: ${{ env.GHCR_PASSWORD }}
+          XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_IMAGE_ARTIFACT_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/xworkmate-bridge/dist/image-artifact/service-image-ref.txt
         run: bash ./scripts/github-actions/deploy.sh "${{ steps.deploy_meta.outputs.target_host }}" "${{ steps.deploy_meta.outputs.run_apply }}" ../playbooks
 
   publish_release:
@@ -177,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - name: Download build artifact
+      - name: Download image ref artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4
         with:
           name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.artifact_name }}
@@ -198,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           gh release create "${{ steps.release_meta.outputs.tag }}" \
-            dist/xworkmate-bridge#xworkmate-bridge-linux-amd64 \
+            dist/service-image-ref.txt#xworkmate-bridge-service-image-ref.txt \
             --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
             --target "${{ github.sha }}" \
             --title "${{ steps.release_meta.outputs.title }}" \
@@ -206,7 +238,9 @@ jobs:
 
   validate:
     name: Validate
-    needs: deploy
+    needs:
+      - build
+      - deploy
     if: ${{ needs.deploy.result == 'success' && needs.deploy.outputs.run_apply == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
@@ -221,4 +255,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
       - name: Validate deployed endpoints
-        run: bash ./scripts/github-actions/validate-deploy.sh
+        run: bash ./scripts/github-actions/validate-deploy.sh "${{ needs.build.outputs.service_image_ref }}" "${BRIDGE_SERVER_URL}" "${OPENCLAW_URL}" "${CODEX_RPC_URL}" "${OPENCODE_RPC_URL}" "${GEMINI_RPC_URL}" "${INTERNAL_SERVICE_TOKEN}"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b4b3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Stage 1 - build the bridge binary
+FROM golang:1.25.1 AS builder
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o /out/xworkmate-bridge .
+
+# Stage 2 - minimal runtime image
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=builder /out/xworkmate-bridge /usr/local/bin/xworkmate-bridge
+
+EXPOSE 8787
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/xworkmate-bridge", "serve", "--listen", "0.0.0.0:8787"]
diff --git a/internal/acp/runtime_version.go b/internal/acp/runtime_version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..355907e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/acp/runtime_version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package acp
+
+import "strings"
+
+type imageVersionInfo struct {
+	ImageRef string `json:"image_ref"`
+	Tag      string `json:"tag,omitempty"`
+	Commit   string `json:"commit,omitempty"`
+	Version  string `json:"version,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func parseImageVersionInfo(imageRef string) imageVersionInfo {
+	ref := strings.TrimSpace(imageRef)
+	info := imageVersionInfo{ImageRef: ref}
+	if ref == "" {
+		return info
+	}
+
+	if idx := strings.LastIndex(ref, "@"); idx >= 0 {
+		ref = ref[:idx]
+	}
+
+	tag := ref
+	if idx := strings.LastIndex(tag, ":"); idx >= 0 && idx > strings.LastIndex(tag, "/") {
+		tag = tag[idx+1:]
+	}
+	tag = strings.TrimSpace(tag)
+	info.Tag = tag
+
+	switch {
+	case isHexCommit(tag):
+		info.Commit = tag
+		info.Version = tag
+	default:
+		info.Version = tag
+	}
+
+	return info
+}
+
+func isHexCommit(value string) bool {
+	if len(value) != 40 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, r := range value {
+		switch {
+		case r >= '0' && r <= '9':
+		case r >= 'a' && r <= 'f':
+		default:
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/internal/acp/server.go b/internal/acp/server.go
index 3abd13d..086bfc3 100644
--- a/internal/acp/server.go
+++ b/internal/acp/server.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -74,23 +75,7 @@ func Serve(args []string) error {
 	server := NewServer()
 	httpServer := &http.Server{
 		Addr: strings.TrimSpace(*listen),
-		Handler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			switch r.URL.Path {
-			case "/":
-				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-				_, _ = w.Write([]byte("xworkmate-bridge is running"))
-			case "/bridge/bootstrap/health":
-				server.HandleBridgeBootstrapHealth(w, r)
-			case "/bridge/bootstrap/consume":
-				server.HandleBridgeBootstrapConsume(w, r)
-			case "/acp/rpc":
-				server.HandleRPC(w, r)
-			case "/acp":
-				server.HandleWebSocket(w, r)
-			default:
-				http.NotFound(w, r)
-			}
-		}),
+		Handler: server.Handler(),
 		ReadTimeout:  30 * time.Second,
 		WriteTimeout: 5 * time.Minute,
 		IdleTimeout:  2 * time.Minute,
@@ -115,6 +100,37 @@ func NewServer() *Server {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *Server) Handler() http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/":
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte("xworkmate-bridge is running"))
+		case "/api/ping":
+			info := parseImageVersionInfo(os.Getenv("IMAGE"))
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{
+				"status":  "ok",
+				"image":   info.ImageRef,
+				"tag":     info.Tag,
+				"commit":  info.Commit,
+				"version": info.Version,
+			})
+		case "/bridge/bootstrap/health":
+			s.HandleBridgeBootstrapHealth(w, r)
+		case "/bridge/bootstrap/consume":
+			s.HandleBridgeBootstrapConsume(w, r)
+		case "/acp/rpc":
+			s.HandleRPC(w, r)
+		case "/acp":
+			s.HandleWebSocket(w, r)
+		default:
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func (s *Server) HandleWebSocket(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	origin := strings.TrimSpace(r.Header.Get("Origin"))
 	if !s.originAllowed(origin) {
diff --git a/internal/acp/web_contract_test.go b/internal/acp/web_contract_test.go
index 2b678ca..1d67843 100644
--- a/internal/acp/web_contract_test.go
+++ b/internal/acp/web_contract_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,70 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestHTTPHandlerRootAndPingExposeRuntimeVersionInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("IMAGE", "ghcr.io/x-evor/xworkmate-bridge:0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567")
+
+	server := NewServer()
+	handler := server.Handler()
+
+	rootRecorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	rootRequest := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://127.0.0.1/", nil)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rootRecorder, rootRequest)
+
+	if rootRecorder.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("expected root 200, got %d", rootRecorder.Code)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(rootRecorder.Body.String(), "xworkmate-bridge is running") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected root body to contain service banner, got %q", rootRecorder.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	pingRecorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	pingRequest := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://127.0.0.1/api/ping", nil)
+	handler.ServeHTTP(pingRecorder, pingRequest)
+
+	if pingRecorder.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ping 200, got %d", pingRecorder.Code)
+	}
+
+	var payload map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(pingRecorder.Body.Bytes(), &payload); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("decode ping payload: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if got := payload["status"]; got != "ok" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected status ok, got %#v", got)
+	}
+	if got := payload["image"]; got != "ghcr.io/x-evor/xworkmate-bridge:0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected full image ref, got %#v", got)
+	}
+	if got := payload["tag"]; got != "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected full image tag, got %#v", got)
+	}
+	if got := payload["commit"]; got != "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected full image commit, got %#v", got)
+	}
+	if got := payload["version"]; got != "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected full image version, got %#v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseImageVersionInfoHandlesTaggedImageRef(t *testing.T) {
+	info := parseImageVersionInfo("ghcr.io/x-evor/xworkmate-bridge:main-2026-04-12")
+
+	if info.ImageRef != "ghcr.io/x-evor/xworkmate-bridge:main-2026-04-12" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected full image ref, got %q", info.ImageRef)
+	}
+	if info.Tag != "main-2026-04-12" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected tag main-2026-04-12, got %q", info.Tag)
+	}
+	if info.Commit != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected empty commit for non-hex tag, got %q", info.Commit)
+	}
+	if info.Version != "main-2026-04-12" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected version main-2026-04-12, got %q", info.Version)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHandleWebSocketRejectsUnknownOrigin(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Setenv("ACP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS", "https://xworkmate.svc.plus")
 
diff --git a/scripts/github-actions/deploy.sh b/scripts/github-actions/deploy.sh
index a6d9d83..b2d8c50 100644
--- a/scripts/github-actions/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/github-actions/deploy.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,25 @@ set -euo pipefail
 TARGET_HOST="${1:?target host is required}"
 RUN_APPLY="${2:?run_apply flag is required}"
 PLAYBOOK_DIR="${3:-playbooks}"
-XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_ARTIFACT_PATH="${XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_ARTIFACT_PATH:?artifact path is required}"
+XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_IMAGE_ARTIFACT_PATH="${XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_IMAGE_ARTIFACT_PATH:?image artifact path is required}"
+
+if [[ ! -f "${XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_IMAGE_ARTIFACT_PATH}" ]]; then
+  echo "image artifact not found at ${XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_IMAGE_ARTIFACT_PATH}" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+SERVICE_COMPOSE_IMAGE="$(tr -d '\n' < "${XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_IMAGE_ARTIFACT_PATH}" | xargs)"
+if [[ -z "${SERVICE_COMPOSE_IMAGE}" ]]; then
+  echo "service compose image is empty" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+image_no_digest="${SERVICE_COMPOSE_IMAGE%@*}"
+image_tag="${image_no_digest##*:}"
+if [[ -z "${image_tag}" || "${image_no_digest}" == "${image_tag}" ]]; then
+  echo "invalid service image ref: ${SERVICE_COMPOSE_IMAGE}" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 
 cd "${PLAYBOOK_DIR}"
 
@@ -13,7 +31,6 @@ args=(
   -i inventory.ini
   deploy_xworkmate_bridge_vhosts.yml
   -l "${TARGET_HOST}"
-  -e "xworkmate_bridge_artifact_path=${XWORKMATE_BRIDGE_ARTIFACT_PATH}"
 )
 
 if [[ "${RUN_APPLY}" != "true" ]]; then
@@ -21,4 +38,7 @@ if [[ "${RUN_APPLY}" != "true" ]]; then
 fi
 
 ANSIBLE_CONFIG="${PWD}/ansible.cfg" \
+SERVICE_COMPOSE_IMAGE="${SERVICE_COMPOSE_IMAGE}" \
+GHCR_USERNAME="${GHCR_USERNAME:-}" \
+GHCR_PASSWORD="${GHCR_PASSWORD:-}" \
 "${args[@]}"
diff --git a/scripts/github-actions/validate-deploy.sh b/scripts/github-actions/validate-deploy.sh
index bd357cd..09e2098 100644
--- a/scripts/github-actions/validate-deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/github-actions/validate-deploy.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
+IMAGE_REF="${1:?image_ref is required}"
+
 normalize_url() {
   local value="$1"
   if [[ "${value}" =~ ^https:([^/].*)$ ]]; then
@@ -27,12 +29,31 @@ websocket_probe_url() {
   printf '%s\n' "${value}"
 }
 
-BASE_URL="$(normalize_url "${BRIDGE_SERVER_URL:-${1:-https://xworkmate-bridge.svc.plus}}")"
-OPENCLAW_HTTP_PROBE_URL="$(websocket_probe_url "${OPENCLAW_URL:-${2:-wss://openclaw.svc.plus}}")"
-CODEX_RPC_URL="$(normalize_url "${CODEX_RPC_URL:-${3:-https://acp-server.svc.plus/codex/acp/rpc}}")"
-OPENCODE_RPC_URL="$(normalize_url "${OPENCODE_RPC_URL:-${4:-https://acp-server.svc.plus/opencode/acp/rpc}}")"
-GEMINI_RPC_URL="$(normalize_url "${GEMINI_RPC_URL:-${5:-https://acp-server.svc.plus/gemini/acp/rpc}}")"
-AUTH_TOKEN="${BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN:-${INTERNAL_SERVICE_TOKEN:-${6:-}}}"
+image_ref="$(printf '%s' "${IMAGE_REF}" | tr -d '\n' | xargs)"
+if [[ -z "${image_ref}" ]]; then
+  echo "image_ref is required" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+image_no_digest="${image_ref%@*}"
+tag="${image_no_digest##*:}"
+if [[ "${image_no_digest}" == "${tag}" ]]; then
+  tag=""
+fi
+
+commit=""
+version="${tag}"
+
+if [[ "${tag}" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ ]]; then
+  commit="${tag}"
+fi
+
+BASE_URL="$(normalize_url "${BRIDGE_SERVER_URL:-${2:-https://xworkmate-bridge.svc.plus}}")"
+OPENCLAW_HTTP_PROBE_URL="$(websocket_probe_url "${OPENCLAW_URL:-${3:-wss://openclaw.svc.plus}}")"
+CODEX_RPC_URL="$(normalize_url "${CODEX_RPC_URL:-${4:-https://acp-server.svc.plus/codex/acp/rpc}}")"
+OPENCODE_RPC_URL="$(normalize_url "${OPENCODE_RPC_URL:-${5:-https://acp-server.svc.plus/opencode/acp/rpc}}")"
+GEMINI_RPC_URL="$(normalize_url "${GEMINI_RPC_URL:-${6:-https://acp-server.svc.plus/gemini/acp/rpc}}")"
+AUTH_TOKEN="${BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN:-${INTERNAL_SERVICE_TOKEN:-${7:-}}}"
 
 curl_common=(
   --silent
@@ -93,6 +114,36 @@ probe_safe_http_endpoint() {
   esac
 }
 
+ping_json="$(
+  curl \
+    "${curl_common[@]}" \
+    "${BASE_URL}/api/ping"
+)"
+
+PING_JSON="${ping_json}" python3 - "${image_ref}" "${tag}" "${commit}" "${version}" <<'PY'
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+image_ref, tag, commit, version = sys.argv[1:5]
+payload = json.loads(os.environ["PING_JSON"])
+
+if payload.get("status") != "ok":
+    raise SystemExit("ping status not ok")
+
+if payload.get("image") != image_ref:
+    raise SystemExit(f"expected image {image_ref!r}, got {payload.get('image')!r}")
+
+if tag and payload.get("tag") != tag:
+    raise SystemExit(f"expected tag {tag!r}, got {payload.get('tag')!r}")
+
+if commit and payload.get("commit") != commit:
+    raise SystemExit(f"expected commit {commit!r}, got {payload.get('commit')!r}")
+
+if version and payload.get("version") != version:
+    raise SystemExit(f"expected version {version!r}, got {payload.get('version')!r}")
+PY
+
 bridge_root="$(curl "${curl_common[@]}" "${auth_headers[@]}" "${BASE_URL}/")"
 grep -qi 'xworkmate-bridge' <<<"${bridge_root}"