diff --git a/example/redis/distros/deploy-distros.sh b/example/redis/distros/deploy-distros.sh
index a41a093e..2799a519 100755
--- a/example/redis/distros/deploy-distros.sh
+++ b/example/redis/distros/deploy-distros.sh
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@ bind_valkey() { apply_cp valkey cp-valkey.yaml; label_sts valkey valkey-primary
 bind_keydb()  { apply_cp keydb  cp-keydb.yaml;  label_sts keydb  keydb          keydb; }
 bind_dragonfly() {
   apply_cp dragonfly cp-dragonfly.yaml
+  # The operator only stamps podMetadata onto NEWLY created pods — a live patch does
+  # not relabel the running instance, so node-agent never switches to the profile.
+  # Patch the CR, then recreate the instance pod so it is born with the label.
   kubectl -n dragonfly patch dragonfly dragonfly --type merge \
     -p '{"spec":{"podMetadata":{"labels":{"kubescape.io/user-defined-profile":"dragonfly"}}}}'
+  kubectl -n dragonfly delete pod dragonfly-0 --ignore-not-found
+  kubectl -n dragonfly wait --for=condition=ready pod/dragonfly-0 --timeout=120s
 }
 
 do_distro() {  # deploy-fn  bind-fn
diff --git a/example/redis/distros/functional/dragonfly.yaml b/example/redis/distros/functional/dragonfly.yaml
index ff3843da..e5fb0cf9 100644
--- a/example/redis/distros/functional/dragonfly.yaml
+++ b/example/redis/distros/functional/dragonfly.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ tests:
   - {name: time,          redis: {command: ["TIME"]}}
   - {name: dbsize,        redis: {command: ["DBSIZE"]}}
   - {name: slowlog-get,   redis: {command: ["SLOWLOG", "GET", "10"]}}
-  - {name: memory-doctor, redis: {command: ["MEMORY", "DOCTOR"]}}
 
   # ── Strings + expiry variants ─────────────────────────────────────────────
   - {name: set,           redis: {command: ["SET", "s:k", "hello"], expectedReply: "OK"}}
@@ -104,8 +103,9 @@ tests:
   - {name: eval,          redis: {command: ["EVAL", "return redis.call('SET', KEYS[1], ARGV[1])", "1", "lua:k", "luaval"]}}
   - {name: eval-compute,  redis: {command: ["EVAL", "local t=0 for i=1,100 do t=t+i end return t", "0"]}}
   - {name: script-load,   redis: {command: ["SCRIPT", "LOAD", "return 1"]}}
-  - {name: function-list, redis: {command: ["FUNCTION", "LIST"]}}
-  - {name: function-stats,redis: {command: ["FUNCTION", "STATS"]}}
+  # dragonfly (v1.39) implements a Redis SUBSET: FUNCTION (Redis 7 server-side
+  # functions), OBJECT, MEMORY DOCTOR and CONFIG SET appendonly are unsupported,
+  # so those tests are omitted here (they remain in the redis-oss/valkey suites).
 
   # NOTE: MULTI/EXEC transactions and SUBSCRIBE/MONITOR/blocking ops are omitted —
   # bobctl's RESP client opens a fresh RESP2 connection per test, so multi-command
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ tests:
   - {name: ttl,           redis: {command: ["TTL", "s:k"]}}
   - {name: persist,       redis: {command: ["PERSIST", "s:k"]}}
   - {name: type,          redis: {command: ["TYPE", "z:lb"]}}
-  - {name: object-encoding, redis: {command: ["OBJECT", "ENCODING", "z:lb"]}}
   - {name: copy,          redis: {command: ["COPY", "s:k", "s:kcopy"]}}
   - {name: scan,          redis: {command: ["SCAN", "0", "COUNT", "100"]}}
   - {name: randomkey,     redis: {command: ["RANDOMKEY"]}}
@@ -131,8 +130,6 @@ tests:
   # ── Persistence — the fork-triggering paths (key for a realistic profile) ──
   - {name: bgsave,        redis: {command: ["BGSAVE", "SCHEDULE"]}}
   - {name: lastsave,      redis: {command: ["LASTSAVE"]}}
-  - {name: config-aof-on, redis: {command: ["CONFIG", "SET", "appendonly", "yes"], expectedReply: "OK"}}
-  - {name: config-aof-off, redis: {command: ["CONFIG", "SET", "appendonly", "no"]}}
 
   # ── Cleanup ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   - {name: unlink,        redis: {command: ["UNLINK", "s:kcopy", "l:q2", "set:u", "z:dst"]}}
diff --git a/example/redis/distros/functional/keydb.yaml b/example/redis/distros/functional/keydb.yaml
index 52f5b62a..dafc6b1c 100644
--- a/example/redis/distros/functional/keydb.yaml
+++ b/example/redis/distros/functional/keydb.yaml
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ tests:
   - {name: xinfo,         redis: {command: ["XINFO", "STREAM", "st:s"]}}
   - {name: xtrim,         redis: {command: ["XTRIM", "st:s", "MAXLEN", "100"]}}
 
-  # ── Scripting (Lua) + functions ───────────────────────────────────────────
+  # ── Scripting (Lua) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # keydb 6.x is Redis-6-based: FUNCTION (Redis 7.0 server-side functions) is not
+  # implemented, so only EVAL/SCRIPT are exercised here.
   - {name: eval,          redis: {command: ["EVAL", "return redis.call('SET', KEYS[1], ARGV[1])", "1", "lua:k", "luaval"]}}
   - {name: eval-compute,  redis: {command: ["EVAL", "local t=0 for i=1,100 do t=t+i end return t", "0"]}}
   - {name: script-load,   redis: {command: ["SCRIPT", "LOAD", "return 1"]}}
-  - {name: function-list, redis: {command: ["FUNCTION", "LIST"]}}
-  - {name: function-stats,redis: {command: ["FUNCTION", "STATS"]}}
 
   # NOTE: MULTI/EXEC transactions and SUBSCRIBE/MONITOR/blocking ops are omitted —
   # bobctl's RESP client opens a fresh RESP2 connection per test, so multi-command