diff --git a/app/igneum-app/src/execrpc.rs b/app/igneum-app/src/execrpc.rs
index ee7e3653..a24bc547 100644
--- a/app/igneum-app/src/execrpc.rs
+++ b/app/igneum-app/src/execrpc.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 /// Methods that index nothing on an empty exec state (read from the 0.3.17 node's rpc.rs): safe at any time.
 pub const SAFE_ON_EMPTY: &[&str] = &[
     "eth_chainId", "eth_blockNumber", "eth_syncing", "igneum_getExecStatus", "igneum_getProvingStatus", "igneum_getNodeInfo",
+    // the engine's balance read (0.3.21): an account lookup at the latest state, nothing indexed by block number
+    "eth_getBalance",
 ];
 
 /// Methods the app sends that resolve a block number, index or slice the record vector, or simulate at a block: held until
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ pub const GATED: &[&str] = &[
     "eth_getBlockByNumber", "igneum_getAssignedShards", "igneum_getProofRecords", "igneum_getSegmentRecords", "igneum_getSegmentStatement",
     "igneum_getProofBytes", "igneum_getSegmentProofBytes", "igneum_exportSegments", "igneum_submitProofRecord", "igneum_submitSegmentRecord",
     "igneum_getFinalityWeights",
+    // 0.3.21's live page reads recent blocks by number through the same path (src/live.rs); held like the rest
+    "igneum_getRecentBlocks",
 ];
 
 /// One JSON-RPC POST to 127.0.0.1:<evm_port> through curl (the engine carries no HTTP client); the body goes through a file