diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e46e4887..17238e28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 - When running `semgrep`, its always added to `PATH`,
   as otherwise semgrep is not able to find `pysemgrep` folder.
   ([#439](https://github.com/crashappsec/chalk/pull/439))
+- Docker pushing non-chalked images did not report metsys
+  plugin keys such as `_EXIT_CODE`, `_CHALK_RUN_TIME`.
+  ([#438](https://github.com/crashappsec/chalk/pull/438))
 
 ### New Features
 
diff --git a/src/collect.nim b/src/collect.nim
index d8044643..433724db 100644
--- a/src/collect.nim
+++ b/src/collect.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import "./docker"/[scan]
 import "."/[config, plugin_api]
 
 proc isSystem*(p: Plugin): bool =
-  return p.name in ["system", "metsys"]
+  return p.name in ["system", "attestation", "metsys"]
 
 proc hasSubscribedKey(p: Plugin, keys: seq[string], dict: ChalkDict): bool =
   # Decides whether to run a given plugin... does it export any key we
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ proc canWrite(plugin: Plugin, key: string, decls: seq[string]): bool =
   if not attrGet[bool](section & ".system"):
     return true
 
-  case plugin.name
-  of "system", "metsys":
+  if plugin.isSystem():
     return true
+
+  case plugin.name
   of "conffile":
     if attrGet[bool](section & ".conf_as_system"):
       return true
diff --git a/src/configs/base_plugins.c4m b/src/configs/base_plugins.c4m
index c5379583..b09bbb71 100644
--- a/src/configs/base_plugins.c4m
+++ b/src/configs/base_plugins.c4m
@@ -58,18 +58,29 @@ are not overridable via other plugins.
 #
 # The priority field is set to high(int64).
 
-plugin metsys {
+plugin attestation {
     ~enabled: true
     pre_chalk_keys:  ["METADATA_HASH", "ERR_INFO", "FAILED_KEYS", "METADATA_ID",
                       "SIGNING", "SIGNATURE", "INJECTOR_PUBLIC_KEY"]
     post_chalk_keys: ["_SIGNATURES"]
+    ~priority:       high() - 1
+    doc: """
+Like the `system` module, this module is non-overridable keys added by
+Chalk. It's just the ones that need to be computed at the very end of
+chalk-time data collection phase, so integrity / signing and audit.
+"""
+}
+
+plugin metsys {
+    ~enabled: true
     post_run_keys:   ["_OP_ERRORS", "_OP_FAILED_KEYS", "_CHALK_EXTERNAL_ACTION_AUDIT",
                       "_CHALK_RUN_TIME", "_OP_EXIT_CODE"]
     ~priority:       high()
     doc: """
 Like the `system` module, this module is non-overridable keys added by
 Chalk. It's just the ones that need to be computed at the very end of
-a data collection phase, so integrity / signing and audit.
+a run-time collection phase about the whole operation
+such as the overall chalk run time.
 """
 }
 
@@ -313,7 +324,7 @@ plugin conffile {
     pre_chalk_keys:   ["*"]  # Chalk-only keys are evaluated here.
     post_chalk_keys:  ["*"]  # Non-chalkable artifact keys here.
     post_run_keys:    ["*"]  # Post-run keys here.
-    priority:         high() - 1
+    priority:         high() - 2
     doc: """
 This plugin is responsible for collecting any values explicitly set in
 the configuration file by the user. The user can set values statically
@@ -392,7 +403,7 @@ plugin elf_last_resort {
     codec:           true
     pre_chalk_keys:  ["ARTIFACT_TYPE"]
     post_chalk_keys: ["_CURRENT_HASH", "_OP_ARTIFACT_TYPE"]
-    ~priority: high() - 1
+    ~priority: high() - 3
     doc: """
 This codec is only used for operating on chalk marks for oddball
 hand-written elf-files. It works by leveraging the fact that appending
diff --git a/src/docker/push.nim b/src/docker/push.nim
index 38dada97..35a969e9 100644
--- a/src/docker/push.nim
+++ b/src/docker/push.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ proc dockerPush*(ctx: DockerInvocation): int =
 
   if chalkOpt.isNone():
     error("docker: " & ctx.foundImage & " is not found. pushing without chalk")
-    return ctx.runMungedDockerInvocation()
+    return setExitCode(ctx.runMungedDockerInvocation())
 
   # force DOCKER_PLATFORM to be included in chalk normalization
   # which is required to compute unique METADATA_* keys
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ proc dockerPush*(ctx: DockerInvocation): int =
     # so they create things like CHALK_ID, METADATA_ID
     # but we just want to report keys about the artifact
     # without "creating" new chalkmark so we chalk-time collection
-    suspendChalkCollectionFor("metsys")
+    suspendChalkCollectionFor("attestation")
     suspendChalkCollectionFor("docker")
 
   initCollection()
diff --git a/src/plugins/system.nim b/src/plugins/system.nim
index f102ca71..b88beff4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/system.nim
+++ b/src/plugins/system.nim
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ proc sysGetChalkTimeHostInfo*(self: Plugin): ChalkDict {.cdecl.} =
     let selfIdOpt = selfID
     if selfIdOpt.isSome(): result["INJECTOR_CHALK_ID"] = pack(selfIdOpt.get())
 
-proc metsysGetChalkTimeArtifactInfo*(self: Plugin, obj: ChalkObj):
-                                     ChalkDict {.cdecl.} =
+proc attestationGetChalkTimeArtifactInfo*(self: Plugin, obj: ChalkObj):
+                                          ChalkDict {.cdecl.} =
   result = ChalkDict()
 
   # We add these directly into collectedData so that it can get
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ proc metsysGetChalkTimeArtifactInfo*(self: Plugin, obj: ChalkObj):
     except:
       error("Cannot sign " & obj.name & ": " & getCurrentExceptionMsg())
 
-proc metsysGetRunTimeArtifactInfo(self: Plugin, obj: ChalkObj, insert: bool):
-                                  ChalkDict {.cdecl.} =
+proc attestationGetRunTimeArtifactInfo(self: Plugin, obj: ChalkObj, insert: bool):
+                                       ChalkDict {.cdecl.} =
   result = ChalkDict()
   if insert and obj.willSignBySigStore():
     try:
@@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ proc loadSystem*() =
             rtArtCallback  = RunTimeArtifactCb(sysGetRunTimeArtifactInfo),
             rtHostCallback = RunTimeHostCb(sysGetRunTimeHostInfo))
 
+  newPlugin("attestation",
+            ctArtCallback  = ChalkTimeArtifactCb(attestationGetChalkTimeArtifactInfo),
+            rtArtCallback  = RunTimeArtifactCb(attestationGetRunTimeArtifactInfo))
+
   newPlugin("metsys",
-            ctArtCallback  = ChalkTimeArtifactCb(metsysGetChalkTimeArtifactInfo),
-            rtArtCallback  = RunTimeArtifactCb(metsysGetRunTimeArtifactInfo),
             rtHostCallback = RunTimeHostCb(metsysGetRunTimeHostInfo))
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_docker.py b/tests/functional/test_docker.py
index 860b26a4..bb74aaeb 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_docker.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_docker.py
@@ -960,6 +960,14 @@ def test_build_and_push(
     assert pull.find("Digest:") == f"sha256:{image_digest}"
 
 
+def test_push_nonchalked(chalk: Chalk, random_hex: str):
+    tag_base = f"{REGISTRY}/nonchalked_{random_hex}"
+    tag = f"{tag_base}:latest"
+    Docker.build(content="FROM alpine", tag=tag)
+    push = chalk.docker_push(tag)
+    assert push.report.has(_OP_EXIT_CODE=0, _CHALK_RUN_TIME=ANY)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("test_file", ["valid/sample_1"])
 def test_push_without_buildx(
     chalk: Chalk,
diff --git a/tests/functional/testing.c4m b/tests/functional/testing.c4m
index 1ebe46a9..9df2b15a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/testing.c4m
+++ b/tests/functional/testing.c4m
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ custom_report.terminal_other_op.use_when: ["extract", "delete", "exec", "env", "
 
 report_template insertion_default {
   key._OP_EXIT_CODE.use = true
+  key._CHALK_RUN_TIME.use = true
 }
 
 report_template report_default {
diff --git a/tests/functional/utils/docker.py b/tests/functional/utils/docker.py
index 4872e98b..a56b4e26 100644
--- a/tests/functional/utils/docker.py
+++ b/tests/functional/utils/docker.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def build_cmd(
         for t in tags:
             cmd += ["-t", t]
         if content:
-            stdin = content.encode()
+            stdin = Docker.dockerfile(content).encode()
             cmd += ["-f", "-"]
         elif dockerfile:
             cmd += ["-f", str(dockerfile)]