diff --git a/lib/charms/certificate_transfer_interface/v0/certificate_transfer.py b/lib/charms/certificate_transfer_interface/v0/certificate_transfer.py
index caa6e228..72cc9a26 100644
--- a/lib/charms/certificate_transfer_interface/v0/certificate_transfer.py
+++ b/lib/charms/certificate_transfer_interface/v0/certificate_transfer.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def _on_certificate_removed(self, event: CertificateRemovedEvent):
 from typing import List, Mapping
 
 from jsonschema import exceptions, validate  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+from ops import Relation
 from ops.charm import CharmBase, CharmEvents, RelationBrokenEvent, RelationChangedEvent
 from ops.framework import EventBase, EventSource, Handle, Object
 
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ def _on_certificate_removed(self, event: CertificateRemovedEvent):
 
 # Increment this PATCH version before using `charmcraft publish-lib` or reset
 # to 0 if you are raising the major API version
-LIBPATCH = 8
+LIBPATCH = 9
 
 PYDEPS = ["jsonschema"]
 
@@ -391,3 +392,11 @@ def _on_relation_broken(self, event: RelationBrokenEvent) -> None:
             None
         """
         self.on.certificate_removed.emit(relation_id=event.relation.id)
+
+    def is_ready(self, relation: Relation) -> bool:
+        """Check if the relation is ready by checking that it has valid relation data."""
+        relation_data = _load_relation_data(relation.data[relation.app])
+        if not self._relation_data_is_valid(relation_data):
+            logger.warning("Provider relation data did not pass JSON Schema validation: ")
+            return False
+        return True
diff --git a/lib/charms/observability_libs/v1/cert_handler.py b/lib/charms/observability_libs/v1/cert_handler.py
index 26be8793..7fcc3258 100644
--- a/lib/charms/observability_libs/v1/cert_handler.py
+++ b/lib/charms/observability_libs/v1/cert_handler.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 LIBID = "b5cd5cd580f3428fa5f59a8876dcbe6a"
 LIBAPI = 1
-LIBPATCH = 14
+LIBPATCH = 15
 
 VAULT_SECRET_LABEL = "cert-handler-private-vault"
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class _RelationVaultBackend(_VaultBackend):
     _NEST_UNDER = "lib.charms.observability_libs.v1.cert_handler::vault"
     # This key needs to be relation-unique. If someone ever creates multiple Vault(_RelationVaultBackend)
     # instances backed by the same (peer) relation, they'll need to set different _NEST_UNDERs
-    # for each _RelationVaultBackend instance or they'll be fighting over it.
+    # for each _RelationVaultBackend instance, or they'll be fighting over it.
 
     def __init__(self, charm: CharmBase, relation_name: str):
         self.charm = charm
@@ -344,6 +344,13 @@ def __init__(
             self.charm.on[self.certificates_relation_name].relation_joined,  # pyright: ignore
             self._on_certificates_relation_joined,
         )
+        # The following observer is a workaround. The tls-certificates lib sometimes fails to emit the custom
+        # "certificate_available" event on relation changed. Not sure why this was happening. We certainly have some
+        # tech debt here to address, but this workaround proved to work.
+        self.framework.observe(
+            self.charm.on[self.certificates_relation_name].relation_changed,  # pyright: ignore
+            self._on_certificate_available,
+        )
         self.framework.observe(
             self.certificates.on.certificate_available,  # pyright: ignore
             self._on_certificate_available,
@@ -366,7 +373,7 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
         if refresh_events:
-            logger.warn(
+            logger.warning(
                 "DEPRECATION WARNING. `refresh_events` is now deprecated. CertHandler will automatically refresh the CSR when necessary."
             )
 
@@ -429,7 +436,7 @@ def enabled(self) -> bool:
         See also the `available` property.
         """
         # We need to check for units as a temporary workaround because of https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju/+bug/2024583
-        # This could in theory not work correctly on scale down to 0 but it is necessary for the moment.
+        # This could in theory not work correctly on scale down to 0, but it is necessary for the moment.
 
         if not self.relation:
             return False
@@ -636,7 +643,7 @@ def _on_all_certificates_invalidated(self, _: AllCertificatesInvalidatedEvent) -
         # Note: assuming "limit: 1" in metadata
         # The "certificates_relation_broken" event is converted to "all invalidated" custom
         # event by the tls-certificates library. Per convention, we let the lib manage the
-        # relation and we do not observe "certificates_relation_broken" directly.
+        # relation, and we do not observe "certificates_relation_broken" directly.
         self.vault.clear()
         # We do not generate a CSR here because the relation is gone.
         self.on.cert_changed.emit()  # pyright: ignore