Merge main into staging (sync v3 — release manager)

Brings 609 main commits into staging. Resolves all conflicts with
staging's version (staging is current production state).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ if [ "$MERGED" != "true" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+# NOTE: no || true — with set -euo pipefail, jq parse failures (e.g. field
+# missing from API response) propagate as hard errors. Use jq's // operator
+# for graceful defaults instead of bash || true guards. This was re-added by
+# 8c343e3a ("fix(gitea): add || true guards to jq pipelines") — reverted
+# here because the guards mask silent failures that hide malformed API responses.
 MERGE_SHA=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merge_commit_sha // empty')
 MERGED_BY=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.merged_by.login // "unknown"')
 TITLE=$(echo "$PR" | jq -r '.title // ""')
@@ -97,6 +102,9 @@ fi
 
 # 5. Emit structured audit event.
 NOW=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
+# jq -R (raw input) converts each line to a JSON string; jq -s wraps into array.
+# If FAILED_CHECKS is unexpectedly empty (shouldn't happen — we exit above),
+# this produces []. No || true needed.
 FAILED_JSON=$(printf '%s\n' "${FAILED_CHECKS[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -s .)
 
 # Print as a single-line JSON so Vector's parse_json transform can pick

.gitea/scripts/ci-required-drift.py

@@ -301,7 +301,19 @@ def expected_context(job_key: str, workflow_name: str = "ci") -> str:
 # Drift detection
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def detect_drift(branch: str) -> tuple[list[str], dict]:
-    """Returns (findings, debug). Empty findings == no drift."""
+    """Returns (findings, debug). Empty findings == no drift.
+
+    Raises:
+        ApiError: propagated from the protection fetch only when the
+                  failure is likely a transient Gitea outage (5xx).
+                  403/404 from the protection endpoint is treated as
+                  "cannot determine drift for this branch" — a token-
+                  scope issue (missing repo-admin on DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN) or
+                  a repo with no protection set should not turn the
+                  hourly cron red. The workflow continues to the next
+                  branch; no [ci-drift] issue is filed for a branch
+                  whose protection cannot be read.
+    """
     findings: list[str] = []
 
     ci_doc = load_yaml(CI_WORKFLOW_PATH)
@@ -313,9 +325,50 @@ def detect_drift(branch: str) -> tuple[list[str], dict]:
     env_set = required_checks_env(audit_doc)
 
     # Protection
-    # api() raises ApiError on non-2xx; let it propagate so a transient
-    # 500 fails the run loudly rather than producing a "no drift" lie.
-    _, protection = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/branch_protections/{branch}")
+    # api() raises ApiError on non-2xx. Transient 5xx should fail loud.
+    # 403/404 means the token lacks repo-admin scope (Gitea 1.22.6's
+    # branch_protections endpoint requires it — see DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN
+    # provisioning trail in ci-required-drift.yml). Treat as
+    # "cannot determine drift for this branch" — skip without turning
+    # the workflow red. Surface a clear diagnostic so the operator
+    # knows what to fix.
+    contexts: set[str] = set()
+    protection_path = f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/branch_protections/{branch}"
+    try:
+        _, protection = api("GET", protection_path)
+    except ApiError as e:
+        # Isolate the HTTP status from the error message.
+        http_status: int | None = None
+        msg = str(e)
+        # ApiError message format: "{method} {path} → HTTP {status}: {body}"
+        import re as _re
+
+        m = _re.search(r"HTTP (\d{3})", msg)
+        if m:
+            http_status = int(m.group(1))
+        if http_status in (403, 404):
+            # Token lacks scope OR branch has no protection. Cannot
+            # determine drift — skip this branch. Do NOT exit non-zero;
+            # the issue IS the alarm, not a red workflow.
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error::GET {protection_path} returned HTTP {http_status} — "
+                f"DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN lacks repo-admin scope (Gitea 1.22.6 "
+                f"requires it for this endpoint) OR branch has no protection "
+                f"configured. Cannot determine drift for {branch}; "
+                f"skipping. Fix: grant repo-admin to mc-drift-bot or "
+                f"configure protection on {branch}.\n"
+            )
+            debug = {
+                "branch": branch,
+                "ci_jobs": sorted(jobs),
+                "sentinel_needs": sorted(needs),
+                "protection_contexts_skipped": True,
+                "protection_http_status": http_status,
+                "audit_env_checks": sorted(env_set),
+            }
+            return [], debug
+        # 5xx — propagate (transient outage, fail loud per design).
+        raise
     if not isinstance(protection, dict):
         sys.stderr.write(
             f"::error::protection response for {branch} not a JSON object\n"

.gitea/scripts/gitea-merge-queue.py

@@ -0,0 +1,369 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""gitea-merge-queue — conservative serialized merge bot for Gitea.
+
+Gitea 1.22.6 has auto-merge (`pull_auto_merge`) but no GitHub-style merge
+queue. This script provides the missing serialized policy in user space:
+
+1. Pick the oldest open PR carrying QUEUE_LABEL.
+2. Refuse to act unless main is green.
+3. Refuse fork PRs; the queue may only mutate same-repo branches.
+4. If the PR branch does not contain current main, call Gitea's
+   /pulls/{n}/update endpoint and stop. CI must rerun on the updated head.
+5. If the updated PR head has all required contexts green, merge with the
+   non-bypass merge actor token.
+
+The script is intentionally one-PR-per-run. Workflow/cron concurrency should
+serialize invocations so two green PRs cannot merge against the same main.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import dataclasses
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from typing import Any
+
+
+def _env(key: str, *, default: str = "") -> str:
+    return os.environ.get(key, default)
+
+
+GITEA_TOKEN = _env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+GITEA_HOST = _env("GITEA_HOST")
+REPO = _env("REPO")
+WATCH_BRANCH = _env("WATCH_BRANCH", default="main")
+QUEUE_LABEL = _env("QUEUE_LABEL", default="merge-queue")
+HOLD_LABEL = _env("HOLD_LABEL", default="merge-queue-hold")
+UPDATE_STYLE = _env("UPDATE_STYLE", default="merge")
+REQUIRED_CONTEXTS_RAW = _env(
+    "REQUIRED_CONTEXTS",
+    default=(
+        "CI / all-required (pull_request),"
+        "sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)"
+    ),
+)
+
+OWNER, NAME = (REPO.split("/", 1) + [""])[:2] if REPO else ("", "")
+API = f"https://{GITEA_HOST}/api/v1" if GITEA_HOST else ""
+
+
+class ApiError(RuntimeError):
+    pass
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class MergeDecision:
+    ready: bool
+    action: str
+    reason: str
+
+
+def _require_runtime_env() -> None:
+    for key in ("GITEA_TOKEN", "GITEA_HOST", "REPO", "WATCH_BRANCH", "QUEUE_LABEL"):
+        if not os.environ.get(key):
+            sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+            sys.exit(2)
+    if UPDATE_STYLE not in {"merge", "rebase"}:
+        sys.stderr.write("::error::UPDATE_STYLE must be merge or rebase\n")
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+
+def api(
+    method: str,
+    path: str,
+    *,
+    body: dict | None = None,
+    query: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    expect_json: bool = True,
+) -> tuple[int, Any]:
+    url = f"{API}{path}"
+    if query:
+        url = f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(query)}"
+    data = None
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"token {GITEA_TOKEN}",
+        "Accept": "application/json",
+    }
+    if body is not None:
+        data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method=method, data=data, headers=headers)
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read()
+            status = resp.status
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
+        raw = exc.read()
+        status = exc.code
+
+    if not (200 <= status < 300):
+        snippet = raw[:500].decode("utf-8", errors="replace") if raw else ""
+        raise ApiError(f"{method} {path} -> HTTP {status}: {snippet}")
+    if not raw:
+        return status, None
+    try:
+        return status, json.loads(raw)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+        if expect_json:
+            raise ApiError(f"{method} {path} -> HTTP {status} non-JSON: {exc}") from exc
+        return status, {"_raw": raw.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")}
+
+
+def required_contexts(raw: str) -> list[str]:
+    return [part.strip() for part in raw.split(",") if part.strip()]
+
+
+def status_state(status: dict) -> str:
+    return str(status.get("status") or status.get("state") or "").lower()
+
+
+def latest_statuses_by_context(statuses: list[dict]) -> dict[str, dict]:
+    latest: dict[str, dict] = {}
+    for status in statuses:
+        context = status.get("context")
+        if isinstance(context, str) and context not in latest:
+            latest[context] = status
+    return latest
+
+
+def required_contexts_green(
+    latest_statuses: dict[str, dict],
+    contexts: list[str],
+) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
+    missing_or_bad: list[str] = []
+    for context in contexts:
+        status = latest_statuses.get(context)
+        state = status_state(status or {})
+        if state != "success":
+            missing_or_bad.append(f"{context}={state or 'missing'}")
+    return not missing_or_bad, missing_or_bad
+
+
+def label_names(issue: dict) -> set[str]:
+    return {
+        label["name"]
+        for label in issue.get("labels", [])
+        if isinstance(label, dict) and isinstance(label.get("name"), str)
+    }
+
+
+def choose_next_queued_issue(
+    issues: list[dict],
+    *,
+    queue_label: str,
+    hold_label: str = "",
+) -> dict | None:
+    candidates = []
+    for issue in issues:
+        labels = label_names(issue)
+        if queue_label not in labels:
+            continue
+        if hold_label and hold_label in labels:
+            continue
+        if "pull_request" not in issue:
+            continue
+        candidates.append(issue)
+    candidates.sort(key=lambda issue: (issue.get("created_at") or "", int(issue["number"])))
+    return candidates[0] if candidates else None
+
+
+def pr_contains_base_sha(commits: list[dict], base_sha: str) -> bool:
+    for commit in commits:
+        sha = commit.get("sha") or commit.get("id")
+        if sha == base_sha:
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def pr_has_current_base(pr: dict, commits: list[dict], main_sha: str) -> bool:
+    if pr.get("merge_base") == main_sha:
+        return True
+    return pr_contains_base_sha(commits, main_sha)
+
+
+def evaluate_merge_readiness(
+    *,
+    main_status: dict,
+    pr_status: dict,
+    required_contexts: list[str],
+    pr_has_current_base: bool,
+) -> MergeDecision:
+    main_state = str(main_status.get("state") or "").lower()
+    if main_state != "success":
+        return MergeDecision(False, "pause", f"main status is {main_state or 'missing'}")
+    if not pr_has_current_base:
+        return MergeDecision(False, "update", "PR head does not contain current main")
+
+    pr_state = str(pr_status.get("state") or "").lower()
+    if pr_state != "success":
+        return MergeDecision(False, "wait", f"PR combined status is {pr_state or 'missing'}")
+
+    latest = latest_statuses_by_context(pr_status.get("statuses") or [])
+    ok, missing_or_bad = required_contexts_green(latest, required_contexts)
+    if not ok:
+        return MergeDecision(False, "wait", "required contexts not green: " + ", ".join(missing_or_bad))
+    return MergeDecision(True, "merge", "ready")
+
+
+def get_branch_head(branch: str) -> str:
+    _, body = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/branches/{branch}")
+    commit = body.get("commit") if isinstance(body, dict) else None
+    sha = commit.get("id") if isinstance(commit, dict) else None
+    if not isinstance(sha, str) or len(sha) < 7:
+        raise ApiError(f"branch {branch} response missing commit id")
+    return sha
+
+
+def get_combined_status(sha: str) -> dict:
+    _, body = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/commits/{sha}/status")
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        raise ApiError(f"status for {sha} response not object")
+    return body
+
+
+def list_queued_issues() -> list[dict]:
+    _, body = api(
+        "GET",
+        f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/issues",
+        query={
+            "state": "open",
+            "type": "pulls",
+            "labels": QUEUE_LABEL,
+            "limit": "50",
+        },
+    )
+    if not isinstance(body, list):
+        raise ApiError("queued issues response not list")
+    return body
+
+
+def get_pull(pr_number: int) -> dict:
+    _, body = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/pulls/{pr_number}")
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        raise ApiError(f"PR #{pr_number} response not object")
+    return body
+
+
+def get_pull_commits(pr_number: int) -> list[dict]:
+    _, body = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/pulls/{pr_number}/commits")
+    if not isinstance(body, list):
+        raise ApiError(f"PR #{pr_number} commits response not list")
+    return body
+
+
+def post_comment(pr_number: int, body: str, *, dry_run: bool) -> None:
+    print(f"::notice::comment PR #{pr_number}: {body.splitlines()[0][:160]}")
+    if dry_run:
+        return
+    api("POST", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/issues/{pr_number}/comments", body={"body": body})
+
+
+def update_pull(pr_number: int, *, dry_run: bool) -> None:
+    print(f"::notice::updating PR #{pr_number} with base branch via style={UPDATE_STYLE}")
+    if dry_run:
+        return
+    api(
+        "POST",
+        f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/pulls/{pr_number}/update",
+        query={"style": UPDATE_STYLE},
+        expect_json=False,
+    )
+
+
+def merge_pull(pr_number: int, *, dry_run: bool) -> None:
+    payload = {
+        "Do": "merge",
+        "MergeTitleField": f"Merge PR #{pr_number} via Gitea merge queue",
+        "MergeMessageField": (
+            "Serialized merge by gitea-merge-queue after current-main, "
+            "SOP, and required CI checks were green."
+        ),
+    }
+    print(f"::notice::merging PR #{pr_number}")
+    if dry_run:
+        return
+    api("POST", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/pulls/{pr_number}/merge", body=payload, expect_json=False)
+
+
+def process_once(*, dry_run: bool = False) -> int:
+    contexts = required_contexts(REQUIRED_CONTEXTS_RAW)
+    main_sha = get_branch_head(WATCH_BRANCH)
+    main_status = get_combined_status(main_sha)
+    if str(main_status.get("state") or "").lower() != "success":
+        print(f"::notice::queue paused: {WATCH_BRANCH}@{main_sha[:8]} is not green")
+        return 0
+
+    issue = choose_next_queued_issue(
+        list_queued_issues(),
+        queue_label=QUEUE_LABEL,
+        hold_label=HOLD_LABEL,
+    )
+    if not issue:
+        print("::notice::merge queue empty")
+        return 0
+
+    pr_number = int(issue["number"])
+    pr = get_pull(pr_number)
+    if pr.get("state") != "open":
+        print(f"::notice::PR #{pr_number} is not open; skipping")
+        return 0
+    if pr.get("base", {}).get("ref") != WATCH_BRANCH:
+        post_comment(pr_number, f"merge-queue: skipped; base branch is not `{WATCH_BRANCH}`.", dry_run=dry_run)
+        return 0
+    if pr.get("head", {}).get("repo_id") != pr.get("base", {}).get("repo_id"):
+        post_comment(pr_number, "merge-queue: skipped; fork PRs are not supported by the serialized queue.", dry_run=dry_run)
+        return 0
+
+    head_sha = pr.get("head", {}).get("sha")
+    if not isinstance(head_sha, str) or len(head_sha) < 7:
+        raise ApiError(f"PR #{pr_number} missing head sha")
+    commits = get_pull_commits(pr_number)
+    current_base = pr_has_current_base(pr, commits, main_sha)
+    pr_status = get_combined_status(head_sha)
+    decision = evaluate_merge_readiness(
+        main_status=main_status,
+        pr_status=pr_status,
+        required_contexts=contexts,
+        pr_has_current_base=current_base,
+    )
+
+    print(f"::notice::PR #{pr_number} decision={decision.action}: {decision.reason}")
+    if decision.action == "update":
+        update_pull(pr_number, dry_run=dry_run)
+        post_comment(
+            pr_number,
+            (
+                f"merge-queue: updated this branch with `{WATCH_BRANCH}` at "
+                f"`{main_sha[:12]}`. Waiting for CI on the refreshed head."
+            ),
+            dry_run=dry_run,
+        )
+        return 0
+    if decision.ready:
+        latest_main_sha = get_branch_head(WATCH_BRANCH)
+        if latest_main_sha != main_sha:
+            print(
+                f"::notice::main moved {main_sha[:8]} -> {latest_main_sha[:8]}; "
+                "deferring to next tick"
+            )
+            return 0
+        merge_pull(pr_number, dry_run=dry_run)
+        return 0
+    return 0
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    _require_runtime_env()
+    return process_once(dry_run=args.dry_run)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

.gitea/scripts/lint-curl-status-capture.py

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Lint workflow bash for curl status-code capture pollution.
+
+The bad shape is:
+
+    HTTP_CODE=$(curl ... -w '%{http_code}' ... || echo "000")
+
+`curl -w` writes the HTTP code to stdout before returning non-zero, so
+fallback output inside the same command substitution appends another code.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import glob
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import NamedTuple
+
+
+SELF = ".gitea/workflows/lint-curl-status-capture.yml"
+
+
+class Finding(NamedTuple):
+    path: str
+    snippet: str
+
+
+BAD_STATUS_CAPTURE = re.compile(
+    r"""
+    \$\(\s*
+    curl\b
+    [^)]*
+    -w\s*['"]%\{http_code\}['"]
+    [^)]*
+    \|\|\s*
+    (?:
+        echo\s+['"]?000['"]?
+        |
+        printf\s+['"]000['"]
+    )
+    \s*\)
+    """,
+    re.DOTALL | re.VERBOSE,
+)
+
+
+def _logical_shell(content: str) -> str:
+    """Collapse bash line continuations so one curl command is one string."""
+    return re.sub(r"\\\s*\n\s*", " ", content)
+
+
+def scan_content(path: str, content: str) -> list[Finding]:
+    flat = _logical_shell(content)
+    return [
+        Finding(path=path, snippet=re.sub(r"\s+", " ", match.group(0)).strip()[:160])
+        for match in BAD_STATUS_CAPTURE.finditer(flat)
+    ]
+
+
+def scan_paths(paths: list[str]) -> list[Finding]:
+    findings: list[Finding] = []
+    for path in paths:
+        if path == SELF:
+            continue
+        content = Path(path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        findings.extend(scan_content(path, content))
+    return findings
+
+
+def default_paths() -> list[str]:
+    return sorted(glob.glob(".gitea/workflows/*.yml"))
+
+
+def print_report(findings: list[Finding]) -> None:
+    if not findings:
+        print("OK No curl-status-capture pollution patterns detected")
+        return
+
+    print(f"::error::Found {len(findings)} curl-status-capture pollution site(s):")
+    for finding in findings:
+        print(
+            f"::error file={finding.path}::Curl status-capture pollution: "
+            "'|| echo/printf 000' inside a $(curl ... -w '%{http_code}' ...) "
+            "subshell. On non-2xx or connection failure, curl's -w writes a "
+            "status, then exits non-zero, then the fallback appends another "
+            "status. Fix: route -w into a tempfile so the exit code cannot "
+            "pollute stdout."
+        )
+        print(f"   matched: {finding.snippet}...")
+
+    print()
+    print("Fix template:")
+    print("  set +e")
+    print("  curl ... -w '%{http_code}' >code.txt 2>/dev/null")
+    print("  set -e")
+    print('  HTTP_CODE=$(cat code.txt 2>/dev/null)')
+    print('  [ -z "$HTTP_CODE" ] && HTTP_CODE="000"')
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("paths", nargs="*", help="workflow files to scan")
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+    paths = args.paths or default_paths()
+    findings = scan_paths(paths)
+    print_report(findings)
+    return 1 if findings else 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

.gitea/scripts/lint-required-no-paths.py

@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""lint-required-no-paths — structural enforcement of
+`feedback_path_filtered_workflow_cant_be_required`.
+
+For every workflow whose status-check context appears in
+`branch_protections/<branch>.status_check_contexts`, assert that the
+workflow's `on:` block has NO `paths:` and NO `paths-ignore:` filter.
+
+A required-check workflow with a paths filter silently degrades the
+merge gate:
+
+  - If the PR's diff doesn't match the `paths:` glob, the workflow
+    never fires.
+  - Gitea (1.22.6) reports the required context as `pending` (never as
+    `skipped == success`), so the PR cannot merge.
+  - For a docs-only PR against `paths: ['**.go']`, the PR is
+    blocked forever — no human action can produce a green.
+
+The class was previously prevented only by reviewer vigilance + the
+saved memory `feedback_path_filtered_workflow_cant_be_required`. This
+script makes it a hard CI gate so a future PR adding `paths:` to a
+required workflow fails fast at PR time, not after merge when the next
+docs PR wedges main.
+
+The lint runs as `.gitea/workflows/lint-required-no-paths.yml` on every
+PR. The lint workflow ITSELF must not have a paths-filter (otherwise it
+could be circumvented by a paths-non-matching PR) — that's enforced by
+self-reference and by the workflow's own `on:` block deliberately
+omitting filters.
+
+Sources of truth:
+  - `branch_protections/<branch>` `status_check_contexts` (the merge gate)
+  - `.gitea/workflows/*.yml` `name:` + `on:` (the workflow set)
+
+Context-format note (Gitea 1.22.6):
+  Status-check contexts are formatted `{workflow_name} / {job_name_or_key} ({event})`.
+  We parse the workflow_name prefix and walk `.gitea/workflows/*.yml` for
+  a file whose `name:` attr matches. (The filename is NOT the source of
+  truth; `name:` is, because Gitea formats the context from `name:`.)
+
+Exit codes:
+  0 — no required workflow has a paths/paths-ignore filter (clean) OR
+      branch_protections endpoint returned 403/404 (token-scope issue;
+      surfaced via ::error:: but non-fatal so a missing scope doesn't
+      red-X every PR — fix the token, not the lint).
+  1 — at least one required workflow has a paths/paths-ignore filter
+      (the gate-degrading defect class).
+  2 — env contract violation (missing GITEA_TOKEN/HOST/REPO/BRANCH).
+  3 — workflows directory missing or workflow YAML unparseable.
+  4 — protection response shape unexpected (non-dict body on 2xx).
+
+Auth note: `GET /repos/.../branch_protections/{branch}` requires
+repo-admin role in Gitea 1.22.6. The workflow-default `GITHUB_TOKEN`
+is non-admin; we re-use `DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN` (same persona that powers
+ci-required-drift.yml). If `DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN` is unavailable in a future
+context, the script falls through gracefully (exit 0 + ::error::).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml  # PyYAML 6.0.2 — installed by the workflow before this runs.
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Environment
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _env(key: str, *, required: bool = True, default: str | None = None) -> str:
+    val = os.environ.get(key, default)
+    if required and not val:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    return val or ""
+
+
+GITEA_TOKEN = _env("GITEA_TOKEN", required=False)
+GITEA_HOST = _env("GITEA_HOST", required=False)
+REPO = _env("REPO", required=False)
+BRANCH = _env("BRANCH", required=False, default="main")
+WORKFLOWS_DIR = _env(
+    "WORKFLOWS_DIR", required=False, default=".gitea/workflows"
+)
+
+OWNER, NAME = (REPO.split("/", 1) + [""])[:2] if REPO else ("", "")
+API = f"https://{GITEA_HOST}/api/v1" if GITEA_HOST else ""
+
+
+def _require_runtime_env() -> None:
+    """Enforce env contract — called from `run()` only. Tests import
+    individual functions without setting the full env contract."""
+    for key in ("GITEA_TOKEN", "GITEA_HOST", "REPO", "BRANCH"):
+        if not os.environ.get(key):
+            sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+            sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tiny HTTP helper (mirrors ci-required-drift.py contract:
+# raise on non-2xx and on JSON-decode-fail when JSON expected, per
+# `feedback_api_helper_must_raise_not_return_dict`).
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class ApiError(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised when a Gitea API call cannot be trusted to have succeeded."""
+
+
+def api(
+    method: str,
+    path: str,
+    *,
+    body: dict | None = None,
+    query: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    expect_json: bool = True,
+) -> tuple[int, Any]:
+    url = f"{API}{path}"
+    if query:
+        url = f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(query)}"
+    data = None
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"token {GITEA_TOKEN}",
+        "Accept": "application/json",
+    }
+    if body is not None:
+        data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method=method, data=data, headers=headers)
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read()
+            status = resp.status
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        raw = e.read()
+        status = e.code
+
+    if not (200 <= status < 300):
+        snippet = raw[:500].decode("utf-8", errors="replace") if raw else ""
+        raise ApiError(f"{method} {path} → HTTP {status}: {snippet}")
+
+    if not raw:
+        return status, None
+    try:
+        return status, json.loads(raw)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        if expect_json:
+            raise ApiError(
+                f"{method} {path} → HTTP {status} but body is not JSON: {e}"
+            ) from e
+        return status, {"_raw": raw.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")}
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Status-check context parser
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Format: "<workflow_name> / <job_name_or_key> (<event>)"
+# Examples observed on molecule-core/main:
+#   "Secret scan / Scan diff for credential-shaped strings (pull_request)"
+#   "sop-tier-check / tier-check (pull_request)"
+#
+# Split strategy: peel off the trailing ` (<event>)` first, then split
+# the leading `<workflow> / <rest>` on the FIRST ` / ` (workflow names
+# come from `name:` attrs which conventionally don't embed ' / '; job
+# names CAN, so we keep the rest of the slash-divided text as the job
+# name). This matches Gitea's `name: ` semantics.
+_CONTEXT_RE = re.compile(r"^(?P<workflow>.+?) / (?P<job>.+) \((?P<event>[^)]+)\)$")
+
+
+def parse_context(ctx: str) -> tuple[str, str, str] | None:
+    """Parse `<workflow> / <job> (<event>)` → (workflow, job, event) or None."""
+    if not ctx:
+        return None
+    m = _CONTEXT_RE.match(ctx)
+    if not m:
+        return None
+    return m.group("workflow"), m.group("job"), m.group("event")
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# workflow-name → file resolution
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _iter_workflow_files() -> list[Path]:
+    d = Path(WORKFLOWS_DIR)
+    if not d.is_dir():
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::workflows directory not found: {d}\n")
+        sys.exit(3)
+    # `.yml` and `.yaml` — Gitea accepts both (rarely used `.yaml`, but
+    # don't silently miss it if a future port uses it).
+    return sorted(list(d.glob("*.yml")) + list(d.glob("*.yaml")))
+
+
+def resolve_workflow_file(workflow_name: str) -> Path | None:
+    """Find the YAML file whose `name:` attr matches `workflow_name`.
+
+    Returns None if no match. Filename is NOT used as a fallback —
+    Gitea's context format uses `name:`, so a `name:`-less workflow
+    won't even appear in the protection list. (A YAML with no `name:`
+    would default the context to the file basename, but our protection
+    contexts on molecule-core are all `name:`-derived; we trust the
+    same.)
+    """
+    for f in _iter_workflow_files():
+        try:
+            doc = yaml.safe_load(f.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(f"::error::YAML parse error in {f}: {e}\n")
+            sys.exit(3)
+        if isinstance(doc, dict) and doc.get("name") == workflow_name:
+            return f
+    return None
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# paths-filter detection
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Triggers that accept `paths:` / `paths-ignore:` (per GitHub Actions /
+# Gitea Actions docs): pull_request, pull_request_target, push.
+# We don't enumerate — any sub-key named `paths` or `paths-ignore`
+# inside an event mapping is flagged.
+_PATHS_KEYS = ("paths", "paths-ignore")
+
+
+def detect_paths_filters(workflow_path: Path) -> list[str]:
+    """Walk the workflow's `on:` block and return a list of findings, one
+    per offending `paths`/`paths-ignore` key.
+
+    Returns:
+        Empty list if the workflow has no paths/paths-ignore filter
+        anywhere in its `on:` block. Otherwise, a list of human-readable
+        strings naming the event and filter key + the filter contents.
+    """
+    try:
+        doc = yaml.safe_load(workflow_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::YAML parse error in {workflow_path}: {e}\n")
+        sys.exit(3)
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return []
+
+    on_block = doc.get("on") or doc.get(True)  # PyYAML 6 quirk: `on:`
+    # under default constructor sometimes becomes the bool key `True`
+    # because YAML 1.1 treats `on` as a boolean. Tolerate both.
+    if on_block is None:
+        return []
+
+    findings: list[str] = []
+
+    # Shape A: `on: pull_request` (string shorthand) — cannot carry filters.
+    if isinstance(on_block, str):
+        return []
+    # Shape B: `on: [pull_request, push]` (list shorthand) — cannot carry filters.
+    if isinstance(on_block, list):
+        return []
+    # Shape C: `on: { event: { ... } }` — the standard mapping case.
+    if isinstance(on_block, dict):
+        # Defensive: top-level malformed `on.paths` (someone wrote
+        # `on: { paths: ['x'] }` thinking it's a workflow-level filter).
+        # This is invalid syntax, but if present, flag it — it might
+        # not block the workflow from registering (Gitea may ignore the
+        # unknown key) and would create a false sense of "filter exists"
+        # the lint should still surface.
+        for k in _PATHS_KEYS:
+            if k in on_block:
+                v = on_block[k]
+                findings.append(
+                    f"top-level `on.{k}` filter (malformed but present): {v!r}"
+                )
+        for event, event_body in on_block.items():
+            if event in _PATHS_KEYS:
+                continue  # already handled above
+            if not isinstance(event_body, dict):
+                # `pull_request: null` / `pull_request: [opened]` shapes —
+                # no place for a paths filter to live; skip.
+                continue
+            for k in _PATHS_KEYS:
+                if k in event_body:
+                    v = event_body[k]
+                    findings.append(
+                        f"`on.{event}.{k}` filter present: {v!r}"
+                    )
+    return findings
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Driver
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def run() -> int:
+    """Main lint entrypoint. Returns the process exit code.
+
+    Exit semantics (see module docstring for full table):
+      0 — clean (no offending paths-filter on any required workflow),
+          OR protection unreadable (403/404) — surfaced as ::error::
+          but treated as non-fatal so token-scope issues don't red-X
+          every PR.
+      1 — at least one required workflow carries a paths/paths-ignore
+          filter — the regression class this lint exists to prevent.
+    """
+    _require_runtime_env()
+
+    protection_path = f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/branch_protections/{BRANCH}"
+    try:
+        _, protection = api("GET", protection_path)
+    except ApiError as e:
+        msg = str(e)
+        m = re.search(r"HTTP (\d{3})", msg)
+        http_status = int(m.group(1)) if m else None
+        if http_status in (403, 404):
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error::GET {protection_path} returned HTTP {http_status} — "
+                f"DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN lacks repo-admin scope (Gitea 1.22.6 "
+                f"requires it for this endpoint) OR branch '{BRANCH}' has "
+                f"no protection configured. Cannot enumerate required "
+                f"checks; skipping lint with exit 0 to avoid red-X on "
+                f"every PR. Fix: grant repo-admin to mc-drift-bot.\n"
+            )
+            return 0
+        raise
+
+    if not isinstance(protection, dict):
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::protection response for {BRANCH} not a JSON object\n"
+        )
+        return 4
+
+    contexts: list[str] = list(protection.get("status_check_contexts") or [])
+    if not contexts:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::branch_protections/{BRANCH} has 0 required "
+            f"status_check_contexts; nothing to lint. (no required contexts)"
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    print(f"::notice::Linting {len(contexts)} required context(s) for paths-filter regressions:")
+    for c in contexts:
+        print(f"  - {c}")
+
+    offenders: list[tuple[str, Path, list[str]]] = []
+    unresolved: list[str] = []
+
+    for ctx in contexts:
+        parsed = parse_context(ctx)
+        if parsed is None:
+            print(
+                f"::warning::could not parse context '{ctx}' "
+                f"(expected `<workflow> / <job> (<event>)`); skipping"
+            )
+            unresolved.append(ctx)
+            continue
+        workflow_name, _job, _event = parsed
+        wf_path = resolve_workflow_file(workflow_name)
+        if wf_path is None:
+            print(
+                f"::warning::no workflow file in {WORKFLOWS_DIR} has "
+                f"`name: {workflow_name}` (required context '{ctx}'); "
+                f"skipping paths-filter check. "
+                f"(orphaned-context detection is ci-required-drift's job.)"
+            )
+            unresolved.append(ctx)
+            continue
+        findings = detect_paths_filters(wf_path)
+        if findings:
+            offenders.append((workflow_name, wf_path, findings))
+        else:
+            print(f"::notice::OK {wf_path.name} ({workflow_name}) — no paths filter")
+
+    if offenders:
+        print("")
+        print(f"::error::Found {len(offenders)} required workflow(s) with paths/paths-ignore filters:")
+        for workflow_name, wf_path, findings in offenders:
+            for finding in findings:
+                # ::error file=... lets Gitea Actions surface a per-file
+                # annotation in the PR UI (when annotations are wired).
+                print(
+                    f"::error file={wf_path}::Required workflow "
+                    f"'{workflow_name}' ({wf_path.name}) has a paths "
+                    f"filter that would degrade the merge gate to a "
+                    f"silent indefinite pending: {finding}. "
+                    f"See feedback_path_filtered_workflow_cant_be_required. "
+                    f"Fix: remove the filter and instead gate per-step "
+                    f"inside the job with `if: contains(steps.changed.outputs.files, ...)` "
+                    f"or refactor to a single-job-with-per-step-if shape."
+                )
+        return 1
+
+    print("")
+    print(
+        f"::notice::OK — all {len(contexts) - len(unresolved)} resolvable "
+        f"required workflow(s) clean (no paths/paths-ignore filters)."
+    )
+    if unresolved:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::{len(unresolved)} required context(s) were not "
+            f"resolved to a workflow file (warn-not-fail); see warnings above."
+        )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(run())

.gitea/scripts/lint-workflow-yaml.py

@@ -0,0 +1,369 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""lint-workflow-yaml — catch Gitea-1.22.6-hostile workflow YAML shapes.
+
+This script enforces six structural rules that have historically caused
+silent CI failures on Gitea Actions (1.22.6) — workflows that the server's
+YAML parser rejects with `[W] ignore invalid workflow ...` and registers
+for zero events, or shape conventions that produce ambiguous status
+contexts. Each rule maps to a documented incident in saved memory.
+
+Rules (4 fatal + 1 fatal cross-file + 1 heuristic-warn):
+  1. `workflow_dispatch.inputs:` block — Gitea 1.22.6 mis-parses the
+     `inputs` keys as sibling event types and rejects the whole file.
+     Memory: feedback_gitea_workflow_dispatch_inputs_unsupported.
+     Origin: 2026-05-11 PyPI freeze (publish-runtime).
+  2. `on: workflow_run:` event — not enumerated in Gitea 1.22.6's
+     supported event list (verified via modules/actions/workflows.go
+     enumeration; task #81). Workflow registers, fires for 0 events.
+  3. `name:` containing `/` — breaks the
+     `<workflow> / <job> (<event>)` commit-status context convention;
+     downstream parsers (sop-tier-check, status-reaper) tokenize on `/`.
+  4. `name:` collision across files — Gitea routes commit-status updates
+     by `name` and behavior on collision is undefined (status-reaper
+     rev1 fail-loud).
+  5. Cross-repo `uses: org/repo/path@ref` — blocked while
+     `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL=github` is the server default;
+     resolves to github.com/<org-suspended>/... and 404s.
+     Memory: feedback_gitea_cross_repo_uses_blocked. Cross-link: task #109.
+  6. (HEURISTIC, warn-not-fail) Steps reference `https://api.github.com`
+     or `https://github.com/.../releases/download` without a
+     workflow-level `env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL` set to the Gitea instance.
+     Memory: feedback_act_runner_github_server_url.
+
+Per `feedback_smoke_test_vendor_truth_not_shape_match`: fixtures used to
+validate this lint must mirror real Gitea 1.22.6 YAML semantics, not
+Python yaml-parser quirks. The test suite at tests/test_lint_workflow_yaml.py
+includes a vendor-truth fixture (the exact publish-runtime regression).
+
+Usage:
+  python3 .gitea/scripts/lint-workflow-yaml.py
+    Lint every `*.yml` in `.gitea/workflows/`.
+
+  python3 .gitea/scripts/lint-workflow-yaml.py --workflow-dir <path>
+    Lint a custom directory (used by tests/test_lint_workflow_yaml.py).
+
+Exit codes:
+  0 — clean OR only heuristic-warnings emitted.
+  1 — at least one fatal rule (1-5) violated.
+  2 — YAML parse error or argv usage error.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import collections
+import glob
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Iterable
+
+try:
+    import yaml
+except ImportError:
+    print("::error::PyYAML is required. Install with: pip install PyYAML", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# YAML quirk: bare `on:` at the top level parses to the Python `True`
+# (because `on` is a YAML 1.1 boolean alias). Handle both keys.
+def _get_on(d: dict) -> Any:
+    if not isinstance(d, dict):
+        return None
+    if "on" in d:
+        return d["on"]
+    if True in d:
+        return d[True]
+    return None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rule 1 — workflow_dispatch.inputs block (Gitea 1.22.6 parser rejects)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def check_workflow_dispatch_inputs(filename: str, doc: Any) -> list[str]:
+    """Return per-violation error lines if `workflow_dispatch.inputs` is set."""
+    errors: list[str] = []
+    on = _get_on(doc)
+    if not isinstance(on, dict):
+        return errors
+    wd = on.get("workflow_dispatch")
+    if isinstance(wd, dict) and wd.get("inputs"):
+        errors.append(
+            f"::error file={filename}::Rule 1 (FATAL): "
+            f"`on.workflow_dispatch.inputs:` block detected. Gitea 1.22.6 "
+            f"silently rejects the entire workflow with `[W] ignore invalid "
+            f"workflow: unknown on type: map[...]`. Drop the `inputs:` block "
+            f"and derive parameters from tag name / env / external query. "
+            f"Memory: feedback_gitea_workflow_dispatch_inputs_unsupported."
+        )
+    return errors
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rule 2 — on: workflow_run (not supported on Gitea 1.22.6)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def check_workflow_run_event(filename: str, doc: Any) -> list[str]:
+    """Return per-violation error lines if `on: workflow_run:` is used."""
+    errors: list[str] = []
+    on = _get_on(doc)
+    if isinstance(on, dict) and "workflow_run" in on:
+        errors.append(
+            f"::error file={filename}::Rule 2 (FATAL): `on: workflow_run:` "
+            f"event used. Gitea 1.22.6 does NOT support `workflow_run` "
+            f"(verified via modules/actions/workflows.go enumeration; "
+            f"task #81). Workflow will fire for zero events. Use a "
+            f"`schedule:` cron OR a `push:` trigger with `paths:` filter "
+            f"on the upstream workflow file as the cross-workflow gate."
+        )
+    elif isinstance(on, list) and "workflow_run" in on:
+        errors.append(
+            f"::error file={filename}::Rule 2 (FATAL): `on: workflow_run` "
+            f"in event list. Not supported on Gitea 1.22.6 — task #81."
+        )
+    return errors
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rule 3 — name: contains "/" (breaks status-context tokenization)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def check_name_with_slash(filename: str, doc: Any) -> list[str]:
+    """Return per-violation error lines if workflow `name:` contains a slash."""
+    errors: list[str] = []
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return errors
+    name = doc.get("name")
+    if isinstance(name, str) and "/" in name:
+        errors.append(
+            f"::error file={filename}::Rule 3 (FATAL): workflow `name: "
+            f"{name!r}` contains `/`. The commit-status context convention "
+            f"is `<workflow> / <job> (<event>)`; embedding `/` in the "
+            f"workflow name makes downstream parsers (sop-tier-check, "
+            f"status-reaper) tokenize ambiguously. Rename to use `-` or "
+            f"` ` instead."
+        )
+    return errors
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rule 4 — cross-file name collision
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def check_name_collision_across_files(
+    docs_by_file: dict[str, Any],
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Return per-collision error lines if two files share the same `name:`."""
+    errors: list[str] = []
+    by_name: dict[str, list[str]] = collections.defaultdict(list)
+    for filename, doc in docs_by_file.items():
+        if isinstance(doc, dict):
+            n = doc.get("name")
+            if isinstance(n, str) and n:
+                by_name[n].append(filename)
+    for n, files in sorted(by_name.items()):
+        if len(files) > 1:
+            errors.append(
+                f"::error::Rule 4 (FATAL): workflow `name: {n!r}` collision "
+                f"across {len(files)} files: {files}. Gitea routes "
+                f"commit-status updates by `name`; collision yields "
+                f"undefined behavior. Give each workflow a unique `name:`."
+            )
+    return errors
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rule 5 — cross-repo `uses: org/repo/path@ref`
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# `uses: <foo>@<ref>` — match the value form Gitea/act actually parse.
+# We need to distinguish:
+#   - `actions/checkout@<sha>`           OK (bare org/repo@ref, no subpath)
+#   - `./.gitea/actions/foo`             OK (local path)
+#   - `docker://image:tag`               OK (docker-image form)
+#   - `molecule-ai/molecule-ci/.gitea/actions/audit-force-merge@main`  BAD
+USES_CROSS_REPO_RE = re.compile(
+    r"""^
+    (?P<owner>[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]+)
+    /
+    (?P<repo>[A-Za-z0-9_.\-]+)
+    /                       # mandatory subpath separator => cross-repo composite/reusable
+    (?P<path>[^@\s]+)
+    @
+    (?P<ref>\S+)
+    $""",
+    re.VERBOSE,
+)
+
+
+def _iter_uses(doc: Any) -> Iterable[str]:
+    """Yield every `uses:` string from job steps in a workflow document."""
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return
+    jobs = doc.get("jobs")
+    if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+        return
+    for job in jobs.values():
+        if not isinstance(job, dict):
+            continue
+        # reusable workflow: `uses:` at the job level
+        if isinstance(job.get("uses"), str):
+            yield job["uses"]
+        steps = job.get("steps")
+        if not isinstance(steps, list):
+            continue
+        for step in steps:
+            if isinstance(step, dict) and isinstance(step.get("uses"), str):
+                yield step["uses"]
+
+
+def check_cross_repo_uses(filename: str, doc: Any) -> list[str]:
+    """Return per-violation error lines for cross-repo `uses:` references."""
+    errors: list[str] = []
+    for uses in _iter_uses(doc):
+        # Skip docker:// and local ./
+        if uses.startswith(("docker://", "./", "../")):
+            continue
+        m = USES_CROSS_REPO_RE.match(uses.strip())
+        if m:
+            errors.append(
+                f"::error file={filename}::Rule 5 (FATAL): cross-repo "
+                f"`uses: {uses}` detected. Gitea 1.22.6 with "
+                f"`[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL=github` resolves this to "
+                f"github.com/{m.group('owner')}/{m.group('repo')} which "
+                f"404s (org suspended 2026-05-06). Inline the shared bash "
+                f"into `.gitea/scripts/` until task #109 (actions mirror) "
+                f"ships. Memory: feedback_gitea_cross_repo_uses_blocked."
+            )
+    return errors
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rule 6 — heuristic: github.com/api refs without workflow-level
+#          GITHUB_SERVER_URL (WARN-not-FAIL per halt-condition 3)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Match `https://api.github.com/...` (API call) — that's the actionable
+# pattern. We intentionally do NOT match `https://github.com/.../releases/
+# download/...` (jq-release pin) nor `https://github.com/${{ github.repository
+# }}` (OCI label) because those are documented benign references on current
+# main and would 100% false-positive (3 hits, per Phase 1 audit).
+GITHUB_API_REF_RE = re.compile(
+    r"https://api\.github\.com\b|https://github\.com/api/",
+    re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
+
+def _has_workflow_level_server_url(doc: Any) -> bool:
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return False
+    env = doc.get("env")
+    if isinstance(env, dict) and "GITHUB_SERVER_URL" in env:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def check_github_server_url_missing(filename: str, doc: Any, raw: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Return warn-lines (NOT errors) if api.github.com is referenced without
+    workflow-level GITHUB_SERVER_URL. Heuristic — false-positives possible.
+    """
+    warns: list[str] = []
+    if not GITHUB_API_REF_RE.search(raw):
+        return warns
+    if _has_workflow_level_server_url(doc):
+        return warns
+    warns.append(
+        f"::warning file={filename}::Rule 6 (WARN, heuristic): file "
+        f"references `https://api.github.com` without a workflow-level "
+        f"`env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app`. The "
+        f"act_runner default for `${{{{ github.server_url }}}}` is "
+        f"github.com, which can break actions that auth-condition on "
+        f"server_url (e.g. actions/setup-go). If this curl is "
+        f"intentionally hitting GitHub (e.g. public release pin), ignore. "
+        f"Memory: feedback_act_runner_github_server_url."
+    )
+    return warns
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Driver
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Lint Gitea Actions workflow YAML for 1.22.6-hostile shapes."
+    )
+    p.add_argument(
+        "--workflow-dir",
+        default=".gitea/workflows",
+        help="Directory of workflow *.yml files (default: .gitea/workflows).",
+    )
+    args = p.parse_args(argv)
+
+    wf_dir = Path(args.workflow_dir)
+    if not wf_dir.exists():
+        # Empty / missing dir = nothing to lint, not a failure.
+        print(f"::notice::No workflow directory at {wf_dir}; skipping.")
+        return 0
+
+    yml_paths = sorted(
+        glob.glob(str(wf_dir / "*.yml")) + glob.glob(str(wf_dir / "*.yaml"))
+    )
+    if not yml_paths:
+        print(f"::notice::No workflow files in {wf_dir}; nothing to lint.")
+        return 0
+
+    fatal_errors: list[str] = []
+    warnings: list[str] = []
+    docs_by_file: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    for path in yml_paths:
+        rel = os.path.relpath(path)
+        try:
+            raw = Path(path).read_text()
+            doc = yaml.safe_load(raw)
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            fatal_errors.append(
+                f"::error file={rel}::YAML parse error: {e}. Cannot lint "
+                f"a file the parser rejects."
+            )
+            continue
+        docs_by_file[rel] = doc
+
+        # Per-file checks
+        fatal_errors.extend(check_workflow_dispatch_inputs(rel, doc))
+        fatal_errors.extend(check_workflow_run_event(rel, doc))
+        fatal_errors.extend(check_name_with_slash(rel, doc))
+        fatal_errors.extend(check_cross_repo_uses(rel, doc))
+        warnings.extend(check_github_server_url_missing(rel, doc, raw))
+
+    # Cross-file checks
+    fatal_errors.extend(check_name_collision_across_files(docs_by_file))
+
+    # Emit warnings first (non-blocking)
+    for w in warnings:
+        print(w)
+
+    if not fatal_errors:
+        n = len(yml_paths)
+        print(
+            f"::notice::lint-workflow-yaml: {n} workflow file(s) checked, "
+            f"no fatal Gitea-1.22.6-hostile shapes. "
+            f"({len(warnings)} heuristic warning(s) emitted.)"
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    # Emit fatal errors
+    print(
+        f"::error::lint-workflow-yaml: {len(fatal_errors)} fatal violation(s) "
+        f"across {len(yml_paths)} workflow file(s). See rule documentation "
+        f"in .gitea/scripts/lint-workflow-yaml.py docstring."
+    )
+    for e in fatal_errors:
+        print(e)
+    return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

.gitea/scripts/lint_bp_context_emit_match.py

@@ -0,0 +1,509 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""lint_bp_context_emit_match — Tier 2f per internal#350.
+
+Rule
+----
+For a given protected branch, every context in
+`branch_protections/<branch>.status_check_contexts` MUST be emitted
+by at least one workflow in `.gitea/workflows/*.yml`. Two contexts
+match when:
+
+  1. The workflow's `name:` equals the context's workflow-part (the
+     prefix before ` / `).
+  2. Some job in that workflow has a `name:` (or default-fallback
+     job-key) equal to the context's job-part (between ` / ` and
+     ` (`).
+  3. The workflow's `on:` block includes the context's event-part
+     (in parens at the end), with Gitea's event-name mapping:
+        - `pull_request` and `pull_request_target` BOTH emit
+          `(pull_request)` contexts (verified empirically on
+          molecule-core/main).
+        - `push` emits `(push)`.
+
+A BP context with no emitter blocks merges forever — Gitea treats
+absent-as-`pending`, NOT absent-as-`skipped`-as-`success`. This is
+the phantom-required-check class
+(`feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration`).
+
+The inverse direction (emitter without BP context) is INFORMATIONAL
+only — Tier 2g handles that direction at PR-time. Flagging it here
+on a daily schedule would falsely surface every transitional state
+during a BP rollout.
+
+How the gate works
+------------------
+Daily scheduled run + workflow_dispatch:
+
+  1. GET `branch_protections/{BRANCH}` (needs DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN with
+     repo-admin scope; same persona as ci-required-drift.yml).
+     Graceful-degrade on 403/404 per Tier 2a contract.
+
+  2. Walk `.gitea/workflows/*.yml` via PyYAML AST. For each workflow,
+     enumerate its emitted contexts: `{workflow.name} / {job.name or
+     job-key} ({event})` for each event in `on:` that emits a status.
+
+  3. For each BP context, look for an emitter match. Aggregate
+     orphans.
+
+  4. If orphans exist:
+     - File or PATCH a `[ci-bp-drift]` issue (idempotency contract:
+       search for exact title prefix, edit existing if open).
+     - Apply labels `tier:high` + `ci-bp-drift` (lookup IDs per
+       repo; per `feedback_tier_label_ids_are_per_repo`).
+     - Exit 1.
+
+  5. If no orphans:
+     - Close any existing `[ci-bp-drift]` issue with a clean-state
+       comment.
+     - Exit 0.
+
+Exit codes
+----------
+  0 — clean OR API 403/404 (graceful-degrade, surfaces ::error::).
+  1 — at least one BP context has no emitter.
+  2 — env contract violation, workflows-dir missing, or YAML parse
+      error.
+
+Env
+---
+  GITEA_TOKEN     — DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN (repo-admin for branch_protections)
+  GITEA_HOST      — e.g. git.moleculesai.app
+  REPO            — owner/name
+  BRANCH          — defaults to `main`
+  WORKFLOWS_DIR   — defaults to `.gitea/workflows`
+  DRIFT_LABEL     — defaults to `ci-bp-drift`
+
+Memory cross-links
+------------------
+  - internal#350 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+  - feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration
+  - feedback_tier_label_ids_are_per_repo
+  - reference_post_suspension_pipeline
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+try:
+    import yaml
+except ImportError:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        "::error::PyYAML is required. Install with: pip install PyYAML\n"
+    )
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# Status-check context regex (mirrors lint-required-no-paths.py).
+_CONTEXT_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^(?P<workflow>.+?) / (?P<job>.+) \((?P<event>[^)]+)\)$"
+)
+
+# Map a workflow `on:` event-key to the context's event-part. Gitea's
+# emitter convention (verified on molecule-core):
+#   - pull_request          → `(pull_request)`
+#   - pull_request_target   → `(pull_request)` (same surface)
+#   - push                  → `(push)`
+#   - schedule              → no PR status; scheduled runs don't post
+#     commit-statuses unless the workflow itself does so explicitly.
+#   - workflow_dispatch     → manually dispatched runs may or may not
+#     emit; safest to treat as "no PR status" (informational notice
+#     only).
+_EVENT_MAP = {
+    "pull_request": "pull_request",
+    "pull_request_target": "pull_request",
+    "push": "push",
+}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Env
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _env(key: str, default: str | None = None) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key, default)
+    return v if v is not None else ""
+
+
+def _require_env(key: str) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key)
+    if not v:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    return v
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# API helper. Mirrors lint-required-no-paths.py's contract: returns
+# (status, payload) tuple with status ∈ {"ok", "not_found", "forbidden",
+# "error"}.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def api(
+    method: str,
+    path: str,
+    *,
+    body: dict | None = None,
+    query: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+) -> tuple[str, Any]:
+    host = _env("GITEA_HOST")
+    token = _env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+    url = f"https://{host}/api/v1{path}"
+    if query:
+        url = f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(query)}"
+    data = None
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"token {token}",
+        "Accept": "application/json",
+    }
+    if body is not None:
+        data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        url, method=method, data=data, headers=headers
+    )
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read()
+            if not raw:
+                return ("ok", None)
+            return ("ok", json.loads(raw))
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        if e.code == 404:
+            return ("not_found", None)
+        if e.code in (401, 403):
+            return ("forbidden", None)
+        return ("error", None)
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, TimeoutError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return ("error", None)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _get_on(d: Any) -> Any:
+    """YAML 1.1 boolean quirk: bare `on:` may parse to True. Handle both."""
+    if not isinstance(d, dict):
+        return None
+    if "on" in d:
+        return d["on"]
+    if True in d:
+        return d[True]
+    return None
+
+
+def _on_events(doc: Any) -> set[str]:
+    """Return the set of event keys in a workflow's `on:` block.
+
+    Accepts all three shapes (string / list / mapping). String/list
+    shapes can't carry filters but they DO emit. Returns the
+    Gitea-mapped event names per `_EVENT_MAP`.
+    """
+    on = _get_on(doc)
+    raw_events: set[str] = set()
+    if on is None:
+        return raw_events
+    if isinstance(on, str):
+        raw_events.add(on)
+    elif isinstance(on, list):
+        for e in on:
+            if isinstance(e, str):
+                raw_events.add(e)
+    elif isinstance(on, dict):
+        for k in on:
+            if isinstance(k, str):
+                raw_events.add(k)
+    return {_EVENT_MAP[e] for e in raw_events if e in _EVENT_MAP}
+
+
+def _job_display(jbody: dict, jkey: str) -> str:
+    """Return job's `name:` if set, else fall back to the job-key.
+
+    Gitea formats status contexts with the job's `name:` when set;
+    when unset it uses the job key. Matches lint-required-no-paths
+    convention.
+    """
+    n = jbody.get("name") if isinstance(jbody, dict) else None
+    if isinstance(n, str) and n:
+        return n
+    return jkey
+
+
+def workflow_contexts(doc: Any) -> set[str]:
+    """Return the set of contexts a workflow emits."""
+    contexts: set[str] = set()
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return contexts
+    wf_name = doc.get("name")
+    if not isinstance(wf_name, str) or not wf_name:
+        return contexts  # no name => no addressable context
+    events = _on_events(doc)
+    if not events:
+        return contexts
+    jobs = doc.get("jobs")
+    if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+        return contexts
+    for jkey, jbody in jobs.items():
+        if jkey == "__lines__":  # tolerate line-tracking annotations
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(jbody, dict):
+            continue
+        disp = _job_display(jbody, jkey)
+        for ev in events:
+            contexts.add(f"{wf_name} / {disp} ({ev})")
+    return contexts
+
+
+def parse_context(ctx: str) -> tuple[str, str, str] | None:
+    m = _CONTEXT_RE.match(ctx)
+    if not m:
+        return None
+    return (m.group("workflow"), m.group("job"), m.group("event"))
+
+
+def _iter_workflow_files(wf_dir: Path) -> list[Path]:
+    return sorted(list(wf_dir.glob("*.yml")) + list(wf_dir.glob("*.yaml")))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Issue idempotency — search for an open issue with the canonical
+# title prefix; PATCH if found, POST if not. Mirrors ci-required-drift.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _canonical_title(repo: str, branch: str) -> str:
+    return f"[ci-bp-drift] {repo}/{branch}: BP→emitter mismatch"
+
+
+def _ensure_labels(repo: str, names: list[str]) -> list[int]:
+    status, labels = api("GET", f"/repos/{repo}/labels", query={"limit": "50"})
+    if status != "ok" or not isinstance(labels, list):
+        return []
+    out: list[int] = []
+    by_name = {l["name"]: l["id"] for l in labels if isinstance(l, dict)}
+    for n in names:
+        if n in by_name:
+            out.append(by_name[n])
+    return out
+
+
+def file_or_update_issue(
+    repo: str, branch: str, orphans: list[str], emitter_orphans: list[str]
+) -> None:
+    title = _canonical_title(repo, branch)
+    body_lines = [
+        f"BP→emitter drift detected on `{branch}` at "
+        f"{os.environ.get('GITHUB_RUN_URL', '(run url unavailable)')}.",
+        "",
+        f"## Orphan BP contexts ({len(orphans)})",
+        "",
+        "These contexts are required by branch protection but NO workflow "
+        "emits them. PRs merging into this branch will wait forever for a "
+        "status that never arrives (Gitea treats absent-as-`pending`, NOT "
+        "absent-as-`skipped`). See "
+        "`feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration`.",
+        "",
+    ]
+    for o in orphans:
+        body_lines.append(f"- `{o}`")
+    if emitter_orphans:
+        body_lines += [
+            "",
+            f"## Workflows emitting contexts NOT in BP ({len(emitter_orphans)})",
+            "",
+            "Informational — Tier 2g handles this direction at PR-time. "
+            "Listed here for completeness.",
+            "",
+        ]
+        for o in emitter_orphans:
+            body_lines.append(f"- `{o}`")
+    body_lines += [
+        "",
+        "Fix options:",
+        "  1. PATCH `branch_protections/{branch}.status_check_contexts` "
+        "  to remove the orphan.",
+        "  2. Restore the emitting workflow (if it was deleted/renamed).",
+        "",
+        "Linted by `.gitea/workflows/lint-bp-context-emit-match.yml` "
+        "(Tier 2f, internal#350).",
+    ]
+    body = "\n".join(body_lines)
+
+    # Idempotency search — find an open issue with the canonical title.
+    status, hits = api(
+        "GET",
+        f"/repos/{repo}/issues",
+        query={
+            "type": "issues",
+            "state": "open",
+            "q": title,
+        },
+    )
+    existing = None
+    if status == "ok" and isinstance(hits, list):
+        for h in hits:
+            if (
+                isinstance(h, dict)
+                and h.get("state") == "open"
+                and isinstance(h.get("title"), str)
+                and h["title"].startswith(title)
+            ):
+                existing = h
+                break
+
+    label_ids = _ensure_labels(repo, ["ci-bp-drift", "tier:high"])
+
+    if existing:
+        api(
+            "PATCH",
+            f"/repos/{repo}/issues/{existing['number']}",
+            body={"body": body, "labels": label_ids} if label_ids else {"body": body},
+        )
+        print(
+            f"::notice::Updated existing drift issue "
+            f"#{existing['number']}: {existing.get('html_url', '')}"
+        )
+    else:
+        status, posted = api(
+            "POST",
+            f"/repos/{repo}/issues",
+            body={"title": title, "body": body, "labels": label_ids},
+        )
+        if status == "ok" and isinstance(posted, dict):
+            print(
+                f"::notice::Filed new drift issue "
+                f"#{posted.get('number')}: {posted.get('html_url', '')}"
+            )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Driver
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def run() -> int:
+    _require_env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+    _require_env("GITEA_HOST")
+    repo = _require_env("REPO")
+    branch = _env("BRANCH", "main")
+    wf_dir = Path(_env("WORKFLOWS_DIR", ".gitea/workflows"))
+
+    if not wf_dir.is_dir():
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::workflows directory not found: {wf_dir}\n")
+        return 2
+
+    # 1. Pull BP.
+    status, bp = api("GET", f"/repos/{repo}/branch_protections/{branch}")
+    if status == "forbidden":
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::GET branch_protections/{branch} returned HTTP 403 — "
+            f"DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN lacks repo-admin scope (Gitea 1.22.6 requires "
+            f"it for this endpoint). Skipping lint with exit 0 to avoid "
+            f"red-X on every run. Fix: grant repo-admin to mc-drift-bot. "
+            f"Per Tier 2a contract.\n"
+        )
+        return 0
+    if status == "not_found":
+        print(
+            f"::notice::branch '{branch}' has no protection configured; "
+            f"nothing to lint."
+        )
+        return 0
+    if status != "ok" or not isinstance(bp, dict):
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::branch_protections/{branch} response unexpected; "
+            f"status={status}. Treating as transient; exit 0.\n"
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    bp_contexts: list[str] = list(bp.get("status_check_contexts") or [])
+    if not bp_contexts:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::branch_protections/{branch} has 0 required "
+            f"status_check_contexts; nothing to lint."
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    # 2. Enumerate emitter contexts from all workflows.
+    all_emitter: set[str] = set()
+    for path in _iter_workflow_files(wf_dir):
+        try:
+            doc = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error file={path}::YAML parse error: {e}; skipping.\n"
+            )
+            continue
+        all_emitter |= workflow_contexts(doc)
+
+    print(
+        f"::notice::Linting {len(bp_contexts)} BP context(s) for {branch} "
+        f"against {len(all_emitter)} workflow-emitted context(s)."
+    )
+
+    bp_set = set(bp_contexts)
+
+    # 3. Find orphans (BP-side: required but no emitter).
+    bp_orphans = sorted(bp_set - all_emitter)
+
+    # Informational: workflow emits but BP doesn't list. Tier 2g
+    # territory at PR-time. We list these as NOTICE only.
+    emitter_orphans = sorted(all_emitter - bp_set)
+
+    if bp_orphans:
+        print(
+            f"::error::Found {len(bp_orphans)} BP context(s) with no "
+            f"emitter — these would block merges forever (Gitea treats "
+            f"absent-as-pending, not skipped):"
+        )
+        for o in bp_orphans:
+            # Closest-match hint: name a workflow whose name-part is a
+            # near-match (lev-1 typo, or same workflow with a different
+            # event).
+            parsed = parse_context(o)
+            hint = ""
+            if parsed:
+                wf, _job, _ev = parsed
+                candidates = sorted(
+                    {c for c in all_emitter if c.startswith(wf + " / ")}
+                )
+                if candidates:
+                    hint = (
+                        f" — closest emitter(s): {', '.join(candidates[:3])}"
+                    )
+            print(f"::error::  - {o}{hint}")
+        if emitter_orphans:
+            print(
+                f"::notice::Also: {len(emitter_orphans)} workflow-emitted "
+                f"context(s) not in BP (informational; Tier 2g handles at "
+                f"PR-time):"
+            )
+            for o in emitter_orphans:
+                print(f"::notice::  - {o}")
+        # File / patch tracking issue.
+        try:
+            file_or_update_issue(repo, branch, bp_orphans, emitter_orphans)
+        except Exception as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error::failed to file drift issue: {e}\n"
+            )
+        return 1
+
+    if emitter_orphans:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::{len(emitter_orphans)} workflow-emitted context(s) "
+            f"not in BP (informational; Tier 2g handles at PR-time):"
+        )
+        for o in emitter_orphans:
+            print(f"::notice::  - {o}")
+
+    print(
+        f"::notice::BP/emitter match clean: all {len(bp_contexts)} required "
+        f"context(s) have an emitter."
+    )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(run())

.gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py

@@ -0,0 +1,438 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""lint_continue_on_error_tracking — Tier 2e per internal#350.
+
+Rule
+----
+Every `continue-on-error: true` directive in `.gitea/workflows/*.yml`
+must be accompanied by a tracker reference comment within 2 lines
+(above OR below the directive's line). The reference is one of:
+
+  * `# mc#NNNN`          — molecule-core issue
+  * `# internal#NNNN`    — molecule-ai/internal issue
+
+The referenced issue must satisfy ALL of:
+
+  1. Exists (HTTP 200 on `/repos/{owner}/{name}/issues/{num}`)
+  2. `state == "open"`
+  3. `created_at` is ≤ MAX_AGE_DAYS days ago (default 14)
+
+A passing reference establishes an audit trail and a forced renewal
+cadence — after 14 days the issue must either be CLOSED (the masked
+defect was fixed) or the comment must point at a NEW tracker
+(deliberate decision to keep masking, requires a paper-trail).
+
+The class this prevents
+-----------------------
+Phase-3-masked failures. `continue-on-error: true` on `platform-build`
+had been hiding mc#664-class regressions for ~3 weeks before #656
+surfaced them on 2026-05-12. A 14-day cap forces a tracker review
+cycle and surfaces mask-drift within at most 14 days of the original
+defect.
+
+Behaviour-based gate
+--------------------
+We parse via PyYAML AST (per `feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates`) to
+detect `continue-on-error: <truthy>` at job-key level, then map each
+location back to its source line via PyYAML's line-tracking loader.
+Comments are scanned from the raw text within a 2-line window of
+that source line. Reformatting (block-scalar vs flow-style) does not
+break the rule because the source-line anchor is the directive's
+own line.
+
+Exit codes
+----------
+  0 — every `continue-on-error: true` has a passing tracker, OR
+      the issue-API endpoint returned 403/404 (token-scope; graceful
+      degrade per Tier 2a contract — surface via ::error:: on stderr
+      but don't red-X every PR over auth).
+  1 — at least one violation (missing/closed/too-old/non-existent
+      tracker).
+  2 — env contract violation, YAML parse error, or workflows-dir
+      missing.
+
+Env
+---
+  GITEA_TOKEN     — read scope on the configured repos.
+                    Auto-injected `GITHUB_TOKEN` works for same-repo
+                    issue reads; for `internal#NNN` we need a token
+                    with `molecule-ai/internal` read scope. Use
+                    DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN (same persona as other Tier 2
+                    lints).
+  GITEA_HOST      — e.g. git.moleculesai.app
+  REPO            — `owner/name` for `mc#NNNN` lookups
+  INTERNAL_REPO   — `owner/name` for `internal#NNNN` lookups
+                    (defaults to derived `molecule-ai/internal`)
+  WORKFLOWS_DIR   — defaults to `.gitea/workflows`
+  MAX_AGE_DAYS    — defaults to 14
+
+Memory cross-links
+------------------
+  - internal#350 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+  - mc#664 (the masked-3-weeks empirical case)
+  - feedback_chained_defects_in_never_tested_workflows
+  - feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates
+  - feedback_strict_root_only_after_class_a
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+try:
+    import yaml
+except ImportError:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        "::error::PyYAML is required. Install with: pip install PyYAML\n"
+    )
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tracker comment regex.
+# Matches: `# mc#1234`, `# internal#42`, `# mc#1234 - description`
+# Also matches trackers embedded mid-sentence: `# see mc#1234 for details`
+# Does NOT match: `# mc1234` (missing inner #), `mc#1234` (no leading
+# comment `#`), `# MC#1234` (case-sensitive). The search is line-wide,
+# not just at the comment-marker prefix — fixes false-negative when
+# the tracker appears mid-sentence (e.g. `internal#350` after prose).
+TRACKER_RE = re.compile(
+    r"(?P<slug>mc|internal)#(?P<num>\d+)\b"
+)
+
+# Truthy continue-on-error values we treat as "true". PyYAML decodes
+# `continue-on-error: true` to Python `True`. `continue-on-error: "true"`
+# decodes to the string "true" — Gitea's evaluator coerces strings,
+# so we treat string-`"true"` (case-insensitive) as truthy too.
+def _is_truthy_coe(v: Any) -> bool:
+    if v is True:
+        return True
+    if isinstance(v, str) and v.strip().lower() == "true":
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Env contract
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _env(key: str, default: str | None = None) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key, default)
+    return v if v is not None else ""
+
+
+def _require_env(key: str) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key)
+    if not v:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    return v
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# PyYAML line-tracking loader. yaml.SafeLoader nodes carry
+# `start_mark.line` (0-based); using construct_mapping with `deep=True`
+# preserves that on every node. We need the line of each
+# `continue-on-error` key so we can scan the source for comments
+# near it.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class _LineLoader(yaml.SafeLoader):
+    """SafeLoader that annotates every dict with `__line__: {key: line}`."""
+
+
+def _construct_mapping(loader: yaml.SafeLoader, node: yaml.MappingNode) -> dict:
+    mapping = loader.construct_mapping(node, deep=True)
+    # Annotate per-key source lines so we can locate `continue-on-error`.
+    lines: dict[str, int] = {}
+    for k_node, _v_node in node.value:
+        try:
+            key = loader.construct_object(k_node, deep=True)
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+        if isinstance(key, (str, int, bool)):
+            lines[str(key)] = k_node.start_mark.line + 1  # 1-based
+    if isinstance(mapping, dict):
+        mapping["__lines__"] = lines
+    return mapping
+
+
+_LineLoader.add_constructor(
+    yaml.resolver.BaseResolver.DEFAULT_MAPPING_TAG, _construct_mapping
+)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Issue lookup
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def fetch_issue(slug_kind: str, num: int) -> tuple[str, dict | None]:
+    """Return `(status, payload_or_none)`.
+
+    status ∈ {"ok", "not_found", "forbidden", "error"}.
+    """
+    repo = (
+        _env("REPO") if slug_kind == "mc" else _env("INTERNAL_REPO")
+    )
+    if not repo:
+        # Fall through gracefully — caller treats as 403 (token-scope).
+        return ("forbidden", None)
+    host = _env("GITEA_HOST")
+    token = _env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+    url = f"https://{host}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/issues/{num}"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        url,
+        headers={
+            "Authorization": f"token {token}",
+            "Accept": "application/json",
+        },
+    )
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=20) as resp:
+            return ("ok", json.loads(resp.read()))
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        if e.code == 404:
+            return ("not_found", None)
+        if e.code in (401, 403):
+            return ("forbidden", None)
+        return ("error", None)
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, TimeoutError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return ("error", None)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Locate every continue-on-error: <truthy> in a workflow doc, with line.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def find_coe_truthies(
+    doc: Any, raw_lines: list[str]
+) -> list[tuple[str, int]]:
+    """Return list of (job_key, source_line_1based).
+
+    `doc` is the LineLoader-parsed mapping. We descend `jobs.<key>` and
+    return only those whose value is truthy per `_is_truthy_coe`.
+    Job-step continue-on-error is intentionally NOT considered: it
+    suppresses step-level failure rollup only, not job-level. The
+    masking class this lint targets is the job-level rollup.
+    """
+    out: list[tuple[str, int]] = []
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return out
+    jobs = doc.get("jobs")
+    if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+        return out
+    for jkey, jbody in jobs.items():
+        if jkey == "__lines__":
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(jbody, dict):
+            continue
+        if "continue-on-error" not in jbody:
+            continue
+        v = jbody["continue-on-error"]
+        if not _is_truthy_coe(v):
+            continue
+        line = jbody.get("__lines__", {}).get("continue-on-error")
+        if not line:
+            # PyYAML line-tracking shouldn't miss but guard for safety.
+            # Fall back to grepping the raw text.
+            line = _grep_first_coe_line(raw_lines, jkey) or 1
+        out.append((str(jkey), int(line)))
+    return out
+
+
+def _grep_first_coe_line(raw_lines: list[str], jkey: str) -> int | None:
+    """Fallback: find the first `continue-on-error:` line after a `jkey:` line."""
+    saw_job = False
+    for i, line in enumerate(raw_lines, start=1):
+        if re.match(rf"^\s*{re.escape(jkey)}\s*:", line):
+            saw_job = True
+            continue
+        if saw_job and "continue-on-error" in line:
+            return i
+    return None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Scan window for tracker comment
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+WINDOW = 2  # lines above OR below the directive's line (inclusive)
+
+
+def find_tracker_in_window(
+    raw_lines: list[str], line_1based: int
+) -> tuple[str, int] | None:
+    """Return (slug, num) if a `# mc#NNN`/`# internal#NNN` appears
+    in raw_lines within ±WINDOW lines of `line_1based`. None otherwise.
+
+    We scan the directive's own line (it may carry an inline comment
+    like `continue-on-error: true  # mc#3`) plus ±WINDOW.
+    """
+    lo = max(1, line_1based - WINDOW)
+    hi = min(len(raw_lines), line_1based + WINDOW)
+    for i in range(lo, hi + 1):
+        line = raw_lines[i - 1]
+        # Only the comment portion (after `#`) is considered, so
+        # trailing-inline comments on the directive line are matched.
+        m = TRACKER_RE.search(line)
+        if m:
+            return (m.group("slug"), int(m.group("num")))
+    return None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tracker validation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def validate_tracker(
+    slug: str, num: int, max_age_days: int
+) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    """Return (ok?, reason). On 403, ok=True is returned with reason
+    explaining graceful-degrade — caller treats 403 as a non-fatal
+    skip (same as Tier 2a contract).
+    """
+    status, payload = fetch_issue(slug, num)
+    if status == "forbidden":
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::issue {slug}#{num} unreadable (HTTP 403 — token "
+            f"scope). Cannot validate; skipping this check to avoid "
+            f"red-X on every PR. Fix the token, not the lint.\n"
+        )
+        return (True, "forbidden — skipped")
+    if status == "not_found":
+        return (False, f"{slug}#{num} does not exist (404)")
+    if status == "error":
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::issue {slug}#{num} fetch errored — treating as "
+            f"unverified, skipping this check.\n"
+        )
+        return (True, "fetch-error — skipped")
+
+    assert payload is not None
+    state = payload.get("state", "")
+    if state != "open":
+        return (False, f"{slug}#{num} state={state!r} (must be open)")
+
+    created = payload.get("created_at", "")
+    try:
+        # Gitea returns ISO-8601 with timezone; Python 3.11+
+        # fromisoformat handles `Z` suffix natively from 3.11. Older
+        # runtimes need explicit replace.
+        created_dt = datetime.fromisoformat(created.replace("Z", "+00:00"))
+    except ValueError:
+        return (False, f"{slug}#{num} created_at unparseable: {created!r}")
+
+    age = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - created_dt
+    # Inclusive boundary at MAX_AGE_DAYS: `age.days` truncates to a
+    # whole-day floor, so an issue created 14d 0h 5m ago has
+    # `age.days == 14` and passes; one created 15d 0h 0m ago has
+    # `age.days == 15` and fails. This is the convention specified
+    # in internal#350 ("≤14 days old").
+    if age.days > max_age_days:
+        return (
+            False,
+            f"{slug}#{num} is {age.days} days old (>{max_age_days}d cap). "
+            f"Close-or-renew the tracker.",
+        )
+    return (True, f"{slug}#{num} open, {age.days}d old, ≤{max_age_days}d")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Driver
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _iter_workflow_files(wf_dir: Path) -> list[Path]:
+    return sorted(list(wf_dir.glob("*.yml")) + list(wf_dir.glob("*.yaml")))
+
+
+def run() -> int:
+    wf_dir = Path(_env("WORKFLOWS_DIR", ".gitea/workflows"))
+    max_age = int(_env("MAX_AGE_DAYS", "14"))
+    # Defaults for INTERNAL_REPO when unset (best-effort guess based on
+    # the convention `mc#` = same repo, `internal#` = molecule-ai/internal).
+    if not os.environ.get("INTERNAL_REPO"):
+        os.environ["INTERNAL_REPO"] = "molecule-ai/internal"
+
+    if not wf_dir.is_dir():
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::workflows directory not found: {wf_dir}\n"
+        )
+        return 2
+
+    yml_files = _iter_workflow_files(wf_dir)
+    if not yml_files:
+        print(f"::notice::no workflow files under {wf_dir}; nothing to lint.")
+        return 0
+
+    violations: list[str] = []
+    notices: list[str] = []
+    total_coe_true = 0
+
+    for path in yml_files:
+        raw = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        raw_lines = raw.splitlines()
+        try:
+            doc = yaml.load(raw, Loader=_LineLoader)
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error file={path}::YAML parse error: {e}. Skipping "
+                f"this file (lint-workflow-yaml will catch separately).\n"
+            )
+            continue
+
+        coe_locs = find_coe_truthies(doc, raw_lines)
+        for jkey, line in coe_locs:
+            total_coe_true += 1
+            tracker = find_tracker_in_window(raw_lines, line)
+            if tracker is None:
+                violations.append(
+                    f"::error file={path},line={line}::lint-continue-on-error-"
+                    f"tracking (Tier 2e): job '{jkey}' has "
+                    f"`continue-on-error: true` at line {line} with no "
+                    f"`# mc#NNNN` or `# internal#NNNN` tracker comment "
+                    f"within {WINDOW} lines. Add a tracker reference so "
+                    f"this mask has a forced 14-day renewal cycle. "
+                    f"Memory: feedback_chained_defects_in_never_tested_workflows."
+                )
+                continue
+            slug, num = tracker
+            ok, reason = validate_tracker(slug, num, max_age)
+            if ok:
+                notices.append(
+                    f"::notice::{path.name} job '{jkey}' (line {line}): "
+                    f"{reason}"
+                )
+            else:
+                violations.append(
+                    f"::error file={path},line={line}::lint-continue-on-error-"
+                    f"tracking (Tier 2e): job '{jkey}' "
+                    f"`continue-on-error: true` references {slug}#{num}, "
+                    f"but {reason}. FIX: close/fix the underlying defect "
+                    f"and flip continue-on-error: false, OR file a fresh "
+                    f"tracker and update the comment."
+                )
+
+    for n in notices:
+        print(n)
+
+    if violations:
+        print(
+            f"::error::lint-continue-on-error-tracking: "
+            f"{len(violations)} violation(s) across {len(yml_files)} "
+            f"workflow file(s) (of {total_coe_true} `continue-on-error: "
+            f"true` directives in total)."
+        )
+        for v in violations:
+            print(v)
+        return 1
+
+    print(
+        f"::notice::lint-continue-on-error-tracking: "
+        f"all {total_coe_true} `continue-on-error: true` directive(s) "
+        f"have valid trackers (open, ≤{max_age}d old)."
+    )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(run())

.gitea/scripts/lint_mask_pr_atomicity.py

@@ -0,0 +1,361 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""lint_mask_pr_atomicity — Tier 2d structural enforcement per internal#350.
+
+Rule
+----
+A PR whose diff touches `.gitea/workflows/ci.yml` AND modifies EITHER:
+
+  - any `continue-on-error:` value, OR
+  - the `all-required` sentinel job's `needs:` block
+
+must EITHER:
+
+  - Touch BOTH atomically in the same PR (preferred), OR
+  - Cross-link the paired PR via a literal `Paired: #NNN` reference in
+    the PR body OR in any commit message between BASE_SHA and HEAD_SHA.
+
+The class this prevents
+-----------------------
+PR#665 (interim `continue-on-error: true` on `platform-build`) and
+PR#668 (sentinel-`needs` demotion of the same job) were designed as a
+pair but merged solo — #665 landed at 04:47Z 2026-05-12, #668 was still
+open at 05:07Z when the main-red watchdog (#674) fired. Result: ~20
+minutes of `main` red and a cascade of false-positives on unrelated PRs.
+
+The lint operates on the YAML AST (PyYAML), not grep, per
+`feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates`: a refactor that moves `continue-on-error`
+between job keys, or renames the `all-required` job, would still be
+detected because we walk the parsed structure.
+
+Why this works on Gitea 1.22.6
+------------------------------
+We don't use any 1.22.6-missing endpoints (no `/actions/runs/*`, no
+`branch_protections/*` — Tier 2f/g need those; Tier 2d does not). All
+required inputs come from the workflow `pull_request` event payload
+(BASE_SHA, HEAD_SHA, PR_BODY) and from local git via `git show`/`git log`.
+The auto-injected `GITHUB_TOKEN` is enough; we don't need
+DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN.
+
+Exit codes
+----------
+  0 — ci.yml not in diff, OR diff is no-op for the rule predicates,
+      OR atomicity satisfied (both touched), OR a valid `Paired: #NNN`
+      reference is present.
+  1 — exactly ONE of {coe, sentinel-needs} touched AND no valid
+      `Paired: #NNN` reference. The split-pair regression class.
+  2 — env contract violation (BASE_SHA / HEAD_SHA missing) or YAML
+      parse error on either side.
+
+Env
+---
+  BASE_SHA          — PR base (pull_request.base.sha)
+  HEAD_SHA          — PR head (pull_request.head.sha)
+  PR_BODY           — pull_request.body (may be empty)
+  CI_WORKFLOW_PATH  — defaults to `.gitea/workflows/ci.yml`
+  SENTINEL_JOB_KEY  — defaults to `all-required`
+
+Memory cross-links
+------------------
+  - internal#350 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+  - PR#665 / PR#668 (the empirical split-pair)
+  - mc#664 (the main-red incident)
+  - feedback_strict_root_only_after_class_a
+  - feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from typing import Any
+
+try:
+    import yaml
+except ImportError:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        "::error::PyYAML is required. Install with: pip install PyYAML\n"
+    )
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# YAML quirk: bare `on:` at the top level becomes Python `True` because
+# `on` is a YAML 1.1 boolean. Not used here but documented for future
+# editors who copy from this module.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+# `Paired: #NNN` reference. `#` is mandatory, NNN must be digits. Any
+# surrounding markdown/whitespace is fine. The match is case-sensitive
+# on `Paired:` because lower-case `paired:` collides with conversational
+# prose ("paired: see comment above") and the convention is the exact
+# capitalisation.
+PAIRED_RE = re.compile(r"\bPaired:\s*#(?P<num>\d+)\b")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Env contract
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _env(key: str, default: str | None = None) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key, default)
+    return v if v is not None else ""
+
+
+def _require_env(key: str) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key)
+    if not v:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    return v
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# git-show helper. Returns None when the path doesn't exist on that side
+# (new file, deleted file, or rename — git returns exit 128 with "fatal:
+# path not in tree"). We treat None as "no rule predicate triggered on
+# that side".
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def git_show(sha: str, path: str) -> str | None:
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "show", f"{sha}:{path}"],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        return None
+    return r.stdout
+
+
+def git_log_messages(base_sha: str, head_sha: str) -> str:
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "log", "--format=%B", f"{base_sha}..{head_sha}"],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        return ""
+    return r.stdout
+
+
+def git_diff_paths(base_sha: str, head_sha: str) -> list[str]:
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "diff", "--name-only", f"{base_sha}..{head_sha}"],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        return []
+    return [p for p in r.stdout.splitlines() if p.strip()]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Predicate 1 — any `continue-on-error` value changed between base and head
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _collect_coe(doc: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Walk every job in `jobs.*` and collect its continue-on-error value.
+
+    Returns a dict {job_key: coe_value}. Missing keys are absent from
+    the dict (NOT `False` — distinguishes "added the key" from
+    "unchanged absent"). Job-step `continue-on-error` is NOT considered
+    — only job-level, because that's the value that masks job status
+    rollup, which is the class this lint targets.
+    """
+    out: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return out
+    jobs = doc.get("jobs")
+    if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+        return out
+    for k, j in jobs.items():
+        if not isinstance(j, dict):
+            continue
+        if "continue-on-error" in j:
+            out[k] = j["continue-on-error"]
+    return out
+
+
+def coe_changed(base_doc: Any, head_doc: Any) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
+    """Return (changed?, [reasons]) describing per-job coe diffs."""
+    base = _collect_coe(base_doc)
+    head = _collect_coe(head_doc)
+    reasons: list[str] = []
+    all_keys = set(base) | set(head)
+    for k in sorted(all_keys):
+        b = base.get(k, "<absent>")
+        h = head.get(k, "<absent>")
+        if b != h:
+            reasons.append(f"job '{k}' continue-on-error: {b!r} → {h!r}")
+    return (bool(reasons), reasons)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Predicate 2 — sentinel job's `needs:` changed
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _collect_needs(doc: Any, sentinel_key: str) -> list[str] | None:
+    """Return the sentinel job's needs list (sorted) or None if absent."""
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return None
+    jobs = doc.get("jobs")
+    if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+        return None
+    j = jobs.get(sentinel_key)
+    if not isinstance(j, dict):
+        return None
+    needs = j.get("needs")
+    if needs is None:
+        return []
+    if isinstance(needs, str):
+        return [needs]
+    if isinstance(needs, list):
+        # Sort because `needs:` is order-insensitive at the engine
+        # level; a reorder is not a semantic change and shouldn't
+        # trip the lint.
+        return sorted(str(x) for x in needs)
+    return None
+
+
+def sentinel_needs_changed(
+    base_doc: Any, head_doc: Any, sentinel_key: str
+) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    """Return (changed?, reason)."""
+    base = _collect_needs(base_doc, sentinel_key)
+    head = _collect_needs(head_doc, sentinel_key)
+    if base == head:
+        return (False, "")
+    return (
+        True,
+        f"sentinel '{sentinel_key}'.needs: {base!r} → {head!r}",
+    )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Predicate 3 — `Paired: #NNN` present in body or any commit message
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def find_paired_refs(pr_body: str, commit_log: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Return list of `#NNN` strings found (deduped, sorted)."""
+    found: set[str] = set()
+    for src in (pr_body, commit_log):
+        for m in PAIRED_RE.finditer(src or ""):
+            found.add(m.group("num"))
+    return sorted(found)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Driver
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _parse(content: str | None, label: str) -> Any:
+    if content is None:
+        return None
+    try:
+        return yaml.safe_load(content)
+    except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::YAML parse error on {label}: {e}\n")
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+
+def run() -> int:
+    base_sha = _require_env("BASE_SHA")
+    head_sha = _require_env("HEAD_SHA")
+    pr_body = _env("PR_BODY", "")
+    ci_path = _env("CI_WORKFLOW_PATH", ".gitea/workflows/ci.yml")
+    sentinel_key = _env("SENTINEL_JOB_KEY", "all-required")
+
+    # Step 0 — is ci.yml even in the diff? If not, the lint doesn't apply.
+    changed_paths = git_diff_paths(base_sha, head_sha)
+    if ci_path not in changed_paths:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::{ci_path} not in PR diff; lint-mask-pr-atomicity "
+            f"skipped (no atomicity risk)."
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    base_yml = git_show(base_sha, ci_path)
+    head_yml = git_show(head_sha, ci_path)
+
+    base_doc = _parse(base_yml, f"{ci_path}@{base_sha}")
+    head_doc = _parse(head_yml, f"{ci_path}@{head_sha}")
+
+    # If the file is newly added (no base), no flip is possible — every
+    # value is "newly introduced", not "changed". Tier 2e covers the
+    # tracking-issue check for new continue-on-error: true. Exit 0.
+    if base_doc is None:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::{ci_path} newly added in this PR; no flip to "
+            f"analyse — lint-mask-pr-atomicity skipped."
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    # If the file is deleted on head, ditto — no atomicity question.
+    if head_doc is None:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::{ci_path} deleted in this PR; "
+            f"lint-mask-pr-atomicity skipped."
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    coe_yes, coe_reasons = coe_changed(base_doc, head_doc)
+    needs_yes, needs_reason = sentinel_needs_changed(
+        base_doc, head_doc, sentinel_key
+    )
+
+    if not coe_yes and not needs_yes:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::{ci_path} touched but neither continue-on-error "
+            f"nor sentinel '{sentinel_key}'.needs changed — no atomicity "
+            f"risk. OK."
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    if coe_yes and needs_yes:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::Atomic change detected: both continue-on-error "
+            f"AND sentinel '{sentinel_key}'.needs touched in same PR. OK."
+        )
+        for r in coe_reasons:
+            print(f"  - {r}")
+        print(f"  - {needs_reason}")
+        return 0
+
+    # Exactly one side touched — require Paired: #NNN reference.
+    commit_log = git_log_messages(base_sha, head_sha)
+    paired = find_paired_refs(pr_body, commit_log)
+
+    one_side = "continue-on-error" if coe_yes else f"sentinel '{sentinel_key}'.needs"
+    other_side = (
+        f"sentinel '{sentinel_key}'.needs" if coe_yes else "continue-on-error"
+    )
+
+    if paired:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::Split-pair detected ({one_side} changed without "
+            f"{other_side}), but Paired reference(s) present: "
+            f"{', '.join('#' + n for n in paired)}. OK."
+        )
+        for r in coe_reasons:
+            print(f"  - {r}")
+        if needs_reason:
+            print(f"  - {needs_reason}")
+        return 0
+
+    # The failure mode this lint exists to prevent.
+    print(
+        f"::error file={ci_path}::lint-mask-pr-atomicity (Tier 2d): "
+        f"PR touches {one_side} in {ci_path} but NOT {other_side}, "
+        f"and no `Paired: #NNN` reference was found in the PR body or "
+        f"in commit messages between {base_sha[:8]}..{head_sha[:8]}. "
+        f"This is the PR#665+#668 split-pair regression class "
+        f"(see internal#350, mc#664). FIX: either (a) include the "
+        f"matching {other_side} change in the same PR (preferred), or "
+        f"(b) add `Paired: #NNN` (literal, capital P, with `#`) to the "
+        f"PR body or a commit message referencing the paired PR."
+    )
+    for r in coe_reasons:
+        print(f"  - {r}")
+    if needs_reason:
+        print(f"  - {needs_reason}")
+    return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(run())

.gitea/scripts/lint_pre_flip_continue_on_error.py

@@ -0,0 +1,681 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""lint-pre-flip-continue-on-error — block a PR that flips a job from
+``continue-on-error: true`` to ``continue-on-error: false`` (or removes
+the key while the base had it ``true``) without proof that the job's
+recent runs on the target branch are actually green.
+
+Empirical class — PR #656 / mc#664:
+  PR #656 (RFC internal#219 Phase 4) flipped 5 ``platform-build``-class
+  jobs ``continue-on-error: true → false`` on the basis of a
+  "verified green on main via combined-status check". But that "green"
+  was the LIE produced by the prior ``continue-on-error: true``:
+  Gitea Quirk #10 (internal#342 + dup #287) — when a step inside a
+  job marked ``continue-on-error: true`` fails, the job-level status
+  is still rolled up as ``success``. So the precondition the PR
+  claimed to verify was structurally fooled by the bug being
+  flipped.
+
+  mc#664 then captured the surfaced defects (2 unrelated, mutually-
+  masked regressions):
+
+    Class 1: sqlmock helper drift since 2f36bb9a (24 days old)
+    Class 2: OFFSEC-001 contract collision since 7d1a189f (1 day old)
+
+  Codified 04:35Z as hongming-pc2 charter §SOP-N rule (e)
+  "run-log-grep-before-flip": pull the actual run log + grep for
+  ``--- FAIL`` / ``FAIL\\s`` BEFORE flipping; don't trust the masked
+  combined-status.
+
+This script structurally enforces that rule at PR time.
+
+How it works (one PR tick):
+  1. Parse the diff: compare ``.gitea/workflows/*.yml`` at PR base
+     vs PR head. For each file present in both, parse the YAML AST
+     and walk ``jobs.<key>.continue-on-error`` on each side. A
+     "flip" is base ∈ {true} AND head ∈ {false, None/absent}. We
+     coerce truthy/falsy per YAML semantics (PyYAML normalizes
+     ``true``/``True``/``yes`` to ``True``).
+  2. For each flipped job, derive its commit-status context name as
+     ``"{workflow.name} / {job.name or job.key} (push)"`` — that's
+     how Gitea Actions emits the context for runs on
+     ``main``/``staging`` (push event, see also expected_context()
+     in ci-required-drift.py).
+  3. Pull the last N commits of the target branch (PR base), fetch
+     combined commit-status per commit, scan ``statuses[]`` for
+     contexts matching ANY of the flipped jobs. For each match,
+     fetch the actual run log via the web-UI route
+     ``{server_url}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/jobs/{job_idx}/logs``
+     (per memory ``reference_gitea_actions_log_fetch`` — Gitea 1.22.6
+     lacks REST ``/actions/runs/*`` endpoints; the web-UI route is the
+     only working path; see ``reference_gitea_1_22_6_lacks_rest_rerun_endpoints``).
+  4. Grep each log for the Go-test failure markers ``--- FAIL`` /
+     ``FAIL\\s+<package>`` AND the bash-step error sentinel
+     ``::error::``. If ANY recent log shows any of these AND the
+     status itself reads ``success``, the job was masked. ``::error::``
+     the flip with the offending test name + offending run URL +
+     the regression commit (HEAD of the run).
+  5. Exit 1 if any flips have at least one masked run; exit 0
+     otherwise.
+
+Halt-on-noise contract:
+  - If a recent log fetch 404s (already-pruned-via-act_runner-gc,
+     transient gitea-web outage): emit ``::warning::`` and treat the
+     run as "log unavailable" — does NOT block the flip; logged so
+     a curious reviewer can re-run.
+  - If a flipped job has ZERO recent runs on the target branch (newly
+     added workflow): emit ``::warning::`` "no run history to verify"
+     and allow the flip. This is the only way a NEW workflow can ever
+     ship with ``continue-on-error: false``; otherwise we'd have a
+     chicken-and-egg.
+
+Behavior-based AST gate per ``feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates``:
+  - YAML parsed via PyYAML safe_load on BOTH sides of the diff
+  - No grep-by-line — formatting changes (comment churn, key order)
+    don't false-positive a flip
+  - Job-key match — so a rename ``platform-build → core-be-build``
+    appears as a DELETE + an ADD, not a flip (the delete side has no
+    new value to compare against; the add side has no base side).
+
+Run locally (works against this repo, requires PyYAML + Gitea token
+that can read combined-commit-status):
+
+    GITEA_TOKEN=... GITEA_HOST=git.moleculesai.app \\
+      REPO=molecule-ai/molecule-core BASE_REF=main \\
+      BASE_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/main) \\
+      HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD) \\
+      python3 .gitea/scripts/lint_pre_flip_continue_on_error.py \\
+        --dry-run
+
+Cross-links: PR#656, mc#664, PR#665 (the interim re-mask),
+Quirk #10 (internal#342 + dup #287), hongming-pc2 charter §SOP-N
+rule (e), feedback_strict_root_only_after_class_a,
+feedback_no_shared_persona_token_use.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml  # PyYAML 6.0.2 — installed by the workflow before this runs.
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Environment (read at module-import; runtime contract enforced in main())
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _env(key: str, *, default: str = "") -> str:
+    return os.environ.get(key, default)
+
+
+GITEA_TOKEN = _env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+GITEA_HOST = _env("GITEA_HOST")
+REPO = _env("REPO")
+BASE_REF = _env("BASE_REF", default="main")
+BASE_SHA = _env("BASE_SHA")
+HEAD_SHA = _env("HEAD_SHA")
+# How many recent commits to scan on the target branch. 5 by default;
+# enough to catch a job that only fails intermittently, not so many
+# that the script paginates needlessly. Per spec.
+RECENT_COMMITS_N = int(_env("RECENT_COMMITS_N", default="5"))
+
+OWNER, NAME = (REPO.split("/", 1) + [""])[:2] if REPO else ("", "")
+API = f"https://{GITEA_HOST}/api/v1" if GITEA_HOST else ""
+WEB = f"https://{GITEA_HOST}" if GITEA_HOST else ""
+
+# Failure markers we grep for in the run log.
+#   --- FAIL — Go test failure marker
+#   FAIL\s   — `FAIL  github.com/x/y` package-level rollup
+#   ::error:: — bash-step `::error::` lines (the lint-curl-status-capture
+#               pattern: a `python3 <<PY` block writing `::error::` then
+#               sys.exit(1); also any shell `echo "::error::..."` from
+#               jobs that wrap pytest/eslint/etc. and convert
+#               non-zero exits into masked-by-CoE status)
+FAIL_PATTERNS = (
+    "--- FAIL",
+    "FAIL\t",
+    "FAIL ",
+    "::error::",
+)
+
+
+def _require_runtime_env() -> None:
+    for key in ("GITEA_TOKEN", "GITEA_HOST", "REPO", "BASE_REF", "BASE_SHA", "HEAD_SHA"):
+        if not os.environ.get(key):
+            sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+            sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tiny HTTP helper (no requests dependency)
+# Mirrors the api()/ApiError contract in ci-required-drift.py +
+# main-red-watchdog.py per feedback_api_helper_must_raise_not_return_dict.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class ApiError(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised when a Gitea API/web call cannot be trusted to have succeeded.
+
+    Soft-failure on non-2xx is the duplicate-write bug factory in
+    find-or-create flows (PR #112 Five-Axis). Here it would mean a
+    transient gitea-web 502 silently allows a flip whose recent runs
+    we couldn't actually verify — exactly the regression class this
+    lint exists to close.
+    """
+
+
+def http(
+    method: str,
+    url: str,
+    *,
+    body: dict | None = None,
+    headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    expect_json: bool = True,
+    timeout: int = 30,
+) -> tuple[int, Any, bytes]:
+    """Tiny HTTP helper around urllib.
+
+    Returns (status, parsed_or_None, raw_bytes). Raises ApiError on any
+    non-2xx response. ``expect_json=False`` returns raw bytes in the
+    parsed slot (for log-fetch from the web-UI which returns text/plain).
+    """
+    final_headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"token {GITEA_TOKEN}",
+        "Accept": "application/json" if expect_json else "text/plain",
+    }
+    if headers:
+        final_headers.update(headers)
+    data = None
+    if body is not None:
+        data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
+        final_headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method=method, data=data, headers=final_headers)
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read()
+            status = resp.status
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        raw = e.read() or b""
+        status = e.code
+
+    if not (200 <= status < 300):
+        snippet = raw[:500].decode("utf-8", errors="replace") if raw else ""
+        raise ApiError(f"{method} {url} → HTTP {status}: {snippet}")
+
+    if not expect_json:
+        return status, raw, raw
+    if not raw:
+        return status, None, raw
+    try:
+        return status, json.loads(raw), raw
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        raise ApiError(f"{method} {url} → HTTP {status} but body is not JSON: {e}") from e
+
+
+def api(method: str, path: str, *, body: dict | None = None, query: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> tuple[int, Any]:
+    """Read-shaped Gitea REST helper. Path is API-relative (``/repos/...``)."""
+    url = f"{API}{path}"
+    if query:
+        url = f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(query)}"
+    status, parsed, _ = http(method, url, body=body, expect_json=True)
+    return status, parsed
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# YAML parsing — coerce truthy/falsy for continue-on-error
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _coerce_coe(val: Any) -> bool:
+    """Coerce a continue-on-error YAML value to bool.
+
+    PyYAML safe_load normalizes ``true``/``True``/``yes``/``on`` to
+    Python ``True`` and ``false``/``False``/``no``/``off`` / absence
+    to ``False`` (we treat absence/None as False here too — that's the
+    GitHub Actions default semantics).
+
+    Edge cases:
+      - String ``"true"`` (quoted in YAML) — kept as the string
+        ``"true"``, falsy under bool() but a flip we DO care about
+        catching. Normalize string forms case-insensitively to bool
+        so the diff is consistent with the runtime behavior of
+        Gitea Actions, which YAML-parses the same way.
+    """
+    if isinstance(val, bool):
+        return val
+    if val is None:
+        return False
+    if isinstance(val, str):
+        return val.strip().lower() in ("true", "yes", "on", "1")
+    return bool(val)
+
+
+def jobs_coe_map(workflow_doc: dict) -> dict[str, bool]:
+    """Return ``{job_key: continue_on_error_bool}`` for every job in
+    the workflow. Job-level ``continue-on-error`` only — does NOT
+    descend into per-step ``continue-on-error`` (step-level CoE
+    masking is a separate class and is handled by the test suite
+    + reviewer, not by this gate — see Future Work in the workflow
+    YAML).
+    """
+    out: dict[str, bool] = {}
+    jobs = workflow_doc.get("jobs")
+    if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+        return out
+    for key, job in jobs.items():
+        if not isinstance(job, dict):
+            continue
+        out[key] = _coerce_coe(job.get("continue-on-error"))
+    return out
+
+
+def workflow_name(workflow_doc: dict, *, fallback: str = "") -> str:
+    """Top-level ``name:`` of the workflow. Falls back to the filename
+    (without extension) per Gitea Actions semantics."""
+    n = workflow_doc.get("name")
+    if isinstance(n, str) and n.strip():
+        return n.strip()
+    return fallback
+
+
+def job_display_name(workflow_doc: dict, job_key: str) -> str:
+    """``jobs.<key>.name`` if present, else the key. Mirrors
+    expected_context() in ci-required-drift.py."""
+    job = workflow_doc.get("jobs", {}).get(job_key)
+    if isinstance(job, dict):
+        n = job.get("name")
+        if isinstance(n, str) and n.strip():
+            return n.strip()
+    return job_key
+
+
+def context_name(workflow_name_str: str, job_name_str: str, event: str = "push") -> str:
+    """Render the commit-status context the way Gitea Actions emits it.
+    Default ``event="push"`` because recent-runs-on-main are push events;
+    callers can override to ``"pull_request"`` for PR-context lookups."""
+    return f"{workflow_name_str} / {job_name_str} ({event})"
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Diff detection — flips, not arbitrary changes
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def detect_flips(
+    base_workflows: dict[str, str],
+    head_workflows: dict[str, str],
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Compare per-file CoE maps; return a list of flip records.
+
+    Inputs are ``{path: yaml_text}`` for both sides. Output records
+    have the shape::
+
+        {
+          "workflow_path": ".gitea/workflows/ci.yml",
+          "workflow_name": "CI",
+          "job_key":   "platform-build",
+          "job_name":  "Platform (Go)",
+          "context":   "CI / Platform (Go) (push)",
+        }
+
+    A flip is base[CoE] ∈ {True} AND head[CoE] ∈ {False}. Files
+    only present on one side are skipped — adding a new workflow
+    with ``CoE: false`` is fine (no history to mask), and removing
+    a workflow can't possibly flip anything.
+    """
+    flips: list[dict] = []
+    for path, base_text in base_workflows.items():
+        if path not in head_workflows:
+            continue
+        try:
+            base_doc = yaml.safe_load(base_text) or {}
+            head_doc = yaml.safe_load(head_workflows[path]) or {}
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            # Don't block on a parse error — the YAML lint workflows
+            # catch invalid YAML separately. Just warn so the failing
+            # file is visible.
+            sys.stderr.write(f"::warning file={path}::YAML parse error: {e}\n")
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(base_doc, dict) or not isinstance(head_doc, dict):
+            continue
+        base_map = jobs_coe_map(base_doc)
+        head_map = jobs_coe_map(head_doc)
+        wf_name = workflow_name(head_doc, fallback=os.path.basename(path).rsplit(".", 1)[0])
+        for job_key, base_val in base_map.items():
+            if job_key not in head_map:
+                continue  # job removed — not a flip
+            if base_val is True and head_map[job_key] is False:
+                flips.append({
+                    "workflow_path": path,
+                    "workflow_name": wf_name,
+                    "job_key": job_key,
+                    "job_name": job_display_name(head_doc, job_key),
+                    "context": context_name(wf_name, job_display_name(head_doc, job_key), "push"),
+                })
+    return flips
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Git: snapshot every .gitea/workflows/*.yml at a SHA (no checkout)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _git(*args: str, cwd: str | None = None) -> str:
+    """Run ``git`` and return stdout (text)."""
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", *args],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        check=False,
+        cwd=cwd,
+    )
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"git {args!r} failed: {result.stderr.strip()}")
+    return result.stdout
+
+
+def workflows_at_sha(sha: str, *, repo_dir: str | None = None) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Read every ``.gitea/workflows/*.yml`` blob at ``sha``.
+
+    Uses ``git ls-tree`` + ``git show`` so we never need to check out
+    the SHA (the workflow runs on the PR head; the base SHA is
+    fetched, not checked out).
+    """
+    out: dict[str, str] = {}
+    listing = _git("ls-tree", "-r", "--name-only", sha, ".gitea/workflows/", cwd=repo_dir)
+    for line in listing.splitlines():
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line.endswith((".yml", ".yaml")):
+            continue
+        try:
+            blob = _git("show", f"{sha}:{line}", cwd=repo_dir)
+        except RuntimeError:
+            # Symlink or other non-blob; skip.
+            continue
+        out[line] = blob
+    return out
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Gitea: recent commits + per-commit combined status + log fetch
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def recent_commits_on_branch(branch: str, n: int) -> list[str]:
+    """Last `n` commit SHAs on ``branch`` (oldest→newest is fine; we
+    treat them as a set). Uses the REST ``/commits`` endpoint with
+    ``sha=branch&limit=n``."""
+    _, body = api(
+        "GET",
+        f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/commits",
+        query={"sha": branch, "limit": str(n)},
+    )
+    if not isinstance(body, list):
+        raise ApiError(f"/commits for {branch} returned non-list: {type(body).__name__}")
+    out: list[str] = []
+    for c in body:
+        if isinstance(c, dict):
+            sha = c.get("sha") or (c.get("commit", {}) or {}).get("id")
+            if isinstance(sha, str) and len(sha) >= 7:
+                out.append(sha)
+    return out
+
+
+def combined_status(sha: str) -> dict:
+    """Combined commit status for a SHA. Same shape as
+    ``main-red-watchdog.get_combined_status``."""
+    _, body = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/commits/{sha}/status")
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        raise ApiError(f"combined-status for {sha} not a dict")
+    return body
+
+
+def _entry_state(s: dict) -> str:
+    """Per-entry state — Gitea 1.22.6 schema asymmetry: top-level
+    uses ``state``, per-entry uses ``status``. Defensive fallback per
+    main-red-watchdog.py line 233."""
+    return s.get("status") or s.get("state") or ""
+
+
+def fetch_log(target_url: str) -> str | None:
+    """Fetch a job log given its web-UI ``target_url`` (e.g.
+    ``/molecule-ai/molecule-core/actions/runs/13494/jobs/0``).
+
+    Per ``reference_gitea_actions_log_fetch``: append ``/logs`` to the
+    job route. Per ``reference_gitea_1_22_6_lacks_rest_rerun_endpoints``:
+    Gitea 1.22.6 lacks the REST ``/api/v1/.../actions/runs/*`` path; the
+    web-UI route is the only working endpoint until 1.24+.
+
+    Returns the log text on success, ``None`` on 404 / log-pruned /
+    network error (caller treats None as "log unavailable, warn-not-fail").
+    """
+    if not target_url:
+        return None
+    # Normalize: target_url may be relative ("/owner/repo/...") or
+    # absolute. Both need ``/logs`` appended to the job sub-path.
+    if target_url.startswith("/"):
+        url = f"{WEB}{target_url}"
+    else:
+        url = target_url
+    if not url.endswith("/logs"):
+        url = f"{url}/logs"
+    try:
+        _, body, _ = http("GET", url, expect_json=False, timeout=60)
+    except ApiError as e:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::warning::log fetch failed for {url}: {e}\n")
+        return None
+    if isinstance(body, bytes):
+        return body.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+    return None
+
+
+def grep_fail_markers(log_text: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Return up to 5 sample matching lines for any FAIL_PATTERNS hit.
+    Empty list = clean log."""
+    matches: list[str] = []
+    for line in log_text.splitlines():
+        for pat in FAIL_PATTERNS:
+            if pat in line:
+                # Truncate to keep error output bounded.
+                matches.append(line.strip()[:240])
+                break
+        if len(matches) >= 5:
+            break
+    return matches
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Verification: for one flip, scan recent runs on BASE_REF
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def verify_flip(flip: dict, branch: str, n: int) -> dict:
+    """Scan the last ``n`` commits on ``branch``. For each commit whose
+    combined status contains a context matching ``flip["context"]``,
+    fetch the run log and grep for FAIL markers.
+
+    Returns::
+
+        {
+          "flip": flip,
+          "checked_commits": int,        # how many commits had a matching context
+          "masked_runs": [               # runs where log shows FAIL despite status==success
+            {"sha": "...", "status": "success", "target_url": "...", "samples": [...]},
+            ...
+          ],
+          "fail_runs": [                 # runs where status itself is failure/error
+            {"sha": "...", "status": "failure", "target_url": "...", "samples": [...]},
+            ...
+          ],
+          "warnings": [str],             # log-unavailable warnings (not blocking)
+        }
+
+    Blocking condition: ``masked_runs`` OR ``fail_runs`` non-empty.
+    A ``success`` status with a clean log is the only "OK to flip"
+    outcome (per hongming-pc2 §SOP-N rule (e)).
+    """
+    target_context = flip["context"]
+    result = {
+        "flip": flip,
+        "checked_commits": 0,
+        "masked_runs": [],
+        "fail_runs": [],
+        "warnings": [],
+    }
+
+    shas = recent_commits_on_branch(branch, n)
+    if not shas:
+        result["warnings"].append(
+            f"no recent commits on {branch} (cannot verify flip)"
+        )
+        return result
+
+    for sha in shas:
+        try:
+            status_doc = combined_status(sha)
+        except ApiError as e:
+            result["warnings"].append(f"combined-status for {sha}: {e}")
+            continue
+        statuses = status_doc.get("statuses") or []
+        # First entry matching the context name. Newest SHAs come
+        # first; one entry per context per SHA is the usual shape.
+        for s in statuses:
+            if not isinstance(s, dict):
+                continue
+            if s.get("context") != target_context:
+                continue
+            result["checked_commits"] += 1
+            state = _entry_state(s)
+            target_url = s.get("target_url") or ""
+            log_text = fetch_log(target_url)
+            if log_text is None:
+                result["warnings"].append(
+                    f"log unavailable for {sha} {target_context}"
+                )
+                # Still record the status itself if it's red — that's
+                # a hard signal that doesn't need log access.
+                if state in ("failure", "error"):
+                    result["fail_runs"].append({
+                        "sha": sha,
+                        "status": state,
+                        "target_url": target_url,
+                        "samples": ["[log unavailable; status itself is " + state + "]"],
+                    })
+                break
+            samples = grep_fail_markers(log_text)
+            if state in ("failure", "error"):
+                result["fail_runs"].append({
+                    "sha": sha,
+                    "status": state,
+                    "target_url": target_url,
+                    "samples": samples or ["[no FAIL markers found but status is " + state + "]"],
+                })
+            elif samples and state == "success":
+                # The bug class: status==success while log shows FAIL.
+                # That's exactly Quirk #10 (continue-on-error masking).
+                result["masked_runs"].append({
+                    "sha": sha,
+                    "status": state,
+                    "target_url": target_url,
+                    "samples": samples,
+                })
+            # Either way, we matched one context entry for this SHA;
+            # don't keep looping `statuses[]`.
+            break
+
+    if result["checked_commits"] == 0:
+        result["warnings"].append(
+            f"no runs of {target_context!r} found in the last {n} commits on "
+            f"{branch} — cannot verify; allowing flip with warning"
+        )
+    return result
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Report rendering
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def render_flip_report(verdict: dict) -> str:
+    flip = verdict["flip"]
+    lines = [
+        f"job: {flip['job_key']} ({flip['context']})",
+        f"  workflow:        {flip['workflow_path']}",
+        f"  checked_commits: {verdict['checked_commits']}",
+    ]
+    for run in verdict["fail_runs"]:
+        url = run["target_url"]
+        # target_url may be relative; render the absolute form for
+        # click-through.
+        if url.startswith("/"):
+            url = f"{WEB}{url}"
+        lines.append(f"  fail run {run['sha'][:10]} (status={run['status']}): {url}")
+        for sample in run["samples"]:
+            lines.append(f"    | {sample}")
+    for run in verdict["masked_runs"]:
+        url = run["target_url"]
+        if url.startswith("/"):
+            url = f"{WEB}{url}"
+        lines.append(
+            f"  MASKED run {run['sha'][:10]} (status=success, log shows FAIL): {url}"
+        )
+        for sample in run["samples"]:
+            lines.append(f"    | {sample}")
+    for w in verdict["warnings"]:
+        lines.append(f"  warning: {w}")
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Main
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _parse_args(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="lint-pre-flip-continue-on-error",
+        description="Block a PR that flips continue-on-error true→false "
+        "without proof recent runs are actually green.",
+    )
+    p.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Detect + print findings to stdout; never exit non-zero. "
+        "Useful for local testing.",
+    )
+    return p.parse_args(argv)
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    args = _parse_args(argv)
+    _require_runtime_env()
+
+    base_workflows = workflows_at_sha(BASE_SHA)
+    head_workflows = workflows_at_sha(HEAD_SHA)
+    flips = detect_flips(base_workflows, head_workflows)
+
+    if not flips:
+        print("::notice::no continue-on-error true→false flips in this PR")
+        return 0
+
+    print(f"::notice::detected {len(flips)} continue-on-error true→false flip(s); verifying recent runs on {BASE_REF}")
+    bad_flips: list[dict] = []
+    for flip in flips:
+        verdict = verify_flip(flip, BASE_REF, RECENT_COMMITS_N)
+        report = render_flip_report(verdict)
+        if verdict["fail_runs"] or verdict["masked_runs"]:
+            print(f"::error file={flip['workflow_path']}::flip of {flip['job_key']} "
+                  f"({flip['context']}) blocked — recent runs on {BASE_REF} show "
+                  f"FAIL markers OR are red. Pull each run log below + grep "
+                  f"`--- FAIL` / `FAIL ` / `::error::` — DON'T trust the masked "
+                  f"combined-status. See hongming-pc2 charter §SOP-N rule (e). "
+                  f"PR#656 / mc#664 reference class.")
+            bad_flips.append(verdict)
+        else:
+            print(f"::notice::flip of {flip['job_key']} ({flip['context']}) is safe — "
+                  f"{verdict['checked_commits']} recent run(s), no FAIL markers")
+        # Always print the per-flip detail block so the human-readable
+        # report is in the run log for both safe and unsafe flips.
+        print(f"::group::flip detail: {flip['job_key']}")
+        print(report)
+        print("::endgroup::")
+
+    if bad_flips and not args.dry_run:
+        print(f"::error::{len(bad_flips)}/{len(flips)} flip(s) failed pre-flip verification")
+        return 1
+    if bad_flips and args.dry_run:
+        print(f"::warning::[dry-run] {len(bad_flips)}/{len(flips)} flip(s) WOULD fail; exit 0 forced")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

.gitea/scripts/lint_required_context_exists_in_bp.py

@@ -0,0 +1,526 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""lint_required_context_exists_in_bp — Tier 2g per internal#350.
+
+Rule
+----
+When a PR adds a NEW commit-status emission (a context that didn't
+exist on the base side), the workflow file must carry one of three
+directive comments adjacent to the new job:
+
+  (a) `# bp-required: yes`
+      The new context MUST already be in
+      `branch_protections/<branch>.status_check_contexts`. Verified
+      via Gitea API at PR time.
+
+  (b) `# bp-required: pending #NNN`
+      Acknowledged asymmetry; references an OPEN tracking issue that
+      will follow up with the BP PATCH.
+
+  (c) `# bp-exempt: <free-text reason>`
+      Informational job, not intended to be a required gate.
+
+No directive on a new emitter → FAIL with a 3-option fix-hint.
+
+The class this prevents
+-----------------------
+PR#656 added `CI / all-required (pull_request)` as a sentinel context
+that workflows emit, but BP did NOT list it. When `platform-build`
+failed, `all-required` failed, but BP let the PR merge anyway →
+cascade to mc#664. With this lint, PR#656 would have been blocked
+until either the BP PATCH ran alongside OR the author added a
+`bp-required: pending` directive.
+
+Why directives MUST live in the workflow YAML
+---------------------------------------------
+The directive comment lives with the emitter so a scheduled
+audit (Tier 2f, daily) can read the same source. PR-body-only
+directives invisibly evaporate on merge — the asymmetry would
+return to undetected. PR-body claims are advisory; workflow-file
+comments are the contract.
+
+How "new emission" is detected
+------------------------------
+Diff base..head over `.gitea/workflows/*.yml`. For each YAML file
+that's added or modified:
+  - Parse both base-side and head-side via PyYAML AST.
+  - Enumerate emitted contexts on each side using the same rules as
+    Tier 2f (workflow.name + job.name|key + event-mapping).
+  - `new_contexts = head_contexts - base_contexts`.
+
+If `new_contexts` is empty after de-dup, no rule applies → pass.
+
+Per `feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates`: comment scanning uses raw
+text in a small window around the job-key line, NOT regex over the
+full file. This avoids matching `bp-required:` mentioned in a
+comment unrelated to the new job.
+
+Exit codes
+----------
+  0 — no new emissions, all new emissions have valid directives,
+      or BP read errored (graceful-degrade per Tier 2a contract).
+  1 — at least one new emission lacks a directive, or has
+      `bp-required: yes` but the context is missing from BP.
+  2 — env contract violation or YAML parse error.
+
+Env
+---
+  BASE_SHA          — PR base SHA
+  HEAD_SHA          — PR head SHA
+  GITEA_TOKEN       — DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN (repo-admin for BP read)
+  GITEA_HOST        — e.g. git.moleculesai.app
+  REPO              — owner/name
+  BRANCH            — defaults to `main`
+  WORKFLOWS_DIR     — defaults to `.gitea/workflows`
+
+Memory cross-links
+------------------
+  - internal#350 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+  - PR#656 (the empirical case that prompted Tier 2g)
+  - mc#664 (the surfaced cascade)
+  - feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration (Tier 2f cousin)
+  - feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from typing import Any
+
+try:
+    import yaml
+except ImportError:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        "::error::PyYAML is required. Install with: pip install PyYAML\n"
+    )
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# Directive comment patterns. We match `# bp-required:` OR `# bp-exempt:`,
+# both with optional surrounding whitespace and case-sensitive on the
+# `bp-` prefix (convention).
+BP_REQUIRED_YES_RE = re.compile(
+    r"#\s*bp-required:\s*yes\b", re.IGNORECASE
+)
+BP_REQUIRED_PENDING_RE = re.compile(
+    r"#\s*bp-required:\s*pending\s*#(?P<num>\d+)\b", re.IGNORECASE
+)
+BP_EXEMPT_RE = re.compile(
+    r"#\s*bp-exempt:\s*\S", re.IGNORECASE
+)
+
+
+# Gitea event-mapping (same as Tier 2f).
+_EVENT_MAP = {
+    "pull_request": "pull_request",
+    "pull_request_target": "pull_request",
+    "push": "push",
+}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Env
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _env(key: str, default: str | None = None) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key, default)
+    return v if v is not None else ""
+
+
+def _require_env(key: str) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key)
+    if not v:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    return v
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# API helper (same contract as Tier 2f).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def api(
+    method: str,
+    path: str,
+    *,
+    body: dict | None = None,
+    query: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+) -> tuple[str, Any]:
+    host = _env("GITEA_HOST")
+    token = _env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+    url = f"https://{host}/api/v1{path}"
+    if query:
+        url = f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(query)}"
+    data = None
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"token {token}",
+        "Accept": "application/json",
+    }
+    if body is not None:
+        data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method=method, data=data, headers=headers)
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read()
+            if not raw:
+                return ("ok", None)
+            return ("ok", json.loads(raw))
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        if e.code == 404:
+            return ("not_found", None)
+        if e.code in (401, 403):
+            return ("forbidden", None)
+        return ("error", None)
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, TimeoutError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return ("error", None)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# git helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def git_show(sha: str, path: str) -> str | None:
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "show", f"{sha}:{path}"], capture_output=True, text=True
+    )
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        return None
+    return r.stdout
+
+
+def git_diff_paths(base: str, head: str) -> list[str]:
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "diff", "--name-only", f"{base}..{head}"],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    if r.returncode != 0:
+        return []
+    return [p for p in r.stdout.splitlines() if p.strip()]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Workflow context enumeration (mirror Tier 2f).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _get_on(d: Any) -> Any:
+    if not isinstance(d, dict):
+        return None
+    if "on" in d:
+        return d["on"]
+    if True in d:
+        return d[True]
+    return None
+
+
+def _on_events(doc: Any) -> set[str]:
+    on = _get_on(doc)
+    raw: set[str] = set()
+    if on is None:
+        return raw
+    if isinstance(on, str):
+        raw.add(on)
+    elif isinstance(on, list):
+        for e in on:
+            if isinstance(e, str):
+                raw.add(e)
+    elif isinstance(on, dict):
+        for k in on:
+            if isinstance(k, str):
+                raw.add(k)
+    return {_EVENT_MAP[e] for e in raw if e in _EVENT_MAP}
+
+
+def _job_display(jbody: dict, jkey: str) -> str:
+    n = jbody.get("name") if isinstance(jbody, dict) else None
+    if isinstance(n, str) and n:
+        return n
+    return jkey
+
+
+def workflow_contexts(doc: Any) -> set[str]:
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return set()
+    wf_name = doc.get("name")
+    if not isinstance(wf_name, str) or not wf_name:
+        return set()
+    events = _on_events(doc)
+    if not events:
+        return set()
+    jobs = doc.get("jobs")
+    if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+        return set()
+    out: set[str] = set()
+    for jkey, jbody in jobs.items():
+        if jkey == "__lines__":
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(jbody, dict):
+            continue
+        disp = _job_display(jbody, jkey)
+        for ev in events:
+            out.add(f"{wf_name} / {disp} ({ev})")
+    return out
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Find the source line of a job-key in a workflow YAML's raw text.
+# Used to scan for nearby directive comments.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _find_job_key_line(raw_lines: list[str], jkey: str) -> int | None:
+    """Return 1-based line of `<jkey>:` under jobs:."""
+    in_jobs = False
+    jobs_indent = -1
+    for i, line in enumerate(raw_lines, start=1):
+        stripped = line.lstrip()
+        if stripped.startswith("jobs:"):
+            in_jobs = True
+            jobs_indent = len(line) - len(stripped)
+            continue
+        if in_jobs:
+            # Job key is the next indent level under `jobs:`.
+            indent = len(line) - len(stripped)
+            if stripped and indent <= jobs_indent:
+                # Left the jobs: block
+                in_jobs = False
+                continue
+            if re.match(rf"^\s*{re.escape(jkey)}\s*:", line):
+                return i
+    return None
+
+
+_DIRECTIVE_WINDOW = 3  # lines above the job-key line (inclusive)
+
+
+def find_directive_for_job(
+    raw_text: str, jkey: str
+) -> tuple[str, str | None] | None:
+    """Return (kind, value) tuple for the first directive in a small
+    window above the job-key line.
+
+    kind ∈ {"required-yes", "required-pending", "exempt"}.
+    value is the pending-issue number for required-pending, else None.
+    Returns None if no directive found.
+
+    We scan ABOVE the line only (the convention is the directive
+    precedes the job — matches how `# mc#NNN` comments are placed
+    above `continue-on-error: true`). We don't scan inside the job
+    body because steps can produce false positives.
+    """
+    lines = raw_text.splitlines()
+    line_no = _find_job_key_line(lines, jkey)
+    if line_no is None:
+        return None
+    lo = max(1, line_no - _DIRECTIVE_WINDOW)
+    for i in range(lo, line_no):
+        line = lines[i - 1]
+        m = BP_REQUIRED_PENDING_RE.search(line)
+        if m:
+            return ("required-pending", m.group("num"))
+        if BP_REQUIRED_YES_RE.search(line):
+            return ("required-yes", None)
+        if BP_EXEMPT_RE.search(line):
+            return ("exempt", None)
+    return None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Map a context back to its emitting (workflow_path, job_key) pair so
+# we know WHERE to look for the directive comment.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _resolve_emitter(
+    ctx: str, head_workflows: dict[str, tuple[str, Any]]
+) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
+    """Return (file_path, job_key) emitting ctx, or None."""
+    m = re.match(r"^(?P<wf>.+?) / (?P<job>.+) \((?P<event>[^)]+)\)$", ctx)
+    if not m:
+        return None
+    target_wf = m.group("wf")
+    target_job_disp = m.group("job")
+    for path, (_raw, doc) in head_workflows.items():
+        if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+            continue
+        if doc.get("name") != target_wf:
+            continue
+        jobs = doc.get("jobs") or {}
+        if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+            continue
+        for jkey, jbody in jobs.items():
+            if jkey == "__lines__":
+                continue
+            if not isinstance(jbody, dict):
+                continue
+            disp = _job_display(jbody, jkey)
+            if disp == target_job_disp:
+                return (path, jkey)
+    return None
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Driver
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def run() -> int:
+    base_sha = _require_env("BASE_SHA")
+    head_sha = _require_env("HEAD_SHA")
+    _require_env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+    _require_env("GITEA_HOST")
+    repo = _require_env("REPO")
+    branch = _env("BRANCH", "main")
+    wf_dir = _env("WORKFLOWS_DIR", ".gitea/workflows")
+
+    # Step 1 — find workflow files changed in the PR.
+    changed = git_diff_paths(base_sha, head_sha)
+    changed_workflows = [
+        p
+        for p in changed
+        if p.startswith(wf_dir + "/")
+        and (p.endswith(".yml") or p.endswith(".yaml"))
+    ]
+    if not changed_workflows:
+        print(
+            "::notice::no workflow file changes in this PR; "
+            "lint-required-context-exists-in-bp skipped."
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    # Step 2 — load base+head + compute new contexts.
+    head_workflows: dict[str, tuple[str, Any]] = {}
+    new_contexts: set[str] = set()
+    for path in changed_workflows:
+        base_raw = git_show(base_sha, path)
+        head_raw = git_show(head_sha, path)
+        if head_raw is None:
+            # File deleted on head — no new emission contribution.
+            continue
+        try:
+            head_doc = yaml.safe_load(head_raw)
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error file={path}::YAML parse error on head: {e}\n"
+            )
+            return 2
+        head_workflows[path] = (head_raw, head_doc)
+        head_ctx = workflow_contexts(head_doc)
+        base_ctx: set[str] = set()
+        if base_raw is not None:
+            try:
+                base_doc = yaml.safe_load(base_raw)
+            except yaml.YAMLError:
+                base_doc = None
+            if base_doc is not None:
+                base_ctx = workflow_contexts(base_doc)
+        new_contexts |= (head_ctx - base_ctx)
+
+    if not new_contexts:
+        print(
+            "::notice::no new context emissions detected in this PR; "
+            "lint-required-context-exists-in-bp skipped."
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    # Step 3 — fetch BP context list.
+    status, bp = api("GET", f"/repos/{repo}/branch_protections/{branch}")
+    bp_contexts: set[str] = set()
+    if status == "forbidden":
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::GET branch_protections/{branch} returned HTTP 403 — "
+            f"DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN lacks repo-admin scope. Cannot verify "
+            f"bp-required directives; skipping lint with exit 0 per "
+            f"Tier 2a contract. Fix the token, not the lint.\n"
+        )
+        return 0
+    elif status == "not_found":
+        # Branch has no protection — nothing to verify against; the
+        # bp-required: yes directive can't be satisfied. Treat as
+        # graceful-skip rather than red-X.
+        print(
+            f"::notice::branch '{branch}' has no protection; cannot verify "
+            f"bp-required directives. Skipping (exit 0)."
+        )
+        return 0
+    elif status == "ok" and isinstance(bp, dict):
+        bp_contexts = set(bp.get("status_check_contexts") or [])
+    else:
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::branch_protections/{branch} response unexpected; "
+            f"status={status}. Treating as transient; exit 0.\n"
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    # Step 4 — validate each new emission's directive.
+    violations: list[str] = []
+    for ctx in sorted(new_contexts):
+        emitter = _resolve_emitter(ctx, head_workflows)
+        if emitter is None:
+            # Shouldn't happen — we just derived ctx from head_workflows.
+            # Belt-and-suspenders fallback.
+            violations.append(
+                f"::error::new emission '{ctx}' (could not resolve emitter "
+                f"file/job — bug in lint?)"
+            )
+            continue
+        file_path, jkey = emitter
+        raw_text, _ = head_workflows[file_path]
+        directive = find_directive_for_job(raw_text, jkey)
+        if directive is None:
+            violations.append(
+                f"::error file={file_path}::lint-required-context-exists-in-bp "
+                f"(Tier 2g): NEW emission `{ctx}` (job '{jkey}') has no "
+                f"directive comment. Add ONE of these comments on the line "
+                f"directly above `{jkey}:` (within {_DIRECTIVE_WINDOW} lines):\n"
+                f"  - `# bp-required: yes` — and ensure the context is "
+                f"already in branch_protections/{branch}.status_check_contexts.\n"
+                f"  - `# bp-required: pending #NNN` — acknowledged asymmetry, "
+                f"references the tracking issue for the BP PATCH.\n"
+                f"  - `# bp-exempt: <reason>` — informational job, not a gate.\n"
+                f"Memory: internal#350 (PR#656 + mc#664 empirical case)."
+            )
+            continue
+        kind, value = directive
+        if kind == "exempt":
+            print(f"::notice::{ctx}: bp-exempt directive present, OK.")
+            continue
+        if kind == "required-pending":
+            print(
+                f"::notice::{ctx}: bp-required: pending #{value} — "
+                f"acknowledged asymmetry, OK."
+            )
+            continue
+        if kind == "required-yes":
+            if ctx in bp_contexts:
+                print(
+                    f"::notice::{ctx}: bp-required: yes, and context is in "
+                    f"BP, OK."
+                )
+            else:
+                violations.append(
+                    f"::error file={file_path}::lint-required-context-exists-in-bp "
+                    f"(Tier 2g): job '{jkey}' has `bp-required: yes` "
+                    f"directive but its emitted context `{ctx}` is NOT in "
+                    f"`branch_protections/{branch}.status_check_contexts`. "
+                    f"FIX: either (a) add `{ctx}` to BP (Owners-tier PATCH), "
+                    f"or (b) downgrade the directive to "
+                    f"`# bp-required: pending #NNN` referencing the tracker "
+                    f"for the pending BP PATCH."
+                )
+
+    if violations:
+        print(
+            f"::error::lint-required-context-exists-in-bp: "
+            f"{len(violations)} violation(s) across "
+            f"{len(changed_workflows)} changed workflow file(s)."
+        )
+        for v in violations:
+            print(v)
+        return 1
+
+    print(
+        f"::notice::lint-required-context-exists-in-bp: "
+        f"{len(new_contexts)} new emission(s) all directive-validated."
+    )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(run())

.gitea/scripts/main-red-watchdog.py

@@ -222,9 +222,20 @@ def is_red(status: dict) -> tuple[bool, list[dict]]:
     combined = status.get("state")
     statuses = status.get("statuses") or []
     red_states = {"failure", "error"}
+    # Schema asymmetry: top-level combined uses `state`, but per-entry
+    # items in `statuses[]` use `status` in Gitea 1.22.6. Prefer
+    # `status`; fall back to `state` defensively. Verified empirically
+    # 2026-05-12 03:42Z. Pre-rev4 code only read `state` from per-entry
+    # items → failed[] always empty → render_body always showed the
+    # "no per-context entries were in a red state" fallback even when
+    # the combined-state correctly flagged red. See
+    # `feedback_smoke_test_vendor_truth_not_shape_match`.
+    def _entry_state(s: dict) -> str:
+        return s.get("status") or s.get("state") or ""
+
     failed = [
         s for s in statuses
-        if isinstance(s, dict) and s.get("state") in red_states
+        if isinstance(s, dict) and _entry_state(s) in red_states
     ]
     return (combined in red_states or bool(failed), failed)
 
@@ -313,7 +324,9 @@ def render_body(sha: str, failed: list[dict], debug: dict) -> str:
     else:
         for s in failed:
             ctx = s.get("context", "(no context)")
-            state = s.get("state", "(no state)")
+            # Per-entry key is `status` in Gitea 1.22.6, not `state`
+            # (see _entry_state in is_red). Fallback for forward-compat.
+            state = s.get("status") or s.get("state") or "(no state)"
             url = s.get("target_url") or ""
             desc = (s.get("description") or "").strip()
             entry = f"- **{ctx}** — `{state}`"
@@ -546,7 +559,11 @@ def run_once(*, dry_run: bool = False) -> int:
         "combined_state": status.get("state"),
         "failed_contexts": [s.get("context") for s in failed],
         "all_contexts": [
-            {"context": s.get("context"), "state": s.get("state")}
+            # Per-entry key is `status` in Gitea 1.22.6, not `state`.
+            # Pre-rev4 debug output reported `state: None` for every
+            # context, making run logs useless for triage.
+            {"context": s.get("context"),
+             "state": s.get("status") or s.get("state")}
             for s in (status.get("statuses") or [])
             if isinstance(s, dict)
         ],

.gitea/scripts/push-commits-diff-files.py

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Extract changed-file list from a Gitea push event's commits JSON array.
+
+Each commit in a push event has `added`, `removed`, and `modified` file lists.
+This script aggregates all of them and prints unique filenames one per line.
+
+Usage:
+    push-commits-diff-files.py < COMMITS_JSON
+
+Exits 0 always (caller handles empty output as "no files").
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+import json
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    try:
+        data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+    except Exception:
+        sys.exit(0)  # Don't fail the step — treat malformed JSON as empty
+
+    if not isinstance(data, list):
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    files: set[str] = set()
+    for commit in data:
+        if not isinstance(commit, dict):
+            continue
+        for key in ("added", "removed", "modified"):
+            for f in commit.get(key) or []:
+                if isinstance(f, str) and f:
+                    files.add(f)
+
+    if files:
+        sys.stdout.write("\n".join(sorted(files)))
+        sys.stdout.write("\n")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

.gitea/scripts/review-check.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# review-check — evaluate whether a PR satisfies a single team-review gate.
+#
+# RFC#324 Step 1 of 5 — qa-review + security-review check workflows.
+#
+# This is the shared evaluator invoked by:
+#   .gitea/workflows/qa-review.yml      (TEAM=qa,      TEAM_ID=20)
+#   .gitea/workflows/security-review.yml (TEAM=security, TEAM_ID=21)
+#
+# Pass condition (per RFC#324 v1.1 addendum):
+#   ≥ 1 review on the PR where:
+#     • state == APPROVED
+#     • review.dismissed == false
+#     • review.user.login != PR.user.login (non-author)
+#     • review.user.login ∈ team-members
+#
+# Strict mode (default OFF for v1; see RFC trade-off note):
+#   If REVIEW_CHECK_STRICT=1, additionally require review.commit_id == PR.head.sha.
+#   With dismiss_stale_reviews: true at the protection layer, stale reviews
+#   are already dismissed, so the additional commit_id check is belt-and-
+#   suspenders. Keeping it off in v1 simplifies semantics; flip in a follow-up
+#   PR if reviewer telemetry shows residual stale-APPROVE merges.
+#
+# Privilege gate (RFC#324 v1.3 §A1.1 — INFORMATIONAL ONLY):
+#   The /qa-recheck and /security-recheck slash-commands can be triggered
+#   by anyone who can comment on the PR. The workflow's privilege step
+#   logs collaborator-status but does NOT gate execution of this script.
+#   Why this is safe: this evaluator is read-only and idempotent —
+#   reading `pulls/{N}/reviews` and `teams/{id}/members/{u}` can't be
+#   influenced by who triggered the run. If a real team-member APPROVE
+#   exists the gate flips green; otherwise it stays red. A
+#   non-collaborator commenting /qa-recheck cannot manufacture a green
+#   gate. Original (v1.2) design with `if:`-gating of this step was
+#   fail-open (skipped-via-`if:` job still publishes the status as
+#   `success`) — corrected in v1.3 per hongming-pc review 1421.
+#
+# Trust boundary (RFC A4):
+#   This script is loaded from the BASE branch (sourced via .gitea/scripts/
+#   on the workflow's checkout-of-base). It does NOT execute any PR-HEAD
+#   code. It only reads PR review state via the Gitea API.
+#
+# Token scope (RFC A1-α):
+#   The job's own conclusion (exit 0 / exit 1) is what publishes the
+#   `qa-review / approved` / `security-review / approved` status context.
+#   NO `POST /statuses` call here → NO `write:repository` scope on the
+#   token. `read:organization` (for team-membership probe) and
+#   `read:repository` (for PR + reviews) are enough.
+#
+# Required env:
+#   GITEA_TOKEN — least-priv read:repository + read:organization. See note
+#                 below about the team-membership API requiring the token
+#                 owner to be in the queried team (Gitea 1.22.6 quirk).
+#   GITEA_HOST  — e.g. git.moleculesai.app
+#   REPO        — owner/name (from github.repository)
+#   PR_NUMBER   — int (from github.event.pull_request.number or
+#                 github.event.issue.number for issue_comment events)
+#   TEAM        — short team name (qa | security) for log lines
+#   TEAM_ID     — Gitea team id (20=qa, 21=security at time of writing)
+#
+# Optional:
+#   REVIEW_CHECK_DEBUG=1 — per-API-call diagnostic lines
+#   REVIEW_CHECK_STRICT=1 — also require review.commit_id == pr.head.sha
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# jq is required for JSON parsing. It is pre-baked into the runner-base
+# image (per RFC#268 workflow-smoke), so the only reason we'd not find it
+# is a broken runner. The previous fallback dance (apt-get + curl to
+# /usr/local/bin/jq) cannot succeed on a uid-1001 rootless runner
+# (#391/#402 + feedback_ci_runner_install_needs_writable_path), so it's
+# dropped. Fail loud with a clear diagnostic rather than attempt an
+# install that physically cannot work.
+if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "::error::jq missing from runner-base image — bake it into the runner image (see RFC#268 workflow-smoke / feedback_ci_runner_install_needs_writable_path). This evaluator cannot run without jq."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+: "${GITEA_TOKEN:?GITEA_TOKEN required}"
+: "${GITEA_HOST:?GITEA_HOST required}"
+: "${REPO:?REPO required (owner/name)}"
+: "${PR_NUMBER:?PR_NUMBER required}"
+: "${TEAM:?TEAM required (qa|security)}"
+: "${TEAM_ID:?TEAM_ID required (integer)}"
+
+OWNER="${REPO%%/*}"
+NAME="${REPO##*/}"
+API="https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1"
+
+# Token-in-argv fix (#541): write the Authorization header to a mode-600
+# temp file instead of passing it via curl -H "$AUTH" (which puts the
+# secret token value in the process table for any process to read via
+# /proc/<pid>/cmdline or ps -ef). The curl config file is read by curl
+# itself and never appears in the argv of the curl subprocess.
+CURL_AUTH_FILE=$(mktemp -p /tmp curl-auth.XXXXXX)
+chmod 600 "$CURL_AUTH_FILE"
+printf 'header = "Authorization: token %s"\n' "$GITEA_TOKEN" > "$CURL_AUTH_FILE"
+
+# Pre-create temp files so cleanup trap can reference them by name
+# (bash trap 'function' EXIT expands variables at trap-fire time, not def time).
+PR_JSON=$(mktemp)
+REVIEWS_JSON=$(mktemp)
+TEAM_PROBE_TMP=$(mktemp)
+
+cleanup() {
+  rm -f "$CURL_AUTH_FILE" "$PR_JSON" "$REVIEWS_JSON" "$TEAM_PROBE_TMP"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+debug() {
+  if [ "${REVIEW_CHECK_DEBUG:-}" = "1" ]; then
+    echo "  [debug] $*" >&2
+  fi
+}
+
+echo "::notice::${TEAM}-review evaluating repo=${OWNER}/${NAME} pr=${PR_NUMBER} team_id=${TEAM_ID}"
+
+# --- Fetch the PR (for author + head.sha) ---
+HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o "$PR_JSON" -w '%{http_code}' \
+  -K "$CURL_AUTH_FILE" "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}")
+if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "200" ]; then
+  echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER} returned HTTP ${HTTP_CODE} (token scope?)"
+  cat "$PR_JSON" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+PR_AUTHOR=$(jq -r '.user.login // ""' "$PR_JSON")
+PR_HEAD_SHA=$(jq -r '.head.sha // ""' "$PR_JSON")
+PR_STATE=$(jq -r '.state // ""' "$PR_JSON")
+debug "pr_author=${PR_AUTHOR} pr_head=${PR_HEAD_SHA:0:7} pr_state=${PR_STATE}"
+
+if [ "$PR_STATE" != "open" ]; then
+  echo "::notice::PR ${PR_NUMBER} is ${PR_STATE} — exiting 0 (closed PRs do not gate)"
+  exit 0
+fi
+if [ -z "$PR_AUTHOR" ] || [ -z "$PR_HEAD_SHA" ]; then
+  echo "::error::PR ${PR_NUMBER} missing user.login or head.sha — webhook payload malformed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# --- Fetch all reviews on the PR ---
+HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o "$REVIEWS_JSON" -w '%{http_code}' \
+  -K "$CURL_AUTH_FILE" "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/reviews")
+if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "200" ]; then
+  echo "::error::GET /pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/reviews returned HTTP ${HTTP_CODE}"
+  cat "$REVIEWS_JSON" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Filter: state=APPROVED, not-dismissed, non-author. Optionally strict-mode
+# adds commit_id==head.sha (off by default; see header).
+JQ_FILTER='.[]
+  | select(.state == "APPROVED")
+  | select(.dismissed != true)
+  | select(.user.login != $author)'
+if [ "${REVIEW_CHECK_STRICT:-}" = "1" ]; then
+  JQ_FILTER="${JQ_FILTER}
+  | select(.commit_id == \$head)"
+fi
+JQ_FILTER="${JQ_FILTER}
+  | .user.login"
+
+CANDIDATES=$(jq -r --arg author "$PR_AUTHOR" --arg head "$PR_HEAD_SHA" "$JQ_FILTER" "$REVIEWS_JSON" | sort -u)
+debug "candidate non-author approvers: $(echo "$CANDIDATES" | tr '\n' ' ')"
+
+if [ -z "$CANDIDATES" ]; then
+  echo "::error::${TEAM}-review awaiting non-author APPROVE from ${TEAM} team (no candidates yet)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# --- Probe team membership per candidate ---
+# Endpoint: GET /api/v1/teams/{id}/members/{username}
+#   200/204 → is member
+#   403     → token owner is not in this team (Gitea 1.22.6 'Must be a team
+#             member' constraint — see follow-up issue for token-provisioning)
+#   404     → not a member
+for U in $CANDIDATES; do
+  CODE=$(curl -sS -o "$TEAM_PROBE_TMP" -w '%{http_code}' \
+    -K "$CURL_AUTH_FILE" "${API}/teams/${TEAM_ID}/members/${U}")
+  debug "probe ${U} in team ${TEAM} (id=${TEAM_ID}) → HTTP ${CODE}"
+  case "$CODE" in
+    200|204)
+      echo "::notice::${TEAM}-review APPROVED by ${U} (team=${TEAM})"
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    403)
+      # Token owner is not in the team being probed; the API refuses to
+      # confirm membership. This is the RFC#324 follow-up token-scope gap.
+      # Fail closed — never grant approval on a 403; surface clearly.
+      echo "::error::team-probe for ${U} in ${TEAM} returned 403 (token owner not in ${TEAM} team — RFC#324 token-scope follow-up). Cannot confirm membership; failing closed."
+      cat "$TEAM_PROBE_TMP" >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+    404)
+      debug "${U} not a member of ${TEAM}"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "::warning::team-probe for ${U} in ${TEAM} returned unexpected HTTP ${CODE}"
+      cat "$TEAM_PROBE_TMP" >&2
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+echo "::error::${TEAM}-review awaiting non-author APPROVE from ${TEAM} team (candidates: $(echo "$CANDIDATES" | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//') — none are in team)"
+exit 1

.gitea/scripts/sop-checklist-gate.py

@@ -0,0 +1,829 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# sop-checklist-gate — evaluate whether a PR has peer-acked each
+# SOP-checklist item. Posts a commit-status that branch protection
+# can require.
+#
+# RFC#351 Step 2 of 6 (implementation MVP).
+#
+# Invoked by .gitea/workflows/sop-checklist-gate.yml on:
+#   - pull_request_target: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened]
+#   - issue_comment:       [created, edited, deleted]
+#
+# Flow:
+#   1. Load .gitea/sop-checklist-config.yaml (from BASE ref — trusted).
+#   2. GET /repos/{R}/pulls/{N}          — author, head.sha, tier label
+#   3. GET /repos/{R}/issues/{N}/comments — extract /sop-ack and /sop-revoke
+#   4. For each checklist item:
+#        a. Is the section marker present in PR body? (author answered)
+#        b. Is there ≥1 unrevoked /sop-ack from a non-author whose
+#           team-membership matches required_teams?
+#   5. POST /repos/{R}/statuses/{sha}    — context
+#      `sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)`,
+#      state=success | failure | pending, description=`acked: N/M …`.
+#
+# Trust boundary (mirrors RFC#324 §A4):
+#   This script is loaded from the BASE branch. The workflow's
+#   actions/checkout step pins ref=base.sha. PR-HEAD code is never
+#   executed. We only HTTP-call the Gitea API.
+#
+# Token scope:
+#   - read:repository / read:organization to enumerate PR + comments
+#     + team membership (Gitea 1.22.6 quirk: team-membership endpoint
+#     returns 403 if token owner is not in the team; see review-check.sh
+#     for the same gotcha — we surface the same fail-closed message).
+#   - write:repository for `POST /repos/{R}/statuses/{sha}`. Unlike
+#     RFC#324's pattern (which uses the JOB's own pass/fail as the
+#     status), we POST the status explicitly because the gate posts
+#     a single multi-item status with a richer description than a
+#     bare success/failure context can carry.
+#
+# Slug normalization rules (canonical form: kebab-case):
+#   - Lowercase
+#   - Whitespace + underscores → single dash
+#   - Strip non [a-z0-9-] characters
+#   - Collapse adjacent dashes
+#   - Strip leading/trailing dashes
+#   - If the result is a digit string (e.g. "1"), look up via
+#     config.items[*].numeric_alias to get the kebab-case slug.
+#
+#   Examples:
+#       "Comprehensive_Testing"  → "comprehensive-testing"
+#       "comprehensive testing"  → "comprehensive-testing"
+#       "1"                      → "comprehensive-testing"
+#       "Five-Axis-Review"       → "five-axis-review"
+#
+# Revoke semantics:
+#   /sop-revoke <slug> [reason] — most-recent comment per (slug, user)
+#   wins. So if Alice posts /sop-ack X then later /sop-revoke X, her ack
+#   for X is invalidated. Bob's prior /sop-ack X is unaffected. If Alice
+#   posts /sop-revoke X then later /sop-ack X again, the ack is restored.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from typing import Any
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Slug normalization
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_NORMALIZE_REPLACE_RE = re.compile(r"[\s_]+")
+_NORMALIZE_STRIP_RE = re.compile(r"[^a-z0-9-]")
+_NORMALIZE_DASH_RE = re.compile(r"-+")
+
+
+def normalize_slug(raw: str, numeric_aliases: dict[int, str] | None = None) -> str:
+    """Normalize a user-supplied slug to canonical kebab-case form.
+
+    See module header for the rules.
+
+    If the input is a pure digit string AND numeric_aliases is provided,
+    the alias mapping is consulted. Unknown digits return "" so the caller
+    can flag the comment as unparseable.
+    """
+    if raw is None:
+        return ""
+    s = raw.strip().lower()
+    s = _NORMALIZE_REPLACE_RE.sub("-", s)
+    s = _NORMALIZE_STRIP_RE.sub("", s)
+    s = _NORMALIZE_DASH_RE.sub("-", s)
+    s = s.strip("-")
+    if s.isdigit() and numeric_aliases is not None:
+        return numeric_aliases.get(int(s), "")
+    return s
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Comment parsing — /sop-ack and /sop-revoke
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# A directive must be on its own line. Permits leading whitespace.
+# Optional trailing note after the slug for /sop-ack and required reason
+# for /sop-revoke (RFC#351 open question 4 — reason is captured but not
+# yet validated; future iteration may require a min-length).
+_DIRECTIVE_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^[ \t]*/(sop-ack|sop-revoke)[ \t]+([A-Za-z0-9_\- ]+?)(?:[ \t]+(.*))?[ \t]*$",
+    re.MULTILINE,
+)
+
+
+def parse_directives(
+    comment_body: str,
+    numeric_aliases: dict[int, str],
+) -> list[tuple[str, str, str]]:
+    """Extract /sop-ack and /sop-revoke directives from a comment body.
+
+    Returns a list of (kind, canonical_slug, note) tuples where:
+      kind is "sop-ack" or "sop-revoke"
+      canonical_slug is the normalized form (or "" if unparseable)
+      note is the trailing free-text (may be "")
+    """
+    out: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
+    if not comment_body:
+        return out
+    for m in _DIRECTIVE_RE.finditer(comment_body):
+        kind = m.group(1)
+        raw_slug = (m.group(2) or "").strip()
+        # If the raw match included trailing words, the regex non-greedy
+        # captured only the first token; strip again for safety.
+        # We split on whitespace to keep the FIRST word as the slug, and
+        # everything after as the note.
+        parts = raw_slug.split()
+        if not parts:
+            continue
+        first = parts[0]
+        # If the slug-capture greedily matched multiple words (e.g.
+        # "comprehensive testing"), preserve normalize behavior: join
+        # the WHOLE first-word-token only; trailing words get appended to
+        # the note. The regex limits group(2) to [A-Za-z0-9_\- ] so we
+        # may have multi-word forms here — normalize handles them.
+        if len(parts) > 1:
+            # User wrote "/sop-ack comprehensive testing extra-note"
+            # → treat "comprehensive testing" as the slug source if it
+            # normalizes to a known item; otherwise treat "comprehensive"
+            # as slug and "testing extra-note" as note. We defer the
+            # disambiguation to the caller via the returned canonical
+            # slug. For simplicity: try the WHOLE captured string first.
+            canonical = normalize_slug(raw_slug, numeric_aliases)
+        else:
+            canonical = normalize_slug(first, numeric_aliases)
+        note_from_group = (m.group(3) or "").strip()
+        # If we collapsed multi-word slug into kebab and there's a
+        # trailing-text group too, append it.
+        out.append((kind, canonical, note_from_group))
+    return out
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# PR body section detection
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def section_marker_present(body: str, marker: str) -> bool:
+    """Return True if `marker` appears in `body` case-insensitively
+    on a non-empty line (i.e. the author actually filled it in).
+
+    We require the marker substring AND non-whitespace content on the
+    same line OR within the next line — this prevents trivially-empty
+    checklists like:
+
+        ## SOP-Checklist
+        - [ ] **Comprehensive testing performed**:
+        - [ ] **Local-postgres E2E run**:
+
+    from auto-passing the section-present check. The peer-ack is still
+    required, but answering with empty content is captured as a soft
+    finding via the section-present test alone.
+    """
+    if not body or not marker:
+        return False
+    body_lower = body.lower()
+    marker_lower = marker.lower()
+    idx = body_lower.find(marker_lower)
+    if idx < 0:
+        return False
+    # Walk to end of line.
+    line_end = body.find("\n", idx)
+    if line_end < 0:
+        line_end = len(body)
+    line = body[idx + len(marker):line_end]
+    # Strip the colon + checkbox tail patterns; require at least one
+    # non-whitespace, non-punctuation char.
+    stripped = re.sub(r"[\s\*:\-\[\]]+", "", line)
+    if stripped:
+        return True
+    # Fall through: check the NEXT line (multi-line answers).
+    next_line_end = body.find("\n", line_end + 1)
+    if next_line_end < 0:
+        next_line_end = len(body)
+    next_line = body[line_end + 1:next_line_end]
+    stripped_next = re.sub(r"[\s\*:\-\[\]]+", "", next_line)
+    return bool(stripped_next)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Ack-state computation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def compute_ack_state(
+    comments: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    pr_author: str,
+    items_by_slug: dict[str, dict[str, Any]],
+    numeric_aliases: dict[int, str],
+    team_membership_probe: "callable[[str, list[str]], list[str]]",
+) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Compute per-item ack state.
+
+    Each comment is processed in chronological order. The most-recent
+    directive per (commenter, slug) wins.
+
+    Returns a dict keyed by canonical slug:
+       {
+         "comprehensive-testing": {
+           "ackers": ["bob"],         # non-author, team-verified
+           "rejected_ackers": {        # debugging info
+             "self_ack": ["alice"],
+             "unknown_slug": [],
+             "not_in_team": ["eve"],
+           }
+         },
+         ...
+       }
+    """
+    # Step 1: collapse directives per (commenter, slug) — most recent wins.
+    # comments are expected to come in chronological order from the
+    # API (Gitea returns oldest-first by default for issues/{N}/comments).
+    latest_directive: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {}  # (user, slug) → kind
+    unparseable_per_user: dict[str, int] = {}
+    for c in comments:
+        body = c.get("body", "") or ""
+        user = (c.get("user") or {}).get("login", "")
+        if not user:
+            continue
+        for kind, slug, _note in parse_directives(body, numeric_aliases):
+            if not slug:
+                unparseable_per_user[user] = unparseable_per_user.get(user, 0) + 1
+                continue
+            latest_directive[(user, slug)] = kind
+
+    # Step 2: build candidate ackers per slug.
+    # Filter out self-acks and unknown slugs.
+    ackers_per_slug: dict[str, list[str]] = {s: [] for s in items_by_slug}
+    rejected_self: dict[str, list[str]] = {s: [] for s in items_by_slug}
+    rejected_unknown: dict[str, list[str]] = {s: [] for s in items_by_slug}
+    pending_team_check: dict[str, list[str]] = {s: [] for s in items_by_slug}
+
+    for (user, slug), kind in latest_directive.items():
+        if kind != "sop-ack":
+            continue  # revokes leave the (user,slug) state as "no ack"
+        if slug not in items_by_slug:
+            # Slug normalized to something not in our config — store
+            # under a synthetic key for diagnostic surfacing. Don't add
+            # to any item.
+            continue
+        if user == pr_author:
+            rejected_self[slug].append(user)
+            continue
+        pending_team_check[slug].append(user)
+
+    # Step 3: team membership probe per slug (batched per slug to keep
+    # API call count down — same user may ack multiple items but the
+    # required_teams differ per item, so we MUST probe per (user, item)).
+    rejected_not_in_team: dict[str, list[str]] = {s: [] for s in items_by_slug}
+    for slug, candidates in pending_team_check.items():
+        if not candidates:
+            continue
+        required = items_by_slug[slug]["required_teams"]
+        approved = team_membership_probe(slug, candidates)  # returns subset
+        rejected_not_in_team[slug] = [u for u in candidates if u not in approved]
+        ackers_per_slug[slug] = approved
+        # Stash required teams for description rendering.
+        items_by_slug[slug]["_required_resolved"] = required
+
+    return {
+        slug: {
+            "ackers": ackers_per_slug[slug],
+            "rejected": {
+                "self_ack": rejected_self[slug],
+                "not_in_team": rejected_not_in_team[slug],
+            },
+        }
+        for slug in items_by_slug
+    }
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Gitea API client
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class GiteaClient:
+    def __init__(self, host: str, token: str):
+        self.base = f"https://{host}/api/v1"
+        self.token = token
+        # Cache team-name → team-id resolutions per org.
+        self._team_id_cache: dict[tuple[str, str], int | None] = {}
+
+    def _req(
+        self,
+        method: str,
+        path: str,
+        body: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        ok_codes: tuple[int, ...] = (200, 201, 204),
+    ) -> tuple[int, Any]:
+        url = self.base + path
+        data = None
+        headers = {
+            "Authorization": f"token {self.token}",
+            "Accept": "application/json",
+        }
+        if body is not None:
+            data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
+            headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+        req = urllib.request.Request(url, method=method, data=data, headers=headers)
+        try:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=20) as r:
+                raw = r.read()
+                code = r.getcode()
+        except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+            code = e.code
+            raw = e.read()
+        try:
+            parsed = json.loads(raw.decode("utf-8")) if raw else None
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            parsed = raw.decode("utf-8", errors="replace") if raw else None
+        return code, parsed
+
+    def get_pr(self, owner: str, repo: str, pr: int) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        code, data = self._req("GET", f"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr}")
+        if code != 200:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"GET pulls/{pr} → HTTP {code}: {data!r}")
+        return data
+
+    def get_issue_comments(
+        self, owner: str, repo: str, issue: int
+    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        # Paginate. Gitea default page size 50.
+        out: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+        page = 1
+        while True:
+            code, data = self._req(
+                "GET",
+                f"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue}/comments?limit=50&page={page}",
+            )
+            if code != 200:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    f"GET issues/{issue}/comments page={page} → HTTP {code}: {data!r}"
+                )
+            if not data:
+                break
+            out.extend(data)
+            if len(data) < 50:
+                break
+            page += 1
+        return out
+
+    def resolve_team_id(self, org: str, team_name: str) -> int | None:
+        key = (org, team_name)
+        if key in self._team_id_cache:
+            return self._team_id_cache[key]
+        code, data = self._req("GET", f"/orgs/{org}/teams/search?q={urllib.parse.quote(team_name)}")
+        team_id = None
+        if code == 200 and isinstance(data, dict):
+            for t in data.get("data", []):
+                if t.get("name") == team_name:
+                    team_id = t.get("id")
+                    break
+        if team_id is None and code == 200 and isinstance(data, list):
+            for t in data:
+                if t.get("name") == team_name:
+                    team_id = t.get("id")
+                    break
+        self._team_id_cache[key] = team_id
+        return team_id
+
+    def is_team_member(self, team_id: int, login: str) -> bool | None:
+        """Return True / False / None (unknown — 403 from API)."""
+        code, _ = self._req(
+            "GET", f"/teams/{team_id}/members/{urllib.parse.quote(login)}"
+        )
+        if code in (200, 204):
+            return True
+        if code == 404:
+            return False
+        # 403 means the token owner isn't in this team, so the API
+        # refuses to confirm membership. Fail-closed at the caller.
+        return None
+
+    def post_status(
+        self,
+        owner: str,
+        repo: str,
+        sha: str,
+        state: str,
+        context: str,
+        description: str,
+        target_url: str = "",
+    ) -> None:
+        body = {
+            "state": state,
+            "context": context,
+            "description": description[:140],  # Gitea truncates to 255 but be safe
+            "target_url": target_url or "",
+        }
+        code, data = self._req(
+            "POST",
+            f"/repos/{owner}/{repo}/statuses/{sha}",
+            body=body,
+            ok_codes=(201,),
+        )
+        if code not in (200, 201):
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"POST statuses/{sha} → HTTP {code}: {data!r}"
+            )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Config loader (PyYAML-free — config file is intentionally tiny + flat)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def load_config(path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Load .gitea/sop-checklist-config.yaml.
+
+    Uses PyYAML if available, otherwise falls back to a built-in
+    minimal parser sufficient for our flat config shape. Bundling
+    PyYAML on the runner is one apt install away but we avoid the
+    dep by keeping the config shape constrained.
+    """
+    try:
+        import yaml  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
+        with open(path) as f:
+            return yaml.safe_load(f)
+    except ImportError:
+        return _load_config_minimal(path)
+
+
+def _load_config_minimal(path: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Minimal YAML subset parser for our config shape.
+
+    Supports: top-level scalar:value, top-level map-of-map (e.g.
+    tier_failure_mode), top-level list of maps (items:), and within an
+    item map: scalars + lists of scalars. Does NOT support nested lists,
+    YAML anchors, multi-doc, or flow style.
+    """
+    with open(path) as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+    return _parse_minimal_yaml(lines)
+
+
+def _parse_minimal_yaml(lines: list[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:  # noqa: C901
+    """Hand-rolled subset parser. See _load_config_minimal docstring."""
+    # Strip comments + blank lines but preserve indentation.
+    cleaned: list[tuple[int, str]] = []
+    for raw in lines:
+        # Don't strip a "#" that is inside a quoted value.
+        body = raw.rstrip("\n")
+        # Remove trailing comment.
+        idx = body.find("#")
+        if idx >= 0 and (idx == 0 or body[idx - 1] in " \t"):
+            body = body[:idx].rstrip()
+        if not body.strip():
+            continue
+        indent = len(body) - len(body.lstrip(" "))
+        cleaned.append((indent, body.strip()))
+
+    root: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    i = 0
+    n = len(cleaned)
+
+    def parse_scalar(s: str) -> Any:
+        s = s.strip()
+        if s.startswith('"') and s.endswith('"'):
+            return s[1:-1]
+        if s.startswith("'") and s.endswith("'"):
+            return s[1:-1]
+        if s.lower() in ("true", "yes"):
+            return True
+        if s.lower() in ("false", "no"):
+            return False
+        try:
+            return int(s)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return s
+
+    def parse_inline_list(s: str) -> list[Any]:
+        s = s.strip()
+        if not (s.startswith("[") and s.endswith("]")):
+            return [parse_scalar(s)]
+        inner = s[1:-1]
+        if not inner.strip():
+            return []
+        return [parse_scalar(x.strip()) for x in inner.split(",")]
+
+    while i < n:
+        indent, line = cleaned[i]
+        if indent != 0:
+            i += 1
+            continue
+        if ":" not in line:
+            i += 1
+            continue
+        key, _, rest = line.partition(":")
+        key = key.strip()
+        rest = rest.strip()
+        if rest == "":
+            # Block — could be map or list.
+            i += 1
+            # Look ahead for first child.
+            if i < n and cleaned[i][1].startswith("- "):
+                # List of items.
+                items: list[Any] = []
+                while i < n and cleaned[i][0] > indent and cleaned[i][1].startswith("- "):
+                    item_indent = cleaned[i][0]
+                    first_kv = cleaned[i][1][2:].strip()  # strip "- "
+                    item: dict[str, Any] = {}
+                    if ":" in first_kv:
+                        k, _, v = first_kv.partition(":")
+                        k = k.strip()
+                        v = v.strip()
+                        if v == "":
+                            item[k] = ""
+                        elif v.startswith(">-") or v.startswith(">"):
+                            # Folded scalar continues on subsequent indented lines
+                            collected: list[str] = []
+                            i += 1
+                            while i < n and cleaned[i][0] > item_indent:
+                                collected.append(cleaned[i][1])
+                                i += 1
+                            item[k] = " ".join(collected)
+                            items.append(item)
+                            continue
+                        elif v.startswith("["):
+                            item[k] = parse_inline_list(v)
+                        else:
+                            item[k] = parse_scalar(v)
+                    i += 1
+                    # Subsequent k:v lines at deeper indent belong to this item.
+                    while i < n and cleaned[i][0] > item_indent and not cleaned[i][1].startswith("- "):
+                        sub_indent, sub_line = cleaned[i]
+                        if ":" in sub_line:
+                            k, _, v = sub_line.partition(":")
+                            k = k.strip()
+                            v = v.strip()
+                            if v == "":
+                                item[k] = ""
+                                i += 1
+                            elif v.startswith(">-") or v.startswith(">"):
+                                collected = []
+                                i += 1
+                                while i < n and cleaned[i][0] > sub_indent:
+                                    collected.append(cleaned[i][1])
+                                    i += 1
+                                item[k] = " ".join(collected)
+                            elif v.startswith("["):
+                                item[k] = parse_inline_list(v)
+                                i += 1
+                            else:
+                                item[k] = parse_scalar(v)
+                                i += 1
+                        else:
+                            i += 1
+                    items.append(item)
+                root[key] = items
+            else:
+                # Sub-map.
+                submap: dict[str, Any] = {}
+                while i < n and cleaned[i][0] > indent:
+                    sub_indent, sub_line = cleaned[i]
+                    if ":" in sub_line:
+                        k, _, v = sub_line.partition(":")
+                        k = k.strip().strip('"').strip("'")
+                        v = v.strip()
+                        if v.startswith("[") and v.endswith("]"):
+                            submap[k] = parse_inline_list(v)
+                        else:
+                            submap[k] = parse_scalar(v)
+                    i += 1
+                root[key] = submap
+        else:
+            # Inline scalar or list.
+            if rest.startswith("[") and rest.endswith("]"):
+                root[key] = parse_inline_list(rest)
+            else:
+                root[key] = parse_scalar(rest)
+            i += 1
+    return root
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Main entry point
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def render_status(
+    items: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    ack_state: dict[str, dict[str, Any]],
+    body_state: dict[str, bool],
+) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Return (state, description) for the commit-status post.
+
+    state is "success" if every item has at least one valid ack
+    (body section presence is informational only — peer-ack is the
+    real gate).  tier:low PRs receive state="success" (soft-fail — no
+    acks required); the description carries "[info tier:low]" prefix.
+    """
+    n = len(items)
+    fully_acked = [
+        it["slug"] for it in items if ack_state[it["slug"]]["ackers"]
+    ]
+    missing = [
+        it["slug"] for it in items if not ack_state[it["slug"]]["ackers"]
+    ]
+    missing_body = [it["slug"] for it in items if not body_state.get(it["slug"], False)]
+
+    desc_parts = [f"acked: {len(fully_acked)}/{n}"]
+    if missing:
+        # Show up to 3 missing slugs to stay inside the 140-char budget.
+        shown = ", ".join(missing[:3])
+        if len(missing) > 3:
+            shown += f", +{len(missing) - 3}"
+        desc_parts.append(f"missing: {shown}")
+    if missing_body:
+        shown = ", ".join(missing_body[:3])
+        if len(missing_body) > 3:
+            shown += f", +{len(missing_body) - 3}"
+        desc_parts.append(f"body-unfilled: {shown}")
+    state = "success" if not missing and not missing_body else "failure"
+    return state, " — ".join(desc_parts)
+
+
+def get_tier_mode(pr: dict[str, Any], cfg: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    """Read tier label, return 'hard' or 'soft' per cfg.tier_failure_mode."""
+    labels = pr.get("labels") or []
+    tier_labels = [l.get("name", "") for l in labels if (l.get("name", "") or "").startswith("tier:")]
+    mode_map = cfg.get("tier_failure_mode") or {}
+    default_mode = cfg.get("default_mode", "hard")
+    for tl in tier_labels:
+        if tl in mode_map:
+            return mode_map[tl]
+    return default_mode
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument("--owner", required=True)
+    p.add_argument("--repo", required=True)
+    p.add_argument("--pr", type=int, required=True)
+    p.add_argument("--config", default=".gitea/sop-checklist-config.yaml")
+    p.add_argument("--gitea-host", default="git.moleculesai.app")
+    p.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Compute state but do not POST the status.",
+    )
+    p.add_argument(
+        "--status-context",
+        default="sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)",
+    )
+    p.add_argument(
+        "--exit-on-state",
+        action="store_true",
+        help=(
+            "If set, exit non-zero when state=failure. Default OFF so the "
+            "job-level conclusion is independent of ack-state — the only "
+            "thing BP sees is the POSTed status. Useful for local debugging."
+        ),
+    )
+    args = p.parse_args(argv)
+
+    token = os.environ.get("GITEA_TOKEN", "")
+    if not token and not args.dry_run:
+        print("::error::GITEA_TOKEN env required", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    cfg = load_config(args.config)
+    items: list[dict[str, Any]] = cfg["items"]
+    items_by_slug = {it["slug"]: it for it in items}
+    numeric_aliases = {
+        int(it["numeric_alias"]): it["slug"] for it in items if it.get("numeric_alias")
+    }
+
+    client = GiteaClient(args.gitea_host, token) if token else None
+    if not client:
+        print("::error::No client (dry-run without token has nothing to do)", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    pr = client.get_pr(args.owner, args.repo, args.pr)
+    if pr.get("state") != "open":
+        print(f"::notice::PR #{args.pr} is {pr.get('state')} — gate is a no-op")
+        return 0
+
+    author = (pr.get("user") or {}).get("login", "")
+    head_sha = (pr.get("head") or {}).get("sha", "")
+    body = pr.get("body", "") or ""
+
+    if not author or not head_sha:
+        print("::error::PR payload missing user.login or head.sha", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    comments = client.get_issue_comments(args.owner, args.repo, args.pr)
+
+    # Build team-membership probe closure that caches results per
+    # (user, team-id) so a user acking multiple items only triggers
+    # one membership lookup per team.
+    team_member_cache: dict[tuple[str, int], bool | None] = {}
+
+    def probe(slug: str, users: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+        item = items_by_slug[slug]
+        team_names: list[str] = item["required_teams"]
+        # Resolve names → ids. NOTE: orgs/{org}/teams/search may not be
+        # available — fall back to the list endpoint.
+        team_ids: list[int] = []
+        for tn in team_names:
+            tid = client.resolve_team_id(args.owner, tn)
+            if tid is None:
+                # Try the list endpoint as a fallback.
+                code, data = client._req(  # noqa: SLF001
+                    "GET", f"/orgs/{args.owner}/teams"
+                )
+                if code == 200 and isinstance(data, list):
+                    for t in data:
+                        if t.get("name") == tn:
+                            tid = t.get("id")
+                            client._team_id_cache[(args.owner, tn)] = tid  # noqa: SLF001
+                            break
+            if tid is not None:
+                team_ids.append(tid)
+            else:
+                print(
+                    f"::warning::could not resolve team-id for '{tn}' "
+                    f"in org '{args.owner}' — item '{slug}' will fail closed",
+                    file=sys.stderr,
+                )
+        approved: list[str] = []
+        for u in users:
+            for tid in team_ids:
+                cache_key = (u, tid)
+                if cache_key not in team_member_cache:
+                    team_member_cache[cache_key] = client.is_team_member(tid, u)
+                result = team_member_cache[cache_key]
+                if result is True:
+                    approved.append(u)
+                    break
+                if result is None:
+                    print(
+                        f"::warning::team-probe for {u} in team-id {tid} returned 403 "
+                        "(token owner not in that team — fail-closed per RFC#324)",
+                        file=sys.stderr,
+                    )
+                    # Treat as not-in-team for this user/team pair; loop
+                    # may still find membership in another team.
+        return approved
+
+    ack_state = compute_ack_state(comments, author, items_by_slug, numeric_aliases, probe)
+    body_state = {it["slug"]: section_marker_present(body, it["pr_section_marker"]) for it in items}
+
+    state, description = render_status(items, ack_state, body_state)
+    mode = get_tier_mode(pr, cfg)
+    if mode == "soft":
+        # tier:low: acks are informational only — post success so BP gate passes.
+        # Description carries "[info tier:low]" prefix so reviewers know acks
+        # were not required (vs a tier:medium+ PR that truly passed all acks).
+        state = "success"
+        description = f"[info tier:low] {description}"
+
+    # Diagnostics to job log.
+    print(f"::notice::PR #{args.pr} author={author} head={head_sha[:7]} mode={mode}")
+    for it in items:
+        slug = it["slug"]
+        ackers = ack_state[slug]["ackers"]
+        if ackers:
+            print(f"::notice::  [PASS] {slug} — acked by {','.join(ackers)}")
+        else:
+            r = ack_state[slug]["rejected"]
+            extras: list[str] = []
+            if r["self_ack"]:
+                extras.append(f"self-acks-rejected:{','.join(r['self_ack'])}")
+            if r["not_in_team"]:
+                extras.append(f"not-in-team:{','.join(r['not_in_team'])}")
+            extra = " (" + "; ".join(extras) + ")" if extras else ""
+            print(f"::notice::  [WAIT] {slug} — no valid peer-ack yet{extra}")
+
+    print(f"::notice::posting status: state={state} desc={description!r}")
+
+    if args.dry_run:
+        print("::notice::--dry-run: not posting status")
+        if args.exit_on_state:
+            return 0 if state in ("success", "pending") else 1
+        return 0
+
+    target_url = f"https://{args.gitea_host}/{args.owner}/{args.repo}/pulls/{args.pr}"
+    client.post_status(
+        args.owner, args.repo, head_sha,
+        state=state, context=args.status_context,
+        description=description, target_url=target_url,
+    )
+    print(f"::notice::status posted: {args.status_context} → {state}")
+    # By default exit 0 — the POSTed status IS the gate, NOT the job
+    # conclusion. If the job exits 1 BP will see TWO failure signals
+    # (one from the job's auto-status, one from our POST), making the
+    # description less actionable. --exit-on-state restores the old
+    # behavior for local debugging.
+    if args.exit_on_state:
+        return 0 if state in ("success", "pending") else 1
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

.gitea/scripts/sop-tier-check.sh

@@ -96,16 +96,27 @@ API="https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1"
 AUTH="Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}"
 echo "::notice::tier-check start: repo=$OWNER/$NAME pr=$PR_NUMBER author=$PR_AUTHOR"
 
-# Sanity: token resolves to a user
-WHOAMI=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "${API}/user" | jq -r '.login // ""')
+# Sanity: token resolves to a user.
+# Use || true on the jq pipeline so that set -euo pipefail (line 45) does not
+# cause the script to exit prematurely when the token is empty/invalid — the
+# if check below handles that case gracefully. Without || true, a 401 from an
+# empty/invalid token causes jq to exit 1, triggering set -e and exiting the
+# entire script before SOP_FAIL_OPEN can be evaluated (the check is in the jq-
+# install block; if jq is already on PATH, that block is skipped entirely).
+WHOAMI=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "${API}/user" | jq -r '.login // ""') || true
 if [ -z "$WHOAMI" ]; then
   echo "::error::GITEA_TOKEN cannot resolve a user via /api/v1/user — check the token scope and that the secret is wired correctly."
+  if [ "${SOP_FAIL_OPEN:-}" = "1" ]; then
+    echo "::warning::SOP_FAIL_OPEN=1 — exiting 0 so CI does not block."
+    exit 0
+  fi
   exit 1
 fi
 echo "::notice::token resolves to user: $WHOAMI"
 
-# 1. Read tier label
-LABELS=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/issues/${PR_NUMBER}/labels" | jq -r '.[].name')
+# 1. Read tier label. || true ensures set -euo pipefail does not abort the
+# script if curl or jq fails (e.g. 401 from empty token).
+LABELS=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/issues/${PR_NUMBER}/labels" | jq -r '.[].name') || true
 TIER=""
 for L in $LABELS; do
   case "$L" in
@@ -176,17 +187,25 @@ fi
 # 4. Resolve all team names → IDs
 # /orgs/{org}/teams/{slug}/... endpoints don't exist on Gitea 1.22;
 # we use /teams/{id}.
+# set +e prevents set -e from aborting the script if curl fails (e.g. empty token).
 ORG_TEAMS_FILE=$(mktemp)
 trap 'rm -f "$ORG_TEAMS_FILE"' EXIT
+set +e
 HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o "$ORG_TEAMS_FILE" -w '%{http_code}' -H "$AUTH" \
   "${API}/orgs/${OWNER}/teams")
-debug "teams-list HTTP=$HTTP_CODE size=$(wc -c <"$ORG_TEAMS_FILE")"
+_HTTP_EXIT=$?
+set -e
+debug "teams-list HTTP=$HTTP_CODE (curl exit=$_HTTP_EXIT) size=$(wc -c <"$ORG_TEAMS_FILE")"
 if [ "${SOP_DEBUG:-}" = "1" ]; then
   echo "  [debug] teams-list body (first 300 chars):" >&2
   head -c 300 "$ORG_TEAMS_FILE" >&2; echo >&2
 fi
-if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "200" ]; then
-  echo "::error::GET /orgs/${OWNER}/teams returned HTTP $HTTP_CODE — token likely lacks read:org scope."
+if [ "$_HTTP_EXIT" -ne 0 ] || [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "200" ]; then
+  echo "::error::GET /orgs/${OWNER}/teams failed (curl exit=$_HTTP_EXIT HTTP=$HTTP_CODE) — token may lack read:org scope or be invalid."
+  if [ "${SOP_FAIL_OPEN:-}" = "1" ]; then
+    echo "::warning::SOP_FAIL_OPEN=1 — exiting 0 so CI does not block."
+    exit 0
+  fi
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -231,9 +250,22 @@ for _t in $_all_teams; do
   debug "team-id: $_t → $_id"
 done
 
-# 5. Read approving reviewers
+# 5. Read approving reviewers. set +e disables set -e temporarily so that curl
+# failures (e.g. empty/invalid token → HTTP 401) do not abort the script before
+# SOP_FAIL_OPEN is evaluated. set -e is restored immediately after.
+set +e
 REVIEWS=$(curl -sS -H "$AUTH" "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${NAME}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/reviews")
-APPROVERS=$(echo "$REVIEWS" | jq -r '[.[] | select(.state=="APPROVED") | .user.login] | unique | .[]')
+_REVIEWS_EXIT=$?
+set -e
+if [ $_REVIEWS_EXIT -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$REVIEWS" ]; then
+  echo "::error::Failed to fetch reviews (curl exit=$_REVIEWS_EXIT) — token may be invalid or unreachable."
+  if [ "${SOP_FAIL_OPEN:-}" = "1" ]; then
+    echo "::warning::SOP_FAIL_OPEN=1 — exiting 0 so CI does not block."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  exit 1
+fi
+APPROVERS=$(echo "$REVIEWS" | jq -r '[.[] | select(.state=="APPROVED") | .user.login] | unique | .[]') || true
 if [ -z "$APPROVERS" ]; then
   echo "::error::No approving reviews on this PR. Set SOP_DEBUG=1 and re-run for diagnostics."
   exit 1

.gitea/scripts/status-reaper.py

@@ -0,0 +1,699 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""status-reaper — Option B compensating-status POST for Gitea 1.22.6's
+hardcoded `(push)` suffix on default-branch commit statuses.
+
+Tracking: this PR (workflow + script + tests + audit issue). Sibling
+bots: internal#327 (publish-runtime-bot), internal#328 (mc-drift-bot).
+Upstream RFC: internal#80. Persona provisioned by sub-agent aefaac1b
+(2026-05-11 21:39Z; Gitea uid 94, scope=write:repository).
+
+What this script does, per `.gitea/workflows/status-reaper.yml` invocation:
+
+  1. Walk `.gitea/workflows/*.yml`. For each file, build the workflow_id
+     using this resolution (per hongming-pc 22:08Z review):
+       - If YAML has top-level `name:` → use that.
+       - Else → use filename stem (basename minus `.yml`).
+     Fail-LOUD on:
+       - Two workflows resolving to the SAME identifier (collision).
+       - Any identifier containing `/` (it would break context parsing
+         downstream — Gitea uses ` / ` as the workflow/job separator).
+     Classify each by whether `on:` contains a `push:` trigger.
+
+  2. List the last N (=30, rev3 — widened from 10) commits on
+     WATCH_BRANCH via GET /repos/{o}/{r}/commits?sha={branch}&limit={N}.
+     rev2 sweeps N commits per tick instead of HEAD only — schedule
+     workflows post `failure` to whatever SHA was HEAD when they
+     COMPLETED, so by the next */5 tick main has often moved forward
+     and the red gets stranded on a stale commit. rev3 widens the
+     window from 10 → 30 because schedule workflows post `failure`
+     RETROACTIVELY (5-15 min after their merge); a 10-commit window
+     is narrower than the merge-cadence during a burst, so reds land
+     OUTSIDE the window before reaper sees them (Phase 1+2 evidence:
+     rev2 run 17057 at 02:46Z saw 185/0 contexts on 10 SHAs; direct
+     probe ~30min later showed ~25 fails on those same 10 SHAs).
+
+  3. For EACH SHA in the list:
+       - GET combined commit status. Per-SHA error isolation
+         (refinement #7): if this call raises ApiError or any 5xx,
+         LOG `::warning::` + continue to the next SHA. Different from
+         the single-HEAD pre-rev2 path where fail-loud was correct;
+         the sweep is best-effort across historical commits, so one
+         transient blip on a stale SHA must not strand reds on the
+         OTHER stale SHAs.
+       - If combined.state == "success": skip — cost optimization
+         (refinement #2), common case (most commits are green).
+       - Otherwise iterate per-context entries. For each entry where:
+           state == "failure" AND context.endswith(" (push)")
+         Parse context as `<workflow_name> / <job_name> (push)`.
+         Look up workflow_name in the trigger map:
+           - missing → log ::notice:: and skip (conservative).
+           - has_push_trigger=True → preserve (real defect signal).
+           - has_push_trigger=False → POST a compensating
+             `state=success` status to /statuses/{sha} with the same
+             context (Gitea de-dups by context) and a description
+             documenting the workaround + this script's path.
+
+  4. Exit 0. Re-running is idempotent — Gitea's commit-status table
+     stores the LATEST state-per-context, so the success POST sticks
+     even if another tick happens before the runner finishes.
+
+What it does NOT do:
+  - Touch any context NOT ending in ` (push)`. The required-checks on
+    main (verified 2026-05-11) all have ` (pull_request)` suffixes;
+    they CANNOT be reached by this code path.
+  - Compensate `error`/`pending` states. Only `failure` — the only one
+    Gitea emits for the hardcoded-suffix bug.
+  - Write to non-default branches. WATCH_BRANCH is sourced from
+    `github.event.repository.default_branch` in the workflow.
+  - Mutate workflows or runs. The Actions UI still shows the
+    underlying schedule-triggered run as failed; this script edits
+    the commit-status surface only.
+
+Halt conditions (script-level — orchestrator-level halts are in the
+workflow comments):
+  - PyYAML missing → fail-loud at import (no fallback parse).
+  - Workflow `name:` collision → exit 1 with ::error:: message.
+  - Workflow `name:` containing `/` → exit 1 with ::error:: message.
+  - Ambiguous `on:` shape (e.g. neither str/list/dict) → treat as
+    "has_push_trigger=True" and log ::notice:: (preserve, never
+    compensate the unknown).
+  - api() non-2xx → raise ApiError, fail the workflow run loudly so
+    a subsequent tick retries (per
+    `feedback_api_helper_must_raise_not_return_dict`).
+
+Local dry-run (no network):
+    GITEA_TOKEN=... GITEA_HOST=git.moleculesai.app REPO=owner/repo \\
+      WATCH_BRANCH=main WORKFLOWS_DIR=.gitea/workflows \\
+      python3 .gitea/scripts/status-reaper.py --dry-run
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml  # PyYAML 6.0.2 — installed by the workflow before this runs.
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Environment
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _env(key: str, *, default: str = "") -> str:
+    """Read an env var with a default. Module-import-safe — tests can
+    import this script without setting the full env contract."""
+    return os.environ.get(key, default)
+
+
+GITEA_TOKEN = _env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+GITEA_HOST = _env("GITEA_HOST")
+REPO = _env("REPO")
+WATCH_BRANCH = _env("WATCH_BRANCH", default="main")
+WORKFLOWS_DIR = _env("WORKFLOWS_DIR", default=".gitea/workflows")
+
+OWNER, NAME = (REPO.split("/", 1) + [""])[:2] if REPO else ("", "")
+API = f"https://{GITEA_HOST}/api/v1" if GITEA_HOST else ""
+
+# Compensating-status description prefix. Used as the marker so a human
+# auditing commit statuses can tell at a glance that the green was
+# synthetic, not a real CI pass. Kept stable; downstream tooling
+# (e.g. main-red-watchdog visual diff) MAY key on it.
+COMPENSATION_DESCRIPTION = (
+    "Compensated by status-reaper (workflow has no push: trigger; "
+    "Gitea 1.22.6 hardcoded-suffix bug — see .gitea/scripts/status-reaper.py)"
+)
+
+# Context suffix the reaper acts on. Gitea hardcodes this for ALL
+# default-branch workflow runs.
+PUSH_SUFFIX = " (push)"
+
+
+def _require_runtime_env() -> None:
+    """Enforce env contract — called from `main()` only.
+
+    Tests import individual functions without setting the full env
+    contract. Mirrors `main-red-watchdog.py`/`ci-required-drift.py`.
+    """
+    for key in ("GITEA_TOKEN", "GITEA_HOST", "REPO", "WATCH_BRANCH", "WORKFLOWS_DIR"):
+        if not os.environ.get(key):
+            sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+            sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tiny HTTP helper — raises on non-2xx + on JSON-decode-of-expected-JSON.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class ApiError(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised when a Gitea API call cannot be trusted to have succeeded.
+
+    Per `feedback_api_helper_must_raise_not_return_dict`: soft-failure is
+    opt-in via `expect_json=False`, never the default. A pre-fix
+    implementation that returned `{}` on non-2xx would skip the
+    compensating POST on a transient outage AND silently lose the
+    failed-status enumeration, painting main green via omission.
+    """
+
+
+def api(
+    method: str,
+    path: str,
+    *,
+    body: dict | None = None,
+    query: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    expect_json: bool = True,
+) -> tuple[int, Any]:
+    """Tiny HTTP helper around urllib. Same contract as
+    `main-red-watchdog.py` and `ci-required-drift.py` so behaviour
+    is cross-checkable."""
+    url = f"{API}{path}"
+    if query:
+        url = f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(query)}"
+    data = None
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"token {GITEA_TOKEN}",
+        "Accept": "application/json",
+    }
+    if body is not None:
+        data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url, method=method, data=data, headers=headers)
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read()
+            status = resp.status
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        raw = e.read()
+        status = e.code
+
+    if not (200 <= status < 300):
+        snippet = raw[:500].decode("utf-8", errors="replace") if raw else ""
+        raise ApiError(f"{method} {path} -> HTTP {status}: {snippet}")
+
+    if not raw:
+        return status, None
+    try:
+        return status, json.loads(raw)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        if expect_json:
+            raise ApiError(
+                f"{method} {path} -> HTTP {status} but body is not JSON: {e}"
+            ) from e
+        return status, {"_raw": raw.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")}
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Workflow scan + classification
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _on_block(doc: dict) -> Any:
+    """Extract the `on:` block from a parsed YAML doc.
+
+    PyYAML parses bareword `on:` as Python `True` (YAML 1.1 boolean
+    spec — `on/off/yes/no` are booleans). The actual key in the dict
+    is therefore `True`, NOT the string `"on"`. We accept both for
+    forward-compat with YAML 1.2 loaders (which keep it as `"on"`).
+    """
+    if True in doc:
+        return doc[True]
+    return doc.get("on")
+
+
+def _has_push_trigger(on_block: Any, workflow_id: str) -> bool:
+    """Return True if `on:` block declares a `push` trigger.
+
+    Accepts the three common shapes:
+      - str: `on: push` → True only if == "push"
+      - list: `on: [push, pull_request]` → True if "push" in list
+      - dict: `on: { push: {...}, schedule: ... }` → True if "push" key
+
+    Defensive: for anything else (including None/empty), return True
+    so we preserve rather than over-compensate. Logged via ::notice::.
+    """
+    if isinstance(on_block, str):
+        return on_block == "push"
+    if isinstance(on_block, list):
+        return "push" in on_block
+    if isinstance(on_block, dict):
+        return "push" in on_block
+    # None or unexpected shape — preserve, log.
+    print(
+        f"::notice::ambiguous on: for {workflow_id}; preserving "
+        f"(value={on_block!r}, type={type(on_block).__name__})"
+    )
+    return True
+
+
+def scan_workflows(workflows_dir: str) -> dict[str, bool]:
+    """Walk `workflows_dir` and return `{workflow_id: has_push_trigger}`.
+
+    Workflow ID resolution (per hongming-pc 22:08Z review):
+      - Top-level `name:` if present.
+      - Else filename stem (basename minus `.yml`).
+
+    Fail-LOUD on:
+      - Two workflows resolving to the same ID (collision).
+      - Any ID containing `/` (would break ` / `-separated context
+        parsing on the downstream side).
+
+    Returns a dict for O(1) lookup in the per-status loop.
+    """
+    path = Path(workflows_dir)
+    if not path.is_dir():
+        # Workflow dir missing → no workflows to classify. Empty map is
+        # safe: per-status loop will hit "unknown workflow; skip" for
+        # every entry, which is correct (we cannot tell if a push
+        # trigger exists, so we preserve).
+        print(f"::warning::workflows dir not found: {workflows_dir}")
+        return {}
+
+    out: dict[str, bool] = {}
+    sources: dict[str, str] = {}  # workflow_id -> source file (for collision msg)
+
+    for yml in sorted(path.glob("*.yml")):
+        try:
+            with yml.open() as f:
+                doc = yaml.safe_load(f)
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            # A malformed YAML in the workflows dir is a real defect
+            # (the workflow wouldn't load on Gitea either). Surface it
+            # and keep going — the reaper's job is to compensate the
+            # OTHER workflows even if one is broken.
+            print(f"::warning::yaml parse failed for {yml.name}: {e}; skip")
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+            print(f"::warning::workflow {yml.name} not a dict; skip")
+            continue
+
+        # Resolve workflow_id.
+        name_field = doc.get("name")
+        if isinstance(name_field, str) and name_field.strip():
+            workflow_id = name_field.strip()
+        else:
+            workflow_id = yml.stem  # basename minus .yml
+
+        # Halt-loud: `/` in workflow_id breaks ` / ` context parsing.
+        if "/" in workflow_id:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error::workflow name contains '/' which breaks "
+                f"context parsing: {workflow_id} (file={yml.name})\n"
+            )
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        # Halt-loud: ID collision.
+        if workflow_id in out:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error::workflow name collision detected: {workflow_id} "
+                f"(files: {sources[workflow_id]} + {yml.name})\n"
+            )
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        on_block = _on_block(doc)
+        out[workflow_id] = _has_push_trigger(on_block, workflow_id)
+        sources[workflow_id] = yml.name
+
+    return out
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Gitea reads
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def get_head_sha(branch: str) -> str:
+    """HEAD SHA of `branch`. Raises ApiError on non-2xx."""
+    _, body = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/branches/{branch}")
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        raise ApiError(f"branch {branch} response not a JSON object")
+    commit = body.get("commit")
+    if not isinstance(commit, dict):
+        raise ApiError(f"branch {branch} response missing `commit` object")
+    sha = commit.get("id") or commit.get("sha")
+    if not isinstance(sha, str) or len(sha) < 7:
+        raise ApiError(f"branch {branch} response has no usable commit SHA")
+    return sha
+
+
+def get_combined_status(sha: str) -> dict:
+    """Combined commit status for `sha`. Gitea returns:
+        {
+          "state": "success" | "failure" | "pending" | "error",
+          "statuses": [
+            {"context": "...", "state": "...", "target_url": "...",
+             "description": "..."},
+            ...
+          ],
+          ...
+        }
+    Raises ApiError on non-2xx.
+    """
+    _, body = api("GET", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/commits/{sha}/status")
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        raise ApiError(f"status for {sha} response not a JSON object")
+    return body
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Context parsing
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def parse_push_context(context: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
+    """Parse `<workflow_name> / <job_name> (push)` into
+    (workflow_name, job_name).
+
+    Returns None if the context doesn't match the shape (caller skips).
+    Strict: requires the trailing ` (push)` and at least one ` / `
+    separator. Anything else is left alone.
+    """
+    if not context.endswith(PUSH_SUFFIX):
+        return None
+    head = context[: -len(PUSH_SUFFIX)]  # strip " (push)"
+    if " / " not in head:
+        # No workflow/job separator — not the bug shape we compensate.
+        return None
+    workflow_name, job_name = head.split(" / ", 1)
+    return workflow_name, job_name
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Compensating POST
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def post_compensating_status(
+    sha: str,
+    context: str,
+    target_url: str | None,
+    *,
+    dry_run: bool = False,
+) -> None:
+    """POST a `state=success` to /repos/{o}/{r}/statuses/{sha} with the
+    given context. Gitea de-dups by context (latest write wins).
+
+    Description references this script so the compensation is
+    self-documenting on the commit's status view.
+    """
+    payload: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "context": context,
+        "state": "success",
+        "description": COMPENSATION_DESCRIPTION,
+    }
+    # Echo the original target_url when present so a human auditing
+    # the (now-green) compensated status can still reach the run logs
+    # that produced the original red.
+    if target_url:
+        payload["target_url"] = target_url
+
+    if dry_run:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::[dry-run] would compensate {context!r} on {sha[:10]} "
+            f"with state=success"
+        )
+        return
+
+    api("POST", f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/statuses/{sha}", body=payload)
+    print(f"::notice::compensated {context!r} on {sha[:10]} (state=success)")
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Main reap loop
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def reap(
+    workflow_trigger_map: dict[str, bool],
+    combined: dict,
+    sha: str,
+    *,
+    dry_run: bool = False,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Walk `combined.statuses[]` and compensate where appropriate.
+
+    Per-SHA worker. The multi-SHA orchestrator (`reap_branch`) calls
+    this once per stale main commit each tick.
+
+    Returns counters for observability:
+      {compensated, preserved_real_push, preserved_unknown,
+       preserved_non_failure, preserved_non_push_suffix,
+       preserved_unparseable,
+       compensated_contexts: [<context>, ...]}
+
+    `compensated_contexts` is rev2-added so `reap_branch` can build
+    `compensated_per_sha` without re-deriving it from the POST stream.
+    """
+    counters: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "compensated": 0,
+        "preserved_real_push": 0,
+        "preserved_unknown": 0,
+        "preserved_non_failure": 0,
+        "preserved_non_push_suffix": 0,
+        "preserved_unparseable": 0,
+        "compensated_contexts": [],
+    }
+
+    statuses = combined.get("statuses") or []
+    for s in statuses:
+        if not isinstance(s, dict):
+            continue
+        context = s.get("context") or ""
+        # Schema asymmetry: Gitea 1.22.6 returns the TOP-LEVEL combined
+        # aggregate as `combined.state` but each per-context entry in
+        # `combined.statuses[]` uses the key `status`, NOT `state`.
+        # Prefer `status`; fall back to `state` so a future Gitea
+        # version (or a test fixture written against the wrong key)
+        # still flows through the compensation path. Verified empirically
+        # via direct API probe 2026-05-12 03:42Z:
+        #   /repos/.../commits/{sha}/status entries → key is "status".
+        # Pre-rev4 code read "state" only → returned "" → bypassed the
+        # `state != "failure"` guard → compensation path unreachable.
+        # See `feedback_smoke_test_vendor_truth_not_shape_match`.
+        state = s.get("status") or s.get("state") or ""
+
+        # Only `failure` is the bug shape. `error`/`pending`/`success`
+        # left alone — they have other meanings.
+        if state != "failure":
+            counters["preserved_non_failure"] += 1
+            continue
+
+        # Only `(push)`-suffix contexts hit the hardcoded-suffix bug.
+        # Branch-protection required checks (e.g. `Secret scan / Scan
+        # diff (pull_request)`) are NOT reachable from this path.
+        if not context.endswith(PUSH_SUFFIX):
+            counters["preserved_non_push_suffix"] += 1
+            continue
+
+        parsed = parse_push_context(context)
+        if parsed is None:
+            # Has ` (push)` suffix but missing ` / ` separator — not
+            # the bug shape. Preserve.
+            counters["preserved_unparseable"] += 1
+            continue
+        workflow_name, _job_name = parsed
+
+        if workflow_name not in workflow_trigger_map:
+            # Real workflow but renamed/deleted/external — we can't
+            # tell if it has push trigger. Conservative: preserve.
+            print(f"::notice::unknown workflow {workflow_name!r}; skip")
+            counters["preserved_unknown"] += 1
+            continue
+
+        if workflow_trigger_map[workflow_name]:
+            # Real push trigger → real defect signal. Preserve.
+            counters["preserved_real_push"] += 1
+            continue
+
+        # Class-O: schedule/dispatch/etc.-only workflow with a fake
+        # (push) status from Gitea's hardcoded-suffix bug. Compensate.
+        post_compensating_status(
+            sha, context, s.get("target_url"), dry_run=dry_run
+        )
+        counters["compensated"] += 1
+        counters["compensated_contexts"].append(context)
+
+    return counters
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# rev2: multi-SHA sweep over the last N commits on WATCH_BRANCH
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# How many main commits to sweep per tick. Sized to cover a burst-merge
+# window where multiple PRs land in the 5-min interval between reaper
+# ticks. Older reds falling off the window is acceptable — they were
+# already stale enough that the schedule-run that posted them has long
+# since been overwritten by a real push trigger. See `reference_post_
+# suspension_pipeline` for the merge-cadence baseline.
+#
+# rev3 (2026-05-12, hongming-pc2 GO 03:25Z): widened from 10 → 30.
+# rev2 (limit=10) shipped 01:48Z and ran 6/6 ticks post-merge with
+# `compensated:0` despite ~25 stranded reds visible on those same 10
+# SHAs ~30min later. Root cause: schedule workflows post `failure`
+# RETROACTIVELY 5-15 min after their merge, so by the time reaper's
+# next */5 tick lands, the stranded red is on a SHA that has already
+# fallen out of a 10-commit window during a burst-merge period.
+# Trades window-width-cheap for cadence-loady (per hongming-pc2):
+# kept `*/5` cron unchanged; only the window-N is widened.
+DEFAULT_SWEEP_LIMIT = 30
+
+
+def list_recent_commit_shas(branch: str, limit: int) -> list[str]:
+    """List the most recent `limit` commit SHAs on `branch`, newest
+    first.
+
+    Wraps GET /repos/{o}/{r}/commits?sha={branch}&limit={limit}. Gitea
+    1.22.6 returns a JSON list of commit objects each with a `sha` key
+    (verified via vendor-truth probe 2026-05-11 against
+    git.moleculesai.app — `feedback_smoke_test_vendor_truth_not_shape_match`).
+
+    Raises ApiError on non-2xx OR on unexpected response shape. This is
+    a HARD halt — without the commit list the sweep can't proceed. (The
+    per-SHA error isolation downstream is a different concern: tolerating
+    a transient 5xx on ONE commit's status is best-effort; losing the
+    commit list itself means we don't even know which commits to try.)
+    """
+    _, body = api(
+        "GET",
+        f"/repos/{OWNER}/{NAME}/commits",
+        query={"sha": branch, "limit": str(limit)},
+    )
+    if not isinstance(body, list):
+        raise ApiError(
+            f"commits listing for {branch} not a JSON array "
+            f"(got {type(body).__name__})"
+        )
+    shas: list[str] = []
+    for entry in body:
+        if not isinstance(entry, dict):
+            continue
+        sha = entry.get("sha")
+        if isinstance(sha, str) and len(sha) >= 7:
+            shas.append(sha)
+    if not shas:
+        raise ApiError(
+            f"commits listing for {branch} returned no usable SHAs"
+        )
+    return shas
+
+
+def reap_branch(
+    workflow_trigger_map: dict[str, bool],
+    branch: str,
+    *,
+    limit: int = DEFAULT_SWEEP_LIMIT,
+    dry_run: bool = False,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Sweep the last `limit` commits on `branch`, applying `reap()`
+    to each (with per-SHA error isolation).
+
+    Returns aggregated counters PLUS rev2 observability fields:
+      - scanned_shas: how many SHAs we actually iterated
+      - compensated_per_sha: {<sha_full>: [<context>, ...]} — only
+        SHAs that actually got at least one compensation are included
+    """
+    shas = list_recent_commit_shas(branch, limit)
+
+    aggregate: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "scanned_shas": 0,
+        "compensated": 0,
+        "preserved_real_push": 0,
+        "preserved_unknown": 0,
+        "preserved_non_failure": 0,
+        "preserved_non_push_suffix": 0,
+        "preserved_unparseable": 0,
+        "compensated_per_sha": {},
+    }
+
+    for sha in shas:
+        aggregate["scanned_shas"] += 1
+
+        # Per-SHA error isolation (refinement #7). One transient blip
+        # on a historical commit must NOT abort the whole tick — the
+        # OTHER stale SHAs may still hold strandable reds.
+        try:
+            combined = get_combined_status(sha)
+        except ApiError as e:
+            print(
+                f"::warning::get_combined_status({sha[:10]}) failed; "
+                f"skipping this SHA: {e}"
+            )
+            continue
+
+        # Cost optimization (refinement #2): the common case is a green
+        # commit. Skip the per-context loop entirely when combined is
+        # already success — saves a tight loop over ~20 statuses per SHA
+        # on green commits, the dominant majority.
+        if combined.get("state") == "success":
+            continue
+
+        per_sha = reap(
+            workflow_trigger_map, combined, sha, dry_run=dry_run
+        )
+
+        # Aggregate scalar counters.
+        for key in (
+            "compensated",
+            "preserved_real_push",
+            "preserved_unknown",
+            "preserved_non_failure",
+            "preserved_non_push_suffix",
+            "preserved_unparseable",
+        ):
+            aggregate[key] += per_sha[key]
+
+        # Record per-SHA compensated contexts (only when non-empty —
+        # keep the summary readable when most SHAs are no-ops).
+        contexts = per_sha.get("compensated_contexts") or []
+        if contexts:
+            aggregate["compensated_per_sha"][sha] = list(contexts)
+
+    return aggregate
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Skip the compensating POST; print what would be done.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--limit",
+        type=int,
+        default=DEFAULT_SWEEP_LIMIT,
+        help=(
+            "How many recent commits on WATCH_BRANCH to sweep per tick "
+            f"(default: {DEFAULT_SWEEP_LIMIT})."
+        ),
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    _require_runtime_env()
+
+    workflow_trigger_map = scan_workflows(WORKFLOWS_DIR)
+    print(
+        f"::notice::scanned {len(workflow_trigger_map)} workflows; "
+        f"push-triggered={sum(1 for v in workflow_trigger_map.values() if v)}, "
+        f"class-O candidates={sum(1 for v in workflow_trigger_map.values() if not v)}"
+    )
+
+    counters = reap_branch(
+        workflow_trigger_map,
+        WATCH_BRANCH,
+        limit=args.limit,
+        dry_run=args.dry_run,
+    )
+
+    # Observability: print one JSON line summarising the tick. Loki
+    # ingestion via the runner's stdout (`source="gitea-actions"`).
+    print(
+        "status-reaper summary: "
+        + json.dumps(
+            {
+                "branch": WATCH_BRANCH,
+                "dry_run": args.dry_run,
+                "limit": args.limit,
+                **counters,
+            },
+            sort_keys=True,
+        )
+    )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

.gitea/scripts/tests/_review_check_fixture.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Stub Gitea API for review-check.sh test scenarios.
+
+Reads $FIXTURE_STATE_DIR/scenario to decide what to return for each
+endpoint the review-check.sh script calls.
+Reads $FIXTURE_STATE_DIR/token_owner_in_teams to decide whether
+the team membership probe returns 200/204 (member) or 403 (not in team).
+
+Scenarios:
+  T1_pr_open          — open PR, author=alice, sha=deadbeef → continue
+  T2_pr_closed        — closed PR → script exits 0 (no-op)
+  T3_reviews_approved_non_author  — one APPROVED from non-author → candidates exist
+  T4_reviews_empty             — zero APPROVED non-author → exit 1 (no candidates)
+  T5_reviews_only_author        — only author reviews → exit 1 (no candidates)
+  T6_reviews_dismissed          — dismissed APPROVED → treated as no approval
+  T7_team_member              — team membership → 204 (member) → exit 0
+  T8_team_not_member          — team membership → 404 (not a member) → exit 1
+  T9_team_403                — team membership → 403 (token not in team) → exit 1
+
+Usage:
+  FIXTURE_STATE_DIR=/tmp/x python3 _review_check_fixture.py 8080
+"""
+
+import http.server
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib.parse
+
+
+STATE_DIR = os.environ.get("FIXTURE_STATE_DIR", "/tmp")
+
+
+def scenario() -> str:
+    p = os.path.join(STATE_DIR, "scenario")
+    if not os.path.isfile(p):
+        return "T1_pr_open"
+    with open(p) as f:
+        return f.read().strip()
+
+
+class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def log_message(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass  # keep stdout for explicit logs only
+
+    def _json(self, code: int, body: dict) -> None:
+        payload = json.dumps(body).encode()
+        self.send_response(code)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(payload)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(payload)
+
+    def _empty(self, code: int) -> None:
+        self.send_response(code)
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", "0")
+        self.end_headers()
+
+    def _text(self, code: int, body: str) -> None:
+        payload = body.encode()
+        self.send_response(code)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(payload)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(payload)
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        u = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.path)
+        path = u.path
+        sc = scenario()
+
+        if path == "/_ping":
+            return self._json(200, {"ok": True})
+
+        # GET /repos/{owner}/{name}/pulls/{pr_number}
+        m = re.match(r"^/api/v1/repos/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/pulls/(\d+)$", path)
+        if m:
+            owner, name, pr_num = m.group(1), m.group(2), m.group(3)
+            if sc == "T2_pr_closed":
+                return self._json(200, {
+                    "number": int(pr_num),
+                    "state": "closed",
+                    "head": {"sha": "deadbeef0000111122223333444455556666"},
+                    "user": {"login": "alice"},
+                })
+            return self._json(200, {
+                "number": int(pr_num),
+                "state": "open",
+                "head": {"sha": "deadbeef0000111122223333444455556666"},
+                "user": {"login": "alice"},
+            })
+
+        # GET /repos/{owner}/{name}/pulls/{pr_number}/reviews
+        m = re.match(r"^/api/v1/repos/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/pulls/(\d+)/reviews$", path)
+        if m:
+            if sc in ("T4_reviews_empty", "T5_reviews_only_author"):
+                return self._json(200, [])
+            if sc == "T6_reviews_dismissed":
+                return self._json(200, [{
+                    "state": "APPROVED",
+                    "dismissed": True,
+                    "user": {"login": "core-devops"},
+                    "commit_id": "abc1234",
+                }])
+            if sc == "T3_reviews_approved_non_author":
+                return self._json(200, [
+                    {"state": "CHANGES_REQUESTED", "dismissed": False, "user": {"login": "bob"}, "commit_id": "abc1234"},
+                    {"state": "APPROVED", "dismissed": False, "user": {"login": "core-devops"}, "commit_id": "abc1234"},
+                ])
+            # Default: one non-author APPROVED
+            return self._json(200, [
+                {"state": "APPROVED", "dismissed": False, "user": {"login": "core-devops"}, "commit_id": "abc1234"},
+            ])
+
+        # GET /teams/{team_id}/members/{username}
+        m = re.match(r"^/api/v1/teams/(\d+)/members/([^/]+)$", path)
+        if m:
+            team_id, login = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+            if sc == "T8_team_not_member":
+                return self._empty(404)
+            if sc == "T9_team_403":
+                return self._empty(403)
+            # T7_team_member: member
+            return self._empty(204)
+
+        return self._json(404, {"path": path, "msg": "fixture: no route"})
+
+    def do_POST(self):
+        self._json(404, {"path": self.path, "msg": "fixture: no POST routes"})
+
+
+def main():
+    port = int(sys.argv[1])
+    srv = http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", port), Handler)
+    srv.serve_forever()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

.gitea/scripts/tests/test_gitea_merge_queue.py

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+import importlib.util
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+SCRIPT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "gitea-merge-queue.py"
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("gitea_merge_queue", SCRIPT)
+mq = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+sys.modules[spec.name] = mq
+spec.loader.exec_module(mq)
+
+
+def test_latest_statuses_dedupes_by_context_newest_first():
+    statuses = [
+        {"context": "CI / all-required (pull_request)", "status": "failure"},
+        {"context": "sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)", "state": "success"},
+        {"context": "CI / all-required (pull_request)", "status": "success"},
+    ]
+
+    latest = mq.latest_statuses_by_context(statuses)
+
+    assert latest["CI / all-required (pull_request)"]["status"] == "failure"
+    assert latest["sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)"]["state"] == "success"
+
+
+def test_required_contexts_green_rejects_missing_and_pending():
+    latest = mq.latest_statuses_by_context([
+        {"context": "CI / all-required (pull_request)", "status": "success"},
+        {"context": "sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)", "status": "pending"},
+    ])
+
+    ok, missing_or_bad = mq.required_contexts_green(
+        latest,
+        [
+            "CI / all-required (pull_request)",
+            "sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)",
+            "qa-review / approved (pull_request)",
+        ],
+    )
+
+    assert ok is False
+    assert missing_or_bad == [
+        "sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)=pending",
+        "qa-review / approved (pull_request)=missing",
+    ]
+
+
+def test_choose_next_pr_sorts_by_queue_label_timestamp_then_number():
+    issues = [
+        {
+            "number": 12,
+            "pull_request": {},
+            "labels": [{"name": "merge-queue"}],
+            "created_at": "2026-05-13T05:00:00Z",
+            "updated_at": "2026-05-13T06:00:00Z",
+        },
+        {
+            "number": 9,
+            "pull_request": {},
+            "labels": [{"name": "merge-queue"}],
+            "created_at": "2026-05-13T04:00:00Z",
+            "updated_at": "2026-05-13T07:00:00Z",
+        },
+        {
+            "number": 7,
+            "labels": [{"name": "merge-queue"}],
+            "created_at": "2026-05-13T03:00:00Z",
+        },
+    ]
+
+    selected = mq.choose_next_queued_issue(issues, queue_label="merge-queue")
+
+    assert selected["number"] == 9
+
+
+def test_pr_needs_update_when_base_sha_absent_from_commits():
+    commits = [
+        {"sha": "head"},
+        {"sha": "parent"},
+    ]
+
+    assert mq.pr_contains_base_sha(commits, "mainsha") is False
+    assert mq.pr_contains_base_sha(commits, "parent") is True
+
+
+def test_merge_decision_requires_main_green_pr_green_and_current_base():
+    required = ["CI / all-required (pull_request)"]
+    main_status = {"state": "success", "statuses": []}
+    pr_status = {
+        "state": "success",
+        "statuses": [{"context": "CI / all-required (pull_request)", "status": "success"}],
+    }
+
+    decision = mq.evaluate_merge_readiness(
+        main_status=main_status,
+        pr_status=pr_status,
+        required_contexts=required,
+        pr_has_current_base=True,
+    )
+
+    assert decision.ready is True
+    assert decision.action == "merge"
+
+
+def test_merge_decision_updates_stale_pr_before_merge():
+    decision = mq.evaluate_merge_readiness(
+        main_status={"state": "success", "statuses": []},
+        pr_status={"state": "success", "statuses": [{"context": "CI / all-required (pull_request)", "status": "success"}]},
+        required_contexts=["CI / all-required (pull_request)"],
+        pr_has_current_base=False,
+    )
+
+    assert decision.ready is False
+    assert decision.action == "update"

.gitea/scripts/tests/test_lint_pre_flip_continue_on_error.py

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+"""Unit tests for .gitea/scripts/lint_pre_flip_continue_on_error.py.
+
+These tests pin the pure-logic surface (flip detection + per-flip
+verdict aggregation) without making real HTTP calls. The end-to-end
+git ls-tree + Gitea API path is exercised by running the workflow
+against real PRs.
+
+Run locally::
+
+    python3 -m unittest .gitea/scripts/tests/test_lint_pre_flip_continue_on_error.py -v
+
+Mirrors the pattern in scripts/ops/test_check_migration_collisions.py
++ scripts/test_build_runtime_package.py.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib.util
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import mock
+
+# Load the script as a module without invoking main(). Tests must NOT
+# depend on the full runtime env contract (GITEA_TOKEN etc.), so we
+# import individual functions and stub the network surface explicitly.
+SCRIPT_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "lint_pre_flip_continue_on_error.py"
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("lpfc", SCRIPT_PATH)
+lpfc = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(lpfc)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fixtures: minimal valid workflow YAML on each side of a "diff"
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+CI_YML_BASE = """\
+name: CI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+jobs:
+  platform-build:
+    name: Platform (Go)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - run: echo platform
+  canvas-build:
+    name: Canvas (Next.js)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - run: echo canvas
+  all-required:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
+    needs: [platform-build, canvas-build]
+    steps:
+      - run: echo ok
+"""
+
+CI_YML_HEAD_FLIPPED = """\
+name: CI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+jobs:
+  platform-build:
+    name: Platform (Go)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: false
+    steps:
+      - run: echo platform
+  canvas-build:
+    name: Canvas (Next.js)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: false
+    steps:
+      - run: echo canvas
+  all-required:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
+    needs: [platform-build, canvas-build]
+    steps:
+      - run: echo ok
+"""
+
+CI_YML_HEAD_NO_DIFF = CI_YML_BASE  # identical to base, no flip
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1. CoE coercion (truthy/falsy/quoted/absent)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class TestCoerceCoE(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_python_bool_true(self):
+        self.assertTrue(lpfc._coerce_coe(True))
+
+    def test_python_bool_false(self):
+        self.assertFalse(lpfc._coerce_coe(False))
+
+    def test_none_is_false(self):
+        # GitHub Actions default: absent == false.
+        self.assertFalse(lpfc._coerce_coe(None))
+
+    def test_string_true_lowercase(self):
+        # Quoted "true" in YAML — Gitea Actions normalizes to True.
+        self.assertTrue(lpfc._coerce_coe("true"))
+
+    def test_string_True_titlecase(self):
+        self.assertTrue(lpfc._coerce_coe("True"))
+
+    def test_string_yes(self):
+        # YAML 1.1 truthy form.
+        self.assertTrue(lpfc._coerce_coe("yes"))
+
+    def test_string_false(self):
+        self.assertFalse(lpfc._coerce_coe("false"))
+
+    def test_string_random_falsy(self):
+        # An unrecognized string is treated as falsy — safer than
+        # silently coercing "maybe" to True and false-positiving a
+        # flip.
+        self.assertFalse(lpfc._coerce_coe("maybe"))
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2. Diff detection — flips, not arbitrary changes
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class TestDetectFlips(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_no_flip_in_diff_passes(self):
+        # Acceptance test #1: PR doesn't flip continue-on-error → 0 flips.
+        flips = lpfc.detect_flips(
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_BASE},
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_HEAD_NO_DIFF},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(flips, [])
+
+    def test_flip_detected_in_one_file(self):
+        flips = lpfc.detect_flips(
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_BASE},
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_HEAD_FLIPPED},
+        )
+        # Two jobs flipped: platform-build, canvas-build. all-required
+        # is still true on both sides.
+        self.assertEqual(len(flips), 2)
+        keys = sorted(f["job_key"] for f in flips)
+        self.assertEqual(keys, ["canvas-build", "platform-build"])
+
+    def test_context_name_render(self):
+        flips = lpfc.detect_flips(
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_BASE},
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_HEAD_FLIPPED},
+        )
+        platform = next(f for f in flips if f["job_key"] == "platform-build")
+        self.assertEqual(platform["context"], "CI / Platform (Go) (push)")
+        self.assertEqual(platform["workflow_name"], "CI")
+
+    def test_context_falls_back_to_job_key_when_no_name(self):
+        base = "name: WF\njobs:\n  foo:\n    continue-on-error: true\n    runs-on: x\n    steps: []\n"
+        head = "name: WF\njobs:\n  foo:\n    continue-on-error: false\n    runs-on: x\n    steps: []\n"
+        flips = lpfc.detect_flips({"a.yml": base}, {"a.yml": head})
+        self.assertEqual(len(flips), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(flips[0]["context"], "WF / foo (push)")
+
+    def test_no_flip_when_only_one_side_has_file(self):
+        # Newly added workflow file — head has CoE:false, base has no
+        # file. Adding a new workflow with CoE:false is fine; there's
+        # nothing to mask.
+        flips = lpfc.detect_flips(
+            {},  # base has no workflow files
+            {".gitea/workflows/new.yml": CI_YML_HEAD_FLIPPED},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(flips, [])
+
+    def test_no_flip_when_job_removed(self):
+        # Job exists on base, not on head — a removal, not a flip.
+        head = """\
+name: CI
+jobs:
+  canvas-build:
+    name: Canvas (Next.js)
+    continue-on-error: true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps: []
+"""
+        flips = lpfc.detect_flips(
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_BASE},
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": head},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(flips, [])
+
+    def test_no_flip_when_job_added_with_false(self):
+        # New job on head with CoE:false — no base side; not a flip.
+        head_with_new = CI_YML_BASE.replace(
+            "  all-required:",
+            "  newjob:\n    name: New Job\n    continue-on-error: false\n"
+            "    runs-on: x\n    steps: []\n"
+            "  all-required:",
+        )
+        flips = lpfc.detect_flips(
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_BASE},
+            {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": head_with_new},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(flips, [])
+
+    def test_yaml_parse_error_warns_not_raises(self):
+        # Malformed YAML on head — should warn (stderr) and skip,
+        # not raise.
+        bad_head = "name: CI\njobs:\n  :::\n"
+        # Capture stderr so the test isn't noisy.
+        with mock.patch.object(sys, "stderr"):
+            flips = lpfc.detect_flips(
+                {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": CI_YML_BASE},
+                {".gitea/workflows/ci.yml": bad_head},
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(flips, [])
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3. grep_fail_markers — the regex / substring matcher
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class TestGrepFailMarkers(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_clean_log_returns_empty(self):
+        log = "===== test run starting =====\nPASS\nok  example.com/foo  1.234s\n"
+        self.assertEqual(lpfc.grep_fail_markers(log), [])
+
+    def test_go_minus_minus_minus_fail_caught(self):
+        log = "ok  example.com/foo  1.234s\n--- FAIL: TestBar (0.01s)\n    bar_test.go:42:\n"
+        matches = lpfc.grep_fail_markers(log)
+        self.assertEqual(len(matches), 1)
+        self.assertIn("FAIL: TestBar", matches[0])
+
+    def test_go_package_fail_caught(self):
+        log = "FAIL\texample.com/baz\t1.234s\n"
+        matches = lpfc.grep_fail_markers(log)
+        self.assertEqual(len(matches), 1)
+        self.assertIn("FAIL", matches[0])
+
+    def test_bash_error_directive_caught(self):
+        # `lint-curl-status-capture` pattern: a python heredoc inside a
+        # bash step that prints `::error::` then sys.exit(1). With
+        # continue-on-error:true the job rolls up as success despite
+        # this line. THAT's the masking we're trying to catch.
+        log = "Running scan...\n::error::Found 3 curl-status-capture pollution site(s):\n"
+        matches = lpfc.grep_fail_markers(log)
+        self.assertEqual(len(matches), 1)
+        self.assertIn("::error::", matches[0])
+
+    def test_caps_matches_at_max_5(self):
+        log = "\n".join(["--- FAIL: T%d" % i for i in range(20)])
+        matches = lpfc.grep_fail_markers(log)
+        self.assertEqual(len(matches), 5)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 4. verify_flip — single-flip verdict assembly (network surface stubbed)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _stub_status(context: str, state: str, target_url: str = "/owner/repo/actions/runs/1/jobs/0") -> dict:
+    """Build a single-context combined-status response."""
+    return {
+        "state": state,
+        "statuses": [
+            {"context": context, "status": state, "target_url": target_url, "description": ""}
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+FLIP_FIXTURE = {
+    "workflow_path": ".gitea/workflows/ci.yml",
+    "workflow_name": "CI",
+    "job_key": "platform-build",
+    "job_name": "Platform (Go)",
+    "context": "CI / Platform (Go) (push)",
+}
+
+
+class TestVerifyFlip(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_flip_with_clean_history_passes(self):
+        # Acceptance test #2: flip detected, last 5 runs clean → exit 0.
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "recent_commits_on_branch", return_value=["sha1", "sha2", "sha3"]):
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                lpfc, "combined_status",
+                side_effect=[_stub_status(FLIP_FIXTURE["context"], "success") for _ in range(3)],
+            ):
+                with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "fetch_log", return_value="ok  example.com/foo  1s\nPASS\n"):
+                    verdict = lpfc.verify_flip(FLIP_FIXTURE, "main", 5)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["fail_runs"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["masked_runs"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["checked_commits"], 3)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["warnings"], [])
+
+    def test_flip_with_recent_fail_blocks(self):
+        # Acceptance test #3: flip detected, recent run has --- FAIL → exit 1.
+        # Setup: 3 commits, the most recent run's log shows --- FAIL
+        # but the STATUS is success (Quirk #10 mask). That's the
+        # masked_runs case.
+        log_with_fail = "ok  example.com/foo  1s\n--- FAIL: TestSqlmock (0.01s)\n    sqlmock_test.go:42:\n"
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "recent_commits_on_branch", return_value=["sha1", "sha2", "sha3"]):
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                lpfc, "combined_status",
+                side_effect=[_stub_status(FLIP_FIXTURE["context"], "success") for _ in range(3)],
+            ):
+                with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "fetch_log", side_effect=[log_with_fail, "PASS\n", "PASS\n"]):
+                    verdict = lpfc.verify_flip(FLIP_FIXTURE, "main", 5)
+        self.assertEqual(len(verdict["masked_runs"]), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["masked_runs"][0]["sha"], "sha1")
+        self.assertTrue(any("TestSqlmock" in s for s in verdict["masked_runs"][0]["samples"]))
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["fail_runs"], [])
+
+    def test_red_status_alone_blocks(self):
+        # Status itself is `failure` — block without needing log
+        # markers. (Belt-and-braces: even with a clean log, a `failure`
+        # status means the job's exit code was non-zero.)
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "recent_commits_on_branch", return_value=["sha1"]):
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                lpfc, "combined_status",
+                return_value=_stub_status(FLIP_FIXTURE["context"], "failure"),
+            ):
+                with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "fetch_log", return_value="some unrelated text\n"):
+                    verdict = lpfc.verify_flip(FLIP_FIXTURE, "main", 5)
+        self.assertEqual(len(verdict["fail_runs"]), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["fail_runs"][0]["status"], "failure")
+
+    def test_unreadable_log_warns_not_blocks(self):
+        # Acceptance test #5: log fetch 404 (None) → warn, not block.
+        # Status is `success`, log is None — we can't tell, so we warn
+        # and allow.
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "recent_commits_on_branch", return_value=["sha1"]):
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                lpfc, "combined_status",
+                return_value=_stub_status(FLIP_FIXTURE["context"], "success"),
+            ):
+                with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "fetch_log", return_value=None):
+                    verdict = lpfc.verify_flip(FLIP_FIXTURE, "main", 5)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["fail_runs"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["masked_runs"], [])
+        self.assertTrue(any("log unavailable" in w for w in verdict["warnings"]))
+
+    def test_unreadable_log_with_failure_status_still_blocks(self):
+        # Edge case: log fetch fails BUT the status itself is `failure`.
+        # We can still block — the status alone is sufficient signal,
+        # we don't need the log to confirm.
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "recent_commits_on_branch", return_value=["sha1"]):
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                lpfc, "combined_status",
+                return_value=_stub_status(FLIP_FIXTURE["context"], "failure"),
+            ):
+                with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "fetch_log", return_value=None):
+                    verdict = lpfc.verify_flip(FLIP_FIXTURE, "main", 5)
+        self.assertEqual(len(verdict["fail_runs"]), 1)
+        self.assertIn("log unavailable", verdict["fail_runs"][0]["samples"][0])
+
+    def test_zero_runs_history_warns_allows(self):
+        # No commits with a matching context — newly added workflow.
+        # Allow with warning.
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "recent_commits_on_branch", return_value=["sha1", "sha2"]):
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                lpfc, "combined_status",
+                return_value={"state": "success", "statuses": []},  # no matching context
+            ):
+                verdict = lpfc.verify_flip(FLIP_FIXTURE, "main", 5)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["checked_commits"], 0)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["fail_runs"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["masked_runs"], [])
+        self.assertTrue(any("no runs of" in w for w in verdict["warnings"]))
+
+    def test_zero_commits_warns_allows(self):
+        # Empty branch (newly created repo, e.g.). Allow with warning.
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "recent_commits_on_branch", return_value=[]):
+            verdict = lpfc.verify_flip(FLIP_FIXTURE, "main", 5)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["checked_commits"], 0)
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["fail_runs"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(verdict["masked_runs"], [])
+        self.assertTrue(any("no recent commits" in w for w in verdict["warnings"]))
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 5. Multiple-flip aggregation in main()
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class TestMainAggregation(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Tests that `main()` aggregates multiple flips and exits 1 when
+    ANY one of them has a masked or red recent run. Acceptance test #4.
+
+    We stub at the verify_flip + workflows_at_sha + _require_runtime_env
+    boundary so we don't need real git or HTTP.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # The actual env values are irrelevant — _require_runtime_env
+        # is stubbed out — but the module reads OWNER/NAME at import
+        # time. Patch the runtime env contract to a no-op for the
+        # duration of each test.
+        self._patches = [
+            mock.patch.object(lpfc, "_require_runtime_env", return_value=None),
+            mock.patch.object(lpfc, "BASE_REF", "main"),
+            mock.patch.object(lpfc, "BASE_SHA", "deadbeefcafe"),
+            mock.patch.object(lpfc, "HEAD_SHA", "feedfaceabad"),
+            mock.patch.object(lpfc, "RECENT_COMMITS_N", 5),
+        ]
+        for p in self._patches:
+            p.start()
+        self.addCleanup(lambda: [p.stop() for p in self._patches])
+
+    def test_multiple_flips_aggregated_one_bad_blocks(self):
+        # PR flips 3 jobs; 1 has a recent fail → exit 1, naming that job.
+        flips = [
+            {"workflow_path": ".gitea/workflows/ci.yml", "workflow_name": "CI",
+             "job_key": "platform-build", "job_name": "Platform (Go)",
+             "context": "CI / Platform (Go) (push)"},
+            {"workflow_path": ".gitea/workflows/ci.yml", "workflow_name": "CI",
+             "job_key": "canvas-build", "job_name": "Canvas (Next.js)",
+             "context": "CI / Canvas (Next.js) (push)"},
+            {"workflow_path": ".gitea/workflows/ci.yml", "workflow_name": "CI",
+             "job_key": "python-lint", "job_name": "Python Lint & Test",
+             "context": "CI / Python Lint & Test (push)"},
+        ]
+        clean = {"flip": flips[0], "checked_commits": 5, "masked_runs": [],
+                 "fail_runs": [], "warnings": []}
+        bad = {"flip": flips[1], "checked_commits": 5,
+               "masked_runs": [{"sha": "abc1234567", "status": "success",
+                                "target_url": "/x/y/actions/runs/1/jobs/0",
+                                "samples": ["--- FAIL: TestSqlmock"]}],
+               "fail_runs": [], "warnings": []}
+        also_clean = {"flip": flips[2], "checked_commits": 5, "masked_runs": [],
+                      "fail_runs": [], "warnings": []}
+
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "workflows_at_sha", return_value={}):
+            with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "detect_flips", return_value=flips):
+                with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "verify_flip",
+                                       side_effect=[clean, bad, also_clean]):
+                    # Capture stdout to assert on naming.
+                    captured = []
+                    with mock.patch("builtins.print", side_effect=lambda *a, **k: captured.append(" ".join(str(x) for x in a))):
+                        rc = lpfc.main([])
+        self.assertEqual(rc, 1)
+        # The blocking error message must name the failing job.
+        joined = "\n".join(captured)
+        self.assertIn("canvas-build", joined)
+        # And it must mention the empirical class so a reviewer can
+        # cross-link the right RFC.
+        self.assertTrue("mc#664" in joined or "PR#656" in joined)
+
+    def test_no_flips_in_diff_exits_zero(self):
+        # Acceptance test #1 at main() level: empty flips → exit 0.
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "workflows_at_sha", return_value={}):
+            with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "detect_flips", return_value=[]):
+                rc = lpfc.main([])
+        self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+
+    def test_all_flips_clean_exits_zero(self):
+        flips = [{"workflow_path": ".gitea/workflows/ci.yml", "workflow_name": "CI",
+                  "job_key": "platform-build", "job_name": "Platform (Go)",
+                  "context": "CI / Platform (Go) (push)"}]
+        clean = {"flip": flips[0], "checked_commits": 5, "masked_runs": [],
+                 "fail_runs": [], "warnings": []}
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "workflows_at_sha", return_value={}):
+            with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "detect_flips", return_value=flips):
+                with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "verify_flip", return_value=clean):
+                    rc = lpfc.main([])
+        self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+
+    def test_dry_run_forces_exit_zero_even_with_bad_flip(self):
+        # --dry-run never fails, even when verification finds masked runs.
+        flips = [{"workflow_path": ".gitea/workflows/ci.yml", "workflow_name": "CI",
+                  "job_key": "platform-build", "job_name": "Platform (Go)",
+                  "context": "CI / Platform (Go) (push)"}]
+        bad = {"flip": flips[0], "checked_commits": 5,
+               "masked_runs": [{"sha": "abc1234567", "status": "success",
+                                "target_url": "/x/y/actions/runs/1/jobs/0",
+                                "samples": ["--- FAIL: TestSqlmock"]}],
+               "fail_runs": [], "warnings": []}
+        with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "workflows_at_sha", return_value={}):
+            with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "detect_flips", return_value=flips):
+                with mock.patch.object(lpfc, "verify_flip", return_value=bad):
+                    rc = lpfc.main(["--dry-run"])
+        self.assertEqual(rc, 0)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 6. Context-name rendering (the format Gitea Actions actually emits)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class TestContextName(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_push_event(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            lpfc.context_name("CI", "Platform (Go)", "push"),
+            "CI / Platform (Go) (push)",
+        )
+
+    def test_pull_request_event(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            lpfc.context_name("CI", "Platform (Go)", "pull_request"),
+            "CI / Platform (Go) (pull_request)",
+        )
+
+    def test_workflow_name_falls_back_to_filename(self):
+        # No top-level `name:` → falls back to filename minus extension.
+        doc = {"jobs": {"foo": {"continue-on-error": True}}}
+        self.assertEqual(
+            lpfc.workflow_name(doc, fallback="my-workflow"),
+            "my-workflow",
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

.gitea/scripts/tests/test_review_check.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Regression tests for .gitea/scripts/review-check.sh (RFC#324 Step 1).
+#
+# Covers:
+#   T1  — open PR: script fetches PR + reviews, continues to team probe
+#   T2  — closed PR: script exits 0 (no-op)
+#   T3  — APPROVED non-author review exists → candidates exist
+#   T4  — no non-author APPROVED reviews → exit 1 (no candidates)
+#   T5  — only author reviews (no non-author APPROVE) → exit 1
+#   T6  — dismissed APPROVED review → treated as no approval
+#   T7  — team membership probe → 204 (member) → script exits 0
+#   T8  — team membership probe → 404 (not a member) → script exits 1
+#   T9  — team membership probe → 403 (token not in team) → script exits 1 (fail closed)
+#   T10 — CURL_AUTH_FILE created with mode 600 and correct header content
+#   T11 — bash syntax check (bash -n passes)
+#   T12 — jq filter: non-author APPROVED → in candidate list; dismissed → excluded
+#   T13 — missing required env GITEA_TOKEN → exits 1 with error
+#
+# Hostile-self-review (per feedback_assert_exact_not_substring):
+# this test MUST FAIL if the script is absent. Verified by running
+# the test before the file exists (covered in the PR body).
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+THIS_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$THIS_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+SCRIPT="$SCRIPT_DIR/review-check.sh"
+
+PASS=0
+FAIL=0
+FAILED_TESTS=""
+
+assert_eq() {
+  local label="$1"
+  local expected="$2"
+  local got="$3"
+  if [ "$expected" = "$got" ]; then
+    echo "  PASS  $label"
+    PASS=$((PASS + 1))
+  else
+    echo "  FAIL  $label"
+    echo "        expected: <$expected>"
+    echo "        got:      <$got>"
+    FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+    FAILED_TESTS="${FAILED_TESTS} ${label}"
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_contains() {
+  local label="$1"
+  local needle="$2"
+  local haystack="$3"
+  if printf '%s' "$haystack" | grep -qF "$needle"; then
+    echo "  PASS  $label"
+    PASS=$((PASS + 1))
+  else
+    echo "  FAIL  $label"
+    echo "        needle:    <$needle>"
+    echo "        haystack:  <$(printf '%s' "$haystack" | head -c 200)>"
+    FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+    FAILED_TESTS="${FAILED_TESTS} ${label}"
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_file_mode() {
+  local label="$1"
+  local path="$2"
+  local expected_mode="$3"
+  if [ ! -f "$path" ]; then
+    echo "  FAIL  $label (file not found: $path)"
+    FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+    FAILED_TESTS="${FAILED_TESTS} ${label}"
+    return
+  fi
+  local got_mode
+  got_mode=$(stat -c '%a' "$path" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+  if [ "$expected_mode" = "$got_mode" ]; then
+    echo "  PASS  $label (mode=$got_mode)"
+    PASS=$((PASS + 1))
+  else
+    echo "  FAIL  $label (expected mode=$expected_mode, got=$got_mode)"
+    FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+    FAILED_TESTS="${FAILED_TESTS} ${label}"
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_file_contains() {
+  local label="$1"
+  local path="$2"
+  local needle="$3"
+  if [ ! -f "$path" ]; then
+    echo "  FAIL  $label (file not found: $path)"
+    FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+    FAILED_TESTS="${FAILED_TESTS} ${label}"
+    return
+  fi
+  if grep -qF "$needle" "$path"; then
+    echo "  PASS  $label"
+    PASS=$((PASS + 1))
+  else
+    echo "  FAIL  $label (needle not found: <$needle>)"
+    FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+    FAILED_TESTS="${FAILED_TESTS} ${label}"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Existence check (foundation)
+echo
+echo "== existence =="
+if [ -f "$SCRIPT" ]; then
+  echo "  PASS  script exists: $SCRIPT"
+  PASS=$((PASS + 1))
+else
+  echo "  FAIL  script not found: $SCRIPT"
+  FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+  FAILED_TESTS="${FAILED_TESTS} script_exists"
+  echo
+  echo "------"
+  echo "PASS=$PASS FAIL=$FAIL (existence)"
+  echo "Cannot proceed without the script."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# T11 — bash syntax check
+echo
+echo "== T11 bash syntax =="
+if bash -n "$SCRIPT" 2>&1; then
+  echo "  PASS  T11 bash -n passes"
+  PASS=$((PASS + 1))
+else
+  echo "  FAIL  T11 bash -n failed"
+  FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+  FAILED_TESTS="${FAILED_TESTS} T11"
+fi
+
+# T13 — missing required env
+echo
+echo "== T13 missing GITEA_TOKEN =="
+set +e
+T13_OUT=$(PATH="/tmp:$PATH" GITEA_TOKEN= GITEA_HOST=git.example.com REPO=x/y PR_NUMBER=1 TEAM=qa TEAM_ID=1 bash "$SCRIPT" 2>&1 || true)
+set -e
+assert_contains "T13 exits non-zero when GITEA_TOKEN missing" "GITEA_TOKEN required" "$T13_OUT"
+
+# Start fixture HTTP server
+echo
+echo "== fixture setup =="
+FIXTURE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$FIXTURE_DIR"; [ -n "${FIX_PID:-}" ] && kill "$FIX_PID" 2>/dev/null || true' EXIT
+FIXTURE_PY="$THIS_DIR/_review_check_fixture.py"
+if [ ! -f "$FIXTURE_PY" ]; then
+  echo "::error::fixture server $FIXTURE_PY missing"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+FIX_LOG="$FIXTURE_DIR/fixture.log"
+FIX_STATE_DIR="$FIXTURE_DIR/state"
+mkdir -p "$FIX_STATE_DIR"
+
+# Find an unused port
+FIX_PORT=$(python3 -c 'import socket;s=socket.socket();s.bind(("127.0.0.1",0));print(s.getsockname()[1]);s.close()')
+
+FIXTURE_STATE_DIR="$FIX_STATE_DIR" python3 "$FIXTURE_PY" "$FIX_PORT" \
+  >"$FIX_LOG" 2>&1 &
+FIX_PID=$!
+
+# Wait for fixture readiness
+for _ in $(seq 1 50); do
+  if curl -fsS "http://127.0.0.1:${FIX_PORT}/_ping" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    break
+  fi
+  sleep 0.1
+done
+if ! curl -fsS "http://127.0.0.1:${FIX_PORT}/_ping" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "::error::fixture server failed to start. Log:"
+  cat "$FIX_LOG"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "  fixture running on port $FIX_PORT"
+
+# Install a curl shim that rewrites https://fixture.local/* -> http://127.0.0.1:$FIX_PORT/*
+# Use double-quoted heredoc so FIX_PORT is expanded into the shim at creation time.
+mkdir -p "$FIXTURE_DIR/bin"
+cat >"$FIXTURE_DIR/bin/curl" <<"CURL_SHIM"
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Shim: rewrite https://fixture.local/* -> http://127.0.0.1:FIXPORT/*
+# Generated at test-run time; FIXPORT is substituted when this file is written.
+new_args=()
+for a in "$@"; do
+  if [[ "$a" == https://fixture.local/* ]]; then
+    rest="${a#https://fixture.local}"
+    a="http://127.0.0.1:FIXPORT${rest}"
+  fi
+  new_args+=("$a")
+done
+exec /usr/bin/curl "${new_args[@]}"
+CURL_SHIM
+# Now substitute FIXPORT with the actual port number
+sed -i "s/FIXPORT/${FIX_PORT}/g" "$FIXTURE_DIR/bin/curl"
+chmod +x "$FIXTURE_DIR/bin/curl"
+
+# Helper: run the script with fixture environment
+run_review_check() {
+  local scenario="$1"
+  echo "$scenario" >"$FIX_STATE_DIR/scenario"
+  local out
+  set +e
+  out=$(
+    PATH="$FIXTURE_DIR/bin:/tmp:$PATH" \
+    GITEA_TOKEN="fixture-token" \
+    GITEA_HOST="fixture.local" \
+    REPO="molecule-ai/molecule-core" \
+    PR_NUMBER="999" \
+    TEAM="qa" \
+    TEAM_ID="20" \
+    REVIEW_CHECK_DEBUG="0" \
+    REVIEW_CHECK_STRICT="0" \
+    bash "$SCRIPT" 2>&1
+  )
+  local rc=$?
+  set -e
+  echo "$out" >"$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_run.log"
+  echo "$rc" >"$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc"
+  echo "$out"
+}
+
+# T1 — open PR: script fetches PR and continues
+echo
+echo "== T1 open PR =="
+T1_OUT=$(run_review_check "T1_pr_open")
+T1_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T1 exit code 0 (approver exists + team member)" "0" "$T1_RC"
+assert_contains "T1 qa-review APPROVED by core-devops" "APPROVED by core-devops" "$T1_OUT"
+
+# T2 — closed PR: exits 0 immediately (no-op)
+echo
+echo "== T2 closed PR =="
+T2_OUT=$(run_review_check "T2_pr_closed")
+T2_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T2 exit code 0 (closed PR no-op)" "0" "$T2_RC"
+
+# T3 — APPROVED non-author reviews exist
+echo
+echo "== T3 approved non-author reviews =="
+T3_OUT=$(run_review_check "T3_reviews_approved_non_author")
+T3_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T3 exit code 0 (candidates + team member)" "0" "$T3_RC"
+
+# T4 — no non-author APPROVED reviews → exit 1
+echo
+echo "== T4 no non-author APPROVED reviews =="
+T4_OUT=$(run_review_check "T4_reviews_empty")
+T4_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T4 exit code 1 (no candidates)" "1" "$T4_RC"
+assert_contains "T4 awaiting non-author APPROVE" "awaiting non-author APPROVE" "$T4_OUT"
+
+# T5 — only author reviews → exit 1
+echo
+echo "== T5 only author reviews =="
+T5_OUT=$(run_review_check "T5_reviews_only_author")
+T5_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T5 exit code 1 (only author reviews, no candidates)" "1" "$T5_RC"
+
+# T6 — dismissed APPROVED review → treated as no approval
+echo
+echo "== T6 dismissed APPROVED review =="
+T6_OUT=$(run_review_check "T6_reviews_dismissed")
+T6_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T6 exit code 1 (dismissed = no approval)" "1" "$T6_RC"
+
+# T7 — team member → exit 0
+echo
+echo "== T7 team membership 204 (member) =="
+T7_OUT=$(run_review_check "T7_team_member")
+T7_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T7 exit code 0 (member, APPROVED)" "0" "$T7_RC"
+assert_contains "T7 APPROVED by core-devops (team member)" "APPROVED by core-devops" "$T7_OUT"
+
+# T8 — not a team member → exit 1 (fail closed)
+echo
+echo "== T8 team membership 404 (not a member) =="
+T8_OUT=$(run_review_check "T8_team_not_member")
+T8_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T8 exit code 1 (not in team)" "1" "$T8_RC"
+
+# T9 — 403 token-not-in-team → exit 1 (fail closed)
+echo
+echo "== T9 team membership 403 (token not in team) =="
+T9_OUT=$(run_review_check "T9_team_403")
+T9_RC=$(cat "$FIX_STATE_DIR/last_rc")
+assert_eq "T9 exit code 1 (403 token-not-in-team, fail closed)" "1" "$T9_RC"
+assert_contains "T9 403 error in output" "403" "$T9_OUT"
+
+# T10 — token file creation and permissions
+echo
+echo "== T10 CURL_AUTH_FILE =="
+# Verify the token-file logic directly: create a temp file with the
+# same mktemp pattern, write the header with printf, chmod 600, then assert.
+T10_TOKEN="secret-test-token-abc123"
+T10_AUTHFILE=$(mktemp -p /tmp curl-auth.test.XXXXXX)
+chmod 600 "$T10_AUTHFILE"
+printf 'header = "Authorization: token %s"\n' "$T10_TOKEN" > "$T10_AUTHFILE"
+assert_file_mode "T10a mktemp -p /tmp mode 600 (CURL_AUTH_FILE pattern)" "$T10_AUTHFILE" "600"
+assert_file_contains "T10b printf header format (CURL_AUTH_FILE content)" "$T10_AUTHFILE" "Authorization: token secret-test-token-abc123"
+assert_file_contains "T10c 'header =' curl-config syntax" "$T10_AUTHFILE" 'header = "Authorization: token '
+rm -f "$T10_AUTHFILE"
+
+# T12 — jq filter: non-author APPROVED included, dismissed excluded
+echo
+echo "== T12 jq filter =="
+# These are tested indirectly via T3 and T6 above, but let's also test
+# the jq expression directly.
+JQ_FILTER='.[]
+  | select(.state == "APPROVED")
+  | select(.dismissed != true)
+  | select(.user.login != "alice")
+  | .user.login'
+
+T12_INPUT='[{"state":"APPROVED","dismissed":false,"user":{"login":"core-devops"}},{"state":"CHANGES_REQUESTED","dismissed":false,"user":{"login":"bob"}},{"state":"APPROVED","dismissed":false,"user":{"login":"alice"}},{"state":"APPROVED","dismissed":true,"user":{"login":"carol"}}]'
+
+JQ_CMD=$(command -v jq 2>/dev/null || echo /tmp/jq)
+T12_CANDIDATES=$(echo "$T12_INPUT" | "$JQ_CMD" -r "$JQ_FILTER" 2>/dev/null | sort -u)
+assert_contains "T12 jq: core-devops (non-author APPROVED) in candidates" "core-devops" "$T12_CANDIDATES"
+assert_eq "T12 jq: alice (author) NOT in candidates" "" "$(echo "$T12_CANDIDATES" | grep '^alice$' || true)"
+assert_eq "T12 jq: carol (dismissed) NOT in candidates" "" "$(echo "$T12_CANDIDATES" | grep '^carol$' || true)"
+
+echo
+echo "------"
+echo "PASS=$PASS FAIL=$FAIL"
+if [ "$FAIL" -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "Failed:$FAILED_TESTS"
+fi
+[ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]

.gitea/scripts/tests/test_sop_checklist_gate.py

@@ -0,0 +1,550 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Unit tests for sop-checklist-gate.py
+#
+# Run:  python3 .gitea/scripts/tests/test_sop_checklist_gate.py
+#   or:  pytest .gitea/scripts/tests/test_sop_checklist_gate.py
+#
+# RFC#351 Step 2 of 6 — implementation MVP. Tests cover:
+#   - slug normalization (the 4 example variants in the script header)
+#   - parse_directives (ack, revoke, with/without note, mid-comment, etc.)
+#   - section_marker_present (empty answer rejected, filled answer ok)
+#   - compute_ack_state (self-ack rejected, team probe applied, revoke
+#     invalidates own prior ack, peer's ack survives unrevoked)
+#   - render_status (state + description format)
+#   - get_tier_mode (label-driven, default fallback)
+#   - load_config (default config parses cleanly with both PyYAML and
+#     the bundled minimal parser)
+#
+# All tests run WITHOUT touching the Gitea API — the team-probe
+# callable is dependency-injected.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+# Resolve sibling script regardless of where pytest is invoked from.
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+PARENT = os.path.dirname(HERE)  # .gitea/scripts
+sys.path.insert(0, PARENT)
+
+import importlib.util  # noqa: E402
+
+_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+    "sop_checklist_gate", os.path.join(PARENT, "sop-checklist-gate.py")
+)
+sop = importlib.util.module_from_spec(_spec)
+_spec.loader.exec_module(sop)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Test fixtures
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(PARENT, "..", "sop-checklist-config.yaml")
+
+
+def _items() -> list[dict]:
+    cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
+    return cfg["items"]
+
+
+def _items_by_slug() -> dict[str, dict]:
+    return {it["slug"]: it for it in _items()}
+
+
+def _numeric_aliases() -> dict[int, str]:
+    return {
+        int(it["numeric_alias"]): it["slug"]
+        for it in _items()
+        if it.get("numeric_alias")
+    }
+
+
+def _comment(user: str, body: str) -> dict:
+    return {"user": {"login": user}, "body": body}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# normalize_slug
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestNormalizeSlug(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_kebab_already(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("comprehensive-testing"), "comprehensive-testing")
+
+    def test_underscore_to_dash(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("comprehensive_testing"), "comprehensive-testing")
+
+    def test_space_to_dash(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("comprehensive testing"), "comprehensive-testing")
+
+    def test_uppercase_to_lower(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("Comprehensive-Testing"), "comprehensive-testing")
+
+    def test_mixed_separators(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("Comprehensive_Testing"), "comprehensive-testing")
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("FIVE_axis review"), "five-axis-review")
+
+    def test_collapse_repeated_dashes(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("comprehensive--testing"), "comprehensive-testing")
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("comprehensive  testing"), "comprehensive-testing")
+
+    def test_strip_trailing_punctuation(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("comprehensive-testing."), "comprehensive-testing")
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("comprehensive-testing!"), "comprehensive-testing")
+
+    def test_numeric_shorthand_known(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sop.normalize_slug("1", _numeric_aliases()),
+            "comprehensive-testing",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sop.normalize_slug("3", _numeric_aliases()),
+            "staging-smoke",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sop.normalize_slug("7", _numeric_aliases()),
+            "memory-consulted",
+        )
+
+    def test_numeric_shorthand_unknown_returns_empty(self):
+        # "8" is out of range → empty so caller can flag as unparseable.
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("8", _numeric_aliases()), "")
+
+    def test_numeric_without_alias_table_keeps_digits(self):
+        # No alias table → return the digits as-is.
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("1"), "1")
+
+    def test_empty_input(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug(""), "")
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug("   "), "")
+        self.assertEqual(sop.normalize_slug(None), "")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# parse_directives
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestParseDirectives(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.aliases = _numeric_aliases()
+
+    def test_simple_ack(self):
+        d = sop.parse_directives("/sop-ack comprehensive-testing", self.aliases)
+        self.assertEqual(d, [("sop-ack", "comprehensive-testing", "")])
+
+    def test_simple_revoke(self):
+        d = sop.parse_directives("/sop-revoke staging-smoke", self.aliases)
+        self.assertEqual(d, [("sop-revoke", "staging-smoke", "")])
+
+    def test_ack_with_note(self):
+        d = sop.parse_directives(
+            "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing LGTM the test covers all edge cases",
+            self.aliases,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(d[0][0], "sop-ack")
+        self.assertEqual(d[0][1], "comprehensive-testing")
+        self.assertIn("LGTM", d[0][2])
+
+    def test_numeric_shorthand(self):
+        d = sop.parse_directives("/sop-ack 1", self.aliases)
+        self.assertEqual(d, [("sop-ack", "comprehensive-testing", "")])
+
+    def test_revoke_with_reason(self):
+        d = sop.parse_directives(
+            "/sop-revoke comprehensive-testing realized the e2e was mocking the DB",
+            self.aliases,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(d[0][0], "sop-revoke")
+        self.assertEqual(d[0][1], "comprehensive-testing")
+        self.assertIn("mocking", d[0][2])
+
+    def test_directive_in_middle_of_comment(self):
+        body = (
+            "Reviewed the PR, looks good overall.\n"
+            "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing\n"
+            "Will follow up on the doc nit separately."
+        )
+        d = sop.parse_directives(body, self.aliases)
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(d[0][1], "comprehensive-testing")
+
+    def test_multiple_directives_in_one_comment(self):
+        body = (
+            "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing\n"
+            "/sop-ack local-postgres-e2e\n"
+        )
+        d = sop.parse_directives(body, self.aliases)
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), 2)
+        slugs = {x[1] for x in d}
+        self.assertEqual(slugs, {"comprehensive-testing", "local-postgres-e2e"})
+
+    def test_must_be_at_line_start(self):
+        # A directive embedded mid-line is not honored (prevents review
+        # comments like "to /sop-ack you need..." from acting as acks).
+        body = "If you want to /sop-ack comprehensive-testing reply in this thread"
+        d = sop.parse_directives(body, self.aliases)
+        self.assertEqual(d, [])
+
+    def test_leading_whitespace_allowed(self):
+        body = "  /sop-ack comprehensive-testing"
+        d = sop.parse_directives(body, self.aliases)
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), 1)
+
+    def test_empty_body(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.parse_directives("", self.aliases), [])
+        self.assertEqual(sop.parse_directives(None, self.aliases), [])
+
+    def test_normalization_applied(self):
+        # /sop-ack Comprehensive_Testing → canonical comprehensive-testing
+        d = sop.parse_directives("/sop-ack Comprehensive_Testing", self.aliases)
+        self.assertEqual(d[0][1], "comprehensive-testing")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# section_marker_present
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestSectionMarkerPresent(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_marker_with_inline_answer(self):
+        body = "- [ ] **Comprehensive testing performed**: Added 12 new tests covering null/empty/giant inputs."
+        self.assertTrue(sop.section_marker_present(body, "Comprehensive testing performed"))
+
+    def test_marker_with_empty_answer(self):
+        body = "- [ ] **Comprehensive testing performed**:"
+        self.assertFalse(sop.section_marker_present(body, "Comprehensive testing performed"))
+
+    def test_marker_with_only_whitespace_answer(self):
+        body = "- [ ] **Comprehensive testing performed**:    \n"
+        self.assertFalse(sop.section_marker_present(body, "Comprehensive testing performed"))
+
+    def test_marker_with_next_line_answer(self):
+        body = (
+            "- [ ] **Comprehensive testing performed**:\n"
+            "      Yes — see attached log + 12 new unit tests in foo_test.py.\n"
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(sop.section_marker_present(body, "Comprehensive testing performed"))
+
+    def test_marker_missing(self):
+        body = "- [ ] **Local-postgres E2E run**: N/A — pure-frontend\n"
+        self.assertFalse(sop.section_marker_present(body, "Comprehensive testing performed"))
+
+    def test_case_insensitive_marker_match(self):
+        body = "- [ ] **comprehensive TESTING performed**: yes"
+        self.assertTrue(sop.section_marker_present(body, "Comprehensive testing performed"))
+
+    def test_empty_body(self):
+        self.assertFalse(sop.section_marker_present("", "X"))
+        self.assertFalse(sop.section_marker_present(None, "X"))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# compute_ack_state
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestComputeAckState(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.items = _items_by_slug()
+        self.aliases = _numeric_aliases()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _approve_all(slug, users):
+        return list(users)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _approve_none(slug, users):
+        return []
+
+    def _approve_only(self, allowed_users):
+        return lambda slug, users: [u for u in users if u in allowed_users]
+
+    def test_peer_ack_passes(self):
+        comments = [_comment("bob", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing")]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_all
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["ackers"], ["bob"])
+
+    def test_self_ack_rejected(self):
+        comments = [_comment("alice", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing")]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_all
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["ackers"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["rejected"]["self_ack"], ["alice"])
+
+    def test_not_in_team_rejected(self):
+        comments = [_comment("eve", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing")]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_none
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["ackers"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["rejected"]["not_in_team"], ["eve"])
+
+    def test_revoke_invalidates_own_prior_ack(self):
+        # Bob acks then later revokes — Bob no longer counts.
+        comments = [
+            _comment("bob", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing"),
+            _comment("bob", "/sop-revoke comprehensive-testing realized e2e was mocked"),
+        ]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_all
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["ackers"], [])
+
+    def test_revoke_does_not_affect_others_acks(self):
+        # Bob revokes his own ack; Carol's still counts.
+        comments = [
+            _comment("bob", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing"),
+            _comment("carol", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing"),
+            _comment("bob", "/sop-revoke comprehensive-testing"),
+        ]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_all
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["ackers"], ["carol"])
+
+    def test_ack_after_revoke_restored(self):
+        # Bob revokes then re-acks (e.g. after re-reviewing).
+        comments = [
+            _comment("bob", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing"),
+            _comment("bob", "/sop-revoke comprehensive-testing"),
+            _comment("bob", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing"),
+        ]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_all
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["ackers"], ["bob"])
+
+    def test_numeric_shorthand_ack(self):
+        # /sop-ack 1 → comprehensive-testing
+        comments = [_comment("bob", "/sop-ack 1")]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_all
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["ackers"], ["bob"])
+
+    def test_ack_for_unknown_slug_ignored(self):
+        # Some other slug not in config — silently drop (doesn't crash).
+        comments = [_comment("bob", "/sop-ack does-not-exist")]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_all
+        )
+        for slug in self.items:
+            self.assertEqual(state[slug]["ackers"], [])
+
+    def test_multi_item_multi_user(self):
+        comments = [
+            _comment("bob", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing\n/sop-ack staging-smoke"),
+            _comment("carol", "/sop-ack five-axis-review"),
+        ]
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(
+            comments, "alice", self.items, self.aliases, self._approve_all
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state["comprehensive-testing"]["ackers"], ["bob"])
+        self.assertEqual(state["staging-smoke"]["ackers"], ["bob"])
+        self.assertEqual(state["five-axis-review"]["ackers"], ["carol"])
+        self.assertEqual(state["root-cause"]["ackers"], [])
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# render_status
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestRenderStatus(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.items = _items()
+        self.items_by_slug = _items_by_slug()
+
+    def _state_with(self, acked: list[str]) -> dict:
+        return {
+            it["slug"]: {
+                "ackers": ["peer"] if it["slug"] in acked else [],
+                "rejected": {"self_ack": [], "not_in_team": []},
+            }
+            for it in self.items
+        }
+
+    def test_all_acked_returns_success(self):
+        all_slugs = [it["slug"] for it in self.items]
+        state, desc = sop.render_status(
+            self.items, self._state_with(all_slugs), {s: True for s in all_slugs}
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state, "success")
+        self.assertIn("7/7", desc)
+
+    def test_partial_acked_returns_failure(self):
+        state, desc = sop.render_status(
+            self.items,
+            self._state_with(["comprehensive-testing", "staging-smoke"]),
+            {it["slug"]: True for it in self.items},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state, "failure")
+        self.assertIn("2/7", desc)
+        self.assertIn("missing", desc)
+
+    def test_description_truncates_long_missing_list(self):
+        # Only ack one — 6 missing should be summarized as "+N".
+        state, desc = sop.render_status(
+            self.items,
+            self._state_with(["comprehensive-testing"]),
+            {it["slug"]: True for it in self.items},
+        )
+        # Length budget: under 140 chars.
+        self.assertLessEqual(len(desc), 140)
+        self.assertIn("+", desc)  # +N elision marker
+
+    def test_body_unfilled_surfaced(self):
+        all_slugs = [it["slug"] for it in self.items]
+        state, desc = sop.render_status(
+            self.items,
+            self._state_with(all_slugs),
+            {it["slug"]: False for it in self.items},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(state, "failure")
+        self.assertIn("body-unfilled", desc)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# get_tier_mode
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestGetTierMode(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
+
+    def test_tier_high_is_hard(self):
+        pr = {"labels": [{"name": "tier:high"}, {"name": "area:ci"}]}
+        self.assertEqual(sop.get_tier_mode(pr, self.cfg), "hard")
+
+    def test_tier_medium_is_hard(self):
+        pr = {"labels": [{"name": "tier:medium"}]}
+        self.assertEqual(sop.get_tier_mode(pr, self.cfg), "hard")
+
+    def test_tier_low_is_soft(self):
+        pr = {"labels": [{"name": "tier:low"}]}
+        self.assertEqual(sop.get_tier_mode(pr, self.cfg), "soft")
+
+    def test_no_tier_label_defaults_to_hard(self):
+        # Per feedback_fix_root_not_symptom — never silently lower the bar.
+        pr = {"labels": [{"name": "area:ci"}]}
+        self.assertEqual(sop.get_tier_mode(pr, self.cfg), "hard")
+
+    def test_no_labels_defaults_to_hard(self):
+        self.assertEqual(sop.get_tier_mode({"labels": []}, self.cfg), "hard")
+        self.assertEqual(sop.get_tier_mode({}, self.cfg), "hard")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# load_config
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestLoadConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_default_config_parses(self):
+        cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
+        self.assertIn("items", cfg)
+        self.assertEqual(len(cfg["items"]), 7)
+        slugs = {it["slug"] for it in cfg["items"]}
+        self.assertEqual(
+            slugs,
+            {
+                "comprehensive-testing",
+                "local-postgres-e2e",
+                "staging-smoke",
+                "root-cause",
+                "five-axis-review",
+                "no-backwards-compat",
+                "memory-consulted",
+            },
+        )
+
+    def test_default_config_tier_mode_shape(self):
+        cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
+        self.assertEqual(cfg["tier_failure_mode"]["tier:high"], "hard")
+        self.assertEqual(cfg["tier_failure_mode"]["tier:medium"], "hard")
+        self.assertEqual(cfg["tier_failure_mode"]["tier:low"], "soft")
+        self.assertEqual(cfg["default_mode"], "hard")
+
+    def test_each_item_has_required_fields(self):
+        cfg = sop.load_config(CONFIG_PATH)
+        for it in cfg["items"]:
+            self.assertIn("slug", it)
+            self.assertIn("numeric_alias", it)
+            self.assertIn("pr_section_marker", it)
+            self.assertIn("required_teams", it)
+            self.assertIsInstance(it["required_teams"], list)
+            self.assertGreater(len(it["required_teams"]), 0)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Edge case: full integration without team probe (dependency-injected)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestEndToEndAckFlow(unittest.TestCase):
+    """All-7-items happy path with synthetic comments. Verifies the
+    full pipeline minus the Gitea API."""
+
+    def test_all_seven_acked_by_proper_teams(self):
+        items = _items_by_slug()
+        aliases = _numeric_aliases()
+        comments = [
+            _comment("qa-bot", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing"),
+            _comment("eng-bot", "/sop-ack local-postgres-e2e"),
+            _comment("eng-bot", "/sop-ack staging-smoke"),
+            _comment("mgr-bot", "/sop-ack root-cause"),
+            _comment("eng-bot", "/sop-ack five-axis-review"),
+            _comment("mgr-bot", "/sop-ack no-backwards-compat"),
+            _comment("eng-bot", "/sop-ack memory-consulted"),
+        ]
+
+        def probe(slug, users):
+            # Pretend every user is in every team.
+            return list(users)
+
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(comments, "alice-author", items, aliases, probe)
+        body = {it["slug"]: True for it in items.values()}
+        items_list = list(items.values())
+        result_state, desc = sop.render_status(items_list, state, body)
+        self.assertEqual(result_state, "success")
+        self.assertIn("7/7", desc)
+
+    def test_all_acks_still_fail_when_body_section_unfilled(self):
+        items = _items_by_slug()
+        aliases = _numeric_aliases()
+        comments = [
+            _comment("qa-bot", "/sop-ack comprehensive-testing"),
+            _comment("eng-bot", "/sop-ack local-postgres-e2e"),
+            _comment("eng-bot", "/sop-ack staging-smoke"),
+            _comment("mgr-bot", "/sop-ack root-cause"),
+            _comment("eng-bot", "/sop-ack five-axis-review"),
+            _comment("mgr-bot", "/sop-ack no-backwards-compat"),
+            _comment("eng-bot", "/sop-ack memory-consulted"),
+        ]
+
+        def probe(slug, users):
+            return list(users)
+
+        state = sop.compute_ack_state(comments, "alice-author", items, aliases, probe)
+        body = {it["slug"]: True for it in items.values()}
+        body["root-cause"] = False
+        items_list = list(items.values())
+        result_state, desc = sop.render_status(items_list, state, body)
+        self.assertEqual(result_state, "failure")
+        self.assertIn("7/7", desc)
+        self.assertIn("body-unfilled: root-cause", desc)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)

.gitea/sop-checklist-config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# SOP-Checklist gate — per-item required reviewer teams.
+#
+# RFC#351 v1 starter set. Each item lists:
+#   slug              — canonical kebab-case form used in /sop-ack <slug>
+#   pr_section_marker — substring matched in the PR body to detect that
+#                       the author filled in this item (case-insensitive)
+#   required_teams    — list of Gitea team names; an ack from ANY one of
+#                       these teams (logical OR) satisfies the item.
+#                       Membership is probed at gate-time via
+#                       GET /api/v1/teams/{id}/members/{login}.
+#                       Team-id resolution happens at script start via
+#                       GET /api/v1/orgs/{org}/teams (cheap, one call).
+#   numeric_alias     — 1..7; lets reviewers type `/sop-ack 3` as a
+#                       shortcut for `/sop-ack staging-smoke`.
+#
+# WHY THESE TEAM MAPPINGS:
+#   The RFC table referenced persona-role names like `core-qa`,
+#   `core-be`, `core-devops` — these are individual Gitea user logins,
+#   not teams. The Gitea team-membership API is /teams/{id}/members/{u},
+#   so we need actual teams. Orchestrator preflight 2026-05-12 verified
+#   only these teams exist on molecule-ai: ceo(5), engineers(2),
+#   managers(6), qa(20), security(21), Owners(1), and bot teams. We
+#   map the RFC roles to the closest existing team and surface the
+#   mapping explicitly so it's reviewable.
+#
+# HOW TO EDIT:
+#   - Tightening: replace `engineers` with a smaller team after creating
+#     it (e.g. a new `senior-engineers` team if needed).
+#   - Loosening: add another team to required_teams (OR semantics).
+#   - Add an item: append to items list and document the slug below.
+#
+# AUTHOR SELF-ACK IS FORBIDDEN regardless of which team contains them
+# — the gate script enforces commenter != PR author before checking
+# team membership.
+
+version: 1
+
+# Tier-aware failure mode (RFC#351 open question 2):
+#   For tier:high — hard-fail (status `failure`, blocks merge via BP).
+#   For tier:medium — hard-fail (same as high; medium is non-trivial).
+#   For tier:low — soft-fail (status `pending` with `acked: N/M` in the
+#                  description). BP can choose to require the context
+#                  or not for low-tier PRs.
+# If no tier label is present, default to medium (hard-fail) — every PR
+# should have a tier label per sop-tier-check, and absence indicates
+# a missing-tier defect we should surface, not silently lower the bar.
+tier_failure_mode:
+  "tier:high": hard
+  "tier:medium": hard
+  "tier:low": soft
+default_mode: hard  # used when no tier:* label is present
+
+items:
+  - slug: comprehensive-testing
+    numeric_alias: 1
+    pr_section_marker: "Comprehensive testing performed"
+    required_teams: [qa, engineers]
+    description: >-
+      What was tested, how, edge cases covered. Ack from any qa-team
+      member (or engineers fallback while qa is small).
+
+  - slug: local-postgres-e2e
+    numeric_alias: 2
+    pr_section_marker: "Local-postgres E2E run"
+    required_teams: [engineers]
+    description: >-
+      Link to local CI artifact, or "N/A: pure-frontend change". Ack
+      from any engineer who can verify the local DB test actually ran.
+
+  - slug: staging-smoke
+    numeric_alias: 3
+    pr_section_marker: "Staging-smoke verified or pending"
+    required_teams: [engineers]
+    description: >-
+      Link to canary run, or "scheduled post-merge". Ack from any
+      engineer (core-devops/infra-sre are members of engineers team).
+
+  - slug: root-cause
+    numeric_alias: 4
+    pr_section_marker: "Root-cause not symptom"
+    required_teams: [managers, ceo]
+    description: >-
+      One-sentence root-cause statement. Ack from managers tier
+      (team-leads) or ceo. Senior judgment required to attest
+      root-cause-versus-symptom.
+
+  - slug: five-axis-review
+    numeric_alias: 5
+    pr_section_marker: "Five-Axis review walked"
+    required_teams: [engineers]
+    description: >-
+      Correctness / readability / architecture / security / performance.
+      Ack from any non-author engineer.
+
+  - slug: no-backwards-compat
+    numeric_alias: 6
+    pr_section_marker: "No backwards-compat shim / dead code added"
+    required_teams: [managers, ceo]
+    description: >-
+      Yes/no + justification if no. Senior ack required because
+      backward-compat shims are how dead-code accretes.
+
+  - slug: memory-consulted
+    numeric_alias: 7
+    pr_section_marker: "Memory/saved-feedback consulted"
+    required_teams: [engineers]
+    description: >-
+      List of feedback memories applicable to this change. Ack from
+      any engineer who has the same memory access.

.gitea/workflows/audit-force-merge.yml

@@ -1,88 +1,61 @@
-# audit-force-merge — emit `incident.force_merge` to the runner log when
-# a PR is merged with required-status checks NOT all green. Vector picks
+# audit-force-merge — emit `incident.force_merge` to runner stdout when
+# a PR is merged with required-status-checks not green. Vector picks
 # the JSON line off docker_logs and ships to Loki on
 # molecule-canonical-obs (per `reference_obs_stack_phase1`); query as:
 #
 #   {host="operator"} |= "event_type" |= "incident.force_merge" | json
 #
-# Companion to `audit-force-merge.sh` (script-extract pattern, same as
-# sop-tier-check). The audit observes BOTH UI-merged and REST-merged PRs
-# uniformly per `feedback_gh_cli_merge_lies_use_rest`.
+# Closes the §SOP-6 audit gap (the doc says force-merges write to
+# `structure_events`, but that table lives in the platform DB, not
+# Gitea-side; Loki is the practical equivalent for Gitea Actions
+# events). When the credential / observability stack converges later,
+# this can sync into structure_events from Loki via a backfill job —
+# the structured JSON shape is forward-compatible.
 #
-# Closes the §SOP-6 audit gap for the molecule-core repo. RFC:
-# internal#219 §6. Mirrors the same-named workflow in
-# molecule-controlplane; design rationale lives in the RFC, not here,
-# to keep the workflow file scannable.
+# Logic in `.gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh` per the same script-
+# extract pattern as sop-tier-check.
 
 name: audit-force-merge
 
 # pull_request_target loads from the base branch — same security model
-# as sop-tier-check. Without this, a PR author could rewrite the
-# workflow on their own PR and skip the audit emission for their own
-# force-merge. The base-branch checkout below ALSO uses
-# `base.sha`, not `base.ref`, so a fast-moving base can't slip a
-# different audit script in under us.
+# as sop-tier-check. Without this, an attacker could rewrite the
+# workflow on a PR and skip the audit emission for their own
+# force-merge. See `.gitea/workflows/sop-tier-check.yml` for the full
+# rationale.
 on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [closed]
 
-# `pull-requests: read` + `contents: read` covers everything the script
-# needs (fetch PR + commit statuses). `issues:` deliberately omitted —
-# audit fires-and-forgets to stdout, never opens issues.
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pull-requests: read
-
 jobs:
   audit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
     # Skip when PR is closed without merge — saves a runner.
     if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     steps:
       - name: Check out base branch (for the script)
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
-          # base.sha pinning, NOT base.ref — see header rationale.
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
       - name: Detect force-merge + emit audit event
         env:
-          # Same org-level secret the sop-tier-check workflow uses;
-          # falls back to the auto-injected GITHUB_TOKEN if the
-          # org-level SOP_TIER_CHECK_TOKEN isn't set on a transitional
-          # repo.
+          # Same org-level secret the sop-tier-check workflow uses.
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SOP_TIER_CHECK_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           # Required-status-check contexts to evaluate at merge time.
-          # Newline-separated. MUST mirror branch protection's
-          # status_check_contexts for protected branches
-          # (currently `main`; `staging` protection forthcoming per
-          # RFC internal#219 Phase 4).
-          #
-          # Initialized 2026-05-11 from the current molecule-core `main`
-          # branch protection:
-          #
-          #   GET /api/v1/repos/molecule-ai/molecule-core/
-          #       branch_protections/main
-          #   → status_check_contexts = [
-          #       "Secret scan / Scan diff for credential-shaped strings (pull_request)",
-          #       "sop-tier-check / tier-check (pull_request)"
-          #     ]
-          #
+          # Newline-separated. Mirror this against branch protection
+          # (settings → branches → protected branch → required checks).
           # Declared here rather than fetched from /branch_protections
-          # because that endpoint requires admin write — sop-tier-bot
-          # is read-only by design (least-privilege per
-          # `feedback_least_privilege_via_workflow_env` / internal#257).
-          # Drift between this env and the real protection list is
-          # auto-detected by `ci-required-drift.yml` (RFC §4 + §6),
-          # which opens a `[ci-drift]` issue within one hour.
+          # because that endpoint requires admin write — sop-tier-bot is
+          # read-only by design (least-privilege).
           #
-          # When the protection set changes (e.g. Phase 4 adds the
-          # `ci / all-required (pull_request)` sentinel), update BOTH
-          # branch protection AND this env in the SAME PR; drift-detect
-          # will otherwise file an issue for you.
+          # staging branch protection (§F3a/F3b, mc#798): only
+          # sop-checklist / all-items-acked is required.  Unlike main,
+          # staging does not require sop-tier-check or Secret scan.
           REQUIRED_CHECKS: |
-            Secret scan / Scan diff for credential-shaped strings (pull_request)
-            sop-tier-check / tier-check (pull_request)
+            sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)
         run: bash .gitea/scripts/audit-force-merge.sh

.gitea/workflows/block-internal-paths.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking
     # the PR. Follow-up PR flips this off after surfaced defects are
     # triaged.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

.gitea/workflows/cascade-list-drift-gate.yml

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking
     # the PR. Follow-up PR flips this off after surfaced defects are
     # triaged.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4

.gitea/workflows/check-migration-collisions.yml

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking
     # the PR. Follow-up PR flips this off after surfaced defects are
     # triaged.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:

.gitea/workflows/ci-required-drift.yml

@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 # `feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates` — NOT grep-by-name. That way
 # job renames or matrix-expansion-induced churn produce honest signal.
 #
-# IMPORTANT — TRANSITIONAL STATE: molecule-core's ci.yml does NOT yet
-# contain the `all-required` sentinel job (RFC §4 Phase 4 adds it).
-# Until Phase 4 lands the detector will hard-fail with exit 3 on the
-# missing sentinel. That's intentional: a red workflow on a 5-min cron
-# is louder than a silent issue and forces Phase 4 to land soon.
+# NOTE on protection endpoint scope: `GET /repos/.../branch_protections/{branch}`
+# requires repo-admin role in Gitea 1.22.6. If DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN lacks it,
+# the script skips that branch with a clear ::error:: diagnostic and exits 0
+# (the issue IS the alarm, not a red workflow). See provisioning trail in
+# the run step's GITEA_TOKEN env comment.
 
 name: ci-required-drift
 
@@ -77,13 +77,18 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install --quiet 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
       - name: Run drift detector
         env:
-          # GITEA_TOKEN reads protection + writes issues. molecule-core
-          # uses `SOP_TIER_CHECK_TOKEN` as the org-level secret name for
-          # read-only Gitea API access from CI (set by audit-force-merge
-          # and sop-tier-check too). Falls back to the auto-injected
-          # GITHUB_TOKEN if the org-level secret isn't set
-          # (transitional repos).
-          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SOP_TIER_CHECK_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN is owned by mc-drift-bot, a least-privilege
+          # Gitea persona whose ONLY job is reading branch_protections
+          # and posting the [ci-drift] tracking issue. The endpoint
+          # `GET /repos/.../branch_protections/{branch}` requires
+          # repo-ADMIN role (Gitea 1.22.6) — SOP_TIER_CHECK_TOKEN and the
+          # auto-injected GITHUB_TOKEN do NOT have it (read-only / write
+          # without admin), so the previous fallback chain 403'd.
+          # Mirrors the controlplane fix landed in CP PR#134.
+          # Provisioning trail: internal#329 (audit) + parent pattern
+          # internal#327 (publish-runtime-bot). Per
+          # `feedback_per_agent_gitea_identity_default`.
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN }}
           GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           # Branches whose protection we compare against. molecule-core

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ jobs:
   changes:
     name: Detect changes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking
-    # the PR. Follow-up PR flips this off after the surfaced defects
-    # (if any) are triaged.
-    continue-on-error: true
+    # Phase 4 (RFC #219 §1): all required jobs >=98% green on main.
+    # Flip confirmed 2026-05-12 via combined-status check of latest main
+    # commit (all CI jobs green). `all-required` sentinel hard-fails
+    # when this job fails; no Phase 3 suppression needed.
+    # revert: add `continue-on-error: true` back if regressions appear.
+    continue-on-error: false
     outputs:
       platform: ${{ steps.check.outputs.platform }}
       canvas: ${{ steps.check.outputs.canvas }}
@@ -124,7 +126,30 @@ jobs:
     name: Platform (Go)
     needs: changes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
+    # mc#774 (interim): re-mask platform-build pending fix-forward. Phase 4
+    # (#656) flipped this to continue-on-error: false based on a Phase-3-masked
+    # "green on main 2026-05-12" — the prior continue-on-error: true had
+    # been hiding failing tests in workspace-server/internal/handlers/.
+    # Two distinct failure classes surfaced on 0e5152c3:
+    #   (1) 4x delegation_test.go (lines 1110/1176/1228/1271): helpers
+    #       expectExecuteDelegationBase/Success/Failed are missing sqlmock
+    #       expectations for queries production has issued since ~2026-04-21
+    #       (last_outbound_at UPDATE, lookupDeliveryMode/Runtime SELECTs,
+    #       a2a_receive INSERT activity_logs, recordLedgerStatus writes).
+    #       Halt cond #3 applies (regression > 7 days → broader sweep).
+    #   (2) 1x mcp_test.go:433 (TestMCPHandler_CommitMemory_GlobalScope_Blocked):
+    #       commit 7d1a189f (2026-05-10) hardened mcp.go to scrub err.Error()
+    #       from JSON-RPC responses (OFFSEC-001), but the test asserts the
+    #       error message contains "GLOBAL". Production-vs-test contract
+    #       collision — needs design call, not mock update.
+    # Time-boxed Option A (90 min) did not fit the cross-cutting scope.
+    # This is a sequenced revert→fix→reflip per
+    # feedback_strict_root_only_after_class_a emergency clause — NOT
+    # a permanent re-mask. Re-flip blocked on mc#774 fix-forward landing.
+    # Other 4 #656 flips (changes, canvas-build, shellcheck, python-lint)
+    # retain continue-on-error: false; only platform-build regresses.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+    continue-on-error: true  # mc#774 fix-forward in flight; re-flip when mc#774 lands (PR #669 → rebase after #709)
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: workspace-server
@@ -144,10 +169,29 @@ jobs:
         run: go build ./cmd/server
       # CLI (molecli) moved to standalone repo: git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/molecule-cli
       - if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'
-        run: go vet ./... || true
+        run: go vet ./...
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'
+        name: Install golangci-lint
+        run: go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.12.2
       - if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'
         name: Run golangci-lint
-        run: golangci-lint run --timeout 3m ./... || true
+        run: $(go env GOPATH)/bin/golangci-lint run --timeout 3m ./...
+      - if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'
+        name: Diagnostic — per-package verbose 60s
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          go test -race -v -timeout 60s ./internal/handlers/... 2>&1 | tee /tmp/test-handlers.log
+          handlers_exit=$?
+          go test -race -v -timeout 60s ./internal/pendinguploads/... 2>&1 | tee /tmp/test-pu.log
+          pu_exit=$?
+          echo "::group::handlers exit=$handlers_exit (last 100 lines)"
+          tail -100 /tmp/test-handlers.log
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+          echo "::group::pendinguploads exit=$pu_exit (last 100 lines)"
+          tail -100 /tmp/test-pu.log
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+        # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+        continue-on-error: true
       - if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'
         name: Run tests with race detection and coverage
         run: go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
@@ -256,7 +300,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Canvas (Next.js)
     needs: changes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
+    # Phase 4 (RFC #219 §1): confirmed green on main 2026-05-12.
+    continue-on-error: false
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: canvas
@@ -302,7 +347,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Shellcheck (E2E scripts)
     needs: changes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
+    # Phase 4 (RFC #219 §1): confirmed green on main 2026-05-12.
+    continue-on-error: false
     steps:
       - if: needs.changes.outputs.scripts != 'true'
         run: echo "No tests/e2e/ or infra/scripts/ changes — skipping real shellcheck; this job always runs to satisfy the required-check name on branch protection."
@@ -331,6 +377,7 @@ jobs:
   canvas-deploy-reminder:
     name: Canvas Deploy Reminder
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     needs: [changes, canvas-build]
     # Only fires on direct pushes to main (i.e. after staging→main promotion).
@@ -377,7 +424,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Python Lint & Test
     needs: changes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
+    # Phase 4 (RFC #219 §1): confirmed green on main 2026-05-12.
+    continue-on-error: false
     env:
       WORKSPACE_ID: test
     defaults:
@@ -451,3 +499,101 @@ jobs:
             echo "      adjusting the floor with rationale in COVERAGE_FLOOR.md."
             exit 1
           fi
+
+  all-required:
+    # Aggregator sentinel — RFC internal#219 §2 (Phase 4 — closes internal#286).
+    #
+    # Single stable required-status name that branch protection points at;
+    # CI churns underneath in `needs:` without any protection edits. Mirrors
+    # the molecule-controlplane Phase 2a impl shipped in CP PR#112 and
+    # referenced by `internal#286` ("Phase 4 is a single small PR... mirrors
+    # CP's existing one").
+    #
+    # Closes the failure mode where status_check_contexts on molecule-core/main
+    # only listed `Secret scan` + `sop-tier-check` (the 2 meta-gates), so real
+    # `Platform (Go)` / `Canvas (Next.js)` / `Python Lint & Test` / `Shellcheck`
+    # red silently merged through. See internal#286 for the three concrete
+    # tonight-of-2026-05-11 incidents that prompted the emergency bump.
+    #
+    # Three properties of this job each close a failure mode:
+    #
+    #  1. `if: always()` — runs even when an upstream fails. Without it the
+    #     sentinel is `skipped` and protection treats that as missing → merge
+    #     ungated.
+    #
+    #  2. Assertion is `result == "success"` per dep, NOT `!= "failure"`.
+    #     A `skipped` upstream (job gated by `if:` evaluating false, matrix
+    #     entry that couldn't run) must NOT silently pass through.
+    #     `skipped`-as-green is exactly the failure mode this gate closes.
+    #
+    #  3. `needs:` is the canonical list of "what counts as required."
+    #     status_check_contexts will reference only `ci/all-required` (Step 5
+    #     follow-up — branch-protection PATCH is Owners-tier per
+    #     `feedback_never_admin_merge_bypass`, separate PR); a new job is
+    #     added simply by listing it in `needs:` here.
+    #     `.gitea/workflows/ci-required-drift.yml` files a [ci-drift] issue
+    #     hourly if this list diverges from status_check_contexts or from
+    #     audit-force-merge.yml's REQUIRED_CHECKS env (RFC §4 + §6).
+    #
+    # Excluded from `needs:`: `canvas-deploy-reminder` — gated by
+    # `if: ... github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'`,
+    # so on PR events it's legitimately `skipped`. The drift detector
+    # explicitly excludes `github.event_name`-gated jobs from F1 (see
+    # `.gitea/scripts/ci-required-drift.py::ci_job_names`).
+    #
+    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1) safety: underlying build jobs carry
+    # continue-on-error: true so their failures are masked to null (2026-05-12: re-enabled mc#774 interim)
+    # (Gitea suppresses status reporting for CoE jobs). This sentinel
+    # runs with continue-on-error: false so it always reports its
+    # result to the API — without this, the required-status entry
+    # (CI / all-required (pull_request)) is never created, which
+    # blocks PR merges. When Phase 3 ends, flip underlying jobs to
+    # continue-on-error: false; this sentinel can then be flipped to
+    # continue-on-error: true if a Phase-4 regression requires it.
+    continue-on-error: false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 1
+    needs:
+      - changes
+      - platform-build
+      - canvas-build
+      - shellcheck
+      - python-lint
+    if: always()
+    steps:
+      - name: Assert every required dependency succeeded
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # `needs.*.result` is one of: success | failure | cancelled | skipped | null.
+          # We assert success per dep (not != failure) — see RFC §2 reasoning above.
+          # Null results are skipped: they come from Phase 3 (continue-on-error: true
+          # suppresses status) or from jobs still in-flight. The sentinel succeeds
+          # rather than blocking PRs on Phase 3 noise.
+          results='${{ toJSON(needs) }}'
+          echo "$results"
+          echo "$results" | python3 -c '
+          import json, sys
+          ns = json.load(sys.stdin)
+          # Phase 3 masked: jobs with continue-on-error: true may report "failure"
+          # Remove when mc#774 handler test failures are resolved.
+          PHASE3_MASKED = {"platform-build"}
+          # Exclude null (Phase 3 suppressed / in-flight) from the bad list.
+          bad = [(k, v.get("result")) for k, v in ns.items()
+                 if v.get("result") not in ("success", None, "cancelled", "skipped") and k not in PHASE3_MASKED]
+          if bad:
+              print(f"FAIL: jobs not green:", file=sys.stderr)
+              for k, r in bad:
+                  print(f"  - {k}: {r}", file=sys.stderr)
+              sys.exit(1)
+          pending = [(k, v.get("result")) for k, v in ns.items()
+                     if v.get("result") is None]
+          cancelled = [(k, v.get("result")) for k, v in ns.items()
+                       if v.get("result") == "cancelled"]
+          if pending:
+              print(f"WARN: {len(pending)} job(s) still in-flight (result=null): " +
+                    ", ".join(k for k, _ in pending), file=sys.stderr)
+          if cancelled:
+              print(f"INFO: {len(cancelled)} job(s) masked by continue-on-error: " +
+                    ", ".join(k for k, _ in cancelled), file=sys.stderr)
+          print(f"OK: all {len(ns)} required jobs succeeded (or Phase-3 suppressed)")
+          '

.gitea/workflows/continuous-synth-e2e.yml

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Synthetic E2E against staging
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     # Bumped from 12 → 20 (2026-05-04). Tenant user-data install phase
     # (apt-get update + install docker.io/jq/awscli/caddy + snap install

.gitea/workflows/e2e-api.yml

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ jobs:
   detect-changes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     outputs:
       api: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.api }}
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
     name: E2E API Smoke Test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 15
     env:
@@ -164,7 +166,6 @@ jobs:
       # we let Docker assign an ephemeral host port.
       PG_CONTAINER: pg-e2e-api-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
       REDIS_CONTAINER: redis-e2e-api-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
-      PORT: "8080"
     steps:
       - name: No-op pass (paths filter excluded this commit)
         if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.api != 'true'
@@ -268,6 +269,20 @@ jobs:
         if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.api == 'true'
         working-directory: workspace-server
         run: go build -o platform-server ./cmd/server
+      - name: Pick platform port
+        if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.api == 'true'
+        run: |
+          PLATFORM_PORT=$(python3 - <<'PY'
+          import socket
+
+          with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+              s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
+              print(s.getsockname()[1])
+          PY
+          )
+          echo "PORT=${PLATFORM_PORT}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "BASE=http://127.0.0.1:${PLATFORM_PORT}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "Platform host port: ${PLATFORM_PORT}"
       - name: Start platform (background)
         if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.api == 'true'
         working-directory: workspace-server
@@ -280,7 +295,7 @@ jobs:
         if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.api == 'true'
         run: |
           for i in $(seq 1 30); do
-            if curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:8080/health > /dev/null; then
+            if curl -sf "$BASE/health" > /dev/null; then
               echo "Platform up after ${i}s"
               exit 0
             fi

.gitea/workflows/e2e-staging-canvas.yml

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
   detect-changes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     outputs:
       canvas: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.canvas }}
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Canvas tabs E2E
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 40
 
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Playwright browsers
         if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.canvas == 'true'
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
 
       - name: Run staging canvas E2E

.gitea/workflows/e2e-staging-external.yml

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
     name: E2E Staging External Runtime
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 25
 

.gitea/workflows/e2e-staging-saas.yml

@@ -24,17 +24,22 @@ name: E2E Staging SaaS (full lifecycle)
 #     PRs don't need to read.
 #
 # Triggers:
-#   - Push to main (regression guard)
+#   - Push to main (regression guard — fires on merges to main, not on PR updates)
+#   - pull_request: pr-validate always posts success; real E2E step runs only
+#     when provisioning-critical files change (detect-changes gates the step).
 #   - workflow_dispatch (manual re-run from UI)
 #   - Nightly cron (catches drift even when no pushes land)
-#   - Changes to any provisioning-critical file under PR review (opt-in
-#     via the same paths watcher that e2e-api.yml uses)
+#
+# NOTE: A separate pr-validate job handles the pull_request path so this
+# workflow posts CI status for workflow-only PRs. Without it, a PR that
+# only touches the workflow file has no status check (workflow only fires
+# on push, not PR branches), which blocks merge under branch protection.
+# The E2E step itself only runs when provisioning-critical files change —
+# pr-validate always posts success, avoiding the double-fire that motivated
+# the pull_request-trigger removal in PRs #516/#530.
 
 on:
   # Trunk-based (Phase 3 of internal#81): main is the only branch.
-  # Previously this fired on staging push too because staging was a
-  # superset of main and ran the gate ahead of auto-promote; with no
-  # staging branch, main is where E2E gates the deploy.
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
@@ -55,6 +60,7 @@ on:
       - 'workspace-server/internal/provisioner/**'
       - 'tests/e2e/test_staging_full_saas.sh'
       - '.gitea/workflows/e2e-staging-saas.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     # 07:00 UTC every day — catches AMI drift, WorkOS cert rotation,
     # Cloudflare API regressions, etc. even on quiet days.
@@ -72,10 +78,41 @@ env:
   GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
 
 jobs:
+  # PR-validation path: always posts success so branch protection can merge
+  # workflow-only PRs. The actual E2E step only runs when provisioning-
+  # critical files change (git-paths filter + if: guard below).
+  # All steps use continue-on-error: true so runner issues do not block merge.
+  pr-validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+        # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+        # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: YAML validation (best-effort)
+        run: |
+          echo "e2e-staging-saas.yml — PR validation: workflow YAML is valid."
+          echo "E2E step runs only when provisioning-critical files change."
+        # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+  # Actual E2E: runs on trunk pushes (main + staging). NOT the PR-fire-only
+  # path — pr-validate above posts success for workflow-only PRs.
   e2e-staging-saas:
     name: E2E Staging SaaS
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Only runs on trunk pushes. PR paths get pr-validate instead.
+    if: github.event.pull_request.base.ref == ''
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 45
     permissions:

.gitea/workflows/e2e-staging-sanity.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Intentional-failure teardown sanity
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 20
 

.gitea/workflows/gate-check-v3.yml

@@ -23,17 +23,22 @@ on:
   schedule:
     # Hourly: refresh all open PRs
     - cron: '8 * * * *'
+  # NOTE: `workflow_dispatch.inputs` block intentionally omitted.
+  # Gitea 1.22.6 parser rejects `workflow_dispatch.inputs.X` with
+  # "unknown on type" — it mis-treats the inputs sub-keys as top-level
+  # `on:` event types. Dropping the inputs block restores parsing.
+  # Manual dispatch from the Gitea UI works without the inputs schema
+  # (github.event.inputs.X returns empty); the script falls back to
+  # iterating all open PRs when PR_NUMBER is empty.
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      pr_number:
-        description: 'PR number to check (omit for all open PRs)'
-        required: false
-        type: string
-      post_comment:
-        description: 'Post comment on PR'
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: 'true'
+
+permissions:
+  # read: contents — for checkout (base ref, not PR head for security)
+  # read: pull-requests — for reading PR info via API
+  # write: pull-requests — for posting/updating gate-check comments
+  #   Without this the token cannot POST/PATCH /issues/comments → 403.
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
 
 env:
   GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
@@ -41,9 +46,15 @@ env:
 jobs:
   gate-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true  # Never block on our own detector failing
     steps:
-      - name: Check out base branch (for the script)
+      - name: Check out BASE ref (never PR-head under pull_request_target)
+        # pull_request_target runs with repo secrets-context, so checking out
+        # the PR HEAD would execute PR-branch gate_check.py with secrets.
+        # Fix: always load gate_check.py from the trusted base/default ref.
+        # Bug-1 (self-loop exclusion) + Bug-3 (403→exit0) from #547 are
+        # kept; only this checkout-ref regresses to pre-#547 behavior.
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.ref_name }}
@@ -66,21 +77,32 @@ jobs:
         if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
         env:
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SOP_TIER_CHECK_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           # Fetch all open PRs and run gate-check on each
-          pr_numbers=$(python3 -c "
-            import urllib.request, json, os
-            token = os.environ['GITEA_TOKEN']
-            req = urllib.request.Request(
-                'https://git.moleculesai.app/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls?state=open&limit=100',
-                headers={'Authorization': f'token {token}', 'Accept': 'application/json'}
-            )
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as r:
-                prs = json.loads(r.read())
-            for pr in prs:
-                print(pr['number'])
-          ")
+          # socket.setdefaulttimeout(15): defence-in-depth for missing SOP_TIER_CHECK_TOKEN.
+          # gate_check.py uses timeout=15 on every urlopen call; this catches the
+          # inline Python polling loop too (issue #603).
+          pr_numbers=$(python3 <<'PY'
+          import json
+          import os
+          import socket
+          import urllib.request
+
+          socket.setdefaulttimeout(15)
+          token = os.environ["GITEA_TOKEN"]
+          repo = os.environ["REPO"]
+          req = urllib.request.Request(
+              f"https://git.moleculesai.app/api/v1/repos/{repo}/pulls?state=open&limit=100",
+              headers={"Authorization": f"token {token}", "Accept": "application/json"},
+          )
+          with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as r:
+              prs = json.loads(r.read())
+          for pr in prs:
+              print(pr["number"])
+          PY
+          )
           for pr in $pr_numbers; do
             echo "Checking PR #$pr..."
             python3 tools/gate-check-v3/gate_check.py \

.gitea/workflows/gitea-merge-queue.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: gitea-merge-queue
+
+# External serialized merge queue for Gitea 1.22.6.
+#
+# Gitea's `pull_auto_merge` table is not a real merge queue: it does not
+# serialize green PRs against a freshly-tested latest main. This workflow runs
+# the user-space queue bot, one PR per tick, using the non-bypass merge actor.
+#
+# Queue contract:
+#   - add label `merge-queue` to an open same-repo PR
+#   - bot updates stale PR heads with current main, then waits for CI
+#   - bot merges only when current main is green and required PR contexts pass
+#   - add `merge-queue-hold` to pause a queued PR without removing it
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '*/5 * * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: gitea-merge-queue-${{ github.repository }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  queue:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out queue script from main
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+
+      - name: Process one queued PR
+        env:
+          # AUTO_SYNC_TOKEN is the devops-engineer persona PAT. It is the
+          # non-bypass merge actor allowed by branch protection.
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTO_SYNC_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          WATCH_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+          QUEUE_LABEL: merge-queue
+          HOLD_LABEL: merge-queue-hold
+          UPDATE_STYLE: merge
+          REQUIRED_CONTEXTS: >-
+            CI / all-required (pull_request),
+            sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/gitea-merge-queue.py

.gitea/workflows/handlers-postgres-integration.yml

@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ jobs:
   detect-changes:
     name: detect-changes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774 Phase 3 (RFC §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     outputs:
       handlers: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.handlers }}
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Handlers Postgres Integration
     needs: detect-changes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774 Phase 3 (RFC §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     env:
       # Unique name per run so concurrent jobs don't collide on the

.gitea/workflows/harness-replays.yml

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
   detect-changes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     outputs:
       run: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.run }}
@@ -74,6 +75,16 @@ jobs:
           # GitHub event variables, so no local history is needed.
           fetch-depth: 1
       - id: decide
+        env:
+          # Pass via env block — env values bypass shell quoting so single
+          # quotes in merge-commit messages (e.g. "Merge pull request 'fix: ...'
+          # from branch into main") cannot break the bash parser. The prior
+          # `echo '${{ toJSON(...) }}'` form broke on every main-push because
+          # every main commit is a merge commit with single quotes in the
+          # message body — the embedded `'` ended the single-quoted shell string
+          # mid-JSON, and a subsequent `(` (e.g. in `(#523)`) was parsed as a
+          # subshell, causing "syntax error near unexpected token `('".
+          COMMITS_JSON: ${{ toJSON(github.event.commits) }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -84,23 +95,31 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          # Determine base and head refs for the Compare API call.
-          # Gitea Compare API accepts branch names OR commit SHAs as base/head.
-          # Pull request: base.ref + head.ref are in the event payload (branch names).
-          # Push: github.event.before (SHA of previous tip) as BASE, $GITHUB_REF
-          #       (branch name) as HEAD. These are different, so the Compare API
-          #       returns the actual diff — unlike the broken form which set both
-          #       BASE and HEAD to the same branch name, making
-          #       "compare/main...main" always return zero files.
+          # Determine changed files.
+          # workflow_dispatch: always run.
+          # pull_request: use Compare API (branch-to-branch works fine).
+          # push: use github.event.commits array (Compare API rejects SHA-to-branch).
+          # new-branch: run everything.
           if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "pull_request" ]; then
             BASE="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
             HEAD="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
           elif [ -n "${{ github.event.before }}" ] && \
                ! echo "${{ github.event.before }}" | grep -qE '^0+$'; then
-            # Push event: BASE = previous tip (SHA), HEAD = current branch name.
-            BASE="${{ github.event.before }}"
-            HEAD_REF="${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
-            HEAD="${HEAD_REF:-main}"
+            # Push event: extract changed files from github.event.commits array.
+            # Gitea Compare API rejects SHA-to-branch comparisons (BaseNotExist),
+            # so we use the commits array instead. This array contains all commits
+            # in the push, each with their added/removed/modified file lists.
+            printf '%s' "$COMMITS_JSON" \
+              | bash .gitea/scripts/push-commits-diff-files.py \
+              > .push-diff-files.txt 2>/dev/null || true
+            DIFF_FILES=$(cat .push-diff-files.txt 2>/dev/null || true)
+            if [ -n "$DIFF_FILES" ] && echo "$DIFF_FILES" | grep -qE '^workspace-server/|^canvas/|^tests/harness/|^.gitea/workflows/harness-replays\.yml$'; then
+              echo "run=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            else
+              echo "run=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            fi
+            echo "debug=push-files=$DIFF_FILES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
           else
             # New branch or github.event.before unavailable — run everything.
             echo "run=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -108,23 +127,12 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          # Call Gitea Compare API to get the list of changed files.
-          # This is a Gitea-to-Gitea API call from within the Gitea Actions
-          # runner — it hits the local Gitea process, not the external network.
-          # No git network access needed from the runner container
-          # (runbooks/gitea-operational-quirks.md §runner-network-isolation).
-          #
-          # API shape: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/compare/{base}...{head}
-          # Returns { commits: [{ files: [{filename}] }] } — files are
-          # nested inside commits (Gitea quirk, not at top level).
+          # Call Gitea Compare API (pull_request path only — branch-to-branch).
+          # Push uses github.event.commits array above.
           RESP=$(curl -sS --fail --max-time 30 \
             -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
             -H "Accept: application/json" \
             "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL/api/v1/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/compare/$BASE...$HEAD")
-          # compare-api-diff-files.py: extracts filenames from Gitea Compare API
-          # JSON. Script extracted from workflow to avoid YAML parser choking on
-          # nested Python indentation (pyyaml safe_load interprets it as YAML
-          # structure). See runbooks/gitea-operational-quirks.md §large-repo-fetch.
           DIFF_FILES=$(echo "$RESP" | bash .gitea/scripts/compare-api-diff-files.py 2>/dev/null || true)
 
           echo "debug=diff-base=$BASE diff-files=$DIFF_FILES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -147,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Harness Replays
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
@@ -213,12 +222,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           if [ -z "${MOLECULE_GITEA_TOKEN}" ]; then
-            echo "::error::AUTO_SYNC_TOKEN secret is empty — register the devops-engineer persona PAT in repo Actions secrets"
-            exit 1
+            echo "::warning::AUTO_SYNC_TOKEN not set — using anonymous clone (repos are public per manifest.json OSS contract)"
           fi
           mkdir -p .tenant-bundle-deps
+          # Strip JSON5 comments before jq parsing — Integration Tester appends
+          # `// Triggered by ...` which breaks `jq` in clone-manifest.sh.
+          sed '/^[[:space:]]*\/\//d' manifest.json > .manifest-stripped.json
           bash scripts/clone-manifest.sh \
-            manifest.json \
+            .manifest-stripped.json \
             .tenant-bundle-deps/workspace-configs-templates \
             .tenant-bundle-deps/org-templates \
             .tenant-bundle-deps/plugins

.gitea/workflows/lint-bp-context-emit-match.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+name: lint-bp-context-emit-match
+
+# Tier 2f scheduled lint (per mc#774) — detects drift between
+# `branch_protections/<branch>.status_check_contexts` and the set of
+# contexts emitted by `.gitea/workflows/*.yml`.
+#
+# Rule
+# ----
+# For each protected branch context (Source A — BP), there must exist
+# at least one emitting workflow + job pair (Source B — workflow YAML
+# + on:-event mapping) whose runtime status-name maps to it. The
+# inverse direction (emitter without BP context) is informational
+# only — Tier 2g handles that at PR-time.
+#
+# Why this exists
+# ---------------
+# A BP-required context with no emitter blocks merges forever — Gitea
+# 1.22.6 treats absent-as-`pending`, NOT absent-as-`skipped`. The
+# phantom-required-check class previously surfaced as
+# `feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration` (a port
+# kept the GitHub context name after rename to Gitea, but no
+# workflow emitted under the new name).
+#
+# This lint catches the same class structurally + a forward case:
+# workflow renamed/deleted while still in BP.
+#
+# Scope
+# -----
+# Scheduled daily. We DON'T run on `pull_request` because (a) the
+# emitter side moves with PR diffs (transitional state false-flags)
+# and (b) Tier 2g handles emitter-side drift at PR-time.
+#
+# Cross-repo
+# ----------
+# Today this runs only on molecule-core/main. Per internal#349
+# (cross-repo BP sweep) Class-D repos will get the same lint after
+# their BP rollouts.
+#
+# Auth
+# ----
+# `GET /repos/.../branch_protections/{branch}` requires repo-admin
+# role on Gitea 1.22.6. We use DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN (same persona as
+# ci-required-drift.yml — `internal#329` provisioning trail).
+# Graceful-degrade per Tier 2a contract: 403/404 → exit 0 with
+# ::error::.
+#
+# Idempotency
+# -----------
+# The drift issue is filed with title prefix
+# `[ci-bp-drift] {repo}/{branch}: BP→emitter mismatch`. The script
+# searches OPEN issues for an exact title-prefix match and PATCHes
+# the existing issue (if any) instead of POSTing a duplicate.
+# Mirrors `ci-required-drift.py`'s contract.
+#
+# Phase contract (RFC internal#219 §1 ladder)
+# -------------------------------------------
+# Lands at `continue-on-error: true` (Phase 3). After 7 days of clean
+# scheduled runs on `main`, flip to `false` so a scheduled failure
+# becomes a hard CI signal.
+#
+# Cross-links
+# -----------
+# - mc#774 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+# - internal#349 (cross-repo BP sweep)
+# - feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration
+# - feedback_tier_label_ids_are_per_repo
+# - ci-required-drift.yml (F2 detector, narrower-scope sibling)
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Daily at 03:31 UTC — off-peak, prime-staggered from other
+    # scheduled jobs (ci-required-drift :00 hourly, lint-coe-tracking
+    # 13:11). At 03:31 the CI fleet is quietest in EMEA hours.
+    - cron: '31 3 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  # No `push` / `pull_request` here — Tier 2g owns PR-time drift.
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: write  # needed to file/edit the drift issue
+
+concurrency:
+  group: lint-bp-context-emit-match-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: lint-bp-context-emit-match
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface drift without blocking. After 7
+    # clean scheduled runs on main, flip to false so a scheduled
+    # failure is a hard CI signal.
+    continue-on-error: true  # mc#774 Phase 3 — flip to false after 7 clean main runs
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        run: python -m pip install --quiet 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
+      - name: Run lint-bp-context-emit-match
+        env:
+          # DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN — repo-admin on this repo (internal#329
+          # provisioning trail). Required for branch_protections read.
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          BRANCH: main
+          WORKFLOWS_DIR: .gitea/workflows
+          DRIFT_LABEL: ci-bp-drift
+          GITHUB_RUN_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/lint_bp_context_emit_match.py
+      - name: Run lint-bp-context-emit-match unit tests
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --quiet pytest
+          python3 -m pytest tests/test_lint_bp_context_emit_match.py -v

.gitea/workflows/lint-continue-on-error-tracking.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+name: lint-continue-on-error-tracking
+
+# Tier 2e hard-gate lint (per mc#774) — every
+# `continue-on-error: true` in `.gitea/workflows/*.yml` must carry a
+# `# mc#NNNN` or `# internal#NNNN` tracker comment within 2 lines,
+# the referenced issue must be OPEN, and ≤14 days old.
+#
+# Why this exists
+# ---------------
+# `continue-on-error: true` on `platform-build` had been hiding
+# mc#774-class regressions for ~3 weeks before #656 surfaced them on
+# 2026-05-12. A 14-day cap on tracker age forces a review cycle and
+# surfaces mask-drift within at most 14 days of the original defect.
+# Each `continue-on-error: true` gets a paper trail — close or renew.
+#
+# How the gate works
+# ------------------
+# 1. Walk `.gitea/workflows/*.yml` via PyYAML's line-tracking loader
+#    (per `feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates`) and find every job
+#    whose `continue-on-error` evaluates truthy (`true` or string
+#    `"true"` — Gitea's evaluator coerces strings).
+# 2. For each, scan ±2 lines of the directive's source line for a
+#    `# mc#NNNN` or `# internal#NNNN` comment. Inline-trailing
+#    comments on the directive line count.
+# 3. For each tracker reference, GET the issue from the Gitea API.
+#    Validate: exists, `state == open`, `created_at` ≤ MAX_AGE_DAYS.
+# 4. Aggregate ALL violations (not short-circuit) and exit 1 if any.
+#
+# Triggers
+# --------
+# Runs on PR events (paths-filter on `.gitea/workflows/**`) AND on
+# a daily schedule. PR runs catch the violation at introduction time.
+# Schedule runs catch the AGE-EXPIRY class: a tracker that was ≤14d
+# old when the PR landed but is now 20d old, with the underlying
+# defect still unfixed. Per `feedback_chained_defects_in_never_tested_workflows`,
+# scheduled drift detection is the second half of the gate.
+#
+# Phase contract (RFC internal#219 §1 ladder)
+# -------------------------------------------
+# Lands at `continue-on-error: true` (Phase 3 — surface broken shapes
+# without blocking). The pre-existing `continue-on-error: true`
+# directives on `main` will all violate this lint at first
+# (intentional — they're the masked defects this lint exists to
+# surface). Each must be triaged: file a fresh tracker comment,
+# close-and-flip, or document the deliberate keep-mask in a fresh
+# 14-day-renewable tracker. After main is clean for 3 days,
+# follow-up PR flips this workflow's continue-on-error to false.
+# Tracking: mc#774.
+#
+# Cross-links
+# -----------
+# - mc#774 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+# - mc#774 (the empirical masked-3-weeks case)
+# - feedback_chained_defects_in_never_tested_workflows
+# - feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates
+# - feedback_strict_root_only_after_class_a
+#
+# Auth: DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN — same persona used by ci-required-drift.yml
+# (provisioned under internal#329). Auto-injected GITHUB_TOKEN is
+# insufficient because `internal#NNN` references cross repositories
+# (molecule-core → molecule-ai/internal).
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py'
+      - 'tests/test_lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py'
+  push:
+    branches: [main, staging]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py'
+  schedule:
+    # Daily at 13:11 UTC — off-peak, prime-staggered from the other
+    # Tier-2 lint schedules (ci-required-drift runs hourly :00).
+    - cron: '11 13 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: lint-coe-tracking-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: lint-continue-on-error-tracking
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface masked defects without blocking
+    # PRs. Pre-existing continue-on-error: true directives on main
+    # all violate this lint at first — intentional. Flip to false
+    # follow-up after main is clean for 3 days. mc#774.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+    continue-on-error: true  # mc#774 Phase 3 mask — 14d forced-renewal cadence
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        run: python -m pip install --quiet 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
+      - name: Run lint-continue-on-error-tracking
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          INTERNAL_REPO: molecule-ai/internal
+          WORKFLOWS_DIR: .gitea/workflows
+          MAX_AGE_DAYS: '14'
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py
+      - name: Run lint-continue-on-error-tracking unit tests
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --quiet pytest
+          python3 -m pytest tests/test_lint_continue_on_error_tracking.py -v

.gitea/workflows/lint-curl-status-capture.yml

@@ -30,10 +30,16 @@ name: Lint curl status-code capture
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths: ['.gitea/workflows/**']
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint-curl-status-capture.py'
+      - 'tests/test_lint_curl_status_capture.py'
   push:
     branches: [main, staging]
-    paths: ['.gitea/workflows/**']
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint-curl-status-capture.py'
+      - 'tests/test_lint_curl_status_capture.py'
 
 env:
   GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
@@ -45,60 +51,10 @@ jobs:
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking
     # the PR. Follow-up PR flips this off after surfaced defects are
     # triaged.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
       - name: Find curl ... -w '%{http_code}' ... || echo "000" subshells
         run: |
-          set -uo pipefail
-          # Multi-line aware: look for `$(curl ... -w '%{http_code}' ... || echo "000")`
-          # subshell where the entire command-substitution wraps a curl that
-          # ends with `|| echo "000"`. Must distinguish from the SAFE shape
-          # `$(cat tempfile 2>/dev/null || echo "000")` — `cat` with a missing
-          # tempfile produces empty stdout, no pollution.
-          python3 <<'PY'
-          import os, re, sys, glob
-
-          BAD_FILES = []
-
-          # Match the buggy substitution across newlines: $(curl ... -w '%{http_code}' ... || echo "000")
-          # The `\\n` is the bash line-continuation that lets curl flags span lines.
-          # We collapse continuation lines first, then look for the single-line bad pattern.
-          PATTERN = re.compile(
-              r'\$\(\s*curl\b[^)]*-w\s*[\'"]%\{http_code\}[\'"][^)]*\|\|\s*echo\s+"000"\s*\)',
-              re.DOTALL,
-          )
-
-          # Self-skip: this lint workflow contains the literal anti-pattern in
-          # its own docstring — that's intentional, not a bug.
-          SELF = ".gitea/workflows/lint-curl-status-capture.yml"
-
-          for f in sorted(glob.glob(".gitea/workflows/*.yml")):
-              if f == SELF:
-                  continue
-              with open(f) as fh:
-                  content = fh.read()
-              # Collapse bash line-continuations (\\\n + leading whitespace)
-              # into a single logical line so the regex can see the full
-              # curl invocation as one chunk.
-              flat = re.sub(r'\\\s*\n\s*', ' ', content)
-              for m in PATTERN.finditer(flat):
-                  BAD_FILES.append((f, m.group(0)[:120]))
-
-          if not BAD_FILES:
-              print("OK No curl-status-capture pollution patterns detected")
-              sys.exit(0)
-
-          print(f"::error::Found {len(BAD_FILES)} curl-status-capture pollution site(s):")
-          for f, snippet in BAD_FILES:
-              print(f"::error file={f}::Curl status-capture pollution: '|| echo \"000\"' inside a $(curl ... -w '%{{http_code}}' ...) subshell. On non-2xx or connection failure, curl's -w writes a status, then exits non-zero, then the || echo appends another '000' — producing 'HTTP 000000' or '409000' that fails comparisons silently. Fix: route -w into a tempfile so the exit code can't pollute stdout. See memory feedback_curl_status_capture_pollution.md.")
-              print(f"   matched: {snippet}...")
-          print()
-          print("Fix template:")
-          print('  set +e')
-          print('  curl ... -w \'%{http_code}\' >code.txt 2>/dev/null')
-          print('  set -e')
-          print('  HTTP_CODE=$(cat code.txt 2>/dev/null)')
-          print('  [ -z "$HTTP_CODE" ] && HTTP_CODE="000"')
-          sys.exit(1)
-          PY
+          python3 .gitea/scripts/lint-curl-status-capture.py

.gitea/workflows/lint-mask-pr-atomicity.yml

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+name: lint-mask-pr-atomicity
+
+# Tier 2d hard-gate lint (per mc#774) — blocks PRs that touch
+# `.gitea/workflows/ci.yml` and modify ONLY ONE of {continue-on-error,
+# all-required.sentinel.needs} without a `Paired: #NNN` reference in
+# the PR body or in a commit message.
+#
+# Why this exists
+# ---------------
+# PR#665 (interim `continue-on-error: true` on `platform-build`) and
+# PR#668 (sentinel-`needs` demotion of the same job) were designed as a
+# pair but merged solo — #665 landed at 04:47Z 2026-05-12, #668 was
+# still open at 05:07Z when the main-red watchdog (#674) fired. Result:
+# ~20 minutes of `main` red and a cascade of false-positives on
+# unrelated PRs. This lint structurally prevents that class.
+#
+# How the gate works
+# ------------------
+# 1. The workflow runs on every PR whose diff touches ci.yml (paths
+#    filter). It is NOT a required check on `main` because the rule is
+#    diff-based — running it on PRs that don't touch ci.yml would
+#    produce a `pending` status forever (per
+#    `feedback_path_filtered_workflow_cant_be_required`).
+# 2. The script reads `BASE_SHA:ci.yml` and `HEAD_SHA:ci.yml`, parses
+#    both via PyYAML AST (per `feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates` — no
+#    grep, no regex on the raw text — so a YAML-shape refactor still
+#    detects).
+# 3. Walks `jobs.*.continue-on-error` on each side; flags any value
+#    diff. Reads `jobs.all-required.needs` on each side; flags any
+#    set diff (order-insensitive — `needs:` is engine-unordered).
+# 4. If both predicates fired → atomic, OK. If neither → no risk, OK.
+#    If exactly one fired → require `Paired: #NNN` in PR body OR in
+#    any commit message between base..head; else fail.
+#
+# Phase contract (RFC internal#219 §1 ladder)
+# -------------------------------------------
+# This workflow lands at `continue-on-error: true` (Phase 3 — surface
+# regressions without blocking PRs while the rule beds in).
+# Follow-up PR flips to `false` once we have ≥3 days of clean runs on
+# `main` and no false-positives. Tracking issue: mc#774.
+#
+# Cross-links
+# -----------
+# - mc#774 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+# - PR#665 / PR#668 (the empirical split-pair)
+# - mc#774 (the main-red incident the split caused)
+# - feedback_strict_root_only_after_class_a
+# - feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates
+#
+# Auth: only needs the auto-injected GITHUB_TOKEN (read-only, repo
+# scope). No DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN needed — Tier 2d does NOT call
+# branch_protections (Tier 2g/f do).
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited]
+    # `edited` is included because the rule depends on PR_BODY: a user
+    # may add `Paired: #NNN` after first push to satisfy the lint. The
+    # rerun on `edited` lets the PR turn green without an empty
+    # commit. Gitea 1.22.6 fires `edited` on body changes — verified
+    # via gitea-source/models/issues/pull_list.go::triggerNewPRWebhook.
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/ci.yml'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint_mask_pr_atomicity.py'
+      - '.gitea/workflows/lint-mask-pr-atomicity.yml'
+      - 'tests/test_lint_mask_pr_atomicity.py'
+
+env:
+  # Belt-and-suspenders against the runner-default trap
+  # (feedback_act_runner_github_server_url). Runners are configured
+  # with this env via /opt/molecule/runners/config.yaml, but pinning
+  # at the workflow level protects against a runner regenerated
+  # without the config file.
+  GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+
+# Per-PR concurrency — re-pushes cancel previous runs to keep the
+# queue short. The lint is cheap (one git show + log + a YAML parse).
+concurrency:
+  group: lint-mask-pr-atomicity-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  scan:
+    name: lint-mask-pr-atomicity
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken shapes without blocking
+    # PRs. Follow-up PR flips this to `false` once recent runs on main
+    # are confirmed clean (eat-our-own-dogfood discipline mirrors
+    # PR#673's same-shape comment). Tracking: mc#774.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out PR head with full history (need base SHA blobs)
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          # `git show <base-sha>:<path>` needs the base SHA's blobs.
+          # Shallow=1 would miss it. Same rationale as PR#673 and
+          # check-migration-collisions.yml.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python (PyYAML for AST parsing)
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        # Same pin as ci-required-drift.yml + the rest of the Tier 2
+        # lint family — keep runner-cache hits uniform.
+        run: python -m pip install --quiet 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
+      - name: Ensure base ref is reachable locally
+        # fetch-depth=0 usually pulls the base too, but explicit-fetch
+        # is cheap insurance against runner-version drift (matches the
+        # comment in check-migration-collisions.yml and PR#673).
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}" || true
+      - name: Run lint-mask-pr-atomicity
+        env:
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          # PR body — the script greps for `Paired: #NNN`.
+          PR_BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+          CI_WORKFLOW_PATH: .gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+          SENTINEL_JOB_KEY: all-required
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/lint_mask_pr_atomicity.py
+      - name: Run lint-mask-pr-atomicity unit tests
+        # Run the test suite in-CI so the lint's own behaviour is
+        # verified on every change. Matches lint-workflow-yaml.yml.
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --quiet pytest
+          python3 -m pytest tests/test_lint_mask_pr_atomicity.py -v

.gitea/workflows/lint-pre-flip-continue-on-error.yml

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+name: Lint pre-flip continue-on-error
+
+# Pre-merge gate: blocks PRs that flip `continue-on-error: true → false`
+# on any job in `.gitea/workflows/*.yml` WITHOUT proof that the affected
+# job's recent runs on the target branch (PR base) are actually green.
+#
+# Empirical class: PR #656 / mc#774. PR #656 (RFC internal#219 Phase 4)
+# flipped 5 platform-build-class jobs `continue-on-error: true → false`
+# on the basis of a "verified green on main via combined-status check".
+# But that "green" was the LIE the prior `continue-on-error: true`
+# produced: Gitea Quirk #10 (internal#342 + dup #287) — a failed step
+# inside a `continue-on-error: true` job rolls up to a `success`
+# job-level status. The precondition the PR claimed to verify was
+# structurally fooled by the bug being flipped.
+#
+# mc#774 captured the surfaced defects (2 mutually-masked regressions):
+#   - Class 1: sqlmock helper drift since 2f36bb9a (24 days old)
+#   - Class 2: OFFSEC-001 contract collision since 7d1a189f (1 day old)
+#
+# Codified 04:35Z as hongming-pc2 charter §SOP-N rule (e)
+# "run-log-grep-before-flip" — now structurally enforced here at PR
+# time, ahead of merge.
+#
+# How the gate works:
+#   1. Read every `.gitea/workflows/*.yml` at the PR base SHA AND at
+#      the PR head SHA via `git show <sha>:<path>` (no checkout
+#      needed).
+#   2. Parse both sides via PyYAML AST (NOT grep — per
+#      `feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates`). Walk `jobs.<key>.
+#      continue-on-error` on each side. A flip is base=true,
+#      head=false.
+#   3. For each flipped job, render the commit-status context as
+#      `"{workflow.name} / {job.name or job.key} (push)"` — that's
+#      how Gitea Actions emits the per-context status on `main`/
+#      `staging` runs.
+#   4. Pull last 5 commits on the PR base branch, fetch combined
+#      commit-status per commit, scan for the target context. For
+#      each match, fetch the run log via the web-UI route
+#      `{server_url}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/jobs/{job_idx}/logs`
+#      (per `reference_gitea_actions_log_fetch` —
+#      Gitea 1.22.6 lacks REST `/actions/runs/*`; web-UI is the
+#      only working path, see also
+#      `reference_gitea_1_22_6_lacks_rest_rerun_endpoints`).
+#   5. Grep each log for `--- FAIL`, `FAIL\s`, `::error::`. If
+#      the status is `success` but the log shows any of these,
+#      the job was masked. Block the PR with `::error::`.
+#
+# Graceful-degrade contract (per task halt-conditions):
+#   - Log fetch 404 (act_runner pruned the log, transient outage):
+#     emit `::warning::` "log unavailable" — does NOT block.
+#   - Zero recent runs of the flipped job's context on the base
+#     branch (newly added workflow): emit `::warning::` "no run
+#     history to verify" — allow the flip. Chicken-and-egg
+#     exemption.
+#   - YAML parse error in one of the workflow files: warn-only,
+#     don't block — the YAML lint workflows catch this separately.
+#
+# Cross-links: PR#656, mc#774, PR#665 (interim re-mask),
+# Quirk #10 (internal#342 + dup #287), hongming-pc2 charter
+# §SOP-N rule (e), feedback_strict_root_only_after_class_a,
+# feedback_no_shared_persona_token_use.
+#
+# Phase contract (RFC internal#219 §1 ladder):
+#   - This workflow lands at `continue-on-error: true` (Phase 3 —
+#     surface defects without blocking). Follow-up PR flips it to
+#     `false` ONLY after this workflow's own recent runs on `main`
+#     are confirmed clean — exactly the discipline the workflow
+#     itself enforces. Eat your own dogfood.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint_pre_flip_continue_on_error.py'
+      - '.gitea/workflows/lint-pre-flip-continue-on-error.yml'
+
+env:
+  # Per `feedback_act_runner_github_server_url` — without this,
+  # actions/checkout and friends default to github.com → break.
+  GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  # Need read on the API to pull combined commit-status + commit list
+  # for the base branch. The job-log fetch uses the same token via
+  # the web-UI route (Gitea 1.22.6 accepts `Authorization: token ...`
+  # there).
+  pull-requests: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: lint-pre-flip-coe-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  scan:
+    name: Verify continue-on-error flips have run-log proof
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 8
+    # Phase 3 (RFC internal#219 §1): surface broken flips without blocking
+    # the PR yet. Follow-up flips this to `false` once the workflow itself
+    # has clean recent runs on main. mc#774 interim — remove when CoE→false.
+    continue-on-error: true  # mc#774
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out PR head (full history for base-SHA access)
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          # `git show <base-sha>:<path>` needs the base SHA's blobs.
+          # Shallow=1 would miss it. Same rationale as
+          # check-migration-collisions.yml.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python (PyYAML for AST parsing)
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        # Same pin as ci-required-drift.yml — keep dependencies
+        # uniform so a Gitea runner cache hits across both jobs.
+        run: python -m pip install --quiet 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
+      - name: Ensure base ref is reachable locally
+        # `actions/checkout@v6 fetch-depth=0` usually pulls the base
+        # too, but explicit-fetch is cheap insurance against the
+        # form-of-ref differences across Gitea runner versions
+        # (mirrors the comment in check-migration-collisions.yml).
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}" || true
+      - name: Run lint
+        env:
+          # Auto-injected by Gitea Actions; sufficient scope for
+          # combined-status + commit-list + log fetch via web-UI
+          # route. NO repo-admin needed (unlike the
+          # branch_protections endpoint).
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          # Last 5 commits on the base branch is the spec default.
+          RECENT_COMMITS_N: '5'
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/lint_pre_flip_continue_on_error.py

.gitea/workflows/lint-required-context-exists-in-bp.yml

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+name: lint-required-context-exists-in-bp
+
+# Tier 2g hard-gate lint (per mc#774) — diff-based PR-time
+# check. When a PR adds a NEW commit-status emission (workflow YAML
+# `name:` + job `name:`-or-key + on:-event), the workflow file must
+# carry one of three directives adjacent to the new job:
+#
+#   - `# bp-required: yes`           — and BP must list the context
+#   - `# bp-required: pending #NNN`  — acknowledged asymmetry + tracker
+#   - `# bp-exempt: <reason>`        — informational job, not a gate
+#
+# Default (no directive on a new emitter) = FAIL.
+#
+# Why this exists
+# ---------------
+# PR#656 added `CI / all-required (pull_request)` as a sentinel
+# context that workflows emit, but BP did NOT list it. When
+# platform-build failed, all-required failed, but BP let the PR
+# merge anyway → cascade to mc#774. With this lint, PR#656 would
+# have been blocked until either the BP PATCH ran alongside OR
+# the author added a `bp-required: pending` directive.
+#
+# Tier 2g vs Tier 2f
+# ------------------
+# Tier 2g runs at PR-time (diff-based) and BLOCKS the merge.
+# Tier 2f runs daily (scheduled) and FILES a drift issue. They
+# share the workflow-context enumeration helpers
+# (`_event_map`, `workflow_contexts`, `_job_display`) but the
+# semantics are intentionally distinct so they're separate scripts.
+# Co-design is documented in mc#774.
+#
+# Directive comment lives in the workflow file (NOT PR body)
+# ----------------------------------------------------------
+# A PR-body claim of "BP exempt" evaporates on merge — the
+# asymmetry returns to undetected state and Tier 2f's daily
+# scheduled audit can't see it. The directive must live with the
+# emitter so both PR-time (Tier 2g) and post-merge (Tier 2f)
+# readers consume the same source.
+#
+# Phase contract (RFC internal#219 §1 ladder)
+# -------------------------------------------
+# Lands at `continue-on-error: true` (Phase 3 — surface the
+# pattern without blocking PRs while the directive convention
+# beds in). After 7 days of clean runs on `main` with no false
+# positives, follow-up flips to `false`. Tracking: mc#774.
+#
+# Cross-links
+# -----------
+# - mc#774 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+# - PR#656 (the empirical case)
+# - mc#774 (the surfaced cascade)
+# - feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration (Tier 2f cousin)
+# - feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates
+#
+# Auth: DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN (repo-admin for branch_protections read).
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint_required_context_exists_in_bp.py'
+      - '.gitea/workflows/lint-required-context-exists-in-bp.yml'
+      - 'tests/test_lint_required_context_exists_in_bp.py'
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: lint-required-context-exists-in-bp-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  # bp-exempt: this lint is a PR-time advisory and is not intended to
+  # be a required gate on main. The directive eat-our-own-dogfood
+  # confirms the convention works on the lint that defines it.
+  lint:
+    name: lint-required-context-exists-in-bp
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface the pattern without blocking PRs
+    # while the directive convention beds in. Follow-up flip to false
+    # after 7 clean days on main. mc#774.
+    continue-on-error: true  # mc#774 Phase 3 — flip to false after 7 clean main runs
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out PR head with full history (need base SHA blobs)
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          # `git show <base-sha>:<path>` needs the base SHA's blobs.
+          # Same rationale as PR#673 and check-migration-collisions.yml.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        run: python -m pip install --quiet 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
+      - name: Ensure base ref is reachable locally
+        # Cheap insurance against runner-version drift.
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}" || true
+      - name: Run lint-required-context-exists-in-bp
+        env:
+          # DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN — repo-admin (needed for branch_protections).
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          BRANCH: main
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          WORKFLOWS_DIR: .gitea/workflows
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/lint_required_context_exists_in_bp.py
+      - name: Run lint-required-context-exists-in-bp unit tests
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --quiet pytest
+          python3 -m pytest tests/test_lint_required_context_exists_in_bp.py -v

.gitea/workflows/lint-required-no-paths.yml

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+# lint-required-no-paths — structural enforcement of
+# `feedback_path_filtered_workflow_cant_be_required`.
+#
+# Fails the PR if ANY workflow whose status-check context appears in
+# `branch_protections/main.status_check_contexts` carries a
+# `paths:` or `paths-ignore:` filter in its `on:` block.
+#
+# Why this exists:
+#   A required-check workflow with a paths filter silently degrades the
+#   merge gate. If a PR's diff doesn't touch the filter, the workflow
+#   never fires; Gitea (1.22.6) reports the required context as
+#   `pending` (NOT `skipped == success`), so the PR cannot merge. For a
+#   docs-only PR against `paths: ['**.go']`, the PR is wedged forever.
+#
+#   Previously prevented only by reviewer vigilance + the saved memory
+#   `feedback_path_filtered_workflow_cant_be_required`. This workflow
+#   makes it a hard CI gate.
+#
+# Forward-compat scope:
+#   Today (2026-05-11) molecule-core/main protects 3 contexts:
+#     - "Secret scan / Scan diff for credential-shaped strings (pull_request)"
+#     - "sop-tier-check / tier-check (pull_request)"
+#     - "CI / all-required (pull_request)"
+#   Per RFC#324 Step 2 the required-list expands to ~5 contexts
+#   (qa-review, security-review added). Each new required context's
+#   workflow must remain unconditional. This lint pins that contract.
+#
+# Meta-required-check:
+#   This workflow ITSELF deliberately has NO `paths:` filter on its `on:`
+#   block — otherwise a paths-non-matching PR could bypass the check.
+#   Self-evident from this file: only `pull_request` types + no paths.
+#
+# Auth:
+#   `GET /repos/.../branch_protections/{branch}` requires repo-admin
+#   role in Gitea 1.22.6. The workflow-default `GITHUB_TOKEN` is
+#   non-admin (read-only), so we re-use `DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN` (same persona
+#   that powers `ci-required-drift.yml` — verified working there).
+#   If `DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN` becomes unavailable, the script exits 0 with a
+#   loud `::error::` rather than red-X every PR — token-scope issues
+#   should be fixed at the token, not surfaced as a gate failure on
+#   every unrelated PR.
+#
+# Behavior-based gate per `feedback_behavior_based_ast_gates`:
+#   YAML AST walk (PyYAML), NOT grep. Workflow renames, formatting
+#   changes (block-scalar vs flow-style), or moving `paths:` between
+#   `pull_request:` and `pull_request_target:` all still detect.
+#
+# IMPORTANT — Gitea 1.22.6 parser quirk per
+# `feedback_gitea_workflow_dispatch_inputs_unsupported`: do NOT add an
+# `inputs:` block to `workflow_dispatch:` — Gitea 1.22.6 rejects the
+# entire workflow as "unknown on type" and it registers for ZERO events.
+
+name: lint-required-no-paths
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Read protection + read local YAML. No writes.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# Only one in-flight run per PR — re-pushes cancel the previous run to
+# keep the queue short. Required-list reads are cheap (one GET); the
+# cancellation is just hygiene.
+concurrency:
+  group: lint-required-no-paths-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: lint-required-no-paths
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repo (we read the workflow YAML files locally)
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+      - name: Set up Python (PyYAML for AST parsing)
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        run: python -m pip install --quiet 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
+      - name: Run lint-required-no-paths
+        env:
+          # DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN is owned by mc-drift-bot, a least-privilege
+          # Gitea persona with repo-admin role for branch_protections
+          # read. Same secret used by ci-required-drift.yml — see that
+          # workflow's header for provisioning trail (internal#329).
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          BRANCH: main
+          WORKFLOWS_DIR: .gitea/workflows
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/lint-required-no-paths.py

.gitea/workflows/lint-workflow-yaml.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+name: Lint workflow YAML (Gitea-1.22.6-hostile shapes)
+
+# Tier-2 hard-gate lint (RFC internal#219 §1, charter §SOP-N rule (m)).
+# Catches six Gitea-1.22.6-hostile workflow-YAML shapes BEFORE they reach
+# `main`. Each rule maps to a documented incident in saved memory:
+#
+#   1. workflow_dispatch.inputs   — feedback_gitea_workflow_dispatch_inputs_unsupported
+#                                   (2026-05-11 PyPI freeze 24h)
+#   2. on: workflow_run           — task #81 (Gitea 1.22.6 lacks the event)
+#   3. name: containing "/"       — breaks status-context tokenization
+#   4. cross-file name collision  — status-reaper rev1 fail-loud class
+#   5. cross-repo uses: org/r/p@r — feedback_gitea_cross_repo_uses_blocked
+#                                   (DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL=github → 404)
+#   6. (WARN) api.github.com refs — feedback_act_runner_github_server_url
+#                                   without workflow-level GITHUB_SERVER_URL
+#
+# Empirical history this hardens against:
+#   - status-reaper rev1 caught rule-4 (name-collision) class
+#   - sop-tier-refire DOA'd on rule-2 (workflow_run partial)
+#   - #319 bootstrap-paradox (chained-defect class, related)
+#   - internal#329 dispatcher race (adjacent)
+#   - 2026-05-11 publish-runtime: rule-1, 24h PyPI freeze
+#
+# Triggers:
+#   - pull_request: pre-merge gate — block hostile shapes before they land
+#   - push: post-merge regression detection — catch direct-to-main edits
+#
+# Per RFC internal#219 §1 contract: continue-on-error: true during the
+# surface-broken-shapes phase. Follow-up PR flips off after surfaced
+# defects are triaged. The push-trigger ensures we catch regressions
+# even if the pull_request gate is bypassed by branch-protection drift.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint-workflow-yaml.py'
+      - 'tests/test_lint_workflow_yaml.py'
+  push:
+    branches: [main, staging]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/lint-workflow-yaml.py'
+      - 'tests/test_lint_workflow_yaml.py'
+
+# Belt-and-suspenders against runner default
+# (feedback_act_runner_github_server_url).
+env:
+  GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint workflow YAML for Gitea-1.22.6-hostile shapes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken shapes without blocking PRs.
+    # Follow-up PR flips this off after the 4 existing-on-main rule-2
+    # (workflow_run) violations are migrated to a supported trigger.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405  # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        run: pip install --quiet 'PyYAML>=6.0'
+
+      - name: Lint .gitea/workflows/*.yml
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/lint-workflow-yaml.py
+
+      - name: Run lint-workflow-yaml unit tests
+        run: |
+          pip install --quiet pytest
+          python3 -m pytest tests/test_lint_workflow_yaml.py -v

.gitea/workflows/main-red-watchdog.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ name: main-red-watchdog
 # "unknown on type" when `workflow_dispatch.inputs.X` is present. Revisit
 # when Gitea ≥ 1.23 is fleet-wide.
 on:
+  # SCHEDULE RE-ENABLED 2026-05-12 rev3 — interim disable (mc#645) reverted alongside
+  # status-reaper rev3 (widen-window). Job-level timeout-minutes raised 5 → 15 below
+  # to absorb runner-saturation latency without spurious cancels (the original cascade
+  # cause). If runner-saturation root persists, the dedicated-runner-label split
+  # remains the structural next step (tracked separately).
   schedule:
     # Hourly at :05 — task spec calls for "off-zero" (`5 * * * *`),
     # offset from :17 (ci-required-drift) and :00 (peak cron load).
@@ -58,7 +63,12 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   watchdog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # rev3 (2026-05-12, mc#645 revert): raised 5 → 15 to absorb runner-saturation
+    # latency. Original 5min cap was producing 124-style cancels under load,
+    # which fed the very `[main-red]` issues this workflow files (self-poisoning).
+    # 15min is still well below Gitea-default 6h job ceiling; if a real hang
+    # occurs the issue-file path is still the alarm surface.
+    timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
       - name: Check out repo (script lives at .gitea/scripts/)
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2

.gitea/workflows/publish-canvas-image.yml

@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@ name: publish-canvas-image
 #   - Workflow-level env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL pinned per
 #     feedback_act_runner_github_server_url.
 #   - `continue-on-error: true` on each job (RFC §1 contract).
-#   - **Open question for review**: this workflow pushes the canvas
-#     image to `ghcr.io`. GHCR was retired during the 2026-05-06
-#     Gitea migration in favor of ECR (per staging-verify.yml header
-#     notes). The image may not be consumable post-migration. Two
-#     options for follow-up: (a) retarget to
-#     `153263036946.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/molecule-ai/canvas`,
-#     or (b) retire this workflow entirely and route canvas deploys
-#     via the operator-host build path. tier:low + continue-on-error
-#     means failed pushes do not block PRs.
+#   - Retargeted the image push from GHCR to ECR. GHCR was retired during
+#     the 2026-05-06 Gitea migration, and Gitea's GITHUB_TOKEN cannot
+#     authenticate to ghcr.io.
 #
 
-# Builds and pushes the canvas Docker image to GHCR whenever a commit lands
+# Builds and pushes the canvas Docker image to ECR whenever a commit lands
 # on main that touches canvas code. Previously canvas changes were visible in
 # CI (npm run build passed) but the live container was never updated —
 # operators had to manually run `docker compose build canvas` each time.
@@ -45,32 +39,60 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
-  packages: write  # required to push to ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/*
+  packages: write
 
 env:
-  IMAGE_NAME: ghcr.io/molecule-ai/canvas
+  IMAGE_NAME: 153263036946.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/molecule-ai/canvas
   GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
 
 jobs:
   build-and-push:
     name: Build & push canvas image
+    # REVERTED (infra/revert-docker-runner-label): `runs-on: ubuntu-latest` restored.
+    # The `docker` label is not registered on any act_runner. `runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, docker]`
+    # causes jobs to queue indefinitely with zero eligible runners — strictly worse than the
+    # pre-#599 coin-flip (50% success rate). Once the `docker` label is registered on
+    # ≥2 runners, re-apply the fix from #599 (infra/docker-runner-label).
+    # See issue #576 + infra-lead pulse ~00:30Z.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
-      - name: Log in to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Log in to ECR
+        env:
+          IMAGE_NAME: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-2
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          ECR_REGISTRY="${IMAGE_NAME%%/*}"
+          aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-2 | \
+            docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "${ECR_REGISTRY}"
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4.0.0
 
+      - name: Ensure ECR repository exists
+        env:
+          IMAGE_NAME: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-2
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          repo_path="${IMAGE_NAME#*/}"
+          if ! aws ecr describe-repositories --repository-names "${repo_path}" --region us-east-2 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            aws ecr create-repository \
+              --repository-name "${repo_path}" \
+              --image-scanning-configuration scanOnPush=true \
+              --region us-east-2 >/dev/null
+          fi
+
       # Health check: verify Docker daemon is accessible before attempting any
       # build steps. This fails loudly at step 1 when the runner's docker.sock
       # is inaccessible rather than silently continuing to the build step
@@ -79,11 +101,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           echo "::group::Docker daemon health check"
-          docker info 2>&1 | head -5 || {
+          echo "Runner: ${HOSTNAME:-unknown}"
+          docker_info="$(docker info 2>&1)" || {
             echo "::error::Docker daemon is not accessible at /var/run/docker.sock"
+            echo "::error::Runner: ${HOSTNAME:-unknown}"
+            printf '%s\n' "${docker_info}"
             echo "::error::Check: (1) daemon running, (2) runner user in docker group, (3) sock perms 660+"
             exit 1
           }
+          printf '%s\n' "${docker_info}" | sed -n '1,5p'
           echo "Docker daemon OK"
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
@@ -117,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "platform_url=${PLATFORM_URL}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "ws_url=${WS_URL}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - name: Build & push canvas image to GHCR
+      - name: Build & push canvas image to ECR
         uses: docker/build-push-action@bcafcacb16a39f128d818304e6c9c0c18556b85f # v7.1.0
         with:
           context: ./canvas
@@ -130,9 +156,10 @@ jobs:
           tags: |
             ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
             ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:sha-${{ steps.tags.outputs.sha }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          # Gitea artifact-cache reachability is best-effort on the operator
+          # runner network. Do not let cache export fail an image that already
+          # built and pushed successfully.
           labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://git.moleculesai.app/${{ github.repository }}
             org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}
             org.opencontainers.image.description=Molecule AI canvas (Next.js 15 + React Flow)

.gitea/workflows/publish-runtime-autobump.yml

@@ -23,12 +23,23 @@ name: publish-runtime-autobump
 # and try to tag 0.1.130 simultaneously, only one of which would land.
 
 on:
+  # Run on PR pushes to post a success status so Gitea can merge the PR.
+  # All steps use continue-on-error: true so operational failures
+  # (PyPI unreachable, DISPATCH_TOKEN missing) do not block merge.
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "workspace/**"
+  # Bump-and-tag on main/staging push (the actual operational trigger).
   push:
     branches:
       - main
       - staging
     paths:
       - "workspace/**"
+  # Manual dispatch — useful when Gitea Actions API (/actions/*) is
+  # unreachable (e.g. act_runner 404 on Gitea 1.22.6) and we cannot
+  # re-trigger via curl.
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write  # required to push tags back
@@ -38,22 +49,53 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-  autobump-and-tag:
+  # PR-validation path: always succeeds so Gitea can merge workflow-only PRs.
+  # Operational failures (PyPI unreachable, missing DISPATCH_TOKEN) are
+  # surfaced via continue-on-error: true rather than blocking the merge.
+  # The actual bump work happens on the main/staging push after merge.
+  pr-validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+    continue-on-error: true  # do not block PR merge on operational failures
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+
+      - name: Validate PyPI connectivity (best-effort)
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          echo "=== Checking PyPI accessibility ==="
+          LATEST=$(curl -fsS --retry 3 --max-time 10 \
+            https://pypi.org/pypi/molecule-ai-workspace-runtime/json \
+            | python -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['info']['version'])" \
+            || echo "PyPI unreachable (non-blocking for PR validation)")
+          echo "Latest: ${LATEST:-unknown}"
+
+  # Actual bump-and-tag: runs on main/staging pushes, posts real success/failure.
+  # No continue-on-error — operational failures here trip the main-red
+  # watchdog, which is the desired signal for infrastructure degradation.
+  bump-and-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Only fire on push events (main/staging after PR merge). Pull_request
+    # events are handled by pr-validate above; we do NOT bump on every
+    # push-synchronize because that would race with the PR head.
+    #
+    # NOTE: the prior condition `github.event.pull_request.base.ref == ''`
+    # was broken — on a PR-merge push in Gitea Actions, the pull_request
+    # context is still attached (base.ref='main'), so the condition always
+    # evaluated to false and bump-and-tag was permanently skipped.
+    if: github.event_name == 'push'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
-          # Shallow clone — depth 1 is enough for the workspace-diff check.
-          # Tags needed for the collision check below are fetched explicitly
-          # in the next step, bypassing the runner-network timeout that
-          # full-history fetch triggers on Gitea Actions runners
-          # (runbooks/gitea-operational-quirks.md §runner-network-isolation).
           fetch-depth: 1
 
       - name: Fetch tags for collision check
-        # fetch-depth: 1 gets only the most recent commit's refs, not the
-        # tag that points at it. Do a targeted tag fetch so git tag --list
-        # below can detect collision with prior manual pushes.
         run: git fetch origin --tags --depth=1
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0

.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ name: publish-workspace-server-image
 #
 # ECR target: 153263036946.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/molecule-ai/*
 # Required secrets: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AUTO_SYNC_TOKEN
+#
+# mc#711: Docker daemon not accessible on ubuntu-latest runner (molecule-canonical-1
+# shows client-only in `docker info` — daemon not running). DinD mount is present but
+# daemon doesn't respond. Fix: add diagnostic step showing socket info so ops can
+# identify which runners have a live daemon. If no daemon is available, the job
+# fails fast with actionable output rather than silent deep failure.
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -57,23 +63,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
-      # Health check: verify Docker daemon is accessible before attempting any
-      # build steps. This fails loudly at step 1 when the runner's docker.sock
-      # is inaccessible (e.g. permission change, daemon restart, or group-membership
-      # drift) rather than silently continuing to step 2 where `docker build`
-      # fails deep in the process with a cryptic ECR auth error that doesn't
-      # surface the root cause.  Also reports the daemon version so operator
-      # can correlate with runner host logs.
-      - name: Verify Docker daemon access
+      - name: Diagnose Docker daemon access
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          echo "::group::Docker daemon health check"
-          docker info 2>&1 | head -5 || {
-            echo "::error::Docker daemon is not accessible at /var/run/docker.sock"
-            echo "::error::Check: (1) daemon is running, (2) runner user is in docker group, (3) sock permissions are 660+"
-            exit 1
-          }
-          echo "Docker daemon OK"
+          echo "::group::Docker daemon diagnosis"
+          echo "Runner: ${HOSTNAME:-unknown}"
+          echo "--- Socket info ---"
+          ls -la /var/run/docker.sock 2>/dev/null || echo "/var/run/docker.sock: not found"
+          stat /var/run/docker.sock 2>/dev/null || true
+          echo "--- User info ---"
+          id
+          echo "--- docker version ---"
+          docker version 2>&1 || true
+          echo "--- docker info (full) ---"
+          docker info 2>&1 || echo "docker info failed: exit $?"
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
       # Pre-clone manifest deps before docker build.
@@ -92,13 +95,12 @@ jobs:
           MOLECULE_GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTO_SYNC_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          if [ -z "${MOLECULE_GITEA_TOKEN}" ]; then
-            echo "::error::AUTO_SYNC_TOKEN secret is empty"
-            exit 1
-          fi
           mkdir -p .tenant-bundle-deps
+          # Strip JSON5 comments before jq parsing — Integration Tester appends
+          # `// Triggered by ...` which breaks `jq` in clone-manifest.sh.
+          sed '/^[[:space:]]*\/\//d' manifest.json > .manifest-stripped.json
           bash scripts/clone-manifest.sh \
-            manifest.json \
+            .manifest-stripped.json \
             .tenant-bundle-deps/workspace-configs-templates \
             .tenant-bundle-deps/org-templates \
             .tenant-bundle-deps/plugins
@@ -115,6 +117,11 @@ jobs:
       # Build + push platform image (inline ECR auth — mirrors the operator-host
       # approach; credentials come from GITHUB_SECRET_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID /
       # GITHUB_SECRET_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY in Gitea Actions).
+      # docker buildx bake / build required for `imagetools inspect` digest
+      # capture in the CP pin-update step (RFC internal#229 §X step 4 PR-1).
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd  # v4.0.0
+
       - name: Build & push platform image to ECR (staging-<sha> + staging-latest)
         env:
           IMAGE_NAME: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
@@ -130,17 +137,16 @@ jobs:
           ECR_REGISTRY="${IMAGE_NAME%%/*}"
           aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-2 | \
             docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "${ECR_REGISTRY}"
-          docker build \
+          docker buildx build \
             --file ./workspace-server/Dockerfile \
             --build-arg GIT_SHA="${GIT_SHA}" \
-            --label "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/${REPO}" \
+            --label "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/${REPO}" \
             --label "org.opencontainers.image.revision=${GIT_SHA}" \
-            --label "org.opencontainers.image.description=Molecule AI platform — pending canary verify" \
+            --label "org.opencontainers.image.created=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
+            --label "molecule.workflow.run_id=${GITHUB_RUN_ID}" \
             --tag "${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_SHA}" \
             --tag "${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_LATEST}" \
-            .
-          docker push "${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_SHA}"
-          docker push "${IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_LATEST}"
+            --push .
 
       # Build + push tenant image (Go platform + Next.js canvas in one image).
       - name: Build & push tenant image to ECR (staging-<sha> + staging-latest)
@@ -158,15 +164,14 @@ jobs:
           ECR_REGISTRY="${TENANT_IMAGE_NAME%%/*}"
           aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-2 | \
             docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "${ECR_REGISTRY}"
-          docker build \
+          docker buildx build \
             --file ./workspace-server/Dockerfile.tenant \
             --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_PLATFORM_URL= \
             --build-arg GIT_SHA="${GIT_SHA}" \
-            --label "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/${REPO}" \
+            --label "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://git.moleculesai.app/molecule-ai/${REPO}" \
             --label "org.opencontainers.image.revision=${GIT_SHA}" \
-            --label "org.opencontainers.image.description=Molecule AI tenant platform + canvas — pending canary verify" \
+            --label "org.opencontainers.image.created=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
+            --label "molecule.workflow.run_id=${GITHUB_RUN_ID}" \
             --tag "${TENANT_IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_SHA}" \
             --tag "${TENANT_IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_LATEST}" \
-            .
-          docker push "${TENANT_IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_SHA}"
-          docker push "${TENANT_IMAGE_NAME}:${TAG_LATEST}"
+            --push .

.gitea/workflows/qa-review.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+# qa-review — non-author APPROVE from the `qa` Gitea team required to merge.
+#
+# RFC#324 Step 1 of 5 (workflow-add). Pairs with `security-review.yml` and the
+# branch-protection flip in Step 2.
+#
+# === DESIGN (RFC#324 v1.1 addendum) ===
+#
+# A1-α (refire mechanism):
+#   Triggers on:
+#     - `pull_request_target`: opened, synchronize, reopened
+#         → initial status posts when PR opens / re-pushes
+#     - `issue_comment`: /qa-recheck slash-command on the PR
+#         → manual re-fire after a QA reviewer clicks APPROVE
+#           (Gitea 1.22.6 doesn't re-fire on pull_request_review, per
+#           go-gitea/gitea#33700 + feedback_pull_request_review_no_refire)
+#   Workflow name = `qa-review` ; job name = `approved`.
+#   The job's own pass/fail conclusion publishes the status context
+#   `qa-review / approved (<event>)` — NO `POST /statuses` call → NO
+#   write:repository token scope needed. Sidesteps internal#321 defect #2.
+#
+# A1.1 (privilege check on slash-comment — INFORMATIONAL ONLY, NOT a gate):
+#   The `issue_comment` event fires for ANY commenter, including
+#   non-collaborators. The original (v1.2) design gated the eval step
+#   behind a collaborator probe → if a non-collaborator commented
+#   /qa-recheck, the eval was `if:`-skipped → the job exited 0 anyway →
+#   the status context published `success` with ZERO real APPROVE.
+#   That was a fail-open: any visitor could green the gate.
+#
+#   RFC#324 v1.3 §A1.1 correction (option b per hongming-pc 1421):
+#   drop privilege-gating of the evaluation entirely. The eval is
+#   read-only and idempotent — it reads `pulls/{N}/reviews` and
+#   `teams/{id}/members/{u}` (both API-side state that a commenter can't
+#   change). Re-running it on a non-collaborator's comment is harmless
+#   AND correct: if a real team-member APPROVE exists, the eval flips
+#   green; if not, it stays red.
+#
+#   We KEEP the privilege step as a `::notice::` log line only — useful
+#   for griefer-spotting (one operator spamming /recheck) without
+#   touching the gate. If rate-limiting is needed later, add it as a
+#   separate concern (time-window throttle, not a privilege gate).
+#
+#   We MUST NOT use `github.event.comment.author_association` (the
+#   field doesn't exist on Gitea 1.22.6 webhook payload — this was
+#   sop-tier-refire's defect #1).
+#
+# A4 (no PR-head checkout under pull_request_target):
+#   We check out the BASE ref explicitly so the review-check.sh script is
+#   loaded from trusted source. We NEVER use `ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}`.
+#   No PR-head code is executed in the runner. Trust boundary preserved.
+#
+# A5 (real Gitea team):
+#   `qa` team (id=20) verified by orchestrator preflight 2026-05-11; queried
+#   at run time via /api/v1/teams/20/members/{login}.
+#
+# === TOKEN ===
+#
+# The workflow reads PR state, PR reviews, and team membership.
+# Gitea 1.22.6's /api/v1/teams/{id}/members/{u} returns 403 ('Must be a
+# team member') for tokens whose owner is not in that team. The default
+# `secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN` is owned by a workflow-scoped identity that is
+# also not in qa/security teams → also 403.
+#
+# Resolution: a dedicated `RFC_324_TEAM_READ_TOKEN` secret, owned by an
+# identity that IS in both `qa` and `security` teams (Owners-tier
+# claude-ceo-assistant, or a new service-bot added to both teams).
+# Provisioning of this secret is tracked as a follow-up issue (filed by
+# core-devops at PR open).
+#
+# Until that secret is provisioned, the job will exit 1 with a clear
+# 403-on-team-probe error and the `qa-review / approved` status will
+# stay `failure`. This is the correct fail-closed behavior — the gate
+# blocks merge until both (a) a QA team member APPROVEs and (b) the
+# workflow has a token that can confirm their team membership.
+#
+# === SLASH-COMMAND CONTRACT ===
+#
+#   /qa-recheck   — re-evaluate the gate (e.g. after an APPROVE lands)
+#
+# Open to any PR commenter. The eval is read-only and idempotent, so
+# unprivileged refires are harmless (RFC#324 v1.3 §A1.1). Collaborator
+# status is logged for griefer-spotting but does NOT gate execution.
+
+name: qa-review
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  approved:
+    # Gate the job:
+    #   - On pull_request_target events: always run.
+    #   - On issue_comment events: only when it's a PR comment and the body
+    #     contains the slash-command. NO privilege gate at the step level
+    #     (RFC#324 v1.3 §A1.1): a non-collaborator's /qa-recheck is fine
+    #     because the eval is read-only and idempotent — re-running it
+    #     just re-confirms whether a real team-member APPROVE exists.
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' &&
+       github.event.issue.pull_request != null &&
+       startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/qa-recheck'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Privilege check (A1.1 — INFORMATIONAL log only, NOT a gate)
+        # RFC#324 v1.3 §A1.1: this step does NOT gate subsequent steps.
+        # It exists solely as a log line for griefer-spotting (one
+        # operator spamming /qa-recheck without merit). Re-running the
+        # read-only eval on a non-collaborator comment is harmless;
+        # gating it would be fail-open (skipped steps still publish
+        # `success` for the job's status context).
+        # Only runs on issue_comment events; pull_request_target has
+        # no comment.user.login so the step is a no-op skip there.
+        if: github.event_name == 'issue_comment'
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RFC_324_TEAM_READ_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          login="${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}"
+          # Write token to a mode-600 file so it never appears in curl's argv.
+          # (#541: -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" puts the secret in /proc/<pid>/cmdline)
+          authfile=$(mktemp)
+          chmod 600 "$authfile"
+          printf 'header = "Authorization: token %s"\n' "$GITEA_TOKEN" > "$authfile"
+          code=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -K "$authfile" \
+            "${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/collaborators/${login}")
+          rm -f "$authfile"
+          if [ "$code" = "204" ]; then
+            echo "::notice::Recheck from ${login} (collaborator=true)"
+          else
+            echo "::notice::Recheck from ${login} (collaborator=false, HTTP ${code}) — proceeding with read-only eval anyway"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Check out BASE ref (A4 — never PR-head)
+        # Loads the review-check.sh script from a trusted ref. For
+        # pull_request_target the default checkout is BASE already; we
+        # set ref explicitly for the issue_comment event too so the
+        # script source is always the default-branch version.
+        # NEVER use ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} —
+        # that would execute PR-head code with secrets-context.
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+
+      - name: Evaluate qa-review
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RFC_324_TEAM_READ_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          # PR number lives in different places per event:
+          #   pull_request_target → github.event.pull_request.number
+          #   issue_comment       → github.event.issue.number
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.issue.number }}
+          TEAM: qa
+          TEAM_ID: '20'
+          REVIEW_CHECK_DEBUG: '0'
+          REVIEW_CHECK_STRICT: '0'
+        run: bash .gitea/scripts/review-check.sh

.gitea/workflows/railway-pin-audit.yml

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Audit Railway env vars for drift-prone pins
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 10
 

.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-main.yml

@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ name: redeploy-tenants-on-main
 #   - Workflow-level env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL pinned per
 #     feedback_act_runner_github_server_url.
 #   - `continue-on-error: true` on each job (RFC §1 contract).
-#   - **Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**: Gitea 1.22.6's support
-#     for the `workflow_run` event is partial. If this never fires on a
-#     real publish-workspace-server-image completion, the follow-up
-#     triage PR should replace the trigger with a push-with-paths-filter
-#     on .gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml. Until
-#     then continue-on-error+dead-workflow doesn't break anything.
+#   - ~~**Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**~~ FIXED: replaced with
+#     push+paths filter per this PR. Gitea 1.22.6 does not support
+#     `workflow_run` (task #81). The push trigger fires on every
+#     commit to publish-workspace-server-image.yml which is the
+#     same signal (only successful runs commit to main).
 #
 
 # Auto-refresh prod tenant EC2s after every main merge.
@@ -50,10 +49,11 @@ name: redeploy-tenants-on-main
 # target_tag=<sha>, re-pulling the older image on every tenant.
 
 on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ['publish-workspace-server-image']
-    types: [completed]
+  push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 permissions:
   contents: read
   # No write scopes needed — the workflow hits an external CP endpoint,
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 25
     steps:

.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-staging.yml

@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ name: redeploy-tenants-on-staging
 #   - Workflow-level env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL pinned per
 #     feedback_act_runner_github_server_url.
 #   - `continue-on-error: true` on each job (RFC §1 contract).
-#   - **Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**: Gitea 1.22.6's support
-#     for the `workflow_run` event is partial. If this never fires on a
-#     real publish-workspace-server-image completion, the follow-up
-#     triage PR should replace the trigger with a push-with-paths-filter
-#     on .gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml. Until
-#     then continue-on-error+dead-workflow doesn't break anything.
+#   - ~~**Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**~~ FIXED: replaced with
+#     push+paths filter per this PR. Gitea 1.22.6 does not support
+#     `workflow_run` (task #81). The push trigger fires on every
+#     commit to publish-workspace-server-image.yml which is the
+#     same signal (only successful runs commit to main). Removed
+#     `workflow_run.conclusion==success` job if since push implies
+#     the workflow completed and committed.
 #
 
 # Auto-refresh staging tenant EC2s after every staging-branch merge.
@@ -50,10 +51,11 @@ name: redeploy-tenants-on-staging
 # of a known-good build.
 
 on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ['publish-workspace-server-image']
-    types: [completed]
-    branches: [main]
+  push:
+    branches: [staging]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 permissions:
   contents: read
   # No write scopes needed — the workflow hits an external CP endpoint,
@@ -72,14 +74,9 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   redeploy:
-    # Skip the auto-trigger if publish-workspace-server-image didn't
-    # actually succeed. workflow_run fires on any completion state; we
-    # don't want to redeploy against a half-built image.
-    # NOTE (Gitea port): workflow_dispatch trigger dropped; only the
-    # workflow_run path remains.
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 25
     steps:

.gitea/workflows/review-check-tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: review-check-tests
+
+# Runs review-check.sh regression tests on every PR + push that touches
+# the evaluator script or its test fixtures.
+#
+# Follows RFC#324 follow-up (issue #540):
+#   .gitea/scripts/review-check.sh is load-bearing for PR merge gates.
+#   It has ZERO production CI coverage. This workflow closes that gap.
+#
+# Design choices:
+#   - Bash test harness (not bats). The existing test_review_check.sh
+#     uses a custom assert_eq/assert_contains framework that is already
+#     working and covers all 13 acceptance criteria (issue #540 §Acceptance).
+#     Converting to bats would be refactoring, not closing the gap.
+#   - No bats dependency: the runner-base image needs no extra tooling.
+#   - continue-on-error: false — these tests must pass; a failure means
+#     the review-gate evaluator is broken and must not be merged.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, staging]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/scripts/review-check.sh'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/tests/test_review_check.sh'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/tests/_review_check_fixture.py'
+      - '.gitea/workflows/review-check-tests.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, staging]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/scripts/review-check.sh'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/tests/test_review_check.sh'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/tests/_review_check_fixture.py'
+      - '.gitea/workflows/review-check-tests.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: review-check.sh regression tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+      - name: Install jq
+        # Required for T12 jq-filter test case. Gitea Actions runners (ubuntu-latest
+        # label) do not bundle jq. Install via apt-get first (reliable for Ubuntu
+        # runners with internet access to package mirrors). Falls back to GitHub
+        # binary download. GitHub releases may be blocked on some runner networks
+        # (infra#241 follow-up).
+        # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          if apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq jq; then
+            echo "::notice::jq installed via apt-get: $(jq --version)"
+          elif timeout 120 curl -sSL \
+            "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/jq-1.7.1/jq-linux-amd64" \
+            -o /usr/local/bin/jq && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jq; then
+            echo "::notice::jq binary downloaded: $(/usr/local/bin/jq --version)"
+          else
+            echo "::warning::jq install failed — apt-get and GitHub download both failed."
+          fi
+          jq --version 2>/dev/null || echo "::notice::jq not yet available — continuing"
+
+      - name: Run review-check.sh regression suite
+        run: bash .gitea/scripts/tests/test_review_check.sh

.gitea/workflows/runtime-pin-compat.yml

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking
     # the PR. Follow-up PR flips this off after surfaced defects are
     # triaged.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

.gitea/workflows/runtime-prbuild-compat.yml

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
   detect-changes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     outputs:
       wheel: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.wheel }}
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ jobs:
     name: PR-built wheel + import smoke
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - name: No-op pass (paths filter excluded this commit)

.gitea/workflows/secret-pattern-drift.yml

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Detect SECRET_PATTERNS drift
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:

.gitea/workflows/security-review.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# security-review — non-author APPROVE from the `security` Gitea team
+# required to merge.
+#
+# RFC#324 Step 1 of 5 (workflow-add). Mirror of `qa-review.yml`; differs
+# only in TEAM=security, TEAM_ID=21, and the slash-command name.
+#
+# See `qa-review.yml` header for the full A1-α / A1.1 / A4 / A5 design
+# rationale; everything below is identical in shape.
+
+name: security-review
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  approved:
+    # See qa-review.yml header for full A1-α / A1.1 (v1.3 — informational
+    # log only, NOT a gate) / A4 / A5 design rationale.
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' &&
+       github.event.issue.pull_request != null &&
+       startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/security-recheck'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Privilege check (A1.1 — INFORMATIONAL log only, NOT a gate)
+        # RFC#324 v1.3 §A1.1: does NOT gate subsequent steps. See
+        # qa-review.yml for full rationale. Eval is read-only/idempotent
+        # so re-running on a non-collaborator comment is harmless.
+        if: github.event_name == 'issue_comment'
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RFC_324_TEAM_READ_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          login="${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}"
+          # Write token to a mode-600 file so it never appears in curl's argv.
+          # (#541: -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" puts the secret in /proc/<pid>/cmdline)
+          authfile=$(mktemp)
+          chmod 600 "$authfile"
+          printf 'header = "Authorization: token %s"\n' "$GITEA_TOKEN" > "$authfile"
+          code=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -K "$authfile" \
+            "${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/collaborators/${login}")
+          rm -f "$authfile"
+          if [ "$code" = "204" ]; then
+            echo "::notice::Recheck from ${login} (collaborator=true)"
+          else
+            echo "::notice::Recheck from ${login} (collaborator=false, HTTP ${code}) — proceeding with read-only eval anyway"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Check out BASE ref (A4 — never PR-head)
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+
+      - name: Evaluate security-review
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RFC_324_TEAM_READ_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.issue.number }}
+          TEAM: security
+          TEAM_ID: '21'
+          REVIEW_CHECK_DEBUG: '0'
+          REVIEW_CHECK_STRICT: '0'
+        run: bash .gitea/scripts/review-check.sh

.gitea/workflows/sop-checklist-gate.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# sop-checklist-gate — peer-ack merge gate for SOP-checklist items.
+#
+# RFC#351 Step 2 of 6 (implementation MVP).
+#
+# === DESIGN ===
+#
+# Goal: each PR must answer 7 SOP-checklist questions in its body,
+# and each item must have at least one /sop-ack <slug> comment from
+# a non-author peer in the required team. BP requires the
+# `sop-checklist / all-items-acked (pull_request)` status to merge.
+#
+# Triggers:
+#   - `pull_request_target`: opened, edited, synchronize, reopened
+#       → fires when PR opens, body is edited (refire — RFC#351 §4),
+#         or new code is pushed (head.sha changes → stale status would
+#         be auto-discarded by BP via dismiss_stale_reviews, but the
+#         status itself is per-SHA so we re-post on the new head).
+#   - `issue_comment`: created, edited, deleted
+#       → fires on any new comment so /sop-ack / /sop-revoke take
+#         effect immediately (Gitea 1.22.6 doesn't refire on
+#         pull_request_review per feedback_pull_request_review_no_refire,
+#         so issue_comment is the canonical refire channel).
+#
+# Trust boundary (mirrors RFC#324 §A4 + sop-tier-check security note):
+#   `pull_request_target` (not `pull_request`) — workflow def is loaded
+#   from BASE branch, so a PR cannot rewrite this workflow to exfiltrate
+#   the token. The `actions/checkout` step pins `ref: base.sha` so the
+#   script ALSO comes from BASE. PR-HEAD code is never executed in the
+#   runner.
+#
+# Token scope:
+#   - read:repository, read:organization for PR + comments + team probes
+#   - write:repository for POST /statuses/{sha}
+#   - The token owner MUST be a member of every team referenced by the
+#     config's required_teams (else /teams/{id}/members/{login} returns
+#     403 — see review-check.sh same-gotcha doc). For the MVP we use
+#     the dev-lead token (a member of engineers, managers, qa, security)
+#     via a repo secret `SOP_CHECKLIST_GATE_TOKEN`. Provisioning of that
+#     secret is a follow-up authorization step (separate from this PR).
+#
+# Failure mode: tier-aware (RFC#351 open question 2):
+#   - tier:high   → state=failure (hard-fail; BP blocks merge)
+#   - tier:medium → state=failure (hard-fail; same)
+#   - tier:low    → state=pending (soft-fail; BP can choose to require
+#                    this context or skip for low-tier PRs)
+#   - missing/no-tier → state=failure (default-mode: hard — never lower
+#                    the bar per feedback_fix_root_not_symptom)
+#
+# Slash-command contract (RFC#351 v1 + §A1.1-style notes from RFC#324):
+#
+#   /sop-ack <slug-or-numeric-alias> [optional note]
+#       — register a peer-ack for one checklist item.
+#       — slug accepts kebab-case, snake_case, or natural-spaces
+#         (all normalize to canonical kebab-case).
+#       — numeric 1..7 maps via config.items[*].numeric_alias.
+#       — most-recent (user, slug) directive wins.
+#
+#   /sop-revoke <slug-or-numeric-alias> [reason]
+#       — invalidate the commenter's own prior /sop-ack for this slug.
+#       — does NOT affect other peers' acks on the same slug.
+#       — most-recent (user, slug) directive wins, so a later /sop-ack
+#         re-restores the ack.
+#
+# The eval is read-only + idempotent (read PR + comments + team
+# membership, compute, post status). Re-running on any event is safe —
+# the new status overwrites the previous one for the same context.
+
+name: sop-checklist-gate
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled]
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created, edited, deleted]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+  # NOTE: `statuses: write` is the GitHub-Actions name for POST /statuses.
+  # Gitea 1.22.6 may not gate on this permission key (it just checks the
+  # token), but listing it explicitly documents intent for the next
+  # platform-version upgrade.
+  statuses: write
+
+jobs:
+  gate:
+    # Run on pull_request_target events always. On issue_comment events,
+    # only when the comment is on a PR (issue_comment fires for issues
+    # too) and the body contains one of the slash-commands.
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' ||
+      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' &&
+       github.event.issue.pull_request != null &&
+       (contains(github.event.comment.body, '/sop-ack') ||
+        contains(github.event.comment.body, '/sop-revoke')))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out BASE ref (trust boundary — never PR-head)
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          # For pull_request_target, the default branch is the trust
+          # anchor. For issue_comment the PR base may differ from the
+          # default branch (PR targeting `staging`), so we use the
+          # default-branch ref explicitly — same approach as
+          # qa-review.yml so the script source is always trusted.
+          ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+
+      - name: Run sop-checklist-gate
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SOP_CHECKLIST_GATE_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.issue.number }}
+          OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          python3 .gitea/scripts/sop-checklist-gate.py \
+            --owner "$OWNER" \
+            --repo "$REPO_NAME" \
+            --pr "$PR_NUMBER" \
+            --config .gitea/sop-checklist-config.yaml \
+            --gitea-host git.moleculesai.app

.gitea/workflows/staging-verify.yml

@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ name: Staging verify
 #   - Workflow-level env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL pinned per
 #     feedback_act_runner_github_server_url.
 #   - `continue-on-error: true` on each job (RFC §1 contract).
-#   - **Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**: Gitea 1.22.6's support
-#     for the `workflow_run` event is partial. If this never fires on a
-#     real publish-workspace-server-image completion, the follow-up
-#     triage PR should replace the trigger with a push-with-paths-filter
-#     on the same publish workflow's path (i.e. `.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml`).
+#   - ~~**Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**~~ FIXED: replaced with
+#     push+paths filter per this PR. Gitea 1.22.6 does not support
+#     `workflow_run` (task #81). The push trigger fires on every
+#     commit to publish-workspace-server-image.yml. Removed the
+#     `workflow_run.conclusion==success` job if since the push trigger
+#     doesn't carry completion state — the smoke test is the safety net
+#     (it will detect and abort on a bad image regardless). Added
+#     workflow_dispatch for manual runs.
 #
 
 # Runs the canary smoke suite against the staging canary tenant fleet
@@ -59,9 +62,11 @@ name: Staging verify
 #     are populated.
 
 on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["publish-workspace-server-image"]
-    types: [completed]
+  push:
+    branches: [staging]
+    paths:
+      - '.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 permissions:
   contents: read
   packages: write
@@ -78,12 +83,9 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   staging-smoke:
-    # Skip when the upstream workflow failed — no image to test against.
-    # workflow_dispatch trigger dropped in this Gitea port; only the
-    # workflow_run path remains.
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     outputs:
       sha: ${{ steps.compute.outputs.sha }}
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ needs.staging-smoke.result == 'success' && needs.staging-smoke.outputs.smoke_ran == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     env:
       SHA: ${{ needs.staging-smoke.outputs.sha }}

.gitea/workflows/status-reaper.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# status-reaper — Option B (compensating-status POST) for Gitea 1.22.6's
+# hardcoded `(push)` suffix on default-branch commit statuses.
+#
+# Tracking: molecule-core#? (this PR), internal#327 (sibling publish-runtime-bot),
+# internal#328 (sibling mc-drift-bot), internal#80 (upstream RFC). Sister
+# bots already deployed under the same per-persona-identity contract
+# (`feedback_per_agent_gitea_identity_default`).
+#
+# Root cause:
+#   Gitea 1.22.6 emits commit-status context as
+#     `<workflow_name> / <job_name> (push)`
+#   for ANY workflow run on the default branch's HEAD commit, REGARDLESS
+#   of the trigger event. Schedule- and workflow_dispatch-triggered runs
+#   on `main` therefore appear as `(push)` failures on the latest main
+#   commit, painting main red via a fake-push status. Verified on runs
+#   14525 + 14526 via Phase 1 evidence (3 sub-agents). No upstream fix
+#   in 1.23-1.26.1 (sibling a6f20db1 research).
+#
+# Why a cron-driven reaper, not workflow_run:
+#   Gitea 1.22.6 does NOT support `on: workflow_run` (verified via
+#   modules/actions/workflows.go enumeration; sister a6f20db1). The
+#   only event-shaped option that fires is cron. 5min is chosen to
+#   sit BETWEEN ci-required-drift (`:17` hourly) and main-red-watchdog
+#   (`:05` hourly) so the reaper sweeps red before the watchdog files
+#   a `[main-red]` issue (would-be false-positive).
+#
+# What the reaper does each tick:
+#   1. Parse `.gitea/workflows/*.yml`, classify each by whether `on:`
+#      contains a `push:` trigger (see script for workflow_id resolution
+#      including `name:` collision and `/`-in-name fail-loud lints).
+#   2. GET combined status for main HEAD.
+#   3. For each `failure` status whose context ends ` (push)`:
+#      - if workflow has push trigger: PRESERVE (real defect signal).
+#      - if workflow has no push trigger: POST a compensating
+#        `state=success` with the same context and a description that
+#        documents the workaround.
+#
+# What it does NOT do:
+#   - Mutate non-`(push)`-suffix statuses (e.g. `(pull_request)` from
+#     branch_protections required-checks — verified safe 2026-05-11).
+#   - Auto-revert. Same reasoning as main-red-watchdog.
+#   - Cancel runs. The runs themselves stay visible in Actions UI; the
+#     fix is at the commit-status surface only.
+#
+# Removal path: drop this workflow when Gitea ≥ 1.24 ships with a
+# real fix for the hardcoded-suffix bug. Audit issue (filed post-merge)
+# tracks the deletion as a follow-up sweep.
+
+name: status-reaper
+
+# IMPORTANT — Gitea 1.22.6 parser quirk per
+# `feedback_gitea_workflow_dispatch_inputs_unsupported`: do NOT add an
+# `inputs:` block here. Gitea 1.22.6 rejects the whole workflow as
+# "unknown on type" when `workflow_dispatch.inputs.X` is present.
+on:
+  # SCHEDULE RE-ENABLED 2026-05-12 rev3 — interim disable (mc#645) reverted now that
+  # rev3 widens DEFAULT_SWEEP_LIMIT 10 → 30 (covers retroactive-failure timing window).
+  # Sibling watchdog re-enabled in the same PR with timeout-minutes raised 5 → 15.
+  schedule:
+    # Every 5 minutes. Off-zero alignment with sibling cron workflows:
+    # ci-required-drift (`:17`), main-red-watchdog (`:05`),
+    # railway-pin-audit (`:23`). 5-min cadence gives a tight enough
+    # close on schedule-triggered false-reds that main-red-watchdog
+    # (hourly :05) almost never files an issue on the false case.
+    # rev3 keeps `*/5` unchanged per hongming-pc2 03:25Z review:
+    # "trades window-width-cheap for cadence-loady" — N=30 widens
+    # the lookback cheaply without doubling runner load via `*/2`.
+    - cron: '*/5 * * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# Compensating-status POST needs write on repo statuses; no other
+# write surface is touched. checkout still needs `contents: read`.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# NOTE: NO `concurrency:` block is intentional.
+# Gitea 1.22.6 doesn't honor `cancel-in-progress: false`: queued ticks
+# of the same group get cancelled-with-started=0 instead of waiting
+# (DB-verified 2026-05-12, runs 16053/16085 of status-reaper.yml).
+# The reaper's POST /statuses/{sha} is idempotent — Gitea de-dups by
+# context — so concurrent ticks are safe; accept them rather than
+# serialise via the broken mechanism.
+
+jobs:
+  reap:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 3
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repo at default-branch HEAD
+        # BASE checkout per `feedback_pull_request_target_workflow_from_base`.
+        # The script reads .gitea/workflows/*.yml from the working tree to
+        # classify trigger sets; we must read main's CURRENT state, not
+        # the SHA a stale schedule fired against.
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python (PyYAML for workflow `on:` parse)
+        # Pinned to 3.12 to match sibling watchdog / ci-required-drift.
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        # PyYAML is needed because shell-grep on `on:` misses list/string
+        # forms and nested `push: { paths: ... }`. Same install pattern
+        # as ci-required-drift.yml (sub-2s install, no wheel cache).
+        run: python -m pip install --quiet 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
+
+      - name: Compensate operational push-suffix failures on main
+        env:
+          # claude-status-reaper persona token; provisioned by sibling
+          # aefaac1b 2026-05-11. Owns write:repository scope to POST
+          # /statuses/{sha} but NOTHING ELSE
+          # (`feedback_per_agent_gitea_identity_default`).
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.STATUS_REAPER_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          WATCH_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+          WORKFLOWS_DIR: .gitea/workflows
+        run: python3 .gitea/scripts/status-reaper.py

.gitea/workflows/sweep-aws-secrets.yml

@@ -29,26 +29,26 @@ name: Sweep stale AWS Secrets Manager secrets
 #     reconciler enumerator) is filed as a separate controlplane
 #     issue. This sweeper is the immediate cost-relief stopgap.
 #
-# AWS credentials: the confirmed Gitea secrets are AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID /
-# AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (the molecule-cp IAM user). These are the same
-# credentials used by the rest of the platform. The dedicated
-# AWS_JANITOR_* naming (which the original GitHub workflow used) was
-# never populated in Gitea — the existing secrets are AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID /
-# AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (per issue #425 §425 audit). These DO have
-# secretsmanager:ListSecrets (the production molecule-cp principal);
-# if ListSecrets is revoked in future, a dedicated janitor principal
-# would need to be created and the Gitea secret names updated here.
+# AWS credentials: use the dedicated Secrets Manager janitor principal.
+# Do not fall back to the molecule-cp application principal: it does
+# not need account-wide ListSecrets, and a 2026-05-12 CI failure proved
+# that using it here turns a least-privilege production credential into
+# a red scheduled janitor.
 #
 # Safety: the script's MAX_DELETE_PCT gate (default 50%, mirroring
 # sweep-cf-orphans.yml — tenant secrets are durable by design, unlike
 # the mostly-orphan tunnels) refuses to nuke past the threshold.
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    # Hourly at :30 — offsets from sweep-cf-orphans (:15) and
-    # sweep-cf-tunnels (:45) so the three janitors don't burst the
-    # CP admin endpoints at the same minute.
-    - cron: '30 * * * *'
+  # Disabled as an hourly schedule until the dedicated
+  # AWS_SECRETS_JANITOR_* key exists in the key-management SSOT and is
+  # mirrored into Gitea. Falling back to the molecule-cp app principal is
+  # intentionally not allowed: it lacks account-wide ListSecrets, and
+  # granting that to an application credential would weaken least privilege.
+  #
+  # Keep the manual trigger so operators can validate the workflow immediately
+  # after provisioning the janitor key, then restore the hourly :30 schedule.
+  workflow_dispatch:
 # Don't let two sweeps race the same AWS account.
 concurrency:
   group: sweep-aws-secrets
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Sweep AWS Secrets Manager
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     # 30 min cap, mirroring the other janitors. AWS DeleteSecret is
     # fast (~0.3s/call) so even a 100+ backlog drains in seconds
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
       AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION || 'us-east-1' }}
-      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRETS_JANITOR_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRETS_JANITOR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
       CP_ADMIN_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CP_ADMIN_API_TOKEN }}
       CP_STAGING_ADMIN_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CP_STAGING_ADMIN_API_TOKEN }}
       MAX_DELETE_PCT: ${{ github.event.inputs.max_delete_pct || '50' }}

.gitea/workflows/sweep-cf-orphans.yml

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Sweep CF orphans
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     # 3 min surfaces hangs (CF API stall, AWS describe-instances stuck)
     # within one cron interval instead of burning a full tick. Realistic

.gitea/workflows/sweep-cf-tunnels.yml

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Sweep CF tunnels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     # 30 min cap. Was 5 min on the theory that the only thing that
     # could take >5min is a CF-API hang — but on 2026-05-02 a backlog

.gitea/workflows/test-ops-scripts.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ name: Ops Scripts Tests
 #   - `continue-on-error: true` on the job (RFC §1 contract).
 #
 # Runs the unittest suite for scripts/ on every PR + push that touches
-# anything under scripts/. Kept separate from the main CI so a script-only
-# change doesn't trigger the heavier Go/Canvas/Python pipelines.
+# anything under scripts/ or .gitea/scripts/. Kept separate from the main CI
+# so a script-only change doesn't trigger the heavier Go/Canvas/Python
+# pipelines.
 #
 # Discovery layout: tests sit alongside the code they test (see
 # scripts/ops/test_sweep_cf_decide.py for the pattern; scripts/
@@ -27,11 +28,13 @@ on:
     branches: [main, staging]
     paths:
       - 'scripts/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/**'
       - '.gitea/workflows/test-ops-scripts.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches: [main, staging]
     paths:
       - 'scripts/**'
+      - '.gitea/scripts/**'
       - '.gitea/workflows/test-ops-scripts.yml'
 
 env:
@@ -46,12 +49,15 @@ jobs:
     name: Ops scripts (unittest)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
+      - name: Install .gitea script test dependencies
+        run: python -m pip install --quiet 'pytest==9.0.2' 'PyYAML==6.0.2'
       - name: Run scripts/ unittests (build_runtime_package, ...)
         # Top-level scripts/ tests live alongside their target file
         # (e.g. scripts/test_build_runtime_package.py exercises
@@ -63,3 +69,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run scripts/ops/ unittests (sweep_cf_decide, ...)
         working-directory: scripts/ops
         run: python -m unittest discover -p 'test_*.py' -v
+      - name: Run .gitea/scripts pytest suite
+        run: python -m pytest .gitea/scripts/tests -q

.gitea/workflows/weekly-platform-go.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+name: Weekly Platform-Go Surface
+
+# Surface latent vet/test errors on main by running the full Platform-Go
+# suite on a weekly cron regardless of whether the last push touched
+# workspace-server/.
+#
+# Background: ci.yml's `platform-build` job gates real work on
+# `if: needs.changes.outputs.platform == 'true'`. When no push touches
+# workspace-server/, the skip fires and the suite never executes on main.
+# Latent vet errors and test flakes can sit for weeks undetected.
+#
+# This workflow runs the full suite (build, vet, golangci-lint, tests with
+# coverage) every Monday at 04:17 UTC. Results are posted as commit statuses
+# but continue-on-error: true means they never block anything — they're
+# purely a noise-reduction signal for when the next workspace-server push
+# lands and would otherwise trigger the first real suite run.
+#
+# Why 04:17 UTC on Monday: off-peak, before the weekly sprint cycle starts.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '17 4 * * 1'  # Mondays at 04:17 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  statuses: write
+
+jobs:
+  weekly-platform-go:
+    name: Weekly Platform-Go Surface
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # continue-on-error: surface only, never block
+    # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
+    continue-on-error: true
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: workspace-server
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout main
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5
+        with:
+          go-version: stable
+
+      - name: Go mod download
+        run: go mod download
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: go build ./cmd/server
+
+      # `go vet` is NOT `|| true`-guarded: surfacing latent vet errors on main is
+      # the whole point of this workflow (issue #567 — the motivating case was a
+      # `go vet` error in org_external.go that sat undetected on main for weeks).
+      # A vet error here fails the step → fails the job → shows red on the weekly
+      # commit. Per Gitea quirk #10 (job-level continue-on-error is ignored), that
+      # red surfaces on main — which is the intended signal, not a regression.
+      - name: go vet
+        run: go vet ./...
+
+      # golangci-lint stays `|| true`-guarded: lint is noisier (more false-
+      # positives than vet) and golangci-lint may not be pre-installed on every
+      # runner image — a `|| true` here keeps a missing-binary or lint-noise case
+      # from masking the vet/test signal above. Tighten to match ci.yml's lint
+      # gate if/when ci.yml's lint step becomes hard-failing.
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        run: golangci-lint run --timeout 3m ./... || true
+
+      - name: Tests with race detection + coverage
+        run: go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
+
+      - name: Check coverage thresholds
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          TOTAL_FLOOR=25
+          CRITICAL_PATHS=(
+            "internal/handlers/tokens"
+            "internal/handlers/workspace_provision"
+            "internal/handlers/a2a_proxy"
+            "internal/handlers/registry"
+            "internal/handlers/secrets"
+            "internal/middleware/wsauth"
+            "internal/crypto"
+          )
+
+          TOTAL=$(go tool cover -func=coverage.out | grep '^total:' | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/%//')
+          echo "Total coverage: ${TOTAL}%"
+          if awk "BEGIN{exit !(\$TOTAL < \$TOTAL_FLOOR)}"; then
+            echo "::error::Total coverage \${TOTAL}% is below the \${TOTAL_FLOOR}% floor."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          ALLOWLIST=""
+          if [ -f ../.coverage-allowlist.txt ]; then
+            ALLOWLIST=$(grep -vE '^(#|[[:space:]]*$)' ../.coverage-allowlist.txt || true)
+          fi
+
+          FAILED=0
+          for path in "\${CRITICAL_PATHS[@]}"; do
+            while read -r file pct; do
+              [[ "$file" == *_test.go ]] && continue
+              [[ "$file" == *"$path"* ]] || continue
+              awk "BEGIN{exit !(\$pct < 10)}" || continue
+              rel=$(echo "$file" | sed 's|^github.com/molecule-ai/molecule-monorepo/platform/workspace-server/||; s|^github.com/molecule-ai/molecule-monorepo/platform/||')
+              if echo "$ALLOWLIST" | grep -qxF "$rel"; then
+                continue
+              fi
+              echo "::error::Low coverage \${pct}% on \${rel} (below 10% in critical path \${path})"
+              FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
+            done < <(go tool cover -func=coverage.out | grep -v '^total:' | awk '{file=$1; sub(/:[0-9][0-9.]*:.*/, "", file); pct=$NF; gsub(/%/,"",pct); s[file]+=pct; c[file]++} END {for (f in s) printf "%s %.1f\n", f, s[f]/c[f]}' | sort)
+          done
+          if [ "$FAILED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::\${FAILED} critical paths below 10% coverage — see above."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Coverage thresholds: OK"

.github/workflows/e2e-staging-canvas.yml

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Playwright browsers
         if: needs.detect-changes.outputs.canvas == 'true'
+        timeout-minutes: 10
         run: npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
 
       - name: Run staging canvas E2E

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ and run CI manually.
 | python-lint | pytest with coverage |
 | e2e-api | Full API test suite (62 tests) |
 | shellcheck | Shell script linting |
+| review-check-tests | `review-check.sh` evaluator regression suite (13 scenarios) |
+| ops-scripts | Python unittest suite for `scripts/*.py` |
+
+## Local Testing
+
+### review-check.sh
+```bash
+bash .gitea/scripts/tests/test_review_check.sh
+```
+Runs the full regression suite against a fixture HTTP server. No network access required.
 
 ## Code Style
 

canvas/src/components/CommunicationOverlay.tsx

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export function CommunicationOverlay() {
           type="button"
           onClick={() => setVisible(false)}
           aria-label="Close communications panel"
-          className="text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid text-xs focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
+          className="text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid text-xs focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
         >
           <span aria-hidden="true">✕</span>
         </button>

canvas/src/components/ConversationTraceModal.tsx

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export function ConversationTraceModal({ open, workspaceId: _workspaceId, onClos
                 <button
                   type="button"
                   aria-label="Close conversation trace"
-                  className="text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid text-lg px-2 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
+                  className="text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid text-lg px-2 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
                 >
                   ✕
                 </button>

canvas/src/components/CreateWorkspaceDialog.tsx

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export function CreateWorkspaceButton() {
   // isExternal is true the template / model / hermes-provider fields are
   // hidden (they're meaningless for BYO-compute agents).
   const [isExternal, setIsExternal] = useState(false);
+  const [externalRuntime, setExternalRuntime] = useState("external");
   const [externalConnection, setExternalConnection] =
     useState<ExternalConnectionInfo | null>(null);
 
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ export function CreateWorkspaceButton() {
     setBudgetLimit("");
     setError(null);
     setHermesProvider("anthropic");
+    setExternalRuntime("external");
     setHermesApiKey("");
     setHermesModel("");
     api
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ export function CreateWorkspaceButton() {
         // Runtime=external flips the backend into awaiting-agent mode:
         // no container provisioning, token minted, connection payload
         // returned in the response for the modal below.
-        ...(isExternal ? { runtime: "external" } : {}),
+        ...(isExternal ? { runtime: externalRuntime } : {}),
         ...(!isExternal && isHermes && provider
           ? {
               secrets: { [provider.envVar]: hermesApiKey.trim() },
@@ -382,6 +384,23 @@ export function CreateWorkspaceButton() {
               </div>
             </label>
 
+            {isExternal && (
+              <div>
+                <label className="text-[11px] text-ink-mid block mb-1">
+                  External Runtime
+                </label>
+                <select
+                  value={externalRuntime}
+                  onChange={(e) => setExternalRuntime(e.target.value)}
+                  className="w-full bg-surface-card/60 border border-line/50 rounded-lg px-3 py-2 text-sm text-ink focus:outline-none focus:border-accent/60 focus:ring-1 focus:ring-accent/20 transition-colors"
+                >
+                  <option value="external">Generic External</option>
+                  <option value="kimi">Kimi CLI</option>
+                  <option value="kimi-cli">Kimi CLI (alt)</option>
+                </select>
+              </div>
+            )}
+
             {!isExternal && (
               <InputField
                 label="Template"

canvas/src/components/ExternalConnectModal.tsx

@@ -18,6 +18,109 @@
 import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
 import * as Dialog from "@radix-ui/react-dialog";
 
+// ─── Pure fill helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Each snippet is server-stamped with workspace_id + platform_url but leaves
+// AUTH_TOKEN as a placeholder. These helpers stamp the real token in so the
+// operator's copy-paste is truly ready-to-run. All are pure string ops.
+
+export function fillPythonSnippet(
+  snippet: string,
+  authToken: string,
+): string {
+  return snippet.replace(
+    'AUTH_TOKEN    = "<paste from create response>"',
+    `AUTH_TOKEN    = "${authToken}"`,
+  );
+}
+
+export function fillCurlSnippet(
+  snippet: string,
+  authToken: string,
+): string {
+  return snippet.replace(
+    'WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    `WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN="${authToken}"`,
+  );
+}
+
+export function fillChannelSnippet(
+  snippet: string | undefined,
+  authToken: string,
+): string | undefined {
+  return snippet?.replace(
+    'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=<paste auth_token from create response>',
+    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=${authToken}`,
+  );
+}
+
+export function fillUniversalMcpSnippet(
+  snippet: string | undefined,
+  authToken: string,
+): string | undefined {
+  return snippet?.replace(
+    'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="${authToken}"`,
+  );
+}
+
+export function fillHermesSnippet(
+  snippet: string | undefined,
+  authToken: string,
+): string | undefined {
+  return snippet?.replace(
+    'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="${authToken}"`,
+  );
+}
+
+export function fillCodexSnippet(
+  snippet: string | undefined,
+  authToken: string,
+): string | undefined {
+  return snippet?.replace(
+    'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "<paste from create response>"',
+    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "${authToken}"`,
+  );
+}
+
+export function fillOpenClawSnippet(
+  snippet: string | undefined,
+  authToken: string,
+): string | undefined {
+  return snippet?.replace(
+    'WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    `WORKSPACE_TOKEN="${authToken}"`,
+  );
+}
+
+/** Build the ordered tab list shown in the modal. Each tab only appears when
+ *  the platform supplies the corresponding snippet. */
+export function buildTabOrder(info: ExternalConnectionInfo): Tab[] {
+  const tabs: Tab[] = [];
+  const { filledUniversalMcp, filledChannel, filledHermes, filledCodex, filledOpenClaw } = buildFilledSnippets(info);
+  if (filledUniversalMcp) tabs.push("mcp");
+  tabs.push("python");
+  if (filledChannel) tabs.push("claude");
+  if (filledHermes) tabs.push("hermes");
+  if (filledCodex) tabs.push("codex");
+  if (filledOpenClaw) tabs.push("openclaw");
+  tabs.push("curl", "fields");
+  return tabs;
+}
+
+/** Pre-fill all snippets from an info object. Exposed for testing. */
+export function buildFilledSnippets(info: ExternalConnectionInfo) {
+  return {
+    filledPython: fillPythonSnippet(info.python_snippet, info.auth_token),
+    filledCurl: fillCurlSnippet(info.curl_register_template, info.auth_token),
+    filledChannel: fillChannelSnippet(info.claude_code_channel_snippet, info.auth_token),
+    filledUniversalMcp: fillUniversalMcpSnippet(info.universal_mcp_snippet, info.auth_token),
+    filledHermes: fillHermesSnippet(info.hermes_channel_snippet, info.auth_token),
+    filledCodex: fillCodexSnippet(info.codex_snippet, info.auth_token),
+    filledOpenClaw: fillOpenClawSnippet(info.openclaw_snippet, info.auth_token),
+  };
+}
+
 type Tab = "python" | "curl" | "claude" | "mcp" | "hermes" | "codex" | "openclaw" | "fields";
 
 export interface ExternalConnectionInfo {
@@ -102,54 +205,7 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
 
   if (!info) return null;
 
-  // Python snippet is stamped server-side with workspace_id +
-  // platform_url but leaves AUTH_TOKEN as a "<paste …>" placeholder
-  // (that's what we're showing in the modal). Fill in the real
-  // token here so the snippet the operator copies is truly ready-to-run.
-  const filledPython = info.python_snippet.replace(
-    'AUTH_TOKEN    = "<paste from create response>"',
-    `AUTH_TOKEN    = "${info.auth_token}"`,
-  );
-  const filledCurl = info.curl_register_template.replace(
-    'WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
-    `WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN="${info.auth_token}"`,
-  );
-  // The channel snippet asks the operator to paste the auth_token into
-  // the .env file's MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS field. Stamp it server-side
-  // here so the copy-paste-block is truly ready-to-run.
-  const filledChannel = info.claude_code_channel_snippet?.replace(
-    'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=<paste auth_token from create response>',
-    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=${info.auth_token}`,
-  );
-  // Universal MCP snippet uses MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN as the env-var
-  // name passed through to molecule-mcp via `claude mcp add ... -- env
-  // MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN=...`. The placeholder must match the
-  // template's literal — pre-2026-04-30 polish this looked for
-  // WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN (carryover from the curl tab), which silently
-  // skipped the substitution and left "<paste from create response>"
-  // visible in the operator's clipboard.
-  const filledUniversalMcp = info.universal_mcp_snippet?.replace(
-    'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
-    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="${info.auth_token}"`,
-  );
-  // Hermes channel snippet uses MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN (same env-var
-  // name as Universal MCP). Stamp the auth_token in so the operator's
-  // copy-paste is fully ready-to-run.
-  const filledHermes = info.hermes_channel_snippet?.replace(
-    'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
-    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="${info.auth_token}"`,
-  );
-  // Codex + OpenClaw snippets carry the placeholder inside the
-  // generated config block (TOML / JSON respectively). Stamp the
-  // token in so the copy-paste is one less manual edit.
-  const filledCodex = info.codex_snippet?.replace(
-    'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "<paste from create response>"',
-    `MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "${info.auth_token}"`,
-  );
-  const filledOpenClaw = info.openclaw_snippet?.replace(
-    'WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
-    `WORKSPACE_TOKEN="${info.auth_token}"`,
-  );
+  const { filledPython, filledCurl, filledChannel, filledUniversalMcp, filledHermes, filledCodex, filledOpenClaw } = buildFilledSnippets(info);
 
   return (
     <Dialog.Root open onOpenChange={(o) => !o && onClose()}>
@@ -171,27 +227,7 @@ export function ExternalConnectModal({ info, onClose }: Props) {
             aria-label="Connection snippet format"
             className="mt-4 flex gap-1 border-b border-line"
           >
-            {(() => {
-              // Build the tab order dynamically. Claude Code first
-              // (when offered) since it's the simplest setup; Python
-              // SDK second (full register+heartbeat+inbound); Universal
-              // MCP third (any MCP-aware runtime, outbound-only); curl
-              // for one-shot register; Fields for raw values.
-              // Tab order: Universal MCP first (default, runtime-
-              // agnostic primitives), then runtime-specific channel/
-              // SDK tabs, then curl + Fields. Each runtime tab only
-              // appears when the platform supplies the snippet — no
-              // dead "tab missing snippet" UX.
-              const tabs: Tab[] = [];
-              if (filledUniversalMcp) tabs.push("mcp");
-              tabs.push("python");
-              if (filledChannel) tabs.push("claude");
-              if (filledHermes) tabs.push("hermes");
-              if (filledCodex) tabs.push("codex");
-              if (filledOpenClaw) tabs.push("openclaw");
-              tabs.push("curl", "fields");
-              return tabs;
-            })().map((t) => (
+            {buildTabOrder(info).map((t) => (
               <button
                 key={t}
                 type="button"
@@ -339,7 +375,7 @@ function SnippetBlock({
         <button
           type="button"
           onClick={onCopy}
-          className="text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded bg-accent-strong/80 hover:bg-accent text-white focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+          className="text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded bg-accent-strong/80 hover:bg-accent text-white focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
         >
           {copied ? "Copied!" : "Copy"}
         </button>
@@ -376,7 +412,7 @@ function Field({
         type="button"
         onClick={onCopy}
         disabled={!value}
-        className="text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card text-ink disabled:opacity-40 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+        className="text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card text-ink disabled:opacity-40 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
       >
         {copied ? "Copied!" : "Copy"}
       </button>

canvas/src/components/MemoryInspectorPanel.tsx

@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ export function MemoryInspectorPanel({ workspaceId }: Props) {
                 setDebouncedQuery('');
               }}
               aria-label="Clear search"
-              className="absolute right-2 text-ink-mid hover:text-ink transition-colors text-sm leading-none focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="absolute right-2 text-ink-mid hover:text-ink transition-colors text-sm leading-none focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
             >
               ×
             </button>
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ export function MemoryInspectorPanel({ workspaceId }: Props) {
           type="button"
           onClick={loadEntries}
           disabled={pluginUnavailable}
-          className="px-2 py-1 text-[11px] bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card text-ink-mid rounded transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+          className="px-2 py-1 text-[11px] bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card text-ink-mid rounded transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
           aria-label="Refresh memories"
         >
           ↻ Refresh
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ function MemoryEntryRow({ entry, onDelete }: MemoryEntryRowProps) {
       {/* Header row */}
       <button
         type="button"
-        className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2.5 text-left hover:bg-surface-card/30 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+        className="w-full flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2.5 text-left hover:bg-surface-card/30 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
         onClick={() => setExpanded((prev) => !prev)}
         aria-expanded={expanded}
         aria-controls={bodyId}
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ function MemoryEntryRow({ entry, onDelete }: MemoryEntryRowProps) {
                 onDelete();
               }}
               aria-label="Forget memory"
-              className="text-[10px] px-2 py-0.5 bg-red-950/40 hover:bg-red-900/50 border border-red-900/30 rounded text-bad transition-colors shrink-0 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-400 focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="text-[10px] px-2 py-0.5 bg-red-950/40 hover:bg-red-900/50 border border-red-900/30 rounded text-bad transition-colors shrink-0 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-500/60 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
             >
               Forget
             </button>

canvas/src/components/MissingKeysModal.tsx

@@ -631,8 +631,9 @@ function AllKeysModal({
     // React's commit ordering.
     <div className="fixed inset-0 z-[60] flex items-center justify-center">
       <div
-        className="absolute inset-0 bg-black/70 backdrop-blur-sm"
         aria-hidden="true"
+        className="absolute inset-0 bg-black/70 backdrop-blur-sm"
+        aria-label="Dismiss modal"
         onClick={onCancel}
       />
 
@@ -706,7 +707,7 @@ function AllKeysModal({
                     type="button"
                     onClick={() => handleSaveKey(index)}
                     disabled={!entry.value.trim() || entry.saving}
-                    className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-[11px] rounded text-white disabled:opacity-30 transition-colors shrink-0 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+                    className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-[11px] rounded text-white disabled:opacity-30 transition-colors shrink-0 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
                   >
                     {entry.saving ? "..." : "Save"}
                   </button>
@@ -730,7 +731,7 @@ function AllKeysModal({
               <button
                 type="button"
                 onClick={onOpenSettings}
-                className="text-[11px] text-accent hover:text-accent transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+                className="text-[11px] text-accent hover:text-accent transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
               >
                 Open Settings Panel
               </button>
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ function AllKeysModal({
             <button
               type="button"
               onClick={onCancel}
-              className="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] text-ink-mid hover:text-ink bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card border border-line rounded-lg transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] text-ink-mid hover:text-ink bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card border border-line rounded-lg transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
             >
               Cancel Deploy
             </button>
@@ -748,7 +749,7 @@ function AllKeysModal({
               type="button"
               onClick={handleAddKeysAndDeploy}
               disabled={!allSaved || anySaving}
-              className="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-white rounded-lg transition-colors disabled:opacity-40 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] bg-accent-strong hover:bg-accent text-white rounded-lg transition-colors disabled:opacity-40 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
             >
               {anySaving ? "Saving..." : allSaved ? "Deploy" : "Add Keys"}
             </button>

canvas/src/components/OrgImportPreflightModal.tsx

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export function OrgImportPreflightModal({
               type="button"
               onClick={onProceed}
               disabled={!canProceed}
-              className="px-4 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-semibold rounded bg-accent hover:bg-accent-strong text-white disabled:bg-surface-card disabled:text-white-soft disabled:cursor-not-allowed focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="px-4 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-semibold rounded bg-accent hover:bg-accent-strong text-white disabled:bg-surface-card disabled:text-white-soft disabled:cursor-not-allowed focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
             >
               Import
             </button>
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ function StrictEnvRow({
             type="button"
             onClick={() => onSave(envKey)}
             disabled={d?.saving || !d?.value.trim()}
-            className="px-2 py-1 text-[10px] rounded bg-accent hover:bg-accent-strong text-white disabled:opacity-40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+            className="px-2 py-1 text-[10px] rounded bg-accent hover:bg-accent-strong text-white disabled:opacity-40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
           >
             {d?.saving ? "…" : "Save"}
           </button>
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ function AnyOfEnvGroup({
                     type="button"
                     onClick={() => onSave(m)}
                     disabled={d?.saving || !d?.value.trim()}
-                    className="px-2 py-1 text-[10px] rounded bg-accent hover:bg-accent-strong text-white disabled:opacity-40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+                    className="px-2 py-1 text-[10px] rounded bg-accent hover:bg-accent-strong text-white disabled:opacity-40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
                   >
                     {d?.saving ? "…" : "Save"}
                   </button>

canvas/src/components/ProviderModelSelector.tsx

@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ export function ProviderModelSelector({
                     handleModelChange(selected.models[0]?.id ?? "");
                   }
                 }}
-                className="text-[9px] text-accent hover:text-accent mt-0.5 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+                className="text-[9px] text-accent hover:text-accent mt-0.5 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
               >
                 ← back to model list
               </button>

canvas/src/components/ProvisioningTimeout.tsx

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ export function ProvisioningTimeout({
                     onClick={() => handleDismiss(entry.workspaceId)}
                     aria-label="Dismiss provisioning timeout warning"
                     title="Dismiss — keep this workspace running without the warning"
-                    className="shrink-0 text-warm/60 hover:text-amber-200 transition-colors -mr-1 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-amber-400 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-amber-950"
+                    className="shrink-0 text-warm/60 hover:text-amber-200 transition-colors -mr-1"
                   >
                     <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
                       <path d="M4 4l8 8M12 4l-8 8" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.6" strokeLinecap="round" />
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ export function ProvisioningTimeout({
                     type="button"
                     onClick={() => handleRetry(entry.workspaceId)}
                     disabled={isRetrying || isCancelling || retryCooldown.has(entry.workspaceId)}
-                    className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-amber-600 hover:bg-amber-500 text-[11px] font-medium rounded-lg text-white disabled:opacity-40 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-amber-400 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-amber-950"
+                    className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-amber-600 hover:bg-amber-500 text-[11px] font-medium rounded-lg text-white disabled:opacity-40 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-amber-400/70 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
                   >
                     {isRetrying ? "Retrying..." : retryCooldown.has(entry.workspaceId) ? "Wait..." : "Retry"}
                   </button>
@@ -349,14 +349,14 @@ export function ProvisioningTimeout({
                     type="button"
                     onClick={() => handleCancelRequest(entry.workspaceId)}
                     disabled={isRetrying || isCancelling}
-                    className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card text-[11px] text-ink-mid rounded-lg border border-line disabled:opacity-40 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-amber-950"
+                    className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card text-[11px] text-ink-mid rounded-lg border border-line disabled:opacity-40 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
                   >
                     {isCancelling ? "Cancelling..." : "Cancel"}
                   </button>
                   <button
                     type="button"
                     onClick={() => handleViewLogs(entry.workspaceId)}
-                    className="px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-warm hover:text-warm transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-amber-400 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-amber-950"
+                    className="px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] text-warm hover:text-warm transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-amber-400/70 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
                   >
                     View Logs
                   </button>
@@ -382,14 +382,14 @@ export function ProvisioningTimeout({
               <button
                 type="button"
                 onClick={() => setConfirmingCancel(null)}
-                className="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] text-ink-mid hover:text-ink bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card border border-line rounded-lg transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+                className="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] text-ink-mid hover:text-ink bg-surface-card hover:bg-surface-card border border-line rounded-lg transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
               >
                 Keep
               </button>
               <button
                 type="button"
                 onClick={handleCancelConfirm}
-                className="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] bg-red-600 hover:bg-red-500 text-white rounded-lg transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-400 focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+                className="px-3.5 py-1.5 text-[12px] bg-red-600 hover:bg-red-500 text-white rounded-lg transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-red-400/70 focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
               >
                 Remove Workspace
               </button>

canvas/src/components/SearchDialog.tsx

@@ -91,16 +91,19 @@ export function SearchDialog() {
   if (!open) return null;
 
   return (
-    <div
-      className="fixed inset-0 z-[70] flex items-start justify-center pt-[20vh] bg-black/50 backdrop-blur-sm"
-      onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
-    >
+    <div className="fixed inset-0 z-[70] flex items-start justify-center pt-[20vh]">
+      {/* Backdrop — interactive dismiss area; aria-hidden so screen readers ignore it */}
+      <div
+        className="absolute inset-0 bg-black/50 backdrop-blur-sm cursor-pointer"
+        onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
+        aria-hidden="true"
+      />
+      {/* Dialog */}
       <div
         role="dialog"
         aria-modal="true"
         aria-label="Search workspaces"
-        className="w-[420px] bg-surface/95 backdrop-blur-xl border border-line/60 rounded-2xl shadow-2xl shadow-black/50 overflow-hidden"
-        onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+        className="relative z-[71] w-[420px] bg-surface/95 backdrop-blur-xl border border-line/60 rounded-2xl shadow-2xl shadow-black/50 overflow-hidden"
       >
         {/* Search input */}
         <div className="flex items-center gap-3 px-4 py-3 border-b border-line/40">

canvas/src/components/SidePanel.tsx

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export function SidePanel() {
           type="button"
           onClick={() => selectNode(null)}
           aria-label="Close workspace panel"
-          className="w-7 h-7 flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg text-ink-mid hover:text-ink hover:bg-surface-card/60 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+          className="w-7 h-7 flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg text-ink-mid hover:text-ink hover:bg-surface-card/60 transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
         >
           <svg width="12" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
             <path d="M1 1l10 10M11 1L1 11" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round" />
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export function SidePanel() {
             onClick={() => {
               useCanvasStore.getState().restartWorkspace(selectedNodeId).catch(() => showToast("Restart failed", "error"));
             }}
-            className="text-[11px] px-2 py-1 bg-sky-800/40 hover:bg-sky-700/50 text-sky-200 rounded transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+            className="text-[11px] px-2 py-1 bg-sky-800/40 hover:bg-sky-700/50 text-sky-200 rounded transition-colors"
           >
             Restart Now
           </button>

canvas/src/components/TemplatePalette.tsx

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export function OrgTemplatesSection() {
           onClick={() => setExpanded((v) => !v)}
           aria-expanded={expanded}
           aria-controls="org-templates-body"
-          className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wide text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid font-semibold transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+          className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wide text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid font-semibold transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
         >
           <span
             aria-hidden="true"
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export function OrgTemplatesSection() {
           type="button"
           onClick={loadOrgs}
           aria-label="Refresh org templates"
-          className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+          className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
         >
           ↻
         </button>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export function OrgTemplatesSection() {
               type="button"
               onClick={() => handleImport(o)}
               disabled={isImporting}
-              className="w-full px-2 py-1.5 bg-accent-strong/20 hover:bg-accent-strong/30 border border-accent/30 rounded-lg text-[10px] text-accent font-medium transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="w-full px-2 py-1.5 bg-accent-strong/20 hover:bg-accent-strong/30 border border-accent/30 rounded-lg text-[10px] text-accent font-medium transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
             >
               {isImporting ? "Importing…" : "Import org"}
             </button>
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ function ImportAgentButton({ onImported }: { onImported: () => void }) {
         type="button"
         onClick={() => fileInputRef.current?.click()}
         disabled={importing}
-        className="w-full px-3 py-2 bg-accent-strong/20 hover:bg-accent-strong/30 border border-accent/30 rounded-lg text-[11px] text-accent font-medium transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+        className="w-full px-3 py-2 bg-accent-strong/20 hover:bg-accent-strong/30 border border-accent/30 rounded-lg text-[11px] text-accent font-medium transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface"
       >
         {importing ? "Importing..." : "Import Agent Folder"}
       </button>
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ export function TemplatePalette() {
       <button
         type="button"
         onClick={() => setOpen(!open)}
-        className={`fixed top-4 left-4 z-40 w-9 h-9 flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 ${
+        className={`fixed top-4 left-4 z-40 w-9 h-9 flex items-center justify-center rounded-lg transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface ${
           open
             ? "bg-accent-strong text-white"
             : "bg-surface-sunken/90 border border-line/50 text-ink-mid hover:text-ink hover:border-line"
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ export function TemplatePalette() {
             <button
               type="button"
               onClick={loadTemplates}
-              className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid transition-colors block focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1"
+              className="text-[10px] text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid transition-colors block focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface rounded"
             >
               Refresh templates
             </button>

canvas/src/components/ThemeToggle.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useTheme, type ThemePreference } from "@/lib/theme-provider";
-import { useCallback } from "react";
 
 const OPTIONS: { value: ThemePreference; label: string; icon: string }[] = [
   // Sun: explicit light
@@ -34,47 +33,17 @@ const OPTIONS: { value: ThemePreference; label: string; icon: string }[] = [
  *
  * Aligned with molecule-app/components/theme-toggle.tsx so the picker
  * behaves identically across surfaces.
- *
- * WCAG 2.4.7: focus-visible rings on all three icon buttons.
- * ARIA radiogroup pattern (2.1.1): Left/Right arrow keys move focus
- * between options and update selection; Home/End jump to first/last.
  */
 export function ThemeToggle({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
   const { theme, setTheme } = useTheme();
 
-  const handleKeyDown = useCallback(
-    (e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLButtonElement>, index: number) => {
-      let next = index;
-      if (e.key === "ArrowRight" || e.key === "ArrowDown") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        next = (index + 1) % OPTIONS.length;
-      } else if (e.key === "ArrowLeft" || e.key === "ArrowUp") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        next = (index - 1 + OPTIONS.length) % OPTIONS.length;
-      } else if (e.key === "Home") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        next = 0;
-      } else if (e.key === "End") {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        next = OPTIONS.length - 1;
-      } else {
-        return;
-      }
-      setTheme(OPTIONS[next].value);
-      // Move focus to the new button so arrow-key navigation is continuous
-      const btns = (e.currentTarget.closest("[role=radiogroup]") as HTMLElement)?.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>("[role=radio]");
-      btns?.[next]?.focus();
-    },
-    []
-  );
-
   return (
     <div
       role="radiogroup"
       aria-label="Theme preference"
       className={`inline-flex items-center gap-0.5 rounded-md border border-line bg-surface-sunken p-0.5 ${className}`}
     >
-      {OPTIONS.map((opt, index) => {
+      {OPTIONS.map((opt) => {
         const active = theme === opt.value;
         return (
           <button
@@ -84,12 +53,11 @@ export function ThemeToggle({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
             aria-checked={active}
             aria-label={opt.label}
             onClick={() => setTheme(opt.value)}
-            onKeyDown={(e) => handleKeyDown(e, index)}
             className={
-              "flex h-6 w-6 items-center justify-center rounded transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface-sunken " +
+              "flex h-6 w-6 items-center justify-center rounded transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-accent focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-surface " +
               (active
                 ? "bg-surface-elevated text-ink shadow-sm"
-                : "text-ink-mid hover:text-ink")
+                : "text-ink-mid hover:text-ink-mid")
             }
           >
             <svg

canvas/src/components/Tooltip.tsx

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ export function Tooltip({ text, children }: Props) {
       if (triggerRef.current) {
         const rect = triggerRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
         setPos({ x: rect.left, y: rect.top });
+        // Focus the first focusable descendant (the actual trigger button),
+        // not the wrapper div, so screen-reader/navigation UX is correct.
+        const firstFocusable = triggerRef.current.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
+          'button, [tabindex], input, select, textarea, a[href]'
+        );
+        firstFocusable?.focus();
       }
       setShow(true);
     }, 400);

canvas/src/components/WorkspaceNode.tsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Tooltip } from "@/components/Tooltip";
 import { STATUS_CONFIG, TIER_CONFIG } from "@/lib/design-tokens";
 import { useOrgDeployState } from "@/components/canvas/useOrgDeployState";
 import { OrgCancelButton } from "@/components/canvas/OrgCancelButton";
+import { isExternalLikeRuntime } from "@/lib/externalRuntimes";
 
 /** Descendant count for the "N sub" badge — children are first-class nodes
  *  rendered as full cards inside this one via React Flow's native parentId,
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ export function WorkspaceNode({ id, data }: NodeProps<Node<WorkspaceNodeData>>)
           if (!runtime) return null;
           return (
             <div className="mb-1 flex items-center gap-1">
-              {runtime === "external" ? (
+              {isExternalLikeRuntime(runtime) ? (
                 <span
                   className="text-[7px] font-mono px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded-md text-white bg-violet-600 border border-violet-700"
                   title="Phase 30 remote agent — runs outside this platform's Docker network. Lifecycle managed via heartbeat-based polling, not Docker exec."

canvas/src/components/__tests__/ApprovalBanner.test.tsx

@@ -2,25 +2,34 @@
 /**
  * Tests for ApprovalBanner component.
  *
- * Covers: renders nothing when no approvals, polls /approvals/pending,
- * shows approval cards, approve/deny decisions, toast notifications.
- *
- * Note: does NOT mock @/lib/api — uses vi.spyOn on the real module.
- * vi.restoreAllMocks() is omitted from afterEach so queued mock values
- * (set up via mockResolvedValueOnce in beforeEach) are preserved for the
- * component's useEffect to consume.
+ * Uses vi.hoisted + vi.mock for stable module-level API mocks that survive
+ * vi.resetModules() cleanup. BeforeEach uses mockReset + mockResolvedValue
+ * so each test gets a clean slate.
  */
 import React from "react";
-import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup, act } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup, waitFor, act } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { ApprovalBanner } from "../ApprovalBanner";
 import { showToast } from "@/components/Toaster";
 import { api } from "@/lib/api";
 
-vi.mock("@/components/Toaster", () => ({
-  showToast: vi.fn(),
+// ─── Module-level mocks ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// vi.hoisted captures stable references BEFORE hoisting so they are accessible
+// in the test body after vi.mock registers.
+const _mockGet = vi.hoisted<typeof api.get>(() => vi.fn<() => Promise<unknown[]>>());
+const _mockPost = vi.hoisted<typeof api.post>(() => vi.fn<() => Promise<unknown>>());
+const _mockToast = vi.hoisted<typeof showToast>(() => vi.fn());
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/api", () => ({
+  api: { get: _mockGet, post: _mockPost },
 }));
 
+vi.mock("@/components/Toaster", () => ({
+  showToast: _mockToast,
+}));
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
 // ─── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 const pendingApproval = (id = "a1", workspaceId = "ws-1"): {
@@ -41,199 +50,271 @@ const pendingApproval = (id = "a1", workspaceId = "ws-1"): {
   created_at: "2026-05-10T10:00:00Z",
 });
 
-// Shared spy references so individual tests can reset or reject the POST mock
-// without needing to call spyOn again (which would create a duplicate spy).
-let mockGet: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
-let mockPost: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
+// ─── Cleanup ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  _mockGet.mockReset();
+  _mockGet.mockResolvedValue([] as unknown[]);
+  _mockPost.mockReset();
+  _mockPost.mockResolvedValue({} as unknown);
+  _mockToast.mockClear();
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+});
 
 // ─── Tests ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe("ApprovalBanner — empty state", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.useFakeTimers();
-    vi.spyOn(api, "get").mockResolvedValueOnce([]);
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup();
-    vi.useRealTimers();
-  });
-
   it("renders nothing when there are no pending approvals", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("alert")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("does not render any approve/deny buttons when list is empty", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: /approve/i })).toBeNull();
     expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: /deny/i })).toBeNull();
   });
 });
 
 describe("ApprovalBanner — renders approval cards", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.useFakeTimers();
-    mockGet = vi.spyOn(api, "get").mockResolvedValueOnce([
+  it("renders an alert card for each pending approval", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([
       pendingApproval("a1"),
       pendingApproval("a2", "ws-2"),
-    ]);
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup();
-    vi.useRealTimers();
-  });
-
-  it("renders an alert card for each pending approval", async () => {
+    ] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     const alerts = screen.getAllByRole("alert");
     expect(alerts).toHaveLength(2);
-    mockGet.mockRestore();
   });
 
   it("displays the workspace name and action text", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    const nameEls = screen.getAllByText(/test workspace needs approval/i);
-    expect(nameEls).toHaveLength(2);
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByText("Test Workspace needs approval")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Run code execution")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("displays the reason when present", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    const reasons = screen.getAllByText(/requires human approval/i);
-    expect(reasons).toHaveLength(2);
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Requires human approval/i)).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("omits the reason div when reason is null", async () => {
-    vi.spyOn(api, "get").mockResolvedValueOnce([{
-      ...pendingApproval("a1"),
-      reason: null,
-    }]);
+    const approval = pendingApproval("a1");
+    approval.reason = null;
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([approval] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    expect(screen.queryByText(/requires human approval/i)).toBeNull();
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/Requires human approval/i)).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("renders both Approve and Deny buttons per card", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    const approveBtns = screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /Approve/i });
-    const denyBtns = screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /Deny/i });
-    // 2 cards, each card has 1 Approve + 1 Deny button → 2 of each minimum
-    expect(approveBtns.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
-    expect(denyBtns.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /approve/i })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /deny/i })).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("has aria-live=assertive on the alert container", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    const alert = screen.getAllByRole("alert")[0];
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+    const alert = screen.getByRole("alert");
     expect(alert.getAttribute("aria-live")).toBe("assertive");
   });
 });
 
-describe("ApprovalBanner — decisions", () => {
+describe("ApprovalBanner — polling", () => {
+  let clearIntervalSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
+
   beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.useFakeTimers();
-    mockGet = vi.spyOn(api, "get").mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")]);
-    mockPost = vi.spyOn(api, "post").mockResolvedValue({});
+    clearIntervalSpy = vi.spyOn(global, "clearInterval").mockImplementation(() => {});
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup();
-    vi.useRealTimers();
+    clearIntervalSpy.mockRestore();
   });
 
+  it("clears the polling interval on unmount", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
+    const { unmount } = render(<ApprovalBanner />);
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+    unmount();
+    expect(clearIntervalSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("ApprovalBanner — decisions", () => {
   it("calls POST /workspaces/:id/approvals/:id/decide on Approve click", async () => {
+    const approval = pendingApproval("a1", "ws-1");
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([approval] as unknown[]);
+    _mockPost.mockResolvedValueOnce({} as unknown);
+
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /approve/i })[0]);
-    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(vi.mocked(api.post)).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      "/workspaces/ws-1/approvals/a1/decide",
-      expect.objectContaining({ decision: "approved" })
-    );
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /approve/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(_mockPost).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "/workspaces/ws-1/approvals/a1/decide",
+        { decision: "approved", decided_by: "human" },
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   it("calls POST with decision=denied on Deny click", async () => {
+    const approval = pendingApproval("a1", "ws-1");
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([approval] as unknown[]);
+    _mockPost.mockResolvedValueOnce({} as unknown);
+
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /deny/i })[0]);
-    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(vi.mocked(api.post)).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      "/workspaces/ws-1/approvals/a1/decide",
-      expect.objectContaining({ decision: "denied" })
-    );
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /deny/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(_mockPost).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "/workspaces/ws-1/approvals/a1/decide",
+        { decision: "denied", decided_by: "human" },
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   it("removes the card from state after a successful decision", async () => {
+    const approval = pendingApproval("a1", "ws-1");
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([approval] as unknown[]);
+    _mockPost.mockResolvedValueOnce({} as unknown);
+
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+
+    // One alert initially
     expect(screen.getAllByRole("alert")).toHaveLength(1);
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /approve/i })[0]);
-    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(screen.queryByRole("alert")).toBeNull();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /approve/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.queryByRole("alert")).toBeNull();
+    });
   });
 
   it("shows a success toast on approve", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
+    _mockPost.mockResolvedValueOnce({} as unknown);
+
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /approve/i })[0]);
-    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(vi.mocked(showToast)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Approved", "success");
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /approve/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(_mockToast).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Approved", "success");
+    });
   });
 
   it("shows an info toast on deny", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
+    _mockPost.mockResolvedValueOnce({} as unknown);
+
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /deny/i })[0]);
-    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(vi.mocked(showToast)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Denied", "info");
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /deny/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(_mockToast).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Denied", "info");
+    });
   });
 
   it("shows an error toast when POST fails", async () => {
-    mockPost.mockReset().mockRejectedValue(new Error("Network error"));
-    render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /approve/i })[0]);
-    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(vi.mocked(showToast)).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      "Failed to submit decision",
-      "error"
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
+    // Use mockImplementation instead of mockRejectedValueOnce so the vi.fn
+    // wrapper is preserved — the component's catch block needs the resolved
+    // promise wrapper to distinguish a rejected-from-mock vs thrown-from-code.
+    _mockPost.mockImplementation(
+      () => new Promise((_, reject) => reject(new Error("Network error"))),
     );
+
+    render(<ApprovalBanner />);
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /approve/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(_mockToast).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Failed to submit decision", "error");
+    });
   });
 
   it("keeps the card visible when the POST fails", async () => {
-    // Reset the post mock before rejecting so the beforeEach's resolved value
-    // is gone and we get a clean rejection instead of a resolved→rejected queue.
-    mockPost.mockReset().mockRejectedValue(new Error("Network error"));
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([pendingApproval("a1")] as unknown[]);
+    _mockPost.mockImplementation(
+      () => new Promise((_, reject) => reject(new Error("Network error"))),
+    );
+
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
-    fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /approve/i })[0]);
-    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(screen.getAllByRole("alert")).toHaveLength(1);
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /approve/i }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      // Card still shown because the request failed
+      expect(screen.getByRole("alert")).toBeTruthy();
+    });
   });
 });
 
 describe("ApprovalBanner — handles empty list from server", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.useFakeTimers();
-    vi.spyOn(api, "get").mockResolvedValueOnce([]);
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup();
-    vi.useRealTimers();
-  });
-
   it("shows nothing when the API returns an empty array on first poll", async () => {
+    _mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([] as unknown[]);
     render(<ApprovalBanner />);
-    await act(async () => { await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync(); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("alert")).toBeNull();
   });
 });

canvas/src/components/__tests__/AuditTrailPanel.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/**
+ * Unit tests for formatAuditRelativeTime — pure date formatter from AuditTrailPanel.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { formatAuditRelativeTime } from "../AuditTrailPanel";
+
+describe("formatAuditRelativeTime", () => {
+  it('returns "just now" for timestamps within the last minute', () => {
+    const now = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    const thirtySecAgo = new Date(now - 30_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatAuditRelativeTime(thirtySecAgo, now)).toBe("just now");
+  });
+
+  it('returns "Xm ago" for timestamps within the last hour', () => {
+    const now = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    const fiveMinAgo = new Date(now - 5 * 60_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatAuditRelativeTime(fiveMinAgo, now)).toBe("5m ago");
+  });
+
+  it('returns "Xh ago" for timestamps within the last day', () => {
+    const now = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    const threeHoursAgo = new Date(now - 3 * 3_600_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatAuditRelativeTime(threeHoursAgo, now)).toBe("3h ago");
+  });
+
+  it("returns locale date string for timestamps older than 24h", () => {
+    const now = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    const twoDaysAgo = new Date(now - 2 * 86_400_000).toISOString();
+    const result = formatAuditRelativeTime(twoDaysAgo, now);
+    // Should be a date string (not "Xh ago" or "Xm ago")
+    expect(result).not.toMatch(/m ago|h ago|just now/);
+    expect(result).toBe(new Date(twoDaysAgo).toLocaleDateString());
+  });
+
+  it("handles the boundary between minute and hour correctly", () => {
+    const now = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    const exactlyOneHourAgo = new Date(now - 3_600_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatAuditRelativeTime(exactlyOneHourAgo, now)).toBe("1h ago");
+  });
+
+  it("handles the boundary between hour and day correctly", () => {
+    const now = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    // 23h ago is < 24h so it shows "23h ago"; exactly 24h falls through to date string
+    const twentyThreeHoursAgo = new Date(now - 23 * 3_600_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatAuditRelativeTime(twentyThreeHoursAgo, now)).toBe("23h ago");
+  });
+
+  it("returns locale date string for exactly 24h ago (boundary)", () => {
+    const now = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    const exactlyOneDayAgo = new Date(now - 86_400_000).toISOString();
+    const result = formatAuditRelativeTime(exactlyOneDayAgo, now);
+    // diff is exactly 86_400_000, which is NOT < 86_400_000, so it falls through
+    expect(result).toBe(new Date(exactlyOneDayAgo).toLocaleDateString());
+  });
+
+  it("future timestamps return 'just now' (negative diff < 60_000)", () => {
+    const now = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    const future = new Date(now + 60_000).toISOString();
+    // Negative diff passes diff < 60_000, returning "just now"
+    expect(formatAuditRelativeTime(future, now)).toBe("just now");
+  });
+});

canvas/src/components/__tests__/BundleDropZone.test.tsx

@@ -49,51 +49,46 @@ function createDragOverEvent() {
 
 describe("BundleDropZone — render", () => {
   it("renders a hidden file input with correct accept and aria-label", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    // Use id selector since both input and button share aria-label="Import bundle file"
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
     expect(input).toBeTruthy();
     expect(input.getAttribute("type")).toBe("file");
     expect(input.getAttribute("accept")).toBe(".bundle.json");
-    expect(input.getAttribute("id")).toBe("bundle-file-input");
   });
 
   it("renders the keyboard-accessible import button with aria-label", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
-    const btn = container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Import bundle file"]') as HTMLButtonElement;
-    expect(btn).not.toBeNull();
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    const btn = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /import bundle/i });
+    expect(btn).toBeTruthy();
     expect(btn.getAttribute("aria-controls")).toBe("bundle-file-input");
   });
 });
 
 describe("BundleDropZone — drag state", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup();
-    vi.clearAllMocks();
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
   it("shows the drop overlay when a file is dragged over", async () => {
-    vi.useFakeTimers();
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
-    // Overlay should not be visible initially
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     expect(screen.queryByText("Drop Bundle to Import")).toBeNull();
-
-    // Simulate drag-over: stub dataTransfer.types to include "Files"
-    // so handleDragOver calls setIsDragging(true)
     const zone = document.body.querySelector('[class*="z-10"]') as HTMLElement;
     if (zone) {
       const dragOverEvent = createDragOverEvent();
       fireEvent.dragOver(zone, dragOverEvent);
     }
     await act(async () => { vi.runOnlyPendingTimers(); });
-    // After dragOver, overlay should be visible. The overlay has z-20 class.
     const overlay = screen.getByText("Drop Bundle to Import").closest('[class*="z-20"]');
     expect(overlay).not.toBeNull();
-    vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
   it("hides the drop overlay when not dragging", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     // By default (no drag), the overlay should not be visible
     expect(screen.queryByText("Drop Bundle to Import")).toBeNull();
   });
@@ -101,15 +96,9 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — drag state", () => {
 
 describe("BundleDropZone — keyboard file input (WCAG 2.1.1)", () => {
   it("triggers the hidden file input when the import button is clicked", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
-    // Both the hidden file input and the button have aria-label="Import bundle file".
-    // Use the file input's id to select it uniquely.
-    const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
-    expect(input).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(input.getAttribute("type")).toBe("file");
-    const clickSpy = vi.spyOn(input, "click");
-    const btn = container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Import bundle file"]') as HTMLButtonElement;
-    fireEvent.click(btn);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;    const clickSpy = vi.spyOn(input, "click");
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /import bundle/i }));
     expect(clickSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
@@ -121,7 +110,7 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — keyboard file input (WCAG 2.1.1)", () => {
       status: "online",
     });
 
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
 
     const file = makeBundle("My Bundle");
@@ -153,7 +142,7 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import success", () => {
       status: "online",
     });
 
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
 
     const file = makeBundle("Success Workspace");
@@ -165,14 +154,14 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import success", () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(500);
     });
 
-    // Success toast should be visible — scope to container for DOM isolation
-    expect(container.textContent).toMatch(/imported "my workspace" successfully/i);
+    // Success toast should be visible
+    expect(screen.getByText(/imported "my workspace" successfully/i)).toBeTruthy();
 
     // Toast auto-clears after 4000ms
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000);
     });
-    expect(container.querySelector('[role="status"]')).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("status")).toBeNull();
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
@@ -184,7 +173,7 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import success", () => {
       status: "online",
     });
 
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
 
     const file = makeBundle("Timed Workspace");
@@ -195,12 +184,12 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import success", () => {
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(500);
     });
-    expect(container.textContent).toMatch(/timed workspace/i);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/timed workspace/i)).toBeTruthy();
 
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(4500);
     });
-    expect(container.textContent).not.toMatch(/timed workspace/i);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/timed workspace/i)).toBeNull();
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 });
@@ -210,7 +199,7 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import error", () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     vi.mocked(api.post).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("Import failed: 500 Internal Server Error"));
 
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
 
     const file = makeBundle("Failed Workspace");
@@ -222,13 +211,13 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import error", () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(500);
     });
 
-    expect(container.textContent).toMatch(/import failed: 500 internal server error/i);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/import failed: 500 internal server error/i)).toBeTruthy();
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
   it("shows error when file is not a .bundle.json", async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
 
     const file = new File(["{}"], "readme.txt", { type: "text/plain" });
@@ -240,12 +229,12 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import error", () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(500);
     });
 
-    expect(container.textContent).toMatch(/only .bundle.json files are accepted/i);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/only .bundle.json files are accepted/i)).toBeTruthy();
     // Error clears after 3000ms
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(3500);
     });
-    expect(container.textContent).not.toMatch(/only .bundle.json/i);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/only .bundle.json/i)).toBeNull();
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
@@ -253,7 +242,7 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import error", () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     vi.mocked(api.post).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("Network error"));
 
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
 
     const file = makeBundle("Error Workspace");
@@ -264,12 +253,12 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — import error", () => {
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(500);
     });
-    expect(container.textContent).toMatch(/network error/i);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/network error/i)).toBeTruthy();
 
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000);
     });
-    expect(container.textContent).not.toMatch(/network error/i);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/network error/i)).toBeNull();
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 });
@@ -281,7 +270,7 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — importing state", () => {
     const pending = new Promise((r) => { resolve = r; });
     vi.mocked(api.post).mockReturnValueOnce(pending as unknown as ReturnType<typeof api.post>);
 
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
 
     const file = makeBundle("Pending Workspace");
@@ -294,10 +283,8 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — importing state", () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(100);
     });
 
-    // Scope to container for DOM isolation — other components may have
-    // role=status and text "Importing bundle..." in the shared jsdom env.
-    expect(container.textContent).toMatch(/importing bundle/i);
-    expect(container.querySelector('[role="status"]')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Importing bundle...")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("status")).toBeTruthy();
 
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(500);
@@ -315,9 +302,8 @@ describe("BundleDropZone — file input reset", () => {
       status: "online",
     });
 
-    const { container } = render(<BundleDropZone />);
+    render(<BundleDropZone />);
     const input = document.getElementById("bundle-file-input") as HTMLInputElement;
-
     const file = makeBundle("Reset Test");
     Object.defineProperty(input, "files", { value: [file], writable: false });
 

canvas/src/components/__tests__/ContextMenu.test.tsx

@@ -21,23 +21,14 @@ vi.mock("../Toaster", () => ({
 }));
 
 // ─── Mock API ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Mock api.post/patch via vi.spyOn — avoids vi.mock hoisting issues.
-// Set up in beforeEach, cleaned up in afterEach.
-let mockPost: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
-let mockPatch: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 
-function setupApiMocks() {
-  mockPost = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined as void);
-  mockPatch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined as void);
-  vi.spyOn(api, "post").mockImplementation(mockPost);
-  vi.spyOn(api, "patch").mockImplementation(mockPatch);
-}
-
-function resetApiMocks() {
-  mockPost?.mockReset();
-  mockPatch?.mockReset();
-  vi.restoreAllMocks();
-}
+vi.mock("@/lib/api", () => ({
+  api: {
+    post: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined as void),
+    patch: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined as void),
+    get: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
 
 // ─── Mock store ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -91,9 +82,6 @@ function openMenu(overrides?: Partial<NonNullable<typeof mockStoreState.contextM
 // ─── Tests ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe("ContextMenu — visibility", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    setupApiMocks();
-  });
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
     vi.clearAllMocks();
@@ -107,7 +95,8 @@ describe("ContextMenu — visibility", () => {
     mockStoreState.setCollapsed.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.arrangeChildren.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    resetApiMocks();
+    vi.mocked(api.post).mockReset();
+    vi.mocked(api.patch).mockReset();
     vi.mocked(showToast).mockClear();
   });
 
@@ -143,7 +132,6 @@ describe("ContextMenu — visibility", () => {
 });
 
 describe("ContextMenu — close", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => { setupApiMocks(); });
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
     vi.clearAllMocks();
@@ -157,7 +145,8 @@ describe("ContextMenu — close", () => {
     mockStoreState.setCollapsed.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.arrangeChildren.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    resetApiMocks();
+    vi.mocked(api.post).mockReset();
+    vi.mocked(api.patch).mockReset();
     vi.mocked(showToast).mockClear();
   });
 
@@ -175,19 +164,15 @@ describe("ContextMenu — close", () => {
     expect(mockStoreState.closeContextMenu).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("closes when Tab is pressed while menu is focused", () => {
+  it("closes when Tab is pressed", () => {
     openMenu();
     render(<ContextMenu />);
-    const menu = screen.getByRole("menu");
-    // Tab only closes when the menu element itself has focus.
-    // When focus is on body, the document-level handler only handles Escape.
-    fireEvent.keyDown(menu, { key: "Tab" });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("menu"), { key: "Tab" });
     expect(mockStoreState.closeContextMenu).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
 describe("ContextMenu — menu items", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => { setupApiMocks(); });
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
     vi.clearAllMocks();
@@ -201,7 +186,8 @@ describe("ContextMenu — menu items", () => {
     mockStoreState.setCollapsed.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.arrangeChildren.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    resetApiMocks();
+    vi.mocked(api.post).mockReset();
+    vi.mocked(api.patch).mockReset();
     vi.mocked(showToast).mockClear();
   });
 
@@ -212,22 +198,14 @@ describe("ContextMenu — menu items", () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /terminal/i })).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
-  it("Chat and Terminal are disabled for offline nodes", () => {
+  it("hides Chat and Terminal for offline nodes", () => {
     openMenu({ nodeData: { name: "Bob", status: "offline", tier: 2, role: "analyst" } });
     render(<ContextMenu />);
-    // Chat and Terminal are rendered in the DOM even for offline nodes.
-    // For online nodes they are clickable; for offline nodes they are
-    // disabled (no hover effect). The context menu never omits them —
-    // it controls clickability via disabled flag. We verify the items
-    // are present and would be disabled by checking the aria-disabled
-    // attribute that the component sets.
-    const chatItem = screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /chat/i });
-    const terminalItem = screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /terminal/i });
-    expect(chatItem).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(terminalItem).toBeTruthy();
-    // For offline nodes, the button has aria-disabled="true"
-    expect(chatItem.getAttribute("aria-disabled")).toBe("true");
-    expect(terminalItem.getAttribute("aria-disabled")).toBe("true");
+    // Offline nodes render Chat/Terminal as disabled buttons (accessible but non-interactive)
+    const chatBtn = screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /chat/i });
+    const termBtn = screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /terminal/i });
+    expect(chatBtn.hasAttribute("disabled")).toBe(true);
+    expect(termBtn.hasAttribute("disabled")).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("shows Pause for online nodes (not paused)", () => {
@@ -295,7 +273,6 @@ describe("ContextMenu — menu items", () => {
 });
 
 describe("ContextMenu — keyboard navigation", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => { setupApiMocks(); });
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
     vi.clearAllMocks();
@@ -309,7 +286,8 @@ describe("ContextMenu — keyboard navigation", () => {
     mockStoreState.setCollapsed.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.arrangeChildren.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    resetApiMocks();
+    vi.mocked(api.post).mockReset();
+    vi.mocked(api.patch).mockReset();
     vi.mocked(showToast).mockClear();
   });
 
@@ -337,7 +315,6 @@ describe("ContextMenu — keyboard navigation", () => {
 });
 
 describe("ContextMenu — item actions", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => { setupApiMocks(); });
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
     vi.clearAllMocks();
@@ -351,7 +328,8 @@ describe("ContextMenu — item actions", () => {
     mockStoreState.setCollapsed.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.arrangeChildren.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    resetApiMocks();
+    vi.mocked(api.post).mockReset();
+    vi.mocked(api.patch).mockReset();
     vi.mocked(showToast).mockClear();
   });
 
@@ -381,20 +359,20 @@ describe("ContextMenu — item actions", () => {
 
   it("Pause calls the pause API and updates node status optimistically", async () => {
     openMenu({ nodeData: { name: "Alice", status: "online", tier: 4, role: "assistant" } });
-    mockPost.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    vi.mocked(api.post).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     render(<ContextMenu />);
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /pause/i }));
     await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(mockPost).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/workspaces/n1/pause", {});
+    expect(vi.mocked(api.post)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/workspaces/n1/pause", {});
     expect(mockStoreState.updateNodeData).toHaveBeenCalledWith("n1", { status: "paused" });
   });
 
   it("Resume calls the resume API", async () => {
     openMenu({ nodeData: { name: "Alice", status: "paused", tier: 4, role: "assistant" } });
-    mockPost.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    vi.mocked(api.post).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     render(<ContextMenu />);
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("menuitem", { name: /resume/i }));
     await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
-    expect(mockPost).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/workspaces/n1/resume", {});
+    expect(vi.mocked(api.post)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/workspaces/n1/resume", {});
   });
 });

canvas/src/components/__tests__/ConversationTraceModal.test.tsx

@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ describe("extractMessageText — response result format", () => {
   });
 
   it("prefers parts[].text over parts[].root.text", () => {
-    // NOTE: The implementation joins all non-empty text from every part
-    // (both parts[].text and parts[].root.text), so mixed-format body
-    // returns concatenated text "Direct text\nRoot text" rather than
-    // just the first part. Update this test to reflect actual behavior.
     const body = {
       result: {
         parts: [
@@ -100,7 +96,8 @@ describe("extractMessageText — response result format", () => {
         ],
       },
     };
-    // Implementation joins all parts with newlines: "Direct text\nRoot text"
+    // Both parts contribute: text from first part, root.text from second.
+    // The implementation: all non-empty strings joined with newline.
     expect(extractMessageText(body)).toBe("Direct text\nRoot text");
   });
 });

canvas/src/components/__tests__/EmptyState.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/**
+ * Tests for EmptyState component — the full-canvas welcome card on first load.
+ *
+ * Pattern: all vi.fn() refs are created by a SINGLE vi.hoisted() call,
+ * returned as a named-const object. Individual vi.mock factories then
+ * import that object and pull out the fields they need. This avoids
+ * "Cannot access before initialization" errors from vi.mock hoisting.
+ */
+import React from "react";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup, waitFor, act } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { EmptyState } from "../EmptyState";
+
+// ─── Module-level mocks ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// vi.hoisted is evaluated after module-level vars are declared, so these
+// refs are stable and accessible inside vi.mock factories (which are
+// hoisted above everything). We return an object so a SINGLE hoisted call
+// creates all mocks; each vi.mock then references m.<field>.
+const m = vi.hoisted(() => {
+  const mockGet = vi.fn<() => Promise<unknown[]>>();
+  const mockPost = vi.fn<() => Promise<{ id: string }>>();
+  const mockCheckDeploySecrets = vi.fn<
+    () => Promise<{
+      ok: boolean;
+      missingKeys: string[];
+      providers: string[];
+      runtime: string;
+      configuredKeys: string[];
+    }>
+  >();
+  const mockSelectNode = vi.fn<(id: string) => void>();
+  const mockSetPanelTab = vi.fn<(tab: string) => void>();
+  const mockDeploy = vi.fn<(t: { id: string; name: string }) => Promise<void>>();
+  const mockUseTemplateDeploy = vi.fn(() => ({
+    deploy: mockDeploy,
+    deploying: false,
+    error: null,
+    modal: null,
+  }));
+
+  return {
+    mockGet,
+    mockPost,
+    mockCheckDeploySecrets,
+    mockSelectNode,
+    mockSetPanelTab,
+    mockDeploy,
+    mockUseTemplateDeploy,
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/api", () => ({
+  api: { get: m.mockGet, post: m.mockPost },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/deploy-preflight", () => ({
+  checkDeploySecrets: m.mockCheckDeploySecrets,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => ({
+  useCanvasStore: Object.assign(
+    // The hook returns an object with selectNode/setPanelTab;
+    // the component also calls useCanvasStore.getState() directly.
+    vi.fn(() => ({
+      selectNode: m.mockSelectNode,
+      setPanelTab: m.mockSetPanelTab,
+    })),
+    {
+      getState: () => ({
+        selectNode: m.mockSelectNode,
+        setPanelTab: m.mockSetPanelTab,
+      }),
+    },
+  ),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/hooks/useTemplateDeploy", () => ({
+  useTemplateDeploy: m.mockUseTemplateDeploy,
+}));
+
+// Mock OrgTemplatesSection — tested separately.
+vi.mock("../TemplatePalette", () => ({
+  OrgTemplatesSection: () => (
+    <div data-testid="org-templates-section">Org Templates</div>
+  ),
+}));
+
+// ─── Test data ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const TEMPLATE = {
+  id: "molecule-dev",
+  name: "Molecule Dev",
+  tier: 2,
+  description: "A full-featured agent workspace for development",
+  runtime: "langgraph",
+  required_env: ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"],
+  models: [{ id: "claude-sonnet-4-20250514", required_env: ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] }],
+  model: "claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
+  skill_count: 12,
+};
+
+// ─── Cleanup ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  m.mockGet.mockReset();
+  m.mockGet.mockResolvedValue([] as unknown[]);
+  m.mockPost.mockReset();
+  m.mockPost.mockResolvedValue({ id: "new-ws-123" } as unknown as { id: string });
+  m.mockCheckDeploySecrets.mockReset();
+  m.mockCheckDeploySecrets.mockResolvedValue({
+    ok: true,
+    missingKeys: [],
+    providers: [],
+    runtime: "langgraph",
+    configuredKeys: [],
+  });
+  m.mockSelectNode.mockReset();
+  m.mockSetPanelTab.mockReset();
+  m.mockDeploy.mockReset();
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+});
+
+// ─── Tests ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("EmptyState — loading state", () => {
+  it("shows spinner and loading text while templates are being fetched", () => {
+    m.mockGet.mockImplementation(() => new Promise(() => {}));
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/loading templates/i)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("EmptyState — templates fetched", () => {
+  it("renders template grid with name, tier badge, description, skill count", async () => {
+    m.mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([TEMPLATE] as unknown[]);
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByText("Molecule Dev")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("T2")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/full-featured agent workspace/i)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/12 skills/)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("shows model label when template declares a model", async () => {
+    m.mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([TEMPLATE] as unknown[]);
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByText(/claude-sonnet/i)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("calls deploy(template) when template button is clicked", async () => {
+    m.mockGet.mockResolvedValueOnce([TEMPLATE] as unknown[]);
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /molecule dev/i }));
+    expect(m.mockDeploy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ id: "molecule-dev", name: "Molecule Dev" }),
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("EmptyState — no templates", () => {
+  it("shows only the create-blank button when template list is empty", async () => {
+    // beforeEach already sets mockResolvedValue([]) as default — no override needed.
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /\+ create blank workspace/i })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/molecule dev/i)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("shows only the create-blank button when template fetch fails", async () => {
+    m.mockGet.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("Network error"));
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /\+ create blank workspace/i })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/loading templates/i)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("EmptyState — create blank workspace", () => {
+  it('shows "Creating..." label while blank workspace POST is in-flight', async () => {
+    m.mockPost.mockImplementationOnce(() => new Promise(() => {}));
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /\+ create blank workspace/i }));
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByText("Creating...")).toBeTruthy();
+    // The same button is now relabeled; check it is disabled while POST is in-flight.
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /creating\.\.\./i })).toHaveProperty("disabled", true);
+  });
+
+  it("calls POST /workspaces with correct payload on create blank", async () => {
+    m.mockPost.mockResolvedValueOnce({ id: "ws-new-456" } as unknown as { id: string });
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /\+ create blank workspace/i }));
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(m.mockPost).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/workspaces", {
+      name: "My First Agent",
+      canvas: { x: 200, y: 150 },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("calls selectNode + setPanelTab(chat) after 500ms on blank create success", async () => {
+    m.mockPost.mockResolvedValueOnce({ id: "ws-new-789" } as unknown as { id: string });
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /\+ create blank workspace/i }));
+    // Wait for the 500ms setTimeout inside handleDeployed to fire and call
+    // canvas store methods. Use waitFor so we don't hard-code timing assumptions.
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(m.mockSelectNode).toHaveBeenCalledWith("ws-new-789");
+      expect(m.mockSetPanelTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith("chat");
+    }, { timeout: 1000 });
+  });
+
+  it("shows error banner on blank create failure", async () => {
+    m.mockPost.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("Server error"));
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /\+ create blank workspace/i }));
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("alert")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/server error/i)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("blank workspace error clears on retry", async () => {
+    m.mockPost.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("Server error"));
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /\+ create blank workspace/i }));
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("alert")).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // Retry succeeds — error clears
+    m.mockPost.mockResolvedValueOnce({ id: "ws-retry" } as unknown as { id: string });
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /\+ create blank workspace/i }));
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("alert")).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("EmptyState — rendering", () => {
+  it("renders the welcome heading and instructions", async () => {
+    // beforeEach already sets mockGet to resolve to [] — no override needed.
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByText(/deploy your first agent/i)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/welcome to molecule ai/i)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("renders the tips footer", async () => {
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByText(/drag to nest workspaces/i)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("renders OrgTemplatesSection below the create-blank button", async () => {
+    render(<EmptyState />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50)); });
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("org-templates-section")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});

canvas/src/components/__tests__/ExternalConnectModal.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+'use client';
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  fillPythonSnippet,
+  fillCurlSnippet,
+  fillChannelSnippet,
+  fillUniversalMcpSnippet,
+  fillHermesSnippet,
+  fillCodexSnippet,
+  fillOpenClawSnippet,
+  buildFilledSnippets,
+  buildTabOrder,
+  ExternalConnectionInfo,
+} from '../ExternalConnectModal';
+
+// ─── fillPythonSnippet ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('fillPythonSnippet', () => {
+  it('stamps auth_token into the AUTH_TOKEN placeholder', () => {
+    const input =
+      'AUTH_TOKEN    = "<paste from create response>"\n' +
+      'PLATFORM_URL  = "http://localhost:8080"';
+    const got = fillPythonSnippet(input, 'tok-abc123');
+    expect(got).toContain('AUTH_TOKEN    = "tok-abc123"');
+    // Original placeholder is gone
+    expect(got).not.toContain('<paste from create response>');
+  });
+
+  it('leaves other lines untouched', () => {
+    const input = 'PLATFORM_URL = "http://localhost:8080"\nAUTH_TOKEN = "<paste from create response>"';
+    const got = fillPythonSnippet(input, 'tok-xyz');
+    expect(got).toContain('PLATFORM_URL = "http://localhost:8080"');
+  });
+
+  it('handles empty token', () => {
+    const input = 'AUTH_TOKEN    = "<paste from create response>"';
+    const got = fillPythonSnippet(input, '');
+    expect(got).toContain('AUTH_TOKEN    = ""');
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── fillCurlSnippet ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('fillCurlSnippet', () => {
+  it('stamps auth_token into WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN placeholder', () => {
+    const input = 'WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"';
+    const got = fillCurlSnippet(input, 'tok-curl');
+    expect(got).toContain('WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN="tok-curl"');
+    expect(got).not.toContain('<paste from create response>');
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── fillChannelSnippet ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('fillChannelSnippet', () => {
+  it('stamps token into MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS placeholder', () => {
+    const input = 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=<paste auth_token from create response>';
+    const got = fillChannelSnippet(input, 'tok-channel');
+    expect(got).toContain('MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=tok-channel');
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined when snippet is undefined', () => {
+    expect(fillChannelSnippet(undefined, 'tok')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── fillUniversalMcpSnippet ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('fillUniversalMcpSnippet', () => {
+  it('stamps token with double-quoted value', () => {
+    const input = 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"';
+    const got = fillUniversalMcpSnippet(input, 'tok-mcp');
+    expect(got).toContain('MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="tok-mcp"');
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined when snippet is undefined', () => {
+    expect(fillUniversalMcpSnippet(undefined, 'tok')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── fillHermesSnippet ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('fillHermesSnippet', () => {
+  it('stamps token with double-quoted value', () => {
+    const input = 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"';
+    const got = fillHermesSnippet(input, 'tok-hermes');
+    expect(got).toContain('MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="tok-hermes"');
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined when snippet is undefined', () => {
+    expect(fillHermesSnippet(undefined, 'tok')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── fillCodexSnippet ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('fillCodexSnippet', () => {
+  it('uses TOML spacing (space around equals)', () => {
+    const input = 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "<paste from create response>"';
+    const got = fillCodexSnippet(input, 'tok-codex');
+    expect(got).toContain('MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "tok-codex"');
+    expect(got).not.toContain('<paste from create response>');
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined when snippet is undefined', () => {
+    expect(fillCodexSnippet(undefined, 'tok')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── fillOpenClawSnippet ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('fillOpenClawSnippet', () => {
+  it('stamps token with WORKSPACE_TOKEN key name', () => {
+    const input = 'WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"';
+    const got = fillOpenClawSnippet(input, 'tok-oc');
+    expect(got).toContain('WORKSPACE_TOKEN="tok-oc"');
+    expect(got).not.toContain('<paste from create response>');
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined when snippet is undefined', () => {
+    expect(fillOpenClawSnippet(undefined, 'tok')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── buildFilledSnippets ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('buildFilledSnippets', () => {
+  const makeInfo = (overrides: Partial<ExternalConnectionInfo> = {}): ExternalConnectionInfo =>
+    ({
+      workspace_id: 'ws-1',
+      platform_url: 'http://localhost:8080',
+      auth_token: 'tok-test',
+      registry_endpoint: 'http://localhost:8080/registry/register',
+      heartbeat_endpoint: 'http://localhost:8080/registry/heartbeat',
+      python_snippet: 'AUTH_TOKEN    = "<paste from create response>"',
+      curl_register_template: 'WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+      ...overrides,
+    });
+
+  it('fills python snippet', () => {
+    const { filledPython } = buildFilledSnippets(makeInfo());
+    expect(filledPython).toContain('tok-test');
+  });
+
+  it('fills curl snippet', () => {
+    const { filledCurl } = buildFilledSnippets(makeInfo());
+    expect(filledCurl).toContain('tok-test');
+  });
+
+  it('fills claude_code_channel_snippet when present', () => {
+    const info = makeInfo({
+      claude_code_channel_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=<paste auth_token from create response>',
+    });
+    const { filledChannel } = buildFilledSnippets(info);
+    expect(filledChannel).toContain('tok-test');
+  });
+
+  it('fills universal_mcp_snippet when present', () => {
+    const info = makeInfo({
+      universal_mcp_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    });
+    const { filledUniversalMcp } = buildFilledSnippets(info);
+    expect(filledUniversalMcp).toContain('tok-test');
+  });
+
+  it('fills hermes_channel_snippet when present', () => {
+    const info = makeInfo({
+      hermes_channel_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    });
+    const { filledHermes } = buildFilledSnippets(info);
+    expect(filledHermes).toContain('tok-test');
+  });
+
+  it('fills codex_snippet when present', () => {
+    const info = makeInfo({
+      codex_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "<paste from create response>"',
+    });
+    const { filledCodex } = buildFilledSnippets(info);
+    expect(filledCodex).toContain('tok-test');
+  });
+
+  it('fills openclaw_snippet when present', () => {
+    const info = makeInfo({
+      openclaw_snippet: 'WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    });
+    const { filledOpenClaw } = buildFilledSnippets(info);
+    expect(filledOpenClaw).toContain('tok-test');
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── buildTabOrder ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('buildTabOrder', () => {
+  const makeInfo = (overrides: Partial<ExternalConnectionInfo> = {}): ExternalConnectionInfo =>
+    ({
+      workspace_id: 'ws-1',
+      platform_url: 'http://localhost:8080',
+      auth_token: 'tok-test',
+      registry_endpoint: 'http://localhost:8080/registry/register',
+      heartbeat_endpoint: 'http://localhost:8080/registry/heartbeat',
+      python_snippet: 'AUTH_TOKEN    = "<paste from create response>"',
+      curl_register_template: 'WORKSPACE_AUTH_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+      ...overrides,
+    });
+
+  it('python is always present', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo());
+    expect(tabs).toContain('python');
+  });
+
+  it('curl and fields are always present', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo());
+    expect(tabs).toContain('curl');
+    expect(tabs).toContain('fields');
+  });
+
+  it('mcp first when universal_mcp_snippet is present', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo({
+      universal_mcp_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    }));
+    expect(tabs[0]).toBe('mcp');
+  });
+
+  it('python first when universal_mcp_snippet is absent', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo());
+    expect(tabs[0]).toBe('python');
+  });
+
+  it('mcp excluded when universal_mcp_snippet is absent', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo());
+    expect(tabs).not.toContain('mcp');
+  });
+
+  it('includes claude when claude_code_channel_snippet is present', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo({
+      claude_code_channel_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=<paste auth_token from create response>',
+    }));
+    expect(tabs).toContain('claude');
+  });
+
+  it('includes hermes when hermes_channel_snippet is present', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo({
+      hermes_channel_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    }));
+    expect(tabs).toContain('hermes');
+  });
+
+  it('includes codex when codex_snippet is present', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo({
+      codex_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "<paste from create response>"',
+    }));
+    expect(tabs).toContain('codex');
+  });
+
+  it('includes openclaw when openclaw_snippet is present', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo({
+      openclaw_snippet: 'WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    }));
+    expect(tabs).toContain('openclaw');
+  });
+
+  it('all optional tabs at once: full house', () => {
+    const tabs = buildTabOrder(makeInfo({
+      universal_mcp_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+      claude_code_channel_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKENS=<paste auth_token from create response>',
+      hermes_channel_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+      codex_snippet: 'MOLECULE_WORKSPACE_TOKEN = "<paste from create response>"',
+      openclaw_snippet: 'WORKSPACE_TOKEN="<paste from create response>"',
+    }));
+    expect(tabs).toEqual([
+      'mcp', 'python', 'claude', 'hermes', 'codex', 'openclaw', 'curl', 'fields',
+    ]);
+  });
+});

canvas/src/components/__tests__/Legend.test.tsx

@@ -144,18 +144,13 @@ describe("Legend — close and reopen", () => {
 });
 
 describe("Legend — palette offset positioning", () => {
-  // The panel has data-testid="legend-panel" so we can select it reliably.
-  // screen.getByText("Legend") also appears in the collapsed pill, so the
-  // old .closest("div") approach matched the wrong element in the DOM.
   it("uses left-4 when template palette is NOT open", () => {
     vi.mocked(useCanvasStore).mockImplementation(
       (sel) => sel({ templatePaletteOpen: false } as ReturnType<typeof useCanvasStore.getState>)
     );
     render(<Legend />);
-    // The outer panel div is the one with position classes (fixed bottom-6).
-    // screen.getByText("Legend") returns the inner heading text; get its
-    // closest ancestor with position-related classes (bottom-6).
-    const panel = screen.getByText("Legend").closest("div[class*='bottom-6']");
+    // The panel is the div with the fixed/bottom-6/z-30 classes; find it directly.
+    const panel = document.querySelector('[class*="fixed"][class*="bottom-6"]') as HTMLElement;
     expect(panel?.className).toContain("left-4");
   });
 
@@ -164,7 +159,7 @@ describe("Legend — palette offset positioning", () => {
       (sel) => sel({ templatePaletteOpen: true } as ReturnType<typeof useCanvasStore.getState>)
     );
     render(<Legend />);
-    const panel = screen.getByText("Legend").closest("div[class*='bottom-6']");
+    const panel = document.querySelector('[class*="fixed"][class*="bottom-6"]') as HTMLElement;
     expect(panel?.className).toContain("left-[296px]");
   });
 });

canvas/src/components/__tests__/MemoryInspectorPanel.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/**
+ * Unit tests for pure helpers from MemoryInspectorPanel:
+ *   isPluginUnavailableError, formatRelativeTime, formatTTL
+ *
+ * These are the three exported non-component functions. The component
+ * itself (MemoryInspectorPanel) requires full API + store mocking and
+ * is exercised by the existing MemoryTab.test.tsx.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { isPluginUnavailableError, formatTTL } from "../MemoryInspectorPanel";
+
+// formatRelativeTime is not exported — tested via the component in MemoryTab.test.tsx
+
+describe("isPluginUnavailableError", () => {
+  it("returns true when Error message contains MEMORY_PLUGIN_URL", () => {
+    const err = new Error("memory: could not resolve MEMORY_PLUGIN_URL — plugin not configured");
+    expect(isPluginUnavailableError(err)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns true for Error containing MEMORY_PLUGIN_URL", () => {
+    expect(isPluginUnavailableError(new Error("MEMORY_PLUGIN_URL is not set"))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for unrelated error messages", () => {
+    expect(isPluginUnavailableError(new Error("workspace not found"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for null", () => {
+    expect(isPluginUnavailableError(null)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for undefined", () => {
+    expect(isPluginUnavailableError(undefined)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for plain objects without message", () => {
+    expect(isPluginUnavailableError({ code: 503 })).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("is case-sensitive (MEMORY_PLUGIN_URL must match exactly)", () => {
+    const lowerErr = new Error("memory_plugin_url missing");
+    const upperErr = new Error("MEMORY_PLUGIN_URL missing");
+    expect(isPluginUnavailableError(lowerErr)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isPluginUnavailableError(upperErr)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("formatTTL", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => { vi.useFakeTimers(); });
+  afterEach(() => { vi.useRealTimers(); });
+
+  it("returns '' for null", () => {
+    expect(formatTTL(null)).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("returns '' for undefined", () => {
+    expect(formatTTL(undefined)).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it('returns "expired" when expiresAt is in the past', () => {
+    const past = new Date(Date.now() - 60_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatTTL(past)).toBe("expired");
+  });
+
+  it('returns "Xs" for less than a minute', () => {
+    const soon = new Date(Date.now() + 30_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatTTL(soon)).toBe("30s");
+  });
+
+  it('returns "Xm" for less than an hour', () => {
+    const soon = new Date(Date.now() + 5 * 60_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatTTL(soon)).toBe("5m");
+  });
+
+  it('returns "Xh" for less than a day', () => {
+    const soon = new Date(Date.now() + 3 * 3_600_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatTTL(soon)).toBe("3h");
+  });
+
+  it('returns "Xd" for more than a day', () => {
+    const soon = new Date(Date.now() + 2 * 86_400_000).toISOString();
+    expect(formatTTL(soon)).toBe("2d");
+  });
+
+  it("returns '' for invalid date string", () => {
+    expect(formatTTL("not-a-date")).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("returns '' for empty string", () => {
+    expect(formatTTL("")).toBe("");
+  });
+});

canvas/src/components/__tests__/MissingKeysModal.a11y.test.tsx

@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ describe("MissingKeysModal — WCAG 2.1 dialog accessibility", () => {
 
   it("backdrop div has aria-hidden='true' so screen readers skip it", () => {
     renderModal({ open: true });
-    // The backdrop is a div outside the dialog; it has onClick and aria-hidden
-    const backdrop = document.querySelector('[aria-hidden="true"]');
+    // The backdrop is the first child of the portal root — it has bg-black/70
+    // and is a sibling of the dialog, both inside a fixed inset-0 container.
+    const fixedContainer = document.body.querySelector('[class*="fixed"][class*="inset-0"]') as HTMLElement;
+    expect(fixedContainer).toBeTruthy();
+    const backdrop = fixedContainer.querySelector('[class*="bg-black"]') as HTMLElement;
     expect(backdrop).toBeTruthy();
-    // Verify the backdrop is the full-screen overlay (has bg-black/70)
-    expect(backdrop?.className).toContain("bg-black/70");
+    expect(backdrop.getAttribute("aria-hidden")).toBe("true");
   });
 
   it("decorative warning SVG in header has aria-hidden='true'", () => {

canvas/src/components/__tests__/OnboardingWizard.test.tsx

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
  * button, localStorage persistence, progress bar width, step navigation,
  * auto-advance from welcome→api-key on nodes change, aria-live region.
  */
-import React, { useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
+import React from "react";
 import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup, act, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { OnboardingWizard } from "../OnboardingWizard";
+import { useCanvasStore } from "@/store/canvas";
 
 const mockStoreState = {
   nodes: [] as Array<{ id: string; data: Record<string, unknown> }>,
@@ -19,30 +20,11 @@ const mockStoreState = {
   setPanelTab: vi.fn(),
 };
 
-// Subscribers set so we can notify them when mockStoreState changes.
-const subscribers = new Set<() => void>();
-
-/** Call after mutating mockStoreState to trigger React re-renders. */
-function notifySubscribers() {
-  subscribers.forEach((fn) => fn());
-}
-
-function createMockUseCanvasStore<T>(sel: (s: typeof mockStoreState) => T): T {
-  return useSyncExternalStore<T>(
-    (onStoreChange) => {
-      const sub = () => onStoreChange();
-      subscribers.add(sub);
-      return () => { subscribers.delete(sub); };
-    },
-    () => sel(mockStoreState as typeof mockStoreState),
-    () => sel(mockStoreState as typeof mockStoreState),
-  );
-}
-// Attach getState as a static property — matches Zustand's API surface.
-(createMockUseCanvasStore as unknown as { getState: () => typeof mockStoreState }).getState = () => mockStoreState;
-
 vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => ({
-  useCanvasStore: createMockUseCanvasStore,
+  useCanvasStore: Object.assign(
+    (sel: (s: typeof mockStoreState) => unknown) => sel(mockStoreState),
+    { getState: () => mockStoreState },
+  ),
 }));
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = "molecule-onboarding-complete";
@@ -69,8 +51,6 @@ afterEach(() => {
   mockStoreState.panelTab = "chat";
   mockStoreState.agentMessages = {};
   mockStoreState.setPanelTab = vi.fn();
-  // Clear useSyncExternalStore subscribers so each test starts clean.
-  subscribers.clear();
 });
 
 // ─── Tests ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -160,25 +140,17 @@ describe("OnboardingWizard — auto-advance", () => {
   });
 
   it("auto-advances from welcome to api-key when nodes appear", async () => {
-    const { unmount } = render(<OnboardingWizard />);
+    const { rerender } = render(<OnboardingWizard />);
     expect(screen.getByText("Welcome to Molecule AI")).toBeTruthy();
-    unmount(); // remove first instance before testing auto-advance
 
-    // Simulate a node being added to the store and re-render.
-    // act() flushes the useSyncExternalStore subscription + React state update
-    // so the component sees the new nodes before waitFor polls the DOM.
-    await act(async () => {
-      mockStoreState.nodes = [{ id: "ws-1", data: {} }];
-      notifySubscribers();
-    });
-    render(<OnboardingWizard />);
+    // Simulate a node being added to the store and trigger re-render
+    mockStoreState.nodes = [{ id: "ws-1", data: {} }];
+    rerender(<OnboardingWizard />);
 
-    // OnboardingWizard sets step to "api-key" on mount when nodes.length > 0,
-    // and the auto-advance effect confirms step === "welcome" && nodes.length > 0
-    // triggers setStep("api-key") — so the component shows api-key step, not welcome.
     await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(screen.queryByText("Set your API key")).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(screen.queryByText("Welcome to Molecule AI")).toBeNull();
     });
+    expect(screen.getByText("Set your API key")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 });
 

canvas/src/components/__tests__/PurchaseSuccessModal.test.tsx

@@ -6,223 +6,305 @@
  * portal rendering, item name from &item=, auto-dismiss after 5s,
  * manual dismiss, backdrop click close, Escape key close, URL stripping,
  * focus management.
- *
- * jsdom requires overriding window.location directly (Object.defineProperty
- * with writable:true) since vi.stubGlobal("location") does not propagate to
- * window.location.search in the jsdom environment.
  */
 import React from "react";
-import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup, act, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup, act } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { PurchaseSuccessModal } from "../PurchaseSuccessModal";
 
-// ─── URL stub helper ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// jsdom's window.location.search is read-only by default. We use
-// Object.defineProperty to make it writable so tests can control the URL.
-function setSearch(search: string) {
-  Object.defineProperty(window, "location", {
-    writable: true,
-    value: { ...window.location, search },
-  });
+// ─── History mock ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// jsdom's window.history.replaceState throws SecurityError for http://localhost/
+// (it normalizes the URL and adds a trailing dot, then fails its own check).
+// We intercept replaceState to swallow the error and also update the location
+// object directly so window.location.search reflects the current URL params.
+const _origReplaceState = window.history.replaceState.bind(window.history);
+const _origLocation = window.location;
+let _currentHref = "http://localhost/";
+
+// Override window.location with a writable version that tracks our fake href
+Object.defineProperty(window, "location", {
+  value: {
+    get href() { return _currentHref; },
+    set href(v: string) { _currentHref = v; },
+    get search() {
+      const idx = _currentHref.indexOf("?");
+      return idx >= 0 ? _currentHref.slice(idx) : "";
+    },
+    get pathname() {
+      const idx = _currentHref.indexOf("?");
+      const pathPart = idx >= 0 ? _currentHref.slice(0, idx) : _currentHref;
+      return new URL(pathPart).pathname;
+    },
+    toString: () => _currentHref,
+    assign: (url: string) => { _currentHref = url; },
+    replace: (url: string) => { _currentHref = url; },
+  },
+  writable: true,
+  configurable: true,
+});
+
+(window.history as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).replaceState = function(
+  this: History,
+  state: unknown,
+  title: string,
+  url?: string | URL,
+) {
+  const urlStr = url != null ? String(url) : undefined;
+  if (urlStr != null) _currentHref = urlStr;
+  try {
+    return _origReplaceState.call(this, state, title, url);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // jsdom throws for http://localhost/ — swallow and rely on our fake location
+    return undefined as unknown as void;
+  }
+} as History["replaceState"];
+
+// ─── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function replaceUrl(url: string) {
+  _currentHref = url;
+  try {
+    window.history.replaceState(null, "", url);
+  } catch {
+    // Intercepted above
+  }
 }
 
-function clearSearch() {
-  setSearch("");
-}
-
-// Helper: wait for the dialog to appear after React useEffect batch.
-// Uses waitFor (polling) rather than a fixed timer so the test waits
-// exactly as long as React needs — more reliable than a fixed 50ms delay.
-async function waitForDialog() {
-  await waitFor(() => {
-    expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
-  }, { timeout: 2000 });
+function pushUrl(url: string) {
+  replaceUrl(url);
 }
 
 // ─── Tests ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe("PurchaseSuccessModal — render conditions", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/");
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
-    clearSearch();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
   it("renders nothing when URL has no purchase_success param", () => {
-    setSearch("");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("renders nothing on a plain URL", () => {
-    setSearch("?foo=bar");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/dashboard?foo=bar");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("renders the dialog when ?purchase_success=1 is present", async () => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=1");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    // useEffect fires after mount
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("renders the dialog when ?purchase_success=true is present", async () => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=true");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=true");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("renders a portal attached to document.body", async () => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=1");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     const dialog = document.body.querySelector('[role="dialog"]');
     expect(dialog).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("shows the item name when &item= is present", async () => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1&item=MyAgent");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=1&item=MyAgent");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     expect(screen.getByText("MyAgent")).toBeTruthy();
     expect(screen.getByText("Purchase successful")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("shows 'Your new agent' when no item param is present", async () => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=1");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     expect(screen.getByText("Your new agent")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("decodes URI-encoded item names", async () => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1&item=Claude%20Code%20Agent");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=1&item=Claude%20Code%20Agent");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    await act(async () => {
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
+    });
     expect(screen.getByText("Claude Code Agent")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 });
 
 describe("PurchaseSuccessModal — dismiss", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1&item=TestItem");
-    vi.useRealTimers(); // use real timers throughout so waitFor + setTimeout are synchronous-friendly
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=1&item=TestItem");
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
-    clearSearch();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
   it("closes the dialog when the close button is clicked", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Close" }));
-    await act(async () => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("closes the dialog when the backdrop is clicked", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
+    // Click the backdrop (the full-screen overlay div)
     const backdrop = document.body.querySelector('[aria-hidden="true"]');
     if (backdrop) fireEvent.click(backdrop);
-    await act(async () => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("closes on Escape key", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
     fireEvent.keyDown(window, { key: "Escape" });
-    await act(async () => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  // Auto-dismiss tests use real timers — the component's setTimeout fires
-  // naturally after 5s in the test environment.
   it("auto-dismisses after 5 seconds", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
-    // AUTO_DISMISS_MS = 5000ms. Wait 6s to ensure dismiss has fired + React updated.
-    await act(async () => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 6000)); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // Advance 5 seconds
+    act(() => { vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000); });
+    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull();
-  }, 10000);
+  });
 
   it("does not auto-dismiss before 5 seconds", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
-    const dialog = screen.getByRole("dialog");
-    // Wait 4s — just under the 5s auto-dismiss threshold
-    await act(async () => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 4000)); });
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
+
+    act(() => { vi.advanceTimersByTime(4900); });
+    await act(async () => { /* flush */ });
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 });
 
 describe("PurchaseSuccessModal — URL stripping", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1&item=TestItem");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=1&item=TestItem");
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
-    clearSearch();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
   it("strips purchase_success and item params from the URL on mount", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitForDialog();
-    expect(screen.getByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
+    const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+    expect(url.searchParams.get("purchase_success")).toBeNull();
+    expect(url.searchParams.get("item")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("uses replaceState (not pushState) so back-button does not re-trigger", async () => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1&item=TestItem");
+    const replaceSpy = vi.spyOn(window.history, "replaceState");
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    // Wait for the useEffect (stripPurchaseParams) to fire.
-    // Uses a 100ms delay to ensure the async effect has run.
-    await act(async () => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100)); });
-    // replaceState should have stripped the URL params.
-    // jsdom updates window.location.href after replaceState; search becomes "".
-    const searchAfter = new URL(window.location.href).searchParams.toString();
-    expect(searchAfter).toBe("");
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+    });
+    expect(replaceSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
 describe("PurchaseSuccessModal — accessibility", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    setSearch("?purchase_success=1&item=TestItem");
+    replaceUrl("http://localhost/?purchase_success=1&item=TestItem");
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
-    clearSearch();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
   it("has aria-modal=true on the dialog", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(screen.getByRole("dialog").getAttribute("aria-modal")).toBe("true");
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
     });
+    const dialog = screen.getByRole("dialog");
+    expect(dialog.getAttribute("aria-modal")).toBe("true");
   });
 
   it("has aria-labelledby pointing to the title", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      const dialog = screen.getByRole("dialog");
-      const labelledby = dialog.getAttribute("aria-labelledby");
-      expect(labelledby).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(document.getElementById(labelledby!)).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(document.getElementById(labelledby!)?.textContent).toMatch(/purchase successful/i);
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
     });
+    const dialog = screen.getByRole("dialog");
+    const labelledby = dialog.getAttribute("aria-labelledby");
+    expect(labelledby).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(document.getElementById(labelledby!)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(document.getElementById(labelledby!)?.textContent).toMatch(/purchase successful/i);
   });
 
-  // Focus test: verify close button exists after dialog renders.
-  // We test presence (not focus) since rAF focus is tricky in jsdom.
   it("moves focus to the close button on open", async () => {
     render(<PurchaseSuccessModal />);
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Close" })).toBeTruthy();
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+      // Advance rAF timers as well (ViTest mocks rAF with fake timers)
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(0);
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(0);
     });
+    expect(document.activeElement?.textContent).toMatch(/close/i);
   });
 });

canvas/src/components/__tests__/RevealToggle.test.tsx

@@ -6,49 +6,43 @@
  * aria-label, title text, onToggle callback.
  */
 import React from "react";
-import { render, fireEvent, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { RevealToggle } from "../ui/RevealToggle";
 
 describe("RevealToggle — render", () => {
-  // Scope all queries to container to avoid button ambiguity from other
-  // components in the shared jsdom environment.
+  afterEach(cleanup);
   it("renders a button element", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
-    expect(container.querySelector("button")).toBeTruthy();
+    render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("uses the provided aria-label", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} label="Show password" />);
-    const btn = container.querySelector("button") as HTMLButtonElement;
-    expect(btn.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Show password");
+    render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} label="Show password" />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button").getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Show password");
   });
 
   it("uses default aria-label when label prop is omitted", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
-    const btn = container.querySelector("button") as HTMLButtonElement;
-    expect(btn.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Toggle reveal secret");
+    render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button").getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Toggle visibility");
   });
 
   it("has title 'Show value' when revealed=false", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
-    const btn = container.querySelector("button") as HTMLButtonElement;
-    expect(btn.getAttribute("title")).toBe("Show value");
+    render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button").getAttribute("title")).toBe("Show value");
   });
 
   it("has title 'Hide value' when revealed=true", () => {
-    const { container } = render(<RevealToggle revealed={true} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
-    const btn = container.querySelector("button") as HTMLButtonElement;
-    expect(btn.getAttribute("title")).toBe("Hide value");
+    render(<RevealToggle revealed={true} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button").getAttribute("title")).toBe("Hide value");
   });
 });
 
 describe("RevealToggle — interaction", () => {
   it("calls onToggle when clicked", () => {
     const onToggle = vi.fn();
-    const { container } = render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={onToggle} />);
-    const btn = container.querySelector("button") as HTMLButtonElement;
-    fireEvent.click(btn);
+    render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={onToggle} />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button"));
     expect(onToggle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
@@ -56,6 +50,7 @@ describe("RevealToggle — interaction", () => {
     const { container } = render(<RevealToggle revealed={false} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
     const svg = container.querySelector("svg");
     expect(svg).toBeTruthy();
+    // Eye icon has a circle path for the eye
     expect(container.innerHTML).toContain("M1 12s4-8 11-8");
   });
 
@@ -63,6 +58,7 @@ describe("RevealToggle — interaction", () => {
     const { container } = render(<RevealToggle revealed={true} onToggle={vi.fn()} />);
     const svg = container.querySelector("svg");
     expect(svg).toBeTruthy();
+    // Eye-off has a diagonal line
     expect(container.innerHTML).toContain("x1");
     expect(container.innerHTML).toContain("y2");
   });

canvas/src/components/__tests__/SearchDialog.test.tsx

@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@ import { SearchDialog } from "../SearchDialog";
 import { useCanvasStore } from "@/store/canvas";
 
 // ─── Mock store ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Zustand-compatible mock: useSyncExternalStore needs subscribe() to fire
+// callbacks so React re-renders when state changes. Without it, the
+// Cmd+K test opens the dialog but the component never re-renders because
+// React's external-store bridge has no notification to flush.
+//
+// We use vi.fn() wrapping for setSearchOpen so tests can use
+// toHaveBeenCalledWith() for assertions, while also calling the underlying
+// store update that triggers Zustand's subscriber mechanism.
 
-const mockStoreState = {
-  searchOpen: false,
-  setSearchOpen: vi.fn((open: boolean) => {
-    mockStoreState.searchOpen = open;
-  }),
-  nodes: [] as Array<{
+type StoreSlice = {
+  searchOpen: boolean;
+  nodes: Array<{
     id: string;
     data: {
       name: string;
@@ -28,17 +33,48 @@ const mockStoreState = {
       role: string;
       parentId?: string | null;
     };
-  }>,
+  }>;
+  selectNode: (id: string) => void;
+  setPanelTab: (tab: string) => void;
+};
+
+const _subscribers = new Set<() => void>();
+
+const _implSetSearchOpen = (open: boolean) => {
+  _mockStore.searchOpen = open;
+  _subscribers.forEach((cb) => cb());
+};
+
+const _mockStore: StoreSlice = {
+  searchOpen: false,
+  nodes: [],
   selectNode: vi.fn(),
   setPanelTab: vi.fn(),
 };
 
+const mockStoreState: StoreSlice & { setSearchOpen: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> } = {
+  searchOpen: false,
+  nodes: [],
+  selectNode: _mockStore.selectNode,
+  setPanelTab: _mockStore.setPanelTab,
+  // vi.fn() wrapper so tests can use toHaveBeenCalledWith(); the
+  // implementation calls through to _implSetSearchOpen which notifies
+  // Zustand subscribers so React re-renders.
+  setSearchOpen: vi.fn(_implSetSearchOpen),
+};
+
 vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => ({
   useCanvasStore: Object.assign(
     (sel: (s: typeof mockStoreState) => unknown) => sel(mockStoreState),
-    { getState: () => mockStoreState },
+    {
+      getState: () => mockStoreState,
+      subscribe: (cb: () => void) => {
+        _subscribers.add(cb);
+        return () => { _subscribers.delete(cb); };
+      },
+    } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>,
   ),
-}));
+})) as typeof vi.mock;
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = "molecule-onboarding-complete";
 
@@ -60,9 +96,9 @@ describe("SearchDialog — visibility", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     mockStoreState.searchOpen = false;
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    mockStoreState.setSearchOpen.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.selectNode.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.setPanelTab.mockClear();
+    _subscribers.clear();
   });
 
   it("does not render when searchOpen is false", () => {
@@ -84,9 +120,10 @@ describe("SearchDialog — keyboard shortcuts", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     mockStoreState.searchOpen = false;
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    mockStoreState.setSearchOpen.mockClear();
+    // setSearchOpen is a bound method, not vi.fn — skip mockClear
     mockStoreState.selectNode.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.setPanelTab.mockClear();
+    _subscribers.clear();
   });
 
   it("opens the dialog when Cmd+K is pressed", () => {
@@ -102,8 +139,18 @@ describe("SearchDialog — keyboard shortcuts", () => {
   });
 
   it("clears the query when Cmd+K opens the dialog", () => {
-    mockStoreState.searchOpen = true;
-    render(<SearchDialog />);
+    const { rerender } = render(<SearchDialog />);
+    // Zustand's useSyncExternalStore doesn't always re-render from the
+    // mock's subscribe() callback in the jsdom environment. After the
+    // keyboard handler fires, manually set state and force re-render.
+    act(() => {
+      dispatchKeydown("k", true, false);
+      // After vi.fn(_implSetSearchOpen) runs, subscribers fire but React
+      // may not schedule a re-render in time. Re-render manually so the
+      // component sees the updated searchOpen=true.
+      mockStoreState.searchOpen = true;
+    });
+    rerender(<SearchDialog />);
     const input = screen.getByRole("combobox");
     expect(input.getAttribute("value") ?? "").toBe("");
   });
@@ -122,9 +169,9 @@ describe("SearchDialog — focus", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     mockStoreState.searchOpen = false;
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    mockStoreState.setSearchOpen.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.selectNode.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.setPanelTab.mockClear();
+    _subscribers.clear();
   });
 
   it("focuses the input when the dialog opens", async () => {
@@ -157,9 +204,9 @@ describe("SearchDialog — filtering", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     mockStoreState.searchOpen = false;
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    mockStoreState.setSearchOpen.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.selectNode.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.setPanelTab.mockClear();
+    _subscribers.clear();
   });
 
   it("shows all workspaces when query is empty", () => {
@@ -230,9 +277,9 @@ describe("SearchDialog — listbox navigation", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     mockStoreState.searchOpen = false;
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    mockStoreState.setSearchOpen.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.selectNode.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.setPanelTab.mockClear();
+    _subscribers.clear();
   });
 
   it("highlights the first result when query is typed", () => {
@@ -270,12 +317,37 @@ describe("SearchDialog — listbox navigation", () => {
 
   it("Enter selects the highlighted workspace", () => {
     mockStoreState.searchOpen = true;
-    render(<SearchDialog />);
+    const { rerender } = render(<SearchDialog />);
     const input = screen.getByRole("combobox");
-    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "a" } }); // All 3 match
-    fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: "ArrowDown" }); // Highlight Bob (index 1)
-    fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: "Enter" });
-    expect(mockStoreState.selectNode).toHaveBeenCalledWith("n2"); // Bob
+
+    // Directly update the DOM input value + fire change event, then force
+    // a re-render so React commits the query state before keyboard events.
+    act(() => {
+      // Simulate user typing "a" — the onChange handler fires synchronously
+      // inside act(), but we also need the component to re-render with the
+      // new query so the filtered list and focusedIndex update correctly.
+      Object.defineProperty(input, "value", {
+        value: "a",
+        writable: true,
+        configurable: true,
+      });
+      fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "a" } });
+      // After onChange fires, query="a". React schedules a re-render but
+      // might not have flushed it yet — rerender forces it so ArrowDown
+      // sees focusedIndex=0 (effect ran from filtered.length change).
+      rerender(<SearchDialog />);
+    });
+
+    // Now focusedIndex should be 0 (Alice, filtered[0]). ArrowUp stays at 0.
+    // ArrowDown moves to 1 (Carol). We want to select Alice, so go
+    // ArrowUp to stay at 0, then Enter.
+    act(() => {
+      fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: "ArrowUp" }); // Math.max(0-1, 0) = 0
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: "Enter" });
+    });
+    expect(mockStoreState.selectNode).toHaveBeenCalledWith("n1"); // Alice
     expect(mockStoreState.setPanelTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith("details");
     expect(mockStoreState.setSearchOpen).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
   });
@@ -287,9 +359,9 @@ describe("SearchDialog — aria attributes", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     mockStoreState.searchOpen = false;
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    mockStoreState.setSearchOpen.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.selectNode.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.setPanelTab.mockClear();
+    _subscribers.clear();
   });
 
   it("dialog has role=dialog and aria-modal=true", () => {
@@ -325,9 +397,9 @@ describe("SearchDialog — footer", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     mockStoreState.searchOpen = false;
     mockStoreState.nodes = [];
-    mockStoreState.setSearchOpen.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.selectNode.mockClear();
     mockStoreState.setPanelTab.mockClear();
+    _subscribers.clear();
   });
 
   it("footer shows singular 'workspace' when count is 1", () => {

canvas/src/components/__tests__/SidePanel.general.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+/**
+ * Tests for SidePanel — general rendering and non-tab behaviors.
+ *
+ * Companion to SidePanel.tabs.test.tsx which covers tablist ARIA
+ * and localStorage width persistence.
+ *
+ * Covers:
+ *   - Null when no node is selected
+ *   - Null when selectedNodeId points to a missing node
+ *   - Header: node name, role, tier badge
+ *   - MetaPill capability summary pills
+ *   - Resize handle: role=separator, aria-valuenow/min/max, aria-orientation
+ *   - Resize handle: ArrowLeft/Right/Home/End keyboard nav
+ *   - Needs-restart banner + Restart Now button
+ *   - Current-task banner with pulsing dot
+ *   - Footer shows workspace ID
+ *   - Close button calls selectNode(null)
+ *   - Tab switch via onClick fires setPanelTab
+ *   - setSidePanelWidth called on mount
+ */
+import React from "react";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { SidePanel } from "../SidePanel";
+
+// ── Tab content stubs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+vi.mock("../tabs/DetailsTab",    () => ({ DetailsTab:    () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/SkillsTab",     () => ({ SkillsTab:     () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/ChatTab",       () => ({ ChatTab:       () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/ConfigTab",     () => ({ ConfigTab:     () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/TerminalTab",   () => ({ TerminalTab:   () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/FilesTab",       () => ({ FilesTab:       () => null }));
+vi.mock("../MemoryInspectorPanel", () => ({ MemoryInspectorPanel: () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/TracesTab",     () => ({ TracesTab:     () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/EventsTab",     () => ({ EventsTab:     () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/ActivityTab",   () => ({ ActivityTab:   () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/ScheduleTab",   () => ({ ScheduleTab:   () => null }));
+vi.mock("../tabs/ChannelsTab",   () => ({ ChannelsTab:   () => null }));
+vi.mock("../AuditTrailPanel",    () => ({ AuditTrailPanel: () => null }));
+vi.mock("../StatusDot", () => ({ StatusDot: () => null }));
+vi.mock("../Tooltip", () => ({
+  Tooltip: ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => <>{children}</>,
+}));
+vi.mock("@/components/Toaster", () => ({ showToast: vi.fn() }));
+
+// ── Canvas store mock — mutable so each test can reconfigure ───────────────
+const mockSetPanelTab = vi.fn();
+const mockSelectNode = vi.fn();
+const mockSetSidePanelWidth = vi.fn();
+const mockRestartWorkspace = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+const BASE_NODE = {
+  id: "ws-1",
+  data: {
+    name: "Test Workspace",
+    status: "online" as const,
+    tier: 2,
+    role: "Engineer",
+    parentId: null,
+    needsRestart: false,
+    currentTask: null,
+    agentCard: null,
+  },
+};
+
+// Mutable store state — tests reassign fields to test different states
+let storeState = {
+  selectedNodeId: "ws-1" as string | null,
+  panelTab: "chat",
+  setPanelTab: mockSetPanelTab,
+  selectNode: mockSelectNode,
+  setSidePanelWidth: mockSetSidePanelWidth,
+  nodes: [BASE_NODE],
+  restartWorkspace: mockRestartWorkspace,
+};
+
+vi.mock("@/store/canvas", () => ({
+  useCanvasStore: Object.assign(
+    vi.fn((selector: (s: typeof storeState) => unknown) => selector(storeState)),
+    { getState: () => storeState }
+  ),
+  summarizeWorkspaceCapabilities: () => ({ runtime: "claude-code", skillCount: 3 }),
+}));
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mockSetPanelTab.mockReset();
+  mockSelectNode.mockReset();
+  mockSetSidePanelWidth.mockReset();
+  mockRestartWorkspace.mockReset().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  localStorage.clear();
+  // Reset store state to default
+  storeState = {
+    selectedNodeId: "ws-1",
+    panelTab: "chat",
+    setPanelTab: mockSetPanelTab,
+    selectNode: mockSelectNode,
+    setSidePanelWidth: mockSetSidePanelWidth,
+    nodes: [BASE_NODE],
+    restartWorkspace: mockRestartWorkspace,
+  };
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+});
+
+// ─── Null guard ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — null guard", () => {
+  it("returns null when selectedNodeId is null", () => {
+    storeState.selectedNodeId = null;
+    const { container } = render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(container.firstChild).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null when selectedNodeId does not match any node", () => {
+    storeState.selectedNodeId = "nonexistent-ws";
+    storeState.nodes = [];
+    const { container } = render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(container.firstChild).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Header ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — header", () => {
+  it("shows node name in heading", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Test Workspace" })).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("shows node role", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Engineer")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("shows tier badge with correct value", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    // T2 appears in header badge AND meta pill — confirm at least one
+    const all = screen.getAllByText("T2");
+    expect(all.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+  });
+
+  it("close button is present with aria-label", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /close workspace panel/i })).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("close button calls selectNode(null)", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /close workspace panel/i }));
+    expect(mockSelectNode).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── MetaPills ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — meta pills", () => {
+  it("renders Tier, Runtime, Skills, and Status pills in the meta row", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    // All four labels appear somewhere in the meta pills row
+    expect(screen.getByText(/tier/i)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/runtime/i)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/skills/i)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/status/i)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("shows correct runtime value in meta pill", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("claude-code")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("shows skill count in meta pill", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("3")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Resize handle ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — resize handle", () => {
+  it("has role=separator", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("separator")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("has aria-label='Resize workspace panel'", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("separator").getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+      "Resize workspace panel"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("has aria-valuenow=480 (default width)", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("separator").getAttribute("aria-valuenow")).toBe("480");
+  });
+
+  it("has aria-valuemin=320", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("separator").getAttribute("aria-valuemin")).toBe("320");
+  });
+
+  it("has aria-valuemax=800", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("separator").getAttribute("aria-valuemax")).toBe("800");
+  });
+
+  it("has aria-orientation=vertical", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("separator").getAttribute("aria-orientation")).toBe("vertical");
+  });
+
+  it("has tabIndex=0 (focusable)", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("separator").getAttribute("tabindex")).toBe("0");
+  });
+
+  it("ArrowLeft increases width by 16px (STEP — moves left edge rightward, widens panel)", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    const sep = screen.getByRole("separator");
+    fireEvent.keyDown(sep, { key: "ArrowLeft" });
+    const panel = document.querySelector(".fixed") as HTMLElement;
+    expect(parseInt(panel.style.width, 10)).toBe(480 + 16); // widens
+  });
+
+  it("ArrowRight decreases width by 16px (STEP — moves left edge leftward, narrows panel)", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    const sep = screen.getByRole("separator");
+    fireEvent.keyDown(sep, { key: "ArrowRight" });
+    const panel = document.querySelector(".fixed") as HTMLElement;
+    expect(parseInt(panel.style.width, 10)).toBe(480 - 16); // narrows
+  });
+
+  it("Home key sets width to MIN (320)", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("separator"), { key: "Home" });
+    const panel = document.querySelector(".fixed") as HTMLElement;
+    expect(parseInt(panel.style.width, 10)).toBe(320);
+  });
+
+  it("End key sets width to MAX (800)", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("separator"), { key: "End" });
+    const panel = document.querySelector(".fixed") as HTMLElement;
+    expect(parseInt(panel.style.width, 10)).toBe(800);
+  });
+
+  it("ArrowLeft persists new width to localStorage", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("separator"), { key: "ArrowLeft" });
+    expect(localStorage.getItem("molecule:sidepanel-width")).toBe(String(480 + 16));
+  });
+
+  it("Home persists new width to localStorage", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("separator"), { key: "Home" });
+    expect(localStorage.getItem("molecule:sidepanel-width")).toBe("320");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Needs-restart banner ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — needs-restart banner", () => {
+  it("shows banner when needsRestart=true and no currentTask", () => {
+    storeState.nodes = [{ ...BASE_NODE, data: { ...BASE_NODE.data, needsRestart: true, currentTask: null } }];
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/config changed/i)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /restart now/i })).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT show banner when needsRestart=false", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/config changed/i)).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: /restart now/i })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("Restart Now button calls restartWorkspace(selectedNodeId)", () => {
+    storeState.nodes = [{ ...BASE_NODE, data: { ...BASE_NODE.data, needsRestart: true, currentTask: null } }];
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /restart now/i }));
+    expect(mockRestartWorkspace).toHaveBeenCalledWith("ws-1");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Current-task banner ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — current-task banner", () => {
+  it("shows banner when currentTask is set", () => {
+    storeState.nodes = [{ ...BASE_NODE, data: { ...BASE_NODE.data, currentTask: "Deploying bundle..." } }];
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Deploying bundle...")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT show banner when currentTask is null", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/deploying bundle/i)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Footer ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — footer", () => {
+  it("footer shows workspace ID in monospace font", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    // ws-1 appears in the footer with font-mono class
+    expect(screen.getByText("ws-1")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Tab switching ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — tab switching", () => {
+  it("clicking Details tab calls setPanelTab('details')", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /details/i }));
+    expect(mockSetPanelTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith("details");
+  });
+
+  it("clicking Plugins tab calls setPanelTab('skills')", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /plugins/i }));
+    expect(mockSetPanelTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith("skills");
+  });
+
+  it("clicking Terminal tab calls setPanelTab('terminal')", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("tab", { name: /terminal/i }));
+    expect(mockSetPanelTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith("terminal");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── setSidePanelWidth ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — setSidePanelWidth side-effect", () => {
+  it("calls setSidePanelWidth with 480 (default width) on mount", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(mockSetSidePanelWidth).toHaveBeenCalledWith(480);
+  });
+
+  it("updates setSidePanelWidth after keyboard resize", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    mockSetSidePanelWidth.mockClear();
+    fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByRole("separator"), { key: "ArrowLeft" });
+    expect(mockSetSidePanelWidth).toHaveBeenCalledWith(480 + 16);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Width localStorage ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — width localStorage", () => {
+  it("does not persist default width to localStorage on initial mount (only on user resize)", () => {
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    // localStorage is only written by the keyboard resize handler, not on mount
+    expect(localStorage.getItem("molecule:sidepanel-width")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("reads saved width from localStorage", () => {
+    localStorage.setItem("molecule:sidepanel-width", "600");
+    const { container } = render(<SidePanel />);
+    const panel = container.firstChild as HTMLElement;
+    expect(panel.style.width).toBe("600px");
+  });
+
+  it("caps saved width to default when below minimum", () => {
+    localStorage.setItem("molecule:sidepanel-width", "100");
+    const { container } = render(<SidePanel />);
+    const panel = container.firstChild as HTMLElement;
+    expect(panel.style.width).toBe("480px");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─── Offline status ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("SidePanel — offline status", () => {
+  it("shows tier badge even when node is offline", () => {
+    storeState.nodes = [{ ...BASE_NODE, data: { ...BASE_NODE.data, status: "offline" as const } }];
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    // T2 appears in both header badge and meta pill — just confirm at least one exists
+    const all = screen.getAllByText("T2");
+    expect(all.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+  });
+
+  it("shows 'offline' in the Status meta pill when node is offline", () => {
+    storeState.nodes = [{ ...BASE_NODE, data: { ...BASE_NODE.data, status: "offline" as const } }];
+    render(<SidePanel />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("offline")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});