chore: sync Cargo.lock with the release version bump

chore(main): release 0.8.0
fix(node): bound GraphQL query cost (#552 )
2026-11-08 15:39:37 -10:00 · 2026-11-08 23:29:55 +00:00 · 2026-11-08 23:29:44 +00:00 · 2026-11-08 23:28:09 +00:00 · 2026-11-08 21:38:53 +00:00 · 2026-11-08 21:38:02 +00:00
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@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ GITLAWB_KEY=/data/keys/identity.pem
 # Publicly reachable URL of this node (used in peer announcements)
 GITLAWB_PUBLIC_URL=https://your-node.example.com

+# Base URL for the web view of repos on this node (used by `gl` to print a
+# working View: link after repo creation). Omit for nodes with no web front-end.
+# Distinct from GITLAWB_PUBLIC_URL: that is API reachability for peers;
+# this is browser reachability for humans.
+# GITLAWB_WEB_URL=https://gitlawb.com
+
 # ── Server ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 GITLAWB_HOST=0.0.0.0
 GITLAWB_PORT=7545
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.7.1"
+  ".": "0.8.0"
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,172 @@
 # Changelog

+## [0.8.0](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/compare/v0.7.1...v0.8.0) (2026-11-08)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **node:** the GraphQL `repos` field now returns an error instead of the full list when more than MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE (200) repositories are visible; larger lists must use `reposPage` with `limit`/`after`. Repository names are additionally limited to 100 bytes at creation, fork, and mirror-registration time.
+* **node:** gl cert show <id> --verify now requires --expect-node <did>; the node's self-reported DID is no longer trusted as a cert anchor.
+* **node:** `git-receive-pack` now rejects a push whose authenticated DID is not the repo owner, returning 403 before any ref update is applied. Delegated and CI keys count as non-owners: a UCAN `git/push` capability is verified but not yet honored for authorization, so an agent pushing under its own DID cannot push while this is on. Set `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH=false` during a rolling upgrade, or have automation push as the repo owner, until scoped collaborator / UCAN-delegated push rights land.
+
+### Features
+
+* **core:** carry the resumed candidate's identity in the scan token ([2656718](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/2656718916ab9c68dd7fccb8f6fba8bba6b43e82))
+* **node,git:** cap concurrent served git ops with a 503 load-shed ([#62](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/62)) ([5981257](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/5981257be582fe1d39980bb2b1b3ff5c98448e84))
+* **node:** persist upstream mirror configuration and transition state ([#538](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/538)) ([0e5a160](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/0e5a1608e21f4859b2919307287747263f9fa8d0))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **api,sync:** Delimit positional arguments in git clone mirror invocations ([#539](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/539)) ([0cdb4bc](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/0cdb4bcc7c4f7b0eb997fc5ea26981b1e0e26e3c))
+* **attest:** bound did:key method-id length before base58 decode ([#360](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/360)) ([#535](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/535)) ([9b915b0](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/9b915b09a7c727af15c5c520107403b9dc93d35a))
+* **attest:** make verify_all lenient under RequireAll ([#359](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/359)) ([#532](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/532)) ([db98b39](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/db98b3957a15eff9e9f286f8a2d084d8e731fcdb))
+* **attest:** use strict Ed25519 verification with regression test ([1fcbbbd](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1fcbbbd89c027ae7d1d903f705631d94f8dfbadc))
+* **ci:** add tested release tag resolver ([1b65f70](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1b65f70403ab47ced8c2828745c1c79c89a185e4))
+* **ci:** recognize namespaced test attributes in pr-triage's needs-tests check ([1989fcc](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1989fcca112d0efb56978efe09d9a836afa7cb59))
+* **ci:** reject unsafe release dispatch tags ([7b365b0](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/7b365b0dc3ef3b5e3d14fd62bccc434e57200612))
+* **ci:** reject unsafe release dispatch tags ([0b990d6](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/0b990d687f0eb379b62eb600ede2a6233017e419))
+* **core:** cap the blinded recipient scan in open_blob ([#419](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/419)) ([#440](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/440)) ([2450bbd](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/2450bbd9e962f47b374b07932a1ff3fc969b9427))
+* **core:** compute created-skew in checked arithmetic ([#358](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/358)) ([#545](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/545)) ([61d8a4f](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/61d8a4f8f1503ca0b088a039802a8999d305642d))
+* **core:** count distinct signer DIDs in certificate threshold check ([3993fd1](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/3993fd1f5daacbebb8f8e2c62af8856c493ec87a))
+* **core:** Count distinct signer DIDs in certificate threshold check ([50d3cbb](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/50d3cbbe97f77b3cab9fab220add9f3a0d0dbc2f))
+* **core:** enforce strict RFC 8032 Ed25519 signature verification ([425ebf4](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/425ebf40e7737f44c5fe4e9dc8995c8aeb074ce1))
+* **core:** put the redirect predicate behind a feature so core stays lean ([c82a70a](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c82a70ab21a21192b2579693b7d7c13aeb8a4d20))
+* **core:** refuse a redirect that rewrites the signed request-target ([5c0d6f3](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/5c0d6f32522adea8f167f8e445a26377b6fe3963))
+* **core:** reject small-order Ed25519 keys at DID resolution and before X25519 ([#314](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/314)) ([86c544a](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/86c544a577f28efb2341a53d4faa6b54d1c8b919))
+* **core:** reject zero threshold, canonicalize did:key, document replay ([#509](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/509)) ([#540](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/540)) ([b4a3122](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/b4a3122500e87d0b84aa3b116171de070188a6bd))
+* **core:** share the origin-scoped redirect rule with the git helper ([ba44a01](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/ba44a018ec8945b447977d89fc6a10d98fc1bb7b))
+* **core:** use strict Ed25519 signature verification ([a6c13be](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/a6c13be15b1421f3791e49a8219ea739f1e3ec6e))
+* **deps:** bump aws-smithy-json to 0.62.7 (GHSA-8ffr-xgwf-xj56) ([#516](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/516)) ([151d688](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/151d68838743a96198879b3154cfbaedca04c3cd))
+* **deps:** bump follow-redirects and override ws in scripts/ ([#525](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/525)) ([a23c81d](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/a23c81d75ae0a7567905ca9ad093bc9ad7c5adcf))
+* **deps:** bump libp2p to pick up hickory 0.26 and serde_with 3.22 ([#518](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/518)) ([623b600](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/623b600835d717fcfdab36af116dd4b9a92a92cd)), closes [#76](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/76)
+* **deps:** resolve cargo audit failures on main ([#514](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/514)) ([4d024e0](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/4d024e01bcf25c93a3b878ac50e6435575dcc5f4))
+* **git-remote:** abort fetch on EOF without POSTing; harden the real-git test harness ([#192](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/192)) ([1cb930c](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1cb930cbd57ea5d232edddc8e50dc94fab4362a5))
+* **git-remote:** drive multi-round fetch as a v0 stateless-RPC client loop ([#117](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/117)) ([5fdf155](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/5fdf155c7fd7398f61c200c256cb7327729f378a))
+* **git-remote:** drive multi-round fetch as a v0 stateless-RPC client loop ([#117](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/117)) ([a64b141](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/a64b14150dfb7e369c16e5fab98375ba0ce38404))
+* **git-remote:** normalize the shim's accepted socket to blocking ([10e0840](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/10e0840dd95204d2b8faa1c594808e2ad57bc9c4))
+* **git-remote:** normalize the shim's accepted socket to blocking ([#192](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/192)) ([8d7f95f](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/8d7f95fd63769ef30540f216190e1bb52ccd4f69))
+* **git-remote:** reject malformed pkt-line length headers instead of flushing ([8c04043](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/8c04043fb56b5030a0aa6b328c91f20173352aa6))
+* **git-remote:** skip content-free flush rounds in the fetch loop ([#117](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/117)) ([68ba492](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/68ba49267c8d65169ab9adf0552761f87baba4c1))
+* **git-remote:** stop waiting on EOF for a delete-only push ([#442](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/442)) ([c2e175d](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c2e175d2222975eccb4776447268e8678fd48ba4))
+* **gl:** accept the resume token the incomplete-scan message tells you to pass ([181f617](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/181f6178a0e0f5b9506093fa7579ad6ef8dd2ff5))
+* **gl:** assert 404 verdict and harden transport error handling in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([a329174](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/a3291741757038307e61d3952e6c20aa4901c8a3))
+* **gl:** assert whoami 404 verdict and preserve transport error cause ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([b4007a5](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/b4007a5e005c63aa0c083b969cd8b5f65b918adb))
+* **gl:** close two completeness-gate escapes; surface the node's error key ([6b2c53b](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/6b2c53bbb86bcb35a54ef2edd2078e8f208263a6))
+* **gl:** derive View: URL from node instead of hardcoding gitlawb.com ([#370](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/370)) ([#549](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/549)) ([d84c445](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/d84c445f94c05e43994c8199bb8e4cd432554fbc))
+* **gl:** follow scan continuations in gl ipfs get, bounded three ways ([9a8d190](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/9a8d190492315cf767807dd1a98470debff4bd25))
+* **gl:** make doctor exit non-zero on Fail-class checks ([#357](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/357)) ([#547](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/547)) ([42cc893](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/42cc893fb3af17468767cd8c6722894cd4ef7e44))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([21c74c6](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/21c74c65d985200221489fa342d7419e8626362f))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([fd78cfa](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/fd78cfa3ad0e7997b284371a55b7fb52753236d1))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([3cc15cf](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/3cc15cf7247396ab1efcd279d3dd51dd8deaf014))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([16cc3b3](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/16cc3b37e8268d048f3145ab16978dae297df5d4))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([3f41df5](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/3f41df5868838544876473c2560c3d6be20e679c))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([b0e5cc0](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/b0e5cc0ee0e91ebe35689bb1e073fa7e48ab37ee))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([12bc759](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/12bc759ea6b20ab97c9dfeb4e00d7c6a6ca4fcfe))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([10e3492](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/10e34928254205fafa8e96513a3df7899bfb10b1))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([c10f2ca](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c10f2ca255d63331f6acf3a29629e2a1c11ff355))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([3add535](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/3add5356e36f0c2f89a0617fcb8018209bf722ff))
+* **gl:** only report registered: false on 404 in whoami ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([fdd1103](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/fdd11030dc55a68142441ecf05f0bf33a8d38695))
+* **gl:** pass the mirror temp path to git as an OS string ([#434](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/434)) ([df87b15](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/df87b150fdb00e4b70e359996a41b2eebf7bb426))
+* **gl:** read whoami error bodies through CappedBody.text ([bfc44f9](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/bfc44f926d08c0bf774e2c05dd76b245871294f1))
+* **gl:** read whoami error bodies through CappedBody.text ([4725146](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/4725146db2c13cd3b8f998260d9df3a4b5f70c9e))
+* **gl:** report why the node-DID comparison was skipped in cert show ([6b2c53b](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/6b2c53bbb86bcb35a54ef2edd2078e8f208263a6))
+* **gl:** require non-empty error message and use ephemeral port in whoami tests ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([a27a267](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/a27a2678712cc512b316f143d8c053dbdf981a4b))
+* **gl:** sanitize full transport error chain in whoami, remove raw error attachment ([#220](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/220)) ([39ce655](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/39ce655904f516094cbbef6f2ee585906ef77e05))
+* **gl:** status-check the client read/write surfaces so a node denial surfaces as an error, not a fake result ([#123](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/123)) ([#186](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/186)) ([6b2c53b](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/6b2c53bbb86bcb35a54ef2edd2078e8f208263a6))
+* **gl:** stop carrying request signatures to a host the node redirected us to ([de3f230](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/de3f230940f21d88da48a972bddeb877420d2165))
+* **icaptcha-client:** parse GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE as truthy only ([#227](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/227)) ([#533](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/533)) ([77ac103](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/77ac1037cbf893bf0e2e861753cc4bc78cc9053a))
+* **icaptcha:** return unsolved instead of blocking or overflowing ([#444](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/444)) ([5479fd5](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/5479fd59b848f13e7c0f0f1054b0d41cf50cbb73))
+* **infra:** serialize the upgrade and write compose through a unique temp path ([888fab6](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/888fab602828dc8b514cfa5fbb4d027a3a2db019))
+* **ipfs:** page the legacy CID scan instead of materializing every repo ([4985e38](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/4985e38af2bd629fa81ec70aec63937ed9894b73))
+* **node,infra,macos:** make the owner-push opt-out reach every launch path ([1f0d9ff](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1f0d9ff368c0169048aeec219de4114c2630dff6))
+* **node:** ANS-104 codec and recovery policy types ([#26](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/26) split 2/4) ([#524](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/524)) ([2c341f7](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/2c341f71ac66c0011a09ff5864e8734fd0348c09))
+* **node:** authenticate gossip ref-update events before writing them ([#325](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/325)) ([9bda2e1](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/9bda2e103c9ae25a5a798343164b4fa02219735b))
+* **node:** bind a peer row to its DID so only its keyholder can repoint it ([#273](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/273)) ([8d38043](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/8d38043a4ca7d0df3c9a4c4bdbb171d7adcdec4f))
+* **node:** bound federated repository aggregation ([#546](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/546)) ([0189990](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/0189990ac9e72bed3c42bc589347eacec04be740))
+* **node:** bound GraphQL query cost ([#552](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/552)) ([c805e35](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c805e35f40873a120c81bf00d9ddb50da956fd97))
+* **node:** bound Identify-derived Kademlia addresses ([#544](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/544)) ([b33562f](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/b33562f1a913cbc1b294f00577f4ab1f7ad67984))
+* **node:** bound legacy readiness fallback ([5af14c2](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/5af14c203d07fdd2d0b5689fcb12e189237dbbb2))
+* **node:** bound peer failure tracking ([74f7554](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/74f75548941712573d344aa058d162f40189b4df))
+* **node:** bound replay of authenticated gossip ref-update events ([#334](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/334)) ([206e082](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/206e0827ad6beb051cbb0fb5ef459a63a102c454))
+* **node:** bound the fruitless reads one sweep run will spend ([e4aaae8](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/e4aaae8c5229355010ca710abf22c181210201c3))
+* **node:** bound the legacy CID scan and let the caller carry its position ([22f4db9](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/22f4db94b2fb3b3c7c43c5bd34608ea77ce5d197))
+* **node:** bound the legacy scan's query by the remaining row budget ([21e6873](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/21e687368336fd219d82308ee20b3d6bb018a3dc))
+* **node:** bound the legacy-repair read by the pin batch deadline ([ea2219b](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/ea2219b2cb635da61f120f65434db4c427494f6c))
+* **node:** bound the pin loops' DB work by the batch deadline, both lanes ([9984e08](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/9984e082121f3e8d25750dd54c0d60c85cef0ac7))
+* **node:** bound the pre-walk CID resolve on its own short budget ([0d7711c](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/0d7711c08917a70f982391249439485ddce382b0))
+* **node:** bound the request body the signature middleware buffers before it verifies ([#262](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/262)) ([288ad92](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/288ad92fe83526a717fa1a6ac37b1f3cf1f97961))
+* **node:** bring the Pinata pin path back into lockstep with the Kubo one ([4681f54](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/4681f54327b58b6ebdd569a1cec17a3c2643ad13))
+* **node:** budget provenance and fallback walks separately ([ae96ffa](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/ae96ffa46706a6d088a412aa02dbf2f715ceaa37))
+* **node:** canonicalize and 404-on-no-match in remove_label ([#344](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/344)) ([#530](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/530)) ([8c9e4ad](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/8c9e4adc2d5ae3560c1bd3ba76c1d0ddb4de2af6))
+* **node:** carry discovery onto the per-(oid, repo) incompleteness marker ([bd0bef1](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/bd0bef1476f90e99d9a697e2520c32b954f3ba6f))
+* **node:** charge discovery's probes against the per-run read budget ([bc20236](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/bc202368e13202504fe77534273b508f7559a84a))
+* **node:** clamp every admission-held DB await in the CID resolver ([bad82b3](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/bad82b3cd9fa970ebf67817395bfbd98591879b1))
+* **node:** close review findings on the owner-push default ([2f0174c](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/2f0174cc041fb6e9eb3c904172b37b5b9a6c094b))
+* **node:** close three host-class gaps in the public-URL gate ([#346](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/346)) ([76ca04f](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/76ca04f3552aa8c17305fca73fa1c3469a29903c))
+* **node:** count a completed fetch once per fetch, not per stateless-RPC POST ([1c690c1](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1c690c125c16ad2ed38a5885d0e16b96789b715e))
+* **node:** count fetch completion from the response outcome, not the request ([5a5d4e1](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/5a5d4e1b43a5b37fcc57731ec504b221a58931f1))
+* **node:** drop withheld-subtree trees from the replication pin set ([#382](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/382)) ([19a7ce2](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/19a7ce2bbdad9dd96bdc35ed6230d14f772a5969))
+* **node:** enforce owner-only push by default ([cdbda19](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/cdbda19c29db576d2ea37ae74578c899b4eb3bb9))
+* **node:** Escape LIKE metacharacters in certificate prefix search ([eeafa1f](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/eeafa1fa5350fb2d15ba30ac6cd6ad8247b4b7ec))
+* **node:** Escape LIKE wildcards in certificate prefix search ([96d8123](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/96d8123e0f84e85a7b0234ad84f5e603a5a303aa))
+* **node:** fail pin_git_object when the add response carries no Hash ([#528](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/528)) ([47c6e6c](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/47c6e6ce2200dd196cb531bc6a6ed946cf587409))
+* **node:** fence a repo publish on the write attempt that owns it ([#285](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/285)) ([ed76adf](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/ed76adfe29d793229fbc63eeb86d24cac5d23d13))
+* **node:** gate /ipfs/pins and /arweave/anchors behind authentication ([#121](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/121)) ([#543](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/543)) ([d3845ce](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/d3845ced69597b3e73e3c8cb5f452f6367897e5b))
+* **node:** gate bounty mutations on repo read before status checks ([#529](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/529)) ([8eedb93](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/8eedb935c3525a91ac311e273c3f22d3b4eb4615))
+* **node:** gate GET /ipfs/{cid} tree objects so a withheld subtree's structure can't leak ([#135](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/135)) ([21f8cb6](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/21f8cb61350b2355edd2b2ed527d9fb9c4305bd9))
+* **node:** gate replica register/unregister on repo read visibility ([#445](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/445)) ([0303222](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/0303222eae486c6d519be1441d4b3b11115a05ab))
+* **node:** gate two Unix-only tests so the crate compiles on Windows ([5a7a77b](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/5a7a77b8dc1723cde44b0439327e517e23a048ab)), closes [#228](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/228)
+* **node:** give each discovery row its own slice of the pass budget ([22560b0](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/22560b0872bd16dd66100681b1050faa677fc568))
+* **node:** harden peer readiness state ([6bd8f41](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/6bd8f4121235ec6c4b7062aadcf3a631f174510c))
+* **node:** hold fork to the same repo-name rules as every other creation route ([#412](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/412)) ([fc87586](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/fc8758641147ca5f38561fc71b13b1e41a78a5ed))
+* **node:** honor pre-assigned task assignee on claim ([#550](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/550)) ([a4026e8](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/a4026e84ffe82f48b41817c8ba687fbc1aac8f9b))
+* **node:** make metrics::init race-safe with Once ([c45ec96](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c45ec9605d55171f7b8f1b0b542478097ddf43a3))
+* **node:** make the pin-source incompleteness marker per (object, repo) ([5575da4](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/5575da4b65ff19da78a6b218da07f854706a811c))
+* **node:** map ipfs/arweave DB outages to 503 via bare ? ([#251](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/251)) ([0e2328b](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/0e2328bd8044ce6e8923cc6bd42219068d3f6b9d))
+* **node:** map ipfs/arweave DB outages to 503 via bare ? ([#251](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/251)) ([c29a91a](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c29a91af6b7eb444e202f4724e3f677d2ef25466))
+* **node:** mint a continuation when a ceiling stops the /ipfs scan mid-page ([69cfbd4](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/69cfbd4b3ccde243ff669392820f0fce86381663))
+* **node:** never hand back a continuation that made no progress ([76f6300](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/76f630008f0088c952755b643126affdf962d12b))
+* **node:** opaque AppError::Internal and AppError::Db HTTP bodies ([#226](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/226)) ([241b366](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/241b36633bca7e0ead33bf670b7c1531c3bd9ab5))
+* **node:** opaque AppError::Internal and AppError::Db HTTP bodies ([#226](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/226)) ([d192028](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/d192028ee1487a3638c545d6a39e58a4575df1f1))
+* **node:** opaque GraphQL DB error messages ([#250](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/250)) ([c10ccf1](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c10ccf1f059eae18fcb0b7058a35bb134838b790))
+* **node:** order the CID candidate list so it cannot depend on heap order ([366b599](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/366b59933112b345113501a65f0f30e76518ff61))
+* **node:** owner-gate create_task repo_id against hosted repos ([#541](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/541)) ([bac49f1](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/bac49f150a2b99d7b14fc9d53e231b7e743a753c))
+* **node:** persist the libp2p identity instead of deriving it from the node DID ([#324](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/324)) ([c301a68](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c301a681619e890a081c385d7cbab5b8a8d4efbb))
+* **node:** port discovery's candidate load onto the paged repo query ([4c665fb](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/4c665fbca8641f7dfe6770d1ee5384a0af3d215c))
+* **node:** preserve legacy peer compatibility ([547f9ae](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/547f9aed10706bc617d0e1e2e5346cf52d19a901))
+* **node:** reconcile public-read messaging with per-repo enforcement ([#439](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/439)) ([0366f18](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/0366f18458dd996ea18057ce60abf88673e16ed4))
+* **node:** record a discovered source and its marker in one commit ([9babb5e](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/9babb5ece053608c522f49b4528de23d5b61b749))
+* **node:** reject revision syntax in issue ids and drop service passthrough ([#521](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/521)) ([421f03a](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/421f03ac46592c57bc0df5a8fa79061c74d32fe6))
+* **node:** repair source-less legacy pins by bounded additive discovery ([d88c0c7](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/d88c0c726c8630e104e0161366d1815d69e96428))
+* **node:** require Content-Digest on a signed request ([#306](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/306)) ([189aad9](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/189aad96e5c831f94cef654048d2d9797a5f574d))
+* **node:** resolve issue ids from git refnames, not request input ([#526](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/526)) ([3063719](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/30637193a626da800984363b6192fc50131b9741))
+* **node:** resume the /ipfs scan per candidate so a starved one is not skipped ([d0635d9](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/d0635d95b7d601490474419c6bdb99b0ce402e71))
+* **node:** rewind the pin repair sweep cursor on every completed walk ([1b44b12](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1b44b12b468c265f946390a57cd815d67d205166))
+* **node:** rotate discovery candidates across traversals ([4fdfa1c](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/4fdfa1cedb3dcb6d7d6cc4004e7277a9fa95de94))
+* **node:** scope bounty aggregates to anonymously-listable repos ([#477](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/477)) ([#527](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/527)) ([317a155](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/317a1550c2810932118429b9987ea437a1465cf5))
+* **node:** scope the refs listing by the canonical repo slug ([#388](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/388)) ([131bb95](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/131bb95c686698d0f6a90dabd3976509df86b595))
+* **node:** size the ipfs work floor for provenance walks plus one full search ([dc5daa1](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/dc5daa14b4d0816d8a14fabdf057259c1d177a46))
+* **node:** stop reporting a Kubo pin whose DB record never landed ([f839fb9](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/f839fb924653f1b012c2b34d51260ea3faba7f62))
+* **node:** stop the /ipfs size probe reporting a fault as a missing object ([ed6355e](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/ed6355ed2c42bed09dec35d46904805e97de806c))
+* **node:** use readiness for peer liveness ([225644a](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/225644a3ea0302ae91959016928df1040ddd9cb5))
+* **node:** use readiness for peer liveness ([1a841a9](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1a841a99e2d40129a33f1898d3ce28d05eb04632))
+* **node:** validate git branch refs to close option injection ([#379](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/379)) ([6233bd9](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/6233bd9d850b60fdd2fb05afaa3d996d9f37f59d))
+* **node:** validate ref-update SHAs are hex, not just length 40 ([#433](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/433)) ([911be4d](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/911be4d9fef309e56117440d21e5dad7718be666))
+* **node:** version ref_certificates for forward compat ([#26](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/26) split 3/4) ([#548](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/548)) ([38bab41](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/38bab4191baa5e8778f3412dc1f013d1f654bb15))
+* **release:** bump icaptcha-client with the rest of the workspace ([6668525](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/6668525f41936ed2e1f8a1334b0dd17eaea866f0))
+* **repo_store:** use SHA-256 for stable advisory-lock key ([#210](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/210)) ([c380f9c](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c380f9cee5139a2cab6fc52000d43844b86bb143))
+* **repo_store:** use SHA-256 for stable advisory-lock key ([#210](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/210)) ([89e10d0](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/89e10d0ff12dcccae3bd4490548d906f77d76636))
+* **review:** assert the read-timeout postcondition and drop the socket clone ([4d9bd5a](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/4d9bd5a18a0692baa67f94aac8e8663d8e69bdac))
+* **review:** bound the probe's channel waits and stop overstating the handshake ([d4e5ecf](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/d4e5ecf299afaabf05eee22db462b9314b5a6998))
+* **review:** bound token key, rule bytes, and the discovery load ([e6cfb58](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/e6cfb588c2a1600d59f2af88471d248a99532f03))
+* **review:** keep the resume token on every terminal that still holds one ([8c39cfd](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/8c39cfdcb347ca824cbec7d6b56720df9517a472))
+* **review:** make the coupled sites findable and pin two more properties ([a7e8e35](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/a7e8e35030cae4e1126cda6c161bc516e3b8ffff))
+* **review:** make the LIKE escape independent of the SQL parser mode ([1d3987b](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/1d3987bba6619a64a2cef15023224cbaa6cc8d1b)), closes [#319](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/issues/319)
+* **review:** mint a continuation at every ceiling and widen the token ([342dd48](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/342dd48d2426a8870423cd537781b52d03e8f175))
+* **test:** match SHA-256 advisory-lock key in receive-pack deadline test ([c68e1b0](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/c68e1b07f8db752cff786bdc9c226b49889a40b1))
+* **whoami:** update registered status handling on 404 response ([75b0df8](https://github.com/Twigpine/node/commit/75b0df8f1c7bda6a02444ce17e11088b839a51b6))
+
 ## [0.7.1](https://github.com/Gitlawb/node/compare/v0.7.0...v0.7.1) (2026-08-03)


@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ time once updated.

 **Requirements:**
 - Rust stable (≥ 1.91) — install via [rustup](https://rustup.rs)
- PostgreSQL — required for the node. Use the bundled `docker-compose.yml` for local dev.
+- PostgreSQL 16+ — required for the node (it uses `pg_input_is_valid`, which exists only on PostgreSQL 16 and later). Use the bundled `docker-compose.yml` for local dev.
 - Docker (optional, for full-stack local testing)

 **Environment variables:**
@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ version = "3.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "faf9468729b8cbcea668e36183cb69d317348c2e08e994829fb56ebfdfbaac34"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -2701,7 +2701,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ab67060fc6b8ef687992d439ca0fa36e7ed17e9a0b16b25b601e8757df720de"
 dependencies = [
 "data-encoding",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -3085,7 +3085,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
 "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -3470,7 +3470,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "git-remote-gitlawb"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "gitlawb-core",
@@ -3485,7 +3485,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "gitlawb-attest"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
 "base64 0.22.1",
 "ed25519-dalek 2.2.0",
@@ -3502,7 +3502,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "gitlawb-core"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -3530,7 +3530,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "gitlawb-node"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy",
 "anyhow",
@@ -3563,6 +3563,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "libp2p-swarm",
 "mockito",
 "multiaddr",
+ "percent-encoding",
 "prometheus",
 "reqwest",
 "serde",
@@ -3580,6 +3581,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "tracing",
 "tracing-subscriber",
 "unicode-normalization",
+ "url",
 "uuid",
 "zeroize",
 "zstd",
@@ -3587,7 +3589,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "gl"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
 "alloy",
 "anyhow",
@@ -3599,6 +3601,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "gitlawb-core",
 "icaptcha-client",
 "mockito",
+ "percent-encoding",
 "reqwest",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
@@ -3607,6 +3610,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokio",
 "tracing",
 "tracing-subscriber",
+ "url",
 "urlencoding",
 "uuid",
 ]
@@ -3642,9 +3646,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
-version = "0.4.18"
+version = "0.4.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "839c0e8a181239723652be9062bb56ca5bf5f64011f73b623f6f4fc59086a228"
+checksum = "ef8e5e5a340588f4452631496976cf8636d4a7ecf600239fdc27615d2530bc16"
 dependencies = [
 "atomic-waker",
 "bytes",
@@ -4052,7 +4056,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "icaptcha-client"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "gitlawb-core",
@@ -6223,7 +6227,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "errno",
 "libc",
 "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -7157,7 +7161,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.4.2",
 "once_cell",
 "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -7949,7 +7953,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
 # http client
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json", "multipart", "rustls-tls"], default-features = false }
 # URL parsing (what reqwest::Url re-exports, so the shared redirect predicate can
-# take a parsed URL without pulling reqwest into gitlawb-core)
+# take a parsed URL without pulling reqwest into gitlawb-core; also used for the
+# absolute-browser-url validation on GITLAWB_WEB_URL in the node and CLI)
 url = "2"
+percent-encoding = "2"
 # HMAC
 hmac = "0.12"

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Good today:

 - Local or Docker node startup.
 - Postgres-backed repo metadata.
+- Bounded GraphQL queries with [repository pagination](docs/graphql-pagination.md).
 - Bare git repository storage.
 - Git smart-HTTP clone/fetch/push.
 - RFC 9421-signed writes.
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ Good today:

 Known limitations:

- Repository write authorization is not secure by default: `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH` defaults to `false` for compatibility, so a valid HTTP Signature identifies a pusher but does not enforce owner-only pushes.
+- Repository write authorization is secure by default: `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH` defaults to `true`, so a valid HTTP Signature identifies a pusher and the node additionally requires that pusher to be the repository owner. Set `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH=false` only for the duration of a rolling upgrade whose pushers are not yet the repo owner. Authentication is not authorization on its own (anyone can mint a `did:key` and sign), so owner enforcement is the only thing that prevents every signed caller from pushing to every repository, private ones included.
 - UCAN proof chains are validated when supplied, but UCAN capabilities are not consulted by write authorization and the root issuer is not independently trust-anchored. UCANs therefore do not yet grant scoped collaborator access.
 - Agent lifecycle revocation is not enforced by HTTP Signature authorization; do not rely on removing or revoking an agent record to block a compromised signer.
 - Read visibility is not a blanket data-classification boundary: task, IPFS-pin, and Arweave-anchor listings are not repository-gated; withheld path names can be visible to a root reader; and later visibility changes cannot retract content already announced or externally anchored.
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ metadata        local disk / optional S3
 | DID | A user, agent, or node identity derived from an Ed25519 public key. |
 | HTTP Signature | RFC 9421 signature proving control of the DID key for write requests. |
 | Ref certificate | Signed record of a ref update. Useful for audit and replication. |
+| Ref certificate versioning | The wire format is versioned; new certificates are currently issued as v1. `gl cert show <repo> <id> --verify` requires `--expect-node <did>`, and the queried node's self-reported DID is **not** accepted as a trust anchor. v2 is reserved for a future payload shape that carries the version inside the signed bytes; this client refuses to verify v2+ rather than guessing. |
 | UCAN | Delegation token for future capability-based workflows. |
 | Peer announce | Node-to-node HTTP announcement of DID + public URL. |
 | Gossipsub | libp2p topic for ref-update events. |
@@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ Important node settings:
 | `GITLAWB_P2P_KEY` | Path to the node's persistent libp2p identity key file, which fixes the PeerId across restarts. Must name a key file inside a directory, such as `/data/keys/p2p.key` or `./keys/p2p.key`. Two kinds of problem are handled differently. A value that cannot name a securable key file at all (a bare filename, `..` traversal, a trailing `/`, the filesystem root, or a `~/` path that escapes home) is refused before the node binds, so the process exits. Anything wrong with the storage itself (a symlinked or non-directory parent, an unsafe ancestor or working directory, an unreadable or malformed key) leaves p2p off while HTTP keeps serving; the node logs it at error level as `p2p_identity_key_load_failed` and sets the `gitlawb_p2p_identity_key_load_failed` metric to 1. Note that `/health` still reports healthy in that state, so alert on the log event or the metric rather than on the health check. Correcting the storage and restarting restores the same PeerId. On Unix a new key is created `0600` inside a `0700` directory. A key directory that grants access beyond its owner is tightened to `0700` on start; one that is closed too far is refused with a `chmod 700` remedy rather than widened, since a directory locked down on purpose is an operator decision. Rotate the key only when the node logs that the directory was group- or world-writable (or the key file itself was group- or world-readable). An ordinary `0755` directory is tightened too, but others could not read a `0600` key or replace its directory entry. An existing key file is never modified: one with group or other bits set is rejected (`chmod 600`), and so is one this node cannot read. On other platforms no permissions are enforced. Default `~/.gitlawb/p2p.key`; point it at a persistent volume when running in a container. |
 | `GITLAWB_BOOTSTRAP_DISABLE_SEEDS` | Disable embedded seed peers for isolated dev/test networks. |
 | `GITLAWB_REQUIRE_SIGNED_PEER_WRITES` | Require peer writes to prove their DID on every transport: RFC 9421 signatures on the announce/sync routes, and an Ed25519 payload signature on gossip ref-update events. Defaults to `false` during the staged rollout below. Upgrade every gossip publisher before enabling, or their updates are dropped with no error on their side. |
-| `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH` | Require the authenticated pusher to be the repo owner on `git-receive-pack`. **Defaults to `true`.** A `did:key` signature is authentication, not authorization — anyone can mint a key and sign — so with this off every signed caller may push to every repository, private ones included. Delegated and CI keys count as non-owners: a UCAN `git/push` capability is verified but not yet honored for authorization, so they cannot push while this is on. Set `false` only for a rolling upgrade; see [`docs/RUN-A-NODE.md`](docs/RUN-A-NODE.md). |
+| `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH` | Require the authenticated pusher to be the repo owner on `git-receive-pack`. **Defaults to `true`.** A `did:key` signature is authentication, not authorization (anyone can mint a key and sign), so with this off every signed caller may push to every repository, private ones included. Delegated and CI keys count as non-owners: a UCAN `git/push` capability is verified but not yet honored for authorization, so they cannot push while this is on. Set `false` only for a rolling upgrade; see [`docs/RUN-A-NODE.md`](docs/RUN-A-NODE.md). |
 | `GITLAWB_AUTO_SYNC` | Enable automatic sync from known peers. |
 | `GITLAWB_MAX_PACK_BYTES` | Max git pack body size for smart-HTTP routes. |
 | `GITLAWB_GIT_SERVICE_TIMEOUT_SECS` | Max seconds a served git upload-pack, receive-pack, or `info/refs` advertisement may run before it is aborted (504). Default 600. Also bounds the withheld-blob classification walk (on both the upload-pack serve and receive-pack replication paths) and the push-side pin-candidate discovery (`rev-list` / `cat-file`), each reaped via process-group teardown at the deadline. On the path-scoped upload-pack path the classification walk and the pack serve share ONE deadline, so this value bounds their combined duration rather than granting each stage a full budget: a walk that consumes it leaves the serve nothing and the clone gets a 504. Serving large path-scoped repos may therefore need a higher value than they did when each stage was budgeted separately. Accepted range is 1 to 3153600000 (100 years), since the node derives deadlines from this value and a larger one cannot be represented. |
@@ -553,7 +555,7 @@ Short-term priorities:
 2. Add Docker and installer smoke tests.
 3. Improve operator docs and `gl doctor` checks.
 4. Harden peer writes and publish the signed-peer rollout plan.
-5. Close default-open write authorization and wire trusted UCAN delegation into repository permissions.
+5. Wire trusted UCAN delegation into repository write authorization.
 6. Add threaded, line-level pull-request discussions and enforce approval requirements on merges.
 7. Add metrics for pushes, fetches, pack sizes, peer sync, failed auth, and webhooks.

@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ We will acknowledge receipt within 48 hours and aim to release a fix within 14 d
 These are documented limitations of the current live release. They should be prioritized without breaking existing nodes during rolling upgrades.

 ### Repository write authorization defaults
- `git-receive-pack` verifies HTTP Signatures, but `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH` defaults to `false` for compatibility during rollout.
- **Impact:** With the default setting, a valid signature authenticates the pusher but does not require that DID to be the repository owner.
- **Mitigation:** Set `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH=true` on nodes where owner-only pushes are required. Confirm that every legitimate pusher uses the owner DID before enabling it.
+- `git-receive-pack` verifies HTTP Signatures and, with the default configuration, also requires the pusher DID to be the repository owner: `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH` defaults to `true`.
+- **Impact:** With the default setting, a valid signature authenticates the pusher *and* the pusher must be the repository owner. Authentication is not authorization on its own — anyone can mint a `did:key` and sign — so owner enforcement is the only thing that prevents every signed caller from pushing to every repository, including private ones.
+- **Mitigation:** `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH=false` is the explicit rolling-upgrade compatibility override. Disable it only for the duration of an upgrade whose pushers are not yet the repo owner, then turn it back on. Delegated and CI keys count as non-owners: a UCAN `git/push` capability is verified but not yet honored for authorization, so they cannot push while this is on.

 ### UCAN delegation and revocation
 - The middleware validates a supplied UCAN's complete proof chain, but a root token is accepted without an independently trusted issuer anchor. `Ucan::can` is not yet used by write handlers, so a UCAN does not grant scoped repository access.
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-remote-gitlawb"
 description = "Git remote helper — enables 'git clone gitlawb://did:gitlawb:...'"
-version = "0.7.1" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.8.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ enum ShimMode {
 struct Shim {
    base_url: String,
    posts: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+    /// Advertisement (GET /info/refs) count. One `git fetch` performs exactly
+    /// one advertisement, so tests assert this is EXACTLY one: any fetch-level
+    /// retry that comes back re-advertises and goes red on the spot, which the
+    /// lower-bound POST assertions alone cannot see (#275 round 6).
+    gets: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
    stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
    handle: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
 }
@@ -166,15 +171,17 @@ fn start_shim(repo: PathBuf, mode: ShimMode) -> Shim {
    let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
    let base_url = format!("http://{addr}");
    let posts = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let gets = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
    let stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));

    let posts_t = posts.clone();
+    let gets_t = gets.clone();
    let stop_t = stop.clone();
    let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
        while !stop_t.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
            match listener.accept() {
                Ok((stream, _)) => {
-                    handle_conn(stream, &repo, mode, &posts_t);
+                    handle_conn(stream, &repo, mode, &posts_t, &gets_t);
                }
                Err(ref e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5));
@@ -187,6 +194,7 @@ fn start_shim(repo: PathBuf, mode: ShimMode) -> Shim {
    Shim {
        base_url,
        posts,
+        gets,
        stop,
        handle: Some(handle),
    }
@@ -212,7 +220,13 @@ fn normalize_accepted_stream(stream: &TcpStream) {
    stream.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(30))).ok();
 }

-fn handle_conn(stream: TcpStream, repo: &Path, mode: ShimMode, posts: &AtomicUsize) {
+fn handle_conn(
+    stream: TcpStream,
+    repo: &Path,
+    mode: ShimMode,
+    posts: &AtomicUsize,
+    gets: &AtomicUsize,
+) {
    normalize_accepted_stream(&stream);
    let mut reader = BufReader::new(stream);

@@ -263,6 +277,7 @@ fn handle_conn(stream: TcpStream, repo: &Path, mode: ShimMode, posts: &AtomicUsi
            receive_pack(repo, false, &body),
        )
    } else if method == "GET" && target.contains("/info/refs") {
+        gets.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
        // v0 advertisement, wrapped exactly as the node's info_refs does.
        let adv = upload_pack(repo, true, b"");
        let mut wrapped = pkt(b"# service=git-upload-pack\n");
@@ -1007,6 +1022,7 @@ fn shim_answers_a_connection_that_arrives_non_blocking() {

    let server = std::thread::spawn(move || {
        let posts = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+        let gets = AtomicUsize::new(0);
        let stream = loop {
            match listener.accept() {
                Ok((s, _)) => break s,
@@ -1021,7 +1037,7 @@ fn shim_answers_a_connection_that_arrives_non_blocking() {
        // the assertions below run on every platform.
        stream.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
        accepted_tx.send(()).unwrap();
-        handle_conn(stream, &repo, ShimMode::Normal, &posts);
+        handle_conn(stream, &repo, ShimMode::Normal, &posts, &gets);
    });

    let mut client = TcpStream::connect(addr).unwrap();
@@ -1085,6 +1101,17 @@ fn real_git_multi_round_fetch_completes() {
        posts >= 2,
        "fixture did not force multi-round negotiation (observed {posts} POST(s)); the bridging path was not exercised"
    );
+    // Exactly one advertisement: the POST bound above is a floor, so a
+    // reintroduced fetch-level retry could satisfy it by running a second full
+    // fetch instead of multi-round negotiation. Re-advertising is what a
+    // second fetch cannot avoid, so this is the committed guard on the
+    // retry's absence.
+    let gets = shim.gets.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+    assert_eq!(
+        gets, 1,
+        "expected exactly one advertisement GET per fetch; {gets} means a \
+         fetch-level retry is back"
+    );

    // The fetched tip is present and the clone's object graph is intact.
    let server_head = String::from_utf8(git(&server, &["rev-parse", "HEAD"])).unwrap();
@@ -1177,6 +1204,17 @@ fn real_git_withheld_shaped_first_post() {
        "helper hung on a withheld-shaped response (should forward-and-terminate, not deadlock). stderr:\n{stderr}"
    );

+    // Exactly one advertisement, pass or fail: the POST assertions below are
+    // floors, so a reintroduced fetch-level retry could mask the withheld
+    // shape behind a second full fetch. A retry cannot avoid re-advertising,
+    // so this is the committed guard on its absence.
+    let gets = shim.gets.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+    assert_eq!(
+        gets, 1,
+        "expected exactly one advertisement GET per fetch; {gets} means a \
+         fetch-level retry is back"
+    );
+
    if out.status.success() {
        // Real git accepted the mid-negotiation pack: the withheld multi-round
        // path works end to end with no extra handling.
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitlawb-attest"
 description = "External Attestation v1: pluggable provenance attachments for Twigpine ref-update certs"
-version = "0.7.1" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.8.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -504,6 +504,23 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(matches!(err, Error::Did(_)));
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn verify_rejects_oversized_method_id_before_decoding() {
+        let sk = fresh();
+        let mut att = dummy_attestation(&sk, sample_cert_hash());
+        // A well-formed prefix on an absurdly long id must fail the length
+        // bound, not the decoder: base58 decode cost is quadratic in input
+        // length, so reaching it at all is the defect.
+        att.signer = format!("did:key:z{}", "1".repeat(256));
+        let err = att.verify_signature(sample_cert_hash()).unwrap_err();
+        // Match the bound's own message: any other Did error (a decode or
+        // length mismatch downstream) means the oversized input was decoded.
+        match err {
+            Error::Did(m) => assert!(m.contains("too long"), "unexpected: {m}"),
+            e => panic!("expected Error::Did, got {e:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn verify_rejects_bad_signature_base64() {
        let sk = fresh();
@@ -150,23 +150,48 @@ impl Registry {
    }

    /// Verify a batch, then enforce `RequireAll`.
+    ///
+    /// Under [`Policy::RequireAll`] this never short-circuits: an attestation
+    /// that fails to verify — bad signature, cert-hash mismatch, or malformed
+    /// payload, the actual `Err` paths of [`Registry::verify`] — is dropped
+    /// from the result rather than aborting the batch. A valid attestation of
+    /// a type with NO registered verifier is not one of those: under
+    /// `RequireAll` it verifies to `Ok` with `fully_verified: false` and stays
+    /// in the result, preserving the distinction between *untrusted* and
+    /// *invalid* (see `require_all_is_lenient_on_unknown_types_in_the_batch`).
+    /// Any third party can attach an attestation, so a hard error here would
+    /// let an unrelated `attacker/spam/v1` deny-of-service the whole cert (the
+    /// DoS vector the module docstring warns about). The `required_types`
+    /// check below is the real gate, and it only counts `fully_verified`
+    /// entries — so a required type represented solely by a malformed
+    /// attestation still fails with [`Error::RequiredMissing`].
+    ///
+    /// Under `AcceptKnown` and `RejectUnknown` the batch stays strict: the
+    /// first verification error is surfaced to the caller.
    pub fn verify_all(
        &self,
        attestations: &[Attestation],
        expected_cert_hash: [u8; 32],
    ) -> Result<Vec<VerifiedAttestation>> {
-        let mut verified = Vec::with_capacity(attestations.len());
-        for a in attestations {
-            verified.push(self.verify(a, expected_cert_hash)?);
+        if self.policy != Policy::RequireAll {
+            let mut verified = Vec::with_capacity(attestations.len());
+            for a in attestations {
+                verified.push(self.verify(a, expected_cert_hash)?);
+            }
+            return Ok(verified);
        }
-        if self.policy == Policy::RequireAll {
-            for required in &self.required_types {
-                let present = verified
-                    .iter()
-                    .any(|v| &v.type_ == required && v.fully_verified);
-                if !present {
-                    return Err(Error::RequiredMissing(required.clone()));
-                }
+
+        // RequireAll: drop entries that fail to verify instead of aborting.
+        let verified: Vec<VerifiedAttestation> = attestations
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|a| self.verify(a, expected_cert_hash).ok())
+            .collect();
+        for required in &self.required_types {
+            let present = verified
+                .iter()
+                .any(|v| &v.type_ == required && v.fully_verified);
+            if !present {
+                return Err(Error::RequiredMissing(required.clone()));
            }
        }
        Ok(verified)
@@ -324,6 +349,38 @@ mod tests {
            .any(|v| v.type_ == "other/v1" && !v.fully_verified));
    }

+    /// The strict policies must surface a batch member's verification error
+    /// through `verify_all`, not launder it into a partial result. This binds
+    /// the POLICY BOUNDARY itself: only the `RequireAll` arm may drop failing
+    /// entries, and an apparently harmless cleanup that applies its
+    /// `filter_map(Result::ok)` shape to the strict arms would silently turn
+    /// the fail-closed contracts into fail-open — with every per-attestation
+    /// `verify` test still green, because none of them go through the batch
+    /// path. The failing entry is a wrong-cert-hash attestation (signed over a
+    /// different hash than the batch expects), a genuine `Err` under every
+    /// policy.
+    #[test]
+    fn strict_policies_propagate_a_batch_members_error() {
+        let sk = fresh();
+        let cert_hash = sample_hash();
+        let mut wrong_hash = sample_hash();
+        wrong_hash[0] ^= 0xff;
+
+        for policy in [Policy::AcceptKnown, Policy::RejectUnknown] {
+            let mut reg = Registry::new().with_policy(policy);
+            reg.register(DemoVerifier);
+            let good = signed_demo(&sk, cert_hash, "ok");
+            let bad = signed_demo(&sk, wrong_hash, "ok");
+            let err = reg
+                .verify_all(&[good, bad], cert_hash)
+                .expect_err("a strict policy must fail the whole batch");
+            assert!(
+                matches!(err, Error::Signature(_) | Error::CertHashMismatch),
+                "expected the underlying verification error, got {err:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
    /// A required type that is present but unverified (no verifier registered
    /// even though the type appears in `required_types`) must fail
    /// `verify_all` with `RequiredMissing`. Catches a misconfiguration where
@@ -341,6 +398,65 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(matches!(err, Error::RequiredMissing(t) if t == "demo/v1"));
    }

+    /// A cert-hash that does not match `sample_hash()`, so an attestation
+    /// signed against it fails `verify_signature` when the batch is checked
+    /// against `sample_hash()`.
+    fn other_hash() -> [u8; 32] {
+        let mut h = sample_hash();
+        h[0] ^= 0xff;
+        h
+    }
+
+    /// Under `RequireAll`, a malformed attestation (here: signed against the
+    /// wrong cert hash, so it fails signature verification) attached alongside a
+    /// valid required one must not abort the batch. The junk is dropped and the
+    /// cert still verifies. Before the fix, `verify_all` propagated the error
+    /// via `?` and the whole batch failed — the DoS vector the docstring warns
+    /// about.
+    #[test]
+    fn require_all_drops_a_malformed_extra_and_still_accepts() {
+        let sk = fresh();
+        let cert_hash = sample_hash();
+        let mut reg = Registry::new()
+            .with_policy(Policy::RequireAll)
+            .require_types(["demo/v1"]);
+        reg.register(DemoVerifier);
+
+        // Signed against `other_hash()`, so it will not verify under `cert_hash`.
+        let malformed = signed_demo(&sk, other_hash(), "boom");
+        let real = signed_demo(&sk, cert_hash, "ok");
+
+        let verified = reg
+            .verify_all(&[malformed, real], cert_hash)
+            .expect("a malformed extra must not abort the batch under RequireAll");
+        assert_eq!(verified.len(), 1, "the malformed entry should be dropped");
+        assert!(verified
+            .iter()
+            .any(|v| v.type_ == "demo/v1" && v.fully_verified));
+    }
+
+    /// Leniency must not open a hole: if the *only* attestation of a required
+    /// type is malformed, dropping it leaves the required type absent and
+    /// `verify_all` must still fail with `RequiredMissing`. Guards against a fix
+    /// that skips errors so eagerly it lets an unverified required type pass.
+    #[test]
+    fn require_all_rejects_when_only_a_malformed_required_type_is_present() {
+        let sk = fresh();
+        let cert_hash = sample_hash();
+        let mut reg = Registry::new()
+            .with_policy(Policy::RequireAll)
+            .require_types(["demo/v1"]);
+        reg.register(DemoVerifier);
+
+        // The sole demo/v1 is bound to the wrong cert hash → fails verification.
+        let malformed_required = signed_demo(&sk, other_hash(), "ok");
+
+        let err = reg
+            .verify_all(&[malformed_required], cert_hash)
+            .unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, Error::RequiredMissing(t) if t == "demo/v1"));
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn payload_check_failure_rejects() {
        let sk = fresh();
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitlawb-core"
 description = "Core cryptographic primitives for the Twigpine network: DIDs, CIDs, UCAN, HTTP Signatures, ref-update certificates"
-version = "0.7.1" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.8.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -5,6 +5,28 @@
 //!
 //! The schema is frozen at v1. All fields are mandatory for forward compatibility.
 //! Nodes that receive a certificate with an unknown version MUST reject it.
+//!
+//! ## Replay
+//!
+//! A certificate proves *who* asserted a ref update and *what* they asserted.
+//! It does not prove the assertion is fresh. [`RefUpdateBody::seq`] and
+//! [`RefUpdateBody::nonce`] are inside the signed bytes (see
+//! [`RefUpdateBody::to_signing_bytes`]), so a verifier can trust the values,
+//! but deciding whether a nonce is being reused or a `seq` is going backwards
+//! needs state.
+//!
+//! This crate is deliberately stateless — it is embedded in both nodes and
+//! clients — so replay is **not** enforced here and cannot be. Ownership of
+//! the check sits with the verifier that accepts and persists certificates,
+//! which must:
+//!
+//! - reject a `nonce` it has already accepted for the same `(repo, ref_name)`;
+//! - reject a `seq` that does not advance past the last accepted `seq` for
+//!   that `(repo, ref_name)`.
+//!
+//! Until such a verifier exists, replay of ref-update certificates is not
+//! enforced anywhere in this workspace. This contract exists so the first one
+//! inherits the requirement instead of re-deriving it.

 use std::collections::HashSet;

@@ -41,11 +63,19 @@ pub struct RefUpdateBody {
    pub from: String,
    /// The new commit hash (SHA-256 hex).
    pub to: String,
-    /// Monotonically increasing sequence number. Prevents replay.
+    /// Monotonically increasing sequence number, scoped to `(repo, ref_name)`.
+    ///
+    /// Signed, but not enforced by this crate: core holds no state. The
+    /// verifier that persists certificates must reject a `seq` that does not
+    /// advance for the same repo and ref. See the module docs on replay.
    pub seq: u64,
    /// RFC 3339 timestamp of this update.
    pub timestamp: DateTime<Utc>,
-    /// Random nonce for deduplication.
+    /// Random nonce, unique per certificate.
+    ///
+    /// Signed, but not enforced by this crate: core holds no state. The
+    /// verifier that persists certificates must reject a nonce it has already
+    /// accepted for the same repo and ref. See the module docs on replay.
    pub nonce: String,
 }

@@ -140,7 +170,16 @@ impl RefUpdateCert {
    ///
    /// Counts distinct signer DIDs, not signature entries: a repeated
    /// signature from the same maintainer counts once.
+    ///
+    /// `threshold` must be at least 1. Zero is rejected instead of being
+    /// treated as "no signatures required": a caller that derives the
+    /// threshold from configuration and gets 0 would otherwise accept any
+    /// certificate, whether its signatures verify or not.
    pub fn satisfies_threshold(&self, maintainers: &[Did], threshold: usize) -> Result<bool> {
+        if threshold == 0 {
+            return Err(Error::RefCert("threshold must be at least 1".to_string()));
+        }
+
        let valid = self.verify_all()?;
        let distinct_signers: HashSet<&Did> =
            valid.iter().filter(|d| maintainers.contains(d)).collect();
@@ -378,7 +417,7 @@ mod tests {
    }

    #[test]
-    fn threshold_zero_is_always_satisfied() {
+    fn threshold_zero_is_rejected() {
        let kp = Keypair::generate();
        let cert = RefUpdateCert::new(
            kp.did(),
@@ -389,6 +428,120 @@ mod tests {
            &kp,
        )
        .unwrap();
-        assert!(cert.satisfies_threshold(&[], 0).unwrap());
+
+        // Zero must never read as "no signatures required", even with an empty
+        // maintainer set.
+        let err = cert.satisfies_threshold(&[], 0).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string().contains("threshold must be at least 1"),
+            "zero must be refused as an invalid threshold"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// The threshold is checked before any signature work, so a zero is
+    /// reported as a threshold error even when the certificate's signatures
+    /// are also invalid. Otherwise a broken certificate would let a caller
+    /// mistake the failure for a legitimate verification result.
+    #[test]
+    fn threshold_zero_is_rejected_before_signature_verification() {
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let other = Keypair::generate();
+        let mut cert = RefUpdateCert::new(
+            kp.did(),
+            "refs/heads/main".to_string(),
+            dummy_hash('0'),
+            dummy_hash('a'),
+            1,
+            &kp,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        cert.signatures[0].sig = other.sign_b64(b"unrelated bytes");
+
+        let err = cert.satisfies_threshold(&[kp.did()], 0).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string().contains("threshold must be at least 1"),
+            "the invalid threshold must win over the invalid signature"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// `seq` and `nonce` are the verifier's replay inputs, so they have to be
+    /// inside the signed body; tapping either one must invalidate the
+    /// certificate rather than leave it verifying with different values.
+    #[test]
+    fn replay_fields_are_covered_by_the_signature() {
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let cert = RefUpdateCert::new(
+            kp.did(),
+            "refs/heads/main".to_string(),
+            dummy_hash('0'),
+            dummy_hash('a'),
+            7,
+            &kp,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        cert.verify_all().expect("baseline must verify");
+
+        let mut bumped = cert.clone();
+        bumped.body.seq = 8;
+        assert!(
+            matches!(bumped.verify_all(), Err(Error::SignatureInvalid)),
+            "changing seq must invalidate the signature"
+        );
+
+        let mut renamed = cert.clone();
+        renamed.body.nonce = "different-nonce".to_string();
+        assert!(
+            matches!(renamed.verify_all(), Err(Error::SignatureInvalid)),
+            "changing nonce must invalidate the signature"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// A signature minted by a real key must not verify when the signer is
+    /// spelled in another multibase alphabet. Otherwise the same identity
+    /// would satisfy a maintainer allowlist under several DID strings.
+    ///
+    /// Base64url is deliberate: its 47-character method-id fits under the
+    /// pre-existing length bound, so this test reaches the canonical-prefix
+    /// rule and fails on the pre-fix code instead of being refused for length.
+    #[test]
+    fn verify_all_rejects_a_non_canonical_did_spelling() {
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let mut cert = RefUpdateCert::new(
+            kp.did(),
+            "refs/heads/main".to_string(),
+            dummy_hash('0'),
+            dummy_hash('a'),
+            1,
+            &kp,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let mut prefixed = vec![0xed, 0x01];
+        prefixed.extend_from_slice(&kp.verifying_key().to_bytes());
+        cert.signatures[0].signer = format!(
+            "did:key:{}",
+            multibase::encode(multibase::Base::Base64Url, &prefixed)
+        )
+        .parse()
+        .expect("method is still `key`");
+
+        let err = cert
+            .verify_all()
+            .expect_err("a non-canonical did:key spelling must not resolve");
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string().contains("base58btc"),
+            "rejection must come from the canonical-prefix rule, not the length guard"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !matches!(
+                cert.satisfies_threshold(&[cert.signatures[0].signer.clone()], 1),
+                Ok(true)
+            ),
+            "the alternate spelling must not satisfy a threshold"
+        );
+
+        // The canonical spelling of the same key is unaffected.
+        cert.signatures[0].signer = kp.did();
+        assert!(cert.satisfies_threshold(&[kp.did()], 1).unwrap());
    }
 }
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ use crate::{Error, Result};
 /// Value: 0xed01 encoded as a varint.
 const ED25519_MULTICODEC: &[u8] = &[0xed, 0x01];

+/// The only multibase prefix a `did:key` method-specific id may carry.
+///
+/// The DID:key spec encodes Ed25519 keys as base58btc, which is multibase
+/// `z`. `multibase::decode` happily accepts every other alphabet, and each
+/// spelling of the same key bytes would produce a distinct DID string while
+/// gates, allowlists, and database rows compare DIDs as strings — one
+/// identity would read as several. Rejecting the alternatives here keeps the
+/// mapping from `did:key` to key single-valued for every caller of
+/// [`Did::to_verifying_key`] (HTTP signatures, UCAN, ref certs, peer
+/// announces). `gitlawb-attest` enforces the same rule for attestation
+/// signers.
+const DID_KEY_MULTIBASE_PREFIX: char = 'z';
+
 /// A Decentralized Identifier.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(transparent)]
@@ -71,8 +84,14 @@ impl Did {

    /// Resolve the Ed25519 verifying key from a `did:key`.
    ///
-    /// Returns `Err` if the DID is not a `did:key`, the key bytes are malformed,
-    /// or the key is a small-order (weak) point.
+    /// Only the canonical base58btc (`z`) spelling is accepted. Other
+    /// multibase encodings decode to the same key but spell a different DID
+    /// string, so accepting them would let one identity appear under several
+    /// identifiers to string-comparing gates and allowlists.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `Err` if the DID is not a `did:key`, uses a non-canonical
+    /// multibase prefix, the key bytes are invalid, or the key is a
+    /// small-order (weak) point.
    pub fn to_verifying_key(&self) -> Result<VerifyingKey> {
        if !self.is_did_key() {
            return Err(Error::InvalidDid(format!(
@@ -94,9 +113,27 @@ impl Did {
            ));
        }

-        let (_, bytes) =
+        // Cheap prefix gate before the decode, then the base check on what
+        // multibase actually parsed. The first keeps a clearly non-canonical id
+        // off the decoder. The second is belt-and-braces — multibase maps a
+        // leading `z` only to `Base58Btc` — but it states the requirement
+        // directly instead of relying on that mapping, and `gitlawb-attest`
+        // makes the same pair of checks.
+        if !self.method_id().starts_with(DID_KEY_MULTIBASE_PREFIX) {
+            return Err(Error::InvalidDid(
+                "did:key must use base58btc (z-prefix)".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let (base, bytes) =
            multibase::decode(self.method_id()).map_err(|e| Error::InvalidDid(e.to_string()))?;

+        if base != Base::Base58Btc {
+            return Err(Error::InvalidDid(
+                "did:key must use base58btc (z-prefix)".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
        if !bytes.starts_with(ED25519_MULTICODEC) {
            return Err(Error::InvalidDid(
                "not an ed25519 multicodec key".to_string(),
@@ -389,6 +426,124 @@ mod tests {
        did.to_verifying_key().expect("a real did:key must resolve");
    }

+    /// `multibase::decode` accepts every alphabet, so the same Ed25519 key can
+    /// be spelled as several `did:key` strings. Only base58btc is canonical;
+    /// the rest must be refused so one identity cannot appear as several to
+    /// gates and allowlists that compare DID strings.
+    #[test]
+    fn to_verifying_key_rejects_non_base58btc_multibase() {
+        use ed25519_dalek::SigningKey;
+        let signing = SigningKey::from_bytes(&[9u8; 32]);
+        let mut prefixed = ED25519_MULTICODEC.to_vec();
+        prefixed.extend_from_slice(&signing.verifying_key().to_bytes());
+
+        let canonical = Did::from_verifying_key(&signing.verifying_key());
+        assert_eq!(
+            canonical.to_verifying_key().unwrap().to_bytes(),
+            signing.verifying_key().to_bytes(),
+            "base58btc is the accepted spelling"
+        );
+
+        // These spellings fit inside the method-id bound, so they reach the
+        // canonical-prefix check and must be refused there.
+        for base in [Base::Base64Url, Base::Base32Lower] {
+            let alternative = format!("did:key:{}", multibase::encode(base, &prefixed));
+            let did: Did = alternative.parse().expect("method is still `key`");
+            assert_ne!(
+                did.as_str(),
+                canonical.as_str(),
+                "the same key must not compare equal under another spelling"
+            );
+
+            let err = did
+                .to_verifying_key()
+                .expect_err("non-canonical multibase must be refused");
+            assert!(
+                matches!(err, Error::InvalidDid(_)),
+                "must be an InvalidDid, got {err:?}"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                err.to_string().contains("base58btc"),
+                "the error must name the canonical encoding: {err}"
+            );
+        }
+
+        // A base16 spelling of the same key is longer than the method-id
+        // bound, so it is refused by the length guard before the prefix check.
+        // Either way it must not resolve.
+        for base in [Base::Base16Lower, Base::Base16Upper] {
+            let alternative = format!("did:key:{}", multibase::encode(base, &prefixed));
+            let did: Did = alternative.parse().expect("method is still `key`");
+            assert!(
+                matches!(did.to_verifying_key(), Err(Error::InvalidDid(_))),
+                "a base16 spelling of a real key must not resolve"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// base58flickr (`Z`) is the non-bitcoin sibling alphabet. Its spelling of
+    /// a real key fits under the length bound, so it must be refused for the
+    /// prefix, not merely for its size.
+    #[test]
+    fn to_verifying_key_rejects_a_base58flickr_spelling() {
+        use ed25519_dalek::SigningKey;
+        let signing = SigningKey::from_bytes(&[11u8; 32]);
+        let mut prefixed = ED25519_MULTICODEC.to_vec();
+        prefixed.extend_from_slice(&signing.verifying_key().to_bytes());
+
+        let did: Did = format!(
+            "did:key:{}",
+            multibase::encode(Base::Base58Flickr, &prefixed)
+        )
+        .parse()
+        .expect("method is still `key`");
+
+        let err = did
+            .to_verifying_key()
+            .expect_err("base58flickr must be refused");
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string().contains("base58btc"),
+            "the error must name the canonical encoding: {err}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// An empty method-specific id must be refused by the prefix rule without
+    /// panicking on a missing first character.
+    #[test]
+    fn to_verifying_key_rejects_an_empty_method_id() {
+        let did: Did = "did:key:".parse().expect("method is still `key`");
+        let err = did
+            .to_verifying_key()
+            .expect_err("an empty method id must be refused");
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string().contains("base58btc"),
+            "the error must name the canonical encoding: {err}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// A canonical base58btc spelling is not enough on its own: the bytes must
+    /// also carry the ed25519-pub multicodec. This pins the check that stops a
+    /// key of another type from resolving as an Ed25519 key.
+    #[test]
+    fn to_verifying_key_rejects_base58btc_with_a_wrong_multicodec() {
+        use ed25519_dalek::SigningKey;
+        let signing = SigningKey::from_bytes(&[12u8; 32]);
+        let mut buf = vec![0x12, 0x00]; // sha2-256, not ed25519-pub
+        buf.extend_from_slice(&signing.verifying_key().to_bytes());
+
+        let did: Did = format!("did:key:{}", multibase::encode(Base::Base58Btc, &buf))
+            .parse()
+            .expect("method is still `key`");
+
+        let err = did
+            .to_verifying_key()
+            .expect_err("a non-ed25519 multicodec must be refused");
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string().contains("ed25519"),
+            "the error must name the expected multicodec: {err}"
+        );
+    }
+
    /// A `did:key` can encode a small-order (weak) Ed25519 point. Such a key
    /// satisfies the verification equation for any message and, converted to
    /// Montgomery form for X25519, yields the all-zero shared secret, so an
@@ -566,6 +566,26 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(sig.check_created().is_ok());
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn extreme_created_timestamps_reject_without_wrapping() {
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let did = kp.did();
+        let parse = |created: i64| {
+            let sig_input =
+                format!(r#"sig1=("@method");keyid="{did}";alg="ed25519";created={created}"#);
+            HttpSignature::parse(&sig_input, "sig1=:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA:").unwrap()
+        };
+        // i64::MIN used to panic in debug (subtraction overflow) and wrap to a
+        // passing skew in release; now - 2^63 wrapped to i64::MIN, whose abs()
+        // wrapped back to itself and read as fresh. Both must reject.
+        for created in [i64::MIN, i64::MAX, Utc::now().timestamp() - i64::MAX] {
+            assert!(
+                parse(created).check_created().is_err(),
+                "created={created} must not pass the freshness gate"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn parse_error_missing_sig1_prefix() {
        let err = HttpSignature::parse(
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitlawb-node"
 description = "The Twigpine node daemon — git hosting over HTTP with DID auth"
-version = "0.7.1" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.8.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
+url = { workspace = true }
+percent-encoding = { workspace = true }
 axum = { version = "0.8", features = ["http1", "http2", "json", "ws"] }
 async-graphql = { version = "7", features = ["chrono", "uuid", "tracing"] }
 async-graphql-axum = "7"
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 //! GET /api/v1/arweave/anchors — list Arweave ref-update anchors.

 use axum::{
-    extract::{Query, State},
+    extract::{Extension, Query, State},
    Json,
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;

-use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::db::normalize_owner_key;
+use crate::error::{AppError, Result};
 use crate::state::AppState;

 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -21,17 +22,62 @@ fn default_limit() -> i64 {
 }

 /// GET /api/v1/arweave/anchors
+///
+/// `?repo=<owner>/<name>` returns anchors for one repository and binds the
+/// request to the canonical read-authorization path used by every other
+/// repo-scoped read: the same `authorize_repo_read` helper, with the caller
+/// identity attached. Missing repositories, quarantined mirrors, and signed
+/// non-readers all collapse to the standard `404` (no existence oracle). The
+/// unscoped listing is auth-only — the #121 contract — and does not admit
+/// visibility filtering, which is the #136 stale-index class and explicitly
+/// out of scope for this auth slice.
 pub async fn list_anchors(
    State(state): State<AppState>,
    Query(q): Query<ListAnchorsQuery>,
+    auth: Option<Extension<crate::auth::AuthenticatedDid>>,
 ) -> Result<Json<serde_json::Value>> {
-    let limit = q.limit.min(200);
-    // Bare `?` so connection-class sqlx failures downcast to `AppError::Db` and
-    // map to 503 `db_unavailable` (not 500 via `.map_err(AppError::Internal)`) (#251).
-    let anchors = state
-        .db
-        .list_arweave_anchors(q.repo.as_deref(), limit)
-        .await?;
+    // The route's `optional_signature` layer is permissive (it admits unsigned
+    // legacy callers) so this in-handler check is the actual gate. A signed
+    // non-reader still passes this check and proceeds to the authz step below.
+    let caller = auth.as_ref().map(|e| e.0 .0.as_str());
+    if caller.is_none() {
+        return Err(AppError::Unauthorized(
+            "authentication required for anchor listing".into(),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    // Clamp before the SQL query. A negative or non-numeric limit must not
+    // reach Postgres as `LIMIT -1` (which it rejects as a db error / 500) — the
+    // contract is the same default ceiling as the listing page itself.
+    let limit = q.limit.clamp(0, 200);
+
+    let anchors = if let Some(repo_slug) = q.repo.as_deref() {
+        // Parse the user-supplied "owner/name" through the same slug validator
+        // the sync path uses, so a malformed query is a 400, not a 500.
+        let (owner, name) = match crate::git::repo_store::validate_repo_slug(repo_slug) {
+            Ok(parts) => parts,
+            Err(e) => return Err(AppError::BadRequest(format!("invalid ?repo: {e}"))),
+        };
+        // Read gate. Returns `RepoNotFound` (→ 404) indistinguishably for
+        // missing repos, quarantined mirrors, and signed non-readers.
+        let (record, _rules) =
+            crate::api::authorize_repo_read(&state, owner, name, caller, "/").await?;
+        // Build the SQL filter from the canonical stored slug, NOT from the
+        // user-supplied `?repo=` string. Anchor rows are written as
+        // `{normalize_owner_key(owner_did)}/{name}` (the short form), so a
+        // request that passes authz with the full `did:key:…/name` form would
+        // match zero rows and return a false empty page. The gate already
+        // verified the repo is readable; `record.owner_did` is the canonical
+        // identity and `record.name` is the stored name.
+        let stored_slug = format!("{}/{}", normalize_owner_key(&record.owner_did), record.name);
+        state
+            .db
+            .list_arweave_anchors(Some(&stored_slug), limit)
+            .await?
+    } else {
+        // No scope → no repo-read decision. Auth-only.
+        state.db.list_arweave_anchors(None, limit).await?
+    };

    Ok(Json(serde_json::json!({
        "anchors": anchors,
@@ -60,6 +106,7 @@ mod closed_pool_tests {
            .oneshot(
                Request::builder()
                    .uri("/api/v1/arweave/anchors")
+                    .extension(crate::auth::AuthenticatedDid("did:key:test".into()))
                    .body(axum::body::Body::empty())
                    .unwrap(),
            )
@@ -285,11 +285,22 @@ pub async fn submit_bounty(
    Path(id): Path<String>,
    Json(req): Json<SubmitBountyRequest>,
 ) -> Result<Json<BountyRecord>> {
-    let bounty = state
-        .db
-        .get_bounty(&id)
-        .await?
-        .ok_or_else(|| AppError::NotFound(format!("bounty {id} not found")))?;
+    let not_found = || AppError::NotFound(format!("bounty {id} not found"));
+
+    let bounty = state.db.get_bounty(&id).await?.ok_or_else(not_found)?;
+
+    if crate::api::authorize_repo_read(
+        &state,
+        &bounty.repo_owner,
+        &bounty.repo_name,
+        Some(auth.0.as_str()),
+        "/",
+    )
+    .await
+    .is_err()
+    {
+        return Err(not_found());
+    }

    if bounty.status != "claimed" {
        return Err(AppError::BadRequest(format!(
@@ -325,11 +336,22 @@ pub async fn approve_bounty(
    Path(id): Path<String>,
    Json(req): Json<ApproveBountyRequest>,
 ) -> Result<Json<BountyRecord>> {
-    let bounty = state
-        .db
-        .get_bounty(&id)
-        .await?
-        .ok_or_else(|| AppError::NotFound(format!("bounty {id} not found")))?;
+    let not_found = || AppError::NotFound(format!("bounty {id} not found"));
+
+    let bounty = state.db.get_bounty(&id).await?.ok_or_else(not_found)?;
+
+    if crate::api::authorize_repo_read(
+        &state,
+        &bounty.repo_owner,
+        &bounty.repo_name,
+        Some(auth.0.as_str()),
+        "/",
+    )
+    .await
+    .is_err()
+    {
+        return Err(not_found());
+    }

    if bounty.status != "submitted" {
        return Err(AppError::BadRequest(format!(
@@ -372,11 +394,22 @@ pub async fn cancel_bounty(
    Extension(auth): Extension<AuthenticatedDid>,
    Path(id): Path<String>,
 ) -> Result<Json<BountyRecord>> {
-    let bounty = state
-        .db
-        .get_bounty(&id)
-        .await?
-        .ok_or_else(|| AppError::NotFound(format!("bounty {id} not found")))?;
+    let not_found = || AppError::NotFound(format!("bounty {id} not found"));
+
+    let bounty = state.db.get_bounty(&id).await?.ok_or_else(not_found)?;
+
+    if crate::api::authorize_repo_read(
+        &state,
+        &bounty.repo_owner,
+        &bounty.repo_name,
+        Some(auth.0.as_str()),
+        "/",
+    )
+    .await
+    .is_err()
+    {
+        return Err(not_found());
+    }

    if bounty.status != "open" {
        return Err(AppError::BadRequest(format!(
@@ -407,11 +440,22 @@ pub async fn dispute_bounty(
    Extension(auth): Extension<AuthenticatedDid>,
    Path(id): Path<String>,
 ) -> Result<Json<BountyRecord>> {
-    let bounty = state
-        .db
-        .get_bounty(&id)
-        .await?
-        .ok_or_else(|| AppError::NotFound(format!("bounty {id} not found")))?;
+    let not_found = || AppError::NotFound(format!("bounty {id} not found"));
+
+    let bounty = state.db.get_bounty(&id).await?.ok_or_else(not_found)?;
+
+    if crate::api::authorize_repo_read(
+        &state,
+        &bounty.repo_owner,
+        &bounty.repo_name,
+        Some(auth.0.as_str()),
+        "/",
+    )
+    .await
+    .is_err()
+    {
+        return Err(not_found());
+    }

    if bounty.status != "claimed" && bounty.status != "submitted" {
        return Err(AppError::BadRequest(format!(
@@ -456,21 +500,68 @@ pub async fn dispute_bounty(
    Ok(Json(updated))
 }

+/// Resolve the set of `(owner_did, name)` pairs for repos an anonymous caller
+/// can list.  Mirrors the `stats()` pattern in `server.rs` (#104): batch-load
+/// all deduped repos, batch-load their visibility rules, keep only those that
+/// pass `listable_at_root`.  Pure I/O after the two DB round-trips — no
+/// per-repo authorization queries.
+///
+/// Both bounty stats handlers mount behind `optional_signature` (see
+/// `bounty_read_routes` in server.rs), so the caller is always `None` for
+/// anonymous access.  Every caller, signed or not, currently receives the
+/// anonymous-scoped aggregates (matching the #104 pattern); per-caller
+/// visibility can be threaded through here when that work lands.
+///
+/// A database error is returned to the caller, never collapsed to an empty
+/// set: an empty set would render as HTTP 200 with zero counts, which a client
+/// reads as confirmed absence of activity.
+async fn visible_repo_pairs(state: &AppState) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>> {
+    let rows = state.db.list_all_repos_deduped().await?;
+    let ids: Vec<String> = rows.iter().map(|r| r.id.clone()).collect();
+    let rules_by_repo = state.db.list_visibility_rules_for_repos(&ids).await?;
+    let pairs = rows
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|r| {
+            let rules = rules_by_repo.get(&r.id).map(Vec::as_slice).unwrap_or(&[]);
+            // mirror-rows-handled: a mirror with a canonical twin is deduped to the
+            // canonical row and its rules; a mirror-only repo counts as public, the
+            // same answer authorize_repo_read and /stats give. Pinned by
+            // bounty_stats_mirror_rows_follow_canonical_twin_or_count_when_alone.
+            crate::visibility::listable_at_root(rules, r.is_public, &r.owner_did, None)
+        })
+        .map(|r| {
+            (
+                crate::db::normalize_owner_key(&r.owner_did).to_string(),
+                r.name.clone(),
+            )
+        })
+        .collect();
+    Ok(pairs)
+}
+
 /// GET /api/v1/bounties/stats
+///
+/// Aggregates are restricted to anonymously-listable repos so private-repo
+/// bounty activity is not exposed (#477).  The visible-repo set is resolved
+/// once per request via `visible_repo_pairs` (two SQL round-trips), then
+/// passed into the filtered aggregate queries.
 pub async fn bounty_stats(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Result<Json<BountyStatsResponse>> {
-    let open = state.db.count_bounties_by_status("open").await.unwrap_or(0);
+    let visible = visible_repo_pairs(&state).await?;
+
+    let open = state
+        .db
+        .count_bounties_by_status_visible("open", &visible)
+        .await?;
    let claimed = state
        .db
-        .count_bounties_by_status("claimed")
-        .await
-        .unwrap_or(0);
+        .count_bounties_by_status_visible("claimed", &visible)
+        .await?;
    let completed = state
        .db
-        .count_bounties_by_status("completed")
-        .await
-        .unwrap_or(0);
+        .count_bounties_by_status_visible("completed", &visible)
+        .await?;

-    let leaders = state.db.bounty_leaderboard(10).await.unwrap_or_default();
+    let leaders = state.db.bounty_leaderboard_visible(10, &visible).await?;
    let leaderboard = leaders
        .into_iter()
        .map(|(did, cnt, total)| AgentBountyEntry {
@@ -489,11 +580,14 @@ pub async fn bounty_stats(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Result<Json<BountySt
 }

 /// GET /api/v1/agents/{did}/bounties
+///
+/// Per-agent earnings restricted to anonymously-listable repos (#477).
 pub async fn agent_bounty_stats(
    State(state): State<AppState>,
    Path(did): Path<String>,
 ) -> Result<Json<serde_json::Value>> {
-    let (count, total) = state.db.agent_bounty_stats(&did).await.unwrap_or((0, 0));
+    let visible = visible_repo_pairs(&state).await?;
+    let (count, total) = state.db.agent_bounty_stats_visible(&did, &visible).await?;
    Ok(Json(serde_json::json!({
        "did": did,
        "completed_bounties": count,
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub async fn list_certs(
                "node_did":   c.node_did,
                "signature":  c.signature,
                "issued_at":  c.issued_at,
+                "version":    c.version,
            })
        })
        .collect();
@@ -92,5 +93,6 @@ pub async fn get_cert(
        "node_did":   cert.node_did,
        "signature":  cert.signature,
        "issued_at":  cert.issued_at,
+        "version":    cert.version,
    })))
 }
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ use crate::state::AppState;

 /// Hard ceiling on rows any ref-update feed returns in one request. Shared by the
 /// shared collector's clamp and the per-handler request caps so they can't drift.
-const MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES: i64 = 200;
+/// `pub(crate)` so the GraphQL complexity meter can price against the same bound.
+pub(crate) const MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES: i64 = 200;

 /// Collect up to `limit` ref-update rows visible to `caller`, newest first,
 /// paging past rows the feed gate drops. Filtering after a plain SQL `LIMIT`
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ mod ref_updates_feed_tests {
            node_did: "did:key:z6MkNode".into(),
            signature: "sig".into(),
            issued_at: Utc::now().to_rfc3339(),
+            version: 1,
        }
    }

@@ -2133,7 +2133,15 @@ async fn gate_and_serve(
 /// Returns all CIDs that have been pinned to the local IPFS node from git
 /// objects received via push. Each entry includes the git SHA-256 hex, the
 /// CIDv1 string, and the timestamp when it was pinned.
-pub async fn list_pins(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Result<Json<serde_json::Value>> {
+pub async fn list_pins(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    auth: Option<Extension<crate::auth::AuthenticatedDid>>,
+) -> Result<Json<serde_json::Value>> {
+    if auth.is_none() {
+        return Err(crate::error::AppError::Unauthorized(
+            "authentication required for pin listing".into(),
+        ));
+    }
    // Bare `?` so connection-class sqlx failures downcast to `AppError::Db` and
    // map to 503 `db_unavailable` (not 500 via `.map_err(AppError::Internal)`) (#251).
    let pins = state.db.list_pinned_cids().await?;
@@ -2426,6 +2434,7 @@ mod closed_pool_tests {
            .oneshot(
                Request::builder()
                    .uri("/api/v1/ipfs/pins")
+                    .extension(crate::auth::AuthenticatedDid("did:key:test".into()))
                    .body(axum::body::Body::empty())
                    .unwrap(),
            )
@@ -8358,6 +8367,7 @@ mod tests {
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn get_by_cid_per_source_cap_sheds_same_source_admits_other() {
        let mut state = crate::test_support::test_state_lazy();
+        state.db.pool().close().await;
        // Global pool has room; the per-source cap is 1.
        state.git_ipfs_walk_semaphore = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(8));
        state.git_ipfs_walk_per_caller = crate::rate_limit::PerCallerConcurrency::new(1, 100);
@@ -8384,16 +8394,23 @@ mod tests {
            "a source at its per-source /ipfs walk cap must shed 503 with global capacity free"
        );

+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(resp.into_body(), 1024).await.unwrap();
+        let body: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(body["error"], "overloaded");
+
        // A DIFFERENT source is NOT shed by the per-source cap: it clears admission and
-        // proceeds (then errors on the lazy DB, which is not a 503).
+        // proceeds to the closed DB, which has a distinct db_unavailable error code.
        let resp = ipfs_router(state)
            .oneshot(get_cid(&cid, Some(other)))
            .await
            .unwrap();
-        assert_ne!(
-            resp.status(),
-            StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
-            "a different source must not be shed by the per-source cap"
+        assert_eq!(resp.status(), StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(resp.into_body(), 1024).await.unwrap();
+        let body: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            body["error"],
+            crate::error::DB_UNAVAILABLE_CODE,
+            "a different source must clear admission and reach the closed database"
        );
    }

@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ pub struct LabelRequest {
    pub label: String,
 }

-/// POST /api/v1/repos/:owner/:repo/labels
-pub async fn add_label(
-    State(state): State<AppState>,
-    Extension(auth): Extension<AuthenticatedDid>,
-    Path((owner, name)): Path<(String, String)>,
-    Json(req): Json<LabelRequest>,
-) -> Result<(StatusCode, Json<serde_json::Value>)> {
-    let label = req.label.trim().to_lowercase();
+/// Canonicalize and validate a label string. `add_label` and `remove_label`
+/// must agree on the form stored in the DB: `add_label` already trims and
+/// lowercases before storing, so `remove_label` has to do the same to find
+/// the row. Validation is shared so neither handler can drift on charset or
+/// length (#344).
+fn canonicalize_label(raw: &str) -> std::result::Result<String, AppError> {
+    let label = raw.trim().to_lowercase();
    if label.is_empty() || label.len() > 50 {
        return Err(AppError::BadRequest("label must be 1–50 characters".into()));
    }
@@ -33,6 +32,17 @@ pub async fn add_label(
            "label must contain only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and colons".into(),
        ));
    }
+    Ok(label)
+}
+
+/// POST /api/v1/repos/:owner/:repo/labels
+pub async fn add_label(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    Extension(auth): Extension<AuthenticatedDid>,
+    Path((owner, name)): Path<(String, String)>,
+    Json(req): Json<LabelRequest>,
+) -> Result<(StatusCode, Json<serde_json::Value>)> {
+    let label = canonicalize_label(&req.label)?;

    let record = state
        .db
@@ -59,6 +69,8 @@ pub async fn remove_label(
    Extension(auth): Extension<AuthenticatedDid>,
    Path((owner, name, label)): Path<(String, String, String)>,
 ) -> Result<Json<serde_json::Value>> {
+    let label = canonicalize_label(&label)?;
+
    let record = state
        .db
        .get_repo(&owner, &name)
@@ -66,7 +78,10 @@ pub async fn remove_label(
        .ok_or_else(|| AppError::RepoNotFound(format!("{owner}/{name}")))?;
    crate::api::require_repo_owner(&record, &auth.0)?;

-    state.db.remove_label(&record.id, &label).await?;
+    let removed = state.db.remove_label(&record.id, &label).await?;
+    if !removed {
+        return Err(AppError::NotFound(format!("label '{label}'")));
+    }
    Ok(Json(serde_json::json!({ "label": label, "removed": true })))
 }

@@ -80,15 +80,20 @@ pub(crate) fn did_matches(a: &str, b: &str) -> bool {
    !ka.contains(':') && !kb.contains(':') && ka == kb
 }

+/// Client-facing denial shared by every repo-owner gate copy. `require_repo_owner`
+/// renders it as `AppError::Forbidden`; a handler that emits its own
+/// `(StatusCode, Json)` envelope instead of `AppError` (e.g.
+/// `api::tasks::create_task`) must use this constant too, so two copies of one
+/// gate cannot drift in observable output.
+pub(crate) const REPO_OWNER_ONLY_MESSAGE: &str = "only the repo owner can perform this action";
+
 /// 403 unless `caller` is the repo owner. Uses [`did_matches`] so the owner check
 /// and the author check (close policy) share one normalization.
 pub(crate) fn require_repo_owner(record: &RepoRecord, caller: &str) -> Result<()> {
    if did_matches(caller, &record.owner_did) {
        Ok(())
    } else {
-        Err(AppError::Forbidden(
-            "only the repo owner can perform this action".into(),
-        ))
+        Err(AppError::Forbidden(REPO_OWNER_ONLY_MESSAGE.into()))
    }
 }

@@ -242,6 +247,11 @@ mod authz_guard {
            (events, "list_repo_events", "authorize_repo_read("),
            // Bucket C — signer-self: the acting DID is matched/bound to auth.0
            (tasks, "create_task", "did_matches("),
+            // #496: create_task is signer-self AND owner-when-repo-scoped — a
+            // repo_id naming a hosted repo admits tasks only from its owner.
+            // Both halves are pinned: the did_matches row guards the signer
+            // binding, this one the repo-ownership gate.
+            (tasks, "create_task", "require_repo_owner("),
            (tasks, "claim_task", "did_matches("),
            (tasks, "complete_task", "did_matches("),
            (tasks, "fail_task", "did_matches("),
@@ -341,7 +351,11 @@ mod authz_guard {
            (
                "create_task",
                "createTask",
-                &["require_signer(ctx)?", "did_matches("],
+                &[
+                    "require_signer(ctx)?",
+                    "did_matches(",
+                    "require_repo_owner(",
+                ],
            ),
            (
                "claim_task",
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ pub struct PeerResponse {
    pub reachable: bool,
 }

+pub(crate) const PUBLIC_HTTP_URL_REQUIREMENT: &str = "must be a public http(s) URL (no loopback, private, localhost, .localhost, .internal, or .local hosts)";
+
 /// Extract an IPv4 address embedded in an IPv6 literal across the transition
 /// formats that carry one: IPv4-mapped (`::ffff:a.b.c.d`), IPv4-compatible
 /// (`::a.b.c.d`), 6to4 (`2002:WWXX:YYZZ::/16`), and the NAT64 well-known prefix
@@ -104,8 +106,8 @@ fn embedded_ipv4(v6: std::net::Ipv6Addr) -> Option<std::net::Ipv4Addr> {

 /// Whether a peer `http_url` is a public http(s) endpoint safe to register.
 /// Rejects non-http(s) schemes, loopback/unspecified/private/link-local IPs,
-/// and `localhost` / `.local` / `.internal` hostnames. Used at announce time
-/// and by the boot-time prune of already-poisoned rows.
+/// and `localhost` / `.localhost` / `.local` / `.internal` hostnames. Used at
+/// announce time and by the boot-time prune of already-poisoned rows.
 pub fn is_public_http_url(raw: &str) -> bool {
    let url = match reqwest::Url::parse(raw) {
        Ok(u) => u,
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ pub fn is_public_http_url(raw: &str) -> bool {
    host.truncate(host.trim_end_matches('.').len());
    if host.is_empty()
        || host == "localhost"
+        || host.ends_with(".localhost")
        || host.ends_with(".local")
        || host.ends_with(".internal")
    {
@@ -260,9 +263,9 @@ pub async fn announce(
    // and turn our outbound sync-notify fan-out into an SSRF probe — and bury
    // the real peers under junk so node-origin repos stop replicating.
    if !is_public_http_url(&req.http_url) {
-        return Err(AppError::BadRequest(
-            "http_url must be a public http(s) URL (no loopback, private, or .internal/.local hosts)".into(),
-        ));
+        return Err(AppError::BadRequest(format!(
+            "http_url {PUBLIC_HTTP_URL_REQUIREMENT}"
+        )));
    }

    // Reject self-announcements: a peer row whose http_url is our own public
@@ -541,6 +544,7 @@ mod tests {
    fn rejects_loopback_private_and_internal() {
        for bad in [
            "http://localhost:7545",
+            "http://node.localhost:7545",
            "http://127.0.0.1:5432/",
            "http://localhost:22/",
            "http://0.0.0.0:7545",
@@ -620,11 +624,14 @@ mod tests {
    #[test]
    fn rejects_repeated_trailing_root_dots() {
        // Stripping a single root dot leaves `localhost.`, which matches
-        // neither the equality nor the suffix check. The subdomain form
-        // (`node.localhost..`) is not asserted here: `.localhost` is not yet a
-        // rejected suffix on this base, so that case belongs to whichever
-        // change adds it rather than to this one.
-        for bad in ["http://localhost../", "http://localhost...:7545"] {
+        // neither the equality nor the suffix check. The subdomain form now
+        // exercises the `.localhost` suffix rejection together with the extra
+        // trailing dot.
+        for bad in [
+            "http://localhost../",
+            "http://localhost...:7545",
+            "http://node.localhost../",
+        ] {
            assert!(!is_public_http_url(bad), "{bad:?} must be rejected");
        }
    }
@@ -1582,6 +1589,31 @@ mod tests {
        )
    }

+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn announce_rejects_localhost_subdomains_with_an_accurate_error(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+        let did = Keypair::generate().did().to_string();
+        let resp = announce_only(state.clone())
+            .oneshot(announce_as(
+                &did,
+                &announce_body(&did, "https://node.localhost:7545"),
+            ))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let (status, error, message) = status_and_error(resp).await;
+        assert_eq!(status, StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
+        assert_eq!(error, "bad_request");
+        assert_eq!(
+            message,
+            "http_url must be a public http(s) URL (no loopback, private, localhost, .localhost, .internal, or .local hosts)"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            snapshot(&state.db, &did).await.is_none(),
+            "a rejected .localhost announce must leave no row behind"
+        );
+    }
+
    /// U4 scenario 1, and the first test the keyid branch has ever had: a caller
    /// who proved control of one DID must not announce another's. Kills
    /// neutralizing the handler's keyid comparison, and kills demoting this
@@ -30,6 +30,33 @@ fn forbidden(msg: &str) -> (StatusCode, Json<Value>) {
    )
 }

+/// This module's error shape with an opaque body: the real error is logged
+/// server-side and never serialized (#250), matching the envelope
+/// `AppError::Db` renders. Also mirrors its status split: pool-class failures
+/// are a retryable 503 `db_unavailable`, everything else the opaque 500
+/// `db_error`, so a transient outage is not reported as permanent.
+fn db_error(e: anyhow::Error) -> (StatusCode, Json<Value>) {
+    tracing::error!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "task database error");
+    if let Some(sql) = e.chain().find_map(|c| c.downcast_ref::<sqlx::Error>()) {
+        if crate::error::db_unavailable(sql) {
+            return (
+                StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+                Json(json!({
+                    "error": crate::error::DB_UNAVAILABLE_CODE,
+                    "message": crate::error::DB_UNAVAILABLE_MESSAGE,
+                })),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    (
+        StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+        Json(json!({
+            "error": "db_error",
+            "message": crate::error::DB_ERROR_MESSAGE,
+        })),
+    )
+}
+
 // ── Request / response types ──────────────────────────────────────────────────

 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -101,6 +128,37 @@ pub async fn create_task(
    if !crate::api::did_matches(&auth.0, &body.delegator_did) {
        return Err(forbidden("delegator_did must be the authenticated signer"));
    }
+    // #496: a caller-supplied repo_id must name a repo the caller owns. Without
+    // this, any signed caller can plant a task — payload and UCAN included —
+    // under a foreign repo id, where the named assignee can claim it. Resolve
+    // the id against hosted repos: a hosted, non-quarantined repo admits tasks
+    // only from its owner (403 otherwise). An id naming no hosted repo
+    // (unknown, or quarantined — which is hidden as if it did not exist, so
+    // 403ing it would confirm a real id) is stored verbatim as an opaque
+    // label: this is a write gate and does not bind an unresolved id to a
+    // repo. Task reads are caller-independent on this base (the list endpoints
+    // are not repo-scoped), before and after this change. The 403-vs-201 split
+    // between a hosted repo id and an unknown one is itself a one-bit oracle —
+    // a stranger holding a private repo's id learns it is hosted here — but
+    // denying foreign repos requires drawing exactly that line, and repo ids
+    // already surface via the task list on this base. Repo-less tasks are
+    // unaffected.
+    if let Some(repo_id) = body.repo_id.as_deref() {
+        let record = state.db.get_repo_by_id(repo_id).await.map_err(db_error)?;
+        if let Some(record) = record {
+            let quarantined = state
+                .db
+                .is_repo_quarantined(&record.id)
+                .await
+                .map_err(db_error)?;
+            if !quarantined && crate::api::require_repo_owner(&record, &auth.0).is_err() {
+                // Same denial text the GraphQL copy relays from
+                // `require_repo_owner`, so the two copies of this gate do not
+                // disagree in observable output.
+                return Err(forbidden(crate::api::REPO_OWNER_ONLY_MESSAGE));
+            }
+        }
+    }
    let now = Utc::now().to_rfc3339();
    let task = AgentTask {
        id: Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
@@ -117,12 +175,7 @@ pub async fn create_task(
        updated_at: now,
        deadline: body.deadline,
    };
-    state.db.create_task(&task).await.map_err(|e| {
-        (
-            StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-            Json(json!({ "error": e.to_string() })),
-        )
-    })?;
+    let task = state.db.create_task(&task).await.map_err(db_error)?;
    Ok((StatusCode::CREATED, Json(task_to_json(&task))))
 }

@@ -175,16 +228,28 @@ pub async fn claim_task(
        return Err(forbidden("assignee_did must be the authenticated signer"));
    }
    let task = state.db.claim_task(&id, &auth.0).await.map_err(|e| {
+        if e.downcast_ref::<crate::db::TaskReservedForOtherAssignee>()
+            .is_some()
+        {
+            return forbidden("task not claimable: reserved for another assignee");
+        }
        (
            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
            Json(json!({ "error": e.to_string() })),
        )
    })?;
+    let by_did = task
+        .assignee_did
+        .as_deref()
+        .map(crate::db::trim_assignee_did)
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+        .map(str::to_string)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| auth.0.clone());
    let _ = state.task_event_tx.send(TaskEventBroadcast {
        task_id: id,
        old_status: "pending".to_string(),
        new_status: "claimed".to_string(),
-        by_did: auth.0,
+        by_did,
        at: Utc::now().to_rfc3339(),
    });
    Ok(Json(task_to_json(&task)))
@@ -219,14 +284,14 @@ pub async fn complete_task(
        })?;
    if !crate::api::did_matches(
        &auth.0,
-        existing.assignee_did.as_deref().unwrap_or_default(),
+        crate::db::trim_assignee_did(existing.assignee_did.as_deref().unwrap_or_default()),
    ) {
        return Err(forbidden("only the task assignee can complete it"));
    }
    let by_did = auth.0;
    let task = state
        .db
-        .finish_task(&id, "completed", body.result.as_deref())
+        .finish_task(&id, "completed", body.result.as_deref(), &by_did)
        .await
        .map_err(|e| {
            (
@@ -234,6 +299,13 @@ pub async fn complete_task(
                Json(json!({ "error": e.to_string() })),
            )
        })?;
+    let by_did = task
+        .assignee_did
+        .as_deref()
+        .map(crate::db::trim_assignee_did)
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+        .map(str::to_string)
+        .unwrap_or(by_did);
    let _ = state.task_event_tx.send(TaskEventBroadcast {
        task_id: id,
        old_status: "claimed".to_string(),
@@ -272,7 +344,7 @@ pub async fn fail_task(
        })?;
    if !crate::api::did_matches(
        &auth.0,
-        existing.assignee_did.as_deref().unwrap_or_default(),
+        crate::db::trim_assignee_did(existing.assignee_did.as_deref().unwrap_or_default()),
    ) {
        return Err(forbidden("only the task assignee can fail it"));
    }
@@ -280,7 +352,7 @@ pub async fn fail_task(
    let reason = body.reason.unwrap_or_default();
    let task = state
        .db
-        .finish_task(&id, "failed", Some(&reason))
+        .finish_task(&id, "failed", Some(&reason), &by_did)
        .await
        .map_err(|e| {
            (
@@ -288,6 +360,13 @@ pub async fn fail_task(
                Json(json!({ "error": e.to_string() })),
            )
        })?;
+    let by_did = task
+        .assignee_did
+        .as_deref()
+        .map(crate::db::trim_assignee_did)
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+        .map(str::to_string)
+        .unwrap_or(by_did);
    let _ = state.task_event_tx.send(TaskEventBroadcast {
        task_id: id,
        old_status: "claimed".to_string(),
@@ -297,3 +376,36 @@ pub async fn fail_task(
    });
    Ok(Json(task_to_json(&task)))
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// The gate's DB helper must mirror `AppError::Db`: a pool-level failure is
+    /// the retryable 503 `db_unavailable`, a query fault the opaque 500.
+    #[test]
+    fn db_error_matches_app_error_status_split() {
+        let unavailable = db_error(anyhow::Error::from(sqlx::Error::PoolTimedOut));
+        assert_eq!(unavailable.0, StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
+        assert_eq!(unavailable.1 .0["error"], crate::error::DB_UNAVAILABLE_CODE);
+        assert_eq!(
+            unavailable.1 .0["message"],
+            crate::error::DB_UNAVAILABLE_MESSAGE
+        );
+
+        let query = db_error(anyhow::Error::from(sqlx::Error::Protocol(
+            "column \"machine_id\" does not exist".into(),
+        )));
+        assert_eq!(query.0, StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+        assert_eq!(query.1 .0["error"], "db_error");
+        assert_eq!(query.1 .0["message"], crate::error::DB_ERROR_MESSAGE);
+        assert!(!query.1 .0.to_string().contains("machine_id"));
+    }
+
+    /// `.context()` layers must not hide the sqlx error from the status split.
+    #[test]
+    fn db_error_sees_sqlx_through_context() {
+        let wrapped = anyhow::Error::from(sqlx::Error::PoolClosed).context("repo lookup failed");
+        assert_eq!(db_error(wrapped).0, StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
+    }
+}
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ pub async fn create_webhook(
    // endpoints (SSRF). Delivery runs on the shared no-redirect client
    // (main.rs), which closes the 3xx-to-internal bounce.
    if !crate::api::peers::is_public_http_url(&req.url) {
-        return Err(AppError::BadRequest(
-            "webhook URL must be a public http(s) URL (no loopback, private, or .internal/.local hosts)".into(),
-        ));
+        return Err(AppError::BadRequest(format!(
+            "webhook URL {}",
+            crate::api::peers::PUBLIC_HTTP_URL_REQUIREMENT
+        )));
    }

    let events = req.events.unwrap_or_else(|| vec!["*".into()]);
@@ -141,7 +142,19 @@ pub async fn delete_webhook(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::api::peers::is_public_http_url;
+    use axum::extract::{Extension, Path, State};
+    use axum::Json;
+    use chrono::Utc;
+    use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+    use sqlx::PgPool;
+    use uuid::Uuid;
+
+    use super::{create_webhook, CreateWebhookRequest};
+    use crate::api::peers::{is_public_http_url, PUBLIC_HTTP_URL_REQUIREMENT};
+    use crate::auth::AuthenticatedDid;
+    use crate::db::RepoRecord;
+    use crate::error::AppError;
+    use crate::test_support::test_state;

    // create_webhook gates req.url through is_public_http_url. Pin the exact
    // SSRF targets from issue #81 so the webhook path can never regress to the
@@ -152,6 +165,7 @@ mod tests {
            "http://127.0.0.1:5432/",
            "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/",
            "http://localhost/",
+            "http://node.localhost/",
            "http://10.0.0.5/",
            "http://[::1]/",
            // IPv6 transition encodings smuggling loopback v4 (6to4 / NAT64).
@@ -169,4 +183,53 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(is_public_http_url("https://hooks.example.com/gitlawb"));
        assert!(is_public_http_url("http://203.0.113.10:7545/"));
    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn webhook_localhost_rejection_uses_shared_public_url_contract(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+        let owner = Keypair::generate().did().to_string();
+        let repo_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        state
+            .db
+            .create_repo(&RepoRecord {
+                id: repo_id.clone(),
+                name: "webhook-contract".to_string(),
+                owner_did: owner.clone(),
+                description: None,
+                is_public: true,
+                default_branch: "main".to_string(),
+                created_at: Utc::now(),
+                updated_at: Utc::now(),
+                disk_path: "/tmp/webhook-contract.git".to_string(),
+                forked_from: None,
+                machine_id: None,
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let result = create_webhook(
+            State(state.clone()),
+            Extension(AuthenticatedDid(owner.clone())),
+            Path((owner, "webhook-contract".to_string())),
+            Json(CreateWebhookRequest {
+                url: "https://node.localhost/hook".to_string(),
+                secret: None,
+                events: None,
+            }),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        match result {
+            Err(AppError::BadRequest(message)) => assert_eq!(
+                message,
+                format!("webhook URL {PUBLIC_HTTP_URL_REQUIREMENT}")
+            ),
+            Err(error) => panic!("unexpected webhook rejection: {error}"),
+            Ok(_) => panic!("a .localhost webhook must be rejected"),
+        }
+        assert!(
+            state.db.list_webhooks(&repo_id).await.unwrap().is_empty(),
+            "a rejected .localhost webhook must leave no row behind"
+        );
+    }
 }
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ mod tests {
            push_limiter_trust: crate::rate_limit::TrustedProxy::None,
            sync_trigger_rate_limiter: RateLimiter::new(60, Duration::from_secs(3600)),
            peer_write_rate_limiter: RateLimiter::new(600, Duration::from_secs(3600)),
+            federated_rate_limiter: RateLimiter::new_bounded(12, Duration::from_secs(60), 10_000),
            shutdown_tx: tokio::sync::watch::channel(false).0,
            git_read_semaphore: Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(64)),
            git_write_semaphore: Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(64)),
@@ -11,6 +11,74 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 use crate::db::RefCertificate;
 use crate::state::AppState;

+/// Build the v1 signing payload — the EXACT bytes the node signs and
+/// gl's `verify_signature` reconstructs. This is the single source
+/// of truth shared by `issue_ref_certificate` and the frozen
+/// canonical-form tests below; drift here is what would break every
+/// existing cert.
+///
+/// Field order and key set are fixed: a default `serde_json::Value`
+/// serializes `Map<String, Value>` with sorted keys, so any change to
+/// the literal is observable as a different byte sequence on the
+/// wire.
+///
+/// v1 is the unversioned legacy shape: no `version` key in the signed
+/// JSON. From v2 onward the version belongs INSIDE the signed bytes
+/// (see `v2_signing_payload`): leaving it as an unsigned sibling
+/// would let a future v2 cert be downgraded to v1 and still verify
+/// cleanly, since the bytes would be identical.
+pub(crate) fn v1_signing_payload(
+    repo_id: &str,
+    ref_name: &str,
+    old_sha: &str,
+    new_sha: &str,
+    pusher_did: &str,
+    node_did: &str,
+    issued_at: &str,
+) -> serde_json::Value {
+    serde_json::json!({
+        "repo_id": repo_id,
+        "ref":     ref_name,
+        "old":     old_sha,
+        "new":     new_sha,
+        "pusher":  pusher_did,
+        "node":    node_did,
+        "ts":      issued_at,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Build the v2 signing payload — the future shape for versioned
+/// certs. Identical to v1 except the wire `version` is part of the
+/// signed bytes, so stripping or flipping the `version` column
+/// invalidates the signature instead of verifying cleanly under the
+/// other version's path.
+///
+/// NOT yet issued: `issue_ref_certificate` still stamps v1 because
+/// the shipped `gl` verifier only supports v1. This builder exists
+/// to pin the downgrade-resistant shape now, before any v2 cert is
+/// ever signed.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub(crate) fn v2_signing_payload(
+    repo_id: &str,
+    ref_name: &str,
+    old_sha: &str,
+    new_sha: &str,
+    pusher_did: &str,
+    node_did: &str,
+    issued_at: &str,
+) -> serde_json::Value {
+    serde_json::json!({
+        "repo_id": repo_id,
+        "ref":     ref_name,
+        "old":     old_sha,
+        "new":     new_sha,
+        "pusher":  pusher_did,
+        "node":    node_did,
+        "ts":      issued_at,
+        "version": 2,
+    })
+}
+
 /// Issue a signed ref-update certificate for a successful push.
 ///
 /// Builds a canonical JSON payload, signs it with the node's Ed25519 key,
@@ -26,16 +94,12 @@ pub async fn issue_ref_certificate(
    let node_did = state.node_did.to_string();
    let issued_at = Utc::now().to_rfc3339();

-    // Build the canonical signing payload.
-    let payload = serde_json::json!({
-        "repo_id": repo_id,
-        "ref":     ref_name,
-        "old":     old_sha,
-        "new":     new_sha,
-        "pusher":  pusher_did,
-        "node":    node_did,
-        "ts":      issued_at,
-    });
+    // Build the canonical signing payload via the shared builder so
+    // the frozen-vector test below and the live signer cannot drift
+    // apart — a regression in either side fails both.
+    let payload = v1_signing_payload(
+        repo_id, ref_name, old_sha, new_sha, pusher_did, &node_did, &issued_at,
+    );
    let payload_bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&payload)?;

    let signature = state.node_keypair.sign_b64(&payload_bytes);
@@ -50,9 +114,351 @@ pub async fn issue_ref_certificate(
        node_did,
        signature,
        issued_at,
+        // #26 Split PR 3: the wire-format version. New certs stamp
+        // v1 — the pre-versioning 7-field payload with no `version`
+        // key in the signed JSON — because the shipped `gl`
+        // verifier only supports v1. Stamping v2 here would issue
+        // certificates the shipped client refuses (round-3
+        // finding: node pinned `version == 2` while gl pinned
+        // "2 is refused", with nothing exercising the
+        // composition). v2 is reserved for the future shape
+        // defined by `v2_signing_payload`, which carries the
+        // version INSIDE the signed bytes; land the v2 verify
+        // path before stamping v2.
+        version: 1,
    };

    // Persist and return the row as it exists in the database (on a
    // conflict the existing row survives when it is newer).
    state.db.insert_ref_certificate(&cert).await
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod v1_payload_tests {
+    //! #26 Split PR 3 — cert payload version compat.
+    //!
+    //! The v1 cert payload is the frozen canonical byte form the
+    //! node signs. gl's `verify_signature` reconstructs the same
+    //! payload and verifies. Any drift in field order, key set, or
+    //! whitespace breaks every existing cert. The tests here pin
+    //! the v1 payload shape, the round-trip, the cert id
+    //! determinism per the v1 version, and the v2 read forward
+    //! compat (an unknown version refuses to verify rather than
+    //! guessing).
+    //!
+    //! Reviewer 1 finding: the live signer (`issue_ref_certificate`)
+    //! and the frozen-vector test (`v1_payload_matches_frozen_canonical_form`)
+    //! previously held two separate `serde_json::json!` literals,
+    //! so a regression in the signer could not fail this test.
+    //! Both now go through the shared `v1_signing_payload` builder.
+    use super::{v1_signing_payload, v2_signing_payload};
+    use crate::db::RefCertificate;
+    use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+    /// v1 payload is the same shape the legacy code signed, byte
+    /// for byte. Reverting this assertion to the v2 shape (which
+    /// includes a `version` key) is what the versioned format
+    /// forbids: an old client reading a v1 cert must not see a
+    /// `version` key in the signed JSON.
+    ///
+    /// The literal is built via the shared `v1_signing_payload`
+    /// helper that `issue_ref_certificate` also uses, so the live
+    /// signer and the frozen vector share one source of truth.
+    #[test]
+    fn v1_payload_matches_frozen_canonical_form() {
+        let payload = v1_signing_payload(
+            "repo-1",
+            "refs/heads/main",
+            &"0".repeat(40),
+            &"a".repeat(40),
+            "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "did:key:z6MkNode",
+            "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+        );
+        let frozen = format!(
+            r#"{{"new":"{}","node":"did:key:z6MkNode","old":"{}","pusher":"did:key:z6MkPusher","ref":"refs/heads/main","repo_id":"repo-1","ts":"2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00"}}"#,
+            "a".repeat(40),
+            "0".repeat(40),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(serde_json::to_string(&payload).unwrap(), frozen);
+    }
+
+    /// Round-trip: sign the v1 payload with a keypair, build a
+    /// RefCertificate with version: 1, and verify the structure.
+    /// This is the construction the live code does on every push.
+    ///
+    /// Uses the shared builder for both halves so a regression in
+    /// the live signer (adding/removing/renaming a field) cannot
+    /// pass this test by accident.
+    #[test]
+    fn v1_ref_certificate_structure_is_well_formed() {
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let node_did = kp.did().as_str().to_string();
+        let payload = v1_signing_payload(
+            "repo-1",
+            "refs/heads/main",
+            &"0".repeat(40),
+            &"a".repeat(40),
+            "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            &node_did,
+            "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+        );
+        let payload_bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&payload).unwrap();
+        let sig = kp.sign_b64(&payload_bytes);
+        let cert = RefCertificate {
+            id: "cert-id".into(),
+            repo_id: "repo-1".into(),
+            ref_name: "refs/heads/main".into(),
+            old_sha: "0".repeat(40),
+            new_sha: "a".repeat(40),
+            pusher_did: "did:key:z6MkPusher".into(),
+            node_did: node_did.clone(),
+            signature: sig.clone(),
+            issued_at: "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00".into(),
+            version: 1,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(cert.version, 1, "new certs carry version: 1");
+        // The signed payload reconstructs identically: gl's
+        // verify_signature would build the same JSON, hash the
+        // same bytes, and verify the same signature.
+        let reconstructed = v1_signing_payload(
+            &cert.repo_id,
+            &cert.ref_name,
+            &cert.old_sha,
+            &cert.new_sha,
+            &cert.pusher_did,
+            &cert.node_did,
+            &cert.issued_at,
+        );
+        let reconstructed_bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&reconstructed).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            reconstructed_bytes, payload_bytes,
+            "the round-trip serialization must be byte-identical; \
+             this is what makes gl's verify_signature succeed"
+        );
+        // Round 3 (P3 reviewer): byte-equality alone never calls
+        // `identity::verify`, so a bad signature helper would pass.
+        // Verify the computed signature against the reconstructed
+        // bytes — the same check gl performs.
+        let vk = node_did
+            .parse::<gitlawb_core::did::Did>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_verifying_key()
+            .unwrap();
+        use base64::{engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD, Engine};
+        let sig_bytes: [u8; 64] = URL_SAFE_NO_PAD
+            .decode(&cert.signature)
+            .unwrap()
+            .try_into()
+            .unwrap();
+        gitlawb_core::identity::verify(&vk, &reconstructed_bytes, &sig_bytes)
+            .expect("well-formed v1 cert signature must verify");
+    }
+
+    /// Reviewer 1 finding: the live signer must share the
+    /// canonical-form literal so a regression in either side
+    /// fails both. This test pins the shared builder's output
+    /// against the literal a future v2 byte stream would have
+    /// to break — if someone adds a `version` key to
+    /// `v1_signing_payload`, every existing cert breaks verify,
+    /// and this test is one of the canaries that fires.
+    #[test]
+    fn v1_signing_payload_has_no_version_key() {
+        let payload = v1_signing_payload(
+            "repo-1",
+            "refs/heads/main",
+            "oldsha",
+            "newsha",
+            "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "did:key:z6MkNode",
+            "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+        );
+        let obj = payload.as_object().expect("payload is a JSON object");
+        assert!(
+            !obj.contains_key("version"),
+            "v1 signing payload must not carry a `version` key — adding \
+             one changes the bytes and breaks every existing cert's \
+             signature. v2 certs build a different payload, not this one"
+        );
+        // Pin the exact set so a future field addition is caught.
+        let expected: std::collections::BTreeSet<&str> =
+            ["new", "node", "old", "pusher", "ref", "repo_id", "ts"]
+                .into_iter()
+                .collect();
+        let actual: std::collections::BTreeSet<&str> = obj.keys().map(String::as_str).collect();
+        assert_eq!(actual, expected, "v1 payload key set is frozen");
+    }
+
+    /// Round 3 (P2 reviewer): from v2 onward the version belongs
+    /// INSIDE the signed bytes. v1 stays the unversioned legacy
+    /// shape; v2 carries `"version": 2` in the payload so a
+    /// version flip without re-signing invalidates the signature
+    /// instead of verifying cleanly under the other path.
+    #[test]
+    fn v2_signing_payload_binds_version_and_resists_downgrade() {
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let node_did = kp.did().as_str().to_string();
+        let ts = "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00";
+        let v1 = v1_signing_payload(
+            "repo-1",
+            "refs/heads/main",
+            "oldsha",
+            "newsha",
+            "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            &node_did,
+            ts,
+        );
+        let v2 = v2_signing_payload(
+            "repo-1",
+            "refs/heads/main",
+            "oldsha",
+            "newsha",
+            "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            &node_did,
+            ts,
+        );
+        let v2_obj = v2.as_object().expect("v2 payload is a JSON object");
+        assert_eq!(
+            v2_obj.get("version"),
+            Some(&serde_json::json!(2)),
+            "v2 payload must carry the version inside the signed bytes"
+        );
+        let v1_bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&v1).unwrap();
+        let v2_bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&v2).unwrap();
+        assert_ne!(
+            v1_bytes, v2_bytes,
+            "v1 and v2 payloads must differ, otherwise a version flip is cryptographically invisible"
+        );
+
+        // A signature over v1 must NOT verify as v2 and vice versa.
+        let vk = node_did
+            .parse::<gitlawb_core::did::Did>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_verifying_key()
+            .unwrap();
+        use base64::{engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD, Engine};
+        let sig_v1 = kp.sign_b64(&v1_bytes);
+        let sig_v1_bytes: [u8; 64] = URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.decode(&sig_v1).unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            gitlawb_core::identity::verify(&vk, &v1_bytes, &sig_v1_bytes).is_ok(),
+            "v1 signature must verify under v1 bytes"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            gitlawb_core::identity::verify(&vk, &v2_bytes, &sig_v1_bytes).is_err(),
+            "a v1 signature presented as v2 (downgrade/upgrade flip) must not verify"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// The live issuer stamps the version the shipped client can
+    /// verify. The gl client refuses to verify v2 certs explicitly;
+    /// this test pins that the version the ISSUING PATH claims
+    /// agrees with the payload shape it actually signs.
+    ///
+    /// Round 2: the prior form built a `RefCertificate` literal with
+    /// `version: 1` and asserted `version == 1` — true no matter what the
+    /// signer does, so flipping the issuer's version (or its payload shape)
+    /// left it green. This one drives the actual
+    /// `issue_ref_certificate` so a regression in the issuer flips the test.
+    /// The DB row is created against `test_support::test_state`, which
+    /// gives us a real `AppState` with a real node keypair.
+    ///
+    /// Round 3: the issuer stamps v1 because the shipped `gl`
+    /// verifier only supports v1 (stamping v2 shipped certs the
+    /// client refuses). The binding to the live issuer is kept —
+    /// flipping the stamp still turns this test red — without
+    /// changing what production issues.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    #[allow(clippy::async_yields_async)]
+    async fn issuer_stamps_v1_over_v1_payload(pool: sqlx::PgPool) {
+        let state = crate::test_support::test_state(pool.clone()).await;
+        let repo_id = "repo-issuer-observe";
+        let ref_name = "refs/heads/main";
+        let old = "0".repeat(40);
+        let new = "a".repeat(40);
+        let pusher = "did:key:z6MkPusher";
+
+        // Drive the live issuer and read the persisted row back by
+        // id, so the test covers the stored `version` column and
+        // not just the in-process return value.
+        let cert =
+            crate::cert::issue_ref_certificate(&state, repo_id, ref_name, &old, &new, pusher)
+                .await
+                .expect("issue_ref_certificate must succeed");
+
+        // The cert returned by the issuer is the source of truth
+        // for both the version claim and the signed bytes.
+        assert_eq!(cert.repo_id, repo_id);
+        assert_eq!(cert.ref_name, ref_name);
+
+        // Cross-check 1: the issuer's claimed version must match
+        // what the live function stamps. This assertion is bound
+        // to the live function, not a hand-built literal:
+        // flipping the stamp in `issue_ref_certificate` breaks it
+        // through the actual call path.
+        assert_eq!(
+            cert.version, 1,
+            "the live issuer must stamp v1 until a v2 verifier ships; \
+             flipping the stamp breaks this assertion through the actual call path"
+        );
+
+        // Cross-check 1b: the persisted row carries the same stamp.
+        let stored = state
+            .db
+            .get_ref_certificate(&cert.id)
+            .await
+            .expect("persisted cert must be readable")
+            .expect("persisted cert must exist");
+        assert_eq!(
+            stored.version, cert.version,
+            "the stored version column must match the issued claim"
+        );
+
+        // Cross-check 2: the signature on the cert must verify
+        // against the v1 payload builder's bytes, not against some
+        // other shape the issuer might have introduced. This is
+        // what gl's `verify_signature` does for a v1 cert: rebuild
+        // the payload from the cert's own fields and verify the
+        // signature. If the issuer ever signs a different shape
+        // while still claiming v1, every shipped client breaks —
+        // and so does this.
+        let rebuilt = v1_signing_payload(
+            &cert.repo_id,
+            &cert.ref_name,
+            &cert.old_sha,
+            &cert.new_sha,
+            &cert.pusher_did,
+            &cert.node_did,
+            &cert.issued_at,
+        );
+        let vk = cert
+            .node_did
+            .parse::<gitlawb_core::did::Did>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_verifying_key()
+            .unwrap();
+        use base64::{engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD, Engine};
+        let sig_bytes: [u8; 64] = URL_SAFE_NO_PAD
+            .decode(&cert.signature)
+            .unwrap()
+            .try_into()
+            .unwrap();
+        gitlawb_core::identity::verify(&vk, &serde_json::to_vec(&rebuilt).unwrap(), &sig_bytes)
+            .expect("a v1 cert's signature must verify against the v1 payload shape");
+
+        // Cross-check 3: the v1 signed payload must NOT contain a
+        // version key — v2 is the future shape that adds one inside
+        // the signed bytes (see `v2_signing_payload`). The v1
+        // payload (which the cert is signed over) is frozen at 7
+        // fields. A change that adds `version` to the v1 payload
+        // breaks every existing cert and this test.
+        let obj = rebuilt
+            .as_object()
+            .expect("rebuilt v1 payload is a JSON object");
+        assert!(
+            !obj.contains_key("version"),
+            "the v1 signing payload must not carry a version key — \
+             adding one changes the bytes and breaks every existing \
+             cert's signature"
+        );
+    }
+}
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ pub struct Config {
    #[arg(long, env = "GITLAWB_PUBLIC_URL")]
    pub public_url: Option<String>,

+    /// Base URL for the web view of repos on this node (e.g. https://gitlawb.com).
+    /// When set, `GET /` advertises it as `web_url` so the CLI can print a
+    /// working `View:` link.  Omit for nodes that have no web front-end.
+    #[arg(long, env = "GITLAWB_WEB_URL")]
+    pub web_url: Option<String>,
+
    /// Comma-separated list of bootstrap peer URLs to announce to on startup
    #[arg(long, env = "GITLAWB_BOOTSTRAP_PEERS", value_delimiter = ',')]
    pub bootstrap_peers: Vec<String>,
@@ -803,7 +809,13 @@ impl Config {
    /// Cross-field boot validation. Single-field ranges are enforced by clap; this
    /// catches combinations that ship a denial-of-service under otherwise-valid
    /// values. Call once at startup and fail fast on `Err`.
-    pub fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), String> {
+    ///
+    /// `&mut self` is required so the validator can normalize `web_url` to
+    /// its canonical form after validation: the configured value is
+    /// advertised on public `GET /`, and any consumer reading
+    /// `config.web_url` later must see the same string that was actually
+    /// validated.
+    pub fn validate(&mut self) -> Result<(), String> {
        // Concurrent git writes pin the dedicated lock pool for their whole
        // duration (connection-affine advisory lock in acquire_write). The main
        // pool no longer carries that occupancy.
@@ -920,10 +932,101 @@ impl Config {
                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
        }

+        // GITLAWB_WEB_URL is advertised in GET / so the CLI can print a working
+        // View: link. Clap maps "" to Some("") which would produce a broken URL;
+        // reject early instead of serving a malformed link. Non-blank values must
+        // additionally parse as an absolute http(s) URL — the CLI appends
+        // `/{owner}/{repo}` to it, so scheme-less hosts ("gitlawb.com") and other
+        // garbage would render links no browser can follow.
+        if let Some(raw) = &self.web_url {
+            match validate_web_url(raw) {
+                Ok(()) => {}
+                Err(reason) => {
+                    return Err(format!(
+                        "GITLAWB_WEB_URL {reason} — \
+                         set it to an absolute URL like https://gitlawb.com or leave it unset."
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+            // Normalize to one canonical form so every consumer (the regular
+            // and degraded `GET /` handlers, anyone who reads
+            // `config.web_url` directly) sees the same string that was
+            // actually validated. The CLI's own defensive trim would paper
+            // over the divergence on the `View:` line, but that hides the
+            // bug from any other consumer that parses the value verbatim.
+            let canonical = raw
+                .trim()
+                .parse::<url::Url>()
+                .map(|u| u.to_string())
+                .map_err(|_| "is not a valid absolute URL".to_string())?;
+            if canonical != *raw {
+                self.web_url = Some(canonical);
+            }
+        }
+
        Ok(())
    }
 }

+/// Validate a `web_url` value for use as a browser-reachable base URL.
+/// Blank values are rejected (clap maps `--web-url ""` to `Some("")`), and
+/// non-blank values must parse as absolute `http`/`https` URLs with no
+/// query, fragment, or userinfo — the CLI treats this as a string prefix
+/// to append paths to, so anything else produces links no browser can
+/// follow (`?a=1/owner/repo` puts the repo path inside the query string);
+/// and userinfo is rejected outright because the configured value is
+/// published on public `GET /` and reprinted on the CLI's `View:` line,
+/// so an accidentally configured password would land in public metadata,
+/// terminal scrollback, and CI logs.
+pub(crate) fn validate_web_url(raw: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if raw.trim().is_empty() {
+        return Err("must not be empty or whitespace-only".into());
+    }
+    let parsed: url::Url = raw
+        .trim()
+        .parse()
+        .map_err(|_| "is not a valid absolute URL".to_string())?;
+    match parsed.scheme() {
+        "http" | "https" => {}
+        other => return Err(format!("must use http or https, got '{other}:'")),
+    }
+    // url::Url cannot represent a URL without a host for http/https schemes, so
+    // reaching here guarantees an absolute browser-usable base.
+    if parsed.query().is_some() {
+        return Err(
+            "must not contain a query string — it is used as a path prefix for View links".into(),
+        );
+    }
+    if parsed.fragment().is_some() {
+        return Err(
+            "must not contain a fragment — it is used as a path prefix for View links".into(),
+        );
+    }
+    if !parsed.username().is_empty() || parsed.password().is_some() {
+        return Err(
+            "must not contain a username or password — it is advertised publicly and printed on the View: line"
+                .into(),
+        );
+    }
+    // Bidi/control bytes can hide behind percent-encoding: a literal scan of
+    // the wire form misses `.../%E2%80%AE` even though a browser decodes it
+    // into a reordering character on the rendered View: link. Check the
+    // decoded host and path before the value is advertised on GET / (INV-6).
+    let host = parsed.host_str().unwrap_or("");
+    let decoded_path = percent_encoding::percent_decode_str(parsed.path()).decode_utf8_lossy();
+    if host
+        .chars()
+        .chain(decoded_path.chars())
+        .any(|c| c.is_control() || gitlawb_core::sanitize::is_bidi_format(c))
+    {
+        return Err(
+            "must not contain control or bidi characters, even percent-encoded — the View: line is terminal output"
+                .into(),
+        );
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -1566,7 +1669,7 @@ mod tests {
            .expect("default config must validate");

        // An under-sized lock pool relative to the push cap is rejected.
-        let under_lock = Config::parse_from([
+        let mut under_lock = Config::parse_from([
            "gitlawb-node",
            "--db-lock-pool-max-connections",
            "16",
@@ -1579,7 +1682,7 @@ mod tests {
        );

        // Exactly at the push cap without non-push headroom is rejected.
-        let push_only = Config::parse_from([
+        let mut push_only = Config::parse_from([
            "gitlawb-node",
            "--db-lock-pool-max-connections",
            "32",
@@ -1592,7 +1695,7 @@ mod tests {
        );

        // Main pool can be smaller than pushes + headroom when the lock pool carries writes.
-        let split = Config::parse_from([
+        let mut split = Config::parse_from([
            "gitlawb-node",
            "--db-max-connections",
            "16",
@@ -1607,13 +1710,153 @@ mod tests {
        );

        // Main pool still needs the app headroom floor.
-        let under_main = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node", "--db-max-connections", "4"]);
+        let mut under_main = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node", "--db-max-connections", "4"]);
        assert!(
            under_main.validate().is_err(),
            "db_max_connections below DB_POOL_APP_HEADROOM must be rejected"
        );
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn web_url_rejects_empty_and_whitespace() {
+        // Unset is fine.
+        Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"])
+            .validate()
+            .expect("no web_url must validate");
+
+        // A real URL validates.
+        let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+        cfg.web_url = Some("https://gitlawb.com".into());
+        assert!(cfg.validate().is_ok());
+
+        // Empty string is rejected.
+        let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+        cfg.web_url = Some("".into());
+        assert!(cfg.validate().is_err(), "empty web_url must be rejected");
+
+        // Whitespace-only is rejected.
+        let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+        cfg.web_url = Some("   ".into());
+        assert!(
+            cfg.validate().is_err(),
+            "whitespace-only web_url must be rejected"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn web_url_rejects_non_absolute_or_non_browser_urls() {
+        // Scheme-less host: parses nowhere, renders a broken View: link.
+        for bad in [
+            "gitlawb.com",
+            "not a url",
+            "ftp://files.example.com",
+            "javascript:alert(1)",
+            "https://", // no host
+        ] {
+            let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+            cfg.web_url = Some(bad.into());
+            assert!(cfg.validate().is_err(), "web_url {bad:?} must be rejected");
+        }
+
+        // Query strings and fragments corrupt the appended repo path, since
+        // web_url is used as a raw string prefix (`?a=1` would swallow
+        // `/{owner}/{repo}` into the query).
+        for bad in [
+            "https://gitlawb.com?a=1",
+            "https://gitlawb.com/?utm_source=docs",
+            "https://gitlawb.com#section",
+            "https://gitlawb.com/#faq",
+        ] {
+            let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+            cfg.web_url = Some(bad.into());
+            assert!(
+                cfg.validate().is_err(),
+                "web_url {bad:?} (query or fragment) must be rejected"
+            );
+        }
+
+        // Surrounding whitespace around a valid URL is tolerated.
+        let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+        cfg.web_url = Some("  https://gitlawb.com  ".into());
+        assert!(
+            cfg.validate().is_ok(),
+            "padded-but-valid web_url must validate"
+        );
+
+        // Percent-encoded bidi must not boot: the wire form carries no Cf
+        // code point, but a browser decodes %E2%80%AE into a reordering
+        // character on the rendered View: link (INV-6). Literal bidi and
+        // control bytes are rejected the same way.
+        for bad in [
+            "https://example.com/%E2%80%AE",
+            "https://example.com/\u{202e}spoof",
+            "https://example.com/%1b[31m",
+        ] {
+            let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+            cfg.web_url = Some(bad.into());
+            assert!(
+                cfg.validate().is_err(),
+                "web_url {bad:?} (control or bidi, even encoded) must be rejected"
+            );
+        }
+
+        // Non-default ports and paths are fine.
+        let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+        cfg.web_url = Some("http://localhost:8080/ui".into());
+        assert!(cfg.validate().is_ok(), "port+path web_url must validate");
+
+        // Userinfo must be rejected: `web_url` is published on public
+        // `GET /` and reprinted on the CLI's `View:` line, so an
+        // accidentally configured password would land in public metadata,
+        // terminal scrollback, and CI logs. Reject username-only and
+        // user+password forms.
+        for bad in [
+            "https://[email protected]",
+            "https://user:[email protected]",
+            "https://:[email protected]",
+        ] {
+            let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+            cfg.web_url = Some(bad.into());
+            assert!(
+                cfg.validate().is_err(),
+                "web_url {bad:?} (userinfo) must be rejected"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `validate()` accepts whitespace-padded input but the stored value
+    /// must match the canonical form actually validated, so every consumer
+    /// (the regular and degraded `GET /` handlers, anyone who reads
+    /// `config.web_url` directly) sees the same string. Without this, an
+    /// operator that sets `GITLAWB_WEB_URL="  https://git.example  "` boots
+    /// a node that advertises `"  https://git.example  "` on public
+    /// metadata — different from what was validated, different from what
+    /// any other consumer would parse.
+    #[test]
+    fn web_url_is_normalized_to_canonical_form_after_validation() {
+        // Padded input is rewritten to the canonical form. `url::Url`'s
+        // own `to_string` is what we use for the canonicalization, and
+        // it always appends a path-separator slash to a bare-host URL,
+        // so the stored value is `https://git.example/` (which is also
+        // what every browser would normalize the operator-typed form to).
+        let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+        cfg.web_url = Some("  https://git.example  ".into());
+        cfg.validate().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            cfg.web_url.as_deref(),
+            Some("https://git.example/"),
+            "stored web_url must be the canonical form, not the operator-typed one"
+        );
+
+        // Already-canonical input is left alone after a no-op
+        // re-normalization — same form comes back out, so any consumer
+        // reading the stored value sees a stable string across calls.
+        let mut cfg = Config::parse_from(["gitlawb-node"]);
+        cfg.web_url = Some("https://git.example/".into());
+        cfg.validate().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cfg.web_url.as_deref(), Some("https://git.example/"));
+    }
+
    /// The DECLARED default, read off the parser rather than out of a parse.
    ///
    /// `Config::parse_from` consults the process environment, so on a host that
@@ -1878,7 +2121,7 @@ mod tests {
        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&target, &link).unwrap();
        let key_path = link.join("p2p.key");

-        let config = Config::parse_from([
+        let mut config = Config::parse_from([
            "gitlawb-node",
            "--p2p-port",
            "0",
@@ -1973,7 +2216,7 @@ mod tests {
            let key_path = build(base.path());
            let before = snapshot(base.path());

-            let config = Config::parse_from([
+            let mut config = Config::parse_from([
                "gitlawb-node",
                "--p2p-port",
                "7546",
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub const DB_ERROR_MESSAGE: &str = "a database error occurred";

 /// Connection-level sqlx failures that mean the database is unreachable right
 /// now (retryable, 503), as opposed to server-reported query errors.
-fn db_unavailable(e: &sqlx::Error) -> bool {
+pub(crate) fn db_unavailable(e: &sqlx::Error) -> bool {
    matches!(
        e,
        sqlx::Error::PoolTimedOut
@@ -141,19 +141,10 @@ pub fn resolve_issue_id(repo_path: &Path, id_or_prefix: &str) -> Result<Option<S
        return Ok(None);
    }

-    // Try exact match first — fast path for callers passing the full UUID.
+    // List all refs that start with the given string; the glob also matches the exact
+    // ref. The id handed back is always git's own refname, never the request input.
    let exact_ref = format!("refs/gitlawb/issues/{id_or_prefix}");
-    let check = Command::new("git")
-        .args(["cat-file", "-e", &exact_ref])
-        .current_dir(repo_path)
-        .output()
-        .context("failed to run git cat-file -e")?;
-    if check.status.success() {
-        return Ok(Some(id_or_prefix.to_string()));
-    }
-
-    // Prefix search: list all refs that start with the given string.
-    let prefix_glob = format!("refs/gitlawb/issues/{id_or_prefix}*");
+    let prefix_glob = format!("{exact_ref}*");
    let list = Command::new("git")
        .args(["for-each-ref", "--format=%(refname)", &prefix_glob])
        .current_dir(repo_path)
@@ -165,25 +156,44 @@ pub fn resolve_issue_id(repo_path: &Path, id_or_prefix: &str) -> Result<Option<S
    }

    let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&list.stdout);
-    let matches: Vec<&str> = output.lines().filter(|l| !l.trim().is_empty()).collect();
+    let matches: Vec<&str> = output
+        .lines()
+        .map(str::trim)
+        .filter(|l| !l.is_empty())
+        .collect();

-    match matches.len() {
-        0 => Ok(None),
-        1 => {
-            // Strip the "refs/gitlawb/issues/" prefix to get the bare ID.
-            let full_id = matches[0]
-                .trim()
-                .strip_prefix("refs/gitlawb/issues/")
-                .unwrap_or(matches[0].trim())
-                .to_string();
-            Ok(Some(full_id))
+    // An exact id wins over longer ids that share it as a prefix, but only if its
+    // object exists: for-each-ref also lists a ref whose blob is missing, so a
+    // dangling exact ref falls through to the prefix rules below.
+    let exact = match matches.iter().find(|m| **m == exact_ref) {
+        Some(m) => {
+            let check = Command::new("git")
+                .args(["cat-file", "-e", m])
+                .current_dir(repo_path)
+                .output()
+                .context("failed to run git cat-file -e")?;
+            check.status.success().then_some(*m)
        }
-        _ => anyhow::bail!(
-            "ambiguous issue prefix '{}': matches {} issues",
-            id_or_prefix,
-            matches.len()
-        ),
-    }
+        None => None,
+    };
+    let found = match exact {
+        Some(m) => m,
+        None => match matches.as_slice() {
+            [] => return Ok(None),
+            [m] => *m,
+            _ => anyhow::bail!(
+                "ambiguous issue prefix '{}': matches {} issues",
+                id_or_prefix,
+                matches.len()
+            ),
+        },
+    };
+    // Strip the "refs/gitlawb/issues/" prefix to get the bare ID.
+    let full_id = found
+        .strip_prefix("refs/gitlawb/issues/")
+        .unwrap_or(found)
+        .to_string();
+    Ok(Some(full_id))
 }

 /// Close an issue by updating its status to "closed" in the git ref.
@@ -267,6 +277,43 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(resolved, Some(full_id.to_string()));
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn test_resolve_exact_id_wins_over_longer_id() {
+        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        init_repo(&dir);
+        create_issue(dir.path(), "abc12345", r#"{"status":"open"}"#).unwrap();
+        create_issue(dir.path(), "abc12345-0000", r#"{"status":"open"}"#).unwrap();
+        let resolved = resolve_issue_id(dir.path(), "abc12345").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(resolved, Some("abc12345".to_string()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_resolve_dangling_exact_id_does_not_win_over_longer_id() {
+        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        init_repo(&dir);
+        create_issue(dir.path(), "abc12345", r#"{"status":"open","n":1}"#).unwrap();
+        create_issue(dir.path(), "abc12345-0000", r#"{"status":"open","n":2}"#).unwrap();
+        // Dangle the exact ref: the ref stays listed by for-each-ref, but its blob is gone.
+        let out = Command::new("git")
+            .args(["rev-parse", "refs/gitlawb/issues/abc12345"])
+            .current_dir(dir.path())
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+        let hash = String::from_utf8(out.stdout).unwrap();
+        let hash = hash.trim();
+        std::fs::remove_file(
+            dir.path()
+                .join(".git/objects")
+                .join(&hash[..2])
+                .join(&hash[2..]),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let result = resolve_issue_id(dir.path(), "abc12345");
+        assert!(result.unwrap_err().to_string().contains("ambiguous"));
+        assert!(close_issue(dir.path(), "abc12345").is_err());
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn test_resolve_prefix_matches_unique() {
        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl RepoStore {
    /// Test-only: every guard from this store parks in `release` right before the
    /// `pg_advisory_unlock` await, until `gate` is notified. Dropping the future
    /// while it is parked reproduces a client disconnect inside `release`.
-    #[cfg(test)]
+    #[cfg(all(test, unix))]
    pub fn with_pre_unlock_gate(mut self, gate: Arc<tokio::sync::Notify>) -> Self {
        self.pre_unlock_gate = Some(gate);
        self
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl RepoStore {

    /// Test-only: how many write guards from this store have reached the Tigris upload
    /// site. See [`RepoWriteGuard::release`].
-    #[cfg(test)]
+    #[cfg(all(test, unix))]
    pub fn tigris_upload_site_reached(&self) -> usize {
        self.upload_site_reached
            .load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst)
@@ -1717,8 +1717,11 @@ fn validate_repo_name(repo_name: &str) -> Result<()> {
    if repo_name.is_empty() {
        anyhow::bail!("repo_name is empty");
    }
-    if repo_name.len() > 100 {
-        anyhow::bail!("repo_name exceeds 100 chars");
+    // Byte bound shared with the API-side validator via `MAX_REPO_NAME_LEN`:
+    // the two validators differ on charset by design, but must not drift on
+    // length, or an API-admitted name fails here after the proof is spent.
+    if repo_name.len() > crate::db::MAX_REPO_NAME_LEN {
+        anyhow::bail!("repo_name exceeds {} chars", crate::db::MAX_REPO_NAME_LEN);
    }
    // Repo names are `[A-Za-z0-9._-]+` minus path-traversal traps.
    if repo_name.contains("..") {
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pub mod query;
 pub mod subscription;
 pub mod types;

-use async_graphql::Schema;
+use async_graphql::{Schema, SchemaBuilder};
 use std::sync::Arc;

 use crate::db::Db;
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ use subscription::SubscriptionRoot;

 pub type GitlawbSchema = Schema<QueryRoot, MutationRoot, SubscriptionRoot>;

+// Keep ordinary schema discovery and application queries usable while
+// bounding validation work and the number of resolver selections per request.
+const GRAPHQL_MAX_COMPLEXITY: usize = 400;
+// The current public schema is shallow; this leaves headroom for composed
+// clients and the canonical getIntrospectionQuery without allowing
+// recursively nested documents to grow unchecked.
+const GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH: usize = 14;
+
+fn apply_query_limits<Query, Mutation, Subscription>(
+    builder: SchemaBuilder<Query, Mutation, Subscription>,
+) -> SchemaBuilder<Query, Mutation, Subscription> {
+    builder
+        .limit_complexity(GRAPHQL_MAX_COMPLEXITY)
+        .limit_depth(GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH)
+}
+
 /// Client-facing message for GraphQL resolver failures that wrap a real
 /// `sqlx::Error`. The real error is logged server-side; never put sqlx/Postgres
 /// detail in the GraphQL `errors` array (#250).
@@ -81,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn build_schema(
    ref_update_tx: tokio::sync::broadcast::Sender<RefUpdateBroadcast>,
    task_event_tx: tokio::sync::broadcast::Sender<TaskEventBroadcast>,
 ) -> GitlawbSchema {
-    Schema::build(QueryRoot, MutationRoot, SubscriptionRoot)
+    apply_query_limits(Schema::build(QueryRoot, MutationRoot, SubscriptionRoot))
        .data(db)
        .data(ref_update_tx)
        .data(task_event_tx)
@@ -91,6 +107,10 @@ pub fn build_schema(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
+    use crate::api::events::MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES;
+    use crate::db::{MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE, MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE};
+    use async_graphql::{EmptyMutation, EmptySubscription, Object, Value};
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};

    #[test]
    fn graphql_db_err_opaques_sqlx_chain() {
@@ -160,6 +180,668 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(!err.message.contains("failed to open"));
    }

+    fn production_test_schema() -> GitlawbSchema {
+        let pool = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .connect_lazy("postgres://localhost/unused")
+            .unwrap();
+        production_test_schema_with_db(Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool)))
+    }
+
+    fn production_test_schema_with_db(db: Arc<Db>) -> GitlawbSchema {
+        build_schema(
+            db,
+            tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(1).0,
+            tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(1).0,
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn ref_update_subscription_alias_budget() {
+        assert_subscription_alias_budget("refUpdates { repo }").await;
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn task_event_subscription_alias_budget() {
+        assert_subscription_alias_budget("taskEvents { taskId }").await;
+    }
+
+    async fn assert_subscription_alias_budget(field: &str) {
+        use futures::StreamExt;
+        use std::time::Duration;
+        let pool = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .connect_lazy("postgres://localhost/unused")
+            .unwrap();
+        let (ref_tx, _) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(16);
+        let (task_tx, _) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(16);
+        let schema = build_schema(
+            Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool)),
+            ref_tx.clone(),
+            task_tx.clone(),
+        );
+        for count in [7, 8] {
+            let fields = (0..count)
+                .map(|n| format!("r{n}: {field}"))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(" ");
+            let query = format!("subscription {{ {fields} }}");
+            let mut responses = Box::pin(schema.execute_stream(query));
+            if count == 8 {
+                let response = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), responses.next())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("over-budget subscriptions must reject before waiting for events")
+                    .expect("the validation error must be returned");
+                assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1);
+                assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "Query is too complex.");
+                assert_eq!(ref_tx.receiver_count() + task_tx.receiver_count(), 0);
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Poll the accepted operation far enough to register its receivers.
+            assert!(
+                tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_millis(30), responses.next())
+                    .await
+                    .is_err()
+            );
+            assert_eq!(ref_tx.receiver_count() + task_tx.receiver_count(), 7);
+            let _ = ref_tx.send(RefUpdateBroadcast {
+                repo: "owner/repo".into(),
+                ref_name: "refs/heads/main".into(),
+                old_sha: "0".repeat(40),
+                new_sha: "1".repeat(40),
+                pusher_did: "did:key:test".into(),
+                node_did: "did:key:node".into(),
+                timestamp: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z".into(),
+                owner_did: "did:key:test".into(),
+            });
+            let _ = task_tx.send(TaskEventBroadcast {
+                task_id: "task".into(),
+                old_status: "pending".into(),
+                new_status: "claimed".into(),
+                by_did: "did:key:test".into(),
+                at: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z".into(),
+            });
+            let response = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), responses.next())
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .unwrap();
+            assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", response.errors);
+            assert_ne!(response.data, Value::Null);
+            drop(responses);
+            assert_eq!(ref_tx.receiver_count() + task_tx.receiver_count(), 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn production_mutation_budget_accepts_seven_and_rejects_eight(pool: sqlx::PgPool) {
+        let db = Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool));
+        db.run_migrations().await.unwrap();
+        let caller = "did:key:reviewer";
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339();
+        for index in 0..8 {
+            db.create_task(&crate::db::AgentTask {
+                id: format!("task-{index}"),
+                repo_id: None,
+                kind: "test".into(),
+                status: "pending".into(),
+                delegator_did: caller.into(),
+                assignee_did: None,
+                capability: "test".into(),
+                ucan_token: None,
+                payload: None,
+                result: None,
+                created_at: now.clone(),
+                updated_at: now.clone(),
+                deadline: None,
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        }
+        let schema = production_test_schema_with_db(db.clone());
+        for count in [8, 7] {
+            let fields = (0..count)
+                .map(|n| {
+                    format!("r{n}: claimTask(id: \"task-{n}\", assigneeDid: \"{caller}\") {{ id }}")
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(" ");
+            let response = schema
+                .execute(
+                    async_graphql::Request::new(format!("mutation {{ {fields} }}"))
+                        .data(crate::auth::AuthenticatedDid(caller.into())),
+                )
+                .await;
+            if count == 8 {
+                assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1);
+                assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "Query is too complex.");
+                assert_eq!(
+                    db.list_tasks(Some("pending"), None, 8).await.unwrap().len(),
+                    8
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+            assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", response.errors);
+            assert_eq!(
+                response
+                    .data
+                    .into_json()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .as_object()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .len(),
+                7
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                db.list_tasks(Some("claimed"), Some(caller), 8)
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .len(),
+                7
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                db.get_task("task-7").await.unwrap().unwrap().status,
+                "pending"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn production_list_cost_scales_with_the_same_alias_count(pool: sqlx::PgPool) {
+        let db = Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool));
+        db.run_migrations().await.unwrap();
+        let schema = production_test_schema_with_db(db);
+        // Bounds are per-root named constants so the cases move with the
+        // documented maximums instead of going stale as literals.
+        for (field, selection, max) in [
+            ("refUpdates", "repo", MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES),
+            ("tasks", "id", MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE),
+            (
+                "reposPage",
+                "nodes { name }",
+                MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE as i64,
+            ),
+        ] {
+            // Two aliases at the maximum always exceed the budget.
+            let fields = (0..2)
+                .map(|n| format!("r{n}: {field}(limit: {max}) {{ {selection} }}"))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(" ");
+            let response = schema.execute(format!("{{ {fields} }}")).await;
+            assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "Query is too complex.");
+
+            // At limit 1 two aliases fit for the row-priced roots; reposPage
+            // prices the full corpus scan, so a single alias is the most that
+            // fits under the budget.
+            let aliases = if field == "reposPage" { 1 } else { 2 };
+            let fields = (0..aliases)
+                .map(|n| format!("r{n}: {field}(limit: 1) {{ {selection} }}"))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(" ");
+            let response = schema.execute(format!("{{ {fields} }}")).await;
+            assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{field}: {:?}", response.errors);
+            assert_eq!(
+                response
+                    .data
+                    .into_json()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .as_object()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .len(),
+                aliases
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn production_limits_reject_mutation_aliases_and_large_lists() {
+        let schema = production_test_schema();
+        // Limits are derived from the MAX_* constants so the boundaries move
+        // with the documented maximums instead of going stale as literals.
+        for (prefix, count, field) in [
+            ("mutation", 8, "claimTask(id: \"missing\", assigneeDid: \"did:key:test\") { id }".to_owned()),
+            ("mutation", 8, "createTask(delegatorDid: \"did:key:test\", input: { kind: \"test\", capability: \"test\" }) { id }".to_owned()),
+            ("mutation", 8, "completeTask(id: \"missing\", byDid: \"did:key:test\", input: {}) { id }".to_owned()),
+            ("mutation", 8, "failTask(id: \"missing\", byDid: \"did:key:test\", input: {}) { id }".to_owned()),
+            ("query", 8, "task(id: \"missing\") { id }".to_owned()),
+            ("query", 2, format!("refUpdates(limit: {MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES}) {{ repo }}")),
+            ("query", 2, format!("tasks(limit: {MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE}) {{ id }}")),
+            ("query", 2, format!("reposPage(limit: {MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE}) {{ nodes {{ name }} }}")),
+            ("query", 8, "reposPage(limit: 1) { nodes { name } }".to_owned()),
+        ] {
+            let fields = (0..count)
+                .map(|n| format!("r{n}: {field}"))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .join(" ");
+            let response = schema.execute(format!("{prefix} {{ {fields} }}")).await;
+            assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1, "{:?}", response.errors);
+            assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "Query is too complex.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn production_repos_page_serves_the_documented_maximum(pool: sqlx::PgPool) {
+        let db = Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool));
+        db.run_migrations().await.unwrap();
+        let schema = production_test_schema_with_db(db);
+        for selection in [
+            "nodes { name }",
+            "nodes { name ownerDid } hasNextPage endCursor",
+        ] {
+            let response = schema
+                .execute(format!(
+                    "{{ reposPage(limit: {MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE}) {{ {selection} }} }}"
+                ))
+                .await;
+            assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", response.errors);
+            assert_eq!(
+                response.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"]["nodes"],
+                serde_json::json!([])
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn seven_root_aliases_are_accepted() {
+        struct Root(Arc<AtomicUsize>);
+        #[Object]
+        impl Root {
+            #[graphql(complexity = "50 + child_complexity")]
+            async fn repos(&self) -> Vec<Nested> {
+                self.0.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                vec![Nested]
+            }
+        }
+        let calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let schema = apply_query_limits(Schema::build(
+            Root(calls.clone()),
+            EmptyMutation,
+            EmptySubscription,
+        ))
+        .finish();
+        let fields = (0..7)
+            .map(|n| format!("r{n}: repos {{ value }}"))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join(" ");
+        let response = schema.execute(format!("{{ {fields} }}")).await;
+        assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", response.errors);
+        assert_eq!(calls.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 7);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn expensive_root_aliases_are_rejected_before_database_access() {
+        // Use the production builder with a lazy pool: rejection must precede DB access.
+        let schema = production_test_schema();
+        let fields = (0..8)
+            .map(|n| format!("r{n}: repos {{ name }}"))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join(" ");
+
+        let response = schema.execute(format!("{{ {fields} }}")).await;
+
+        assert_eq!(response.data, Value::Null);
+        assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "Query is too complex.");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn ordinary_schema_introspection_remains_available() {
+        let schema = production_test_schema();
+        let canonical_introspection = r#"
+            query IntrospectionQuery {
+              __schema {
+                queryType { name }
+                mutationType { name }
+                subscriptionType { name }
+                types {
+                  ...FullType
+                }
+                directives {
+                  name
+                  description
+                  locations
+                  args {
+                    ...InputValue
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+
+            fragment FullType on __Type {
+              kind
+              name
+              description
+              fields(includeDeprecated: true) {
+                name
+                description
+                args {
+                  ...InputValue
+                }
+                type {
+                  ...TypeRef
+                }
+                isDeprecated
+                deprecationReason
+              }
+              inputFields {
+                ...InputValue
+              }
+              interfaces {
+                ...TypeRef
+              }
+              enumValues(includeDeprecated: true) {
+                name
+                description
+                isDeprecated
+                deprecationReason
+              }
+              possibleTypes {
+                ...TypeRef
+              }
+            }
+
+            fragment InputValue on __InputValue {
+              name
+              description
+              type { ...TypeRef }
+              defaultValue
+            }
+
+            fragment TypeRef on __Type {
+              kind
+              name
+              ofType {
+                kind
+                name
+                ofType {
+                  kind
+                  name
+                  ofType {
+                    kind
+                    name
+                    ofType {
+                      kind
+                      name
+                      ofType {
+                        kind
+                        name
+                        ofType {
+                          kind
+                          name
+                          ofType {
+                            kind
+                            name
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+        "#;
+        let response = schema.execute(canonical_introspection).await;
+        assert!(
+            response.errors.is_empty(),
+            "canonical introspection query failed against production schema: {:?}",
+            response.errors
+        );
+        assert_ne!(response.data, Value::Null);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn ref_updates_and_tasks_single_alias_max_limit_complexity_contract() {
+        let pool = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .connect_lazy("postgres://localhost/unused")
+            .unwrap();
+        pool.close().await;
+        let (ref_tx, _) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(16);
+        let (task_tx, _) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(16);
+        let schema = build_schema(Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool)), ref_tx, task_tx);
+
+        // refUpdates(limit: MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES):
+        // Single-field selection has child_complexity 1 -> cost 100 + 200 + 1 = 301 <= 400.
+        // It passes validation and reaches the resolver (which yields db error on lazy pool).
+        let single_ref = schema
+            .execute(format!(
+                "{{ refUpdates(limit: {MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES}) {{ repo }} }}"
+            ))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            !single_ref
+                .errors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| e.message == "Query is too complex."),
+            "single-field refUpdates at max limit must pass complexity validation: {:?}",
+            single_ref.errors
+        );
+        assert!(
+            single_ref
+                .errors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| e.message == GRAPHQL_DB_ERROR_MESSAGE),
+            "single-field refUpdates at max limit must reach the resolver: {:?}",
+            single_ref.errors
+        );
+
+        // Two-field selection has child_complexity 2 -> cost 100 + 200 + 2 = 302 <= 400.
+        // The documented max-200 request stays reachable with multiple fields
+        // (the old multiplicative price rejected it at 450); it passes
+        // validation and reaches the resolver like the single-field case.
+        let multi_ref = schema
+            .execute(format!(
+                "{{ refUpdates(limit: {MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES}) {{ repo refName }} }}"
+            ))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            !multi_ref
+                .errors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| e.message == "Query is too complex."),
+            "two-field refUpdates at max limit must pass complexity validation: {:?}",
+            multi_ref.errors
+        );
+        assert!(
+            multi_ref
+                .errors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| e.message == GRAPHQL_DB_ERROR_MESSAGE),
+            "two-field refUpdates at max limit must reach the resolver: {:?}",
+            multi_ref.errors
+        );
+
+        // tasks(limit: MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE):
+        // Single-field selection has child_complexity 1, so the cost is
+        // 50 + MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE + 1 <= 400.
+        // It passes validation and reaches the resolver.
+        let single_task = schema
+            .execute(format!(
+                "{{ tasks(limit: {MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE}) {{ id }} }}"
+            ))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            !single_task
+                .errors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| e.message == "Query is too complex."),
+            "single-field tasks at the maximum page size must pass complexity validation: {:?}",
+            single_task.errors
+        );
+        assert!(
+            single_task
+                .errors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| e.message == GRAPHQL_DB_ERROR_MESSAGE),
+            "single-field tasks at the maximum page size must reach the resolver: {:?}",
+            single_task.errors
+        );
+
+        // Two-field selection has child_complexity 2, so the cost is
+        // 50 + MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE + 2 <= 400.
+        // A request at the documented maximum stays reachable with multiple
+        // fields (the old multiplicative price rejected it at 450); it passes
+        // validation and reaches the resolver like the single-field case.
+        let multi_task = schema
+            .execute(format!(
+                "{{ tasks(limit: {MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE}) {{ id status }} }}"
+            ))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            !multi_task
+                .errors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| e.message == "Query is too complex."),
+            "two-field tasks at the maximum page size must pass complexity validation: {:?}",
+            multi_task.errors
+        );
+        assert!(
+            multi_task
+                .errors
+                .iter()
+                .any(|e| e.message == GRAPHQL_DB_ERROR_MESSAGE),
+            "two-field tasks at the maximum page size must reach the resolver: {:?}",
+            multi_task.errors
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn two_repos_aliases_exceed_the_budget() {
+        // `repos` is priced as the full page it scans
+        // (50 + MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + child), so two `repos { name }`
+        // aliases cost 2 * 251 = 502 > 400 and the document is rejected before
+        // any resolver runs. If the price reverts to `50 + child_complexity`
+        // the aliases cost 2 * 51 = 102, validation passes, and the failure
+        // mode changes (resolver DB errors on the lazy pool): this test goes
+        // red on revert.
+        let schema = production_test_schema();
+        let response = schema
+            .execute("{ r0: repos { name } r1: repos { name } }")
+            .await;
+        assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1, "{:?}", response.errors);
+        assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "Query is too complex.");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn seven_repos_page_aliases_exceed_the_budget() {
+        // `reposPage` is priced as the full corpus scan
+        // (50 + MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + child_complexity), so seven
+        // `reposPage(limit: 1) { nodes { name } }` aliases cost
+        // 7 * (50 + 200 + 2) = 1764 > 400 and the document is rejected
+        // before any resolver runs. Under the previous row-priced formula
+        // the same aliases cost 7 * (50 + 1 + 2) = 371, validation passes,
+        // and the failure mode changes (resolver DB errors on the lazy
+        // pool): this test goes red on revert. Eight aliases are rejected
+        // under both formulas, so seven is the load-bearing boundary.
+        let schema = production_test_schema();
+        let fields = (0..7)
+            .map(|n| format!("r{n}: reposPage(limit: 1) {{ nodes {{ name }} }}"))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join(" ");
+        let response = schema.execute(format!("{{ {fields} }}")).await;
+        assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1, "{:?}", response.errors);
+        assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "Query is too complex.");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn ref_updates_fixed_base_is_charged() {
+        // The 100 base in the refUpdates complexity formula charges for the
+        // collector's fixed work (loading the deduped repo set, the
+        // quarantined set, and the visibility rules, then walking up to 16
+        // keyset pages) even at limit: 1. Four aliases at limit: 1 cost
+        // 4 * (100 + 1 + 1) = 408 > 400 and must be rejected. If the base
+        // disappears, the cost drops to 4 * (1 + 1) = 8 and this test fails.
+        let schema = production_test_schema();
+        let fields = (0..4)
+            .map(|n| format!("r{n}: refUpdates(limit: 1) {{ repo }}"))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join(" ");
+        let response = schema.execute(format!("{{ {fields} }}")).await;
+        assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1, "{:?}", response.errors);
+        assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "Query is too complex.");
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+    struct Nested;
+
+    #[Object]
+    impl Nested {
+        async fn child(&self) -> Nested {
+            Nested
+        }
+
+        async fn value(&self) -> i32 {
+            1
+        }
+    }
+
+    struct CountingQuery(Arc<AtomicUsize>);
+
+    #[Object]
+    impl CountingQuery {
+        async fn nested(&self) -> Nested {
+            self.0.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            Nested
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn query_depth_limit_accepts_fourteen_and_rejects_fifteen() {
+        let calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let schema = apply_query_limits(Schema::build(
+            CountingQuery(Arc::clone(&calls)),
+            EmptyMutation,
+            EmptySubscription,
+        ))
+        .finish();
+        let query_at_depth = |depth: usize| {
+            let selection = (2..depth).fold("value".to_string(), |selection, _| {
+                format!("child {{ {selection} }}")
+            });
+            format!("{{ nested {{ {selection} }} }}")
+        };
+
+        let accepted = schema.execute(query_at_depth(GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH)).await;
+
+        assert!(
+            accepted.errors.is_empty(),
+            "depth {GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH} should be accepted: {:?}",
+            accepted.errors
+        );
+        assert_eq!(calls.swap(0, Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
+
+        let rejected = schema.execute(query_at_depth(GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH + 1)).await;
+
+        assert_eq!(rejected.data, Value::Null);
+        assert_eq!(rejected.errors.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(rejected.errors[0].message, "Query is nested too deep.");
+        assert_eq!(calls.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 0);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn production_schema_enforces_depth_limit() {
+        let schema = production_test_schema();
+        // Depth 14 is accepted through the production build_schema path.
+        let of_types_14 = (0..9).fold("name".to_string(), |acc, _| format!("ofType {{ {acc} }}"));
+        let query_14 =
+            format!("{{ __schema {{ types {{ fields {{ type {{ {of_types_14} }} }} }} }} }}");
+        let accepted = schema.execute(&query_14).await;
+        assert!(accepted.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", accepted.errors);
+
+        // Construct an introspection query of depth 15 using __schema.
+        // 1: __schema
+        // 2: types
+        // 3: fields
+        // 4: type
+        // 5..14: ofType (10 times)
+        // 15: name
+        // Total depth = 15 > GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH (14).
+        let of_types = (0..10).fold("name".to_string(), |acc, _| format!("ofType {{ {acc} }}"));
+        let query = format!("{{ __schema {{ types {{ fields {{ type {{ {of_types} }} }} }} }} }}");
+
+        let rejected = schema.execute(&query).await;
+        assert_eq!(rejected.data, async_graphql::Value::Null);
+        assert_eq!(rejected.errors.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(rejected.errors[0].message, "Query is nested too deep.");
+    }
+
    /// Every `.map_err(` in the GraphQL query/mutation resolvers must route
    /// through the opaque helpers, or discard the error (`|_|`). Same source-
    /// scrape pattern as `api::authz_guard` (#255 review).
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub struct MutationRoot;

 #[Object]
 impl MutationRoot {
+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + child_complexity")]
    async fn create_task(
        &self,
        ctx: &Context<'_>,
@@ -36,6 +37,33 @@ impl MutationRoot {
        }
        let delegator_did = caller.to_string();
        let db = ctx.data_unchecked::<Arc<Db>>();
+        // #496: same write gate as the REST handler — a repo_id naming a
+        // hosted, non-quarantined repo admits tasks only from its owner, so a
+        // stranger cannot file under a foreign repo id. An id naming no hosted
+        // repo (unknown, or quarantined — hidden as if it did not exist) is
+        // stored verbatim as an opaque label; the gate does not bind an
+        // unresolved id to a repo. Task reads are caller-independent on this
+        // base (the tasks resolver is not repo-scoped), before and after this
+        // change. As in tasks.rs, the success-vs-denial split between a hosted
+        // repo id and an unknown one is itself a one-bit oracle — a stranger
+        // holding a private repo's id learns it is hosted here — but denying
+        // foreign repos requires drawing exactly that line.
+        if let Some(repo_id) = input.repo_id.as_deref() {
+            let record = db
+                .get_repo_by_id(repo_id)
+                .await
+                .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
+            if let Some(record) = record {
+                let quarantined = db
+                    .is_repo_quarantined(&record.id)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
+                if !quarantined {
+                    crate::api::require_repo_owner(&record, caller)
+                        .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_app_err)?;
+                }
+            }
+        }
        let now = Utc::now().to_rfc3339();
        let task = AgentTask {
            id: Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
@@ -52,12 +80,17 @@ impl MutationRoot {
            updated_at: now,
            deadline: input.deadline,
        };
-        db.create_task(&task)
+        // Return the stored row, not the pre-insert input: create_task
+        // normalizes the assignee (whitespace-only becomes NULL/open), and a
+        // response that shows the raw input lies about the reservation.
+        let stored = db
+            .create_task(&task)
            .await
            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
-        Ok(AgentTaskType::from(task))
+        Ok(AgentTaskType::from(stored))
    }

+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + child_complexity")]
    async fn claim_task(
        &self,
        ctx: &Context<'_>,
@@ -77,16 +110,25 @@ impl MutationRoot {
            .claim_task(&id, &assignee_did)
            .await
            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
+        // Report the stored assignee form like REST, so subscribers see the
+        // same identity whichever API surface ran the transition.
+        let by_did = task
+            .assignee_did
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(crate::db::trim_assignee_did)
+            .unwrap_or(assignee_did.as_str())
+            .to_string();
        let _ = tx.send(TaskEventBroadcast {
            task_id: id,
            old_status: "pending".to_string(),
            new_status: "claimed".to_string(),
-            by_did: assignee_did,
+            by_did,
            at: Utc::now().to_rfc3339(),
        });
        Ok(AgentTaskType::from(task))
    }

+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + child_complexity")]
    async fn complete_task(
        &self,
        ctx: &Context<'_>,
@@ -110,15 +152,24 @@ impl MutationRoot {
            .await
            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?
            .ok_or_else(|| async_graphql::Error::new("task not found"))?;
-        if !crate::api::did_matches(caller, existing.assignee_did.as_deref().unwrap_or_default()) {
+        if !crate::api::did_matches(
+            caller,
+            crate::db::trim_assignee_did(existing.assignee_did.as_deref().unwrap_or_default()),
+        ) {
            return Err(async_graphql::Error::new(
                "only the task assignee can complete it",
            ));
        }
        let task = db
-            .finish_task(&id, "completed", input.result.as_deref())
+            .finish_task(&id, "completed", input.result.as_deref(), caller)
            .await
            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
+        let by_did = task
+            .assignee_did
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(crate::db::trim_assignee_did)
+            .unwrap_or(by_did.as_str())
+            .to_string();
        let _ = tx.send(TaskEventBroadcast {
            task_id: id,
            old_status: "claimed".to_string(),
@@ -129,6 +180,7 @@ impl MutationRoot {
        Ok(AgentTaskType::from(task))
    }

+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + child_complexity")]
    async fn fail_task(
        &self,
        ctx: &Context<'_>,
@@ -151,16 +203,25 @@ impl MutationRoot {
            .await
            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?
            .ok_or_else(|| async_graphql::Error::new("task not found"))?;
-        if !crate::api::did_matches(caller, existing.assignee_did.as_deref().unwrap_or_default()) {
+        if !crate::api::did_matches(
+            caller,
+            crate::db::trim_assignee_did(existing.assignee_did.as_deref().unwrap_or_default()),
+        ) {
            return Err(async_graphql::Error::new(
                "only the task assignee can fail it",
            ));
        }
        let reason = input.reason.unwrap_or_default();
        let task = db
-            .finish_task(&id, "failed", Some(&reason))
+            .finish_task(&id, "failed", Some(&reason), caller)
            .await
            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
+        let by_did = task
+            .assignee_did
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(crate::db::trim_assignee_did)
+            .unwrap_or(by_did.as_str())
+            .to_string();
        let _ = tx.send(TaskEventBroadcast {
            task_id: id,
            old_status: "claimed".to_string(),
@@ -186,6 +247,22 @@ mod tests {
            .join("; ")
    }

+    /// The `id` scalar returned by a successful `createTask` mutation.
+    fn created_id(resp: &Response) -> String {
+        assert!(resp.errors.is_empty(), "graphql errors: {:?}", resp.errors);
+        let async_graphql::Value::Object(obj) = &resp.data else {
+            panic!("data not an object: {:?}", resp.data);
+        };
+        let async_graphql::Value::Object(task) = obj.get("createTask").expect("createTask key")
+        else {
+            panic!("createTask not an object");
+        };
+        let async_graphql::Value::String(id) = task.get("id").expect("id key") else {
+            panic!("id not a string");
+        };
+        id.clone()
+    }
+
    /// N2: every GraphQL mutation requires a verified signer and binds the acting
    /// DID to it. Unsigned is rejected; a signer other than the claimed actor is
    /// rejected; the matching signer passes the auth gate.
@@ -353,4 +430,339 @@ mod tests {
            errors(&resp)
        );
    }
+
+    /// #496 (GraphQL): createTask applies the same repo-ownership gate as the
+    /// REST handler — a stranger naming a hosted repo is rejected without
+    /// persisting anything, while the owner files. The quarantined and
+    /// unknown-id arms are pinned too, including that each accepted write
+    /// stores the supplied id verbatim, so this copy of the gate cannot regress
+    /// silently.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn create_task_rejects_foreign_repo_id(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = crate::test_support::test_state(pool).await;
+        let owner = "did:key:zGQLTASKOWNERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
+        let stranger = "did:key:zGQLTASKSTRANGERBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB";
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now();
+        let repo = crate::db::RepoRecord {
+            id: uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
+            name: "gql-task-gate-repo".to_string(),
+            owner_did: owner.to_string(),
+            description: None,
+            is_public: true,
+            default_branch: "main".to_string(),
+            created_at: now,
+            updated_at: now,
+            disk_path: "/tmp/gql-task-gate-repo".to_string(),
+            forked_from: None,
+            machine_id: None,
+        };
+        state.db.create_repo(&repo).await.expect("seed repo");
+        let schema = state.graphql_schema.as_ref();
+
+        let q = |actor: &str| {
+            format!(
+                r#"mutation {{ createTask(delegatorDid: "{actor}", input: {{ kind: "build", capability: "repo:write", repoId: "{}" }}) {{ id }} }}"#,
+                repo.id
+            )
+        };
+
+        // Stranger signs as themselves (so the signer binding passes) but
+        // names the victim's repo → rejected by the ownership gate, leaking
+        // nothing about the repo.
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(q(stranger)).data(AuthenticatedDid(stranger.into())))
+            .await;
+        let errs = errors(&resp);
+        assert!(
+            errs.contains(crate::api::REPO_OWNER_ONLY_MESSAGE),
+            "a non-owner must not file under a foreign repo id (shared denial text): {errs}"
+        );
+
+        // The denial must not persist: no task row may carry the victim's
+        // repo id afterwards.
+        let stored = state
+            .db
+            .list_tasks(None, None, 50)
+            .await
+            .expect("list tasks");
+        assert!(
+            stored
+                .iter()
+                .all(|t| t.repo_id.as_deref() != Some(repo.id.as_str())),
+            "a denied write must not leave a task under the foreign repo id"
+        );
+
+        // The owner files under their own repo id.
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(q(owner)).data(AuthenticatedDid(owner.into())))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            errors(&resp).is_empty(),
+            "the owner should file against their repo: {}",
+            errors(&resp)
+        );
+
+        // Unknown repo ids stay accepted as opaque labels.
+        let q_unknown = format!(
+            r#"mutation {{ createTask(delegatorDid: "{stranger}", input: {{ kind: "build", capability: "repo:write", repoId: "no-such-repo-id" }}) {{ id }} }}"#
+        );
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(q_unknown).data(AuthenticatedDid(stranger.into())))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            errors(&resp).is_empty(),
+            "an id naming no hosted repo stays an opaque label: {}",
+            errors(&resp)
+        );
+        // Read back the row: the unresolved id must be stored verbatim, not
+        // dropped or rewritten to a repo it never named.
+        let stored = state
+            .db
+            .get_task(&created_id(&resp))
+            .await
+            .expect("get task")
+            .expect("task must be stored");
+        assert_eq!(
+            stored.repo_id.as_deref(),
+            Some("no-such-repo-id"),
+            "an unresolved id must be stored verbatim as a label"
+        );
+
+        // A quarantined repo id is treated as unknown (accepted, never a 403
+        // that would confirm the id names a real repo). This pins the
+        // `!quarantined` arm on this copy of the gate.
+        state
+            .db
+            .set_repo_quarantine(&repo.id, true)
+            .await
+            .expect("quarantine");
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(q(stranger)).data(AuthenticatedDid(stranger.into())))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            errors(&resp).is_empty(),
+            "a quarantined repo id must not 403 (existence oracle): {}",
+            errors(&resp)
+        );
+        // Read back the row: the quarantined id is stored verbatim as a label
+        // too, so the accepted write is not silently dropped.
+        let stored = state
+            .db
+            .get_task(&created_id(&resp))
+            .await
+            .expect("get task")
+            .expect("task must be stored");
+        assert_eq!(
+            stored.repo_id.as_deref(),
+            Some(repo.id.as_str()),
+            "a quarantined id must be stored verbatim as a label"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// #496 (GraphQL): a repo-lookup fault in createTask's gate must stay
+    /// opaque. Dropping a column `get_repo_by_id` selects faults that lookup;
+    /// the resolver must return the fixed DB message and leak no schema text
+    /// (#250), as `create_task_db_error_message_is_opaque` pins for the
+    /// agent_tasks fault.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn create_task_gate_repo_lookup_fault_is_opaque(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = crate::test_support::test_state(pool.clone()).await;
+        let owner = "did:key:zGQLTASKFAULTOWNERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now();
+        let repo = crate::db::RepoRecord {
+            id: uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
+            name: "gql-task-gate-fault-repo".to_string(),
+            owner_did: owner.to_string(),
+            description: None,
+            is_public: true,
+            default_branch: "main".to_string(),
+            created_at: now,
+            updated_at: now,
+            disk_path: "/tmp/gql-task-gate-fault-repo".to_string(),
+            forked_from: None,
+            machine_id: None,
+        };
+        state.db.create_repo(&repo).await.expect("seed repo");
+
+        sqlx::query("ALTER TABLE repos DROP COLUMN machine_id")
+            .execute(&pool)
+            .await
+            .expect("drop machine_id");
+
+        let q = format!(
+            r#"mutation {{ createTask(delegatorDid: "{owner}", input: {{ kind: "build", capability: "repo:write", repoId: "{}" }}) {{ id }} }}"#,
+            repo.id
+        );
+        let resp = state
+            .graphql_schema
+            .execute(Request::new(&q).data(AuthenticatedDid(owner.into())))
+            .await;
+        let errs = errors(&resp);
+        assert!(
+            errs.contains(crate::graphql::GRAPHQL_DB_ERROR_MESSAGE),
+            "gate sqlx fault must be opaque: {errs}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !errs.contains("machine_id") && !errs.contains("column"),
+            "schema text leaked through the gate: {errs}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Pre-assigned GraphQL claimTask must reject a stranger (no UCAN leak)
+    /// and admit the reserved assignee.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn claim_task_honors_preassigned_assignee(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = crate::test_support::test_state(pool).await;
+        let reserved = "did:key:zGQLRESERVEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
+        let thief = "did:key:zGQLTHIEFBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB";
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339();
+        let task = crate::db::AgentTask {
+            id: "task-gql-reserved".into(),
+            repo_id: None,
+            kind: "build".into(),
+            status: "pending".into(),
+            delegator_did: "did:key:zGQLDELEGATORCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC".into(),
+            assignee_did: Some(reserved.into()),
+            capability: "repo:write".into(),
+            ucan_token: Some("gql-ucan-secret".into()),
+            payload: None,
+            result: None,
+            created_at: now.clone(),
+            updated_at: now,
+            deadline: None,
+        };
+        state.db.create_task(&task).await.expect("seed");
+        let schema = state.graphql_schema.as_ref();
+
+        let q = |actor: &str| {
+            format!(
+                r#"mutation {{ claimTask(id: "task-gql-reserved", assigneeDid: "{actor}") {{ id status ucanToken }} }}"#
+            )
+        };
+
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(q(thief)).data(AuthenticatedDid(thief.into())))
+            .await;
+        let errs = errors(&resp);
+        assert!(
+            errs.contains("reserved"),
+            "stranger claim must surface reserved deny distinctly: {errs}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !errs.contains("gql-ucan-secret"),
+            "UCAN must not leak in GraphQL errors: {errs}"
+        );
+        if let Ok(data) = resp.data.into_json() {
+            let s = data.to_string();
+            assert!(
+                !s.contains("gql-ucan-secret"),
+                "UCAN must not leak in GraphQL data on failed claim: {s}"
+            );
+        }
+        // Parity with REST: failed steal must leave the row untouched.
+        let still = state
+            .db
+            .get_task("task-gql-reserved")
+            .await
+            .expect("get")
+            .expect("task exists");
+        assert_eq!(
+            still.status, "pending",
+            "status must stay pending after steal"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            still.assignee_did.as_deref(),
+            Some(reserved),
+            "assignee_did must stay reserved after steal"
+        );
+
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(q(reserved)).data(AuthenticatedDid(reserved.into())))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            errors(&resp).is_empty(),
+            "reserved assignee must claim: {}",
+            errors(&resp)
+        );
+        let data = resp.data.into_json().expect("json data");
+        assert_eq!(data["claimTask"]["status"], "claimed");
+        assert_eq!(data["claimTask"]["ucanToken"], "gql-ucan-secret");
+    }
+
+    /// create_task normalizes a whitespace-only assignee to NULL (open task),
+    /// so the create response must show the stored row, not echo the input: a
+    /// client trusting the echoed "reservation" would believe a claimable task
+    /// is reserved. Before the fix the response was built from the pre-insert
+    /// struct and returned the padded input verbatim.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn create_task_reports_stored_assignee_not_input(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = crate::test_support::test_state(pool).await;
+        let caller = "did:key:zGQLCREATORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
+        let schema = state.graphql_schema.as_ref();
+        let q = format!(
+            r#"mutation {{ createTask(delegatorDid: "{caller}", input: {{ kind: "build", capability: "repo:write", assigneeDid: "   " }}) {{ id assigneeDid }} }}"#
+        );
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(q).data(AuthenticatedDid(caller.into())))
+            .await;
+        let data = resp.data.into_json().expect("json data");
+        assert!(
+            data["createTask"]["assigneeDid"].is_null(),
+            "whitespace-only assigneeDid must come back null (stored shape): {data}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// A task seeded with a whitespace-padded assignee must still be
+    /// completable by that assignee over GraphQL: REST and Db::finish_task
+    /// trim the stored value before comparing, and the GraphQL gate must do
+    /// the same or padded reservations finish only through REST.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn graphql_finish_accepts_padded_stored_assignee(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = crate::test_support::test_state(pool).await;
+        let assignee = "did:key:zGQLPADDEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339();
+        let task = crate::db::AgentTask {
+            id: "task-gql-padded".into(),
+            repo_id: None,
+            kind: "build".into(),
+            status: "pending".into(),
+            delegator_did: "did:key:zGQLDELEGATORDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD".into(),
+            assignee_did: Some(format!("\t{assignee}\n")),
+            capability: "repo:write".into(),
+            ucan_token: None,
+            payload: None,
+            result: None,
+            created_at: now.clone(),
+            updated_at: now,
+            deadline: None,
+        };
+        state.db.create_task(&task).await.expect("seed");
+        let schema = state.graphql_schema.as_ref();
+
+        let claim = format!(
+            r#"mutation {{ claimTask(id: "task-gql-padded", assigneeDid: "{assignee}") {{ id status }} }}"#
+        );
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(claim).data(AuthenticatedDid(assignee.into())))
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            errors(&resp).is_empty(),
+            "reserved assignee must claim a padded reservation: {}",
+            errors(&resp)
+        );
+
+        let finish = format!(
+            r#"mutation {{ completeTask(id: "task-gql-padded", byDid: "{assignee}", input: {{}}) {{ id status }} }}"#
+        );
+        let resp = schema
+            .execute(Request::new(finish).data(AuthenticatedDid(assignee.into())))
+            .await;
+        let errs = errors(&resp);
+        assert!(
+            errs.is_empty(),
+            "assignee must complete a padded reservation: {errs}"
+        );
+        let data = resp.data.into_json().expect("json data");
+        assert_eq!(data["completeTask"]["status"], "completed");
+    }
 }
@@ -1,57 +1,154 @@
 use async_graphql::{Context, Object, Result};
+use base64::{engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD, Engine};
 use std::sync::Arc;

-use crate::db::Db;
+use crate::api::events::MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES;
+use crate::db::{Db, RepoRecord, MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE, MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE};

-use super::types::{AgentTaskType, RefUpdateType, RepoType};
+use super::types::{AgentTaskType, RefUpdateType, RepoPageType, RepoType};
+
+fn repo_type(repo: RepoRecord) -> RepoType {
+    RepoType {
+        name: repo.name,
+        owner_did: repo.owner_did,
+        description: repo.description,
+        default_branch: repo.default_branch,
+        created_at: repo.created_at.to_rfc3339(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn repo_cursor(repo: &RepoRecord) -> String {
+    URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.encode(
+        serde_json::to_vec(&(&repo.owner_did, &repo.name))
+            .expect("a pair of strings is JSON serializable"),
+    )
+}
+
+fn parse_repo_cursor(cursor: &str) -> Result<(String, String)> {
+    // A position contains only public response fields, not a database id or
+    // authority. Every page re-evaluates visibility for the current caller.
+    if cursor.len() > 4096 {
+        return Err(async_graphql::Error::new("invalid repository cursor"));
+    }
+    let bytes = URL_SAFE_NO_PAD
+        .decode(cursor)
+        .map_err(|_| async_graphql::Error::new("invalid repository cursor"))?;
+    let position: (String, String) = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes)
+        .map_err(|_| async_graphql::Error::new("invalid repository cursor"))?;
+    // PostgreSQL text cannot contain NUL. Reject it as malformed input before
+    // binding either cursor component, rather than reporting a database error.
+    if position.0.contains('\0') || position.1.contains('\0') {
+        return Err(async_graphql::Error::new("invalid repository cursor"));
+    }
+    Ok(position)
+}

 pub struct QueryRoot;

 #[Object]
 impl QueryRoot {
+    // DB-backed roots carry a base cost so aliases consume the request budget
+    // even when each alias selects only one inexpensive response field.
+    // `repos` performs the same full corpus scan as a max-size `reposPage`
+    // (list_visible_repos_page with MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + 1), so it
+    // is priced as the full page it is, not as a cheap alias.
+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + child_complexity")]
+    /// Complete visible repository list, up to the documented maximum number
+    /// of entries. Larger lists must use reposPage; this field returns an
+    /// error instead of truncating silently.
    async fn repos(&self, ctx: &Context<'_>) -> Result<Vec<RepoType>> {
        let db = ctx.data_unchecked::<Arc<Db>>();
-        let repos = db
-            .list_all_repos_deduped()
-            .await
-            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
-
-        // Apply the same "/" visibility gate the REST/per-repo endpoints use so
-        // this surface does not enumerate private repos (#97). The caller DID is
-        // threaded onto the context by optional_signature; absent = anonymous.
        let caller = ctx
            .data::<crate::auth::AuthenticatedDid>()
            .ok()
            .map(|d| d.0.as_str());
-        let ids: Vec<String> = repos.iter().map(|r| r.id.clone()).collect();
-        let rules_by_repo = db
-            .list_visibility_rules_for_repos(&ids)
+        let mut repos = db
+            .list_visible_repos_page(caller, None, MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + 1)
            .await
            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
-
-        Ok(repos
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter(|r| {
-                let rules = rules_by_repo.get(&r.id).map(Vec::as_slice).unwrap_or(&[]);
-                crate::visibility::listable_at_root(rules, r.is_public, &r.owner_did, caller)
-            })
-            .map(|r| RepoType {
-                name: r.name,
-                owner_did: r.owner_did,
-                description: r.description,
-                default_branch: r.default_branch,
-                created_at: r.created_at.to_rfc3339(),
-            })
-            .collect())
+        if repos.len() > MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE {
+            return Err(async_graphql::Error::new(format!(
+                "repository list exceeds {} entries; use reposPage with limit and after",
+                MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE
+            )));
+        }
+        // Preserve the legacy activity ordering for complete, small lists.
+        repos.sort_by_key(|repo| std::cmp::Reverse(repo.updated_at));
+        Ok(repos.into_iter().map(repo_type).collect())
    }

+    /// Bounded visible repositories ordered by owner and name. Continue with
+    /// endCursor while hasNextPage is true. Pages are not a database snapshot.
+    // Every page sorts the full deduplicated corpus under COLLATE "C"
+    // (list_visible_repos_page documents the accepted O(total repos) bound),
+    // so the price charges the scan, not the emitted rows: a limit:1 page
+    // costs the same as a max-size page, the way `repos` is priced.
+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + child_complexity")]
+    async fn repos_page(
+        &self,
+        ctx: &Context<'_>,
+        #[graphql(
+            default = 50,
+            desc = "Page size from 1 to the documented maximum; other values are rejected."
+        )]
+        limit: i64,
+        after: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Result<RepoPageType> {
+        if !(1..=MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE as i64).contains(&limit) {
+            return Err(async_graphql::Error::new(format!(
+                "limit must be between 1 and {}",
+                MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE
+            )));
+        }
+        let after = after.as_deref().map(parse_repo_cursor).transpose()?;
+        let caller = ctx
+            .data::<crate::auth::AuthenticatedDid>()
+            .ok()
+            .map(|d| d.0.as_str());
+        let db = ctx.data_unchecked::<Arc<Db>>();
+        let mut repos = db
+            .list_visible_repos_page(
+                caller,
+                after
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .map(|(owner, name)| (owner.as_str(), name.as_str())),
+                limit as usize + 1,
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(crate::graphql::graphql_db_err)?;
+        let has_next_page = repos.len() > limit as usize;
+        repos.truncate(limit as usize);
+        let end_cursor = repos.last().map(repo_cursor);
+        Ok(RepoPageType {
+            nodes: repos.into_iter().map(repo_type).collect(),
+            has_next_page,
+            end_cursor,
+        })
+    }
+
+    // Complexity is additive with a base reflecting the collector's fixed scan:
+    // every request loads the full deduped repo set, the quarantined set, and
+    // the visibility rules, then walks up to max(limit, 2048) event rows past
+    // withheld ones, regardless of `limit`. A multiplicative price both
+    // undercharged limit:1 (51 for that fixed work) and made a request at the
+    // documented maximum unreachable (two fields at max limit cost 450 > 400).
+    //
+    // Decision on the collector floor (review #465, 3rd round): the up-to-2048
+    // walk is bounded constant overhead that does not scale with `limit`, so
+    // it is priced in the fixed base, not the limit term; the limit term
+    // prices only the emitted rows. Pricing the walk at face value in the base
+    // would put every refUpdates query over the 400 budget and make the field
+    // unusable, so the base prices that fixed scan as a lump sum instead.
+    #[graphql(
+        complexity = "100 + (limit.clamp(0, MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES) as usize) + child_complexity"
+    )]
    async fn ref_updates(
        &self,
        ctx: &Context<'_>,
        repo: Option<String>,
        #[graphql(
            default = 20,
-            desc = "Max 200; larger requests return the newest 200 rows (no continuation cursor)."
+            desc = "Requests above the documented maximum return the newest rows up to that maximum (no continuation cursor)."
        )]
        limit: i64,
    ) -> Result<Vec<RefUpdateType>> {
@@ -105,6 +202,14 @@ impl QueryRoot {
        Ok(resolved)
    }

+    // Complexity is additive: list_tasks is a single LIMIT-bounded query whose
+    // cost does not scale with the selected fields, so the price is the base
+    // plus the clamped limit plus the child fields. A multiplicative price
+    // made a request at the documented maximum unreachable (two fields at max
+    // limit cost 450 > 400).
+    #[graphql(
+        complexity = "50 + (limit.clamp(0, MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE) as usize) + child_complexity"
+    )]
    async fn tasks(
        &self,
        ctx: &Context<'_>,
@@ -112,7 +217,7 @@ impl QueryRoot {
        assignee_did: Option<String>,
        #[graphql(
            default = 50,
-            desc = "Max 200; larger requests are clamped to 200 (no error). Negative values clamp to 0."
+            desc = "Requests above the documented maximum are clamped to it (no error). Negative values clamp to 0."
        )]
        limit: i64,
    ) -> Result<Vec<AgentTaskType>> {
@@ -120,7 +225,7 @@ impl QueryRoot {
        // Clamp before SQL: a negative LIMIT is a client fault that Postgres
        // rejects with 2201W, which would otherwise trip the opaque DB path
        // and write an error-level log on every probe (#250 review).
-        let limit = limit.clamp(0, 200);
+        let limit = limit.clamp(0, MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE);
        let tasks = db
            .list_tasks(status.as_deref(), assignee_did.as_deref(), limit)
            .await
@@ -128,6 +233,7 @@ impl QueryRoot {
        Ok(tasks.into_iter().map(AgentTaskType::from).collect())
    }

+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + child_complexity")]
    async fn task(&self, ctx: &Context<'_>, id: String) -> Result<Option<AgentTaskType>> {
        let db = ctx.data_unchecked::<Arc<Db>>();
        let t = db
@@ -141,12 +247,642 @@ impl QueryRoot {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use crate::db::{Db, ReceivedRefUpdate, RepoRecord};
+    use base64::Engine;
    use chrono::Utc;
    use sqlx::PgPool;
    use std::sync::Arc;

    const OWNER: &str = "did:key:z6MkOwner";

+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn repos_legacy_rejects_overflow_and_pages_reach_every_visible_repo(pool: PgPool) {
+        let db = db(pool).await;
+        let total = crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + 5;
+        for index in 0..total {
+            let name = format!("repo-{index:03}");
+            db.create_repo(&repo(&name, OWNER, &name, true))
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+        // The SQL helper itself must bound materialization, even for a caller
+        // accidentally requesting an unlimited page.
+        assert_eq!(
+            db.list_visible_repos_page(None, None, usize::MAX)
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .len(),
+            crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + 1
+        );
+        let schema = schema(db);
+        let legacy = anon(&schema, "{ repos { name } }").await;
+        assert_eq!(legacy.errors.len(), 1);
+        assert!(legacy.errors[0].message.contains("use reposPage"));
+        assert_eq!(legacy.data, async_graphql::Value::Null);
+
+        let mut cursor = None;
+        let mut names = Vec::new();
+        loop {
+            let response = schema.execute(
+                async_graphql::Request::new(
+                    "query($after: String) { reposPage(limit: 50, after: $after) { nodes { name } hasNextPage endCursor } }",
+                ).variables(async_graphql::Variables::from_json(serde_json::json!({"after": cursor}))),
+            ).await;
+            assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", response.errors);
+            let json = response.data.into_json().unwrap();
+            let page = &json["reposPage"];
+            let rows = page["nodes"].as_array().unwrap();
+            assert!(rows.len() <= 50);
+            names.extend(
+                rows.iter()
+                    .map(|row| row["name"].as_str().unwrap().to_owned()),
+            );
+            if !page["hasNextPage"].as_bool().unwrap() {
+                break;
+            }
+            let next = page["endCursor"].as_str().unwrap().to_owned();
+            assert_ne!(cursor.as_ref(), Some(&next));
+            cursor = Some(next);
+            assert!(names.len() <= crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            names,
+            (0..total)
+                .map(|index| format!("repo-{index:03}"))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn repos_legacy_accepts_exactly_the_visible_bound(pool: PgPool) {
+        let db = db(pool).await;
+        let base_time = Utc::now();
+        let total = crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE;
+        for index in 0..total {
+            let name = format!("repo-{index:03}");
+            let mut r = repo(&name, OWNER, &name, true);
+            // Anti-correlate updated_at with name, creation order, and index
+            // so only ordering by updated_at DESC can satisfy the expectation.
+            let offset = (index * 37) % total;
+            r.updated_at = base_time + chrono::Duration::seconds(offset as i64);
+            db.create_repo(&r).await.unwrap();
+        }
+        db.create_repo(&repo("hidden", OWNER, "hidden", false))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let response = anon(&schema(db), "{ repos { name } }").await;
+        assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", response.errors);
+        let repos = response.data.into_json().unwrap()["repos"]
+            .as_array()
+            .unwrap()
+            .clone();
+        assert_eq!(repos.len(), total);
+        let names: Vec<_> = repos.iter().filter_map(|r| r["name"].as_str()).collect();
+        assert!(
+            !names.contains(&"hidden"),
+            "hidden repo must be excluded from legacy repos response"
+        );
+        let mut expected_indices = (0..total).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        expected_indices.sort_by_key(|&idx| std::cmp::Reverse((idx * 37) % total));
+        let expected_names: Vec<String> = expected_indices
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|index| format!("repo-{index:03}"))
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(
+            names,
+            expected_names
+                .iter()
+                .map(|s| s.as_str())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            "legacy repos must retain activity ordering (most recently updated first)"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn repos_page_pagination_crosses_owner_boundary(pool: PgPool) {
+        let db = db(pool).await;
+        let owner1 = "did:key:z6MkaOwner1";
+        let owner2 = "did:key:z6MkbOwner2";
+        let earlier_owner = "did:web:example.com";
+        // This owner sorts first only after did:key normalization. Its name
+        // sorts past the first cursor, so an unqualified OR name predicate
+        // would incorrectly serve it again on the next page.
+        //
+        // Rows are inserted out of order and not in reverse asserted order.
+        // Assigned IDs do not track name order, and owner2 contains both
+        // "B-repo" and "a-repo" whose byte order (B < a) differs from their
+        // case-folded order (a < b), ensuring lower(d.name) cannot satisfy
+        // the keyset query. Sized to 6 entries so the last page is full-sized
+        // (limit 2), proving hasNextPage distinguishes a full terminal page.
+        db.create_repo(&repo("r5", owner2, "c-repo", true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        db.create_repo(&repo("r9", earlier_owner, "zz-repo", true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        db.create_repo(&repo("r3", owner2, "B-repo", true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        db.create_repo(&repo("r8", owner1, "z-repo", true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        db.create_repo(&repo("r2", owner1, "b-repo", true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        db.create_repo(&repo("r1", owner2, "a-repo", true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let schema = schema(db);
+        let page1_resp = anon(
+            &schema,
+            "{ reposPage(limit: 2) { nodes { name ownerDid } hasNextPage endCursor } }",
+        )
+        .await;
+        assert!(page1_resp.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", page1_resp.errors);
+        let p1 = page1_resp.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"].clone();
+        assert_eq!(p1["hasNextPage"], true);
+        assert_eq!(
+            p1["nodes"],
+            serde_json::json!([
+                {"name": "zz-repo", "ownerDid": earlier_owner},
+                {"name": "b-repo", "ownerDid": owner1},
+            ])
+        );
+        let cursor = p1["endCursor"].as_str().unwrap();
+
+        let page2_query = format!(
+            "{{ reposPage(limit: 2, after: \"{cursor}\") {{ nodes {{ name ownerDid }} hasNextPage endCursor }} }}"
+        );
+        let page2_resp = anon(&schema, &page2_query).await;
+        assert!(page2_resp.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", page2_resp.errors);
+        let p2 = page2_resp.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"].clone();
+        assert_eq!(p2["hasNextPage"], true);
+        assert_eq!(
+            p2["nodes"],
+            serde_json::json!([
+                {"name": "z-repo", "ownerDid": owner1},
+                {"name": "B-repo", "ownerDid": owner2},
+            ])
+        );
+        let cursor = p2["endCursor"].as_str().unwrap();
+        let page3_query = format!(
+            "{{ reposPage(limit: 2, after: \"{cursor}\") {{ nodes {{ name ownerDid }} hasNextPage endCursor }} }}"
+        );
+        let page3_resp = anon(&schema, &page3_query).await;
+        assert!(page3_resp.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", page3_resp.errors);
+        let p3 = page3_resp.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"].clone();
+        assert_eq!(p3["hasNextPage"], false);
+        assert_eq!(
+            p3["nodes"],
+            serde_json::json!([
+                {"name": "a-repo", "ownerDid": owner2},
+                {"name": "c-repo", "ownerDid": owner2},
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn repos_page_at_documented_maximum_distinguishes_terminal_page(pool: PgPool) {
+        let db = db(pool).await;
+        let total = crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE;
+        for index in 0..total {
+            let name = format!("repo-{index:03}");
+            db.create_repo(&repo(&name, OWNER, &name, true))
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+        let schema = schema(db.clone());
+        let query =
+            format!("{{ reposPage(limit: {total}) {{ nodes {{ name }} hasNextPage endCursor }} }}");
+        let resp200 = anon(&schema, &query).await;
+        assert!(resp200.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", resp200.errors);
+        let p200 = resp200.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"].clone();
+        assert_eq!(p200["hasNextPage"], false);
+        let nodes200 = p200["nodes"].as_array().unwrap().clone();
+        assert_eq!(nodes200.len(), total);
+
+        // Adding row 201 keeps page 1 content identical while flipping hasNextPage to true.
+        let name201 = format!("repo-{total:03}");
+        db.create_repo(&repo(&name201, OWNER, &name201, true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let resp201 = anon(&schema, &query).await;
+        assert!(resp201.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", resp201.errors);
+        let p201 = resp201.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"].clone();
+        assert_eq!(p201["hasNextPage"], true);
+        assert_eq!(p201["nodes"], p200["nodes"]);
+        assert_eq!(p201["endCursor"], p200["endCursor"]);
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn repos_page_visibility_matches_the_shared_gate(pool: PgPool) {
+        use crate::db::VisibilityMode;
+        let db = db(pool).await;
+        let reader = "did:key:zReader";
+        for (id, public) in [
+            ("open", true),
+            ("private", false),
+            ("root-deny", true),
+            ("root-reader", false),
+            ("subtree", true),
+            ("root-tie", true),
+            ("odd-star", true),
+            ("malformed-readers", true),
+            ("non-array-readers", true),
+            ("non-string-reader", true),
+            ("quarantined", true),
+        ] {
+            db.create_repo(&repo(id, OWNER, id, public)).await.unwrap();
+        }
+        // Canonical and mirror copies must still collapse before pagination.
+        db.create_repo(&repo("z6MkOwner/open", "z6MkOwner", "open", true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        db.create_repo(&repo(
+            "other-method",
+            "did:web:z6MkOwner",
+            "other-method",
+            false,
+        ))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        db.set_repo_quarantine("quarantined", true).await.unwrap();
+        for (id, glob, readers) in [
+            ("root-deny", "/", vec![]),
+            ("root-reader", "/**", vec![reader.to_owned()]),
+            ("subtree", "/secret/**", vec![]),
+            ("root-tie", "/", vec![reader.to_owned()]),
+            ("root-tie", "/**", vec![]),
+            ("odd-star", "/*", vec![]),
+            ("malformed-readers", "/", vec![]),
+            ("non-array-readers", "/", vec![]),
+            ("non-string-reader", "/", vec![]),
+        ] {
+            db.set_visibility_rule(id, glob, VisibilityMode::B, &readers, OWNER)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+        // The typed setter cannot create malformed JSON, but existing TEXT rows
+        // can contain it. Such a rule must deny this repo, not abort the page.
+        // All three deny arms of the reader_dids predicate are pinned here:
+        // (a) invalid JSON, (b) valid JSON that is not an array, (c) an array
+        // containing a non-string member. The Rust gate parses reader_dids as
+        // Vec<String> with unwrap_or_default(), so (b) and (c) also fail to
+        // parse and deny; the SQL CASE must agree on every shape.
+        let rows = sqlx::query("UPDATE visibility_rules SET reader_dids = $1 WHERE repo_id = $2")
+            .bind("not JSON")
+            .bind("malformed-readers")
+            .execute(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rows.rows_affected(), 1);
+        let rows = sqlx::query("UPDATE visibility_rules SET reader_dids = $1 WHERE repo_id = $2")
+            .bind("\"just-a-string\"")
+            .bind("non-array-readers")
+            .execute(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rows.rows_affected(), 1);
+        // The named reader is listed, but the non-string member poisons the
+        // whole list: both sides must still deny them.
+        let rows = sqlx::query("UPDATE visibility_rules SET reader_dids = $1 WHERE repo_id = $2")
+            .bind("[\"did:key:zReader\", 42]")
+            .bind("non-string-reader")
+            .execute(db.pool())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rows.rows_affected(), 1);
+        let all = db.list_all_repos_deduped().await.unwrap();
+        for caller in [
+            None,
+            Some(OWNER),
+            Some("z6MkOwner"),
+            Some(reader),
+            Some("zReader"),
+            Some("did:web:z6MkOwner"),
+        ] {
+            let mut expected = Vec::new();
+            for record in &all {
+                let rules = db.list_visibility_rules(&record.id).await.unwrap();
+                if crate::visibility::listable_at_root(
+                    &rules,
+                    record.is_public,
+                    &record.owner_did,
+                    caller,
+                ) {
+                    expected.push(record.id.clone());
+                }
+            }
+            expected.sort();
+            let mut actual = db
+                .list_visible_repos_page(caller, None, usize::MAX)
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|record| record.id)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            actual.sort();
+            assert_eq!(actual, expected, "caller {caller:?}");
+        }
+        let schema = schema(db);
+        for caller in [None, Some("did:key:zUnauthorized")] {
+            let query = "{ repos { name } }";
+            let response = match caller {
+                None => anon(&schema, query).await,
+                Some(caller) => authed(&schema, query, caller).await,
+            };
+            assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", response.errors);
+            let mut names: Vec<String> = response.data.into_json().unwrap()["repos"]
+                .as_array()
+                .unwrap()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|repo| repo["name"].as_str().unwrap().to_owned())
+                .collect();
+            names.sort();
+            assert_eq!(names, ["odd-star", "open", "subtree"]);
+        }
+        let query = "{ reposPage(limit: 1) { nodes { name ownerDid } hasNextPage endCursor } }";
+        let response = anon(&schema, query).await;
+        assert!(response.errors.is_empty(), "{:?}", response.errors);
+        let json = response.data.into_json().unwrap();
+        let page = &json["reposPage"];
+        assert_eq!(
+            page["nodes"],
+            serde_json::json!([{"name": "odd-star", "ownerDid": OWNER}])
+        );
+        assert_eq!(page["hasNextPage"], true);
+        let cursor = super::parse_repo_cursor(page["endCursor"].as_str().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cursor, (OWNER.to_owned(), "odd-star".to_owned()));
+        assert!(!json.to_string().contains("private"));
+        assert!(!json.to_string().contains("quarantined"));
+
+        // Route-level check with unauthorized authenticated caller:
+        // Excludes private, quarantined, and root-deny repos, matching anonymous behavior.
+        let all_query = "{ reposPage(limit: 50) { nodes { name } hasNextPage } }";
+        let unauth_response = authed(&schema, all_query, "did:key:zUnauthorized").await;
+        assert!(
+            unauth_response.errors.is_empty(),
+            "{:?}",
+            unauth_response.errors
+        );
+        let unauth_json = unauth_response.data.into_json().unwrap();
+        let unauth_names: Vec<&str> = unauth_json["reposPage"]["nodes"]
+            .as_array()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|n| n["name"].as_str())
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(unauth_names, vec!["odd-star", "open", "subtree"]);
+        let unauth_str = unauth_json.to_string();
+        assert!(!unauth_str.contains("private"));
+        assert!(!unauth_str.contains("quarantined"));
+        assert!(!unauth_str.contains("root-deny"));
+        assert!(!unauth_str.contains("root-reader"));
+        assert!(!unauth_str.contains("root-tie"));
+
+        // Reader caller gets root-reader and root-tie, but still excludes private, quarantined, root-deny.
+        let reader_response = authed(&schema, all_query, reader).await;
+        assert!(
+            reader_response.errors.is_empty(),
+            "{:?}",
+            reader_response.errors
+        );
+        let reader_json = reader_response.data.into_json().unwrap();
+        let reader_names: Vec<&str> = reader_json["reposPage"]["nodes"]
+            .as_array()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|n| n["name"].as_str())
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(
+            reader_names,
+            vec!["odd-star", "open", "root-reader", "subtree"]
+        );
+        let reader_str = reader_json.to_string();
+        assert!(!reader_str.contains("private"));
+        assert!(!reader_str.contains("quarantined"));
+        assert!(!reader_str.contains("root-deny"));
+        assert!(!reader_str.contains("root-tie"));
+    }
+
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn repos_page_rechecks_cursor_authority_and_exact_boundary(pool: PgPool) {
+        let db = db(pool).await;
+        let visible = repo("visible", OWNER, "a-visible", true);
+        db.create_repo(&visible).await.unwrap();
+        db.create_repo(&repo("hidden", OWNER, "z-private", false))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let schema = schema(db);
+        let first = anon(
+            &schema,
+            "{ reposPage(limit: 1) { nodes { name } hasNextPage endCursor } }",
+        )
+        .await;
+        assert!(first.errors.is_empty());
+        let first = first.data.into_json().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(first["reposPage"]["hasNextPage"], false);
+        let query = format!(
+            "{{ reposPage(limit: 1, after: \"{}\") {{ nodes {{ name }} hasNextPage endCursor }} }}",
+            super::repo_cursor(&visible)
+        );
+        let owner = authed(&schema, &query, OWNER).await;
+        assert!(owner.errors.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            owner.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"]["nodes"][0]["name"],
+            "z-private"
+        );
+        let anon = anon(&schema, &query).await;
+        assert!(anon.errors.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            anon.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"],
+            serde_json::json!({
+                "nodes": [], "hasNextPage": false, "endCursor": null
+            })
+        );
+        let unauth = authed(&schema, &query, "did:key:zUnauthorized").await;
+        assert!(unauth.errors.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            unauth.data.into_json().unwrap()["reposPage"],
+            serde_json::json!({
+                "nodes": [], "hasNextPage": false, "endCursor": null
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn repos_page_rejects_nul_cursors_before_database_access() {
+        let pool = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .connect_lazy("postgres://localhost/unused")
+            .unwrap();
+        let schema = schema(Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool)));
+        for position in [("did:key:zOwner\0", "repo"), ("did:key:zOwner", "repo\0")] {
+            let cursor = super::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.encode(serde_json::to_vec(&position).unwrap());
+            let query = format!("{{ reposPage(after: \"{cursor}\") {{ hasNextPage }} }}");
+            let response =
+                tokio::time::timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1), anon(&schema, &query))
+                    .await
+                    .expect("invalid cursors must be rejected without accessing the database");
+            assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "invalid repository cursor");
+            assert_eq!(response.data, async_graphql::Value::Null);
+        }
+        let position = ("did:key:zOwner", "repo");
+        let cursor = super::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.encode(serde_json::to_vec(&position).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::parse_repo_cursor(&cursor).unwrap(),
+            (position.0.to_owned(), position.1.to_owned())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn repos_page_rejects_invalid_inputs_before_database_access() {
+        let pool = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .connect_lazy("postgres://localhost/unused")
+            .unwrap();
+        let schema = schema(Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool)));
+        let over_max = crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE + 1;
+        let expected_limit_message = format!(
+            "limit must be between 1 and {}",
+            crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE
+        );
+        // Each input pins its own rejection message: the loop must not accept
+        // either message for every query, or a misattributed message (e.g. the
+        // limit arm returning "invalid repository cursor") stays invisible.
+        for (query, expected_message) in [
+            (
+                "{ reposPage(limit: 0) { hasNextPage } }".to_owned(),
+                expected_limit_message.clone(),
+            ),
+            (
+                "{ reposPage(limit: -1) { hasNextPage } }".to_owned(),
+                expected_limit_message.clone(),
+            ),
+            (
+                format!("{{ reposPage(limit: {over_max}) {{ hasNextPage }} }}"),
+                expected_limit_message.clone(),
+            ),
+            (
+                "{ reposPage(after: \"invalid!\") { hasNextPage } }".to_owned(),
+                "invalid repository cursor".to_owned(),
+            ),
+        ] {
+            let response =
+                tokio::time::timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1), anon(&schema, &query))
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(
+                response.errors[0].message, expected_message,
+                "wrong rejection message for query: {query}"
+            );
+        }
+        // Valid base64 and valid cursor JSON: only the length guard rejects it.
+        let oversized = super::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD
+            .encode(serde_json::to_vec(&("did:key:reader", "a".repeat(3100))).unwrap());
+        assert!(oversized.len() > 4096);
+        assert!(serde_json::from_slice::<(String, String)>(
+            &super::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.decode(&oversized).unwrap()
+        )
+        .is_ok());
+        assert!(super::parse_repo_cursor(&oversized).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn parse_repo_cursor_rejects_wrong_shape_json() {
+        // Valid base64 and valid JSON, but not a (String, String) pair: the
+        // wrong-shape arm must report "invalid repository cursor", exactly,
+        // before any database access.
+        let pool = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .connect_lazy("postgres://localhost/unused")
+            .unwrap();
+        let schema = schema(Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool)));
+        for payload in [
+            serde_json::json!(["only-one"]),
+            serde_json::json!(["a", "b", "c"]),
+            serde_json::json!({"owner": "x", "name": "y"}),
+            serde_json::json!(42),
+            serde_json::json!(["a", 1]),
+        ] {
+            let cursor = super::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.encode(serde_json::to_vec(&payload).unwrap());
+            let err = super::parse_repo_cursor(&cursor).unwrap_err();
+            assert_eq!(err.message, "invalid repository cursor");
+            let query = format!("{{ reposPage(after: \"{cursor}\") {{ hasNextPage }} }}");
+            let response =
+                tokio::time::timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1), anon(&schema, &query))
+                    .await
+                    .expect("wrong-shape cursors must be rejected without accessing the database");
+            assert_eq!(response.errors.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(response.errors[0].message, "invalid repository cursor");
+            assert_eq!(response.data, async_graphql::Value::Null);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn longest_repo_name_cursor_round_trips() {
+        // #465 4th round: a cursor the server emits must always parse back.
+        // Repo names are bounded at the create/fork/mirror write paths, so the
+        // longest admissible name must produce a cursor under the 4096-byte
+        // parse limit.
+        let name = "a".repeat(crate::db::MAX_REPO_NAME_LEN);
+        let record = repo("long", OWNER, &name, true);
+        let cursor = super::repo_cursor(&record);
+        assert!(
+            cursor.len() <= 4096,
+            "emitted cursor must stay under the parse limit: {}",
+            cursor.len()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::parse_repo_cursor(&cursor).unwrap(),
+            (OWNER.to_owned(), name)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// A negative refUpdates(limit) must be accepted and clamped to zero rows,
+    /// like tasks(limit: -1): the complexity formula's `limit.clamp(0, ...)`
+    /// prices it at the floor and the shared collector returns before any
+    /// database access. Mirrors tasks_negative_limit_clamped.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn ref_updates_negative_limit_clamped() {
+        let pool = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .connect_lazy("postgres://localhost/unused")
+            .unwrap();
+        let schema = schema(Arc::new(Db::for_testing(pool)));
+        let resp = tokio::time::timeout(
+            std::time::Duration::from_secs(1),
+            anon(&schema, "{ refUpdates(limit: -1) { repo } }"),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("negative limit must clamp without accessing the database");
+        assert!(
+            resp.errors.is_empty(),
+            "negative limit must clamp, not fail: {:?}",
+            resp.errors
+        );
+        assert_eq!(count(&resp), 0);
+    }
+
+    /// The mirror write path binds peer-supplied names verbatim, so it must
+    /// enforce the same bound as the local write paths: an overlong peer name
+    /// would otherwise make reposPage emit an unparseable cursor. The
+    /// rejection happens before any database access.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn mirror_repo_rejects_overlong_name() {
+        let pool = sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .connect_lazy("postgres://localhost/unused")
+            .unwrap();
+        let db = Db::for_testing(pool);
+        let name = "b".repeat(crate::db::MAX_REPO_NAME_LEN + 1);
+        let err = db
+            .upsert_mirror_repo("z6MkLong", &name, "/tmp/long", None, false)
+            .await
+            .unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string().contains("exceeds"),
+            "unexpected error: {err}"
+        );
+    }
+
    async fn db(pool: PgPool) -> Arc<Db> {
        let db = Db::for_testing(pool);
        db.run_migrations().await.unwrap();
@@ -475,12 +1211,13 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(count_tasks(&resp), 0);
    }

-    /// #255: ceiling of the tasks(limit) clamp must be held (schema promises Max 200).
+    /// #255: ceiling of the tasks(limit) clamp must be held (schema promises the
+    /// documented maximum).
    #[sqlx::test]
-    async fn tasks_limit_ceiling_clamped_to_200(pool: PgPool) {
+    async fn tasks_limit_ceiling_clamped_to_max(pool: PgPool) {
        let db = db(pool).await;
        let now = Utc::now().to_rfc3339();
-        for i in 0..201 {
+        for i in 0..crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE + 1 {
            db.create_task(&crate::db::AgentTask {
                id: format!("task-ceil-{i}"),
                repo_id: None,
@@ -501,7 +1238,49 @@ mod tests {
        }
        let schema = schema(db);
        let resp = anon(&schema, "{ tasks(limit: 5000) { id } }").await;
-        assert_eq!(count_tasks(&resp), 200, "limit above 200 must clamp to 200");
+        assert_eq!(
+            count_tasks(&resp),
+            crate::db::MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE as usize,
+            "limit above the maximum must clamp to MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// A limit above MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES must reach the resolver clamped,
+    /// not be rejected: the complexity formula clamps the priced limit (so the
+    /// document passes validation) and the shared collector clamps the rows
+    /// (so at most MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES come back). Removing the formula
+    /// clamp prices the raw limit and rejects the document; removing the
+    /// collector clamp returns unbounded rows. Mirrors
+    /// tasks_limit_ceiling_clamped_to_max.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn ref_updates_limit_ceiling_clamped_to_max(pool: PgPool) {
+        use crate::api::events::MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES;
+        let db = db(pool).await;
+        db.create_repo(&repo("r1", OWNER, "widget", true))
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let total = MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES as usize + 1;
+        for i in 0..total {
+            let mut row = ref_row(&format!("ceil{i}"), "z6MkOwner/widget");
+            row.timestamp = format!("2026-07-01T10:{:02}:{:02}+00:00", i / 60, i % 60);
+            db.insert_ref_update(&row).await.unwrap();
+        }
+        let schema = schema(db);
+        let query = format!(
+            "{{ refUpdates(limit: {}) {{ repo }} }}",
+            MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES + 4800
+        );
+        let resp = anon(&schema, &query).await;
+        assert!(
+            resp.errors.is_empty(),
+            "limit above the maximum must clamp, not fail: {:?}",
+            resp.errors
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            count(&resp),
+            MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES as usize,
+            "limit above the maximum must clamp to MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES"
+        );
    }

    fn count_tasks(resp: &async_graphql::Response) -> usize {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ impl SubscriptionRoot {
    /// `if announce` block, `api/repos.rs`). This is a single-point invariant —
    /// any new sender to `ref_update_tx` MUST be `announce`-gated, or private-repo
    /// ref metadata leaks here to unauthenticated subscribers (#112/#114 class).
+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + child_complexity")]
    async fn ref_updates(
        &self,
        ctx: &Context<'_>,
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ impl SubscriptionRoot {
        })
    }

+    #[graphql(complexity = "50 + child_complexity")]
    async fn task_events(
        &self,
        ctx: &Context<'_>,
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ pub struct RepoType {
    pub created_at: String,
 }

+#[derive(SimpleObject)]
+pub struct RepoPageType {
+    pub nodes: Vec<RepoType>,
+    pub has_next_page: bool,
+    /// Position after the last returned visible repository; null for an empty page.
+    pub end_cursor: Option<String>,
+}
+
 #[derive(SimpleObject, Clone)]
 pub struct AgentTaskType {
    pub id: String,
@@ -2638,6 +2638,7 @@ mod tests {
    /// type probe carries its oid on stdin rather than in argv, so an oid appears in
    /// the log only once an object has already got past its probe, and a healthy
    /// object costs two invocations to a faulting one's one.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
    fn objects_attempted(log: &std::path::Path) -> usize {
        std::fs::read_to_string(log)
            .unwrap_or_default()
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ use state::AppState;
 struct DegradedState {
    node_did: String,
    db_startup: Arc<DbStartupStatus>,
+    web_url: Option<String>,
 }

 /// Two independent counters with no cross-field invariant — atomics, not a
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
        degraded_listener,
        node_did.to_string(),
        Arc::clone(&db_startup),
+        config.web_url.clone(),
        db_ready_rx,
        shutdown_tx.subscribe(),
    ));
@@ -429,6 +431,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
        std::time::Duration::from_secs(3600),
        200_000,
    );
+    let federated_rate_limiter =
+        rate_limit::RateLimiter::new_bounded(12, std::time::Duration::from_secs(60), 10_000);
    if config.sync_trigger_rate_limit == 0 {
        tracing::warn!(
            "GITLAWB_SYNC_TRIGGER_RATE_LIMIT=0 — /sync/trigger IP rate limiting disabled"
@@ -467,6 +471,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
        push_limiter_trust,
        sync_trigger_rate_limiter,
        peer_write_rate_limiter,
+        federated_rate_limiter,
        shutdown_tx: shutdown_tx.clone(),
        git_read_semaphore: Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(config.max_concurrent_git_ops)),
        git_write_semaphore: Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(
@@ -869,11 +874,12 @@ async fn run_degraded_server(
    listener: TcpListener,
    node_did: String,
    db_startup: Arc<DbStartupStatus>,
+    web_url: Option<String>,
    mut db_ready_rx: watch::Receiver<bool>,
    mut shutdown_rx: watch::Receiver<bool>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
    let addr = listener.local_addr().ok();
-    let router = build_degraded_router(node_did, db_startup);
+    let router = build_degraded_router(node_did, db_startup, web_url);
    info!(?addr, "degraded HTTP server ready");

    axum::serve(listener, router)
@@ -890,10 +896,15 @@ async fn run_degraded_server(
    Ok(())
 }

-fn build_degraded_router(node_did: String, db_startup: Arc<DbStartupStatus>) -> Router {
+fn build_degraded_router(
+    node_did: String,
+    db_startup: Arc<DbStartupStatus>,
+    web_url: Option<String>,
+) -> Router {
    let state = DegradedState {
        node_did,
        db_startup,
+        web_url,
    };
    // Everything answers 503 with the same body — including /health and
    // /ready, so peer readiness probes and uptime monitors correctly see a
@@ -925,6 +936,9 @@ async fn degraded_node_info(State(state): State<DegradedState>) -> impl IntoResp
        obj.insert("name".into(), "gitlawb-node".into());
        obj.insert("version".into(), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").into());
        obj.insert("did".into(), state.node_did.clone().into());
+        if let Some(web_url) = &state.web_url {
+            obj.insert("web_url".into(), web_url.clone().into());
+        }
    }
    (StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, Json(body))
 }
@@ -1171,6 +1185,7 @@ mod rate_limiter_sweep_tests {
        state.close_issue_rate_limiter = RateLimiter::new(10, window);
        state.sync_trigger_rate_limiter = RateLimiter::new(10, window);
        state.peer_write_rate_limiter = RateLimiter::new(10, window);
+        state.federated_rate_limiter = RateLimiter::new(10, window);
        state.ipfs_rate_limiter = RateLimiter::new(10, window);

        let limiters = |s: &crate::state::AppState| {
@@ -1181,6 +1196,7 @@ mod rate_limiter_sweep_tests {
                s.close_issue_rate_limiter.clone(),
                s.sync_trigger_rate_limiter.clone(),
                s.peer_write_rate_limiter.clone(),
+                s.federated_rate_limiter.clone(),
                s.ipfs_rate_limiter.clone(),
            ]
        };
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ pub fn record_sync_processed(status: &str) {
 }

 /// Record one webhook delivery attempt outcome. `result` ∈
-/// {ok, http_error, network_error, skipped}.
+/// {ok, http_error, network_error, skipped, invalid_url}.
+/// `invalid_url` is a policy skip: the stored hook URL failed the public-URL
+/// check at delivery time and the POST was never sent.
 pub fn record_webhook_delivery(result: &str) {
    if let Some(c) = WEBHOOK_DELIVERIES.get() {
        c.with_label_values(&[result]).inc();
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 //! The node's PeerId comes from an Ed25519 keypair loaded from a persistent
 //! key file, so the PeerId is stable across restarts.

-use std::collections::{hash_map::DefaultHasher, HashMap};
+use std::collections::{hash_map::DefaultHasher, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::path::{Component, Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
@@ -315,6 +315,17 @@ fn is_zero(v: &u32) -> bool {
    *v == 0
 }

+// Identify is an untrusted address source. Keep enough entries for normal
+// multi-homed peers while bounding both one peer and the whole routing table.
+const IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT: usize = 8;
+// Bound canonicalization and sorting too, including rejected/duplicate entries.
+const IDENTIFY_REPORT_ADDRESS_LIMIT: usize = 64;
+const IDENTIFY_NEW_ADDRESS_LIMIT: usize = 8;
+const IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT: usize = 1024;
+const IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
+const IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30 * 60);
+const IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_CLEANUP_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
+
 /// A ref-update event published to Gossipsub when a push lands.
 ///
 /// The signing bytes are this struct serialized with `sig` set to None (see
@@ -1631,6 +1642,200 @@ fn did_to_kad_key(did: &str) -> kad::RecordKey {
    kad::RecordKey::new(&format!("/gitlawb/did/{did}").as_bytes())
 }

+/// Returns true when `address` was explicitly configured for `peer` through
+/// AddKnownPeer. Explicit addresses are retained in Kademlia even when an
+/// overlapping Identify lease expires or is evicted.
+fn is_explicit_address(
+    explicit_addresses: &HashMap<PeerId, HashSet<Multiaddr>>,
+    peer: &PeerId,
+    address: &Multiaddr,
+) -> bool {
+    explicit_addresses
+        .get(peer)
+        .is_some_and(|addresses| addresses.contains(address))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct IdentifyAddress {
+    address: Multiaddr,
+    expires_at: Instant,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct IdentifyPeerAddresses {
+    addresses: VecDeque<IdentifyAddress>,
+    window_started: Instant,
+    new_addresses: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+struct IdentifyAddressChanges {
+    added: Vec<Multiaddr>,
+    refreshed: Vec<Multiaddr>,
+    removed: Vec<(PeerId, Multiaddr)>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct IdentifyAddressBook {
+    peers: HashMap<PeerId, IdentifyPeerAddresses>,
+    address_count: usize,
+}
+
+impl IdentifyAddressBook {
+    fn update(
+        &mut self,
+        peer_id: PeerId,
+        now: Instant,
+        addresses: &[Multiaddr],
+    ) -> IdentifyAddressChanges {
+        let mut changes = IdentifyAddressChanges::default();
+        if self.peers.contains_key(&peer_id) {
+            changes.removed.extend(self.expire_peer(peer_id, now));
+        }
+        let reported = addresses
+            .iter()
+            .take(IDENTIFY_REPORT_ADDRESS_LIMIT)
+            .filter_map(|address| address.clone().with_p2p(peer_id).ok())
+            .collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+        if reported.is_empty() && !self.peers.contains_key(&peer_id) {
+            return changes;
+        }
+        let state = self
+            .peers
+            .entry(peer_id)
+            .or_insert_with(|| IdentifyPeerAddresses {
+                addresses: VecDeque::new(),
+                window_started: now,
+                new_addresses: 0,
+            });
+
+        if now.saturating_duration_since(state.window_started) >= IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW {
+            state.window_started = now;
+            state.new_addresses = 0;
+        }
+
+        // Refresh every retained address in the bounded report before admission.
+        // Refreshed addresses are reported so the Identify handler can re-admit
+        // them to Kademlia. Kademlia may have dropped a retained address
+        // after a failed dial or never kept it for a full k-bucket, and a
+        // TTL refresh alone would never re-add it.
+        for existing in &mut state.addresses {
+            if reported.contains(&existing.address) {
+                existing.expires_at = now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL;
+                changes.refreshed.push(existing.address.clone());
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut new_addresses: Vec<Multiaddr> = reported
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|address| {
+                !state
+                    .addresses
+                    .iter()
+                    .any(|existing| &existing.address == *address)
+            })
+            .cloned()
+            .collect();
+        // HashSet iteration is deliberately unordered. Sort new candidates so
+        // an oversized Identify report has deterministic admission behavior.
+        new_addresses.sort();
+
+        for address in new_addresses {
+            if state.new_addresses >= IDENTIFY_NEW_ADDRESS_LIMIT {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            let evicted = if state.addresses.len() < IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT {
+                None
+            } else {
+                state
+                    .addresses
+                    .iter()
+                    .position(|existing| !reported.contains(&existing.address))
+                    .and_then(|index| state.addresses.remove(index))
+            };
+            if let Some(evicted) = evicted {
+                self.address_count -= 1;
+                changes.removed.push((peer_id, evicted.address));
+            } else if state.addresses.len() >= IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT {
+                // Every retained address was refreshed in this report. Keep
+                // that stable subset and drop surplus new candidates.
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if self.address_count >= IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT {
+                // Reject the admission instead of evicting another peer's
+                // entry: cross-peer eviction lets a flood of new identities
+                // push honest peers' addresses out of the book and, when the
+                // evicted address is their last one, out of the Kademlia
+                // routing table. Per-peer eviction above still applies to the
+                // reporting peer's own addresses.
+                break;
+            }
+
+            state.new_addresses += 1;
+            state.addresses.push_back(IdentifyAddress {
+                address: address.clone(),
+                expires_at: now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL,
+            });
+            self.address_count += 1;
+            changes.added.push(address);
+        }
+
+        // Do not keep a row when every candidate was rejected: a zero-address
+        // row is invisible to address_count and would otherwise linger until
+        // the expiry tick. This matches expire_peer, which drops empty rows.
+        if state.addresses.is_empty() {
+            self.peers.remove(&peer_id);
+        }
+
+        changes
+    }
+
+    fn expire(&mut self, now: Instant) -> Vec<(PeerId, Multiaddr)> {
+        let mut removed = Vec::new();
+        let peers = self.peers.keys().copied().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        for peer_id in peers {
+            removed.extend(self.expire_peer(peer_id, now));
+        }
+        removed
+    }
+
+    fn expire_peer(&mut self, peer_id: PeerId, now: Instant) -> Vec<(PeerId, Multiaddr)> {
+        let expired = self
+            .peers
+            .get_mut(&peer_id)
+            .map(|state| Self::expire_state(state, now))
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        self.address_count -= expired.len();
+        if self
+            .peers
+            .get(&peer_id)
+            .is_some_and(|state| state.addresses.is_empty())
+        {
+            self.peers.remove(&peer_id);
+        }
+        expired
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|address| (peer_id, address))
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    fn expire_state(state: &mut IdentifyPeerAddresses, now: Instant) -> Vec<Multiaddr> {
+        let mut expired = Vec::new();
+        let mut retained = VecDeque::with_capacity(state.addresses.len());
+        while let Some(address) = state.addresses.pop_front() {
+            if address.expires_at <= now {
+                expired.push(address.address);
+            } else {
+                retained.push_back(address);
+            }
+        }
+        state.addresses = retained;
+        expired
+    }
+}
+
 /// Combined libp2p behaviour.
 #[derive(NetworkBehaviour)]
 #[behaviour(prelude = "libp2p_swarm::derive_prelude")]
@@ -3960,6 +4165,14 @@ pub async fn start(
    // Track in-flight GetRecord queries → reply channels
    let mut pending_get_did: HashMap<kad::QueryId, oneshot::Sender<Option<DidRecord>>> =
        HashMap::new();
+    // Keep Identify-derived entries across disconnects so a bootstrap address
+    // learned through Identify remains usable for redial. The TTL cleanup below
+    // removes entries that are no longer refreshed without touching explicit
+    // AddKnownPeer addresses.
+    let mut identify_addresses = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+    let mut explicit_addresses: HashMap<PeerId, HashSet<Multiaddr>> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut identify_cleanup = tokio::time::interval(IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_CLEANUP_INTERVAL);
+    identify_cleanup.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Skip);

    // Start the event loop as a background task
    tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -3979,6 +4192,13 @@ pub async fn start(
                _ = ingest_sweep.tick() => {
                    run_ingest_sweep(&ingest_limiters, &replay_guard, ingest_now()).await;
                }
+                _ = identify_cleanup.tick() => {
+                    for (peer_id, address) in identify_addresses.expire(Instant::now()) {
+                        if !is_explicit_address(&explicit_addresses, &peer_id, &address) {
+                            swarm.behaviour_mut().kademlia.remove_address(&peer_id, &address);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
                // Graceful shutdown: exit the swarm loop when the
                // process-wide signal flips. This drops the Swarm
                // which closes all libp2p connections cleanly.
@@ -4113,7 +4333,21 @@ pub async fn start(
                            identify::Event::Received { peer_id, info, .. }
                        )) => {
                            debug!(peer = %peer_id, "identify received");
-                            for addr in info.listen_addrs {
+                            let changes = identify_addresses.update(
+                                peer_id,
+                                Instant::now(),
+                                &info.listen_addrs,
+                            );
+                            for (removed_peer, addr) in changes.removed {
+                                if !is_explicit_address(&explicit_addresses, &removed_peer, &addr)
+                                {
+                                    swarm
+                                        .behaviour_mut()
+                                        .kademlia
+                                        .remove_address(&removed_peer, &addr);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            for addr in changes.refreshed.into_iter().chain(changes.added) {
                                swarm.behaviour_mut().kademlia.add_address(&peer_id, addr);
                            }
                        }
@@ -4150,6 +4384,14 @@ pub async fn start(
                            }
                        }
                        P2pCommand::AddKnownPeer { peer_id, addr } => {
+                            let Ok(addr) = addr.clone().with_p2p(peer_id) else {
+                                warn!(%peer_id, %addr, "dropping known-peer address with a foreign peer suffix");
+                                continue;
+                            };
+                            explicit_addresses
+                                .entry(peer_id)
+                                .or_default()
+                                .insert(addr.clone());
                            swarm.behaviour_mut().kademlia.add_address(&peer_id, addr);
                        }
                        P2pCommand::Dial(addr) => {
@@ -4201,6 +4443,453 @@ pub async fn start(
 mod tests {
    use super::*;

+    fn identify_address(peer_id: PeerId, octet: u8, port: u16) -> Multiaddr {
+        format!("/ip4/192.0.2.{octet}/udp/{port}/quic-v1")
+            .parse::<Multiaddr>()
+            .unwrap()
+            .with_p2p(peer_id)
+            .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    fn identify_address_without_peer(octet: u8, port: u16) -> Multiaddr {
+        format!("/ip4/192.0.2.{octet}/udp/{port}/quic-v1")
+            .parse::<Multiaddr>()
+            .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_empty_reports_do_not_retain_peer_entries() {
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        let foreign = identify_address(PeerId::random(), 1, 10_000);
+        for _ in 0..IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT + 1 {
+            let peer = PeerId::random();
+            assert_eq!(
+                book.update(peer, now, &[]),
+                IdentifyAddressChanges::default()
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                book.update(peer, now, std::slice::from_ref(&foreign)),
+                IdentifyAddressChanges::default()
+            );
+        }
+        assert!(book.peers.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_fully_rejected_peer_leaves_no_row_at_full_budget() {
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        // Fill the global budget with one-address peers.
+        for index in 0..IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT {
+            let peer = PeerId::random();
+            let address = identify_address(peer, 1, 10_000 + index as u16);
+            book.update(peer, now, std::slice::from_ref(&address));
+        }
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+        // A fresh peer reporting at saturation has every candidate rejected
+        // by the global-budget check. The row created by or_insert_with must
+        // be dropped: a zero-address row is invisible to address_count and
+        // would otherwise linger until the expiry tick.
+        let fresh = PeerId::random();
+        let fresh_address = identify_address(fresh, 2, 30_000);
+        let changes = book.update(fresh, now, std::slice::from_ref(&fresh_address));
+        assert!(changes.added.is_empty());
+        assert!(!book.peers.contains_key(&fresh));
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_update_reports_expired_addresses_as_removed() {
+        let peer = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let address = identify_address(peer, 1, 10_000);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        book.update(peer, now, std::slice::from_ref(&address));
+        // An update past the TTL expires the stale address through
+        // expire_peer and reports it in changes.removed so the Identify
+        // handler can drop it from Kademlia.
+        let changes = book.update(
+            peer,
+            now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1),
+            std::slice::from_ref(&address),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(changes.removed, vec![(peer, address.clone())]);
+        assert_eq!(changes.added, vec![address]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_expire_drops_rows_emptied_by_expiry() {
+        let peer = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let address = identify_address(peer, 1, 10_000);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        book.update(peer, now, std::slice::from_ref(&address));
+        assert!(book.peers.contains_key(&peer));
+        // Once every address in the row has expired, expire() must drop the
+        // row itself, matching the empty-row drop in update().
+        let removed = book.expire(now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1));
+        assert_eq!(removed, vec![(peer, address)]);
+        assert!(!book.peers.contains_key(&peer));
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_report_processing_stops_at_the_input_limit() {
+        let peer = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let foreign = identify_address(PeerId::random(), 1, 10_000);
+        let accepted = identify_address(peer, 2, 10_001);
+        let ignored = identify_address(peer, 3, 10_002);
+        let mut report = vec![foreign; IDENTIFY_REPORT_ADDRESS_LIMIT - 1];
+        report.push(accepted.clone());
+        report.push(ignored);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        let changes = book.update(peer, now, &report);
+        assert_eq!(changes.added, vec![accepted]);
+        assert!(changes.removed.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_addresses_grow_without_eviction_below_the_peer_cap() {
+        let peer = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let first = identify_address(peer, 1, 10_000);
+        let second = identify_address(peer, 2, 10_001);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        book.update(peer, now, std::slice::from_ref(&first));
+        let changes = book.update(
+            peer,
+            now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW,
+            std::slice::from_ref(&second),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(changes.added, vec![second]);
+        assert!(changes.removed.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(book.peers[&peer].addresses.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, 2);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_global_budget_rejects_new_admissions() {
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        let peers = (0..IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT)
+            .map(|index| {
+                let peer = PeerId::random();
+                let address = identify_address(peer, 1, 10_000 + index as u16);
+                book.update(peer, now, std::slice::from_ref(&address));
+                (peer, address)
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let (peer, refreshed) = &peers[0];
+        let new_address = identify_address(*peer, 2, 30_000);
+        let changes = book.update(
+            *peer,
+            now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW,
+            &[new_address.clone(), refreshed.clone()],
+        );
+        // The budget is full: the new address is rejected rather than
+        // evicting another peer's entry, and the refreshed address keeps its
+        // slot and is reported for re-admission to Kademlia.
+        assert!(changes.added.is_empty());
+        assert!(changes.removed.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(changes.refreshed, vec![(*refreshed).clone()]);
+        assert_eq!(book.peers.len(), IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.peers[peer]
+                .addresses
+                .iter()
+                .map(|a| &a.address)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            vec![refreshed]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_per_peer_eviction_applies_at_full_global_budget() {
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        // One filler peer goes in before the victim so the evicted address
+        // is not also the globally-oldest insertion. If saturation evicted
+        // the globally-oldest entry instead of the victim's own oldest,
+        // the sentinel's address would be the one removed.
+        let sentinel = PeerId::random();
+        let sentinel_address = identify_address(sentinel, 200, 19_999);
+        book.update(sentinel, now, std::slice::from_ref(&sentinel_address));
+        // The victim peer holds a full per-peer row while the rest of the
+        // global budget is filled by one-address peers.
+        let victim = PeerId::random();
+        let victim_addresses: Vec<Multiaddr> = (0..IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT)
+            .map(|index| identify_address(victim, index as u8 + 1, 10_000 + index as u16))
+            .collect();
+        book.update(victim, now, &victim_addresses);
+        for index in 0..IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT - IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT - 1 {
+            let peer = PeerId::random();
+            let address = identify_address(peer, 200, 20_000 + index as u16);
+            book.update(peer, now, &[address]);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+
+        // The victim reports a ninth address after the rate window rolls over.
+        // Per-peer eviction must still apply at global saturation: the oldest
+        // non-reported address is evicted to make room, and the global count
+        // is unchanged. This ordering only holds because eviction runs before
+        // the global-budget check; hoisting that check above the eviction
+        // block makes this test fail.
+        let ninth = identify_address(victim, 100, 30_000);
+        let changes = book.update(
+            victim,
+            now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW,
+            std::slice::from_ref(&ninth),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(changes.added, vec![ninth]);
+        assert_eq!(changes.removed, vec![(victim, victim_addresses[0].clone())]);
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+        assert_eq!(book.peers[&victim].addresses.len(), IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+        // The sentinel was inserted first; per-peer eviction must leave it
+        // alone. A global-oldest eviction policy would have removed it.
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.peers[&sentinel]
+                .addresses
+                .iter()
+                .map(|a| &a.address)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            vec![&sentinel_address]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_address_helper_detects_retained_addresses() {
+        let peer = PeerId::random();
+        let other = PeerId::random();
+        let address = identify_address(peer, 1, 10_000);
+        let mut explicit: HashMap<PeerId, HashSet<Multiaddr>> = HashMap::new();
+        // Unknown peer: nothing is explicit.
+        assert!(!is_explicit_address(&explicit, &peer, &address));
+        explicit.entry(peer).or_default().insert(address.clone());
+        assert!(is_explicit_address(&explicit, &peer, &address));
+        // The same address under a different peer is not retained.
+        assert!(!is_explicit_address(&explicit, &other, &address));
+        // A different address for the same peer is not retained.
+        assert!(!is_explicit_address(
+            &explicit,
+            &peer,
+            &identify_address(peer, 2, 10_001)
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_addresses_are_capped_with_fifo_eviction() {
+        let peer_id = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let initial = (0..IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT)
+            .map(|index| identify_address(peer_id, index as u8 + 1, 10_000 + index as u16))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let replacement = identify_address(peer_id, 200, 20_000);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+
+        let first = book.update(peer_id, now, &initial);
+        assert_eq!(first.added, initial);
+        assert!(first.removed.is_empty());
+
+        let second = book.update(
+            peer_id,
+            now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW,
+            std::slice::from_ref(&replacement),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(second.added, vec![replacement]);
+        assert_eq!(second.removed, vec![(peer_id, initial[0].clone())]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_oversized_reports_keep_the_same_refreshed_subset() {
+        let peer_id = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let mut report = (0..IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT + 2)
+            .map(|index| identify_address(peer_id, index as u8 + 1, 10_000 + index as u16))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+
+        let first = book.update(peer_id, now, &report);
+        assert_eq!(first.added.len(), IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+        assert_eq!(first.removed.len(), 0);
+        let retained = first.added.clone();
+
+        report.reverse();
+        let second = book.update(peer_id, now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW, &report);
+        assert!(second.added.is_empty());
+        assert!(second.removed.is_empty());
+        let current = book
+            .peers
+            .get(&peer_id)
+            .unwrap()
+            .addresses
+            .iter()
+            .map(|entry| entry.address.clone())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        assert_eq!(current, retained);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_addresses_rate_limit_new_entries_across_updates() {
+        let peer_id = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let initial = (0..IDENTIFY_NEW_ADDRESS_LIMIT)
+            .map(|index| identify_address(peer_id, index as u8 + 1, 10_000 + index as u16))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let replacement = identify_address(peer_id, 200, 20_000);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+
+        assert_eq!(book.update(peer_id, now, &initial).added, initial);
+        assert!(book
+            .update(peer_id, now, std::slice::from_ref(&replacement))
+            .added
+            .is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.update(
+                peer_id,
+                now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW,
+                std::slice::from_ref(&replacement),
+            )
+            .added,
+            vec![replacement]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_addresses_have_a_global_budget_across_peers() {
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+        let mut first = None;
+
+        for index in 0..IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT {
+            let peer_id = PeerId::random();
+            let address = identify_address(peer_id, (index % 254) as u8 + 1, 10_000 + index as u16);
+            if first.is_none() {
+                first = Some((peer_id, address.clone()));
+            }
+            assert!(book.update(peer_id, now, &[address]).removed.is_empty());
+        }
+
+        let (peer_id, first_address) = first.unwrap();
+        let address = identify_address(peer_id, 250, 30_000);
+        let changes = book.update(
+            peer_id,
+            now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_WINDOW,
+            std::slice::from_ref(&address),
+        );
+        // The global budget is full, so the admission is rejected and the
+        // peer's existing entry is left alone.
+        assert!(changes.added.is_empty());
+        assert!(changes.removed.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.peers[&peer_id]
+                .addresses
+                .iter()
+                .map(|a| &a.address)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            vec![&first_address]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(book.address_count, IDENTIFY_GLOBAL_ADDRESS_LIMIT);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_addresses_refresh_and_expire() {
+        let peer_id = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let address = identify_address(peer_id, 1, 10_000);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.update(peer_id, now, std::slice::from_ref(&address))
+                .added,
+            vec![address.clone()]
+        );
+        let refreshed = now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL - Duration::from_secs(1);
+        let refresh = book.update(peer_id, refreshed, std::slice::from_ref(&address));
+        assert!(refresh.added.is_empty());
+        assert!(refresh.removed.is_empty());
+        // Refreshed addresses are reported so the Identify handler re-adds
+        // them to Kademlia even though they were not newly admitted.
+        assert_eq!(refresh.refreshed, vec![address.clone()]);
+        assert!(book
+            .expire(now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1))
+            .is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.expire(refreshed + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1)),
+            vec![(peer_id, address)]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_refresh_reports_only_addresses_in_the_report() {
+        let peer_id = PeerId::random();
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        let reported = identify_address(peer_id, 1, 10_000);
+        let unreported = identify_address(peer_id, 2, 20_000);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+
+        // Admit both addresses up front so the peer holds two.
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.update(peer_id, now, &[reported.clone(), unreported.clone()])
+                .added
+                .len(),
+            2
+        );
+
+        // A later report carrying only one of the two addresses must refresh
+        // just that one: pins the negative direction of the refresh
+        // predicate, so an address the peer stopped advertising keeps its
+        // original TTL instead of being refreshed back onto the Kademlia
+        // re-admit path on every report.
+        let report_at = now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL - Duration::from_secs(1);
+        let changes = book.update(peer_id, report_at, std::slice::from_ref(&reported));
+        assert!(changes.added.is_empty());
+        assert!(changes.removed.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(changes.refreshed, vec![reported.clone()]);
+
+        // The unreported address still expires at its original TTL, while
+        // the refreshed address survives until its refreshed TTL.
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.expire(now + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1)),
+            vec![(peer_id, unreported)]
+        );
+        assert!(book.expire(report_at + Duration::from_secs(1)).is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.expire(report_at + IDENTIFY_ADDRESS_TTL + Duration::from_secs(1)),
+            vec![(peer_id, reported)]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_addresses_reject_foreign_peer_suffixes() {
+        let peer_id = PeerId::random();
+        let other_peer_id = PeerId::random();
+        let address = identify_address(other_peer_id, 1, 10_000);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+
+        assert!(book
+            .update(peer_id, Instant::now(), &[address])
+            .added
+            .is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn identify_addresses_canonicalize_the_peer_suffix_once() {
+        let peer_id = PeerId::random();
+        let raw = identify_address_without_peer(1, 10_000);
+        let canonical = identify_address(peer_id, 1, 10_000);
+        let mut book = IdentifyAddressBook::default();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            book.update(peer_id, Instant::now(), &[raw]).added,
+            vec![canonical]
+        );
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn dir_mode_replace_authority_is_the_write_bits() {
        assert!(!dir_mode_allows_untrusted_replace(0o755));
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ mod tests {
    /// probe carries its oid on stdin rather than in argv, so an oid appears in the log only
    /// once an object has already got past its probe, and a healthy object costs two
    /// invocations to a faulting one's one.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
    fn objects_attempted(log: &std::path::Path) -> usize {
        std::fs::read_to_string(log)
            .unwrap_or_default()
@@ -237,35 +237,62 @@ pub fn build_router(state: AppState) -> Router {
    .layer(axum::Extension(push_limiter));

    // ── IPFS content-addressed retrieval and pin listing ──────────────────
-    // `/ipfs/{cid}` carries `optional_signature` so `get_by_cid` sees the caller
-    // identity and can apply per-repo visibility (#110); anonymous callers stay
-    // anonymous and still read genuinely public content. `/api/v1/ipfs/pins`
-    // stays unsigned — gating the pin index is tracked separately (#121).
-    // `/ipfs/{cid}` also carries a per-IP flood brake: it is anon-reachable and each
-    // request can drive a full-history git walk, so the per-IP rate limiter is the
-    // outermost layer (rejects a flood before the walk-admission work), mirroring the
-    // push/create routers. The extension MUST be attached or rate_limit_by_ip is a
-    // silent no-op. `/api/v1/ipfs/pins` (no walk) is merged in unbraked, as before.
+    // Two independent sub-routers, then merged. They share a URL prefix family
+    // but have separate rate-limit policies and must not share a bucket.
+    //
+    // `/ipfs/{cid}` (CID resolver): carries `optional_signature` so `get_by_cid`
+    // sees the caller identity and can apply per-repo visibility (#110); anon
+    // callers stay anonymous and still read genuinely public content. The
+    // per-IP flood brake is layered on because the resolver is anon-reachable
+    // and each request can drive a full-history git walk — the brake is the
+    // outermost layer (rejects a flood before the walk-admission work), mirroring
+    // the push/create routers. The `IpRateLimiter` extension MUST be attached
+    // or `rate_limit_by_ip` is a silent no-op.
+    //
+    // `/api/v1/ipfs/pins` (pin listing): now carries `optional_signature` only
+    // (#121). The handler rejects requests without a verified `AuthenticatedDid`
+    // with 401. It does NOT carry the CID flood brake — `list_pins` is a single
+    // `list_pinned_cids()` call, no walk, and routing pins through the resolver's
+    // bucket would let `/ipfs/{cid}` traffic exhaust the bucket and 429 the
+    // pins endpoint, or let signed pin polling exhaust the bucket for legitimate
+    // CID reads. The two surfaces have separate availability contracts.
+    //
+    // Both sub-routers are built first with their own layer sets, then merged.
+    // This is the structure the prior routing guidance called for and the
+    // earlier 429 test for `/ipfs/{cid}` (test_support.rs) assumes.
    let ipfs_limiter = rate_limit::IpRateLimiter {
        limiter: state.ipfs_rate_limiter.clone(),
        trust: state.push_limiter_trust,
    };
-    let ipfs_routes = Router::new()
+    let ipfs_cid_routes = Router::new()
        .route("/ipfs/{cid}", get(ipfs::get_by_cid))
        .layer(middleware::from_fn_with_state(
            auth::SignatureBodyLimit(SIGNED_BODY_LIMIT),
            auth::optional_signature,
        ))
        .layer(middleware::from_fn(rate_limit::rate_limit_by_ip))
-        .layer(axum::Extension(ipfs_limiter))
-        .merge(Router::new().route("/api/v1/ipfs/pins", get(ipfs::list_pins)));
+        .layer(axum::Extension(ipfs_limiter));
+    let ipfs_pins_routes = Router::new()
+        .route("/api/v1/ipfs/pins", get(ipfs::list_pins))
+        .layer(middleware::from_fn_with_state(
+            auth::SignatureBodyLimit(SIGNED_BODY_LIMIT),
+            auth::optional_signature,
+        ));
+    let ipfs_routes = ipfs_cid_routes.merge(ipfs_pins_routes);

    // ── Arweave permanent anchors ──────────────────────────────────────────
-    // List endpoint only (public; issue #134 tracks surfacing
-    // visibility rules on list). The verify endpoint and its probe
-    // are deferred to the vertical slice with the uploader and a
-    // real provider contract (reviewer 2, #26 split 2/4 round 5).
-    let arweave_routes = Router::new().route("/api/v1/arweave/anchors", get(arweave::list_anchors));
+    // `list_anchors` rejects callers without a verified `AuthenticatedDid`, so
+    // unsigned enumeration is denied. The same `optional_signature` layer used
+    // on the other read surfaces is applied here, closing the anonymous
+    // anchor-listing gap alongside `/api/v1/ipfs/pins`. The verify endpoint
+    // and its probe are deferred to the vertical slice with the uploader and
+    // a real provider contract.
+    let arweave_routes = Router::new()
+        .route("/api/v1/arweave/anchors", get(arweave::list_anchors))
+        .layer(middleware::from_fn_with_state(
+            auth::SignatureBodyLimit(SIGNED_BODY_LIMIT),
+            auth::optional_signature,
+        ));

    // ── Bounty routes (write — require HTTP Signature) ─────────────────
    let bounty_write_routes = add_auth_layers(
@@ -385,7 +412,15 @@ pub fn build_router(state: AppState) -> Router {
    // ── Read routes — open for public repos ───────────────────────────────
    let read_routes = Router::new()
        .route("/api/v1/repos", get(repos::list_repos))
-        .route("/api/v1/repos/federated", get(repos::list_federated_repos))
+        .route(
+            "/api/v1/repos/federated",
+            get(repos::list_federated_repos)
+                .route_layer(middleware::from_fn(rate_limit::rate_limit_by_ip))
+                .route_layer(axum::Extension(rate_limit::IpRateLimiter {
+                    limiter: state.federated_rate_limiter.clone(),
+                    trust: state.push_limiter_trust,
+                })),
+        )
        .route("/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}", get(repos::get_repo))
        .route(
            "/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits",
@@ -584,7 +619,7 @@ async fn ready(State(state): State<AppState>) -> axum::response::Response {

 async fn node_info(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Json<serde_json::Value> {
    let p2p_peer_id = state.p2p.as_ref().map(|h| h.local_peer_id.to_string());
-    Json(json!({
+    let mut body = json!({
        "name": "gitlawb-node",
        "version": env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
        "did": state.node_did.to_string(),
@@ -593,7 +628,11 @@ async fn node_info(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Json<serde_json::Value> {
        "auth": "http-signature-rfc9421",
        "identity": "ed25519",
        "p2p_peer_id": p2p_peer_id,
-    }))
+    });
+    if let Some(web_url) = &state.config.web_url {
+        body["web_url"] = json!(web_url);
+    }
+    Json(body)
 }

 pub(crate) async fn stats(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Json<serde_json::Value> {
@@ -672,3 +711,667 @@ async fn p2p_info(State(state): State<AppState>) -> Json<serde_json::Value> {
        None => Json(json!({ "enabled": false })),
    }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use axum::body::Body;
+    use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
+    use sqlx::PgPool;
+    use tower::ServiceExt;
+
+    use crate::db::RepoRecord;
+    use crate::test_support::test_state;
+
+    /// Regression: anonymous callers must not see the pin/anchor index (#121, #134).
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn unsigned_get_pins_and_anchors_is_401_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+
+        // Seed identifiable rows so the denial oracle proves the 401 body omits
+        // them: a status-only check would stay green if a later change served
+        // the listing before the auth layer rejected.
+        state
+            .db
+            .record_pinned_cid("seeded-pin-oid", "bafyPIN-SECRET-DO-NOT-LEAK", None)
+            .await
+            .expect("seed pin");
+        let owner_did = "did:key:zSEEDOWNERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
+        let repo = seed_repo_inline(owner_did, "seeded-repo");
+        state.db.create_repo(&repo).await.expect("seed repo");
+        state
+            .db
+            .record_arweave_anchor(&crate::db::RecordAnchorInput {
+                repo: "zSEEDOWNERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/seeded-repo",
+                owner_did,
+                ref_name: "refs/heads/secret",
+                old_sha: "0".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                new_sha: "1".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                cid: Some("bafytest"),
+                irys_tx_id: "irys-secret-tx-DO-NOT-LEAK",
+                arweave_url: "https://arweave.net/secret-tx",
+                node_did: "did:key:zNODE",
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("seed anchor");
+
+        let router = build_router(state);
+
+        let pins = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri("/api/v1/ipfs/pins?limit=50")
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+        let pins_resp = router.clone().oneshot(pins).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            pins_resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
+            "anonymous pin listing must be rejected"
+        );
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(pins_resp.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+        assert!(
+            !body.contains("bafyPIN-SECRET-DO-NOT-LEAK"),
+            "the 401 body must not leak the seeded pin cid; body was: {body}"
+        );
+
+        let anchors = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri("/api/v1/arweave/anchors?limit=50")
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+        let anchors_resp = router.oneshot(anchors).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            anchors_resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
+            "anonymous anchors listing must be rejected"
+        );
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(anchors_resp.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+        assert!(
+            !body.contains("irys-secret-tx-DO-NOT-LEAK"),
+            "the 401 body must not leak the anchor's irys tx id; body was: {body}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Regression: a real RFC-9421 signature produced exactly as `gl` does — built
+    /// with `gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request` over a GET, headers attached,
+    /// and sent through the actual `build_router` — is verified by the
+    /// `optional_signature` layer that wraps the pin/anchor routes, and the
+    /// handler returns 200. Pairs with the anonymous-denial test above; one
+    /// proves headers are required, the other proves a valid header is honored.
+    /// Without this test the unsigned-denial test would stay green even if the
+    /// `optional_signature` layer were never wired onto these routes, because
+    /// signed and unsigned requests would fail identically (#134 review).
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn signed_get_pins_and_anchors_succeeds_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        use gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request;
+        use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+        let router = build_router(state);
+
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+
+        let pins_path = "/api/v1/ipfs/pins";
+        let signed = sign_request(&kp, "GET", pins_path, b"");
+        let pins = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(pins_path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+        let pins_resp = router.clone().oneshot(pins).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            pins_resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::OK,
+            "a valid signature on /api/v1/ipfs/pins must be honored through build_router"
+        );
+
+        let anchors_path = "/api/v1/arweave/anchors";
+        let signed = sign_request(&kp, "GET", anchors_path, b"");
+        let anchors = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(anchors_path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+        let anchors_resp = router.oneshot(anchors).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            anchors_resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::OK,
+            "a valid signature on /api/v1/arweave/anchors must be honored through build_router"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Companion to the two regressions above: a request that *carries* signature
+    /// headers but whose signature does not verify (here, garbled) must be denied
+    /// with 401, not silently treated as anonymous and re-checked by the handler.
+    /// This pins the failure mode of the `optional_signature` layer: when the
+    /// caller claims to be signed, the layer must commit to verifying — there is
+    /// no fall-through path that lets a bad signature bypass auth.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn malformed_signature_on_pins_is_401_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        use gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request;
+        use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+        let router = build_router(state);
+
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let path = "/api/v1/ipfs/pins";
+        let mut signed = sign_request(&kp, "GET", path, b"");
+        // Flip a character well inside the signature value (base64) so the header
+        // still parses but does not verify against the key.
+        let mut tampered = signed.signature.clone();
+        let mid = tampered.len() / 2;
+        let flipped = if tampered.as_bytes()[mid] == b'A' {
+            'B'
+        } else {
+            'A'
+        };
+        tampered.replace_range(mid..mid + 1, &flipped.to_string());
+        signed.signature = tampered;
+
+        let req = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+        let resp = router.oneshot(req).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
+            "a malformed signature must be rejected by the auth layer, not silently accepted"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// The same malformed-signature rejection must hold on the anchors route,
+    /// which carries its own `optional_signature` layer beside pins: a later
+    /// edit that dropped the layer here (but not on pins) would otherwise stay
+    /// green.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn malformed_signature_on_anchors_is_401_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        use gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request;
+        use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+        let router = build_router(state);
+
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let path = "/api/v1/arweave/anchors";
+        let mut signed = sign_request(&kp, "GET", path, b"");
+        let mut tampered = signed.signature.clone();
+        let mid = tampered.len() / 2;
+        let flipped = if tampered.as_bytes()[mid] == b'A' {
+            'B'
+        } else {
+            'A'
+        };
+        tampered.replace_range(mid..mid + 1, &flipped.to_string());
+        signed.signature = tampered;
+
+        let req = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+        let resp = router.oneshot(req).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
+            "a malformed signature must be rejected by the auth layer, not silently accepted"
+        );
+    }
+
+    // ── Scoped anchor contract (P1 follow-up: ?repo= must authorize_repo_read) ──
+    //
+    // The follow-up review (after the auth-layer wiring landed) found that a
+    // signed but unauthorized caller could still obtain scoped anchor metadata
+    // because the `?repo=` branch handed the user-supplied string straight to
+    // the SQL filter. These tests exercise the full production contract end to
+    // end: real RFC-9421 signature → `optional_signature` layer →
+    // `authorize_repo_read` → SQL. They fail closed if the authz call is moved
+    // after the query or removed entirely.
+
+    /// Inline repo seed for the scoped-anchor tests. Mirrors the shape in
+    /// `test_support::tests::seed_repo` without taking a cross-module private
+    /// helper as a dependency.
+    fn seed_repo_inline(owner_did: &str, name: &str) -> RepoRecord {
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now();
+        RepoRecord {
+            id: uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            owner_did: owner_did.to_string(),
+            description: None,
+            is_public: true,
+            default_branch: "main".to_string(),
+            created_at: now,
+            updated_at: now,
+            disk_path: format!("/tmp/{name}"),
+            forked_from: None,
+            machine_id: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Unsigned scoped anchor request → 401, identical to the global anchor
+    /// 401 test. Proves the auth layer fires before any scope decision (no
+    /// existence oracle via the `?repo=` path either).
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn unsigned_scoped_anchors_is_401_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+
+        // Seed an anchor under a repo the request claims to scope to, so the
+        // denial oracle proves the 401 body omits it rather than merely
+        // returning the right status over an empty table.
+        let owner_did = "did:key:zSCOPEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
+        let repo = seed_repo_inline(owner_did, "priv");
+        state.db.create_repo(&repo).await.expect("seed repo");
+        state
+            .db
+            .record_arweave_anchor(&crate::db::RecordAnchorInput {
+                repo: "zSCOPEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/priv",
+                owner_did,
+                ref_name: "refs/heads/secret",
+                old_sha: "0".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                new_sha: "1".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                cid: Some("bafytest"),
+                irys_tx_id: "irys-scoped-secret-DO-NOT-LEAK",
+                arweave_url: "https://arweave.net/scoped-secret",
+                node_did: "did:key:zNODE",
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("seed anchor");
+
+        let router = build_router(state);
+
+        let resp = router
+            .oneshot(
+                Request::builder()
+                    .method("GET")
+                    .uri("/api/v1/arweave/anchors?repo=did:key:zSCOPED%2Fpriv")
+                    .body(Body::empty())
+                    .unwrap(),
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
+            "unsigned scoped anchor request must be 401, before any scope lookup"
+        );
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(resp.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+        assert!(
+            !body.contains("irys-scoped-secret-DO-NOT-LEAK"),
+            "the 401 body must not leak the anchor's irys tx id; body was: {body}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Signed owner on a private repo → 200, anchor metadata returned. Mirrors
+    /// the existing `list_webhooks_accepts_a_real_gl_signature_e2e` shape: real
+    /// signature, real middleware, real `authorize_repo_read`.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn signed_scoped_anchors_owner_succeeds_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        use gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request;
+        use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let owner_did = kp.did().to_string();
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+
+        let mut repo = seed_repo_inline(&owner_did, "scoped-priv");
+        repo.is_public = false;
+        state.db.create_repo(&repo).await.expect("seed repo");
+        let short = owner_did.split(':').next_back().unwrap().to_string();
+        state
+            .db
+            .record_arweave_anchor(&crate::db::RecordAnchorInput {
+                repo: &format!("{short}/scoped-priv"),
+                owner_did: &owner_did,
+                ref_name: "refs/heads/main",
+                old_sha: "0".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                new_sha: "1".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                cid: Some("bafytest"),
+                irys_tx_id: "irys-owner-tx",
+                arweave_url: "https://arweave.net/owner-tx",
+                node_did: "did:key:zNODE",
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("seed anchor");
+
+        let path = format!("/api/v1/arweave/anchors?repo={short}/scoped-priv");
+        let signed = sign_request(&kp, "GET", &path, b"");
+        let req = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(&path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let router = build_router(state);
+        let resp = router.oneshot(req).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::OK,
+            "the owner of a private repo must see their scoped anchors"
+        );
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(resp.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+        assert!(
+            body.contains("irys-owner-tx"),
+            "owner must see the anchor's irys tx id; body was: {body}"
+        );
+        // Owner must see the ref name + new SHA so this is not just a count oracle.
+        assert!(
+            body.contains("refs/heads/main"),
+            "owner must see the ref name; body was: {body}"
+        );
+
+        // Sanity: a second test would need a different repo name to avoid
+        // colliding on `did:key:zSCOPED/scoped-priv` in the anchors table.
+        // Distinct repo names per test keep the rows queryable in isolation.
+        let _ = repo;
+    }
+
+    /// #121 R3: the SQL filter must use the canonical stored slug, not the
+    /// user-supplied `?repo=` string. Anchor rows are stored as
+    /// `{normalize_owner_key(owner_did)}/{name}` (the short form). Authz
+    /// passes for the full-DID form, but a literal `WHERE repo=$1` against
+    /// the full DID would match zero rows and return a false empty page,
+    /// breaking callers that legitimately use the full `did:key:…/name`
+    /// form in `?repo=`. RED before the fix: handler built the filter from
+    /// the raw `?repo=` string, so this query returned `anchors: []`.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn signed_scoped_anchors_full_did_form_matches_stored_slug_through_build_router(
+        pool: PgPool,
+    ) {
+        use gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request;
+        use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let owner_did = kp.did().to_string();
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+
+        let mut repo = seed_repo_inline(&owner_did, "scoped-did-form");
+        repo.is_public = false;
+        state.db.create_repo(&repo).await.expect("seed repo");
+        // Use the same slug-construction the writer uses
+        // (`db::normalize_owner_key`) so the test reader and the production
+        // writer can't drift if a future change moves the slug off the
+        // short-form. P3 (reviewer-3): the previous `split(':').next_back()`
+        // hand-rolled a third convention that agreed with the writer for
+        // `did:key` owners and diverged for every other method.
+        let short = crate::db::normalize_owner_key(&owner_did).to_string();
+        state
+            .db
+            .record_arweave_anchor(&crate::db::RecordAnchorInput {
+                repo: &format!("{short}/scoped-did-form"),
+                owner_did: &owner_did,
+                ref_name: "refs/heads/main",
+                old_sha: "0".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                new_sha: "1".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                cid: Some("bafytest"),
+                irys_tx_id: "irys-did-form-tx",
+                arweave_url: "https://arweave.net/did-form-tx",
+                node_did: "did:key:zNODE",
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("seed anchor");
+
+        // P2 (reviewer-3): the previous suite only proved the authorized
+        // row is present. A correct filter must ALSO prove that anchors
+        // for OTHER repos do not leak into the response — the failure
+        // mode of the original bug was a cross-repo leak, not a
+        // fail-safe empty page. Seed a second repo (also under the
+        // same owner, so the authz test stays scoped) with its own
+        // irys_tx_id and assert it is absent from the body.
+        let other_owner = {
+            let kp2 = Keypair::generate();
+            kp2.did().to_string()
+        };
+        let mut other_repo = seed_repo_inline(&other_owner, "other-repo");
+        other_repo.is_public = true;
+        state
+            .db
+            .create_repo(&other_repo)
+            .await
+            .expect("seed other repo");
+        state
+            .db
+            .record_arweave_anchor(&crate::db::RecordAnchorInput {
+                repo: &format!(
+                    "{}/other-repo",
+                    crate::db::normalize_owner_key(&other_owner)
+                ),
+                owner_did: &other_owner,
+                ref_name: "refs/heads/main",
+                old_sha: "0".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                new_sha: "2".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                cid: Some("bafyother"),
+                irys_tx_id: "irys-other-repo-tx",
+                arweave_url: "https://arweave.net/other-tx",
+                node_did: "did:key:zNODE",
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("seed other anchor");
+
+        // The caller passes the FULL DID form in ?repo=. validate_repo_slug
+        // accepts it, authorize_repo_read resolves it, and the handler MUST
+        // then translate to the canonical stored slug (short form) before
+        // running the SQL — otherwise this returns 200 with anchors: [].
+        let path = format!("/api/v1/arweave/anchors?repo={owner_did}/scoped-did-form");
+        let signed = sign_request(&kp, "GET", &path, b"");
+        let req = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(&path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let router = build_router(state);
+        let resp = router.oneshot(req).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::OK,
+            "authz passed via the full DID form, so the response must be 200"
+        );
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(resp.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+        assert!(
+            body.contains("irys-did-form-tx"),
+            "the SQL filter must use the stored short slug, not the full DID — \
+             a false-empty page would break callers that pass ?repo=did:key:…/name. \
+             body was: {body}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !body.contains("irys-other-repo-tx"),
+            "the scoped anchor filter must exclude other repos' anchors — \
+             a cross-repo leak would expose metadata of repos the caller \
+             did not authorize. body was: {body}"
+        );
+
+        let _ = repo;
+    }
+
+    /// Signed non-reader on a private repo → 404, anchor metadata MUST NOT
+    /// leak. This is the test that catches the "auth-but-no-authz" bug if
+    /// the gate is moved after the SQL query or removed entirely. The 404
+    /// is the standard `repo_not_found` shape — indistinguishable from the
+    /// missing-repo case below.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn signed_scoped_anchors_non_reader_is_404_no_leak_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        use gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request;
+        use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+        let owner_kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let stranger_kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let owner_did = owner_kp.did().to_string();
+        let stranger_did = stranger_kp.did().to_string();
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+
+        let mut repo = seed_repo_inline(&owner_did, "scoped-priv-nr");
+        repo.is_public = false;
+        state.db.create_repo(&repo).await.expect("seed repo");
+        let short_owner = owner_did.split(':').next_back().unwrap().to_string();
+        state
+            .db
+            .record_arweave_anchor(&crate::db::RecordAnchorInput {
+                repo: &format!("{short_owner}/scoped-priv-nr"),
+                owner_did: &owner_did,
+                ref_name: "refs/heads/secret",
+                old_sha: "2".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                new_sha: "3".repeat(64).as_str(),
+                cid: Some("bafytest"),
+                irys_tx_id: "irys-secret-tx-DO-NOT-LEAK",
+                arweave_url: "https://arweave.net/secret-tx",
+                node_did: "did:key:zNODE",
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("seed anchor");
+
+        let _ = stranger_did; // signature carries the DID; this is just documentation
+        let path = format!("/api/v1/arweave/anchors?repo={short_owner}/scoped-priv-nr");
+        let signed = sign_request(&stranger_kp, "GET", &path, b"");
+        let req = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(&path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let router = build_router(state);
+        let resp = router.oneshot(req).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+            "a signed non-reader must be 404 on a private repo's anchors"
+        );
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(resp.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+        assert!(
+            !body.contains("irys-secret-tx-DO-NOT-LEAK"),
+            "the 404 body must not leak the anchor's irys tx id; body was: {body}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !body.contains("refs/heads/secret"),
+            "the 404 body must not leak the ref name; body was: {body}"
+        );
+        let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).expect("json body");
+        assert_eq!(
+            v["error"], "repo_not_found",
+            "non-reader denial must carry the same error code as a missing repo"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Signed caller on a missing repo → 404, same shape as the non-reader
+    /// case. This is the indistinguishability half: a probe cannot tell
+    /// "private" from "absent" from the response.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn signed_scoped_anchors_missing_repo_is_404_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        use gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request;
+        use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+
+        let short = kp
+            .did()
+            .to_string()
+            .split(':')
+            .next_back()
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_string();
+        let path = format!("/api/v1/arweave/anchors?repo={short}/does-not-exist");
+        let signed = sign_request(&kp, "GET", &path, b"");
+        let req = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(&path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let router = build_router(state);
+        let resp = router.oneshot(req).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+            "a missing repo must 404 indistinguishably from a non-readable private repo"
+        );
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(resp.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).expect("json body");
+        assert_eq!(
+            v["error"], "repo_not_found",
+            "the 404 body must carry the standard repo_not_found error code"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// `?limit=-1` must not crash as `LIMIT -1` (Postgres 500). It clamps to
+    /// zero and returns 200 with an empty list — the same shape as a valid
+    /// listing that happens to have no rows in the configured range.
+    #[sqlx::test]
+    async fn signed_anchors_negative_limit_clamps_to_zero_through_build_router(pool: PgPool) {
+        use gitlawb_core::http_sig::sign_request;
+        use gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair;
+
+        let kp = Keypair::generate();
+        let state = test_state(pool).await;
+
+        let path = "/api/v1/arweave/anchors?limit=-1";
+        let signed = sign_request(&kp, "GET", path, b"");
+        let req = Request::builder()
+            .method("GET")
+            .uri(path)
+            .header("content-digest", signed.content_digest)
+            .header("signature-input", signed.signature_input)
+            .header("signature", signed.signature)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let router = build_router(state);
+        let resp = router.oneshot(req).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            resp.status(),
+            StatusCode::OK,
+            "?limit=-1 must clamp, not 500"
+        );
+        let bytes = axum::body::to_bytes(resp.into_body(), usize::MAX)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).expect("json body");
+        assert_eq!(v["count"], 0, "clamped limit yields an empty list");
+        assert_eq!(v["anchors"].as_array().map(|a| a.len()), Some(0));
+    }
+}
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ pub struct AppState {
    /// sink as trigger and accepts unsigned requests from known peers, so it is
    /// braked too; each peer's distinct IP gets its own bucket.
    pub peer_write_rate_limiter: RateLimiter,
+    /// Per-client-IP federation budget: 12 requests per minute, with at most
+    /// 10,000 tracked source keys. Shared by router instances and swept below.
+    pub federated_rate_limiter: RateLimiter,
    /// Process-wide graceful-shutdown signal. Sending `true` causes every
    /// task that holds a `watch::Receiver` to exit at its next await point.
    /// Used by:
@@ -351,6 +354,7 @@ impl AppState {
        self.ipfs_work_rate_limiter.cleanup().await;
        self.sync_trigger_rate_limiter.cleanup().await;
        self.peer_write_rate_limiter.cleanup().await;
+        self.federated_rate_limiter.cleanup().await;
    }

    /// Trigger graceful shutdown. Idempotent — calling more than once
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ async fn clone_repo(remote_url: &str, local_path: &Path, mode: MirrorMode) -> an
    if mode == MirrorMode::Promisor {
        args.push("--filter=blob:limit=10g");
    }
+    args.push("--");
    args.push(remote_url);
    args.push(local_str);

@@ -729,7 +730,10 @@ async fn clone_repo(remote_url: &str, local_path: &Path, mode: MirrorMode) -> an
 async fn fetch_repo(local_path: &Path, remote_url: &str, mode: MirrorMode) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let local_str = local_path.to_str().unwrap_or(".");

-    git_run(&["-C", local_str, "remote", "set-url", "origin", remote_url]).await?;
+    git_run(&[
+        "-C", local_str, "remote", "set-url", "origin", "--", remote_url,
+    ])
+    .await?;

    match mode {
        MirrorMode::Promisor => {
@@ -1006,6 +1010,82 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(probe, PromisorProbe::NotPromisor);
    }

+    /// #374: `clone_repo` interpolates the peer's origin URL into a `git
+    /// clone --mirror` argument list. Without a `--` delimiter git parses a
+    /// remote beginning with `-` as an option instead of a repository.
+    ///
+    /// The delimiter is what forces the same string to be a repository, and
+    /// git says so in its own words: it reports the whole argument as a
+    /// repository it cannot find. Undelimited, git consumes it as an option
+    /// and fails against the *destination* instead (`fatal: repository '<dest>' does not exist`),
+    /// never naming the injected string — which is why this assertion is RED
+    /// before the fix and GREEN after.
+    ///
+    /// The payload is deliberately free of `:` and spaces: a colon would make
+    /// git read the argument as an ssh-style `host:path` URL and report a
+    /// hostname rather than a repository, which is a different code path.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn clone_never_parses_a_remote_as_a_git_option() {
+        let td = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let dest = td.path().join("mirror.git");
+        let injected = "--upload-pack=false";
+
+        let err = clone_repo(injected, &dest, MirrorMode::Plain)
+            .await
+            .expect_err("a remote that is not a repository must fail the clone")
+            .to_string();
+
+        assert!(
+            err.contains(injected),
+            "git must report the argument as a repository, not consume it as an option: {err}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// #374: `fetch_repo` interpolates the peer's origin URL into
+    /// `git remote set-url`, a second argv construction with the same contract as
+    /// the clone. It needs its own proof: the clone test cannot reach this path.
+    ///
+    /// The assertion is on stored state rather than on the error string, and that
+    /// is deliberate. `git_run` formats its failure as `git {args:?} failed:
+    /// {stderr}`, so the injected value is in the message via the debug-printed
+    /// argv whether or not the delimiter is present — asserting on containment
+    /// would pass with `--` deleted. Delimited, `set-url` succeeds and stores the
+    /// value verbatim; undelimited, git exits 129 with `unknown option` and leaves
+    /// the previous URL in place, so this goes red without the fix.
+    ///
+    /// The fetch that follows the rewrite fails, because the stored URL is not a
+    /// repository. That is expected and ignored: the property under test is what
+    /// `set-url` wrote, not whether the subsequent fetch could succeed.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn fetch_never_parses_a_remote_as_a_git_option() {
+        let td = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let local = td.path().join("mirror.git");
+        let local_str = local.to_str().unwrap();
+        let placeholder = "http://example.invalid/x.git";
+
+        assert!(Command::new("git")
+            .args(["init", "-q", "--bare", local_str])
+            .status()
+            .unwrap()
+            .success());
+        assert!(Command::new("git")
+            .args(["-C", local_str, "remote", "add", "origin", placeholder])
+            .status()
+            .unwrap()
+            .success());
+
+        let injected = "--upload-pack=false";
+        let _ = fetch_repo(&local, injected, MirrorMode::Plain).await;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            git_config_get(local_str, "remote.origin.url")
+                .await
+                .as_deref(),
+            Some(injected),
+            "set-url must store an option-shaped remote verbatim, not reject it as an option"
+        );
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn probe_reports_unknown_on_git_error() {
        // A path git cannot resolve as a repo at all (exit 128) is an indeterminate
@@ -1250,6 +1330,18 @@ mod tests {
        .await;
    }

+    /// Use a rooted path without a Windows drive prefix in the remote fixture.
+    /// The destination still resolves on the temp directory's current drive,
+    /// while the remote's relative path contains no illegal colon component.
+    fn absolute_slug_path(path: &Path) -> String {
+        assert!(path.is_absolute());
+        path.components()
+            .filter(|part| !matches!(part, std::path::Component::Prefix(_)))
+            .collect::<std::path::PathBuf>()
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            .replace('\\', "/")
+    }
+
    #[sqlx::test]
    async fn process_batch_rejects_slug_escaping_repos_dir(pool: PgPool) {
        // The verified escape from #272: `PathBuf::join` discards everything
@@ -1265,12 +1357,13 @@ mod tests {
        // fails on but leaves the parent it created, so assert on both.
        let outside = TempDir::new().unwrap();
        let escape_dir = outside.path().join("nest");
-        let slug = format!("a/{}/escape", escape_dir.display());
+        let escape_path = absolute_slug_path(&escape_dir);
+        let slug = format!("a/{escape_path}/escape");
        let escape_target = escape_dir.join("escape.git");

        // Serve the composed URL for real, so a run without the guard genuinely
        // clones outside the root rather than merely failing at git.
-        let rel = format!("a{}/escape", escape_dir.display());
+        let rel = format!("a{escape_path}/escape");
        let (_remote, peer_url) = rooted_remote(&[&rel]);

        let did = "did:key:z6MkAttacker";
@@ -1390,6 +1483,7 @@ mod tests {
    // ── canonical containment before the git call (issue #272) ───────────────

    /// Every ref in `repo`, as one string, for a before/after comparison.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
    fn refs_of(repo: &Path) -> String {
        let out = Command::new("git")
            .args(["-C", repo.to_str().unwrap(), "for-each-ref"])
@@ -1722,6 +1816,7 @@ mod tests {
    /// starvation tests is fixed rather than dependent on how fast the loop
    /// runs. Two rows enqueued in the same microsecond would otherwise order
    /// arbitrarily.
+    #[cfg(unix)]
    async fn enqueue_at(db: &Db, pool: &PgPool, repo: &str, did: &str, enqueued_at: &str) {
        enqueue(db, repo, did).await;
        sqlx::query("UPDATE sync_queue SET enqueued_at = $1 WHERE repo = $2")
@@ -1915,7 +2010,8 @@ mod tests {

        let outside = TempDir::new().unwrap();
        let escape_dir = outside.path().join("nest");
-        let slug = format!("a/{}/gitlawb-probe", escape_dir.display());
+        let escape_path = absolute_slug_path(&escape_dir);
+        let slug = format!("a/{escape_path}/gitlawb-probe");
        let escape_target = escape_dir.join("gitlawb-probe.git");

        // Two things this fixture must get right or the test is green for the
@@ -1926,7 +2022,7 @@ mod tests {
        // run without the guard genuinely clones outside the root instead of
        // just failing at git. Db::upsert_peer cannot seed this row: it gates on
        // is_public_http_url, which rejects file://.
-        let rel = format!("a{}/gitlawb-probe", escape_dir.display());
+        let rel = format!("a{escape_path}/gitlawb-probe");
        let (_remote, peer_url) = rooted_remote(&[&rel]);
        let did = "did:key:z6MkAttacker";
        seed_local_peer(&pool, did, &peer_url).await;
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+//! Native Git fixtures shared by timing tests on Unix and Windows.
+
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+
+/// The fixture delays or hangs in its own process, so the production watchdog
+/// can terminate it without depending on a shell or descendant process support.
+pub(super) enum Behavior<'a> {
+    Delay(u64),
+    Hang,
+    HangOid(&'a str),
+    HangRepo(&'a str),
+    LogTypes(&'a Path),
+}
+
+pub(super) struct GitShim {
+    _directory: tempfile::TempDir,
+    executable: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl Deref for GitShim {
+    type Target = Path;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.executable
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn create(name: &str, behavior: Behavior<'_>) -> GitShim {
+    static COMPILED: OnceLock<tempfile::TempDir> = OnceLock::new();
+    let compiled = COMPILED.get_or_init(|| {
+        let directory = tempfile::tempdir().expect("native Git fixture directory");
+        let source = directory.path().join("git_shim.rs");
+        std::fs::write(&source, include_str!("../tests/fixtures/git_shim.rs"))
+            .expect("write native Git fixture source");
+        let executable = directory
+            .path()
+            .join(format!("git-shim{}", std::env::consts::EXE_SUFFIX));
+        let output =
+            std::process::Command::new(std::env::var_os("RUSTC").unwrap_or_else(|| "rustc".into()))
+                .arg("--edition=2021")
+                .arg("-Dwarnings")
+                .arg(&source)
+                .arg("-o")
+                .arg(executable)
+                .output()
+                .expect("compile native Git fixture with the installed Rust toolchain");
+        assert!(
+            output.status.success(),
+            "{}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+        );
+        directory
+    });
+    let directory = tempfile::Builder::new()
+        .prefix(name)
+        .tempdir()
+        .expect("Git fixture instance");
+    let file_name = format!("git-shim{}", std::env::consts::EXE_SUFFIX);
+    let executable = directory.path().join(&file_name);
+    std::fs::copy(compiled.path().join(file_name), &executable).expect("copy native Git fixture");
+    let config = match behavior {
+        Behavior::Delay(milliseconds) => format!("delay\n{milliseconds}"),
+        Behavior::Hang => "hang\n".to_owned(),
+        Behavior::HangOid(oid) => format!("hang-oid\n{oid}"),
+        Behavior::HangRepo(repo) => format!("hang-repo\n{repo}"),
+        Behavior::LogTypes(path) => format!("log-types\n{}", path.display()),
+    };
+    std::fs::write(directory.path().join("config"), config).expect("configure native Git fixture");
+    GitShim {
+        _directory: directory,
+        executable,
+    }
+}
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ async fn fire_event_async(
        let delivery_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();

        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            // Policy skip, not a delivery failure: the stored URL predates the
+            // create-time gate. The "invalid_url" label is documented on
+            // record_webhook_delivery in metrics.rs.
+            if !crate::api::peers::is_public_http_url(&hook.url) {
+                crate::metrics::record_webhook_delivery("invalid_url");
+                tracing::warn!(
+                    url = %hook.url,
+                    event = %event_name,
+                    "webhook delivery skipped: stored URL is not a public http(s) target"
+                );
+                return;
+            }
+
            let signature = hook.secret.as_deref().map(|s| sign_payload(s, &bytes));

            let mut req = client
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let executable = std::env::current_exe()?;
+    let config = std::fs::read_to_string(executable.parent().unwrap().join("config"))?;
+    let (mode, parameter) = config.split_once('\n').unwrap_or((&config, ""));
+    let args: Vec<_> = std::env::args_os().skip(1).collect();
+    if mode == "delay" {
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(parameter.parse().unwrap()));
+    }
+    let batch = args.get(1).is_some_and(|arg| arg == "--batch-check");
+    let input = if batch {
+        let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+        std::io::stdin().read_to_end(&mut bytes)?;
+        Some(bytes)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    let cwd = std::env::current_dir()?;
+    let hang = mode == "hang"
+        || (mode == "hang-repo" && cwd.file_name().is_some_and(|name| name == parameter))
+        || (mode == "hang-oid"
+            && (args.iter().any(|arg| arg == parameter)
+                || input
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .is_some_and(|bytes| String::from_utf8_lossy(bytes).trim() == parameter)));
+    if hang {
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(30));
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+    if mode == "log-types" && batch {
+        let mut log = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .create(true)
+            .append(true)
+            .open(parameter)?;
+        writeln!(
+            log,
+            "{} {}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(input.as_ref().unwrap()).trim(),
+            cwd.file_name().unwrap().to_string_lossy()
+        )?;
+    }
+    let mut child = Command::new("git")
+        .args(&args)
+        .stdin(if input.is_some() {
+            Stdio::piped()
+        } else {
+            Stdio::inherit()
+        })
+        .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
+        .stderr(Stdio::inherit())
+        .spawn()?;
+    if let Some(bytes) = input {
+        child.stdin.take().unwrap().write_all(&bytes)?;
+    }
+    std::process::exit(child.wait()?.code().unwrap_or(1));
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+//! #26 Split PR 4 — `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH` default is consistent across surfaces.
+//!
+//! Reviewer 2 (2026-08-28) closed PR #224 with a P2 finding: SECURITY.md and
+//! README.md both stated the default was `false`, while `Config::enforce_owner_push`
+//! declared `default_value_t = true` and the runtime, .env.example, and the env
+//! var table on the README all agreed with the code. Two operator-facing
+//! surfaces lied about the authorization policy. PR #330 flipped the code
+//! default and updated .env.example / README env table / docs/RUN-A-NODE.md,
+//! but missed these two prose mentions.
+//!
+//! This guard pins the documentation and example surfaces together. Each one
+//! is read off the working tree at test time, not a copy in the binary, so a
+//! revert of the doc edit turns it red:
+//!
+//! 1. `SECURITY.md` says the default is `true`.
+//! 2. `README.md` says the default is `true` in the known-limitations prose.
+//! 3. `README.md` says the default is `true` in the env-var table row.
+//! 4. `.env.example` sets `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH=true`.
+//!
+//! The runtime declared default (`Config::enforce_owner_push`'s
+//! `default_value_t = true`) is protected by the
+//! `enforce_owner_push_is_declared_true_independent_of_the_environment`
+//! unit test in `config.rs`, which reads the parser directly and is
+//! env-independent. The two checks together cover the surfaces that
+//! produced the original doc-vs-code drift; this guard cannot reach into
+//! the binary crate's `Config` type (it is private to the bin target,
+//! which has no `lib.rs`) without a larger refactor, so the contract is
+//! stated as the four documentation/example surfaces above.
+//!
+//! The four are checked independently. A check that just verified "at least
+//! one surface says true" would pass while a stale SECURITY.md lied; a check
+//! that only verified the binary would not catch the doc drift that
+//! produced this finding in the first place.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+
+fn read(rel: &str) -> String {
+    let p = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+        .join("..")
+        .join("..")
+        .join(rel);
+    std::fs::read_to_string(&p).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("read {}: {e}", p.display()))
+}
+
+/// Pin the prose mentions of `GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH` so a future doc
+/// edit cannot reintroduce the "defaults to false" wording the reviewer
+/// flagged. The wording in the test is what the docs MUST say about the
+/// default; absence of any prose mention is also a fail because operators
+/// rely on the docs to learn the default.
+#[test]
+fn security_md_states_owner_push_default_is_true() {
+    let security = read("SECURITY.md");
+    let section = section_after(&security, "### Repository write authorization defaults")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("SECURITY.md is missing the owner-push section"));
+
+    assert!(
+        section.contains("defaults to `true`"),
+        "SECURITY.md owner-push section must state the default is true. \
+         Found:\n{section}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !section_claims_default_is_false(&section),
+        "SECURITY.md owner-push section must not claim the default is false. \
+         Found:\n{section}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn readme_known_limitations_states_owner_push_default_is_true() {
+    let readme = read("README.md");
+    let limitations = section_after(&readme, "Known limitations:")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("README.md is missing the Known limitations: section"));
+
+    // The owner-push line is one bullet in the limitations list. Pull the
+    // single line that mentions the env var so the assertion is local to
+    // the claim, not a substring of unrelated text.
+    let line = limitations
+        .lines()
+        .find(|l| l.contains("GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            panic!(
+                "README.md Known limitations must mention GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH.\n\
+                 Got:\n{limitations}"
+            )
+        });
+
+    assert!(
+        line.contains("defaults to `true`") || line.contains("defaults to true"),
+        "README Known-limitations owner-push bullet must state the default is true. \
+         Found:\n{line}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !section_claims_default_is_false(line),
+        "README Known-limitations owner-push bullet must not claim the default is false. \
+         Found:\n{line}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn readme_env_var_table_states_owner_push_default_is_true() {
+    let readme = read("README.md");
+    let line = readme
+        .lines()
+        .find(|l| l.contains("GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH") && l.contains("|"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            panic!("README.md is missing the env-var-table row for GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH")
+        });
+
+    assert!(
+        line.contains("Defaults to `true`") || line.contains("defaults to `true`"),
+        "README env-var-table row for GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH must state the default is true. \
+         Found:\n{line}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !section_claims_default_is_false(line),
+        "README env-var-table row for GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH must not claim the default is false. \
+         Found:\n{line}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn env_example_sets_owner_push_true() {
+    let env = read(".env.example");
+    let line = env
+        .lines()
+        .find(|l| l.trim_start().starts_with("GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!(".env.example is missing GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH"));
+
+    assert!(
+        line.contains("=true"),
+        ".env.example GITLAWB_ENFORCE_OWNER_PUSH must be set to true. Found:\n{line}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// A claim that the default is false can hide in many phrasings. Match the
+/// forms that have appeared in the wild on this branch: "defaults to `false`",
+/// "defaults to false", "default is false", "is `false` for compatibility",
+/// "is false for compatibility". The match is intentionally narrow — false
+/// positives would suppress a real doc edit.
+fn section_claims_default_is_false(section: &str) -> bool {
+    let lower = section.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    lower.contains("defaults to `false`")
+        || lower.contains("defaults to false")
+        || lower.contains("default is `false`")
+        || lower.contains("default is false")
+        || (lower.contains("`false`") && lower.contains("for compatibility"))
+}
+
+/// Return the prose after a marker up to the next heading boundary. The
+/// marker is normally a markdown heading (e.g. `### Section`); if it has
+/// no `#` prefix it is treated as a plain-text marker and the slice is
+/// bounded by the next heading of any level. This matters because a
+/// plain-text marker would otherwise produce `header_level = 0`, making
+/// the same-or-higher-level stop condition unsatisfiable and letting the
+/// slice run to EOF.
+fn section_after(doc: &str, heading: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let start = doc.find(heading)?;
+    let after = &doc[start..];
+    let header_level = heading.chars().take_while(|c| *c == '#').count();
+
+    // Skip past the heading line itself.
+    let body_start = after.find('\n')? + 1;
+    let body = &after[body_start..];
+
+    // Stop at the next heading of the same or higher level, or at the next
+    // heading of any level when the marker had no `#` prefix.
+    let mut end = body.len();
+    for line in body.lines() {
+        let level = line.chars().take_while(|c| *c == '#').count();
+        if level > 0 && (header_level == 0 || level <= header_level) {
+            end = line.as_ptr() as usize - body.as_ptr() as usize;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Some(body[..end].to_string())
+}
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gl"
 description = "The Twigpine CLI — identity management, node control, MCP server"
-version = "0.7.1" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.8.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 dirs = "5"
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
+url = { workspace = true }
+percent-encoding = { workspace = true }
 urlencoding = "2"
 alloy = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
    "contract",
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ async fn cmd_list(node: String, capability: Option<String>) -> Result<()> {
        let short = did
            .split(':')
            .next_back()
-            .map(|s| &s[..s.len().min(16)])
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 16))
            .unwrap_or("?");
        let trust = agent["trust_score"].as_f64().unwrap_or(0.0);
        let caps = agent["capabilities"]
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ async fn cmd_list(
                let title = b["title"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
                let amount = b["amount"].as_i64().unwrap_or(0);
                let st = b["status"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
-                let short_id = &id[..8.min(id.len())];
+                let short_id = crate::text::truncate(id, 8);
                println!("{short_id}  {st:<10}  {amount:>12} $GITLAWB  {title}");
            }
        }
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ async fn cmd_stats(node: String) -> Result<()> {
                let did = entry["did"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
                let count = entry["completed"].as_i64().unwrap_or(0);
                let earned = entry["total_earned"].as_i64().unwrap_or(0);
-                let short = &did[did.len().saturating_sub(8)..];
+                let short = crate::text::truncate_suffix(did, 8);
                println!(
                    "  {}. ...{short}  {count} bounties  {earned} $GITLAWB",
                    i + 1
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use clap::{Args, Subcommand};
+use serde_json::Value;
 use std::path::PathBuf;

 use crate::http::NodeClient;
@@ -34,7 +35,12 @@ pub enum CertCmd {
        #[arg(long)]
        dir: Option<PathBuf>,
    },
-    /// Show a specific ref certificate and verify its signature
+    /// Show a specific ref certificate and verify its signature.
+    ///
+    /// `--verify` requires `--expect-node <did>`: the queried node's
+    /// self-reported DID is not a trust anchor, because a node serving a
+    /// forged certificate also controls its own self-report. Callers
+    /// must name the issuer they trust.
    Show {
        /// Repository in <owner>/<repo> or <repo> format
        repo: String,
@@ -49,13 +55,17 @@ pub enum CertCmd {
        #[arg(long)]
        dir: Option<PathBuf>,
        /// Exit non-zero unless the Ed25519 signature verifies AND the
-        /// issuing node matches the queried node (or --expect-node)
+        /// issuing node matches --expect-node (which --verify requires:
+        /// without a caller-supplied anchor there is no trusted issuer to
+        /// verify against)
        #[arg(long)]
        verify: bool,
        /// Expected issuing node DID for --verify. A valid signature alone
        /// only proves the cert is internally consistent — signed by whatever
        /// key it names — so --verify also anchors the issuer to a DID you
-        /// trust: this value when given, else the queried node's DID.
+        /// trust. The queried node's self-reported DID is deliberately NOT
+        /// accepted as a fallback anchor: the node that served the cert can
+        /// serve a matching self-report.
        #[arg(long, requires = "verify")]
        expect_node: Option<String>,
    },
@@ -117,7 +127,10 @@ async fn cmd_list(repo: String, node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<()
        let id = cert["id"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
        let ref_name = cert["ref_name"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
        let new_sha = cert["new_sha"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
-        let issued_at = cert["issued_at"].as_str().map(|s| &s[..19]).unwrap_or("?");
+        let issued_at = cert["issued_at"]
+            .as_str()
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 19))
+            .unwrap_or("?");
        println!("  {id:.8}  {issued_at}  {ref_name}  {new_sha:.12}");
    }
    Ok(())
@@ -149,6 +162,24 @@ async fn cmd_show(
    let node_did = cert["node_did"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
    let signature = cert["signature"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
    let issued_at = cert["issued_at"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
+    // #26 Split PR 3: read the wire-format version. A MISSING key
+    // selects legacy v1 (an old server that predates the field).
+    // A PRESENT value must be a JSON integer that fits in u32 and
+    // names a version this client supports — otherwise the response
+    // declares a format we cannot represent and we refuse to verify
+    // rather than guess the payload shape. Reviewer 2 finding:
+    // collapsing `null`, a string, a float, or an overflow integer
+    // onto v1 would let a well-signed v1 signature pass `--verify`
+    // against a server that explicitly said "version 2 (or 99, or
+    // 4294967297)" — that is the exact mismatch the field exists
+    // to prevent. parse_cert_version is the load-bearing parser
+    // that distinguishes missing-key (legacy v1) from invalid-value
+    // (unsupported).
+    let parsed_version = parse_cert_version(cert.get("version"));
+    let version_display: String = match &parsed_version {
+        Ok(v) => v.to_string(),
+        Err(reason) => format!("unsupported ({reason})"),
+    };

    println!("Ref Certificate: {cert_id}");
    println!("  Ref:       {ref_name}");
@@ -157,6 +188,7 @@ async fn cmd_show(
    println!("  Pusher:    {pusher}");
    println!("  Node DID:  {node_did}");
    println!("  Issued at: {issued_at}");
+    println!("  Version:   {version_display}");
    println!("  Signature: {signature}");
    println!();

@@ -166,9 +198,31 @@ async fn cmd_show(
    // This proves the cert is internally authentic — signed by the key it
    // names; the node-DID comparison below covers *which* node that is.
    let repo_id = cert["repo_id"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
-    let verdict = verify_signature(
-        repo_id, ref_name, old_sha, new_sha, pusher, node_did, issued_at, signature,
-    );
+    let verdict = match parsed_version {
+        // v1 is the only version this client verifies. The v1
+        // signed payload is the 7-field canonical form with no
+        // `version` key — see gitlawb-node/src/cert.rs. A future
+        // v2+ cert has a different signed payload shape (the
+        // version field becomes part of the signed JSON per
+        // `v2_signing_payload`), so a v2+ cert from a server this
+        // client does not know about must NOT be silently verified
+        // as v1.
+        // Reviewer 2: refuse rather than guess; the client and
+        // server must agree on the version.
+        // parse_cert_version admits exactly one Ok value: 1 (missing key and
+        // integer 1 both land there; 2, floats, strings, overflow and every
+        // other spelling come back Err with their own reason). A separate
+        // `Ok(v != 1)` arm existed here and was DEAD CODE — a test aimed at it
+        // could never catch drift in this match (review round 2) — so the
+        // match now mirrors the parser's real contract, which the
+        // `parse_cert_version_truth_table` test pins.
+        Ok(_) => verify_signature(
+            repo_id, ref_name, old_sha, new_sha, pusher, node_did, issued_at, signature,
+        ),
+        Err(ref reason) => Err(format!(
+            "cert declared a version this client cannot represent ({reason}); refusing to verify"
+        )),
+    };

    println!("Signature verification:");
    match &verdict {
@@ -178,7 +232,11 @@ async fn cmd_show(
            );
        }
        Err(reason) => {
-            println!("  INVALID — {reason}");
+            // A version refusal means no cryptographic check ran, so it must
+            // not print as an INVALID signature: operators and log scrapers
+            // would read that as a failed Ed25519 verification. INVALID is
+            // reserved for failures out of verify_signature itself.
+            println!("  {} — {reason}", signature_verdict_label(&parsed_version));
        }
    }

@@ -195,29 +253,39 @@ async fn cmd_show(
        },
        Err(e) => Err(e.to_string()),
    };
-    let current_node_did = current.as_ref().ok().cloned();
    for line in did_check_report(&current, node_did) {
        println!("{line}");
    }

    if require_valid {
        if let Err(reason) = verdict {
-            anyhow::bail!("certificate signature did not verify: {reason}");
+            // Round 3: do not claim the signature failed when it was
+            // never checked. A version refusal means the payload
+            // shape is unknown, so no signature verification ran.
+            anyhow::bail!("certificate could not be verified: {reason}");
        }
        // A valid signature proves internal consistency only: the payload was
        // signed by whatever key the certificate itself names. A hostile
        // source can mint a keypair, put its DID in node_did, and self-sign.
-        // --verify therefore also anchors the issuer to a trusted DID:
-        // --expect-node when given, else the DID of the node being queried.
-        let expected = expect_node.as_deref().or(current_node_did.as_deref());
-        match expected {
+        // --verify therefore also anchors the issuer — and the anchor must be
+        // a DID the CALLER trusts, which is exactly what --expect-node is.
+        // The DID the queried node reports at `/` is NOT an anchor: the same
+        // node that served a forged certificate can serve a matching
+        // self-report, and with that fallback a wholly forged cert printed
+        // VALID and exited 0 (review round 2, demonstrated by execution). So
+        // --verify without --expect-node refuses to claim a trusted issuer at
+        // all, rather than laundering the server's self-assertion into one.
+        match expect_node.as_deref() {
            Some(expected) if expected == node_did => {}
            Some(expected) => anyhow::bail!(
                "certificate is signed by {node_did}, but the expected issuer is {expected} — \
                 a valid signature alone proves internal consistency, not a trusted issuer"
            ),
            None => anyhow::bail!(
-                "cannot anchor the issuer: node info is unreachable and no --expect-node was given"
+                "--verify needs --expect-node <did> to anchor the issuer: the signature is \
+                 valid, but it only proves the cert is self-consistent with the DID it \
+                 names ({node_did}); the queried node's self-reported DID is not a trust \
+                 anchor"
            ),
        }
    }
@@ -265,6 +333,18 @@ fn did_check_report(current: &std::result::Result<String, String>, node_did: &st
    }
 }

+/// The stdout label for a failed verification verdict. A `parsed_version`
+/// error means `verify_signature` never ran, so the refusal must print as
+/// UNSUPPORTED VERSION rather than INVALID, which operators and log
+/// scrapers would read as a failed Ed25519 check.
+fn signature_verdict_label(parsed_version: &std::result::Result<u32, String>) -> &'static str {
+    if parsed_version.is_err() {
+        "UNSUPPORTED VERSION"
+    } else {
+        "INVALID"
+    }
+}
+
 /// Rebuild the node's canonical signing payload (field order must match
 /// gitlawb-node/src/cert.rs::issue_ref_certificate exactly) and verify the
 /// certificate's Ed25519 signature against the key embedded in `node_did`.
@@ -311,6 +391,65 @@ fn verify_signature(
        .map_err(|_| "Ed25519 signature does not match the signed payload".to_string())
 }

+/// Parse the wire-format `version` field of a certificate response.
+///
+/// Semantics (Reviewer 2):
+///   - MISSING key (`None`) → `Ok(1)`. An old server predates the field, so
+///     the cert is by definition the v1 (pre-versioning) shape; the v1
+///     verify path is the only path that can possibly match the bytes.
+///   - PRESENT key must be a JSON integer that fits losslessly in `u32`
+///     and equals a version this client supports. `null`, a string,
+///     a float, an overflow integer, or any version other than 1 all
+///     yield `Err`. Collapsing any of these onto v1 would let a
+///     well-signed v1 signature pass `--verify` against a response
+///     that explicitly declared a format this client cannot represent
+///     — which is exactly the mismatch the version field exists to
+///     prevent.
+///
+/// The supported-version set is hard-coded to `{1}` because PR 3 ships
+/// only v1 verification; bump this set (and the verdict branch) when
+/// v2 verification lands.
+fn parse_cert_version(value: Option<&Value>) -> Result<u32, String> {
+    let v = match value {
+        None => return Ok(1),
+        Some(v) => v,
+    };
+
+    // serde_json::Value::as_u64 rejects strings, floats, booleans,
+    // nulls, arrays, and objects — but it silently truncates floats
+    // that are whole numbers (e.g. 2.0 → 2). We must reject floats
+    // explicitly so a server cannot smuggle a v2 cert through the
+    // float shape.
+    if v.is_f64() {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "version is a JSON number with a fractional part ({v}); expected an integer"
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let n = v.as_u64().ok_or_else(|| {
+        // null / string / bool / array / object — anything that is
+        // not a JSON integer.
+        format!("version is {v}; expected a JSON integer")
+    })?;
+
+    // Lossy narrowing: refuse anything that does not fit in u32.
+    // u32::MAX is 4_294_967_295; serde_json only goes up to u64.
+    if n > u32::MAX as u64 {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "version {n} does not fit in u32 (max {})",
+            u32::MAX
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let n = n as u32;
+    if n != 1 {
+        return Err(format!(
+            "this client supports cert version 1 only; server returned {n}"
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(1)
+}
+
 async fn resolve_cert_id(client: &NodeClient, owner: &str, name: &str, id: &str) -> Result<String> {
    if id.len() >= 36 {
        return Ok(id.to_string());
@@ -808,7 +947,15 @@ mod tests {
        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
        let (cert, _root) = cert_server(&mut server, &id, &body, Some(&info)).await;

-        let got = cmd_show("alice/r".to_string(), id, server.url(), None, true, None).await;
+        let got = cmd_show(
+            "alice/r".to_string(),
+            id,
+            server.url(),
+            None,
+            true,
+            Some(kp.did().as_str().to_string()),
+        )
+        .await;
        assert!(got.is_ok(), "valid sig + matching issuer must pass");
        cert.assert_async().await;
    }
@@ -824,10 +971,17 @@ mod tests {
        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
        let (cert, _root) = cert_server(&mut server, &id, &body, Some(&info)).await;

-        let err = cmd_show("alice/r".to_string(), id, server.url(), None, true, None)
-            .await
-            .unwrap_err()
-            .to_string();
+        let err = cmd_show(
+            "alice/r".to_string(),
+            id,
+            server.url(),
+            None,
+            true,
+            Some(other.did().as_str().to_string()),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap_err()
+        .to_string();
        assert!(err.contains("expected issuer"), "got: {err}");
        cert.assert_async().await;
    }
@@ -845,7 +999,7 @@ mod tests {
            .await
            .unwrap_err()
            .to_string();
-        assert!(err.contains("cannot anchor the issuer"), "got: {err}");
+        assert!(err.contains("--expect-node"), "got: {err}");
        cert.assert_async().await;
    }

@@ -886,7 +1040,7 @@ mod tests {
            .await
            .unwrap_err()
            .to_string();
-        assert!(err.contains("signature did not verify"), "got: {err}");
+        assert!(err.contains("does not match"), "got: {err}");
        cert.assert_async().await;
    }

@@ -970,4 +1124,373 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(report.contains("verify offline"), "got: {report}");
        assert!(!report.contains("WARNING"), "got: {report}");
    }
+
+    /// #26 Split PR 3: a missing `version` field on a cert defaults
+    /// to 1, so an old server's response is forward-compatible with
+    /// a new client. The v1 verify path is taken, and a
+    /// well-signed v1 cert round-trips through `verify_signature`.
+    ///
+    /// Reviewer 1 finding: the previous shape only parsed the field
+    /// and never called `verify_signature`, so the test could not
+    /// fail if the verdict branch was wired to the wrong path. This
+    /// version signs and verifies the full round-trip.
+    #[test]
+    fn missing_version_defaults_to_1_and_verifies() {
+        let kp = gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair::generate();
+        let node_did = kp.did().as_str().to_string();
+        let payload = serde_json::json!({
+            "repo_id": "repo-1",
+            "ref":     "refs/heads/main",
+            "old":     "0".repeat(40),
+            "new":     "a".repeat(40),
+            "pusher":  "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "node":    node_did,
+            "ts":      "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+        });
+        let sig = kp.sign_b64(&serde_json::to_vec(&payload).unwrap());
+
+        // Simulate the JSON a v1 server returns: no `version` key.
+        let cert_json = serde_json::json!({
+            "id":         "test-id",
+            "repo_id":    "repo-1",
+            "ref_name":   "refs/heads/main",
+            "old_sha":    "0".repeat(40),
+            "new_sha":    "a".repeat(40),
+            "pusher_did": "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "node_did":   node_did,
+            "signature":  sig.clone(),
+            "issued_at":  "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+            // no `version` field
+        });
+
+        // Forward-compat: the parse yields v1 (the only version this
+        // client verifies), and the verdict arm matching Ok(1) feeds
+        // the v1 payload through verify_signature end to end.
+        assert_eq!(parse_cert_version(cert_json.get("version")).unwrap(), 1);
+        let verdict = verify_signature(
+            "repo-1",
+            "refs/heads/main",
+            &"0".repeat(40),
+            &"a".repeat(40),
+            "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            &node_did,
+            "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+            &sig,
+        );
+        assert!(
+            verdict.is_ok(),
+            "missing version must take the v1 verify path: {verdict:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// #26 Split PR 3: an explicit `version: 1` on a cert is the v1
+    /// verify path. A v1 cert with an explicit version verifies the
+    /// same as a v1 cert without one — round-trip through
+    /// `verify_signature`.
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_version_1_takes_v1_path() {
+        let kp = gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair::generate();
+        let node_did = kp.did().as_str().to_string();
+        let payload = serde_json::json!({
+            "repo_id": "repo-1",
+            "ref":     "refs/heads/main",
+            "old":     "0".repeat(40),
+            "new":     "a".repeat(40),
+            "pusher":  "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "node":    node_did,
+            "ts":      "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+        });
+        let sig = kp.sign_b64(&serde_json::to_vec(&payload).unwrap());
+
+        // Simulate a v1 cert with an explicit `version: 1` field.
+        let cert_json = serde_json::json!({
+            "id":         "test-id",
+            "repo_id":    "repo-1",
+            "ref_name":   "refs/heads/main",
+            "old_sha":    "0".repeat(40),
+            "new_sha":    "a".repeat(40),
+            "pusher_did": "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "node_did":   node_did,
+            "signature":  sig.clone(),
+            "issued_at":  "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+            "version":    1,
+        });
+
+        // The parse arms the Ok(1) verdict branch, which calls
+        // verify_signature on the v1 payload. A signature mismatch
+        // here would mean the verdict branch was wired to the
+        // wrong path or the payload drifted.
+        assert_eq!(parse_cert_version(cert_json.get("version")).unwrap(), 1);
+        let verdict = verify_signature(
+            "repo-1",
+            "refs/heads/main",
+            &"0".repeat(40),
+            &"a".repeat(40),
+            "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            &node_did,
+            "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+            &sig,
+        );
+        assert!(
+            verdict.is_ok(),
+            "explicit version: 1 must take the v1 verify path: {verdict:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// #26 Split PR 3 + Reviewer 2: parse_cert_version is the
+    /// load-bearing gate that distinguishes a missing-key (legacy
+    /// server) from a present-but-malformed value. The four cases
+    /// below pin every cell of that truth table; collapsing any
+    /// pair would let a server advertise "version 2" (or 99, or
+    /// 4294967297, or "two") while the client runs the v1
+    /// signature path on a different signed payload — a hostile
+    /// misconfiguration that `--verify` must not silently accept.
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_cert_version_truth_table() {
+        // MISSING key → legacy v1 (the v1 path is the only one that
+        // could match pre-versioning bytes).
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_cert_version(None).unwrap(),
+            1,
+            "a missing version field is the legacy v1 path"
+        );
+
+        // Explicit 1 → v1.
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_cert_version(Some(&serde_json::json!(1))).unwrap(),
+            1,
+            "explicit version 1 is the v1 path"
+        );
+
+        // Explicit 2 → Err, NOT Ok(1). Reviewer 2: a v1 signature
+        // must not verify against a server that said "version 2".
+        assert!(
+            parse_cert_version(Some(&serde_json::json!(2))).is_err(),
+            "explicit version 2 must not collapse to v1"
+        );
+
+        // u32 overflow (2^32 + 1) → Err, NOT Ok(1). The previous
+        // `.map(|v| v as u32)` silently truncated this to 1.
+        let overflow = serde_json::json!(u64::from(u32::MAX) + 1);
+        assert!(
+            parse_cert_version(Some(&overflow)).is_err(),
+            "a version that overflows u32 must not truncate to 1"
+        );
+
+        // Non-numeric: a string, a float, null, bool — every shape
+        // that is not a JSON integer is rejected. None of these
+        // may collapse to v1.
+        for bad in [
+            serde_json::json!("two"),
+            serde_json::json!(2.0), // serde_json::Value::is_f64 is true for this
+            serde_json::json!(2.5), // obviously fractional
+            serde_json::json!(true),
+            serde_json::json!(null),
+            serde_json::json!([2]),
+            serde_json::json!({"v": 2}),
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                parse_cert_version(Some(&bad)).is_err(),
+                "non-integer version {bad} must not collapse to v1"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A version refusal must not print as INVALID — no cryptographic
+    /// check ran, so labelling it INVALID would tell operators an Ed25519
+    /// verification failed when the payload shape was the disqualifier.
+    /// Removing the label branch fails this test.
+    #[test]
+    fn signature_verdict_label_distinguishes_refusal_from_bad_signature() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            signature_verdict_label(&Err("version 2 not supported".to_string())),
+            "UNSUPPORTED VERSION"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(signature_verdict_label(&Ok(1)), "INVALID");
+    }
+
+    /// #26 Split PR 3, round 2: a `version: 2` certificate must fail
+    /// `--verify` THROUGH `cmd_show` itself, not through a copy of its
+    /// match. The prior form of this test duplicated the verdict match in
+    /// the test body and aimed at an `Ok(v != 1)` arm the real parser can
+    /// never produce, so gutting `cmd_show`'s rejection kept every test
+    /// green (demonstrated by the reviewer by execution). Driving the
+    /// command end to end is what makes this a guard: the mock serves a
+    /// cert whose SIGNATURE IS VALID for v1 bytes but which declares
+    /// version 2, and the command must exit Err with the version named —
+    /// the v1 verify path must not launder it through.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn cmd_show_verify_rejects_v2_even_with_valid_v1_signature() {
+        let kp = gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair::generate();
+        let node_did = kp.did().as_str().to_string();
+
+        // Sign a v1-shaped payload so the ONLY disqualifier is the version.
+        let payload = serde_json::json!({
+            "repo_id": "repo-1",
+            "ref":     "refs/heads/main",
+            "old":     "0".repeat(40),
+            "new":     "a".repeat(40),
+            "pusher":  "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "node":    node_did,
+            "ts":      "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+        });
+        let sig = kp.sign_b64(&serde_json::to_vec(&payload).unwrap());
+
+        let cert_json = serde_json::json!({
+            "id":         "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123",
+            "repo_id":    "repo-1",
+            "ref_name":   "refs/heads/main",
+            "old_sha":    "0".repeat(40),
+            "new_sha":    "a".repeat(40),
+            "pusher_did": "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "node_did":   node_did,
+            "signature":  sig,
+            "issued_at":  "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+            "version":    2,
+        });
+
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        // 36-char id short-circuits resolve_cert_id; "owner/repo" input
+        // short-circuits resolve_repo — the cert GET is the only required
+        // route. `/` may be probed for the contextual DID line; serving it
+        // keeps the test about the verdict, not about network noise.
+        let _cert = server
+            .mock(
+                "GET",
+                "/api/v1/repos/o/r/certs/0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123",
+            )
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(cert_json.to_string())
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+        let _root = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(serde_json::json!({ "did": node_did }).to_string())
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let err = cmd_show(
+            "o/r".to_string(),
+            "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123".to_string(),
+            server.url(),
+            None,
+            true,
+            Some(node_did.clone()),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect_err("a version-2 cert must fail --verify even with a valid v1 signature");
+        let msg = format!("{err:#}");
+        assert!(
+            msg.contains("version"),
+            "the failure must name the version mismatch, not a generic invalid signature: {msg}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Round 2's second demonstrated escape: with no --expect-node, the old
+    /// fallback anchored the issuer to the DID the QUERIED NODE reports at
+    /// `/` — which a forger controls along with the cert, so a wholly forged
+    /// self-signed certificate passed --verify with exit 0. `cmd_show` with
+    /// --verify and no --expect-node must now refuse to claim a trusted
+    /// issuer, even when the served cert's signature is valid and the node's
+    /// self-report matches it.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn cmd_show_verify_without_expect_node_refuses_self_asserted_anchor() {
+        let kp = gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair::generate();
+        let node_did = kp.did().as_str().to_string();
+        let payload = serde_json::json!({
+            "repo_id": "repo-1",
+            "ref":     "refs/heads/main",
+            "old":     "0".repeat(40),
+            "new":     "a".repeat(40),
+            "pusher":  "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "node":    node_did,
+            "ts":      "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+        });
+        let sig = kp.sign_b64(&serde_json::to_vec(&payload).unwrap());
+        let cert_json = serde_json::json!({
+            "id":         "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123",
+            "repo_id":    "repo-1",
+            "ref_name":   "refs/heads/main",
+            "old_sha":    "0".repeat(40),
+            "new_sha":    "a".repeat(40),
+            "pusher_did": "did:key:z6MkPusher",
+            "node_did":   node_did,
+            "signature":  sig,
+            "issued_at":  "2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00",
+        });
+
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        // P3 (reviewer round 2): both mocks are required to be
+        // hit for the test to mean anything. `mockito 1.7`'s
+        // `assert_on_drop` is off by default, so the previous
+        // `_cert` and `_root` bindings would silently let a
+        // regression that skipped the root fetch pass.
+        // `.expect(2)` pins each mock's call count (the cert mock
+        // is hit twice because the test runs `cmd_show` twice) and
+        // `.assert_async()` at the end fires if any are unmet.
+        let cert_mock = server
+            .mock(
+                "GET",
+                "/api/v1/repos/o/r/certs/0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123",
+            )
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(cert_json.to_string())
+            .expect(2)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+        // The forger's matching self-report — the exact shape
+        // that used to convert into a trust anchor. The guard's
+        // whole point is to make the test FAIL if a future
+        // regression stops calling `/` here: `.expect(2)` +
+        // `.assert_async()` makes that dependency visible.
+        let root_mock = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(serde_json::json!({ "did": node_did }).to_string())
+            .expect(2)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let err = cmd_show(
+            "o/r".to_string(),
+            "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123".to_string(),
+            server.url(),
+            None,
+            true,
+            None,
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect_err("--verify without --expect-node must not mint a trust anchor from the node's self-report");
+        let msg = format!("{err:#}");
+        assert!(
+            msg.contains("--expect-node"),
+            "the refusal must tell the caller how to anchor trust: {msg}"
+        );
+
+        // Positive control: the same cert with the DID explicitly trusted
+        // passes, so the guard is about the anchor, not the signature.
+        cmd_show(
+            "o/r".to_string(),
+            "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123".to_string(),
+            server.url(),
+            None,
+            true,
+            Some(node_did),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("explicitly anchored --verify of a valid v1 cert must pass");
+
+        // P3 (reviewer round 2): confirm the mocks were actually
+        // hit. Without this, a regression that skipped the cert or
+        // root fetches would still produce a passing test (the
+        // `expect_err` arm succeeds, the positive control succeeds)
+        // and the test would mean nothing.
+        cert_mock.assert_async().await;
+        root_mock.assert_async().await;
+    }
 }
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ pub async fn run(args: ChangelogArgs) -> Result<()> {

    for event in &events {
        let ts = event["timestamp"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
-        let date = &ts[..ts.len().min(10)];
+        let date = crate::text::truncate(ts, 10);

        match event["type"].as_str().unwrap_or("") {
            "commit" => {
                let sha = event["sha"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
                let msg = event["message"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
                let first_line = msg.lines().next().unwrap_or(msg);
-                let short_sha = &sha[..sha.len().min(8)];
+                let short_sha = crate::text::truncate(sha, 8);
                println!("  {date}  commit      {short_sha}  {first_line}");
            }
            "pr_merged" => {
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ pub fn setup_partial_clone(

    if withheld_globs.is_empty() {
        match branch {
-            Some(b) => git_global(&["clone", "-q", "--branch", b, remote_url, dest_str])?,
-            None => git_global(&["clone", "-q", remote_url, dest_str])?,
+            Some(b) => git_global(&["clone", "-q", "--branch", b, "--", remote_url, dest_str])?,
+            None => git_global(&["clone", "-q", "--", remote_url, dest_str])?,
        }
        return Ok(());
    }
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ pub fn setup_partial_clone(
        "-q",
        "--filter=blob:none",
        "--no-checkout",
+        "--",
        remote_url,
        dest_str,
    ])?;
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ async fn recover_encrypted_blobs(
        let plaintext = match open_blob(&envelope, keypair) {
            Ok(p) => p,
            Err(e) => {
-                eprintln!("warning: could not decrypt {oid}: {e}");
+                emit_warning(&format!("warning: could not decrypt {oid}: {e}"));
                continue;
            }
        };
@@ -406,7 +407,9 @@ async fn recover_encrypted_blobs(
                recovered.push(p.clone());
            }
        } else {
-            eprintln!("warning: recovered blob {oid} hashed to {written}; discarding");
+            emit_warning(&format!(
+                "warning: recovered blob {oid} hashed to {written}; discarding"
+            ));
        }
    }
    Ok(recovered)
@@ -804,7 +807,9 @@ async fn recover_from_arweave(
                recovered.push(p.clone());
            }
        } else {
-            eprintln!("warning: recovered blob {oid} hashed to {written}; discarding");
+            emit_warning(&format!(
+                "warning: recovered blob {oid} hashed to {written}; discarding"
+            ));
        }
    }
    Ok(recovered)
@@ -1090,6 +1095,85 @@ mod tests {
        );
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn setup_partial_clone_plain_without_withheld_paths() {
+        let (td, url) = bare_remote(&[("file.txt", b"hello\n")]);
+        let dest = td.path().join("dest");
+        setup_partial_clone(&dest, &url, &[], &[], None).unwrap();
+        assert!(dest.join("file.txt").exists());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn setup_partial_clone_with_branch_without_withheld_paths() {
+        let (td, url) = bare_remote(&[("file.txt", b"hello\n")]);
+        let branch_out = Command::new("git")
+            .args([
+                "-C",
+                td.path().join("origin").to_str().unwrap(),
+                "branch",
+                "--show-current",
+            ])
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+        let branch = String::from_utf8(branch_out.stdout)
+            .unwrap()
+            .trim()
+            .to_string();
+        let dest = td.path().join("dest");
+        setup_partial_clone(&dest, &url, &[], &[], Some(&branch)).unwrap();
+        assert!(dest.join("file.txt").exists());
+    }
+
+    /// #374: every `setup_partial_clone` shape interpolates `remote_url` into a
+    /// `git clone` argv. The `--` delimiter is what forces an option-shaped
+    /// remote to be read as a repository rather than parsed as an option.
+    ///
+    /// The assertion is on git's own words — `repository '<value>'`, single-quoted
+    /// — and not merely on the value appearing somewhere in the error. `git_global`
+    /// formats its failure as `git {args:?} failed: {stderr}`, so the injected
+    /// string is already present in the debug-printed argv whether or not the
+    /// delimiter is there; asserting on containment alone would pass with `--`
+    /// deleted. Undelimited, git consumes the value as an option, leaving the
+    /// destination as the only positional, and names *that* instead
+    /// (`repository '<dest>' does not exist`) — so this goes red without the fix.
+    ///
+    /// The payload carries no `:` or space: a colon would make git read the
+    /// argument as an ssh-style `host:path` URL and report a hostname, which is a
+    /// different parse.
+    fn assert_option_shaped_remote_is_a_repository(withheld: &[String], branch: Option<&str>) {
+        let td = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let dest = td.path().join("dest");
+        let injected = "--upload-pack=false";
+
+        let err = setup_partial_clone(&dest, injected, withheld, &[], branch)
+            .expect_err("an option-shaped remote is not a repository and must fail")
+            .to_string();
+
+        assert!(
+            err.contains(&format!("repository '{injected}'")),
+            "git must name the argument as the repository, not consume it as an option: {err}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn plain_clone_never_parses_a_remote_as_a_git_option() {
+        assert_option_shaped_remote_is_a_repository(&[], None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn branch_clone_never_parses_a_remote_as_a_git_option() {
+        // Pins that `--branch <b>` stays ahead of the delimiter: if `--` were moved
+        // before `--branch`, git would read the branch name as a positional instead.
+        assert_option_shaped_remote_is_a_repository(&[], Some("main"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sparse_clone_never_parses_a_remote_as_a_git_option() {
+        // The withheld-globs arm is a separate argv construction
+        // (`--filter=blob:none --no-checkout`) and needs its own proof.
+        assert_option_shaped_remote_is_a_repository(&["/secret/**".to_string()], None);
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn sparse_patterns_subtree_and_exact() {
        assert_eq!(sparse_patterns("/secret/**"), vec!["/secret/".to_string()]);
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Checks:
 //!   1. Identity        — ~/.gitlawb/identity.pem exists, DID parseable
 //!   2. Registration    — ~/.gitlawb/ucan.json exists (registered with a node)
-//!   3. GITLAWB_NODE    — env var is set to a non-localhost URL
+//!   3. GITLAWB_NODE    — env var points at a public node (unset is advisory)
 //!   4. Node            — GITLAWB_NODE is reachable (default: https://node.twigpine.com)
 //!   5. git helper      — git-remote-gitlawb is in PATH
 //!   6. git             — git is installed
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ pub async fn run(args: DoctorArgs) -> Result<()> {
    });

    let mut checks = Vec::new();
-    let mut all_ok = true;

    // ── 1. Identity ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    let pem_path = dir.join("identity.pem");
@@ -141,32 +140,16 @@ pub async fn run(args: DoctorArgs) -> Result<()> {
    }

    // ── 3. GITLAWB_NODE env var ───────────────────────────────────────────
-    match std::env::var("GITLAWB_NODE") {
-        // A loopback host is a legitimate setup (self-hosted node, dev
-        // harness) — the connectivity check below fails loudly if it is not
-        // actually reachable, so don't red-flag the configuration itself.
-        Ok(v) if is_loopback_url(&v) => {
-            checks.push(Check::pass(
-                "GITLAWB_NODE",
-                format!(
-                    "{v} (local node — intentional for self-hosting/dev; unset to target the public network)"
-                ),
-            ));
-        }
-        Ok(v) if !v.is_empty() => {
-            checks.push(Check::pass("GITLAWB_NODE", v.to_string()));
-        }
-        _ => {
-            checks.push(Check::fail(
-                "GITLAWB_NODE",
-                "not set — git-remote-gitlawb will fall back to http://127.0.0.1:7545",
-                "export GITLAWB_NODE=https://node.twigpine.com",
-            ));
-        }
-    }
+    checks.push(gitlawb_node_env_check(
+        std::env::var("GITLAWB_NODE").ok().as_deref(),
+    ));

    // ── 4. Node connectivity ──────────────────────────────────────────────
-    let client = NodeClient::new(&args.node, None);
+    // GITLAWB_NODE="" binds args.node to "" through clap, and check 3 groups
+    // empty with unset. The probe must apply the same normalization or it
+    // would dial "" and Fail while the env row only Warns.
+    let node_url = effective_node_url(&args.node);
+    let client = NodeClient::new(node_url, None);
    match client.get("/").await {
        Ok(resp) if resp.status().is_success() => {
            let info = resp.json::<serde_json::Value>().await.unwrap_or_default();
@@ -175,7 +158,7 @@ pub async fn run(args: DoctorArgs) -> Result<()> {
            let short_did = did.chars().take(30).collect::<String>();
            checks.push(Check::pass(
                "node",
-                format!("{} — v{version} ({short_did}…)", args.node),
+                format!("{} — v{version} ({short_did}…)", node_url),
            ));
            // Capability drift: a node newer than this CLI may require features
            // (RFC 9421 signing, iCaptcha) the CLI doesn't speak.
@@ -194,14 +177,14 @@ pub async fn run(args: DoctorArgs) -> Result<()> {
        Ok(resp) => {
            checks.push(Check::fail(
                "node",
-                format!("{} returned HTTP {}", args.node, resp.status()),
+                format!("{} returned HTTP {}", node_url, resp.status()),
                "check GITLAWB_NODE env var or try gl register --node <url>",
            ));
        }
        Err(e) => {
            checks.push(Check::fail(
                "node",
-                format!("{} unreachable: {e}", args.node),
+                format!("{} unreachable: {e}", node_url),
                "check your internet connection or set GITLAWB_NODE",
            ));
        }
@@ -285,23 +268,21 @@ pub async fn run(args: DoctorArgs) -> Result<()> {
            CheckState::Fail => "✗",
        };
        println!("  {icon}  {:<24}  {}", check.label, check.detail);
-        if matches!(check.state, CheckState::Fail) {
-            all_ok = false;
-        }
    }

    println!();

+    let has_failures_now = has_failures(&checks);
    let has_issues = checks
        .iter()
        .any(|c| matches!(c.state, CheckState::Fail | CheckState::Warn));
    if !has_issues {
        println!("Everything looks good. Run `gl quickstart` to create your first repo.");
    } else {
-        if all_ok {
-            println!("Setup looks good with some warnings:");
-        } else {
+        if has_failures_now {
            println!("Some checks failed. Suggested fixes:");
+        } else {
+            println!("Setup looks good with some warnings:");
        }
        for check in &checks {
            if matches!(check.state, CheckState::Fail | CheckState::Warn) {
@@ -311,14 +292,75 @@ pub async fn run(args: DoctorArgs) -> Result<()> {
            }
        }
        println!();
-        if !all_ok {
+        if has_failures_now {
            println!("Run `gl quickstart` for a guided setup.");
        }
    }

+    // #357: a non-zero exit is the only signal scripting and CI have. Warn-only
+    // rows stay exit 0 (iCaptcha offline, version drift, shell-alias shadowing
+    // are all non-fatal); Fail-class rows (identity, registration, node
+    // reachable, git-remote-gitlawb present, git present) flip to exit 1.
+    // Direct `process::exit` rather than returning Err: the prose above is the
+    // user-facing summary, and an anyhow Error frame would just duplicate it.
+    if has_failures(&checks) {
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+
    Ok(())
 }

+/// Classify the `GITLAWB_NODE` env var for `gl doctor`. Extracted so unit
+/// tests can pin the Warn tier directly (#357): an unset env is advisory, not
+/// a failure, because `--node` defaults to `https://node.twigpine.com` and the
+/// CLI works without it. Flipping this back to `Check::fail` must break a
+/// test, not just change prose.
+fn gitlawb_node_env_check(env_val: Option<&str>) -> Check {
+    match env_val {
+        // A loopback host is a legitimate setup (self-hosted node, dev
+        // harness) — the connectivity check below fails loudly if it is not
+        // actually reachable, so don't red-flag the configuration itself.
+        Some(v) if is_loopback_url(v) => Check::pass(
+            "GITLAWB_NODE",
+            format!(
+                "{v} (local node — intentional for self-hosting/dev; unset to target the public network)"
+            ),
+        ),
+        Some(v) if !v.is_empty() => Check::pass("GITLAWB_NODE", v.to_string()),
+        // `--node` defaults to `https://node.twigpine.com` and the CLI works
+        // fine without the variable, so an unset env is advisory, not a
+        // failure. Warn-class keeps the exit code 0 for a stock working
+        // install; this used to be Fail, which the obvious "return non-zero
+        // on any failure" change would have flipped to exit 1 on every
+        // default-config install (#357).
+        _ => Check::warn(
+            "GITLAWB_NODE",
+            "not set — git-remote-gitlawb will fall back to http://127.0.0.1:7545",
+            format!("export GITLAWB_NODE={PUBLIC_NODE}"),
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
+/// The URL the connectivity probe should dial. `GITLAWB_NODE` set but empty
+/// (or whitespace-only) binds `args.node` to `""` through clap rather than
+/// to the `default_value`, and check 3 already groups empty with unset, so
+/// the probe applies the same normalization: an empty effective URL means
+/// the public node, same as unset.
+fn effective_node_url(node: &str) -> &str {
+    if node.trim().is_empty() {
+        PUBLIC_NODE
+    } else {
+        node
+    }
+}
+
+/// True when at least one check is Fail-class. Warn-only runs (iCaptcha offline,
+/// version drift, shell-alias shadowing, GITLAWB_NODE unset) keep exit 0;
+/// this is the gating predicate for #357's exit-status fix.
+fn has_failures(checks: &[Check]) -> bool {
+    checks.iter().any(|c| matches!(c.state, CheckState::Fail))
+}
+
 /// Check if a binary name exists anywhere on PATH.
 /// True when the rc file contains a real `unalias` command naming `gl` —
 /// not a comment, and not a longer word like `unalias global`. Ordering
@@ -644,4 +686,103 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(matches!(check.state, CheckState::Ok));
        assert!(check.detail.contains("GitHub API returned HTTP 403"));
    }
+
+    /// #357: an all-Ok run does not flip the exit code to non-zero — a healthy
+    /// install must keep returning 0 so scripts like `gl doctor && gl push`
+    /// keep working.
+    #[test]
+    fn exit_predicate_is_false_for_all_ok() {
+        let checks = vec![
+            Check::pass("identity", "ok"),
+            Check::pass("registration", "ok"),
+            Check::pass("git", "ok"),
+        ];
+        assert!(!has_failures(&checks));
+    }
+
+    /// #357: Warn-class rows (iCaptcha offline, version drift, shell-alias
+    /// shadowing, GITLAWB_NODE unset on a default-config install) are NOT
+    /// exit-status failures — they are still printed to the user but the
+    /// process exits 0. This is the rule that the previous "any
+    /// Fail-or-Warn row → exit 1" change would have broken for stock
+    /// installs that simply have not set the env var.
+    #[test]
+    fn exit_predicate_is_false_for_warn_only() {
+        let checks = vec![
+            Check::pass("identity", "ok"),
+            Check::warn("GITLAWB_NODE", "unset", "export GITLAWB_NODE=..."),
+            Check::warn("iCaptcha", "offline", "check connectivity"),
+            Check::warn("version", "drift", "upgrade"),
+            Check::warn("shell alias", "omz git plugin", "unalias gl"),
+        ];
+        assert!(!has_failures(&checks));
+    }
+
+    /// #357: a single Fail-class row trips the exit code. The set of Fail
+    /// rows is whatever `run` writes through `Check::fail`: identity missing
+    /// or unparseable, registration missing/malformed, node unreachable,
+    /// git-remote-gitlawb absent, git absent.
+    #[test]
+    fn exit_predicate_is_true_when_a_fail_row_is_present() {
+        let checks = vec![
+            Check::pass("registration", "ok"),
+            Check::fail("identity", "missing", "gl identity new"),
+            Check::pass("git", "ok"),
+        ];
+        assert!(has_failures(&checks));
+
+        let mixed_warns = vec![
+            Check::pass("identity", "ok"),
+            Check::warn("GITLAWB_NODE", "unset", "export"),
+            Check::fail("node", "unreachable", "check network"),
+            Check::warn("iCaptcha", "offline", "check"),
+        ];
+        assert!(has_failures(&mixed_warns));
+    }
+
+    /// #357: `GITLAWB_NODE` unset must be Warn, not Fail. This pins the
+    /// re-tier so flipping it back to `Check::fail` breaks the suite — the
+    /// previous `has_failures`-only tests built their own `Check::warn` rows
+    /// and could not see the re-tier at all.
+    #[test]
+    fn gitlawb_node_env_unset_is_warn() {
+        let check = gitlawb_node_env_check(None);
+        assert!(matches!(check.state, CheckState::Warn));
+        assert!(check.detail.contains("not set"));
+        let empty = gitlawb_node_env_check(Some(""));
+        assert!(matches!(empty.state, CheckState::Warn));
+    }
+
+    /// `GITLAWB_NODE=""` binds `args.node` to `""` through clap, and check 3
+    /// groups empty with unset. The probe must dial the same URL unset
+    /// would — removing the normalization makes check 4 probe `""` and Fail
+    /// while the env row only Warns, so an empty env install exits 1.
+    #[test]
+    fn effective_node_url_treats_empty_and_blank_as_unset() {
+        assert_eq!(effective_node_url(""), PUBLIC_NODE);
+        assert_eq!(effective_node_url("   "), PUBLIC_NODE);
+        assert_eq!(effective_node_url("\t\n"), PUBLIC_NODE);
+        assert_eq!(
+            effective_node_url("http://127.0.0.1:7545"),
+            "http://127.0.0.1:7545"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn gitlawb_node_env_set_is_pass() {
+        let check = gitlawb_node_env_check(Some("https://node.twigpine.com"));
+        assert!(matches!(check.state, CheckState::Ok));
+        assert!(check.detail.contains("https://node.twigpine.com"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn gitlawb_node_env_loopback_is_pass() {
+        for url in ["http://127.0.0.1:7545", "http://localhost:7545"] {
+            let check = gitlawb_node_env_check(Some(url));
+            assert!(
+                matches!(check.state, CheckState::Ok),
+                "loopback {url} must be Ok, not Warn/Fail"
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
@@ -131,11 +131,7 @@ async fn cmd_list(node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<()> {
        let sha = pin["sha256_hex"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
        let pinned_at = pin["pinned_at"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
        // Trim pinned_at to date+time without subseconds
-        let ts = if pinned_at.len() >= 19 {
-            &pinned_at[..19]
-        } else {
-            pinned_at
-        };
+        let ts = crate::text::truncate(pinned_at, 19);
        println!("  {cid}");
        println!("    sha256: {sha}");
        println!("    pinned: {ts}");
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ async fn cmd_list(repo: String, node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<()
        let status = issue["status"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
        let created = issue["created_at"]
            .as_str()
-            .map(|s| &s[..10])
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
            .unwrap_or("?");
        let icon = match status {
            "open" => "○",
@@ -365,10 +365,13 @@ async fn cmd_issue_comments(
        let author_short = author
            .split(':')
            .next_back()
-            .map(|s| &s[..s.len().min(8)])
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 8))
            .unwrap_or("?");
        let cbody = c["body"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
-        let created = c["created_at"].as_str().map(|s| &s[..10]).unwrap_or("?");
+        let created = c["created_at"]
+            .as_str()
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
+            .unwrap_or("?");
        println!("  · {author_short} ({created})");
        println!("    {cbody}");
        println!();
@@ -439,6 +442,34 @@ mod tests {
        .unwrap();
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_cmd_list_survives_malformed_timestamps() {
+        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        write_identity(&dir);
+
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        // A short timestamp used to panic on `&s[..10]`; a timestamp whose
+        // byte 10 is mid-char panics even with a len() guard.
+        let _m = server
+            .mock(
+                "GET",
+                mockito::Matcher::Regex(r"^/api/v1/repos/[^/]+/myrepo/issues$".to_string()),
+            )
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"issues":[{"id":"a","title":"short ts","status":"open","created_at":"2026"},{"id":"b","title":"mb ts","status":"open","created_at":"2026-08-1é5T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"c","title":"empty ts","status":"open","created_at":""}]}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        cmd_list(
+            "myrepo".to_string(),
+            server.url(),
+            Some(dir.path().to_path_buf()),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_cmd_create_success() {
        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ mod star;
 mod status;
 mod sync;
 mod task;
+mod text;
 mod ucan_cmd;
 mod visibility;
 mod webhook;
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ pub struct MirrorArgs {
    pub dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 }

+/// Argv for the mirror clone, with `--` immediately before the first positional
+/// so an option-shaped `source` cannot be parsed as a git option (#374).
+///
+/// This is a separate function purely so the delimiter's placement can be driven
+/// through real git by a test. The production call keeps `.status()` rather than
+/// `.output()`: a mirror clone of a large repo streams git's progress to the
+/// user's terminal, and capturing it to assert on stderr here would swallow that.
+fn mirror_clone_args(source: &str) -> [&str; 4] {
+    ["clone", "--mirror", "--", source]
+}
+
 pub async fn run(args: MirrorArgs) -> Result<()> {
    let source = args.source.trim_end_matches('/').to_string();

@@ -131,7 +142,11 @@ pub async fn run(args: MirrorArgs) -> Result<()> {
    println!();
    println!("✓ Mirror complete: {name}");
    println!("  Clone:  git clone {gitlawb_url}");
-    println!("  View:   https://twigpine.com/{owner_short}/{name}");
+    // Only print View: when the node advertises a web_url — self-hosted nodes
+    // without a web front-end would otherwise produce a 404 link (#370).
+    if let Some(web_url) = crate::repo::fetch_node_web_url(&args.node).await {
+        println!("  View:   {web_url}/{owner_short}/{name}");
+    }

    Ok(())
 }
@@ -145,7 +160,7 @@ fn clone_mirror(source: &str, dest: &std::path::Path) -> Result<()> {
    // bounded-runner rule governs node request handlers. Same spawn as before,
    // only relocated into this helper.
    let status = Command::new("git")
-        .args(["clone", "--mirror", source])
+        .args(mirror_clone_args(source))
        .arg(dest)
        .status()
        .context("failed to run git clone — is git installed?")?;
@@ -186,6 +201,43 @@ pub fn extract_repo_name(url: &str) -> Option<String> {
 mod tests {
    use super::*;

+    /// #374: `gl mirror` interpolates the user-supplied source into a
+    /// `git clone --mirror` argv. `--` must sit immediately before the first
+    /// positional so an option-shaped source is read as a repository.
+    ///
+    /// This drives the production argv through real git rather than asserting on
+    /// the array's contents, so it fails on a delimiter that is missing *or*
+    /// misplaced. It cannot go through `run()`: that loads an identity keypair and
+    /// contacts a node before reaching the clone, and its bail message interpolates
+    /// `{source}` unconditionally, so an assertion there would pass with `--` gone.
+    ///
+    /// Asserting on git's single-quoted `repository '<value>'` is what makes this
+    /// red without the delimiter — undelimited, git consumes the value as an option
+    /// and names the destination as the repository instead.
+    #[test]
+    fn mirror_clone_never_parses_the_source_as_a_git_option() {
+        let td = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let dest = td.path().join("mirror.git");
+        let injected = "--upload-pack=false";
+
+        let out = Command::new("git")
+            .env("LC_ALL", "C")
+            .args(mirror_clone_args(injected))
+            .arg(&dest)
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
+
+        assert!(
+            !out.status.success(),
+            "an option-shaped source is not a repository and must fail the clone"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            stderr.contains(&format!("repository '{injected}'")),
+            "git must name the source as the repository, not consume it as an option: {stderr}"
+        );
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn test_extract_github_url() {
        assert_eq!(
@@ -330,7 +382,8 @@ mod tests {
            .create_async()
            .await;

-        // We can't easily test the git subprocess calls, but we can test the
+        // The git subprocess argv is pinned separately by
+        // `mirror_clone_never_parses_the_source_as_a_git_option`; this covers the
        // API error path by calling the create step directly via NodeClient.
        let kp2 = gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair::generate();
        let client = NodeClient::new(server.url(), Some(kp2));
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ async fn cmd_status(node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<()> {
                    let ref_name = ev["ref"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
                    let ts = ev["timestamp"]
                        .as_str()
-                        .map(|s| &s[..10.min(s.len())])
+                        .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
                        .unwrap_or("?");
                    println!("  {ts}  {repo}  {ref_name}");
                }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async fn cmd_list(node: String) -> Result<()> {
        let reachable = peer["reachable"].as_bool().unwrap_or(false);
        let last_seen = peer["last_seen"]
            .as_str()
-            .map(|s| &s[..10])
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
            .unwrap_or("never");
        let status = if reachable { "✓" } else { "✗" };
        println!("  {status} {url}");
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ async fn cmd_list(repo: String, node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<()
        let author_short = author
            .split(':')
            .next_back()
-            .map(|s| &s[..s.len().min(8)])
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 8))
            .unwrap_or("?");
        let status_icon = match status {
            "open" => "○",
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ async fn cmd_view(repo: String, number: u64, node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>)
            let reviewer_short = reviewer
                .split(':')
                .next_back()
-                .map(|s| &s[..s.len().min(8)])
+                .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 8))
                .unwrap_or("?");
            let rstatus = r["status"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
            let rbody = r["body"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
@@ -414,10 +414,13 @@ async fn cmd_view(repo: String, number: u64, node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>)
            let author_short = author
                .split(':')
                .next_back()
-                .map(|s| &s[..s.len().min(8)])
+                .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 8))
                .unwrap_or("?");
            let cbody = c["body"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
-            let created = c["created_at"].as_str().map(|s| &s[..10]).unwrap_or("?");
+            let created = c["created_at"]
+                .as_str()
+                .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
+                .unwrap_or("?");
            println!("  · {author_short} ({created})");
            println!("    {cbody}");
        }
@@ -464,7 +467,7 @@ async fn cmd_merge(repo: String, number: u64, node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>

    let sha = result["merge_sha"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
    println!("✓ Merged PR #{number}");
-    println!("  Merge commit: {}", &sha[..sha.len().min(12)]);
+    println!("  Merge commit: {}", crate::text::truncate(sha, 12));
    Ok(())
 }

@@ -555,10 +558,13 @@ async fn cmd_comments(repo: String, number: u64, node: String, dir: Option<PathB
        let author_short = author
            .split(':')
            .next_back()
-            .map(|s| &s[..s.len().min(8)])
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 8))
            .unwrap_or("?");
        let cbody = c["body"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
-        let created = c["created_at"].as_str().map(|s| &s[..10]).unwrap_or("?");
+        let created = c["created_at"]
+            .as_str()
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
+            .unwrap_or("?");
        println!("  · {author_short} ({created})");
        println!("    {cbody}");
        println!();
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use clap::{Args, Subcommand};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use std::path::PathBuf;

-use crate::http::NodeClient;
+use crate::http::{sanitize_node_msg, NodeClient};
 use crate::identity::load_keypair_from_dir;

 #[derive(Args)]
@@ -274,6 +274,126 @@ async fn resolve_owner_did(_node: &str, dir: Option<&std::path::Path>) -> Result
    Ok(did.split(':').next_back().unwrap_or(&did).to_string())
 }

+/// Fetch `GET /` from the node and return the `web_url` if the node advertises one.
+///
+/// The View: link is a nice-to-have, so every failure mode degrades to `None`
+/// rather than failing the enclosing command — but failures are surfaced as
+/// stderr warnings (request error, non-success HTTP status with the status,
+/// malformed advertised value), since they all mean the node itself is
+/// misbehaving or misconfigured, which the user would otherwise never learn.
+/// A successful response that lacks a usable `web_url` (field missing or
+/// blank) omits the link silently: self-hosted nodes without a web front-end
+/// are expected to not advertise one (#370).
+///
+/// The body is treated like every other caller-chosen node reply (INV-6): the
+/// read is capped and an accepted `web_url` must be free of control/bidi bytes
+/// — it reaches the terminal verbatim through the View: line.
+pub(crate) async fn fetch_node_web_url(node: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let info_client = NodeClient::new(node, None);
+    let info_resp = match info_client.get("/").await {
+        Ok(resp) => resp,
+        Err(err) => {
+            eprintln!("warning: node info request failed ({err}); skipping View link");
+            return None;
+        }
+    };
+    let status = info_resp.status();
+    if !status.is_success() {
+        eprintln!("warning: node info request returned {status}; skipping View link");
+        return None;
+    }
+    // An info reply is a DID, a few URLs and counts — 8 KiB is well past what
+    // the shape needs; anything longer is hostile or broken (peer.rs precedent).
+    let raw_body = crate::http::read_body_capped(info_resp, 8 * 1024).await;
+    match web_url_from_info_body(&raw_body) {
+        Ok(url) => url,
+        Err(reason) => {
+            eprintln!("warning: {reason}; skipping View link");
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Classify a capped `GET /` body for the `View:` advertisement. Split out of
+/// `fetch_node_web_url` so tests can pin the classification contract directly:
+/// a truncated or half-read body is indistinguishable from a node that
+/// advertised nothing, so it must warn rather than silently omit the link.
+fn web_url_from_info_body(
+    raw_body: &crate::http::CappedBody,
+) -> std::result::Result<Option<String>, String> {
+    if raw_body.truncated || raw_body.read_failed {
+        return Err("node info body was oversized or could not be read in full".to_string());
+    }
+    let info: Value = match serde_json::from_str(&raw_body.text) {
+        Ok(json) => json,
+        Err(_) => return Err("node info body was not valid JSON".to_string()),
+    };
+    // Missing field / non-string degrade to None without warning — same contract
+    // as before; only transport- and advertisement-level failures warn there.
+    let raw = match info["web_url"].as_str() {
+        Some(v) => v,
+        None => return Ok(None),
+    };
+    let trimmed = raw.trim().trim_end_matches('/');
+    if trimmed.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    // A present-but-malformed value means the node is misconfigured; say so
+    // instead of quietly dropping the link. Mirrors the node-side boot
+    // validation: must be an absolute http(s) URL with no query or fragment —
+    // the link is built by string-appending `/{owner}/{repo}` to it. Control
+    // and bidi-format bytes are rejected outright (not stripped): they have no
+    // legitimate place in a base URL and would reach the terminal through the
+    // View: line — including when they arrive percent-encoded (INV-6).
+    let malformed_reason: Option<String> = if trimmed
+        .chars()
+        .any(|c| c.is_control() || gitlawb_core::sanitize::is_bidi_format(c))
+    {
+        Some("contains control or bidi characters".to_string())
+    } else {
+        match trimmed.parse::<url::Url>() {
+            Err(_) => Some("not an absolute URL".to_string()),
+            Ok(parsed) if !matches!(parsed.scheme(), "http" | "https") => {
+                Some("not http(s)".to_string())
+            }
+            Ok(parsed) if parsed.query().is_some() || parsed.fragment().is_some() => {
+                Some("contains a query or fragment".to_string())
+            }
+            // userinfo is rejected because the `View:` line prints the
+            // value verbatim; a remote advertisement carrying
+            // `user:pass@host` would land that credential in terminal
+            // scrollback and CI logs.
+            Ok(parsed) if !parsed.username().is_empty() || parsed.password().is_some() => {
+                Some("contains a username or password".to_string())
+            }
+            Ok(parsed)
+                if parsed
+                    .host_str()
+                    .unwrap_or("")
+                    .chars()
+                    .chain(
+                        percent_encoding::percent_decode_str(parsed.path())
+                            .decode_utf8_lossy()
+                            .chars(),
+                    )
+                    .any(|c| c.is_control() || gitlawb_core::sanitize::is_bidi_format(c)) =>
+            {
+                Some("contains control or bidi characters, even percent-encoded".to_string())
+            }
+            Ok(_) => None,
+        }
+    };
+    match malformed_reason {
+        // The reason string is ours; the advertised value is not — defang it
+        // exactly as it would have been defanged had it been accepted.
+        Some(reason) => Err(format!(
+            "node advertised a malformed web_url ({:?}, {reason})",
+            sanitize_node_msg(trimmed)
+        )),
+        None => Ok(Some(trimmed.to_string())),
+    }
+}
+
 async fn cmd_create(
    name: String,
    description: Option<String>,
@@ -311,7 +431,11 @@ async fn cmd_create(
    println!("✓ Created repository: {name}");
    println!("  Clone: git clone {gitlawb_url}");
    println!("  HTTP:  {clone_url}");
-    println!("  View:  https://twigpine.com/{owner_short}/{name}");
+    // Only print View: when the node advertises a web_url — self-hosted nodes
+    // without a web front-end would otherwise produce a 404 link (#370).
+    if let Some(web_url) = fetch_node_web_url(&node).await {
+        println!("  View:  {web_url}/{owner_short}/{name}");
+    }
    if let Some(desc) = payload["description"].as_str().filter(|s| !s.is_empty()) {
        println!("  Desc:  {desc}");
    }
@@ -337,7 +461,10 @@ async fn cmd_list(node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<()> {
        let name = r["name"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
        let desc = r["description"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
        let public = r["is_public"].as_bool().unwrap_or(true);
-        let updated = r["updated_at"].as_str().map(|s| &s[..10]).unwrap_or("?");
+        let updated = r["updated_at"]
+            .as_str()
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
+            .unwrap_or("?");
        let vis = if public { "public" } else { "private" };
        println!("  {name:<24}  {vis:<8}  {updated}  {desc}");
    }
@@ -514,7 +641,7 @@ async fn cmd_replicas(repo: String, node: String, dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Resul
            let url = r["replica_url"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
            let registered = r["registered_at"]
                .as_str()
-                .map(|s| &s[..10.min(s.len())])
+                .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
                .unwrap_or("?");
            println!("  {registered}  {did}  →  {url}");
        }
@@ -556,7 +683,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn cmd_commits(
            .or_else(|| c["sha"].as_str())
            .or_else(|| c["oid"].as_str())
            .unwrap_or("?");
-        let short_sha = &sha[..sha.len().min(10)];
+        let short_sha = crate::text::truncate(sha, 10);
        let msg = c["message"].as_str().unwrap_or("(no message)");
        let first_line = msg.lines().next().unwrap_or(msg);
        let author = c["author_name"]
@@ -566,7 +693,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn cmd_commits(
        let date = c["date"]
            .as_str()
            .or_else(|| c["committer_date"].as_str())
-            .map(|s| &s[..10.min(s.len())])
+            .map(|s| crate::text::truncate(s, 10))
            .unwrap_or("?");
        println!("  {short_sha}  {date}  {first_line}  ({author})");
    }
@@ -845,6 +972,285 @@ mod tests {
        .unwrap();
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_with_web_url() {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"web_url":"https://example.com","did":"did:key:z6Mk"}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url.as_deref(), Some("https://example.com"));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_trims_trailing_slash() {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"web_url":"https://example.com/"}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url.as_deref(), Some("https://example.com"));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_without_web_url() {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"did":"did:key:z6Mk"}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url, None);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_empty_string() {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"web_url":""}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url, None);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_whitespace_only() {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"web_url":"   "}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url, None);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_server_error() {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(500)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url, None);
+    }
+
+    /// A node advertising a present-but-malformed web_url (not an absolute
+    /// http(s) URL) must not yield a View link — and must warn, since a
+    /// malformed advertisement means the node is misconfigured (#370).
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_malformed_value_is_rejected() {
+        for bad in [
+            "gitlawb.com",
+            "not a url",
+            "ftp://files.example.com",
+            // Query/fragment corrupt the appended /{owner}/{repo} path.
+            "https://example.com?a=1",
+            "https://example.com/#faq",
+        ] {
+            let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+            let _m = server
+                .mock("GET", "/")
+                .with_status(200)
+                .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+                .with_body(format!(r#"{{"web_url":"{bad}"}}"#))
+                .create_async()
+                .await;
+
+            let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+            assert_eq!(
+                web_url, None,
+                "malformed web_url {bad:?} must not render a View link"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A transport-level failure (connection refused) degrades to None but is
+    /// no longer silent: the request error is surfaced on stderr so an
+    /// unreachable node isn't indistinguishable from one without a web_url.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_connection_refused_warns() {
+        // Port 1 on localhost is reserved (tcpmux) and refuses connections.
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url("http://127.0.0.1:1").await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url, None);
+    }
+
+    /// A hostile node can smuggle ANSI/bell/bidi controls inside a web_url that
+    /// still passes http(s) URL parsing — those bytes would reach the terminal
+    /// verbatim through the View: line. The advertised value must be rejected
+    /// outright: no control byte may survive into the returned string.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_rejects_control_bytes() {
+        for bad in [
+            "https://example.com/\x1b[31mred",      // ANSI CSI escape in path
+            "https://example.com\x07",              // bell
+            "https://ex\u{202e}ample.com",          // bidi override (RLO)
+            "https://example.com/\u{200f}",         // RLM format char
+            "\x1b]0;title\x07https://evil.example", // OSC title-set prefix
+        ] {
+            let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+            let _m = server
+                .mock("GET", "/")
+                .with_status(200)
+                .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+                // serde_json escapes the control bytes so the body is VALID
+                // JSON — a raw literal would make parse fail and the test
+                // would pass without reaching the control check at all.
+                .with_body(serde_json::json!({"web_url": bad}).to_string())
+                .create_async()
+                .await;
+
+            let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+            assert_eq!(
+                web_url, None,
+                "web_url with control bytes {bad:?} must be rejected"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// An oversized or half-read `GET /` body must warn, not silently
+    /// classify as "no web front-end": a cut body fails JSON parse, which is
+    /// indistinguishable from a node that advertised nothing without the
+    /// truncated flag. Removing the flag check makes this test pass
+    /// vacuously through the parse-fail arm.
+    #[test]
+    fn web_url_from_info_body_warns_on_truncated_reads() {
+        for (body, label) in [
+            (
+                crate::http::CappedBody {
+                    text: r#"{"web_url":"https://x"#.repeat(2000),
+                    truncated: true,
+                    read_failed: false,
+                },
+                "truncated",
+            ),
+            (
+                crate::http::CappedBody {
+                    text: r#"{"web_url":"https://x"#.to_string(),
+                    truncated: false,
+                    read_failed: true,
+                },
+                "read_failed",
+            ),
+        ] {
+            let err = web_url_from_info_body(&body)
+                .expect_err(&format!("{label} body must warn, not silently classify"));
+            assert!(
+                err.contains("oversized or could not be read"),
+                "{label}: got {err}"
+            );
+        }
+        // A clean body missing web_url still classifies as a silent None.
+        let clean = crate::http::CappedBody {
+            text: r#"{"did":"did:key:x"}"#.to_string(),
+            truncated: false,
+            read_failed: false,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(web_url_from_info_body(&clean).unwrap(), None);
+    }
+
+    /// Percent-encoded bidi must not slip past the literal scan: a node
+    /// advertising `https://example.com/%E2%80%AE` serves wire bytes with no
+    /// Cf code point, but a browser decodes it into a reordering character
+    /// on the rendered View: link (INV-6).
+    #[test]
+    fn web_url_from_info_body_rejects_percent_encoded_bidi() {
+        let body = crate::http::CappedBody {
+            text: r#"{"web_url":"https://example.com/%E2%80%AE"}"#.to_string(),
+            truncated: false,
+            read_failed: false,
+        };
+        let err = web_url_from_info_body(&body).expect_err("percent-encoded bidi must be rejected");
+        assert!(err.contains("bidi"), "got {err}");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_validates_after_trimming() {
+        // Trailing slash is trimmed before validation; result stays usable.
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"web_url":"http://localhost:8080/ui/"}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url.as_deref(), Some("http://localhost:8080/ui"));
+    }
+
+    /// A remote node that advertises `web_url` with userinfo (`user@`,
+    /// `user:pass@`) must be dropped: the value is reprinted on the `View:`
+    /// line, and a credential embedded in the URL would land in terminal
+    /// scrollback and CI logs. Mirrors the node-side boot validation.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_rejects_userinfo() {
+        for bad in [
+            "https://[email protected]",
+            "https://user:[email protected]",
+        ] {
+            let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+            let _m = server
+                .mock("GET", "/")
+                .with_status(200)
+                .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+                .with_body(format!(r#"{{"web_url":"{}"}}"#, bad))
+                .create_async()
+                .await;
+
+            let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+            assert_eq!(
+                web_url, None,
+                "web_url with userinfo {bad:?} must be rejected"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A non-success status must still return None (View link is cosmetic) but
+    /// the status surfaces as a user-visible stderr warning instead of being
+    /// swallowed silently (#370 review).
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_fetch_node_web_url_non_success_warns_with_status() {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(503)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+
+        let web_url = fetch_node_web_url(&server.url()).await;
+        assert_eq!(web_url, None);
+        // The warning itself goes to stderr; mockito can't capture it here, so
+        // this asserts only the None contract. Manual check: run against a
+        // 503-ing node and observe "node info request returned 503" on stderr.
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_cmd_create_server_error() {
        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+//! Display helpers for strings that come off the wire unchecked.
+
+/// Truncate `s` to at most `max` bytes, cutting at a char boundary.
+///
+/// `&s[..max]` panics when `s` is shorter than `max` bytes and when `max`
+/// lands inside a multi-byte char; `s.len().min(max)` guards only the first
+/// case. Node-supplied timestamps and ids hit both.
+pub(crate) fn truncate(s: &str, max: usize) -> &str {
+    let mut end = max.min(s.len());
+    while !s.is_char_boundary(end) {
+        end -= 1;
+    }
+    &s[..end]
+}
+
+/// Keep at most the last `max` bytes of `s`, cutting at a char boundary.
+///
+/// `&s[s.len().saturating_sub(max)..]` panics when the start index lands
+/// inside a multi-byte char; node-supplied ids hit that case.
+pub(crate) fn truncate_suffix(s: &str, max: usize) -> &str {
+    let mut start = s.len().saturating_sub(max);
+    while !s.is_char_boundary(start) {
+        start += 1;
+    }
+    &s[start..]
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::{truncate, truncate_suffix};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cuts_ascii_at_max() {
+        assert_eq!(truncate("2026-08-15T12:34:56Z", 10), "2026-08-15");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn short_and_empty_inputs_return_whole() {
+        assert_eq!(truncate("2026", 10), "2026");
+        assert_eq!(truncate("", 10), "");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multibyte_cut_does_not_panic() {
+        // Byte index 10 lands inside 'é'; the cut must land on the boundary
+        // before it (9 bytes) rather than panic or exceed the byte limit.
+        assert_eq!(truncate("2026-08-1\u{e9}5T12:34:56Z", 10), "2026-08-1");
+        // A string that is entirely multi-byte and shorter than max.
+        assert_eq!(truncate("\u{e9}\u{e9}", 10), "\u{e9}\u{e9}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn suffix_cut_does_not_panic() {
+        // 'é' is two bytes; a start index of len-8 lands inside it.
+        assert_eq!(truncate_suffix("did:key:\u{e9}1234567", 8), "1234567");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn suffix_short_input_returns_whole() {
+        assert_eq!(truncate_suffix("short", 8), "short");
+        assert_eq!(truncate_suffix("", 8), "");
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+//! End-to-end test for the `View:` line printed by `gl repo create` (#370).
+//!
+//! `cmd_create` is the load-bearing #370 path: it is the one place the CLI
+//! prints a `View:` line, and the only thing keeping it from being a
+//! hardcoded `https://gitlawb.com/...` 404 is `fetch_node_web_url`. The
+//! helper-level tests in `repo.rs` cover the helper, not the command path —
+//! if `cmd_create` went back to a hardcoded constant, every helper test
+//! would still pass.
+//!
+//! This integration test drives the real `gl` binary against a mockito
+//! server that answers both `POST /api/v1/repos` and `GET /`. Asserting on
+//! the subprocess's stdout is straightforward: bytes are bytes, with no
+//! libtest / gag / in-process capture race.
+//!
+//! CARGO_BIN_EXE_gl is set by Cargo for integration tests of a `[[bin]]`
+//! in the same package, so the test always picks up the in-tree build.
+
+use std::process::Stdio;
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+use tokio::process::Command;
+
+fn gl_bin() -> String {
+    std::env::var("CARGO_BIN_EXE_gl").expect("CARGO_BIN_EXE_gl is unset for this test")
+}
+
+async fn write_identity(dir: &TempDir) {
+    let kp = gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair::generate();
+    let pem = kp.to_pem().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("identity.pem");
+    let mut f = tokio::fs::File::create(&path).await.unwrap();
+    f.write_all(pem.as_bytes()).await.unwrap();
+}
+
+/// The trailing key segment of the freshly-generated identity. Mirrors the
+/// in-source `resolve_owner_did` test helper but lives in this integration
+/// file because that helper is `pub(crate)`.
+async fn owner_short(dir: &TempDir) -> String {
+    let pem = tokio::fs::read_to_string(dir.path().join("identity.pem"))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let kp = gitlawb_core::identity::Keypair::from_pem(&pem).unwrap();
+    let did = kp.did().to_string();
+    did.split(':').next_back().unwrap_or(&did).to_string()
+}
+
+async fn run_gl_create(node_url: &str, dir: &TempDir) -> String {
+    let output = Command::new(gl_bin())
+        .arg("repo")
+        .arg("create")
+        .arg("myrepo")
+        .arg("--private")
+        .arg("--branch")
+        .arg("main")
+        .arg("--node")
+        .arg(node_url)
+        .arg("--dir")
+        .arg(dir.path())
+        .env("NO_COLOR", "1")
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .output()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to spawn `gl repo create`");
+    assert!(
+        output.status.success(),
+        "`gl repo create` failed: stderr:\n{}\nstdout:\n{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
+    );
+    String::from_utf8(output.stdout).expect("`gl` wrote non-UTF-8 to stdout")
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn cmd_create_view_url_tracks_node_advertisement() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    write_identity(&dir).await;
+    let owner = owner_short(&dir).await;
+
+    // Case 1: node advertises a web_url. The `View:` line must use the
+    // advertised origin and the resolved owner/short name.
+    {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m_create = server
+            .mock("POST", "/api/v1/repos")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"name":"myrepo","clone_url":"gitlawb://did:key:z6Mk/myrepo"}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+        let _m_info = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"web_url":"https://git.example","did":"did:key:z6Mk"}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+        let server_url = server.url();
+
+        let out = run_gl_create(&server_url, &dir).await;
+        let view_line = out
+            .lines()
+            .find(|l| l.trim_start().starts_with("View:"))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("View: line missing from stdout:\n{out}"));
+        assert!(
+            view_line.contains(&format!("https://git.example/{owner}/myrepo")),
+            "View: line must use the advertised origin, got: {view_line:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Case 2: node does NOT advertise a web_url. The `View:` line must be
+    // absent, so a self-hosted node without a web front-end never produces
+    // a 404 link (#370).
+    {
+        let mut server = mockito::Server::new_async().await;
+        let _m_create = server
+            .mock("POST", "/api/v1/repos")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"name":"myrepo","clone_url":"gitlawb://did:key:z6Mk/myrepo"}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+        let _m_info = server
+            .mock("GET", "/")
+            .with_status(200)
+            .with_header("content-type", "application/json")
+            .with_body(r#"{"did":"did:key:z6Mk"}"#)
+            .create_async()
+            .await;
+        let server_url = server.url();
+
+        let out = run_gl_create(&server_url, &dir).await;
+        assert!(
+            !out.lines().any(|l| l.trim_start().starts_with("View:")),
+            "View: line must be absent when node omits web_url; got:\n{out}"
+        );
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//! #357: pin the `gl doctor` exit-code wiring, not just the predicate.
+//!
+//! The unit tests for `has_failures` never touch `std::process::exit(1)` or
+//! the `GITLAWB_NODE` Warn tier. Deleting the exit gate outright kept
+//! `cargo test -p gl doctor::` green, so this binary probe is the only thing
+//! that breaks when the wiring is gutted.
+
+use std::process::Command;
+
+#[test]
+fn doctor_exits_nonzero_when_fail_rows_present() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("temp dir");
+    // Use an unroutable node so the "node unreachable" check is Fail-class.
+    // The temp dir has no identity.pem / ucan.json, so identity + registration
+    // are also Fail — at least one Fail must flip the process to exit 1.
+    let bin = env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_gl");
+    let output = Command::new(bin)
+        .args([
+            "doctor",
+            "--dir",
+            dir.path().to_str().unwrap(),
+            "--node",
+            "http://127.0.0.1:1",
+        ])
+        // Inherit PATH but neutralize GITLAWB_NODE so the test is deterministic
+        // across machines that have it set (otherwise it would be Pass).
+        .env_remove("GITLAWB_NODE")
+        // iCaptcha probes a real URL by default; keep it unreachable too so
+        // it stays Warn and does not affect the Fail gating.
+        .env("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:1")
+        .output()
+        .expect("run gl doctor");
+
+    // The command should have exited 1 because at least one Fail row exists.
+    // If the `std::process::exit(1)` gate is removed, this becomes 0 and the
+    // test fails — that is the regression it pins.
+    assert!(
+        !output.status.success(),
+        "gl doctor must exit non-zero when Fail rows are present; stdout: {}\nstderr: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        output.status.code(),
+        Some(1),
+        "exit code must be 1, not some other non-zero"
+    );
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "icaptcha-client"
-version = "0.4.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.8.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
@@ -88,20 +88,81 @@ fn sanitize_excerpt(s: &str) -> String {
    out
 }

-/// Whether `u` parses as a trusted URL.
+/// Fixed warning when `GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE` is present but not an
+/// explicit truthy value. Does not include the raw env value (arbitrary
+/// deployment input — secrets / terminal controls).
+fn warn_icaptcha_insecure_non_truthy() {
+    // One literal line on purpose: a continuation escape here keeps emitting
+    // correct prose (Rust strips the next line's leading whitespace), but the
+    // single-line form makes that property visible without knowing the escape
+    // semantics, which is what the review asked for.
+    tracing::warn!(
+        "GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE is set but not truthy (expected 1 or true); loopback HTTP trust relaxation remains disabled"
+    );
+}
+
+/// Parse a possibly-present `GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE` string.
 ///
-/// Production trusts only `https`.  When `GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE` is set (a
-/// runtime escape hatch for integration tests) the function also trusts
-/// `http://127.0.0.1` and `http://localhost` so the full iCaptcha retry path
-/// can be exercised against a local mockito server.
-fn is_https(u: &str) -> bool {
+/// Only an explicit truthy value (`1` / `true`, case-insensitive, after trim)
+/// enables the loopback-HTTP trust relaxation. Presence alone is not enough:
+/// `=0`, `=false`, or an empty value leave it off. A non-empty non-truthy
+/// value emits [`warn_icaptcha_insecure_non_truthy`].
+fn icaptcha_insecure_from_str(raw: Option<&str>) -> bool {
+    let Some(v) = raw else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let t = v.trim();
+    if t.eq_ignore_ascii_case("1") || t.eq_ignore_ascii_case("true") {
+        true
+    } else {
+        if !t.is_empty() {
+            warn_icaptcha_insecure_non_truthy();
+        }
+        false
+    }
+}
+
+/// Interpret `std::env::var("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE")` without reading the
+/// environment again — used by production and by unit tests.
+///
+/// `NotPresent` → disabled. `NotUnicode` → disabled + the same fixed warning
+/// as a present non-truthy value (fail closed; do not treat as unset).
+fn icaptcha_insecure_from_var(result: Result<String, std::env::VarError>) -> bool {
+    match result {
+        Ok(v) => icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some(&v)),
+        Err(std::env::VarError::NotUnicode(_)) => {
+            warn_icaptcha_insecure_non_truthy();
+            false
+        }
+        Err(std::env::VarError::NotPresent) => false,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Whether `GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE` explicitly enables the loopback-HTTP
+/// trust relaxation used by integration tests.
+///
+/// Only an explicit truthy value (`1` / `true`, case-insensitive, after trim)
+/// enables it. Presence alone is not enough: `=0`, `=false`, or an empty
+/// value leave the relaxation off. A non-empty non-truthy value (including a
+/// present non-Unicode value) emits a `tracing::warn!` (visible when the
+/// `icaptcha_client` target is at WARN+, e.g. `RUST_LOG=icaptcha_client=warn`).
+fn icaptcha_insecure_enabled() -> bool {
+    icaptcha_insecure_from_var(std::env::var("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE"))
+}
+
+/// Whether `u` parses as a trusted URL, given a pre-parsed insecure flag.
+///
+/// Production trusts only `https`. When `insecure` is true the function also
+/// trusts `http://127.0.0.1` and `http://localhost` so the full iCaptcha retry
+/// path can be exercised against a local mockito server.
+fn is_https_with(u: &str, insecure: bool) -> bool {
    let Ok(parsed) = reqwest::Url::parse(u) else {
        return false;
    };
    if parsed.scheme() == "https" {
        return true;
    }
-    if std::env::var_os("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE").is_some()
+    if insecure
        && parsed.scheme() == "http"
        && matches!(parsed.host_str(), Some("127.0.0.1" | "localhost"))
    {
@@ -139,7 +200,15 @@ fn origin_key(u: &str) -> Option<String> {
 /// explicitly-configured host (never a node-discovered one), so a key is never
 /// exfiltrated to an origin the operator did not choose.
 fn resolve_solver_url(advertised: Option<&str>, operator: Option<&str>) -> (String, bool) {
-    let operator = operator.filter(|u| is_https(u));
+    resolve_solver_url_with(advertised, operator, icaptcha_insecure_enabled())
+}
+
+fn resolve_solver_url_with(
+    advertised: Option<&str>,
+    operator: Option<&str>,
+    insecure: bool,
+) -> (String, bool) {
+    let operator = operator.filter(|u| is_https_with(u, insecure));
    let operator_origin = operator.as_ref().and_then(|u| origin_key(u));
    let default_origin = origin_key(DEFAULT_URL);

@@ -157,7 +226,7 @@ fn resolve_solver_url(advertised: Option<&str>, operator: Option<&str>) -> (Stri
    };

    let chosen = match advertised {
-        Some(a) if is_https(a) && allowed(&origin_key(a)) => a.to_string(),
+        Some(a) if is_https_with(a, insecure) && allowed(&origin_key(a)) => a.to_string(),
        Some(a) => {
            tracing::warn!(
                advertised = %a,
@@ -389,27 +458,36 @@ mod tests {
    use std::ffi::OsString;
    use std::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard};

-    /// Serializes tests that touch the process-global
-    /// `GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE` env var so they never race.
+    /// Serializes the real-env reader test so it never races with other
+    /// process-global env mutations (and recovers from a poisoned lock).
    static ICAPTCHA_ENV_LOCK: Mutex<()> = Mutex::new(());

-    /// Set `GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE` for the test lifetime, restoring any
-    /// prior value on drop.
-    struct InsecureEnv {
+    struct EnvGuard {
        _lock: MutexGuard<'static, ()>,
        prev: Option<OsString>,
    }

-    impl InsecureEnv {
-        fn new() -> Self {
-            let lock = ICAPTCHA_ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
+    impl EnvGuard {
+        fn lock() -> MutexGuard<'static, ()> {
+            ICAPTCHA_ENV_LOCK.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner())
+        }
+
+        fn with_value(val: &str) -> Self {
+            let lock = Self::lock();
            let prev = std::env::var_os("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE");
-            std::env::set_var("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE", "1");
-            InsecureEnv { _lock: lock, prev }
+            std::env::set_var("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE", val);
+            EnvGuard { _lock: lock, prev }
+        }
+
+        fn unset() -> Self {
+            let lock = Self::lock();
+            let prev = std::env::var_os("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE");
+            std::env::remove_var("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE");
+            EnvGuard { _lock: lock, prev }
        }
    }

-    impl Drop for InsecureEnv {
+    impl Drop for EnvGuard {
        fn drop(&mut self) {
            match self.prev.take() {
                Some(v) => std::env::set_var("GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE", v),
@@ -418,6 +496,118 @@ mod tests {
        }
    }

+    /// #227 / #246: cover the production env read in `icaptcha_insecure_enabled`.
+    /// Pure-helper tests alone leave mutations of this function green.
+    #[test]
+    fn icaptcha_insecure_enabled_reads_real_env() {
+        {
+            let _g = EnvGuard::unset();
+            assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_enabled(), "unset must disable");
+        }
+        {
+            let _g = EnvGuard::with_value("0");
+            assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_enabled(), "=0 must disable");
+        }
+        {
+            let _g = EnvGuard::with_value("false");
+            assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_enabled(), "=false must disable");
+        }
+        {
+            let _g = EnvGuard::with_value("");
+            assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_enabled(), "empty must disable");
+        }
+        {
+            let _g = EnvGuard::with_value("1");
+            assert!(icaptcha_insecure_enabled(), "=1 must enable");
+        }
+        {
+            let _g = EnvGuard::with_value("true");
+            assert!(icaptcha_insecure_enabled(), "=true must enable");
+        }
+        {
+            let _g = EnvGuard::with_value("TRUE");
+            assert!(icaptcha_insecure_enabled(), "=TRUE must enable");
+        }
+        {
+            let _g = EnvGuard::with_value(" 1 ");
+            assert!(icaptcha_insecure_enabled(), "\" 1 \" (trimmed) must enable");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// #227: `=0` / `=false` / empty / unset must NOT enable loopback HTTP;
+    /// only explicit truthy `1` / `true` may. Uses pure helpers so tests do
+    /// not mutate process-global environment (avoids races with parallel
+    /// resolver tests that also call `resolve_solver_url`).
+    #[test]
+    fn insecure_env_only_truthy_enables_loopback_http() {
+        assert!(
+            !is_https_with("http://127.0.0.1", icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("0"))),
+            "=0 must leave loopback HTTP disabled"
+        );
+        assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("0")));
+
+        assert!(
+            !is_https_with(
+                "http://127.0.0.1",
+                icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("false"))
+            ),
+            "=false must leave loopback HTTP disabled"
+        );
+        assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("false")));
+
+        assert!(
+            !is_https_with("http://127.0.0.1", icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some(""))),
+            "empty value must leave loopback HTTP disabled"
+        );
+        assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("")));
+
+        assert!(
+            !is_https_with("http://127.0.0.1", icaptcha_insecure_from_str(None)),
+            "unset must leave loopback HTTP disabled"
+        );
+        assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_from_str(None));
+        assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_from_var(Err(
+            std::env::VarError::NotPresent
+        )));
+
+        assert!(
+            is_https_with("http://127.0.0.1", icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("1"))),
+            "=1 must enable loopback HTTP"
+        );
+        assert!(is_https_with(
+            "http://localhost",
+            icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("1"))
+        ));
+        assert!(icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("1")));
+
+        assert!(
+            is_https_with("http://127.0.0.1", icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("true"))),
+            "=true must enable loopback HTTP"
+        );
+        assert!(icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("true")));
+
+        assert!(
+            is_https_with("http://127.0.0.1", icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some("TRUE"))),
+            "=TRUE (case-insensitive) must enable loopback HTTP"
+        );
+
+        // Trim is load-bearing: whitespace around a truthy token must still enable.
+        assert!(
+            is_https_with("http://127.0.0.1", icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some(" 1 "))),
+            "\" 1 \" (trimmed) must enable loopback HTTP"
+        );
+        assert!(icaptcha_insecure_from_str(Some(" 1 ")));
+
+        // Present non-Unicode: fail closed + same fixed warning path as non-truthy.
+        assert!(!icaptcha_insecure_from_var(Err(
+            std::env::VarError::NotUnicode(OsString::from("x"))
+        )));
+
+        // https remains trusted regardless of the insecure flag.
+        assert!(is_https_with("https://icaptcha.gitlawb.com", false));
+        assert!(is_https_with("https://icaptcha.gitlawb.com", true));
+    }
+
    // ── P1: hostile error bodies must not reach the terminal raw ──────────

    #[test]
@@ -543,13 +733,12 @@ mod tests {

    #[test]
    fn rejects_insecure_advertised_url_on_different_port() {
-        // With GITLAWB_ICAPTCHA_INSECURE=1, two loopback URLs on different
+        // With insecure mode enabled, two loopback URLs on different
        // ports must be treated as distinct origins so a hostile node cannot
        // redirect the bearer key to a different listener on localhost.
-        let _env = InsecureEnv::new();
-
        let op = "http://localhost:3000";
-        let (url, key_trusted) = resolve_solver_url(Some("http://localhost:9000"), Some(op));
+        let (url, key_trusted) =
+            resolve_solver_url_with(Some("http://localhost:9000"), Some(op), true);
        assert_eq!(
            url, op,
            "must fall back to operator origin, not use different port"
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Step-by-step guide to staking $GITLAWB, registering your node on-chain, and earn

 - A wallet with at least **10,000 $GITLAWB** (minimum stake) plus a small amount of ETH on Base for gas
 - Docker or Rust 1.91+ (for running the node process)
+- PostgreSQL 16+ — the node uses `pg_input_is_valid`, which exists only on PostgreSQL 16 and later. The bundled `docker-compose.yml` pins `postgres:16-alpine`; if you supply your own `DATABASE_URL`, the server must be 16+.
 - A public HTTP URL (your-host.com) — can be a VPS, Fly.io app, or anything reachable. A Fly.io config is provided at `infra/fly/fly.toml` (deploy from the repo root with `fly deploy -c infra/fly/fly.toml`)

 ---
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# GraphQL repository pagination
+
+`repos` returns the complete visible repository list when it contains at most
+200 entries. Larger lists return a GraphQL error directing the caller to
+`reposPage`; they are never silently truncated.
+
+Use `reposPage` for larger lists:
+
+```graphql
+query Repositories($after: String) {
+  reposPage(limit: 50, after: $after) {
+    nodes {
+      name
+      ownerDid
+    }
+    hasNextPage
+    endCursor
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Start with `after: null`. When `hasNextPage` is true, pass the returned
+`endCursor` as `after` on the next request. Stop when `hasNextPage` is false.
+An empty page has a null `endCursor`. The default limit is 50 and the maximum
+page size is 200; limits below 1 or above 200 are rejected (see Query budgets
+below). Malformed cursors, including decoded owner or name strings containing
+NUL, return `invalid repository cursor` before database access.
+
+Pages are ordered by normalized owner DID and repository name. Visibility and
+mirror deduplication are applied in the database before limiting the page;
+hidden and quarantined repositories do not occupy page slots or create a
+continuation signal. Cursors contain a position from the last returned visible
+repository, not a permission grant. Each request checks the current caller's
+visibility independently. Keep the same caller while traversing a list.
+Malformed reader lists in a repository's root visibility rule deny access to
+non-owners for that repository while other visible repositories remain listable.
+
+Pagination is not a snapshot: concurrent renames, ownership changes, or visibility
+changes can alter subsequent pages. Treat cursors as opaque and restart from the
+first page when a fresh complete traversal is needed. Small legacy `repos`
+queries retain their activity ordering.
+
+## Query budgets
+
+Every GraphQL document is validated against two budgets before any resolver
+runs. Both apply per document (per request), not per client: `/graphql` has
+no per-caller rate limiting, so a rejected document can always be retried
+smaller. The constants live in `crates/gitlawb-node/src/graphql/mod.rs`.
+
+- **Complexity budget: 400 per document** (`GRAPHQL_MAX_COMPLEXITY`). Each
+  root field carries a base cost plus the clamped page size plus the selected
+  child fields:
+  - `repos`: 50 + `MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE` + child fields. `repos`
+    always scans the full visible corpus, so it is priced as the full page
+    it is.
+  - `reposPage`: 50 + `MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE` + child fields. Every
+    page request sorts the full deduplicated corpus, so the price does not
+    depend on `limit`: seven `reposPage(limit: 1)` aliases cost the same as
+    seven max-size pages.
+  - `refUpdates`: 100 + clamped `limit` (`MAX_VISIBLE_REF_UPDATES`) + child
+    fields. The 100 base covers the collector's fixed scan (the deduplicated
+    repo set, the quarantined set, the visibility rules, and the bounded
+    up-to-2048-row walk past withheld rows); the limit term prices only the
+    rows returned.
+  - `tasks`: 50 + clamped `limit` (`MAX_VISIBLE_TASK_PAGE_SIZE`) + child
+    fields.
+  - `task`, mutations, subscriptions: 50 + child fields.
+
+  A document whose total exceeds 400 is rejected with
+  `Query is too complex.` before any resolver runs, so an over-budget
+  document needs fewer aliases or fewer child fields. A smaller `limit` does
+  not help `reposPage` or `repos`: both are priced at the full
+  `MAX_VISIBLE_REPO_PAGE_SIZE` scan regardless of `limit`.
+
+- **Depth cap: 14 per document** (`GRAPHQL_MAX_DEPTH`). Documents nested
+  deeper than 14 selections are rejected with `Query is nested too deep.`