diff --git a/.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md b/.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md
index 6a0a4dbd..6ea4378c 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Follower-scoped commands such as `status --follower`, `events --follower`, `logs
 
 Argo closeout visibility must include the bounded reason for non-ready health, not only `Synced/Progressing`: health message, operation phase/message, short Application conditions and a small list of non-healthy resources when available.
 
+The automatic controller loop is non-blocking, so closeout acceleration cannot live only in the user-facing `--wait` path. Once a triggered PipelineRun has succeeded and required runtime/GitOps gates are not aligned, the in-cluster controller path should perform the same bounded target-side Argo refresh used by wait closeout; otherwise convergence depends on Argo's background poll interval and can exceed the 120s budget even when Tekton finished quickly.
+
 Stage timing rows must not label optional gates as `not-ready` when they are not part of that follower's closeout contract. For sentinel-like followers without a GitOps branch flush gate, git-mirror source snapshot readiness should render as source-ready/ready, while missing GitOps `githubInSync` remains `-`/not-applicable instead of a failure-looking state.
 
 ## Source Authority
diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd.ts b/scripts/src/cicd.ts
index d469bac7..2fa61104 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd.ts
@@ -858,6 +858,10 @@ async function decideAndMaybeTrigger(
   }
 
   if (options.dryRun && phase === "PendingTrigger") decision = `${decision}; dry-run did not trigger`;
+  if (shouldRefreshAutomaticCloseout(follower, observedSha, live, phase, options)) {
+    const refresh = runNativeArgoRefresh(follower.nativeStatus.argo as NonNullable<NativeStatusSpec["argo"]>);
+    if (refresh.exitCode !== 0) warnings.push(`argo refresh failed: ${redactText(tailText(refresh.stderr || refresh.stdout, 300))}`);
+  }
   const statePipelineRun = stringOrNull(triggerCommand?.pipelineRun) ?? live.pipelineRun;
 
   return {
@@ -904,6 +908,25 @@ async function decideAndMaybeTrigger(
   };
 }
 
+function shouldRefreshAutomaticCloseout(
+  follower: FollowerSpec,
+  observedSha: string | null,
+  live: AdapterSummary,
+  phase: BranchFollowerPhase,
+  options: ParsedOptions,
+): boolean {
+  if (!options.inCluster || !options.confirm || options.wait || options.dryRun) return false;
+  if (phase !== "ClosingOut" || observedSha === null || follower.nativeStatus.argo === null) return false;
+  const payload = asOptionalRecord(live.payload);
+  const tekton = asOptionalRecord(payload?.tekton);
+  if (tekton?.succeeded !== true) return false;
+  const argo = asOptionalRecord(payload?.argo);
+  const runtime = asOptionalRecord(payload?.runtime);
+  const argoReady = argo?.ready === true;
+  const runtimeAligned = runtime?.aligned === true;
+  return !argoReady || !runtimeAligned || live.targetSha !== observedSha;
+}
+
 async function executeTrigger(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower: FollowerSpec, observedSha: string | null, options: ParsedOptions): Promise<TriggerResult> {
   const spec = follower.commands.trigger;
   const timeoutSeconds = options.timeoutSeconds ?? spec.timeoutSeconds;