diff --git a/.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md b/.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md
index 31fd30a3..19f8a147 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The automatic controller loop is non-blocking, so closeout acceleration cannot l
 
 The same rule applies to git-mirror post-flush. If native status shows runtime/Argo are aligned but GitOps mirror is still pending flush, the automatic controller loop must run the bounded target-side git-mirror flush instead of leaving a follower in `ClosingOut` until a manual wait/closeout path is used.
 
-After an automatic closeout accelerator runs, the same reconcile must do one bounded native status re-read and write the resulting state when it is already aligned. Do not defer the final `Noop` write to the next controller loop; loop interval plus another status-read can add enough idle time to exceed the 120s end-to-end budget even when PipelineRun, Argo and runtime are already ready. The re-read timeout must come from YAML follower budgets.
+After an automatic closeout accelerator runs, the same reconcile must do a bounded native status re-read/poll and write the resulting state when it is already aligned. Do not defer the final `Noop` write to the next controller loop; loop interval plus another status-read can add enough idle time to exceed the 120s end-to-end budget even when PipelineRun, Argo and runtime are already ready. The re-read timeout must come from YAML follower budgets, and the short poll interval must come from YAML controller budgets. A single immediate re-read is insufficient when Argo accepts refresh first and updates operation/runtime state a few seconds later.
 
 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.
 
diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd-branch-follower.ts b/scripts/src/cicd-branch-follower.ts
index c03620d3..f24af72e 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd-branch-follower.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd-branch-follower.ts
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ async function decideAndMaybeTrigger(
     else if (flush !== null) automaticCloseoutAccelerated = true;
   }
   if (automaticCloseoutAccelerated && observedSha !== null) {
-    const reread = await readAdapterStatus(registry, follower, { ...options, timeoutSeconds: follower.budgets.statusSeconds });
+    const reread = await readAdapterStatusAfterCloseoutAcceleration(registry, follower, observedSha, options);
     if (!reread.ok) {
       warnings.push(`post-closeout status re-read failed: ${redactText(tailText(reread.message, 300))}`);
     } else if (reread.observedSha === observedSha) {
@@ -955,6 +955,32 @@ function shouldRefreshAutomaticCloseout(
   return !argoReady || !runtimeAligned || live.targetSha !== observedSha;
 }
 
+async function readAdapterStatusAfterCloseoutAcceleration(
+  registry: BranchFollowerRegistry,
+  follower: FollowerSpec,
+  observedSha: string,
+  options: ParsedOptions,
+): Promise<AdapterSummary> {
+  const timeoutSeconds = follower.budgets.statusSeconds;
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  const deadline = startedAt + Math.max(1, timeoutSeconds) * 1000;
+  let latest = await readAdapterStatus(registry, follower, { ...options, timeoutSeconds: Math.min(timeoutSeconds, remainingSeconds(startedAt, timeoutSeconds)) });
+  while (
+    latest.ok
+    && latest.observedSha === observedSha
+    && latest.aligned !== true
+    && Date.now() < deadline
+  ) {
+    const remaining = Math.max(0, deadline - Date.now());
+    const pollSeconds = Math.min(registry.controller.budgets.nativePollIntervalSeconds, Math.ceil(remaining / 1000));
+    if (pollSeconds <= 0) break;
+    runCommand(["sleep", String(pollSeconds)], repoRoot, { timeoutMs: (pollSeconds + 1) * 1000 });
+    if (Date.now() >= deadline) break;
+    latest = await readAdapterStatus(registry, follower, { ...options, timeoutSeconds: remainingSeconds(startedAt, timeoutSeconds) });
+  }
+  return latest;
+}
+
 function shouldFlushAutomaticCloseout(
   follower: FollowerSpec,
   observedSha: string | null,