fix: clarify optional git mirror stage status

.agents/skills/unidesk-cicd/references/branch-follower.md

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ When a repeated runtime pitfall or visibility defect is found during branch-foll
 
 `status-read`, `events`, `logs` and debug summaries must expose compact closeout gate details when a follower is not aligned: git-mirror readiness, Tekton PipelineRun condition, Argo sync/health, runtime target sha/readiness and short errors. Repeating only phase/observed/target/message is a visibility defect and must be fixed before further rollout tuning.
 
+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
 
 - Follower decisions must not read host source worktrees, target dev directories, `.worktree/*`, local git state, or direct GitHub branch refs.

scripts/src/cicd.ts

@@ -2366,7 +2366,13 @@ function stageTimingsFromNativePayload(payload: Record<string, unknown> | null):
   if (sourceSyncStage !== null) stages.push(sourceSyncStage);
   const gitMirror = asOptionalRecord(payload.gitMirror);
   if (gitMirror !== null) {
-    const status = gitMirror.pendingFlush === true ? "pending-flush" : gitMirror.githubInSync === true && gitMirror.sourceSnapshotReady === true ? "ready" : "not-ready";
+    const hasGitopsBranch = stringOrNull(gitMirror.gitopsBranch) !== null;
+    const sourceReady = gitMirror.sourceSnapshotReady === true;
+    const status = gitMirror.pendingFlush === true
+      ? "pending-flush"
+      : hasGitopsBranch
+        ? gitMirror.githubInSync === true && sourceReady ? "ready" : "not-ready"
+        : sourceReady ? "source-ready" : "source-not-ready";
     stages.push(stageTiming("git-mirror", status, null, null, "git-mirror-cache", stringOrNull(gitMirror.gitopsBranch) ?? stringOrNull(gitMirror.sourceBranch)));
   }
   const tekton = asOptionalRecord(payload.tekton);