diff --git a/scripts/native/cicd/branch-follower-gate.mjs b/scripts/native/cicd/branch-follower-gate.mjs
index 93e16283..92cc892e 100644
--- a/scripts/native/cicd/branch-follower-gate.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native/cicd/branch-follower-gate.mjs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const workloads = parseWorkloads(process.env.WORKLOADS_B64 || "");
 const healthUrl = process.env.HEALTH_URL || "";
 const slowTaskSeconds = requiredPositiveIntEnv("SLOW_TASK_SECONDS");
 const healthTimeoutMs = requiredPositiveIntEnv("HEALTH_TIMEOUT_MS");
+const gateTimeoutMs = optionalPositiveIntEnv("GATE_TIMEOUT_MS") ?? healthTimeoutMs;
 
 const errors = [];
 const branchCommit = rev(`refs/heads/${sourceBranch}`);
@@ -45,10 +46,11 @@ if (gate === "reuse-plan") evidence = await reusePlanEvidence(sourceCommit);
 else if (gate === "ci-taskrun-plan") evidence = await ciTaskRunEvidence(sourceCommit);
 else if (gate === "cd-rollout-plan") evidence = await cdRolloutEvidence(sourceCommit);
 else if (gate === "post-deploy-health") evidence = await postDeployHealthEvidence(sourceCommit);
+else if (gate === "runtime-closeout") evidence = await runtimeCloseoutEvidence(sourceCommit);
 else fail(`unsupported gate ${gate}`);
 
 const ok = errors.length === 0 && evidence?.ok === true;
-console.log(JSON.stringify({
+const payload = {
   ok,
   gate,
   follower,
@@ -62,7 +64,9 @@ console.log(JSON.stringify({
   statusAuthority: "kubernetes-api-serviceaccount",
   parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
   bounded: true,
-}));
+};
+console.log(JSON.stringify(payload));
+if (!ok) process.exit(2);
 
 async function reusePlanEvidence(commit) {
   const reuse = readReuseConfig(commit);
@@ -417,6 +421,68 @@ async function postDeployHealthEvidence(commit) {
   };
 }
 
+async function runtimeCloseoutEvidence(commit) {
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  const refresh = await argoRefresh();
+  const deadline = Date.now() + gateTimeoutMs;
+  let polls = 0;
+  let latest = null;
+  while (Date.now() <= deadline) {
+    polls += 1;
+    latest = await runtimeCloseoutStatus(commit);
+    if (latest.ok === true) break;
+    if (Date.now() + 2000 > deadline) break;
+    await delay(2000);
+  }
+  return {
+    ok: latest?.ok === true,
+    sourceCommit: shortSha(commit),
+    gitMirror: compactGitMirrorEvidence(gitMirror),
+    refresh,
+    closeout: latest,
+    polls,
+    elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+    writesState: false,
+    contract: {
+      gate: "argo-runtime-only",
+      excludes: ["git-mirror-flush", "state-write"],
+      expectation: "Argo refresh and runtime readiness are independently triggerable; git-mirror post-flush is validated by the git-mirror-flush gate.",
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function runtimeCloseoutStatus(commit) {
+  const pipelineRunName = commit && pipelineRunPrefix ? `${pipelineRunPrefix}-${commit.slice(0, 12)}` : "";
+  const pipelineRun = pipelineRunName && tektonNamespace
+    ? pipelineRunStatus(await getJson(`/apis/tekton.dev/v1/namespaces/${encodeURIComponent(tektonNamespace)}/pipelineruns/${encodeURIComponent(pipelineRunName)}`, false))
+    : { present: null, succeeded: null, reason: "tekton-not-configured" };
+  const argo = await argoSummary();
+  const runtime = await runtimeSummary(commit);
+  return {
+    ok: source.snapshotReady === true && pipelineRun.succeeded === true && argo.ready === true && runtime.ready === true && runtime.aligned === true,
+    source,
+    pipelineRun,
+    argo,
+    runtime,
+  };
+}
+
+async function argoRefresh() {
+  if (!argoNamespace || !argoApplication) return { ok: true, skipped: true, reason: "argo-not-configured" };
+  const path = `/apis/argoproj.io/v1alpha1/namespaces/${encodeURIComponent(argoNamespace)}/applications/${encodeURIComponent(argoApplication)}`;
+  const patched = await patchJson(path, { metadata: { annotations: { "argocd.argoproj.io/refresh": "hard" } } });
+  return {
+    ok: patched !== null,
+    namespace: argoNamespace,
+    application: argoApplication,
+    refresh: "hard",
+    resourceVersion: str(patched?.metadata?.resourceVersion),
+    statusAuthority: "kubernetes-api-serviceaccount",
+    parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
+    valuesRedacted: true,
+  };
+}
+
 function readReuseConfig(commit) {
   if (!commit || !sourceStageRef) return { present: false, reason: "source-commit-missing" };
   try {
@@ -517,6 +583,7 @@ async function argoSummary() {
   const sync = app?.status?.sync || {};
   const health = app?.status?.health || {};
   const op = app?.status?.operationState || {};
+  const problemWorkloads = await argoProblemWorkloadSummaries(app);
   return {
     name: argoApplication,
     namespace: argoNamespace,
@@ -525,10 +592,141 @@ async function argoSummary() {
     revision: str(sync.revision),
     operationPhase: str(op.phase),
     operationMessage: str(op.message),
+    conditions: compactArgoConditions(app?.status?.conditions),
+    nonReadyResources: compactArgoNonReadyResources(app?.status?.resources),
+    syncResultResources: compactArgoSyncResultResources(op?.syncResult?.resources),
+    problemWorkloads,
     ready: sync.status === "Synced" && health.status === "Healthy",
   };
 }
 
+async function argoProblemWorkloadSummaries(app) {
+  const resources = Array.isArray(app?.status?.resources) ? app.status.resources : [];
+  const syncResources = Array.isArray(app?.status?.operationState?.syncResult?.resources) ? app.status.operationState.syncResult.resources : [];
+  const names = uniqueStrings([
+    ...resources
+      .filter((item) => item?.kind === "Deployment" && (item.status === "OutOfSync" || (item.health?.status && item.health.status !== "Healthy")))
+      .map((item) => str(item.name))
+      .filter(Boolean),
+    ...syncResources
+      .filter((item) => item?.kind === "Deployment" && problemArgoSyncResource(item))
+      .map((item) => str(item.name))
+      .filter(Boolean),
+  ]).slice(0, 8);
+  const rows = [];
+  for (const name of names) rows.push(await deploymentProblemSummary(runtimeNamespace || "default", name));
+  return rows;
+}
+
+async function deploymentProblemSummary(namespace, name) {
+  const deployment = await getJson(`/apis/apps/v1/namespaces/${encodeURIComponent(namespace)}/deployments/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`, false);
+  const selector = deploymentSelector(deployment);
+  const pods = selector ? await getJson(`/api/v1/namespaces/${encodeURIComponent(namespace)}/pods?labelSelector=${encodeURIComponent(selector)}`, false) : null;
+  const conditions = Array.isArray(deployment?.status?.conditions)
+    ? deployment.status.conditions
+        .filter((item) => item?.status !== "True" || item?.type === "Progressing")
+        .slice(-4)
+        .map((item) => ({
+          type: str(item?.type),
+          status: str(item?.status),
+          reason: str(item?.reason),
+          message: shortText(str(item?.message) || ""),
+        }))
+    : [];
+  return {
+    kind: "Deployment",
+    namespace,
+    name,
+    desired: deployment?.spec?.replicas ?? 1,
+    readyReplicas: deployment?.status?.readyReplicas ?? 0,
+    updatedReplicas: deployment?.status?.updatedReplicas ?? 0,
+    unavailableReplicas: deployment?.status?.unavailableReplicas ?? null,
+    conditions,
+    pods: compactProblemPods(pods),
+  };
+}
+
+function deploymentSelector(deployment) {
+  const labels = deployment?.spec?.selector?.matchLabels;
+  if (!labels || typeof labels !== "object" || Array.isArray(labels)) return null;
+  const pairs = Object.entries(labels)
+    .filter((entry) => typeof entry[0] === "string" && typeof entry[1] === "string")
+    .map(([key, value]) => `${key}=${value}`);
+  return pairs.length === 0 ? null : pairs.join(",");
+}
+
+function compactProblemPods(list) {
+  const items = Array.isArray(list?.items) ? list.items : [];
+  return items.slice(0, 6).map((pod) => {
+    const statuses = Array.isArray(pod?.status?.containerStatuses) ? pod.status.containerStatuses : [];
+    return {
+      name: str(pod?.metadata?.name),
+      phase: str(pod?.status?.phase),
+      ready: statuses.every((item) => item?.ready === true),
+      containers: statuses.slice(0, 4).map((item) => ({
+        name: str(item?.name),
+        ready: item?.ready === true,
+        restartCount: typeof item?.restartCount === "number" ? item.restartCount : null,
+        waitingReason: str(item?.state?.waiting?.reason),
+        waitingMessage: shortText(str(item?.state?.waiting?.message) || ""),
+        terminatedReason: str(item?.lastState?.terminated?.reason) || str(item?.state?.terminated?.reason),
+        exitCode: typeof item?.lastState?.terminated?.exitCode === "number" ? item.lastState.terminated.exitCode : typeof item?.state?.terminated?.exitCode === "number" ? item.state.terminated.exitCode : null,
+      })),
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+function compactArgoConditions(value) {
+  return Array.isArray(value)
+    ? value.slice(0, 5).map((item) => ({
+        type: str(item?.type),
+        message: shortText(str(item?.message) || ""),
+        lastTransitionTime: str(item?.lastTransitionTime),
+      }))
+    : [];
+}
+
+function compactArgoNonReadyResources(value) {
+  return Array.isArray(value)
+    ? value
+        .filter((item) => item?.health?.status && item.health.status !== "Healthy")
+        .slice(0, 5)
+        .map((item) => ({
+          kind: str(item?.kind),
+          namespace: str(item?.namespace),
+          name: str(item?.name),
+          status: str(item?.status),
+          healthStatus: str(item?.health?.status),
+          healthMessage: shortText(str(item?.health?.message) || ""),
+        }))
+    : [];
+}
+
+function compactArgoSyncResultResources(value) {
+  return Array.isArray(value)
+    ? value
+        .filter(problemArgoSyncResource)
+        .slice(0, 8)
+        .map((item) => ({
+          group: str(item?.group),
+          kind: str(item?.kind),
+          namespace: str(item?.namespace),
+          name: str(item?.name),
+          status: str(item?.status),
+          hookPhase: str(item?.hookPhase),
+          syncPhase: str(item?.syncPhase),
+          message: shortText(str(item?.message) || ""),
+        }))
+    : [];
+}
+
+function problemArgoSyncResource(item) {
+  const message = String(item?.message || "");
+  return (item?.status && item.status !== "Synced")
+    || (item?.hookPhase && item.hookPhase !== "Succeeded")
+    || /fail|error|backoff|forbidden|invalid|denied|exceeded/iu.test(message);
+}
+
 async function runtimeSummary(expected) {
   if (!runtimeNamespace || workloads.length === 0) return { ready: null, aligned: null, reason: "runtime-not-configured" };
   const rows = [];
@@ -723,6 +921,49 @@ async function getJson(path, required) {
   });
 }
 
+async function patchJson(path, value) {
+  const host = process.env.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST;
+  const port = Number(process.env.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT || "443");
+  const tokenPath = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token";
+  const caPath = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt";
+  if (!host || !existsSync(tokenPath) || !existsSync(caPath)) fail("kubernetes serviceaccount is unavailable");
+  const token = readFileSync(tokenPath, "utf8").trim();
+  const ca = readFileSync(caPath);
+  const payload = JSON.stringify(value);
+  return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const req = https.request({
+      host,
+      port,
+      path,
+      method: "PATCH",
+      ca,
+      headers: {
+        authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+        "content-type": "application/merge-patch+json",
+        "content-length": Buffer.byteLength(payload),
+      },
+    }, (res) => {
+      let body = "";
+      res.setEncoding("utf8");
+      res.on("data", (chunk) => { body += chunk; });
+      res.on("end", () => {
+        if ((res.statusCode || 0) < 200 || (res.statusCode || 0) >= 300) return reject(new Error(shortText(body || `kube api ${res.statusCode}`)));
+        try { resolve(JSON.parse(body)); } catch (error) { reject(error); }
+      });
+    });
+    req.on("error", reject);
+    req.write(payload);
+    req.end();
+  }).catch((error) => {
+    errors.push(`${path}: ${shortText(error?.message || String(error))}`);
+    return null;
+  });
+}
+
+function delay(ms) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
+
 async function httpProbe(url) {
   const client = url.startsWith("https:") ? https : http;
   const started = Date.now();
@@ -746,6 +987,14 @@ function parseWorkloads(value) {
   }
 }
 
+function optionalPositiveIntEnv(name) {
+  const raw = process.env[name] || "";
+  if (!raw) return null;
+  const value = Number.parseInt(raw, 10);
+  if (!Number.isInteger(value) || value <= 0) fail(`${name} must be a positive integer`);
+  return value;
+}
+
 function rev(ref) {
   try {
     const out = execFileSync("git", [`--git-dir=${repoPath}`, "rev-parse", "--verify", `${ref}^{commit}`], { encoding: "utf8", stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"] }).trim();
diff --git a/scripts/native/cicd/compact-native-object.mjs b/scripts/native/cicd/compact-native-object.mjs
index 16cfe809..8594981b 100644
--- a/scripts/native/cicd/compact-native-object.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native/cicd/compact-native-object.mjs
@@ -137,6 +137,21 @@ if (key === "pipelineRun") {
   };
 } else if (key === "argoApplication") {
   const resources = Array.isArray(input?.status?.resources) ? input.status.resources : [];
+  const syncResultResources = Array.isArray(input?.status?.operationState?.syncResult?.resources)
+    ? input.status.operationState.syncResult.resources
+        .filter(problemSyncResource)
+        .slice(0, 8)
+        .map((item) => ({
+          group: item.group || null,
+          kind: item.kind || null,
+          namespace: item.namespace || null,
+          name: item.name || null,
+          status: item.status || null,
+          hookPhase: item.hookPhase || null,
+          syncPhase: item.syncPhase || null,
+          message: item.message || null,
+        }))
+    : [];
   const nonReadyResources = resources
     .filter((item) => item?.health?.status && item.health.status !== "Healthy")
     .slice(0, 8)
@@ -166,6 +181,7 @@ if (key === "pipelineRun") {
             startedAt: input.status.operationState.startedAt || null,
             finishedAt: input.status.operationState.finishedAt || null,
             durationSeconds: durationSeconds(input.status.operationState.startedAt, input.status.operationState.finishedAt),
+            syncResultResources,
           }
         : null,
     },
@@ -194,3 +210,10 @@ if (key === "pipelineRun") {
 }
 
 console.log(JSON.stringify(output));
+
+function problemSyncResource(item) {
+  const message = String(item?.message || "");
+  return (item?.status && item.status !== "Synced")
+    || (item?.hookPhase && item.hookPhase !== "Succeeded")
+    || /fail|error|backoff|forbidden|invalid|denied|exceeded/iu.test(message);
+}
diff --git a/scripts/native/cicd/k8s-job-drilldown.mjs b/scripts/native/cicd/k8s-job-drilldown.mjs
index 90c5ae3a..e29c3fb2 100644
--- a/scripts/native/cicd/k8s-job-drilldown.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native/cicd/k8s-job-drilldown.mjs
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ async function main() {
   const podSummaries = pods.slice(0, Math.max(1, maxContainers)).map(podSummary);
   const logTargets = selectLogTargets(pods).slice(0, maxContainers);
   const logs = [];
+  const gateResults = [];
   const perContainerBytes = Math.max(1, Math.floor(maxLogBytes / Math.max(1, logTargets.length)));
   for (const target of logTargets) {
     const read = await readPodLog(target.podName, target.container, logsTailLines, perContainerBytes);
     const text = read.tail || "";
+    const parsedGateResult = compactGateResult(parseLastJsonObject(text));
+    if (parsedGateResult !== null) gateResults.push(parsedGateResult);
     logs.push({
       ok: read.ok,
       degradedReason: read.degradedReason,
@@ -63,16 +66,17 @@ async function main() {
       container: target.container,
       lineCount: text.length === 0 ? 0 : text.split(/\r?\n/u).filter((line) => line.length > 0).length,
       bytes: Buffer.byteLength(text, "utf8"),
-      tail: text,
+      tail: compactLogTail(text, parsedGateResult),
       nodeCicdTiming: lastNodeCicdTiming(text),
     });
   }
   const logFailures = logs.filter((item) => item.ok === false);
+  const gateFailures = gateResults.filter((item) => item.ok === false);
   const status = job.status || {};
   const metadata = job.metadata || {};
   console.log(JSON.stringify({
-    ok: logFailures.length === 0,
-    degradedReason: logFailures.length === 0 ? null : "log-read-failed",
+    ok: logFailures.length === 0 && gateFailures.length === 0 && !(status.failed && status.failed > 0),
+    degradedReason: logFailures.length > 0 ? "log-read-failed" : gateFailures.length > 0 ? "gate-failed" : status.failed && status.failed > 0 ? "job-failed" : null,
     errors: logFailures.map((item) => ({ pod: item.pod, container: item.container, degradedReason: item.degradedReason, message: item.message })),
     query: { namespace, jobName, stage: stageName, sourceCommit: sourceCommit || null },
     job: {
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ async function main() {
       failedState: Boolean(status.failed && status.failed > 0),
     },
     pods: podSummaries,
+    gateResults,
     logs,
     nodeCicdTiming: lastTiming(logs),
     statusAuthority: useServiceAccount ? "kubernetes-api-serviceaccount" : "target-node-kubectl-raw",
@@ -290,6 +295,145 @@ function lastTiming(logs) {
   return null;
 }
 
+function parseLastJsonObject(text) {
+  const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/u).map((line) => line.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+  for (let index = lines.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+    const line = lines[index];
+    if (!line.startsWith("{") || !line.endsWith("}")) continue;
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(line);
+      if (parsed && typeof parsed === "object" && !Array.isArray(parsed)) return parsed;
+    } catch {
+      // Keep scanning bounded log lines.
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function compactGateResult(value) {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") return null;
+  const evidence = objectOrEmpty(value.evidence);
+  const closeout = objectOrEmpty(evidence.closeout);
+  const argo = objectOrEmpty(closeout.argo);
+  const runtime = objectOrEmpty(closeout.runtime);
+  const pipelineRun = objectOrEmpty(closeout.pipelineRun);
+  return {
+    ok: value.ok === true,
+    gate: stringOrNull(value.gate),
+    follower: stringOrNull(value.follower),
+    sourceCommit: stringOrNull(evidence.sourceCommit) || shortSha(stringOrNull(closeout.source?.sourceCommit)),
+    errors: arrayItems(value.errors).slice(0, 4).map((item) => shortText(item)),
+    polls: integerOrNull(evidence.polls),
+    elapsedMs: integerOrNull(evidence.elapsedMs),
+    writesState: booleanOrNull(evidence.writesState),
+    pipelineRun: {
+      name: stringOrNull(pipelineRun.name),
+      succeeded: booleanOrNull(pipelineRun.succeeded),
+      reason: stringOrNull(pipelineRun.reason),
+      durationSeconds: integerOrNull(pipelineRun.durationSeconds),
+    },
+    argo: {
+      syncStatus: stringOrNull(argo.syncStatus),
+      healthStatus: stringOrNull(argo.healthStatus),
+      operationPhase: stringOrNull(argo.operationPhase),
+      operationMessage: shortText(argo.operationMessage),
+      nonReadyResources: compactNamedResources(argo.nonReadyResources, 4),
+      syncResultResources: compactNamedResources(argo.syncResultResources, 3),
+      problemWorkloads: compactProblemWorkloads(argo.problemWorkloads, 3),
+    },
+    runtime: {
+      namespace: stringOrNull(runtime.namespace),
+      ready: booleanOrNull(runtime.ready),
+      aligned: booleanOrNull(runtime.aligned),
+      workloads: compactRuntimeWorkloads(runtime.workloads, 8),
+    },
+    statusAuthority: stringOrNull(value.statusAuthority),
+    parsedDownstreamCliOutput: value.parsedDownstreamCliOutput === true,
+  };
+}
+
+function compactLogTail(text, parsedGateResult) {
+  if (!text) return "";
+  if (parsedGateResult !== null) {
+    const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/u).map((line) => line.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+    const nonJson = lines.filter((line) => !(line.startsWith("{") && line.endsWith("}")));
+    return shortText(nonJson.slice(-8).join("\n"));
+  }
+  return shortText(text);
+}
+
+function compactNamedResources(value, limit) {
+  return arrayItems(value).slice(0, limit).map((item) => ({
+    kind: stringOrNull(item.kind),
+    namespace: stringOrNull(item.namespace),
+    name: stringOrNull(item.name),
+    status: stringOrNull(item.status),
+    healthStatus: stringOrNull(item.healthStatus),
+    hookPhase: stringOrNull(item.hookPhase),
+    syncPhase: stringOrNull(item.syncPhase),
+    message: shortText(item.message || item.healthMessage),
+  }));
+}
+
+function compactRuntimeWorkloads(value, limit) {
+  return arrayItems(value).slice(0, limit).map((item) => ({
+    kind: stringOrNull(item.kind),
+    name: stringOrNull(item.name),
+    ready: booleanOrNull(item.ready),
+    aligned: booleanOrNull(item.aligned),
+    desired: integerOrNull(item.desired),
+    readyReplicas: integerOrNull(item.readyReplicas),
+    updatedReplicas: integerOrNull(item.updatedReplicas),
+    sourceCommit: stringOrNull(item.sourceCommit),
+  }));
+}
+
+function compactProblemWorkloads(value, limit) {
+  return arrayItems(value).filter(isProblemWorkload).slice(0, limit).map((item) => ({
+    kind: stringOrNull(item.kind),
+    namespace: stringOrNull(item.namespace),
+    name: stringOrNull(item.name),
+    desired: integerOrNull(item.desired),
+    readyReplicas: integerOrNull(item.readyReplicas),
+    updatedReplicas: integerOrNull(item.updatedReplicas),
+    unavailableReplicas: integerOrNull(item.unavailableReplicas),
+    conditions: arrayItems(item.conditions).slice(0, 2).map((condition) => ({
+      type: stringOrNull(condition.type),
+      status: stringOrNull(condition.status),
+      reason: stringOrNull(condition.reason),
+      message: shortText(condition.message),
+    })),
+    pods: arrayItems(item.pods).filter(isProblemPod).slice(0, 2).map((pod) => ({
+      name: stringOrNull(pod.name),
+      phase: stringOrNull(pod.phase),
+      ready: booleanOrNull(pod.ready),
+      containers: arrayItems(pod.containers).filter(isProblemContainer).slice(0, 2).map((container) => ({
+        name: stringOrNull(container.name),
+        ready: booleanOrNull(container.ready),
+        restartCount: integerOrNull(container.restartCount),
+        waitingReason: stringOrNull(container.waitingReason),
+        terminatedReason: stringOrNull(container.terminatedReason),
+        exitCode: integerOrNull(container.exitCode),
+      })),
+    })),
+  }));
+}
+
+function isProblemWorkload(item) {
+  const desired = integerOrNull(item?.desired) ?? 1;
+  const readyReplicas = integerOrNull(item?.readyReplicas) ?? 0;
+  const unavailableReplicas = integerOrNull(item?.unavailableReplicas) ?? 0;
+  return readyReplicas < desired || unavailableReplicas > 0 || arrayItems(item?.pods).some(isProblemPod);
+}
+
+function isProblemPod(pod) {
+  return pod?.ready === false || arrayItems(pod?.containers).some(isProblemContainer);
+}
+
+function isProblemContainer(container) {
+  return container?.ready === false || Boolean(container?.waitingReason) || Boolean(container?.terminatedReason) || integerOrNull(container?.exitCode) !== null;
+}
+
 function durationSeconds(start, end) {
   const s = timestampMs(start);
   const e = timestampMs(end);
@@ -317,7 +461,8 @@ function shortSha(value) {
 function shortText(value) {
   if (value === null || value === undefined) return null;
   const text = String(value).replace(/\s+/gu, " ").trim();
-  return text.length <= maxMessageBytes ? text : `${text.slice(0, Math.max(0, maxMessageBytes - 3))}...`;
+  const limit = Math.min(maxMessageBytes, 300);
+  return text.length <= limit ? text : `${text.slice(0, Math.max(0, limit - 3))}...`;
 }
 
 function tailBytes(value, maxBytes) {
@@ -330,6 +475,18 @@ function arrayItems(value) {
   return Array.isArray(value) ? value : [];
 }
 
+function objectOrEmpty(value) {
+  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value) ? value : {};
+}
+
+function stringOrNull(value) {
+  return typeof value === "string" && value.length > 0 ? value : null;
+}
+
+function booleanOrNull(value) {
+  return typeof value === "boolean" ? value : null;
+}
+
 function integerOrNull(value) {
   return Number.isInteger(value) ? value : null;
 }
diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd-branch-follower.ts b/scripts/src/cicd-branch-follower.ts
index fcb450b8..8fa4537a 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd-branch-follower.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd-branch-follower.ts
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ function debugStepOption(value: string): BranchFollowerDebugStep {
 }
 
 function gateOption(value: string): BranchFollowerGate {
-  if (value === "reuse-plan" || value === "ci-taskrun-plan" || value === "cd-rollout-plan" || value === "post-deploy-health" || value === "control-plane-refresh") return value;
-  throw new Error("--gate must be reuse-plan, ci-taskrun-plan, cd-rollout-plan, post-deploy-health, or control-plane-refresh");
+  if (value === "reuse-plan" || value === "ci-taskrun-plan" || value === "cd-rollout-plan" || value === "post-deploy-health" || value === "control-plane-refresh" || value === "git-mirror-flush" || value === "runtime-closeout") return value;
+  throw new Error("--gate must be reuse-plan, ci-taskrun-plan, cd-rollout-plan, post-deploy-health, control-plane-refresh, git-mirror-flush, or runtime-closeout");
 }
 
 function isInClusterRuntime(): boolean {
diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd-gates.ts b/scripts/src/cicd-gates.ts
index c619c022..32cac1cc 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd-gates.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd-gates.ts
@@ -2,24 +2,50 @@
 // Responsibility: submit bounded target-side gate Jobs and return compact evidence.
 import type { CommandResult } from "./command";
 import { resolveAgentRunLaneTarget } from "./agentrun-lanes";
+import { yamlLaneGitMirrorJobManifest } from "./agentrun/secrets";
 import { nativeHwlabControlPlaneRefreshJobManifest, runNativeHwlabControlPlaneRefresh } from "./cicd-hwlab-refresh";
 import { nativeCicdScriptLoadShell } from "./cicd-native-bundle";
+import { runNativeK8sJob } from "./cicd-native";
 import { waitForJobShell } from "./cicd-controller-render";
 import type { BranchFollowerRegistry, FollowerSpec, ParsedOptions } from "./cicd-types";
 import { hwlabRuntimeLaneSpecForNode } from "./hwlab-node-lanes";
+import { nodeRuntimeGitMirrorJobManifest } from "./hwlab-node/render";
+import { nodeRuntimeGitMirrorTarget } from "./hwlab-node/web-probe";
 import { shQuote, redactText } from "./platform-infra-ops-library";
 
 type KubeScriptRunner = (registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, options: ParsedOptions, script: string, input: string, timeoutMs: number) => CommandResult;
 
 export async function runBranchFollowerGate(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower: FollowerSpec, options: ParsedOptions, runKubeScript: KubeScriptRunner): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
-  if (options.gate === null) throw new Error("gate requires --gate <reuse-plan|ci-taskrun-plan|cd-rollout-plan|post-deploy-health|control-plane-refresh>");
+  if (options.gate === null) throw new Error("gate requires --gate <reuse-plan|ci-taskrun-plan|cd-rollout-plan|post-deploy-health|control-plane-refresh|git-mirror-flush|runtime-closeout>");
   if (options.gate === "control-plane-refresh") {
     return options.inCluster
       ? runControlPlaneRefreshGate(registry, follower, options)
       : runTargetControlPlaneRefreshGateJob(registry, follower, options, runKubeScript);
   }
+  if (options.gate === "git-mirror-flush") {
+    return options.inCluster
+      ? runGitMirrorFlushGate(registry, follower, options)
+      : runTargetGitMirrorFlushGateJob(registry, follower, options, runKubeScript);
+  }
+  if (options.gate === "runtime-closeout" && !options.confirm) {
+    const timeoutSeconds = gateTimeoutSeconds(follower, options);
+    const jobName = `bf-gate-${safeName(follower.id)}-${safeName(options.gate)}-${Date.now().toString(36)}`.slice(0, 63);
+    return {
+      ok: true,
+      action: "gate",
+      gate: options.gate,
+      follower: follower.id,
+      dryRun: true,
+      sourceCommit: options.sourceCommit,
+      target: { name: jobName, namespace: registry.controller.namespace, execution: "k8s-native-gate-job" },
+      timeoutSeconds,
+      message: "add --confirm to run the native runtime closeout gate",
+      writesState: false,
+      parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
+    };
+  }
   if (options.inCluster) return { ok: false, action: "gate", gate: options.gate, follower: follower.id, degradedReason: "operator-entry-required" };
-  const timeoutSeconds = options.timeoutSeconds ?? follower.budgets.statusSeconds;
+  const timeoutSeconds = gateTimeoutSeconds(follower, options);
   const jobName = `bf-gate-${safeName(follower.id)}-${safeName(options.gate)}-${Date.now().toString(36)}`.slice(0, 63);
   const manifest = gateJobManifest(registry, follower, options, jobName, timeoutSeconds);
   const manifestYaml = `${Bun.YAML.stringify(manifest).trim()}\n`;
@@ -56,6 +82,149 @@ export async function runBranchFollowerGate(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, fo
   };
 }
 
+function gateTimeoutSeconds(follower: FollowerSpec, options: ParsedOptions): number {
+  return options.timeoutSeconds ?? (options.gate === "runtime-closeout" ? follower.budgets.endToEndSeconds : follower.budgets.statusSeconds);
+}
+
+function runTargetGitMirrorFlushGateJob(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower: FollowerSpec, options: ParsedOptions, runKubeScript: KubeScriptRunner): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const prepared = prepareGitMirrorFlushGate(follower, options);
+  if (prepared.ok !== true) return prepared;
+  const timeoutSeconds = options.timeoutSeconds ?? follower.budgets.sourceSyncSeconds;
+  if (!options.confirm) return gitMirrorFlushDryRun(follower, options, prepared.namespace, prepared.jobName);
+  const manifestYaml = `${Bun.YAML.stringify(prepared.manifest).trim()}\n`;
+  const script = [
+    "set -eu",
+    "tmp=$(mktemp)",
+    "base64 -d >\"$tmp\" <<'UNIDESK_GIT_MIRROR_FLUSH_GATE_JOB'",
+    Buffer.from(manifestYaml, "utf8").toString("base64"),
+    "UNIDESK_GIT_MIRROR_FLUSH_GATE_JOB",
+    `kubectl -n ${shQuote(prepared.namespace)} delete job ${shQuote(prepared.jobName)} --ignore-not-found=true >/dev/null 2>&1 || true`,
+    `kubectl apply --server-side --force-conflicts --field-manager=${shQuote(registry.controller.fieldManager)} -f "$tmp" >/dev/null`,
+    waitForJobShell(prepared.namespace, prepared.jobName, timeoutSeconds),
+  ].join("\n");
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  const command = runKubeScript(registry, options, script, "", (timeoutSeconds + registry.controller.budgets.reconcileTransportGraceSeconds) * 1000);
+  const parsed = parseLastJsonObject(command.stdout);
+  const ok = command.exitCode === 0 && parsed !== null && parsed.pendingFlush !== true;
+  return {
+    ok,
+    action: "gate",
+    gate: options.gate,
+    follower: follower.id,
+    dryRun: false,
+    sourceCommit: options.sourceCommit,
+    target: { name: prepared.jobName, namespace: prepared.namespace, execution: "k8s-native-git-mirror-flush" },
+    result: parsed,
+    writesState: false,
+    command: {
+      exitCode: command.exitCode,
+      timedOut: command.timedOut,
+      elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+      parseError: parsed === null ? "stdout-json-parse-failed" : null,
+      stdoutTail: ok ? "" : redactText(tailText(command.stdout, 1600)),
+      stderrTail: ok ? "" : redactText(tailText(command.stderr, 1200)),
+    },
+    parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
+    next: {
+      statusRead: `bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower debug-step --follower ${follower.id} --step status-read --json`,
+      job: `bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower job --follower ${follower.id} --source-commit ${options.sourceCommit} --job git-mirror-flush --json`,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function runGitMirrorFlushGate(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower: FollowerSpec, options: ParsedOptions): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const prepared = prepareGitMirrorFlushGate(follower, options);
+  if (prepared.ok !== true) return prepared;
+  const timeoutSeconds = options.timeoutSeconds ?? follower.budgets.sourceSyncSeconds;
+  if (!options.confirm) return gitMirrorFlushDryRun(follower, options, prepared.namespace, prepared.jobName);
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  const result = runNativeK8sJob(prepared.namespace, prepared.jobName, prepared.manifest, timeoutSeconds, "flush", registry.controller.budgets);
+  const summary = result.summary;
+  const ok = result.ok && summary?.pendingFlush !== true;
+  return {
+    ok,
+    action: "gate",
+    gate: options.gate,
+    follower: follower.id,
+    dryRun: false,
+    sourceCommit: options.sourceCommit,
+    target: { name: prepared.jobName, namespace: prepared.namespace, execution: "k8s-native-git-mirror-flush" },
+    result: {
+      ok: result.ok,
+      completed: result.completed,
+      failed: result.failed,
+      timedOut: result.timedOut,
+      created: result.created,
+      reused: result.reused,
+      polls: result.polls,
+      elapsedMs: result.elapsedMs,
+      summary,
+      conditionReason: result.conditionReason,
+      conditionMessage: result.conditionMessage,
+      statusAuthority: result.statusAuthority,
+      parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
+    },
+    writesState: false,
+    command: {
+      elapsedMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
+      timeoutSeconds,
+    },
+    parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
+    next: {
+      statusRead: `bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower debug-step --follower ${follower.id} --step status-read --json`,
+      job: `bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower job --follower ${follower.id} --source-commit ${options.sourceCommit} --job git-mirror-flush --json`,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function prepareGitMirrorFlushGate(follower: FollowerSpec, options: ParsedOptions): { ok: true; namespace: string; jobName: string; manifest: Record<string, unknown> } | Record<string, unknown> {
+  if (options.sourceCommit === null) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      action: "gate",
+      gate: options.gate,
+      follower: follower.id,
+      degradedReason: "source-commit-required",
+      message: "git-mirror-flush gate requires --source-commit <sha>",
+      parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
+    };
+  }
+  const jobName = nativeCapabilityJobName(follower.id, "flush", options.sourceCommit);
+  if (follower.adapter === "hwlab-node-runtime") {
+    const spec = hwlabRuntimeLaneSpecForNode(follower.target.lane, follower.target.node);
+    const mirror = nodeRuntimeGitMirrorTarget(spec);
+    return { ok: true, namespace: mirror.namespace, jobName, manifest: nodeRuntimeGitMirrorJobManifest(mirror, "flush", jobName) };
+  }
+  if (follower.adapter === "agentrun-yaml-lane") {
+    const { spec } = resolveAgentRunLaneTarget({ node: follower.target.node, lane: follower.target.lane });
+    return { ok: true, namespace: spec.gitMirror.namespace, jobName, manifest: yamlLaneGitMirrorJobManifest(spec, "flush", jobName) };
+  }
+  return {
+    ok: false,
+    action: "gate",
+    gate: options.gate,
+    follower: follower.id,
+    degradedReason: "unsupported-follower-adapter",
+    message: "git-mirror-flush gate is only available for followers with a native git-mirror stage",
+    parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
+  };
+}
+
+function gitMirrorFlushDryRun(follower: FollowerSpec, options: ParsedOptions, namespace: string, jobName: string): Record<string, unknown> {
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    action: "gate",
+    gate: options.gate,
+    follower: follower.id,
+    dryRun: true,
+    sourceCommit: options.sourceCommit,
+    target: { name: jobName, namespace, execution: "k8s-native-git-mirror-flush" },
+    message: "add --confirm to run the native git-mirror flush gate",
+    writesState: false,
+    parsedDownstreamCliOutput: false,
+  };
+}
+
 function runTargetControlPlaneRefreshGateJob(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower: FollowerSpec, options: ParsedOptions, runKubeScript: KubeScriptRunner): Record<string, unknown> {
   if (follower.adapter !== "hwlab-node-runtime" || options.sourceCommit === null || !options.confirm) {
     return runControlPlaneRefreshGate(registry, follower, options);
@@ -163,7 +332,8 @@ function runControlPlaneRefreshGate(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower:
 function gateJobManifest(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower: FollowerSpec, options: ParsedOptions, jobName: string, timeoutSeconds: number): Record<string, unknown> {
   const labels = { ...registry.controller.labels, "app.kubernetes.io/component": "cicd-gate-job" };
   const agentrun = follower.adapter === "agentrun-yaml-lane" ? resolveAgentRunLaneTarget({ node: follower.target.node, lane: follower.target.lane }).spec : null;
-  const gitopsBranch = agentrun?.gitops.branch ?? "";
+  const hwlab = follower.adapter === "hwlab-node-runtime" ? hwlabRuntimeLaneSpecForNode(follower.target.lane, follower.target.node) : null;
+  const gitopsBranch = agentrun?.gitops.branch ?? hwlab?.gitopsBranch ?? "";
   const healthUrl = gateHealthUrl(follower);
   const workloads = (follower.nativeStatus.runtime?.workloads ?? []).map((item) => ({ kind: item.kind, name: item.name, sourceCommit: item.sourceCommit }));
   const gatePolicy = gatePolicyEnv(follower);
@@ -218,6 +388,7 @@ function gateJobManifest(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower: FollowerSpe
               { name: "HEALTH_URL", value: healthUrl },
               { name: "SLOW_TASK_SECONDS", value: String(gatePolicy.slowTaskSeconds) },
               { name: "HEALTH_TIMEOUT_MS", value: String(gatePolicy.healthTimeoutMs) },
+              { name: "GATE_TIMEOUT_MS", value: String(timeoutSeconds * 1000) },
               { name: "UNIDESK_CONTROLLER_GITHUB_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY", value: `/git-ssh/${registry.controller.source.githubSsh.privateKeySecretKey}` },
               { name: "UNIDESK_CONTROLLER_GITHUB_PROXY_HOST", value: registry.controller.source.githubSsh.proxyHost },
               { name: "UNIDESK_CONTROLLER_GITHUB_PROXY_PORT", value: String(registry.controller.source.githubSsh.proxyPort) },
diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd-help.ts b/scripts/src/cicd-help.ts
index 13761a02..27e6e4ad 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd-help.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd-help.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export function buildCicdHelp(configPath: string, spec: string): unknown {
       "bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower taskrun --follower hwlab-jd01-v03 --taskrun runtime-ready --logs-tail 120 --json",
       "bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower job --follower agentrun-jd01-v02 --source-commit <sha> --job image-build --json",
       "bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower gate --follower hwlab-jd01-v03 --gate control-plane-refresh --source-commit <sha> --confirm --json",
+      "bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower gate --follower hwlab-jd01-v03 --gate git-mirror-flush --source-commit <sha> --confirm --json",
+      "bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower gate --follower hwlab-jd01-v03 --gate runtime-closeout --source-commit <sha> --confirm --json",
       "bun scripts/cli.ts cicd branch-follower gate --follower agentrun-jd01-v02 --gate reuse-plan --source-commit <sha> --json",
     ],
     config: configPath,
diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd-job-runtime-drilldown.ts b/scripts/src/cicd-job-runtime-drilldown.ts
index 58d5f4d8..143ea3a5 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd-job-runtime-drilldown.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd-job-runtime-drilldown.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ function missingPolicyPayload(action: string, follower: FollowerSpec, registry:
 }
 
 function resolveJobTarget(registry: BranchFollowerRegistry, follower: FollowerSpec, query: string, sourceCommit: string | null): { namespace: string; jobName: string; stage: string } | null {
+  if (query.startsWith("bf-gate-")) return { namespace: registry.controller.namespace, jobName: query, stage: "controller-gate-job" };
   if (!isStageAlias(query)) return { namespace: follower.target.namespace, jobName: query, stage: "explicit-job" };
   if (sourceCommit === null) return null;
   if (query === "git-mirror-sync" || query === "git-mirror-flush") {
diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd-native-summary.ts b/scripts/src/cicd-native-summary.ts
index 7d0649d8..ba4b1119 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd-native-summary.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd-native-summary.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export function nativeArgoSummary(application: Record<string, unknown> | null):
   const sync = asOptionalRecord(status?.sync);
   const health = asOptionalRecord(status?.health);
   const operationState = asOptionalRecord(status?.operationState);
+  const syncResultResources = Array.isArray(operationState?.syncResultResources) ? operationState.syncResultResources.slice(0, 5) : [];
   return {
     name: stringOrNull(metadata?.name),
     namespace: stringOrNull(metadata?.namespace),
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ export function nativeArgoSummary(application: Record<string, unknown> | null):
     operationDurationSeconds: numberOrNull(operationState?.durationSeconds),
     conditions: Array.isArray(status?.conditions) ? status.conditions.slice(0, 5) : [],
     nonReadyResources: Array.isArray(status?.nonReadyResources) ? status.nonReadyResources.slice(0, 5) : [],
+    syncResultResources,
     ready: argoApplicationReady(application),
   };
 }
diff --git a/scripts/src/cicd-types.ts b/scripts/src/cicd-types.ts
index 95a40a03..02ba0650 100644
--- a/scripts/src/cicd-types.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/cicd-types.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 export type OutputMode = "human" | "json" | "yaml";
 export type BranchFollowerAction = "help" | "plan" | "apply" | "status" | "run-once" | "debug-step" | "cleanup-state" | "events" | "logs" | "taskrun" | "job" | "runtime" | "gate";
 export type BranchFollowerDebugStep = "state-read" | "controller-source" | "status-read" | "decide" | "state-write";
-export type BranchFollowerGate = "reuse-plan" | "ci-taskrun-plan" | "cd-rollout-plan" | "post-deploy-health" | "control-plane-refresh";
+export type BranchFollowerGate = "reuse-plan" | "ci-taskrun-plan" | "cd-rollout-plan" | "post-deploy-health" | "control-plane-refresh" | "git-mirror-flush" | "runtime-closeout";
 export type BranchFollowerPhase =
   | "Observed"
   | "Noop"
diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node/entry.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node/entry.ts
index 46c80df4..a27a8b8c 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node/entry.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node/entry.ts
@@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ export async function runNodeDelegatedDomain(config: Config, domain: DelegatedNo
     const result = nodeRuntimeControlPlanePlan(scoped);
     return nodeScopedFullOutput(scoped) ? result : withNodeRuntimeControlPlanePlanRendered(result, scoped);
   }
+  if (domain === "control-plane" && scoped.action === "allow-endpoint-bridge") {
+    return runNodeEndpointBridge(scoped);
+  }
   if (domain === "control-plane" && scoped.node !== defaultSpec.nodeId) {
     if (scoped.action === "status") {
       const result = nodeRuntimeControlPlaneStatus(scoped);
@@ -637,9 +640,6 @@ export async function runNodeDelegatedDomain(config: Config, domain: DelegatedNo
     }
     return nodeRuntimeUnsupportedAction(scoped);
   }
-  if (domain === "control-plane" && scoped.action === "allow-endpoint-bridge") {
-    return runNodeEndpointBridge(scoped);
-  }
   if (domain === "control-plane" && scoped.action === "trigger-current" && scoped.confirm && !scoped.dryRun && !scoped.wait) {
     return startNodeDelegatedJob(scoped);
   }