Summary

• split queue reaction from release-only ownership so merged-mode admission stays fast while CI and deployment continue
• dispatch deployment immediately after token-triggered exact-main CI, without waiting for scheduled reconciliation
• distinguish concurrent cancelled CI duplicates from real cancelled reruns or failures
• make release-only follow report queued work and teach every adapter to use a fresh live completion boundary

Validation

• 295 unit tests pass
• Ruff passes
• source and wheel builds pass
• autoreview clean with no actionable findings