diff --git a/gitea_mcp_server.py b/gitea_mcp_server.py
index a3fed3a..0c3aacc 100644
--- a/gitea_mcp_server.py
+++ b/gitea_mcp_server.py
@@ -5150,6 +5150,21 @@ def gitea_recover_incomplete_bootstrap_lock(
     if not ok:
         return _author_mutation_block(block_reasons)
 
+    # #953 F1: the namespace/session wall every author state-creating mutation
+    # carries, and which this tool — the structural neighbour of
+    # gitea_recover_dirty_orphaned_issue_worktree, writing the same durable
+    # lock — was the only one to omit. Exact-owner claimant matching inside
+    # assess_bootstrap_lock_recovery is a later layer, not a substitute: it
+    # refuses one commit too late and leaves no BLOCKED audit record of the
+    # attempt. author_role_exclusive is required here because this task is gated
+    # on gitea.issue.comment, which merger, controller, and reconciler profiles
+    # also hold.
+    blocked = _namespace_mutation_block(
+        task, remote=remote, author_role_exclusive=True
+    )
+    if blocked:
+        return blocked
+
     blocked = _profile_permission_block(
         task_capability_map.required_permission(task),
         issue_number=issue_number,
@@ -15490,8 +15505,21 @@ def _profile_permission_block(required_operation: str, **extra_fields) -> dict |
     )
 
 
-def _namespace_mutation_block(mutation_task: str, **extra_fields) -> dict | None:
-    """Reviewer/author namespace alignment gate (#209)."""
+def _namespace_mutation_block(
+    mutation_task: str,
+    *,
+    author_role_exclusive: bool = False,
+    **extra_fields,
+) -> dict | None:
+    """Reviewer/author namespace alignment gate (#209).
+
+    ``author_role_exclusive`` additionally requires the active profile's derived
+    role kind to be exactly ``author`` (#953 F1). Off by default, so the six
+    pre-existing call sites are unchanged. Tools whose required permission is
+    ``gitea.issue.comment`` — which every configured role holds — opt in, since
+    the reviewer-namespace check alone would let a merger, controller, or
+    reconciler session through to a durable author lock write.
+    """
     required_permission = task_capability_map.required_permission(mutation_task)
     required_role = task_capability_map.required_role(mutation_task)
     # #714: evaluate active profile only — never auto-switch.
@@ -15513,6 +15541,9 @@ def _namespace_mutation_block(mutation_task: str, **extra_fields) -> dict | None
         }
     ok, reasons = role_namespace_gate.check_author_mutation_namespace(
         mutation_task, profile)
+    if ok and author_role_exclusive:
+        ok, reasons = role_namespace_gate.check_author_role_kind(
+            mutation_task, profile)
     if ok:
         return None
     blocked = {
diff --git a/role_namespace_gate.py b/role_namespace_gate.py
index 7ed1073..a5e3b25 100644
--- a/role_namespace_gate.py
+++ b/role_namespace_gate.py
@@ -74,6 +74,43 @@ def check_author_mutation_namespace(
     return True, []
 
 
+def check_author_role_kind(
+    mutation_task: str,
+    profile: dict,
+) -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
+    """Author-exclusive wall for durable-lock mutations (#953 F1).
+
+    ``check_author_mutation_namespace`` walls off reviewer-bound sessions, which
+    is the whole gate for tasks whose required permission is itself author-only
+    (``gitea.pr.create``, ``gitea.repo.commit``). It is *not* sufficient for a
+    task gated on ``gitea.issue.comment``, which every configured role holds: a
+    merger, controller, or reconciler session would clear both the namespace
+    check and the permission gate and still reach the durable write.
+
+    Opt-in per call site and additive. It refuses any active profile whose
+    derived role kind is not exactly ``author`` for a task the router declares
+    author-required, and grants nothing to anyone — a ``mixed`` profile is
+    refused rather than admitted.
+    """
+    required_role = role_session_router.required_role_for_task(mutation_task)
+    if required_role != "author":
+        return True, []
+
+    allowed = profile.get("allowed_operations") or []
+    forbidden = profile.get("forbidden_operations") or []
+    active_role = derive_role_kind(allowed, forbidden)
+    if active_role == "author":
+        return True, []
+
+    profile_name = profile.get("profile_name") or ""
+    namespace = infer_mcp_namespace(profile_name)
+    return False, [
+        f"author mutation '{mutation_task}' blocked: active session role kind is "
+        f"'{active_role}', not 'author' ({profile_name} / {namespace}); this "
+        "operation writes a durable author issue lock and is author-exclusive",
+    ]
+
+
 def mutation_audit_context(mutation_task: str, profile: dict, *,
                            remote=None, repository=None) -> dict:
     """Structured mutation metadata for audit records (#209)."""
diff --git a/role_session_router.py b/role_session_router.py
index e557266..6b0a6de 100644
--- a/role_session_router.py
+++ b/role_session_router.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ AUTHOR_TASKS = frozenset({
     "push_branch",
     "bootstrap_author_issue_worktree",
     "gitea_bootstrap_author_issue_worktree",
+    # #953: recovery of an incomplete bootstrap lock is an author-only durable
+    # state mutation and belongs to the same class as bootstrap itself.
+    "recover_incomplete_bootstrap_lock",
+    "gitea_recover_incomplete_bootstrap_lock",
     "create_pr",
     "comment_pr",
     "address_pr_change_requests",
@@ -112,6 +116,12 @@ TASK_REQUIRED_ROLE = {
     "claim_issue": "author",
     "create_branch": "author",
     "push_branch": "author",
+    # #953: without this entry ``required_role_for_task`` returns None and
+    # ``role_namespace_gate.check_author_mutation_namespace`` short-circuits to
+    # "allowed" — the namespace wall on the recovery tool would be inert. The
+    # capability map already records the same role; both tables must agree.
+    "recover_incomplete_bootstrap_lock": "author",
+    "gitea_recover_incomplete_bootstrap_lock": "author",
     "create_pr": "author",
     "comment_pr": "author",
     "address_pr_change_requests": "author",