Merge remote-tracking branch 'prgs/master' into feat/issue-507-controller-thread-ledger

# Conflicts:
#	gitea_mcp_server.py

docs/llm-workflow-runbooks.md

@@ -408,6 +408,28 @@ The guard blocks when the **control checkout** (repository root) is:
 `branches/...` directories are disposable role worktrees; the root checkout is
 the stable orchestration surface only.
 
+## Bootstrap Review Path for self-hosted MCP fixes (#557)
+
+When a PR fixes Gitea-Tools MCP workflow code that the **live daemon** still
+runs from broken `master`, canonical review can deadlock on itself.
+
+Do **not** improvise raw API, direct imports, root edits, or gate bypasses.
+
+Use the narrow controller-authorized path documented in:
+
+- [`docs/bootstrap-review-path.md`](bootstrap-review-path.md)
+
+Hard rules:
+
+- No merge without a durable `BOOTSTRAP REVIEW AUTHORIZATION (#557)` record on
+  the PR or linked issue.
+- Validation, duplicate-PR, mutation-ledger, and contamination audits remain
+  mandatory.
+- Root checkout stays read-only orchestration only; verification runs in
+  `branches/` worktrees.
+- After land: restart MCP daemons and re-verify with canonical tools only.
+- This never weakens normal reviewer/merger gates for ordinary PRs.
+
 ## Shell Spawn Hard-Stop Rule
 
 Symptom: a shell tool call returns `exit_code: -1` with empty stdout/stderr.
@@ -716,6 +738,27 @@ merger handoff.
 - **Prompt (normal):** `After verifying master contains the merge of PR #N using post-merge file-presence verification, close issue #M and delete the merged branch. Include verification details in the report.`
 - **Prompt (reconcile):** `Reconcile closed-not-merged PR #N by verifying if its content landed on master.`
 
+### Post-merge merged cleanup ownership (#523)
+
+Post-merge **local worktree / remote branch cleanup** is **reconciler** work, not
+author work. Do not switch from `prgs-reconciler` to `prgs-author` only to run
+`gitea_reconcile_merged_cleanups`.
+
+- **Profile:** `prgs-reconciler` (task `reconcile_merged_cleanups` /
+  `reconciliation_cleanup`).
+- **Namespace:** reconciler MCP server; stable control checkout is allowed for
+  this role (branches-only author guard does not apply).
+- **Steps:**
+  1. `gitea_whoami` + `gitea_resolve_task_capability(task="reconcile_merged_cleanups")`.
+  2. Dry-run first: `gitea_reconcile_merged_cleanups(dry_run=True)`.
+  3. Execute only after audit/authorization gates when remote branch delete or
+     worktree removal is required (`dry_run=False`, `execute_confirmed=True`,
+     and `gitea.branch.delete` when deleting remotes).
+- **Fail closed:** unmerged/open heads, mismatched worktrees, and non-merged
+  closed PRs must not be cleaned.
+- **Reports:** label cleanup actions as reconciler cleanup (not author mutation).
+- **Prompt:** `As prgs-reconciler, dry-run then execute gitea_reconcile_merged_cleanups for recently merged PRs without switching to prgs-author.`
+
 ### Stop on blocker
 
 - **Any profile.** If a required gate cannot be satisfied — identity
@@ -969,6 +1012,7 @@ When posting a Canonical Thread Handoff after a binding blocker:
 
 ## Related documents
 
+- [`issue-acceptance-gate.md`](issue-acceptance-gate.md) — controller issue-acceptance audit after PR merge (#500).
 - [`../skills/llm-project-workflow/SKILL.md`](../skills/llm-project-workflow/SKILL.md) — portable cross-project LLM workflow skill.
 - [`gitea-execution-profiles.md`](gitea-execution-profiles.md) — the profile model.
 - [`gitea-dual-namespace-deployment.md`](gitea-dual-namespace-deployment.md) — static author/reviewer namespace deployment (#139 decision).
@@ -978,6 +1022,21 @@ When posting a Canonical Thread Handoff after a binding blocker:
 - [`credential-isolation.md`](credential-isolation.md) — credential handling.
 - [`release-workflows.md`](release-workflows.md) — release/merge workflow.
 - [`../README.md`](../README.md) — canonical config, thin launchers, the menu.
+- [`state-handoff-ledger.md`](state-handoff-ledger.md) — canonical state comments and next-action handoff (#494).
+
+## Canonical state handoff ledger (#494)
+
+Gitea comments and final reports must make continuation obvious without chat
+history. See [`state-handoff-ledger.md`](state-handoff-ledger.md) for:
+
+- discussion → issue → PR → review → merge → reconcile lifecycle
+- templates for discussion, issue, PR, and queue-controller state comments
+- final-report requirements: Current status, Next actor, Next action, Next prompt
+- queue-controller priority order and discussion ≥5-comment rule (urgent/trivial
+  exceptions)
+
+Helpers live in `state_handoff_ledger.py`; final-report enforcement is wired
+through `assess_final_report_validator`.
 
 ## PR-only queue cleanup mode (#390)