diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5574df..9550367 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## docs — the "CI is still owed" claim was stale; corrected (2026-08-06, R-229 part 2) — no version bump
+
+**One sentence, no code.** This file asserted that continuous integration was still owed
+(`felhom.eu` `OPEN-ITEMS.md` R-168). **R-168 was CLOSED on 2026-08-02** — a Gitea Actions runner
+re-runs each repo's gate entry point on every push and emails the operator on failure. Found while
+confirming this session's own push by run ID, which is the check that caught it.
+
+The same stale sentence was in four instruction files across all four repos and is corrected in all
+four. In `felhom-agent/CLAUDE.md` it **contradicted the same file's release section**, which already
+said R-168 mails the failure — a contradiction inside one instruction file, which is the exact class
+the R-229 work exists to find.
+
 ## docs — expired and contradictory blocks removed from CLAUDE.md (2026-08-06, R-229) — no version bump
 
 **Documentation and gate registration only. No Go changed, nothing built, nothing deployed.**
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index c3f3008..83f54f5 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ All shippable work commits **directly to `main`**; `main` equals what is deploye
   **The pre-push hook** (`.githooks/pre-push`) runs it with `--fast` and refuses a failing push. It
   is per-clone — switch it on once with `git config core.hooksPath .githooks`, and a manual run
   WARNS when this clone is unarmed. `git push --no-verify` bypasses it deliberately; **say so in the
-  session report when you use it.** Both facts are why CI is still owed (`OPEN-ITEMS.md` R-168).
+  session report when you use it** — CI re-runs the same entry point on every push and **emails the
+  operator on failure**, so a bypass is noticed even though it is not blocked (R-168, CLOSED
+  2026-08-02). This file already said so at the release section; the two now agree.
 - Testing doctrine (non-hollow tests, red-proofs, seams): use the `felhom-testing` skill.
 - **Logging**: the slog logger fans out to journald (configured level) + the always-DEBUG `applog.Ring`
   (remote pulls) — English, keys-never-values, durations on outcomes; full rules in