diff --git a/bin/gstack-bun-version.sh b/bin/gstack-bun-version.sh
index 2d5f6fa78..e085d6fcf 100644
--- a/bin/gstack-bun-version.sh
+++ b/bin/gstack-bun-version.sh
@@ -88,3 +88,29 @@ gstack_bun_incoming_hold() {
   _gb_ver=$(git -C "$1" show "$2:VERSION" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
   echo "bun-too-old: found Bun $_gb_found at $(command -v bun); gstack ${_gb_ver:-update} needs $_gb_floor or newer"
 }
+
+# gstack_bun_launch_dir [exact] — the directory to put first on PATH so
+# gstack's `#!/usr/bin/env bun` bins run a supported Bun: the first of
+# $BUN_INSTALL/bin and $HOME/.bun/bin whose bun is ok (and equals <exact>
+# when given), unless the bun already first on PATH qualifies. Prints the
+# directory (callers read its version with "<dir>/bun --version"); prints
+# nothing and returns 1 when PATH's bun suffices or no candidate qualifies. Shared by
+# gstack-capy-install (the GSTACK_LAUNCH line) and gstack-doctor --check (the
+# runtime row's `found at ... (not on PATH)`).
+gstack_bun_launch_dir() {
+  _gb_path_bun=$(command -v bun 2>/dev/null || true)
+  if [ -n "$_gb_path_bun" ]; then
+    _gb_v=$(bun --version </dev/null 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+    if [ "$(gstack_bun_status "$_gb_v")" = ok ] && { [ -z "${1:-}" ] || [ "$_gb_v" = "$1" ]; }; then return 1; fi
+  fi
+  for _gb_dir in "${BUN_INSTALL:+$BUN_INSTALL/bin}" "${HOME:+$HOME/.bun/bin}"; do
+    [ -n "$_gb_dir" ] && [ -x "$_gb_dir/bun" ] || continue
+    [ "$_gb_dir/bun" = "$_gb_path_bun" ] && continue
+    _gb_v=$("$_gb_dir/bun" --version </dev/null 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+    [ "$(gstack_bun_status "$_gb_v")" = ok ] || continue
+    [ -z "${1:-}" ] || [ "$_gb_v" = "$1" ] || continue
+    printf '%s\n' "$_gb_dir"
+    return 0
+  done
+  return 1
+}
diff --git a/bin/gstack-doctor b/bin/gstack-doctor
index 23769c0ce..c0648255d 100755
--- a/bin/gstack-doctor
+++ b/bin/gstack-doctor
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #   gstack-doctor          print one row per check; spends nothing
 #   gstack-doctor --live   also run the paid Codex model probe (one short call)
 #   gstack-doctor --check [--for <skill> | --require <id,id>] [--project <path>]
-#                 [--revision <ref>] [--json] [--live]
+#                 [--revision <ref>] [--min-revision <v>|unknown] [--json] [--live]
 #                          one PASS | FAIL | SKIP row per component, then one
 #                          trailer: `gstack: ok <revision> for=<what>` (exit 0)
 #                          or `gstack: fail <id,id>` (exit 1). --for names the
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ usage() {
   sed -n '3,13p' "$0" | sed 's/^# \{0,1\}//'
 }
 
-LIVE=0 CHECK=0 CHECK_JSON=0 CHECK_FOR="" CHECK_REQUIRE="" CHECK_PROJECT="" CHECK_REVISION=""
+LIVE=0 CHECK=0 CHECK_JSON=0 CHECK_FOR="" CHECK_REQUIRE="" CHECK_PROJECT="" CHECK_REVISION="" CHECK_MIN_REVISION=""
 _need_value() { [ -n "${2:-}" ] || { echo "gstack-doctor: $1 needs a value" >&2; usage >&2; exit 2; }; }
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   case "$1" in
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     --project=*) CHECK=1; CHECK_PROJECT="${1#--project=}" ;;
     --revision) _need_value "$1" "${2:-}"; CHECK=1; CHECK_REVISION="$2"; shift ;;
     --revision=*) CHECK=1; CHECK_REVISION="${1#--revision=}" ;;
+    --min-revision) _need_value "$1" "${2:-}"; CHECK=1; CHECK_MIN_REVISION="$2"; shift ;;
+    --min-revision=*) CHECK=1; CHECK_MIN_REVISION="${1#--min-revision=}" ;;
     -h|--help) usage; exit 0 ;;
     *) echo "gstack-doctor: unknown argument '$1'" >&2; usage >&2; exit 2 ;;
   esac
diff --git a/bin/gstack-doctor-check.sh b/bin/gstack-doctor-check.sh
index a622ba92d..617946137 100644
--- a/bin/gstack-doctor-check.sh
+++ b/bin/gstack-doctor-check.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 # Codex model probe runs only with --live.
 #
 # Inputs (set by bin/gstack-doctor): CHECK_FOR (skill), CHECK_REQUIRE (csv),
-# CHECK_JSON (0|1), CHECK_PROJECT (path or ""), CHECK_REVISION (ref or ""), LIVE.
+# CHECK_JSON (0|1), CHECK_PROJECT (path or ""), CHECK_REVISION (ref or ""),
+# CHECK_MIN_REVISION (the supported minimum the Capy wrapper read from the
+# remote's capy/support.env, `unknown` when its fetch failed, or ""), LIVE.
+# GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER_PATH (optional) names the wrapper a below-minimum fix runs.
 
 . "$BIN/gstack-doctor-components.sh" || { echo "gstack-doctor: $BIN/gstack-doctor-components.sh is missing; reinstall with cd $SRC && ./setup" >&2; exit 1; }
 . "$BIN/gstack-install-registry.sh" 2>/dev/null || { echo "gstack-doctor: $BIN/gstack-install-registry.sh is missing; reinstall with cd $SRC && ./setup" >&2; exit 1; }
@@ -230,19 +233,32 @@ _dc_check_cso() {
   _dc_fail_or_skip cso "native helper not built${reason:+ ($reason)}" "cd $SRC && ./setup (it names any missing build prerequisite)" COMPONENT_MISSING "optional; toolchain absent or helper not built${reason:+: $reason}"
 }
 
+# _dc_launch_note — when a supported Bun sits off PATH (gstack-capy-install
+# leaves one in $BUN_INSTALL/bin), sets _dc_ln_dir/_dc_ln_ver/_dc_ln_note and
+# _dc_ln_fix so a fresh shell's FAIL says where it is and how to launch with it.
+_dc_launch_note() {
+  _dc_ln_dir=$(gstack_bun_launch_dir 2>/dev/null) || _dc_ln_dir=""
+  _dc_ln_ver="" _dc_ln_note="" _dc_ln_fix=""
+  [ -n "$_dc_ln_dir" ] || return 1
+  _dc_ln_ver=$("$_dc_ln_dir/bun" --version </dev/null 2>/dev/null | clamp 'A-Za-z0-9.+-' 40)
+  _dc_ln_note="; verified bun $_dc_ln_ver found at $_dc_ln_dir (not on PATH)"
+  _dc_ln_fix="export PATH=\"$_dc_ln_dir:\$PATH\" or prefix commands with the GSTACK_LAUNCH line"
+}
+
 _dc_check_runtime() {
   local where found fix="install Bun $GSTACK_BUN_TESTED with the checksum-verified recipe in $SRC/bin/gstack-capy-install (or: bun upgrade), then cd $SRC && ./setup"
+  _dc_launch_note && fix="$_dc_ln_fix"
   if ! where=$(command -v bun 2>/dev/null); then
-    _dc_row FAIL runtime "bun not found on PATH (gstack needs $GSTACK_BUN_TESTED; floor $GSTACK_BUN_FLOOR)" "$fix" RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM
+    _dc_row FAIL runtime "bun not found on PATH (gstack needs $GSTACK_BUN_TESTED; floor $GSTACK_BUN_FLOOR)$_dc_ln_note" "$fix" RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM
     return
   fi
   found=$(bun --version </dev/null 2>/dev/null | clamp 'A-Za-z0-9.+-' 40)
   _dc_bun="$found"
   case "$(gstack_bun_status "$found")" in
     ok) _dc_row PASS runtime "bun $found at $where (floor $GSTACK_BUN_FLOOR, supported minimum $GSTACK_BUN_TESTED)" ;;
-    untested) _dc_row FAIL runtime "bun $found at $where is below the supported minimum $GSTACK_BUN_TESTED (above the security floor $GSTACK_BUN_FLOOR)" "$fix" RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM ;;
-    too-old) _dc_row FAIL runtime "bun $found at $where is below the security floor $GSTACK_BUN_FLOOR (supported minimum $GSTACK_BUN_TESTED)" "$fix" RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM ;;
-    *) _dc_row FAIL runtime "could not read the version of $where" "$fix" RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM ;;
+    untested) _dc_row FAIL runtime "bun $found at $where is below the supported minimum $GSTACK_BUN_TESTED (above the security floor $GSTACK_BUN_FLOOR)$_dc_ln_note" "$fix" RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM ;;
+    too-old) _dc_row FAIL runtime "bun $found at $where is below the security floor $GSTACK_BUN_FLOOR (supported minimum $GSTACK_BUN_TESTED)$_dc_ln_note" "$fix" RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM ;;
+    *) _dc_row FAIL runtime "could not read the version of $where$_dc_ln_note" "$fix" RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM ;;
   esac
 }
 
@@ -275,7 +291,17 @@ _dc_check_pins() {
     pass) _dc_row PASS pins "$project: $summary" ;;
     none) _dc_row PASS pins "$project pins no runtime (no engines, .tool-versions, .nvmrc, .bun-version or CI pin)" ;;
     fail) failline=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" | sed -n 's/^PIN_FAIL: //p' | tr '\n' '|' | sed 's/|$//; s/|/; /g')
-          _dc_row FAIL pins "$failline" "install the pinned version for this platform (bin/gstack-capy-install upgrades Bun when gstack and the project agree), or change the pin in $project" PROJECT_PIN_MISMATCH ;;
+          if [ -n "$CHECK_FOR" ] && gstack_doctor_skill_pins_advisory "$CHECK_FOR"; then
+            _dc_row SKIP pins "planning-only; repo pins differ: $failline, launch bun ${_dc_bun:-unknown}"
+            _dc_pins_advisory=1
+            return
+          fi
+          local fix="install the pinned version for this platform (bin/gstack-capy-install installs gstack's verified Bun alongside when a pin names it), or change the pin in $project" note=""
+          if [ -n "$_dc_ln_dir" ] && [ "$_dc_ln_ver" != "$_dc_bun" ] \
+             && bun "$BIN/gstack-runtime-pins.ts" --project "$project" --bun "$_dc_ln_ver" ${node:+--node "$node"} </dev/null 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^PINS_VERDICT: pass'; then
+            note="; bun $_dc_ln_ver found at $_dc_ln_dir (not on PATH) satisfies them" fix="$_dc_ln_fix"
+          fi
+          _dc_row FAIL pins "$failline$note" "$fix" PROJECT_PIN_MISMATCH ;;
     *) _dc_row SKIP pins "gstack-runtime-pins could not evaluate $project (exit $rc: $(printf '%s\n' "$out" | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$' | head -1 | clamp ' -~' 120))" ;;
   esac
 }
@@ -317,25 +343,61 @@ _dc_check_cores() {
   fi
 }
 
+# _dc_version_below A B — true when dotted numeric version A sorts below B.
+_dc_version_below() {
+  local a="$1." b="$2." x y
+  while [ -n "$a" ] || [ -n "$b" ]; do
+    x="${a%%.*}" y="${b%%.*}"; a="${a#*.}" b="${b#*.}"
+    case "$x" in ''|*[!0-9]*) x=0 ;; esac
+    case "$y" in ''|*[!0-9]*) y=0 ;; esac
+    [ "$((10#$x))" -lt "$((10#$y))" ] && return 0
+    [ "$((10#$x))" -gt "$((10#$y))" ] && return 1
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+# _dc_check_min_revision INSTALLED HEAD — sets the PASS-row suffix _dc_min_note,
+# or prints the REVISION_BELOW_MINIMUM FAIL row for --min-revision and returns 1.
+# Returns 1 after printing a FAIL row.
+_dc_check_min_revision() {
+  local installed="$1" head="$2" fix
+  _dc_min_note=""
+  case "$CHECK_MIN_REVISION" in
+    '') return 0 ;;
+    unknown*) _dc_min_note=" (remote minimum unknown (fetch failed); not compared)"; return 0 ;;
+  esac
+  if _dc_version_below "$installed" "$CHECK_MIN_REVISION"; then
+    if [ -n "${GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER_PATH:-}" ]; then
+      fix="bash $GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER_PATH${CHECK_FOR:+ --for $CHECK_FOR} (fast-forwards), or $SRC/bin/gstack-upgrade"
+    else
+      fix="$SRC/bin/gstack-upgrade (fast-forwards to the remote default branch, then reinstalls)"
+    fi
+    _dc_row FAIL revision "installed $installed${head:+ at $head} is below the supported minimum $CHECK_MIN_REVISION" "$fix" REVISION_BELOW_MINIMUM
+    return 1
+  fi
+  _dc_min_note=" (>= supported minimum $CHECK_MIN_REVISION)"
+}
+
 _dc_check_revision() {
   local installed head="" want="$CHECK_REVISION" target=""
   installed=$(head -1 "$ROOT/VERSION" 2>/dev/null | clamp '0-9A-Za-z.+-' 40)
   head=$(git -C "$ROOT_REAL" rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null | clamp '0-9a-f' 12)
   _dc_revision="${installed:-unknown}"
+  _dc_check_min_revision "${installed:-0}" "$head" || return
   if [ -z "$want" ]; then
-    _dc_row PASS revision "${installed:-unknown}${head:+ ($head)}"
+    _dc_row PASS revision "${installed:-unknown}${head:+ ($head)}$_dc_min_note"
     return
   fi
   if [ "$want" = "$installed" ] || [ "$want" = "v$installed" ]; then
-    _dc_row PASS revision "$installed${head:+ ($head)} matches --revision $want"
+    _dc_row PASS revision "$installed${head:+ ($head)} matches --revision $want$_dc_min_note"
     return
   fi
   target=$(git -C "$ROOT_REAL" rev-parse --verify --quiet "$want^{commit}" 2>/dev/null | clamp '0-9a-f' 40)
   if [ -n "$target" ] && [ "$target" = "$(git -C "$ROOT_REAL" rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-    _dc_row PASS revision "$installed ($head) is --revision $want"
+    _dc_row PASS revision "$installed ($head) is --revision $want$_dc_min_note"
     return
   fi
-  _dc_row FAIL revision "installed ${installed:-unknown}${head:+ at $head} (requested $want)" "cd $SRC && git fetch origin && git checkout $want && ./setup, or run /gstack-upgrade" REVISION_UNMET
+  _dc_row FAIL revision "installed ${installed:-unknown}${head:+ at $head} (requested $want)" "cd $SRC && git fetch origin && git checkout $want && ./setup, or run $SRC/bin/gstack-upgrade to move to the latest release (interactive: /gstack-upgrade)" REVISION_UNMET
 }
 
 _dc_print_json() {
@@ -373,7 +435,7 @@ ROWS
 # gstack_doctor_check — the entry point; returns 0 (ok) or 1 (fail).
 gstack_doctor_check() {
   local id
-  _dc_bun="" _dc_revision=""
+  _dc_bun="" _dc_revision="" _dc_pins_advisory=0 _dc_ln_dir="" _dc_ln_ver="" _dc_ln_fix=""
   _dc_resolve_required
   [ "$CHECK_JSON" -eq 1 ] || echo "required: $_dc_required"
   for id in $GSTACK_DOCTOR_COMPONENTS; do
diff --git a/bin/gstack-doctor-components.sh b/bin/gstack-doctor-components.sh
index cd35ad99b..5bb253501 100644
--- a/bin/gstack-doctor-components.sh
+++ b/bin/gstack-doctor-components.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ gstack_doctor_skill_optional() {
   esac
 }
 
+# gstack_doctor_skill_pins_advisory SKILL — true for a planning-only workflow (a repo test-pin mismatch SKIPs pins).
+gstack_doctor_skill_pins_advisory() {
+  case "$1" in
+    autoplan|plan-ceo-review|plan-eng-review|plan-design-review|plan-devex-review|office-hours) return 0 ;;
+    *) return 1 ;;
+  esac
+}
+
 # gstack_result_anchor CODE — the docs/troubleshooting.md anchor for a lib/result-codes.ts code; returns 1 for an unknown code.
 gstack_result_anchor() {
   case "$1" in
@@ -166,6 +174,11 @@ gstack_result_anchor() {
     CONTRIBUTOR_SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE) printf '%s' 'contributor-source-unavailable' ;;
     BRIEF_INPUT_MISSING) printf '%s' 'brief-input-missing' ;;
     DRAFT_DIRECTION_UNRESOLVED) printf '%s' 'draft-direction-unresolved' ;;
+    UPGRADE_REFUSED) printf '%s' 'upgrade-refused' ;;
+    UPGRADE_FETCH_FAILED) printf '%s' 'upgrade-fetch-failed' ;;
+    REVISION_BELOW_MINIMUM) printf '%s' 'revision-below-minimum' ;;
+    CAPY_WRAPPER_STALE) printf '%s' 'capy-wrapper-stale' ;;
+    INSTALL_UNVERIFIED) printf '%s' 'install-unverified' ;;
     *) return 1 ;;
   esac
 }
diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.md b/docs/troubleshooting.md
index 54e28a2a9..0424ba275 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.md
@@ -1126,10 +1126,11 @@ constraint with its source), or change the project's pin.
 revision (a VERSION string, tag, branch or commit) and the checkout is at
 another. An unmet revision is never `ok`.
 
-**Fix.** Move the checkout: `/gstack-upgrade`, or
+**Fix.** Move the checkout: `<checkout>/bin/gstack-upgrade` (the tip of the default
+branch; `/gstack-upgrade` interactively), or
 `git -C <checkout> fetch origin && git -C <checkout> checkout <ref> && ./setup`.
 `bin/gstack-capy-install --revision <ref>` never moves an existing checkout; it
-reports `gstack: ok <installed> (requested <ref>; run gstack-upgrade to move)`.
+reports `gstack: ok <installed> (requested <ref>; run <checkout>/bin/gstack-upgrade to move)`.
 
 <a id="capy-install-runtime-conflict"></a>
 ### `gstack-capy-install: Bun conflict: gstack needs >=<minimum>, <project> pins <constraint> (RUNTIME_PIN_CONFLICT; ...)`
@@ -1170,6 +1171,80 @@ or nvm), then re-run `bin/gstack-capy-install`. A checksum mismatch means the
 upstream installer changed: update `GSTACK_BUN_INSTALL_SHA` only after
 reviewing the new script.
 
+<a id="upgrade-refused"></a>
+### `gstack-upgrade: <cause>; nothing was changed; fix: <command> (UPGRADE_REFUSED)`
+
+**Meaning.** `bin/gstack-upgrade` moves a checkout only by fast-forward to the
+tip of its remote default branch. It refused before changing anything: the
+directory is not a gstack checkout, HEAD is detached or on another branch (a
+pin), a tracked file is modified, a local commit is not on the remote branch,
+the incoming release's Bun floor is above the Bun on PATH, or another updater
+holds `<state root>/.setup-lock`. It never stashes, resets or discards.
+
+**Fix.** Resolve the named cause with the printed command (commit or move the
+listed changes, check out the default branch, move local commits to another
+branch), then re-run `bin/gstack-upgrade`. A reinstall that failed after the
+fast-forward is completed by the next run (`reinstall pending from <version>`).
+
+<a id="upgrade-fetch-failed"></a>
+### `gstack-upgrade: could not reach origin (...) (UPGRADE_FETCH_FAILED)`
+
+**Meaning.** The remote default branch could not be listed or fetched (offline,
+proxy, credentials), so `--check` cannot say whether the checkout is current.
+It never reports `current` without the fetch.
+
+**Fix.** Check network access to the checkout's origin
+(`git -C <checkout> remote -v`), then re-run.
+
+<a id="revision-below-minimum"></a>
+### `gstack: fail revision — installed <v> is below the supported minimum <m> (<cause>); fix: ... (REVISION_BELOW_MINIMUM)`
+
+**Meaning.** `capy/support.env` on the remote default branch declares the
+oldest revision whose installer, trailer and fix lines are honest
+(`GSTACK_MIN_REVISION`), and this checkout is older. The Capy skill
+bootstrapper reads it from `FETCH_HEAD`, so even a checkout that predates the
+file learns it. `--check` only reports (`fast-forward available`); install
+mode fast-forwards a clean, unpinned checkout, reinstalls and rechecks under
+one lock. The cause names why nothing moved: `pinned by --revision`, `pinned:
+HEAD is detached`, `tracked files changed: <files>`, `diverged: ...` or
+`auto-upgrade disabled` (`GSTACK_CAPY_AUTO_UPGRADE=0`). `gstack-doctor --check
+--min-revision <m>` fails the revision row the same way.
+
+**Fix.** Run the fix clause: the bootstrapper without `--check`, or
+`<checkout>/bin/gstack-upgrade`. For a pin, drop `--revision` or pin a
+revision at or above the minimum. An interrupted install after the
+fast-forward leaves the trailer `fail`; the next install run completes it.
+
+<a id="capy-wrapper-stale"></a>
+### `gstack-capy-skill: owner action — Drive copy is wrapper <n>, minimum <m>; copy <root>/capy/skill/gstack/ (CAPY_WRAPPER_STALE)`
+
+**Meaning.** The Capy skill folder that ran (the bootstrapper's
+`GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER`) is older than the checkout's `GSTACK_CAPY_MIN_WRAPPER`.
+The run continues through the checkout's own wrapper (`bin/gstack-capy-session`);
+only a checkout with no such wrapper refuses (`gstack: fail wrapper`).
+
+**Fix.** The owner copies `<checkout>/capy/skill/gstack/` over the skill folder
+(on Capy, the user-scope Drive `skills/gstack/`). Agents never write it.
+
+<a id="install-unverified"></a>
+### `INSTALL: fail verdict — <detail>; fix: ... (INSTALL_UNVERIFIED)`
+
+**Meaning.** On a Capy machine (`GSTACK_CAPY=1`, set by the `GSTACK_LAUNCH`
+line), an unattended or spawned workflow starts only with a passing install
+verdict (`<state root>/install-verdicts/<sha256 of the checkout path>.json`,
+named as `GSTACK_INSTALL_VERDICT`) for this checkout, its current HEAD and a
+workflow at least as wide as the one starting: a verdict for `--for autoplan`
+does not cover `qa`'s browser, and a planning-only pins SKIP does not cover a
+workflow that runs the repo's tests. `gstack-skill-start` printed this row and
+`GSTACK_RESULT: skill=<s> status=refused run=-`, exit 3. The same start refuses
+an unattended run whose Bun on PATH is below the supported minimum
+(`INSTALL: fail runtime ... (RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM)`) on any host.
+
+**Fix.** Run the Capy skill installer with `--for <workflow>` on this machine
+and launch with the `GSTACK_LAUNCH` line it prints.
+`GSTACK_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_RUNTIME=1` admits anyway (printed as
+`INSTALL_VERDICT: overridden`); record it as a deviation.
+
 ---
 
 ## Browser
diff --git a/lib/doctor-components.ts b/lib/doctor-components.ts
index c2bfeb792..da28cd071 100644
--- a/lib/doctor-components.ts
+++ b/lib/doctor-components.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ export const SKILL_REQUIREMENTS: Readonly<Record<string, SkillRequirement>> = {
   unfreeze: CLAUDE_ONLY,
 };
 
+/**
+ * Planning-only workflows: they read and review a plan but never run the
+ * target repository's tests, so a repo test-pin mismatch is reported as
+ * `SKIP pins (planning-only; ...)` for `--for <skill>` instead of failing.
+ * Workflows that run the repo's tests (ship, review, qa, pregate) keep `pins`
+ * required.
+ */
+export const PINS_ADVISORY_SKILLS: readonly string[] = [
+  'autoplan', 'plan-ceo-review', 'plan-eng-review', 'plan-design-review', 'plan-devex-review', 'office-hours',
+];
+
 /** Rows always evaluated and required, in print order. */
 export const CORE_IDS: readonly ComponentId[] = DOCTOR_COMPONENTS.filter(c => c.kind === 'core').map(c => c.id);
 export const OPTIONAL_IDS: readonly ComponentId[] = DOCTOR_COMPONENTS.filter(c => c.kind === 'optional').map(c => c.id);
@@ -201,6 +212,14 @@ export function renderDoctorComponentsSh(): string {
     '  esac',
     '}',
     '',
+    '# gstack_doctor_skill_pins_advisory SKILL — true for a planning-only workflow (a repo test-pin mismatch SKIPs pins).',
+    'gstack_doctor_skill_pins_advisory() {',
+    '  case "$1" in',
+    caseArm(PINS_ADVISORY_SKILLS, 'return 0'),
+    '    *) return 1 ;;',
+    '  esac',
+    '}',
+    '',
     '# gstack_result_anchor CODE — the docs/troubleshooting.md anchor for a lib/result-codes.ts code; returns 1 for an unknown code.',
     'gstack_result_anchor() {',
     '  case "$1" in',
diff --git a/lib/result-codes.ts b/lib/result-codes.ts
index d73b7c304..eb27f9353 100644
--- a/lib/result-codes.ts
+++ b/lib/result-codes.ts
@@ -466,6 +466,32 @@ export const RESULT_CODES = {
     summary: 'a `draft direction stands until the owner decides` line names a decision that is still pending',
     fix: 'answer the gate (`gstack-autoplan answer`) before closing; the close rewrites only decided lines',
   },
+  // Field wave lane A (items 1-4): gstack-upgrade, the Capy skill bootstrapper, install admission.
+  UPGRADE_REFUSED: {
+    anchor: 'upgrade-refused',
+    summary: 'bin/gstack-upgrade changed nothing: the checkout is dirty, diverged, pinned (detached or off the remote default branch), not a gstack checkout, or the incoming release holds',
+    fix: 'resolve the named cause (commit or move the listed changes, check out the default branch), then re-run bin/gstack-upgrade; it never stashes or resets',
+  },
+  UPGRADE_FETCH_FAILED: {
+    anchor: 'upgrade-fetch-failed',
+    summary: 'bin/gstack-upgrade could not fetch the remote default branch, so it cannot tell whether the checkout is current',
+    fix: 'check network access to the checkout\'s origin (git -C <checkout> remote -v), then re-run bin/gstack-upgrade',
+  },
+  REVISION_BELOW_MINIMUM: {
+    anchor: 'revision-below-minimum',
+    summary: 'the installed gstack revision is below the supported minimum declared in capy/support.env on the remote default branch',
+    fix: 'run the Capy skill installer without --check (it fast-forwards a clean, unpinned checkout), or bin/gstack-upgrade; a pinned, dirty or diverged checkout is named in the row',
+  },
+  CAPY_WRAPPER_STALE: {
+    anchor: 'capy-wrapper-stale',
+    summary: 'the Capy skill copy that ran is older than the checkout\'s GSTACK_CAPY_MIN_WRAPPER',
+    fix: 'ask the owner to copy <checkout>/capy/skill/gstack/ over the Drive skill folder; the checkout wrapper keeps working meanwhile',
+  },
+  INSTALL_UNVERIFIED: {
+    anchor: 'install-unverified',
+    summary: 'a Capy session (GSTACK_CAPY=1) has no passing install verdict for this checkout, HEAD and workflow, so the workflow refused to start',
+    fix: 'run the Capy skill installer with --for <workflow> on this machine and launch with the GSTACK_LAUNCH line it prints',
+  },
 } as const satisfies Record<string, ResultCode>;
 
 export type ResultCodeName = keyof typeof RESULT_CODES;
diff --git a/test/gstack-doctor.test.ts b/test/gstack-doctor.test.ts
index f5652f722..56929b802 100644
--- a/test/gstack-doctor.test.ts
+++ b/test/gstack-doctor.test.ts
@@ -701,3 +701,69 @@ describe('gstack-doctor --check', () => {
     expect(doctor(f, ['--help']).out).toContain('--check');
   });
 });
+
+// Field wave lane A: the trailer agrees with the Bun workflows run (A3), a
+// remote minimum fails the revision row (A2), and planning-only workflows do
+// not fail on a repo test-pin mismatch (A3 amendment).
+describe('gstack-doctor --check: launch Bun, supported minimum, planning-only pins', () => {
+  const VERSION = fs.readFileSync(path.join(REPO, 'VERSION'), 'utf8').trim();
+  const check = (f: Fixture, args: string[], extra: Record<string, string> = {}) => {
+    const r = doctor(f, ['--check', ...args], extra);
+    const lines = r.out.split('\n');
+    const rows = Object.fromEntries(lines.filter(l => /^(PASS|FAIL|SKIP) /.test(l)).map(l => {
+      const m = l.match(/^(PASS|FAIL|SKIP) ([a-z-]+)(?:\s(.*))?$/)!;
+      return [m[2], { status: m[1], rest: m[3] ?? '' }];
+    }));
+    return { status: r.status, out: r.out, rows, trailer: lines.filter(l => l.startsWith('gstack: ')).at(-1) ?? '' };
+  };
+  /** A verified Bun in $HOME/.bun/bin (off PATH) that answers --version and runs TypeScript. */
+  const verifiedBun = (f: Fixture, version = '1.4.2') =>
+    script(path.join(f.home, '.bun/bin/bun'), [`[ "$1" = --version ] && { echo "${version}"; exit 0; }`, `exec "${process.execPath}" "$@"`]);
+
+  test('PATH Bun 1.3.14 with a verified 1.4.2 off PATH: runtime FAILs naming where it was found; with the launch PATH it PASSes', () => {
+    const f = makeFixture();
+    verifiedBun(f);
+    const fresh = check(f, [], { STUB_BUN_VERSION: '1.3.14' });
+    expect(fresh.rows.runtime.status).toBe('FAIL');
+    expect(fresh.rows.runtime.rest).toContain(`bun 1.4.2 found at ${f.home}/.bun/bin (not on PATH)`);
+    expect(fresh.rows.runtime.rest).toContain(`fix: export PATH="${f.home}/.bun/bin:$PATH" or prefix commands with the GSTACK_LAUNCH line`);
+    expect(fresh.rows.runtime.rest).toContain('(RUNTIME_BELOW_MINIMUM; ');
+    const launched = check(f, [], { STUB_BUN_VERSION: '1.3.14', PATH: `${f.home}/.bun/bin${path.delimiter}${f.env.PATH}` });
+    expect(launched.rows.runtime.status, launched.out).toBe('PASS');
+    expect(launched.rows.runtime.rest).toContain(`at ${f.home}/.bun/bin/bun`);
+  });
+
+  test('--min-revision: below FAILs with REVISION_BELOW_MINIMUM naming the upgrade command; at or above PASSes; unknown says so and never claims the minimum', () => {
+    const f = makeFixture();
+    const below = check(f, ['--min-revision', '99.0.0.0']);
+    expect(below.status).toBe(1);
+    expect(below.rows.revision.status).toBe('FAIL');
+    expect(below.rows.revision.rest).toContain(`installed ${VERSION}`);
+    expect(below.rows.revision.rest).toContain('below the supported minimum 99.0.0.0');
+    expect(below.rows.revision.rest).toContain(`${bashPath(f.root)}/bin/gstack-upgrade`);
+    expect(below.rows.revision.rest).toContain('(REVISION_BELOW_MINIMUM; ');
+    expect(below.trailer).toBe('gstack: fail revision');
+    const wrapped = check(f, ['--min-revision', '99.0.0.0'], { GSTACK_CAPY_WRAPPER_PATH: '/drive/skills/gstack/scripts/install.sh' });
+    expect(wrapped.rows.revision.rest).toContain('fix: bash /drive/skills/gstack/scripts/install.sh (fast-forwards)');
+    const at = check(f, ['--min-revision', VERSION]);
+    expect(at.rows.revision.status, at.out).toBe('PASS');
+    expect(at.rows.revision.rest).toContain(`>= supported minimum ${VERSION}`);
+    const unknown = check(f, ['--min-revision', 'unknown']);
+    expect(unknown.rows.revision.status).toBe('PASS');
+    expect(unknown.rows.revision.rest).toContain('remote minimum unknown (fetch failed)');
+    expect(unknown.rows.revision.rest).not.toContain('>= supported minimum');
+  });
+
+  test('planning-only workflows SKIP a repo test-pin mismatch; test-running workflows and --require keep pins required', () => {
+    const f = makeFixture();
+    const project = path.join(f.base, 'project');
+    write(path.join(project, '.github/workflows/ci.yml'), 'jobs:\n  test:\n    runs-on: ubuntu-latest\n    steps:\n      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2\n        with:\n          bun-version: 1.4.2\n');
+    const planning = check(f, ['--for', 'autoplan', '--project', project], { STUB_BUN_VERSION: '1.4.3' });
+    expect(planning.rows.pins.status, planning.out).toBe('SKIP');
+    expect(planning.rows.pins.rest).toMatch(/^\(planning-only; repo pins .*1\.4\.2.*, launch bun 1\.4\.3\)$/);
+    for (const args of [['--for', 'review'], ['--for', 'ship'], ['--require', 'claude']]) {
+      const tests = check(f, [...args, '--project', project], { STUB_BUN_VERSION: '1.4.3' });
+      expect(tests.rows.pins.status, args.join(' ')).toBe('FAIL');
+    }
+  });
+});