diff --git a/ship/sections/review-army.md b/ship/sections/review-army.md
index a840119f2..245433056 100644
--- a/ship/sections/review-army.md
+++ b/ship/sections/review-army.md
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ Output a summary header: `Pre-Landing Review: N issues (X critical, Y informatio
    - If 3 or fewer ASK items, you may use individual AskUserQuestion calls instead
 
 7. **After all fixes (auto + user-approved):**
-   - If ANY fixes were applied: commit fixed files by name (`git add <fixed-files> && git commit -m "fix: pre-landing review fixes"`), then **STOP** and tell the user to run `/ship` again to re-test.
+   - If ANY fixes were applied: commit fixed files by name (`git add <fixed-files> && git commit -m "fix: pre-landing review fixes"`), then **stay in this invocation and loop**: re-run the test suite (Step 5) on the fixed code, then re-run this review (Step 9 items 2-6) against the updated diff. Repeat until one full pass applies ZERO fixes — tests green and review clean — then continue to Step 12. NEVER stop to tell the user to run `/ship` again; a fix-and-rerun cycle has no user decision in it, and stopping there breaks the fully-automated contract (#2391).
+   - **Bound: 3 fix cycles.** If the 3rd cycle still applies fixes, STOP and report which findings keep reappearing — a review that won't converge is a genuine blocker worth human eyes, not a re-run request.
    - If no fixes applied (all ASK items skipped, or no issues found): continue to Step 12.
 
 8. Output summary: `Pre-Landing Review: N issues — M auto-fixed, K asked (J fixed, L skipped)`
diff --git a/ship/sections/review-army.md.tmpl b/ship/sections/review-army.md.tmpl
index e55db627e..541531355 100644
--- a/ship/sections/review-army.md.tmpl
+++ b/ship/sections/review-army.md.tmpl
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Review the diff for structural issues that tests don't catch.
    - If 3 or fewer ASK items, you may use individual AskUserQuestion calls instead
 
 7. **After all fixes (auto + user-approved):**
-   - If ANY fixes were applied: commit fixed files by name (`git add <fixed-files> && git commit -m "fix: pre-landing review fixes"`), then **STOP** and tell the user to run `/ship` again to re-test.
+   - If ANY fixes were applied: commit fixed files by name (`git add <fixed-files> && git commit -m "fix: pre-landing review fixes"`), then **stay in this invocation and loop**: re-run the test suite (Step 5) on the fixed code, then re-run this review (Step 9 items 2-6) against the updated diff. Repeat until one full pass applies ZERO fixes — tests green and review clean — then continue to Step 12. NEVER stop to tell the user to run `/ship` again; a fix-and-rerun cycle has no user decision in it, and stopping there breaks the fully-automated contract (#2391).
+   - **Bound: 3 fix cycles.** If the 3rd cycle still applies fixes, STOP and report which findings keep reappearing — a review that won't converge is a genuine blocker worth human eyes, not a re-run request.
    - If no fixes applied (all ASK items skipped, or no issues found): continue to Step 12.
 
 8. Output summary: `Pre-Landing Review: N issues — M auto-fixed, K asked (J fixed, L skipped)`
diff --git a/test/fixtures/golden/codex-ship-SKILL.md b/test/fixtures/golden/codex-ship-SKILL.md
index 79d179610..7edb0701c 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/golden/codex-ship-SKILL.md
+++ b/test/fixtures/golden/codex-ship-SKILL.md
@@ -2148,7 +2148,8 @@ Output a summary header: `Pre-Landing Review: N issues (X critical, Y informatio
    - If 3 or fewer ASK items, you may use individual AskUserQuestion calls instead
 
 7. **After all fixes (auto + user-approved):**
-   - If ANY fixes were applied: commit fixed files by name (`git add <fixed-files> && git commit -m "fix: pre-landing review fixes"`), then **STOP** and tell the user to run `/ship` again to re-test.
+   - If ANY fixes were applied: commit fixed files by name (`git add <fixed-files> && git commit -m "fix: pre-landing review fixes"`), then **stay in this invocation and loop**: re-run the test suite (Step 5) on the fixed code, then re-run this review (Step 9 items 2-6) against the updated diff. Repeat until one full pass applies ZERO fixes — tests green and review clean — then continue to Step 12. NEVER stop to tell the user to run `/ship` again; a fix-and-rerun cycle has no user decision in it, and stopping there breaks the fully-automated contract (#2391).
+   - **Bound: 3 fix cycles.** If the 3rd cycle still applies fixes, STOP and report which findings keep reappearing — a review that won't converge is a genuine blocker worth human eyes, not a re-run request.
    - If no fixes applied (all ASK items skipped, or no issues found): continue to Step 12.
 
 8. Output summary: `Pre-Landing Review: N issues — M auto-fixed, K asked (J fixed, L skipped)`
diff --git a/test/fixtures/golden/factory-ship-SKILL.md b/test/fixtures/golden/factory-ship-SKILL.md
index ac4d091ce..de86452e0 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/golden/factory-ship-SKILL.md
+++ b/test/fixtures/golden/factory-ship-SKILL.md
@@ -2402,7 +2402,8 @@ Output a summary header: `Pre-Landing Review: N issues (X critical, Y informatio
    - If 3 or fewer ASK items, you may use individual AskUserQuestion calls instead
 
 7. **After all fixes (auto + user-approved):**
-   - If ANY fixes were applied: commit fixed files by name (`git add <fixed-files> && git commit -m "fix: pre-landing review fixes"`), then **STOP** and tell the user to run `/ship` again to re-test.
+   - If ANY fixes were applied: commit fixed files by name (`git add <fixed-files> && git commit -m "fix: pre-landing review fixes"`), then **stay in this invocation and loop**: re-run the test suite (Step 5) on the fixed code, then re-run this review (Step 9 items 2-6) against the updated diff. Repeat until one full pass applies ZERO fixes — tests green and review clean — then continue to Step 12. NEVER stop to tell the user to run `/ship` again; a fix-and-rerun cycle has no user decision in it, and stopping there breaks the fully-automated contract (#2391).
+   - **Bound: 3 fix cycles.** If the 3rd cycle still applies fixes, STOP and report which findings keep reappearing — a review that won't converge is a genuine blocker worth human eyes, not a re-run request.
    - If no fixes applied (all ASK items skipped, or no issues found): continue to Step 12.
 
 8. Output summary: `Pre-Landing Review: N issues — M auto-fixed, K asked (J fixed, L skipped)`
diff --git a/test/ship-review-loop.test.ts b/test/ship-review-loop.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88d919cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ship-review-loop.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * /ship review fix loop stays in one invocation (#2391).
+ *
+ * The pre-landing review used to commit its fixes, STOP, and tell the user
+ * to run /ship again — 5-10 manual invocations on a branch with a few
+ * auto-fixable findings, violating the skill's fully-automated contract.
+ * The rendered section must instruct a bounded in-invocation loop
+ * (re-test, re-review, max 3 fix cycles) and must never terminate an
+ * AUTO-FIX result with a rerun request.
+ */
+import { describe, test, expect } from 'bun:test';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+const ROOT = path.join(import.meta.dir, '..');
+
+const RENDERED_SITES = [
+  path.join(ROOT, 'ship', 'sections', 'review-army.md'),
+  path.join(ROOT, 'test', 'fixtures', 'golden', 'claude-ship-SKILL.md'),
+  path.join(ROOT, 'test', 'fixtures', 'golden', 'codex-ship-SKILL.md'),
+  path.join(ROOT, 'test', 'fixtures', 'golden', 'factory-ship-SKILL.md'),
+];
+
+describe('/ship review fix loop (#2391)', () => {
+  test('no rendered ship surface instructs a STOP-and-rerun after fixes', () => {
+    // The pre-fix instruction: "then **STOP** and tell the user to run
+    // `/ship` again". The fixed text mentions the phrase only inside a
+    // NEVER-do-this prohibition, so match the imperative STOP shape.
+    const rerunRequest = /\*\*STOP\*\*[^\n]*run `\/ship` again/;
+    for (const file of RENDERED_SITES) {
+      const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
+      expect(rerunRequest.test(content)).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('rendered section instructs the bounded in-invocation loop', () => {
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(RENDERED_SITES[0], 'utf-8');
+    expect(content).toContain('stay in this invocation and loop');
+    expect(content).toContain('3 fix cycles');
+    // The loop re-runs tests AND the review, and only a converged pass continues.
+    expect(content).toContain('re-run the test suite (Step 5)');
+    expect(content).toContain('re-run this review (Step 9 items 2-6)');
+  });
+
+  test('the non-convergence stop is a blocker report, not a rerun request', () => {
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(RENDERED_SITES[0], 'utf-8');
+    expect(content).toContain('report which findings keep reappearing');
+  });
+});