diff --git a/bin/gstack-evidence b/bin/gstack-evidence
index 3af9b909c..0ee86ab23 100755
--- a/bin/gstack-evidence
+++ b/bin/gstack-evidence
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * IRON LAW ("no completion claims without fresh verification evidence").
  *
  *   gstack-evidence run [--reuse [--max-age <hours>]] --label <L> -- <cmd...>
- *   gstack-evidence record-ci --label <L> --runs <id/attempt,...> --profiles <p,...> --tree <tree> --tests <n> --finished <iso> -- <cmd>
+ *   gstack-evidence record-ci --label <L> --base <base> -- <cmd>
  *   gstack-evidence carried [--json]
  *   gstack-evidence check [--label <L> [--expect-cmd <exact string>]]... | --all
  *                         [--max-age <hours>] [--allow-paths <csv>]
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@
  * reuse appends a copy that keeps the original timestamp, so check's max age
  * still measures the real run.
  *
- * `record-ci` writes the explicit CI-sourced row for a lane CI carried
- * (lib/ci-carry.ts): source "ci", the runs and profiles, the run's finish time
- * as ts, bound to the clean working tree it names; `carried` lists those rows
- * at the current tree for the ship receipt.
+ * `record-ci` writes the explicit CI-sourced row for a lane CI carried: it
+ * finds and verifies the run itself (lib/ci-carry.ts) for a command the base's
+ * ship_lanes_from maps, then records source "ci", the runs and profiles, the
+ * run's finish time as ts, bound to HEAD's clean tree; `carried` lists those
+ * rows at the current tree for the ship receipt.
  *
  * MACHINE-LOCAL by design: neither the ledger nor the logs are brain-synced.
  * A synced record citing an unsynced log would grade FRESH on a machine where
@@ -89,6 +90,10 @@ import { resultLine } from "../lib/result-codes";
 import { isUnavailable, loadPolicyFromBase, resolveBaseBranch } from "../lib/ship-policy";
 import { versionAtRef } from "../lib/restamp";
 import { bashCommandInvocation, runScriptSync, wtreeFingerprint } from "../lib/script-invocation";
+import { findCarry } from "../lib/ci-carry";
+import { isConfigUnavailable, loadConfigFromBase } from "../lib/pregate/config";
+import { buildRunCheck } from "../lib/pregate/run-check";
+import { runInventory } from "../lib/run-evidence";
 
 const BIN_DIR = dirname(Bun.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const LOG_MAX_BYTES = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -620,32 +625,41 @@ function reused(file: string, label: string, cmdSha: string, maxAgeHours: number
   return true;
 }
 
-/** `record-ci`: the explicit CI-sourced row for a lane CI carried at this clean tree (lib/ci-carry.ts). Never runs anything. */
+/**
+ * `record-ci`: carry a lane from CI. Its command must be a key of the base branch's ship_lanes_from; the run is found and
+ * verified here (lib/ci-carry.ts) at HEAD's clean tree, so no caller supplies run ids, a test count or a tree. Never runs the lane.
+ */
 function cmdRecordCi(argv: string[]): number {
   const sep = argv.indexOf("--");
   const opts = sep < 0 ? argv : argv.slice(0, sep);
   const get = (name: string) => { const i = opts.indexOf(name); return i >= 0 ? opts[i + 1] : undefined; };
   const label = get("--label")?.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/g, "_");
-  const runs = (get("--runs") ?? "").split(",").filter(Boolean);
-  const profiles = (get("--profiles") ?? "").split(",").filter(Boolean);
-  const tree = get("--tree") ?? "";
-  const tests = Number(get("--tests"));
-  const finished = get("--finished") ?? "";
+  const base = get("--base");
   const command = sep < 0 ? "" : argv.slice(sep + 1).join(" ");
-  if (!label || !command || !runs.length || runs.some((r) => !/^\d{1,15}\/\d{1,4}$/.test(r)) || !profiles.length || !/^[0-9a-f]{40,64}$/.test(tree) || !Number.isInteger(tests) || tests <= 0 || !Number.isFinite(Date.parse(finished))) {
-    console.error("usage: gstack-evidence record-ci --label <L> --runs <id/attempt,...> --profiles <p,...> --tree <tree> --tests <n > 0> --finished <iso> -- <command>");
+  if (!label || !base || !command || opts.length !== 4) {
+    console.error("usage: gstack-evidence record-ci --label <L> --base <base> -- <command>");
     return 2;
   }
-  const wtree = currentWtree();
-  const headTree = git(["rev-parse", "HEAD^{tree}"]);
-  if (wtree !== tree) {
-    console.error(`gstack-evidence record-ci: ${tree.slice(0, 12)} is not the working tree (${wtree ? wtree.slice(0, 12) : "fingerprint unavailable"}); nothing recorded`);
+  const none = (reason: string, detail: string) => {
+    console.error(`CARRY_NONE: ${reason}: ${detail}`);
+    console.error(`gstack-evidence record-ci: label=${label} not carried; nothing recorded`);
     return 1;
-  }
-  if (headTree !== tree) {
-    console.error(`gstack-evidence record-ci: the working tree is not HEAD's committed tree (${headTree ? headTree.slice(0, 12) : "no HEAD"}); a carry needs a clean, committed tree; nothing recorded`);
-    return 1;
-  }
+  };
+  const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const loaded = loadConfigFromBase(cwd, base);
+  if (isConfigUnavailable(loaded)) return none("config_unavailable", loaded.detail);
+  if (loaded.errors.length) return none("config_invalid", loaded.errors.map((x) => `${x.path}: ${x.message}`).join("; "));
+  const from = loaded.config.ship_lanes_from;
+  if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(from, command)) return none("not_mapped", `the command is not a key of origin/${base}'s ship_lanes_from`);
+  const m = from[command]!;
+  const check = buildRunCheck(cwd, null, true, base);
+  if ("error" in check) return none("profiles_unavailable", check.error);
+  const head = git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]);
+  const tree = git(["rev-parse", "HEAD^{tree}"]);
+  if (!head || !tree) return none("no_head", "HEAD is unreadable");
+  const wtree = () => { const fp = wtreeFingerprint({ cwd, timeoutMs: 30000 }); return "tree" in fp ? fp.tree : null; };
+  const v = findCarry(check, { profiles: m.profiles, head, tree, wtree, inventory: () => runInventory(m.inventory, cwd) });
+  if (!v.ok) return none(v.reason, v.detail);
   let paths: ReturnType<typeof ledgerPath>;
   try {
     paths = ledgerPath();
@@ -654,12 +668,13 @@ function cmdRecordCi(argv: string[]): number {
     console.error(`gstack-evidence record-ci: ledger setup failed (${e?.message ?? e}); nothing recorded`);
     return 1;
   }
+  const runs = v.runs.map((r) => `${r.run_id}/${r.run_attempt}`);
   const rec: EvidenceRecord = {
-    ts: new Date(finished).toISOString(), label, command, cmd_sha256: sha256(command), exit: 0, duration_s: 0,
-    commit: git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]), tree: headTree, dirty: false, wtree, tests_ran: tests, source: "ci", runs, profiles,
+    ts: new Date(v.runs.map((r) => r.finished_at).sort()[0]!).toISOString(), label, command, cmd_sha256: sha256(command), exit: 0, duration_s: 0,
+    commit: head, tree, dirty: false, wtree: tree, tests_ran: v.tests, source: "ci", runs, profiles: m.profiles,
   };
   appendJsonl(paths.file, rec, { mode: 0o600 });
-  console.error(`gstack-evidence: recorded label=${label} exit=0 tests_ran=${tests} log=- source=ci runs=${runs.join(",")}`);
+  console.error(`gstack-evidence: recorded label=${label} exit=0 tests_ran=${v.tests} log=- source=ci runs=${runs.join(",")}`);
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/pregate.md b/docs/pregate.md
index a50802673..7d5eb62fc 100644
--- a/docs/pregate.md
+++ b/docs/pregate.md
@@ -956,9 +956,11 @@ it and the command that lists its test files:
 ```
 
 A carried lane prints `LANE: <label> carried run=<id>/<attempt> tests_ran=<n>`
-and writes an explicit CI-sourced ledger row (`gstack-evidence record-ci`:
-`source: "ci"`, its runs and profiles, the run's finish time as `ts`, bound to
-the clean tree), never a fictitious local run. `gstack-evidence check` grades it
+and writes an explicit CI-sourced ledger row (`gstack-evidence record-ci
+--label <label> --base <base> -- <command>`, which finds and verifies the run
+itself, so no caller hands it run ids or a test count: `source: "ci"`, its runs
+and profiles, the run's finish time as `ts`, bound to the clean tree), never a
+fictitious local run. `gstack-evidence check` grades it
 like any row and names `source=ci runs=…`, so `finish`'s FRESH check and the
 24-hour age limit apply to the CI run's own time. A mapped lane that cannot
 carry prints `CI_CARRY: none label=<label> (<reason>)` and runs here. Every
@@ -972,7 +974,8 @@ only; across machines, CI is the trust boundary.
 **Finish, push and accept.** `gstack-ship-release finish` commits the release
 metadata, so the stamped tree has no CI run yet. A mapped lane that is not
 already FRESH is deferred (`EVIDENCE: DEFERRED`), and the pregate runs only its
-preflight stage on the stamped tree. `gstack-ship-release push --early` (the
+preflight stage on the stamped tree, written to its own file so the full
+`.gstack/tmp/pregate.json` stays in place until `accept` replaces it. `gstack-ship-release push --early` (the
 Phase 2 push that lets CI run beside the review) runs the secrets scan and the
 sealed guard before it pushes. After the final push,
 `gstack-ship-release accept --base <base> --lane …` waits (bounded by `--wait`)
diff --git a/lib/ship-bin-common.ts b/lib/ship-bin-common.ts
index d61e28221..e61256e3c 100644
--- a/lib/ship-bin-common.ts
+++ b/lib/ship-bin-common.ts
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@ import { spawn, spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 import * as os from 'node:os';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
-import { findCarry } from './ci-carry';
 import { fragmentSlug } from './changelog-fragments';
 import { isConfigUnavailable, loadConfigFromBase } from './pregate/config';
-import { buildRunCheck } from './pregate/run-check';
-import { runInventory } from './run-evidence';
 import { parseUnifiedDiff, versionAtRef } from './restamp';
 import { branchSides, stampOnlyLine } from './stamp-only';
 import { matchesAny } from './ship-policy';
 import { extractVersion } from './version-source';
-import { BIN_DIR, runBashSync, runScriptSync, scriptInvocation, wtreeFingerprint } from './script-invocation';
+import { BIN_DIR, runBashSync, runScriptSync, scriptInvocation } from './script-invocation';
 
 export interface Run { status: number | null; stdout: string; stderr: string }
 const done = (r: { status: number | null; stdout?: string | Buffer | null; stderr?: string | Buffer | null; error?: Error }): Run =>
@@ -186,23 +183,14 @@ export function mappedLanes(cwd: string, base: string, list: { label: string; co
 }
 
 /**
- * A mapped lane carried from CI at HEAD's clean tree (lib/ci-carry.ts), recorded as a CI-sourced ledger row; or why it was
- * not (`carryNone`), so the caller runs it.
+ * A mapped lane carried from CI at HEAD's clean tree: gstack-evidence record-ci finds and verifies the run (lib/ci-carry.ts)
+ * and records the CI-sourced ledger row; or why it was not (`carryNone`), so the caller runs it.
  */
-export function carryLane(cwd: string, base: string, l: { label: string; command: string }, m: { profiles: string[]; inventory: string }): LaneResult {
-  const none = (why: string): LaneResult => ({ label: l.label, exit: null, testsRan: 'unknown', log: '-', carryNone: why });
-  const check = buildRunCheck(cwd, null, true, base);
-  if ('error' in check) return none(`profiles_unavailable: ${check.error}`);
-  const head = git(cwd, ['rev-parse', 'HEAD']).stdout.trim();
-  const tree = git(cwd, ['rev-parse', 'HEAD^{tree}']).stdout.trim();
-  const wtree = () => { const fp = wtreeFingerprint({ cwd }); return 'tree' in fp ? fp.tree : null; };
-  const v = findCarry(check, { profiles: m.profiles, head, tree, wtree, inventory: () => runInventory(m.inventory, cwd) });
-  if (!v.ok) return none(`${v.reason}: ${v.detail}`);
-  const runs = v.runs.map(e => `${e.run_id}/${e.run_attempt}`).join(',');
-  const finished = v.runs.map(e => e.finished_at).sort()[0]!;
-  const rec = bin(cwd, 'gstack-evidence', ['record-ci', '--label', l.label, '--runs', runs, '--profiles', m.profiles.join(','), '--tree', tree, '--tests', String(v.tests), '--finished', finished, '--', l.command], 60_000);
-  if (rec.status !== 0) return none(`record_failed: ${firstLine(rec.stderr)}`);
-  return { label: l.label, exit: 0, testsRan: String(v.tests), log: '-', carried: runs };
+export function carryLane(cwd: string, base: string, l: { label: string; command: string }): LaneResult {
+  const rec = bin(cwd, 'gstack-evidence', ['record-ci', '--label', l.label, '--base', base, '--', l.command], 600_000);
+  const got = / tests_ran=(\d+) log=- source=ci runs=(\S+)/.exec(rec.stderr);
+  if (rec.status === 0 && got) return { label: l.label, exit: 0, testsRan: got[1]!, log: '-', carried: got[2]! };
+  return { label: l.label, exit: null, testsRan: 'unknown', log: '-', carryNone: /^CARRY_NONE: (.+)$/m.exec(rec.stderr)?.[1] ?? `record_failed: ${firstLine(rec.stderr)}` };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -219,7 +207,7 @@ export async function runLanes(cwd: string, list: { label: string; command: stri
       const i = next++;
       const l = list[i]!;
       const m = mapped.get(l.label);
-      const carry = m ? carryLane(cwd, opts.base!, l, m) : null;
+      const carry = m ? carryLane(cwd, opts.base!, l) : null;
       if (carry?.carried) { out[i] = carry; continue; }
       const r = await binAsync(cwd, 'gstack-evidence', ['run', ...(opts.reuse === false ? [] : ['--reuse']), '--label', l.label, '--', l.command]);
       const rec = /gstack-evidence: recorded label=\S+ exit=(\S+) tests_ran=(\S+) log=(\S+)/.exec(r.stderr);
diff --git a/lib/ship-release.ts b/lib/ship-release.ts
index 677f9734e..492513cc5 100644
--- a/lib/ship-release.ts
+++ b/lib/ship-release.ts
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export async function finish(argv: readonly string[], cwd: string): Promise<Repo
     let e = check(l);
     if (!/EVIDENCE: FRESH/.test(e)) {
       const m = mapped.get(l.label);
-      const res = m ? carryLane(cwd, base, l, m) : (await runLanes(cwd, [l], Infinity, { base }))[0]!;
+      const res = m ? carryLane(cwd, base, l) : (await runLanes(cwd, [l], Infinity, { base }))[0]!;
       if (m && !res.carried) {
         r.add(`EVIDENCE: DEFERRED label=${l.label} (${short([res.carryNone ?? 'not carried'], 1).slice(0, 160)}): CI at the pushed head carries it in accept`);
         deferred.push(l.label);
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ export async function finish(argv: readonly string[], cwd: string): Promise<Repo
   }
   const laneArgs = list.map(l => `--lane '${l.label}=${l.command.replace(/'/g, `'\\''`)}'`).join(' ');
   if (deferred.length) {
-    const pg = bin(cwd, 'gstack-pregate', ['--allow-repo-commands', '--base', base, '--stage', 'preflight'], 3_600_000);
+    const out = path.resolve(cwd, git(cwd, ['rev-parse', '--git-path', 'gstack/pregate-finish-preflight.json']).stdout.trim() || '.git/gstack/pregate-finish-preflight.json');
+    const pg = bin(cwd, 'gstack-pregate', ['--allow-repo-commands', '--base', base, '--stage', 'preflight', '--out', out], 3_600_000);
     const verdict = /^PREGATE: (.+?) tree=/m.exec(pg.stdout + pg.stderr)?.[1] ?? `unreadable (exit ${pg.status})`;
     r.add(`PREGATE: preflight ${verdict} on the stamped tree (the tests stage runs in accept, carried from CI)`);
     if (!/^(pass|warn)/.test(verdict)) return r.stop(`pregate preflight ${verdict} on the stamped tree: fix it, then rerun finish`);
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ export async function accept(argv: readonly string[], cwd: string): Promise<Repo
   }
   for (const l of list) {
     const m = mapped.get(l.label);
-    const res = m ? carryLane(cwd, base, l, m) : (await runLanes(cwd, [l], Infinity, { base }))[0]!;
+    const res = m ? carryLane(cwd, base, l) : (await runLanes(cwd, [l], Infinity, { base }))[0]!;
     if (m && !res.carried) { r.add(carryNoneLine(res)!); return r.stop(`lane ${l.label} was not carried from the green run (${short([res.carryNone ?? ''], 1).slice(0, 120)}): fix the cause, or run it here with gstack-ship-preflight --tests-only`); }
     const ran = laneLine(res);
     r.add(ran.line);
diff --git a/test/evidence-reuse.test.ts b/test/evidence-reuse.test.ts
index 078487fb8..30deeabc9 100644
--- a/test/evidence-reuse.test.ts
+++ b/test/evidence-reuse.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
  *
  * run --reuse: a lane that passed at this exact working tree, command and execution identity never runs again;
  * the newest matching row decides (a newer failure vetoes), the reused row keeps its original timestamp and the
- * max age applies to it. record-ci: a lane CI carried is an explicit CI-sourced row, never a fictitious local run.
+ * max age applies to it. record-ci: a lane CI carried is an explicit CI-sourced row for a run it verified itself, never a fictitious local run.
  */
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, setDefaultTimeout, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 import * as os from 'node:os';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
@@ -106,41 +107,35 @@ describe('gstack-evidence run --reuse (A5)', () => {
 });
 
 describe('gstack-evidence record-ci and carried (A4)', () => {
-  const ci = (extra: string[] = []) => run(['record-ci', '--label', 'free', '--runs', '41/2', '--profiles', 'ci-reuse/free-tests', '--tree', wtree(), '--tests', '900', '--finished', new Date(Date.now() - 600_000).toISOString(), ...extra, '--', 'bun run test']);
+  const ciRow = () => {
+    const tree = wtree();
+    return { ts: new Date(Date.now() - 600_000).toISOString(), label: 'free', command: 'bun run test', cmd_sha256: createHash('sha256').update('bun run test').digest('hex'), exit: 0, duration_s: 0, commit: gitIn(repo, 'rev-parse HEAD').trim(), tree, dirty: false, wtree: tree, tests_ran: 900, source: 'ci', runs: ['41/2'], profiles: ['ci-reuse/free-tests'] };
+  };
 
-  // Value: protects=a carried lane is an explicit CI row the FRESH check accepts by source; fails_when=carry fakes a local run or a check cannot tell them apart
-  test('a CI-sourced row names its runs, is FRESH for the exact command, and never runs anything', () => {
-    const r = ci();
-    expect(r.status).toBe(0);
-    expect(r.stderr).toContain('gstack-evidence: recorded label=free exit=0 tests_ran=900 log=- source=ci runs=41/2');
-    const row = rows().at(-1);
-    expect(row).toMatchObject({ label: 'free', source: 'ci', runs: ['41/2'], profiles: ['ci-reuse/free-tests'], exit: 0, tests_ran: 900, wtree: wtree(), duration_s: 0 });
-    expect(row.log_path).toBeUndefined();
+  // Value: protects=a carried lane is an explicit CI row the FRESH check accepts by source, and the receipt lists it only at its own tree;
+  //   fails_when=a check cannot tell a CI row from a local run, or a stale carry from an earlier head reaches ci_carried
+  test('a CI-sourced row is FRESH for its exact command, and carried lists it only at its tree', () => {
+    expect(run(['run', '--label', 'unit', '--', lane(2)]).status).toBe(0);
+    fs.appendFileSync(ledger(), JSON.stringify(ciRow()) + '\n');
     const chk = run(['check', '--label', 'free', '--expect-cmd', 'bun run test', '--max-age', '24']);
     expect(chk.status).toBe(0);
     expect(chk.stdout).toContain('EVIDENCE: FRESH label=free exit=0 tests_ran=900');
     expect(chk.stdout).toContain('source=ci runs=41/2');
-    const carried = run(['carried', '--json']);
-    expect(JSON.parse(carried.stdout)).toEqual([{ lane: 'free', run: 41, attempt: 2, tree: wtree() }]);
-  });
-
-  // Value: protects=a carry binds to the working-tree fingerprint (A2); fails_when=a dirty tree or another tree records a carried row
-  test('record-ci refuses a tree that is not the working tree, or a dirty tree, and writes nothing', () => {
-    const bad = run(['record-ci', '--label', 'free', '--runs', '41/2', '--profiles', 'p', '--tree', 'a'.repeat(40), '--tests', '9', '--finished', new Date().toISOString(), '--', 'bun run test']);
-    expect(bad.status).toBe(1);
-    expect(bad.stderr).toContain('is not the working tree');
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, 'new.txt'), 'untracked\n');
-    const dirty = ci();
-    expect(dirty.status).toBe(1);
-    expect(dirty.stderr).toContain('not HEAD\'s committed tree');
-    expect(findFilesBySuffix(path.join(home, 'projects'), '-evidence.jsonl')).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  // Value: protects=the receipt names only carries at the current tree; fails_when=a stale carry from an earlier head reaches ci_carried
-  test('carried lists nothing once the tree moves on', () => {
-    expect(ci().status).toBe(0);
+    expect(JSON.parse(run(['carried', '--json']).stdout)).toEqual([{ lane: 'free', run: 41, attempt: 2, tree: wtree() }]);
     fs.writeFileSync(path.join(repo, 'src.txt'), 'v2\n');
     gitIn(repo, 'commit -qam two');
     expect(JSON.parse(run(['carried', '--json']).stdout)).toEqual([]);
   });
+
+  // Value: protects=record-ci finds and verifies the CI run itself, so no caller supplies run ids, a test count or a tree (/ship pass 1 red-team#1);
+  //   fails_when=the forged call from that finding writes a FRESH carried row; seam=no origin, so the base's ship_lanes_from is unreadable
+  test('record-ci takes no run facts from its caller and records nothing without a verified run', () => {
+    const forged = run(['record-ci', '--label', 'free', '--runs', '1/1', '--profiles', 'anything', '--tree', wtree(), '--tests', '999', '--finished', new Date().toISOString(), '--', 'bun run test']);
+    expect(forged.status).toBe(2);
+    expect(forged.stderr).toContain('usage: gstack-evidence record-ci --label <L> --base <base> -- <command>');
+    const unverified = run(['record-ci', '--label', 'free', '--base', 'main', '--', 'bun run test']);
+    expect(unverified.status).toBe(1);
+    expect(unverified.stderr).toMatch(/^CARRY_NONE: config_unavailable: /m);
+    expect(findFilesBySuffix(path.join(home, 'projects'), '-evidence.jsonl')).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/ship-ci-carry.test.ts b/test/ship-ci-carry.test.ts
index 8c9286892..7c560a93d 100644
--- a/test/ship-ci-carry.test.ts
+++ b/test/ship-ci-carry.test.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,25 @@ describe('Step 5 lanes: CI carry and the tree cache', () => {
     expect(other).not.toContain('CI_CARRY');
     expect(lane(other, 'free')).not.toContain('carried');
   });
+
+  // Value: protects=a CI-sourced ledger row exists only for a run gstack-evidence record-ci found and verified itself (/ship pass 1 red-team#1);
+  //   fails_when=caller-supplied run ids, test counts or a tree make a FRESH carried row, or an unmapped command or a missing run records one; seam=fake gh
+  test('record-ci verifies the run itself: forged facts, an unmapped command or no run at HEAD record nothing', () => {
+    const f = fx();
+    const ev = (args: string[]) => f.run(path.join(BIN, 'gstack-evidence'), args);
+    const forged = ev(['record-ci', '--label', 'free', '--runs', '1/1', '--profiles', 'anything', '--tree', f.git('rev-parse', 'HEAD^{tree}').stdout.trim(), '--tests', '999', '--finished', at(1), '--', FREE]);
+    expect(forged.status).toBe(2);
+    world(f, { run: { head_sha: '0'.repeat(40) } });
+    const noRun = ev(['record-ci', '--label', 'free', '--base', 'main', '--', FREE]);
+    expect([noRun.status, noRun.stderr]).toEqual([1, expect.stringMatching(/^CARRY_NONE: no_run: /m)]);
+    world(f);
+    const unmapped = ev(['record-ci', '--label', 'free', '--base', 'main', '--', 'bun run test']);
+    expect([unmapped.status, unmapped.stderr]).toEqual([1, expect.stringMatching(/^CARRY_NONE: not_mapped: /m)]);
+    expect(ev(['check', '--label', 'free', '--expect-cmd', FREE]).stdout).not.toContain('EVIDENCE: FRESH');
+    expect(JSON.parse(ev(['carried', '--json']).stdout)).toEqual([]);
+    const ok = ev(['record-ci', '--label', 'free', '--base', 'main', '--', FREE]);
+    expect([ok.status, ok.stderr]).toEqual([0, expect.stringContaining('tests_ran=12 log=- source=ci runs=7/1')]);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('finish, push --early and accept (A1)', () => {
@@ -105,9 +124,12 @@ describe('finish, push --early and accept (A1)', () => {
     const reviewed = f.run(path.join(BIN, 'gstack-wtree'), []).stdout.trim();
     expect(f.run(RELEASE, ['version', '--base', 'main', '--bump', 'micro']).status).toBe(0);
     const post = snapshot(f);
+    const pregateFile = path.join(f.work, '.gstack/tmp/pregate.json');
+    const before = fs.existsSync(pregateFile) ? fs.readFileSync(pregateFile, 'utf8') : null;
     const fin = f.run(RELEASE, finishArgs(f, reviewed, post));
     expect(fin.stdout).toMatch(/^EVIDENCE: DEFERRED label=free \(/m);
     expect(lineOf(fin.stdout, 'PREGATE')).toMatch(/^PREGATE: preflight (pass|warn) on the stamped tree/);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(pregateFile) ? fs.readFileSync(pregateFile, 'utf8') : null).toBe(before);
     expect(fin.stdout).toContain('gstack-ship-release accept --base main --lane');
     expect(fin.status).toBe(0);
     expect(runs(f, 'free-runs')).toBe(0);