diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-title-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-title-sync.yml
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+name: PR Title Sync
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, edited]
+    paths:
+      - 'VERSION'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: pr-title-sync-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    name: Sync PR title to VERSION
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    if: github.actor != 'github-actions[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout PR head
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+      - name: Read VERSION + current title
+        id: inspect
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')
+          TITLE=$(jq -r '.pull_request.title' "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          # Only rewrite titles that ALREADY follow the v<X.Y.Z.W> prefix pattern.
+          # Custom titles (no prefix) are left alone — user kept them intentionally.
+          if printf '%s' "$TITLE" | grep -qE '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ '; then
+            PREFIX=$(printf '%s' "$TITLE" | awk '{print $1}')
+            REST=$(printf '%s' "$TITLE" | sed 's/^v[0-9][0-9.]* //')
+            {
+              echo "prefix=$PREFIX"
+              echo "rest=$REST"
+              echo "eligible=true"
+            } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "eligible=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Rewrite title if version changed
+        if: steps.inspect.outputs.eligible == 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PR_NUM: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          NEW_V: ${{ steps.inspect.outputs.version }}
+          OLD_PREFIX: ${{ steps.inspect.outputs.prefix }}
+          REST: ${{ steps.inspect.outputs.rest }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "v$NEW_V" = "$OLD_PREFIX" ]; then
+            echo "Title already matches v$NEW_V; no change."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          NEW_TITLE="v$NEW_V $REST"
+          echo "Rewriting: $OLD_PREFIX ... → v$NEW_V ..."
+          gh pr edit "$PR_NUM" --title "$NEW_TITLE"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/version-gate.yml
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+name: Version Gate
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'VERSION'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'package.json'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: version-gate-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    name: Check VERSION is not stale vs queue
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout PR head
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+      - name: Setup Bun
+        uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+
+      - name: Read versions
+        id: versions
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PR_VERSION=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')
+          BASE_REF="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
+          git fetch origin "$BASE_REF" --depth=1 --quiet || true
+          BASE_VERSION=$(git show "origin/$BASE_REF:VERSION" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '[:space:]' || echo "0.0.0.0")
+          {
+            echo "pr_version=$PR_VERSION"
+            echo "base_version=$BASE_VERSION"
+            echo "base_ref=$BASE_REF"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Detect bump level
+        id: bump
+        run: |
+          LEVEL=$(bun run scripts/detect-bump.ts "${{ steps.versions.outputs.base_version }}" "${{ steps.versions.outputs.pr_version }}")
+          echo "level=$LEVEL" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Query queue (util) — fail-open on error
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          bun run bin/gstack-next-version \
+            --base "${{ steps.versions.outputs.base_ref }}" \
+            --bump "${{ steps.bump.outputs.level }}" \
+            --current-version "${{ steps.versions.outputs.base_version }}" \
+            --workspace-root null \
+            > next.json 2> next.err
+          RC=$?
+          if [ "$RC" != "0" ] || [ ! -s next.json ]; then
+            echo '{"offline":true}' > next.json
+            echo "::warning::util exit=$RC — failing open. stderr:"
+            cat next.err || true
+          fi
+
+      - name: Compare PR VERSION to next free slot
+        env:
+          PR_VERSION: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.pr_version }}
+        run: |
+          bun run scripts/compare-pr-version.ts next.json "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+# GitLab CI parity for workspace-aware ship.
+# Mirrors .github/workflows/version-gate.yml and pr-title-sync.yml.
+# Projects that mirror to GitLab get the same protection as GitHub.
+
+stages:
+  - check
+
+variables:
+  BUN_VERSION: "1.3.10"
+
+.setup-bun: &setup-bun
+  - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -qq -y curl jq git
+  - curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash -s "bun-v$BUN_VERSION"
+  - export PATH="$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH"
+
+version-gate:
+  stage: check
+  image: debian:stable-slim
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+      changes:
+        - VERSION
+        - CHANGELOG.md
+        - package.json
+  script:
+    - *setup-bun
+    - PR_VERSION=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')
+    - BASE_VERSION=$(git show "origin/$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME:VERSION" 2>/dev/null | tr -d '[:space:]' || echo "0.0.0.0")
+    - LEVEL=$(bun run scripts/detect-bump.ts "$BASE_VERSION" "$PR_VERSION")
+    # Util fail-open: on non-zero exit, emit offline marker
+    - |
+      set +e
+      bun run bin/gstack-next-version \
+        --base "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME" \
+        --bump "$LEVEL" \
+        --current-version "$BASE_VERSION" \
+        --workspace-root null \
+        > next.json
+      RC=$?
+      if [ "$RC" != "0" ] || [ ! -s next.json ]; then
+        echo '{"offline":true}' > next.json
+        echo "WARNING: util exit=$RC — failing open"
+      fi
+      set -e
+    - PR_VERSION="$PR_VERSION" bun run scripts/compare-pr-version.ts next.json "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID"
+
+pr-title-sync:
+  stage: check
+  image: debian:stable-slim
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+      changes:
+        - VERSION
+  script:
+    - apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -qq -y curl jq git
+    - curl -fsSL https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/-/releases/permalink/latest/downloads/glab_linux_amd64.deb -o glab.deb && dpkg -i glab.deb
+    - VERSION=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')
+    - TITLE="$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE"
+    - |
+      if printf '%s' "$TITLE" | grep -qE '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ '; then
+        PREFIX=$(printf '%s' "$TITLE" | awk '{print $1}')
+        REST=$(printf '%s' "$TITLE" | sed 's/^v[0-9][0-9.]* //')
+        if [ "v$VERSION" != "$PREFIX" ]; then
+          echo "Rewriting: $PREFIX ... → v$VERSION ..."
+          glab mr update "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID" -t "v$VERSION $REST"
+        else
+          echo "Title already matches v$VERSION; no change."
+        fi
+      else
+        echo "Title does not use v<X.Y.Z.W> prefix — leaving alone."
+      fi