diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d90faced..93ceeccfa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.92.74.0] - 2026-11-02
+
+- **`gstack-pregate clear --run-url` needs a green run.** On a lane with no run profile, a run of the lane's own workflow that failed, was cancelled or timed out now refuses `PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID` (`run_not_success`), and one still queued or running refuses `run_in_progress`. The fix line says to rerun the workflow and clear with the green run. The check reads the run's newest attempt, so a job or attempt link is judged by the whole run, and the lane records the attempt it judged (`…/actions/runs/<id>/attempts/<n>`) instead of the link you passed. A green run still clears. docs/pregate.md now names `windows-smoke.yml/windows-smoke` as the free tier's Windows smoke lane, beside the narrower `free-tests.yml/cso-windows-launcher` and `windows-setup-e2e.yml/windows-setup` lanes. `test/pregate-clear-runs.test.ts` failed before the fix.
+
 ## [1.92.73.0] - 2026-11-02
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4633cc70e..61e08b1b6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.92.73.0
+1.92.74.0
diff --git a/agents-digest/gstack-AGENTS.md b/agents-digest/gstack-AGENTS.md
index a86825dff..21a2aa351 100644
--- a/agents-digest/gstack-AGENTS.md
+++ b/agents-digest/gstack-AGENTS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# gstack digest v1.92.73.0 — regenerate/re-copy after upgrading gstack
+# gstack digest v1.92.74.0 — regenerate/re-copy after upgrading gstack
 
 Behavioral rules from gstack (https://github.com/garrytan/gstack), compressed
 for agent hosts without a full skill install. The full skills add workflows,
diff --git a/docs/pregate.md b/docs/pregate.md
index e82fb15a0..e0e18d938 100644
--- a/docs/pregate.md
+++ b/docs/pregate.md
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ The record is `.gstack/tmp/pregate.json` (`gstack-artifact validate --as pregate
 (`PREGATE_STALE`: rerun after the final stamp), green (`PREGATE_LANE_FAILED`,
 `PREGATE_INCOMPLETE`, or `PREGATE_ENVIRONMENT` when every incomplete check is
 the machine's) and every `requires-remote` obligation carries a receipt
-(`PREGATE_REMOTE_UNCLEARED`: dispatch the job, then
+(`PREGATE_REMOTE_UNCLEARED`: dispatch the job, wait for it to finish green, then
 `gstack-pregate clear --remote <workflow.yml/job> --run-url <url>`). The ship
 receipt then carries `pregate` and `requires_remote`. `gstack-pregate verify`
 runs the same check standalone.
@@ -754,17 +754,24 @@ reads `remote-gate tree=<t12> tests=<n> runs=<id>/<attempt>,… profiles=<p>,…
 heads=<h12> verified=<time>` (with `accepted-for=` and the substitution for a
 stamp-only predecessor). A lane with its own profile gets `run tree=… runs=…`
 the same way; for such a lane `--run-url` is verified as `--run` is, and
-`--bundle-lane` is refused. A lane with no profile keeps today's `--run-url`
-recording, with one check (GSTA-203): when the base config and the GitHub
+`--bundle-lane` is refused. A lane with no profile still clears by
+`--run-url`, with run checks (GSTA-203): when the base config and the GitHub
 origin can be read, `clear` reads the run once and refuses
 `PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID` unless it is a run of this repository whose
 workflow file is the lane's own `<workflow.yml>`. A run of another workflow
 refuses with `REUSE: refused reason=workflow_mismatch — run <id> attempt <n>
 ran .github/workflows/<other>.yml, not .github/workflows/<lane's>.yml`; a
 run gh cannot read refuses with `api_error`, and a URL that is not an Actions
-run URL or id on this repository with `run_ref_invalid`. Only the workflow
-file is checked there, not the job, conclusion or tree; that is what a run
-profile adds. `test_backend/<backend>` lanes and `--bundle-lane` are
+run URL or id on this repository with `run_ref_invalid`. The run must also
+have finished green (GSTA-203 PR 8): a run that is still queued or running
+refuses with `run_in_progress`, and one that concluded anything but `success`
+(`failure`, `cancelled`, `timed_out`, …) with `run_not_success`; each fix line
+says to rerun the workflow and clear with the green run. The check reads the
+run's newest attempt, so a `/job/<id>` or `/attempts/<n>` link is judged by
+the whole run, not that job or attempt, and the lane records
+`https://github.com/<repo>/actions/runs/<id>/attempts/<n>` for the attempt it
+judged rather than the link you passed. The job, tree and age are not
+checked there; that is what a run profile adds. `test_backend/<backend>` lanes and `--bundle-lane` are
 unchanged. When the base config or the GitHub origin cannot be read, `--run`
 fails, and so do `--run-url` and `--bundle-lane` unless the base was read and
 shows the lane has no profile; then the lane is recorded as before, with a
@@ -781,10 +788,15 @@ aggregate, `os` Windows). Each accepts `pull_request` and `workflow_dispatch`
 runs and reads the `tested-tree` artifact, which both aggregates upload only
 after their strict verification passes. The main-push reuse job and
 `--from-run` read them. No lane has a profile, so every macOS and Windows lane
-still clears by `--run-url`, checked only for its workflow file. On main the
-Windows obligation is `windows-smoke.yml/windows-smoke` (the six-shard
+still clears by `--run-url`, checked for its workflow file and a green
+conclusion. On main the free tier's Windows smoke lane is
+`windows-smoke.yml/windows-smoke`, and a `windows-smoke.yml` run clears it.
+Two narrower Windows lanes are owed only when a branch selects their own test
+files: `free-tests.yml/cso-windows-launcher` (cleared by a `free-tests.yml`
+run) and `windows-setup-e2e.yml/windows-setup` (cleared by a
+`windows-setup-e2e.yml` run). The six-shard
 `windows-free-tests.yml/windows-free-shard` job is `manual`, so it is never an
-obligation), and a `windows-smoke.yml` run clears it. A branch cut before
+obligation. A branch cut before
 `windows-smoke.yml` landed still owes `windows-free-tests.yml/windows-free-shard`
 from its own workflows, and only a `windows-free-tests.yml` run clears that. A
 pull request cut before these
diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.md b/docs/troubleshooting.md
index 5cd386160..12fae0efc 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.md
@@ -3763,6 +3763,15 @@ reads `gstack-pregate clear: receipt refused — REUSE: refused reason=<code> 
 branch's `run_profiles`. Each reason code and
 what it checks is listed in [run evidence](pregate.md#run-evidence).
 
+`gstack-pregate clear --remote <workflow.yml/job> --run-url <url>` on a lane
+with no run profile refuses with this code too, reading `REUSE: refused
+reason=<code> — …`: `run_ref_invalid` (not an Actions run URL or id on this
+repository), `api_error` (gh could not read the run), `workflow_mismatch` (a
+run of another workflow), `run_in_progress` (still queued or running) or
+`run_not_success` (it failed, was cancelled or timed out). Each prints a fix
+line; after the last three, clear again with a finished green run of the
+lane's own workflow ([run evidence](pregate.md#run-evidence)).
+
 Another tree is accepted in exactly one case: it differs from `pregate.json`'s
 tree only in the repo's stamp rule (`.gstack/ship-policy.json` on the base
 branch: `stamp_files`, `stamp_patterns`, the built-in version, manifest,
@@ -3864,7 +3873,7 @@ after `clear`), so it clears nothing here; or a `clear --run` receipt names
 another tree than `pregate.json`'s with no substitution recorded (`run
 receipt(s) verified for another tree`).
 
-**Fix.** Dispatch that job, then
+**Fix.** Dispatch that job, wait for it to finish green, then
 `gstack-pregate clear --remote <workflow.yml/job> --run-url <url>` (or
 `--bundle-lane <label>` from an evidence bundle). For `pregate.json/remote_gate`,
 `clear --remote pregate.json/remote_gate --receipt <gate output>`: the gate's
diff --git a/lib/pregate/index.ts b/lib/pregate/index.ts
index 29eca7a46..c91915986 100644
--- a/lib/pregate/index.ts
+++ b/lib/pregate/index.ts
@@ -219,8 +219,10 @@ export type ClearDecision = { receipt: string; attested: boolean; substitution?:
  * has no machine-checkable receipt, so its run URL is recorded as attested.
  * Platform lanes take a run URL or an evidence-bundle lane label. When the run
  * evidence is readable, a run URL must name a run of this repository whose
- * workflow file is the lane's own; a run of another workflow, an unreadable
- * run or a URL that is not an Actions run refuses (GSTA-203).
+ * workflow file is the lane's own and that completed with success; a run of
+ * another workflow, a red or unfinished run, an unreadable run or a URL that
+ * is not an Actions run refuses (GSTA-203), and a green run is recorded as the
+ * attempt URL it judged.
  *
  * `--run` (and `--run-url` on a lane the base branch profiles) goes to
  * clearByRuns, which accepts only verified Actions runs; a profiled lane
@@ -265,7 +267,11 @@ export function clearDecision(file: PregateFile, lane: string, input: ClearInput
     try { run = input.evidence.deps.run(id); }
     catch (e: any) { return invalid(`api_error — reading run ${id} failed: ${String(e?.message ?? e).slice(0, 300)}`, `check gh auth status and that gh can read ${repo}'s Actions runs, then rerun the same clear`); }
     const want = `.github/workflows/${target.workflow}`;
-    if (run?.path !== want) return invalid(`workflow_mismatch — run ${id} attempt ${run?.run_attempt ?? '?'} ran ${run?.path ?? 'an unknown workflow'}, not ${want}`, `clear ${lane} with a run of its own workflow: gh workflow run ${target.workflow} --ref <branch>, then gstack-pregate clear --remote ${lane} --run-url <that run's URL>`);
+    if (!run || run.path !== want) return invalid(`workflow_mismatch — run ${id} attempt ${run?.run_attempt ?? '?'} ran ${run?.path ?? 'an unknown workflow'}, not ${want}`, `clear ${lane} with a run of its own workflow: gh workflow run ${target.workflow} --ref <branch>, then gstack-pregate clear --remote ${lane} --run-url <that run's URL>`);
+    const green = `then gstack-pregate clear --remote ${lane} --run-url <the green run's URL>`;
+    if (run.status !== 'completed') return invalid(`run_in_progress — run ${id} attempt ${run.run_attempt} is ${run.status}`, `wait for run ${id} to finish green (or rerun ${target.workflow} if it fails), ${green}`);
+    if (run.conclusion !== 'success') return invalid(`run_not_success — run ${id} attempt ${run.run_attempt} concluded ${run.conclusion}`, `rerun ${target.workflow} (gh run rerun ${id}, or gh workflow run ${target.workflow} --ref <branch>), ${green}`);
+    return { receipt: `https://github.com/${repo}/actions/runs/${id}/attempts/${run.run_attempt}`, attested: false };
   }
   const receipt = input.runUrl ?? (input.bundleLane ? `bundle-lane:${input.bundleLane}` : undefined);
   if (!receipt) return { refused: 'usage', message: `${lane} clears with --run-url <url> or --bundle-lane <label>` };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad4e3a294..5795fa2b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gstack",
-  "version": "1.92.73",
+  "version": "1.92.74",
   "description": "Garry's Stack — Claude Code skills + fast headless browser. One repo, one install, entire AI engineering workflow.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/test/pregate-clear-runs.test.ts b/test/pregate-clear-runs.test.ts
index 3107a13b4..20136d729 100644
--- a/test/pregate-clear-runs.test.ts
+++ b/test/pregate-clear-runs.test.ts
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ function check(repo: FixtureRepo, runs: FakeRun[], over: Partial<RunCheck> = {})
   return { repo: 'fx/fx', deps, profiles: PROFILES, gateRuns: GATE_RUNS, now: NOW, inventory: () => ['test/a.test.ts', 'test/b.test.ts'], ...over };
 }
 
-/** A check whose only readable run is 300, a successful run of `workflow` on `head`. */
-function runOfWorkflow(repo: FixtureRepo, head: string, workflow: string): RunCheck {
+/** A check whose only readable run is 300, a run of `workflow` on `head` (completed with success unless `state` says otherwise). */
+function runOfWorkflow(repo: FixtureRepo, head: string, workflow: string, state: Pick<ApiRun, 'status' | 'conclusion'> & Partial<Pick<ApiRun, 'run_attempt'>> = { status: 'completed', conclusion: 'success' }): RunCheck {
   const c = check(repo, []);
   const run = (id: number): ApiRun => {
     if (id !== 300) throw new Error('HTTP 404');
-    return { id, run_attempt: 1, status: 'completed', conclusion: 'success', event: 'pull_request', head_sha: head, path: `.github/workflows/${workflow}`, repository: { full_name: 'fx/fx' }, head_repository: { full_name: 'fx/fx' } };
+    return { id, run_attempt: 1, ...state, event: 'pull_request', head_sha: head, path: `.github/workflows/${workflow}`, repository: { full_name: 'fx/fx' }, head_repository: { full_name: 'fx/fx' } };
   };
   return { ...c, deps: { ...c.deps, run } };
 }
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('clear --run: Actions runs as remo
     expect(profiled.receipt).toStartWith(`run tree=${file.tree.slice(0, 12)} tests=5 runs=200/1 profiles=${PLATFORM} `);
     const failed = clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url, evidence: check(repo, [{ id: 200, profile: 'test', head, files: ['test/a.test.ts'], conclusion: 'failure' }], { profiles: { ...PROFILES, [PLATFORM]: PROFILES.test! } }) }, repo.work);
     expect('refused' in failed && failed.refused).toBe('PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID');
-    expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url, evidence: check(repo, [{ id: 200, profile: 'test', head, files: ['test/a.test.ts'] }]) }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: url, attested: false });
+    expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url, evidence: check(repo, [{ id: 200, profile: 'test', head, files: ['test/a.test.ts'] }]) }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: `${url}/attempts/1`, attested: false });
     const bundled = clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { bundleLane: 'macos', evidence: check(repo, [], { profiles: { ...PROFILES, [PLATFORM]: PROFILES.test! } }) }, repo.work);
     expect('refused' in bundled && `${bundled.refused}: ${bundled.message}`).toBe(`usage: ${PLATFORM} has a run profile on the base branch; clear it with --run <id|url>, which verifies the run`);
     expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { bundleLane: 'macos', evidence: check(repo, []) }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: 'bundle-lane:macos', attested: false });
@@ -199,13 +199,30 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('clear --run: Actions runs as remo
     const url = 'https://github.com/fx/fx/actions/runs/300';
     const msg = (d: ReturnType<typeof clearDecision>) => ('refused' in d ? `${d.refused}: ${d.message}; fix: ${d.fix}` : `cleared ${d.receipt}`);
     expect(msg(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'b.yml') }, repo.work))).toBe(`PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID: REUSE: refused reason=workflow_mismatch — run 300 attempt 1 ran .github/workflows/b.yml, not .github/workflows/a.yml; ${PLATFORM} stays uncleared; fix: clear ${PLATFORM} with a run of its own workflow: gh workflow run a.yml --ref <branch>, then gstack-pregate clear --remote ${PLATFORM} --run-url <that run's URL>`);
-    expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml') }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: url, attested: false });
-    for (const copied of [`${url}/job/9?pr=3806`, `${url}/job/9#step:3:1`]) expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: copied, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml') }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: copied, attested: false });
+    expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml') }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: `${url}/attempts/1`, attested: false });
+    for (const copied of [`${url}/job/9?pr=3806`, `${url}/job/9#step:3:1`]) expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: copied, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml') }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: `${url}/attempts/1`, attested: false });
     expect(msg(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: 'https://github.com/fx/fx/actions/runs/301', evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml') }, repo.work))).toBe(`PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID: REUSE: refused reason=api_error — reading run 301 failed: HTTP 404; ${PLATFORM} stays uncleared; fix: check gh auth status and that gh can read fx/fx's Actions runs, then rerun the same clear`);
     expect(msg(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: 'https://ci.example.com/runs/300', evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml') }, repo.work))).toBe(`PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID: REUSE: refused reason=run_ref_invalid — "https://ci.example.com/runs/300" is not a run id or a run URL on fx/fx; ${PLATFORM} stays uncleared; fix: pass the run's numeric id or https://github.com/fx/fx/actions/runs/<id>`);
     expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: url, attested: false });
   }, 120_000);
 
+  test('a lane with no profile refuses a --run-url run of its own workflow that failed, was cancelled or is still running, and still clears from a green one (GSTA-203 PR 8)', async () => {
+    const repo = fixture();
+    const head = repo.git('rev-parse', 'HEAD');
+    const base = await pregateAt(repo);
+    const PLATFORM = 'a.yml/job';
+    const file: PregateFile = { ...base, requires_remote: [...base.requires_remote!, { lane: PLATFORM, platform: 'windows', workflow: 'a.yml', job: 'job', tests: ['test/a.test.ts'], receipt: null }] };
+    const url = 'https://github.com/fx/fx/actions/runs/300';
+    const msg = (d: ReturnType<typeof clearDecision>) => ('refused' in d ? `${d.refused}: ${d.message}; fix: ${d.fix}` : `cleared ${d.receipt}`);
+    const rerun = `fix: rerun a.yml (gh run rerun 300, or gh workflow run a.yml --ref <branch>), then gstack-pregate clear --remote ${PLATFORM} --run-url <the green run's URL>`;
+    for (const conclusion of ['failure', 'cancelled', 'timed_out']) {
+      expect(msg(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml', { status: 'completed', conclusion }) }, repo.work))).toBe(`PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID: REUSE: refused reason=run_not_success — run 300 attempt 1 concluded ${conclusion}; ${PLATFORM} stays uncleared; ${rerun}`);
+    }
+    expect(msg(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: `${url}/job/9?pr=1`, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml', { status: 'in_progress', conclusion: null }) }, repo.work))).toBe(`PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID: REUSE: refused reason=run_in_progress — run 300 attempt 1 is in_progress; ${PLATFORM} stays uncleared; fix: wait for run 300 to finish green (or rerun a.yml if it fails), then gstack-pregate clear --remote ${PLATFORM} --run-url <the green run's URL>`);
+    expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: url, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml') }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: `${url}/attempts/1`, attested: false });
+    expect(clearDecision(file, PLATFORM, { runUrl: `${url}/attempts/1?pr=1`, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'a.yml', { status: 'completed', conclusion: 'success', run_attempt: 2 }) }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: `${url}/attempts/2`, attested: false });
+  }, 120_000);
+
   test('on this repository\'s own workflows the Windows obligation is windows-smoke.yml/windows-smoke: a windows-smoke.yml run clears it, a run of any other workflow is refused (GSTA-203)', async () => {
     const lanes = discoverLanes(path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..'), 'linux');
     const owed = lanes.filter(l => l.tier === 'platform' && l.platform === 'windows' && l.runsTests && !l.manual);
@@ -218,7 +235,7 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('clear --run: Actions runs as remo
     const base = await pregateAt(repo);
     const file: PregateFile = { ...base, requires_remote: [...base.requires_remote!, { lane: smoke!.id, platform: 'windows', workflow: smoke!.workflow, job: smoke!.job, tests: smoke!.testFiles, receipt: null }] };
     const url = 'https://github.com/fx/fx/actions/runs/300';
-    expect(clearDecision(file, smoke!.id, { runUrl: url, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'windows-smoke.yml') }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: url, attested: false });
+    expect(clearDecision(file, smoke!.id, { runUrl: url, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, 'windows-smoke.yml') }, repo.work)).toEqual({ receipt: `${url}/attempts/1`, attested: false });
     for (const other of ['windows-free-tests.yml', 'free-tests.yml']) {
       const d = clearDecision(file, smoke!.id, { runUrl: url, evidence: runOfWorkflow(repo, head, other) }, repo.work);
       expect('refused' in d && `${d.refused}: ${d.message}`).toBe(`PREGATE_RECEIPT_INVALID: REUSE: refused reason=workflow_mismatch — run 300 attempt 1 ran .github/workflows/${other}, not .github/workflows/windows-smoke.yml; windows-smoke.yml/windows-smoke stays uncleared`);