diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/bp-context-drift-gate.yml b/.gitea/workflows/bp-context-drift-gate.yml
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+name: bp-context-drift-gate
+
+# BP-context drift gate (ADVISORY) — ported BP⊆emitted asserter.
+#
+# Asserts that every context required by this repo's branch-protection
+# (branch_protections/main.status_check_contexts) is EMITTED by some
+# workflow in .gitea/workflows/*.yml. A required context with no emitter
+# is perma-pending — Gitea treats absent-as-`pending`, NOT
+# absent-as-`skipped`-as-`success` — so the merge endpoint returns HTTP
+# 405 "try again later" FOREVER. This is the perma-block root cause
+# class (feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration).
+#
+# ADVISORY for now: this job is `continue-on-error: true`, so it NEVER
+# blocks a merge yet. The SCRIPT it runs
+# (.molecule-ci/scripts/lint_bp_context_emit_match.py, MODE=assert) is
+# FAIL-CLOSED: it exits nonzero on auth failure / missing token / orphan
+# context, so when this job is later promoted to a required hard gate
+# (after a clean advisory window) it is already correct.
+#
+# To actually verify, the job needs a DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN org secret —
+# read-only repo-admin, used only for the branch_protections GET. Until
+# that secret is set, the script fails-closed (advisory, so it does not
+# block) and surfaces the auth error loudly in the job log.
+#
+# Modeled on molecule-controlplane's cf-tunnel-drift-gate job
+# (cross-repo drift gate) for conventions: pinned action SHAs,
+# concurrency cancel-in-progress, manual workflow_dispatch.
+#
+# Follow-up (separate PR): canonical-name standardization (CI/validate)
+# across the template repos so no BP requires a context name no
+# workflow emits.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - ".gitea/workflows/**"
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  bp-context-drift-gate:
+    name: BP-context drift gate (advisory)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    # ADVISORY: never block a merge while this gate beds in. The script
+    # itself is fail-closed (nonzero on auth error / orphan); this flag
+    # only governs whether THIS job's red blocks the PR. Flip to false
+    # (and add the context to BP) to promote to a required hard gate.
+    continue-on-error: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        run: pip install PyYAML==6.0.2 -q
+      - name: Assert BP-required contexts are all emitted
+        env:
+          # DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN: read-only repo-admin org secret, used only
+          # for the branch_protections GET. Until it is set, the script
+          # fails-closed (advisory job, so it does not block the PR).
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_HOST: git.moleculesai.app
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          BRANCH: main
+          WORKFLOWS_DIR: .gitea/workflows
+          MODE: assert
+        run: python3 .molecule-ci/scripts/lint_bp_context_emit_match.py
diff --git a/.molecule-ci/scripts/lint_bp_context_emit_match.py b/.molecule-ci/scripts/lint_bp_context_emit_match.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""lint_bp_context_emit_match — BP⊆emitted asserter (ported from molecule-core).
+
+Ported into molecule-ci's `.molecule-ci/scripts/` SSOT from
+`molecule-core/.gitea/scripts/lint_bp_context_emit_match.py` (Tier 2f,
+internal#350). The canonical-name/ci.yml-template renaming
+(CI/validate standardization) is a planned follow-up — this file is the
+foundational port only.
+
+Rule
+----
+For a given protected branch, every context in
+`branch_protections/<branch>.status_check_contexts` MUST be emitted
+by at least one workflow in `.gitea/workflows/*.yml`. Two contexts
+match when:
+
+  1. The workflow's `name:` equals the context's workflow-part (the
+     prefix before ` / `).
+  2. Some job in that workflow has a `name:` (or default-fallback
+     job-key) equal to the context's job-part (between ` / ` and
+     ` (`).
+  3. The workflow's `on:` block includes the context's event-part
+     (in parens at the end), with Gitea's event-name mapping:
+        - `pull_request` and `pull_request_target` BOTH emit
+          `(pull_request)` contexts (verified empirically on
+          molecule-core/main).
+        - `push` emits `(push)`.
+
+A BP context with no emitter blocks merges forever — Gitea treats
+absent-as-`pending`, NOT absent-as-`skipped`-as-`success`. This is
+the phantom-required-check / perma-block class
+(`feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration`): a required
+context with no emitter is perma-pending → the merge endpoint returns
+HTTP 405 "try again later" forever.
+
+The inverse direction (emitter without BP context) is INFORMATIONAL
+only — Tier 2g handles that direction at PR-time. Flagging it here
+on a daily schedule would falsely surface every transitional state
+during a BP rollout.
+
+MODE switch (added in the molecule-ci port)
+-------------------------------------------
+  MODE=assert  — PR-time / gate use. Assert BP-required ⊆ emitted for
+                 the current repo and exit 1 with `::error::` on any
+                 orphan. SKIP the issue-file/PATCH path entirely (no
+                 token-write side effects on a PR). Suitable for a
+                 `pull_request` job. This is what the advisory
+                 `bp-context-drift-gate.yml` workflow runs.
+  MODE=issue   — (default) the scheduled-sweep behavior: file/update a
+                 `ci-bp-drift` issue on mismatch, close it when clean.
+
+FAIL-CLOSED-ON-AUTH (exit 2) holds in BOTH modes: a token that cannot
+read branch protections, or a transient/unexpected API error, MUST NOT
+green the gate — it has not verified the invariant. The advisory
+WORKFLOW wraps this script in `continue-on-error: true` so it never
+blocks a merge YET; the SCRIPT stays fail-closed so it is already
+correct when later promoted to a required gate.
+
+Exit codes
+----------
+  0 — clean, OR an authenticated 404 (branch genuinely has no
+      protection — surfaces ::warning::, not a fail-open).
+  1 — at least one BP context has no emitter.
+  2 — env contract violation, workflows-dir missing, YAML parse
+      error, OR a fail-closed verification failure: 401/403 auth
+      failure (token can't read BP) or transient/unexpected API
+      error. The script MUST NOT green when it cannot verify.
+
+Env
+---
+  GITEA_TOKEN     — DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN (repo-admin for branch_protections)
+  GITEA_HOST      — e.g. git.moleculesai.app
+  REPO            — owner/name
+  BRANCH          — defaults to `main`
+  WORKFLOWS_DIR   — defaults to `.gitea/workflows`
+  DRIFT_LABEL     — defaults to `ci-bp-drift`
+  MODE            — `assert` | `issue` (default `issue`)
+
+Memory cross-links
+------------------
+  - internal#350 (the RFC that specs this lint)
+  - feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration
+  - feedback_label_ids_are_per_repo
+  - reference_post_suspension_pipeline
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+try:
+    import yaml
+except ImportError:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        "::error::PyYAML is required. Install with: pip install PyYAML\n"
+    )
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+# Status-check context regex (mirrors lint-required-no-paths.py).
+_CONTEXT_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^(?P<workflow>.+?) / (?P<job>.+) \((?P<event>[^)]+)\)$"
+)
+
+# Map a workflow `on:` event-key to the context's event-part. Gitea's
+# emitter convention (verified on molecule-core):
+#   - pull_request          → `(pull_request)`
+#   - pull_request_target   → `(pull_request)` (same surface)
+#   - push                  → `(push)`
+#   - schedule              → no PR status; scheduled runs don't post
+#     commit-statuses unless the workflow itself does so explicitly.
+#   - workflow_dispatch     → manually dispatched runs may or may not
+#     emit; safest to treat as "no PR status" (informational notice
+#     only).
+_EVENT_MAP = {
+    "pull_request": "pull_request",
+    "pull_request_target": "pull_request",
+    "push": "push",
+}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Env
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _env(key: str, default: str | None = None) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key, default)
+    return v if v is not None else ""
+
+
+def _require_env(key: str) -> str:
+    v = os.environ.get(key)
+    if not v:
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::missing required env var: {key}\n")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    return v
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# API helper. Mirrors lint-required-no-paths.py's contract: returns
+# (status, payload) tuple with status ∈ {"ok", "not_found", "forbidden",
+# "error"}.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def api(
+    method: str,
+    path: str,
+    *,
+    body: dict | None = None,
+    query: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+) -> tuple[str, Any]:
+    host = _env("GITEA_HOST")
+    token = _env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+    url = f"https://{host}/api/v1{path}"
+    if query:
+        url = f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(query)}"
+    data = None
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"token {token}",
+        "Accept": "application/json",
+    }
+    if body is not None:
+        data = json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8")
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        url, method=method, data=data, headers=headers
+    )
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read()
+            if not raw:
+                return ("ok", None)
+            return ("ok", json.loads(raw))
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        if e.code == 404:
+            return ("not_found", None)
+        if e.code in (401, 403):
+            return ("forbidden", None)
+        return ("error", None)
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, TimeoutError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return ("error", None)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _get_on(d: Any) -> Any:
+    """YAML 1.1 boolean quirk: bare `on:` may parse to True. Handle both."""
+    if not isinstance(d, dict):
+        return None
+    if "on" in d:
+        return d["on"]
+    if True in d:
+        return d[True]
+    return None
+
+
+def _on_events(doc: Any) -> set[str]:
+    """Return the set of event keys in a workflow's `on:` block.
+
+    Accepts all three shapes (string / list / mapping). String/list
+    shapes can't carry filters but they DO emit. Returns the
+    Gitea-mapped event names per `_EVENT_MAP`.
+    """
+    on = _get_on(doc)
+    raw_events: set[str] = set()
+    if on is None:
+        return raw_events
+    if isinstance(on, str):
+        raw_events.add(on)
+    elif isinstance(on, list):
+        for e in on:
+            if isinstance(e, str):
+                raw_events.add(e)
+    elif isinstance(on, dict):
+        for k in on:
+            if isinstance(k, str):
+                raw_events.add(k)
+    return {_EVENT_MAP[e] for e in raw_events if e in _EVENT_MAP}
+
+
+def _job_display(jbody: dict, jkey: str) -> str:
+    """Return job's `name:` if set, else fall back to the job-key.
+
+    Gitea formats status contexts with the job's `name:` when set;
+    when unset it uses the job key. Matches lint-required-no-paths
+    convention.
+    """
+    n = jbody.get("name") if isinstance(jbody, dict) else None
+    if isinstance(n, str) and n:
+        return n
+    return jkey
+
+
+def workflow_contexts(doc: Any) -> set[str]:
+    """Return the set of contexts a workflow emits."""
+    contexts: set[str] = set()
+    if not isinstance(doc, dict):
+        return contexts
+    wf_name = doc.get("name")
+    if not isinstance(wf_name, str) or not wf_name:
+        return contexts  # no name => no addressable context
+    events = _on_events(doc)
+    if not events:
+        return contexts
+    jobs = doc.get("jobs")
+    if not isinstance(jobs, dict):
+        return contexts
+    for jkey, jbody in jobs.items():
+        if jkey == "__lines__":  # tolerate line-tracking annotations
+            continue
+        if not isinstance(jbody, dict):
+            continue
+        disp = _job_display(jbody, jkey)
+        for ev in events:
+            contexts.add(f"{wf_name} / {disp} ({ev})")
+    return contexts
+
+
+def parse_context(ctx: str) -> tuple[str, str, str] | None:
+    m = _CONTEXT_RE.match(ctx)
+    if not m:
+        return None
+    return (m.group("workflow"), m.group("job"), m.group("event"))
+
+
+def _iter_workflow_files(wf_dir: Path) -> list[Path]:
+    return sorted(list(wf_dir.glob("*.yml")) + list(wf_dir.glob("*.yaml")))
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Issue idempotency — search for an open issue with the canonical
+# title prefix; PATCH if found, POST if not. Mirrors ci-required-drift.
+# Only used in MODE=issue (the scheduled sweep).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def _canonical_title(repo: str, branch: str) -> str:
+    return f"[ci-bp-drift] {repo}/{branch}: BP→emitter mismatch"
+
+
+def _ensure_labels(repo: str, names: list[str]) -> list[int]:
+    status, labels = api("GET", f"/repos/{repo}/labels", query={"limit": "50"})
+    if status != "ok" or not isinstance(labels, list):
+        return []
+    out: list[int] = []
+    by_name = {label["name"]: label["id"] for label in labels if isinstance(label, dict)}
+    for n in names:
+        if n in by_name:
+            out.append(by_name[n])
+    return out
+
+
+def file_or_update_issue(
+    repo: str, branch: str, orphans: list[str], emitter_orphans: list[str]
+) -> None:
+    title = _canonical_title(repo, branch)
+    body_lines = [
+        f"BP→emitter drift detected on `{branch}` at "
+        f"{os.environ.get('GITHUB_RUN_URL', '(run url unavailable)')}.",
+        "",
+        f"## Orphan BP contexts ({len(orphans)})",
+        "",
+        "These contexts are required by branch protection but NO workflow "
+        "emits them. PRs merging into this branch will wait forever for a "
+        "status that never arrives (Gitea treats absent-as-`pending`, NOT "
+        "absent-as-`skipped`). See "
+        "`feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration`.",
+        "",
+    ]
+    for o in orphans:
+        body_lines.append(f"- `{o}`")
+    if emitter_orphans:
+        body_lines += [
+            "",
+            f"## Workflows emitting contexts NOT in BP ({len(emitter_orphans)})",
+            "",
+            "Informational — Tier 2g handles this direction at PR-time. "
+            "Listed here for completeness.",
+            "",
+        ]
+        for o in emitter_orphans:
+            body_lines.append(f"- `{o}`")
+    body_lines += [
+        "",
+        "Fix options:",
+        "  1. PATCH `branch_protections/{branch}.status_check_contexts` "
+        "  to remove the orphan.",
+        "  2. Restore the emitting workflow (if it was deleted/renamed).",
+        "",
+        "Linted by `.gitea/workflows/bp-context-drift-gate.yml` "
+        "(BP⊆emitted asserter, ported from molecule-core Tier 2f, internal#350).",
+    ]
+    body = "\n".join(body_lines)
+
+    # Idempotency search — find an open issue with the canonical title.
+    status, hits = api(
+        "GET",
+        f"/repos/{repo}/issues",
+        query={
+            "type": "issues",
+            "state": "open",
+            "q": title,
+        },
+    )
+    existing = None
+    if status == "ok" and isinstance(hits, list):
+        for h in hits:
+            if (
+                isinstance(h, dict)
+                and h.get("state") == "open"
+                and isinstance(h.get("title"), str)
+                and h["title"].startswith(title)
+            ):
+                existing = h
+                break
+
+    label_ids = _ensure_labels(repo, ["ci-bp-drift"])
+
+    if existing:
+        api(
+            "PATCH",
+            f"/repos/{repo}/issues/{existing['number']}",
+            body={"body": body, "labels": label_ids} if label_ids else {"body": body},
+        )
+        print(
+            f"::notice::Updated existing drift issue "
+            f"#{existing['number']}: {existing.get('html_url', '')}"
+        )
+    else:
+        status, posted = api(
+            "POST",
+            f"/repos/{repo}/issues",
+            body={"title": title, "body": body, "labels": label_ids},
+        )
+        if status == "ok" and isinstance(posted, dict):
+            print(
+                f"::notice::Filed new drift issue "
+                f"#{posted.get('number')}: {posted.get('html_url', '')}"
+            )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Driver
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def run() -> int:
+    _require_env("GITEA_TOKEN")
+    _require_env("GITEA_HOST")
+    repo = _require_env("REPO")
+    branch = _env("BRANCH", "main")
+    wf_dir = Path(_env("WORKFLOWS_DIR", ".gitea/workflows"))
+    mode = _env("MODE", "issue").strip().lower() or "issue"
+    if mode not in ("assert", "issue"):
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::invalid MODE={mode!r}; expected 'assert' or 'issue'.\n"
+        )
+        return 2
+
+    if not wf_dir.is_dir():
+        sys.stderr.write(f"::error::workflows directory not found: {wf_dir}\n")
+        return 2
+
+    # 1. Pull BP.
+    #
+    # FAIL-CLOSED contract (was fail-open with exit 0 — fixed). This lint
+    # is a HARD gate at the script level even when the WORKFLOW wraps it
+    # in continue-on-error (advisory rollout). The DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN secret
+    # is the trusted reader, so an auth failure or transient error is a
+    # real inability-to-verify, not a legitimate degradation. We MUST fail
+    # loud (`::error::` + nonzero) rather than green a gate we could not
+    # check. Holds in BOTH MODE=assert and MODE=issue.
+    status, bp = api("GET", f"/repos/{repo}/branch_protections/{branch}")
+    if status == "forbidden":
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::GET branch_protections/{branch} returned HTTP "
+            f"401/403 — DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN cannot read branch protections "
+            f"(needs repo-admin scope; Gitea requires it for this "
+            f"endpoint). This is an AUTH FAILURE, not an absent resource: "
+            f"the lint CANNOT verify the BP↔emitter invariant, so it FAILS "
+            f"CLOSED instead of greening a gate it could not check. Fix: "
+            f"set the DRIFT_BOT_TOKEN org secret to a read-only repo-admin "
+            f"token — fix the token, not the lint.\n"
+        )
+        return 2
+    if status == "not_found":
+        # Genuine 404 WITH a valid token = branch has no protection
+        # configured. On `main` this is itself suspicious (main should
+        # always be protected) but it is a real, authenticated read of an
+        # absent resource — not an auth failure — so we surface it loudly
+        # but do not hard-fail on the genuinely-absent case.
+        print(
+            f"::warning::branch '{branch}' has no protection configured "
+            f"(authenticated 404); nothing to lint. If '{branch}' SHOULD be "
+            f"protected, this is a real finding — configure branch "
+            f"protection."
+        )
+        return 0
+    if status != "ok" or not isinstance(bp, dict):
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::branch_protections/{branch} read failed with "
+            f"status={status} (transient/unexpected). The lint CANNOT "
+            f"verify the BP↔emitter invariant on this run; FAILING CLOSED "
+            f"rather than greening unverified. Re-run; if it persists, "
+            f"investigate Gitea API health / token validity.\n"
+        )
+        return 2
+
+    bp_contexts: list[str] = list(bp.get("status_check_contexts") or [])
+    if not bp_contexts:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::branch_protections/{branch} has 0 required "
+            f"status_check_contexts; nothing to lint."
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    # 2. Enumerate emitter contexts from all workflows.
+    #
+    # FAIL-CLOSED on YAML parse errors. A malformed workflow means we
+    # CANNOT enumerate the contexts it emits, so the emitter inventory is
+    # INCOMPLETE. Silently skipping it (the old `continue`) is fail-OPEN:
+    # the remaining parsed workflows might happen to satisfy every
+    # BP-required context, greening a gate built on an incomplete
+    # inventory. Per the exit-code contract (2 = cannot-verify), we
+    # accumulate every parse error, report each with an `::error::`
+    # message, and return 2 after the scan if ANY workflow failed to
+    # parse — same fail-closed code used for auth/transient errors, and
+    # consistent across BOTH MODE=assert and MODE=issue (this runs before
+    # the mode branch). "Nothing fails open."
+    all_emitter: set[str] = set()
+    parse_errors: list[str] = []
+    for path in _iter_workflow_files(wf_dir):
+        try:
+            doc = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
+            parse_errors.append(str(path))
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"::error file={path}::YAML parse error: {e}. The emitter "
+                f"inventory would be INCOMPLETE, so this lint CANNOT verify "
+                f"the BP↔emitter invariant; FAILING CLOSED (exit 2) instead "
+                f"of greening on a partial inventory. Fix the malformed "
+                f"workflow.\n"
+            )
+            continue
+        all_emitter |= workflow_contexts(doc)
+
+    if parse_errors:
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            f"::error::{len(parse_errors)} workflow file(s) failed to parse "
+            f"({', '.join(parse_errors)}); the emitter inventory is "
+            f"INCOMPLETE. FAILING CLOSED (exit 2) — the BP↔emitter invariant "
+            f"cannot be verified against a partial inventory. Holds in both "
+            f"MODE=assert and MODE=issue.\n"
+        )
+        return 2
+
+    print(
+        f"::notice::[MODE={mode}] Linting {len(bp_contexts)} BP context(s) "
+        f"for {branch} against {len(all_emitter)} workflow-emitted "
+        f"context(s)."
+    )
+
+    bp_set = set(bp_contexts)
+
+    # 3. Find orphans (BP-side: required but no emitter).
+    bp_orphans = sorted(bp_set - all_emitter)
+
+    # Informational: workflow emits but BP doesn't list. Tier 2g
+    # territory at PR-time. We list these as NOTICE only.
+    emitter_orphans = sorted(all_emitter - bp_set)
+
+    if bp_orphans:
+        print(
+            f"::error::Found {len(bp_orphans)} BP context(s) with no "
+            f"emitter — these would block merges forever (Gitea treats "
+            f"absent-as-pending, not skipped; the merge endpoint returns "
+            f"HTTP 405 'try again later' forever):"
+        )
+        for o in bp_orphans:
+            # Closest-match hint: name a workflow whose name-part is a
+            # near-match (lev-1 typo, or same workflow with a different
+            # event).
+            parsed = parse_context(o)
+            hint = ""
+            if parsed:
+                wf, _job, _ev = parsed
+                candidates = sorted(
+                    {c for c in all_emitter if c.startswith(wf + " / ")}
+                )
+                if candidates:
+                    hint = (
+                        f" — closest emitter(s): {', '.join(candidates[:3])}"
+                    )
+            print(f"::error::  - {o}{hint}")
+        if emitter_orphans:
+            print(
+                f"::notice::Also: {len(emitter_orphans)} workflow-emitted "
+                f"context(s) not in BP (informational; Tier 2g handles at "
+                f"PR-time):"
+            )
+            for o in emitter_orphans:
+                print(f"::notice::  - {o}")
+        # MODE=issue files/patches a tracking issue. MODE=assert (PR-time
+        # gate) SKIPS the issue path entirely — no token-write side
+        # effects on a PR — and just returns nonzero.
+        if mode == "issue":
+            try:
+                file_or_update_issue(repo, branch, bp_orphans, emitter_orphans)
+            except Exception as e:
+                sys.stderr.write(
+                    f"::error::failed to file drift issue: {e}\n"
+                )
+        return 1
+
+    if emitter_orphans:
+        print(
+            f"::notice::{len(emitter_orphans)} workflow-emitted context(s) "
+            f"not in BP (informational; Tier 2g handles at PR-time):"
+        )
+        for o in emitter_orphans:
+            print(f"::notice::  - {o}")
+
+    print(
+        f"::notice::BP/emitter match clean: all {len(bp_contexts)} required "
+        f"context(s) have an emitter."
+    )
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(run())
diff --git a/scripts/test_lint_bp_context_emit_match.py b/scripts/test_lint_bp_context_emit_match.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b6a5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_lint_bp_context_emit_match.py
@@ -0,0 +1,525 @@
+"""Tests for `.molecule-ci/scripts/lint_bp_context_emit_match.py`.
+
+Ported from molecule-core's `tests/test_lint_bp_context_emit_match.py`
+(Tier 2f, internal#350). Structural enforcement of the BP⊆emitted
+invariant: BP `status_check_contexts` must each have an emitter among
+`.gitea/workflows/*.yml`.
+
+Bidirectional rule:
+  (a) BP-only: every context in `branch_protections/<branch>.status_check_contexts`
+      must have at least one EMITTER — a workflow `name:` + job `name:` (or job key)
+      + `pull_request` (or `push`) event that produces it. A BP context without
+      an emitter blocks merges forever (Gitea treats absent-as-pending, NOT
+      absent-as-skipped). This is the phantom-required-check / perma-block class
+      (`feedback_phantom_required_check_after_gitea_migration`).
+
+  (b) EMITTER-only: NO automatic flag. Tier 2g's job — a diff-based PR-time
+      lint. This asserter runs scheduled/PR and would falsely flag every
+      transitional state during a BP rollout. We only flag the BP-empty case in
+      this direction as a NOTICE (informational), not as an error.
+
+MODE switch (molecule-ci port):
+  - MODE=issue (default): on mismatch, file/PATCH a `[ci-bp-drift]` issue.
+  - MODE=assert: PR-time gate — assert BP⊆emitted, exit 1 on orphan, SKIP the
+    issue-file path entirely (no token-write side effects on a PR).
+  fail-closed-on-auth (exit 2) holds in BOTH modes.
+
+Run:
+    python3 -m pytest scripts/test_lint_bp_context_emit_match.py -v
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib.util
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+
+SCRIPT_PATH = (
+    Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+    / ".molecule-ci"
+    / "scripts"
+    / "lint_bp_context_emit_match.py"
+)
+
+
+def _import_lint():
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+        f"lint_bp_emit_{os.getpid()}", SCRIPT_PATH
+    )
+    m = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(m)
+    return m
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def envset(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    wf = tmp_path / ".gitea" / "workflows"
+    wf.mkdir(parents=True)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("WORKFLOWS_DIR", str(wf))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GITEA_TOKEN", "stub")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GITEA_HOST", "git.example.test")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("REPO", "owner/molecule-ci")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("BRANCH", "main")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DRIFT_LABEL", "ci-bp-drift")
+    # Default the suite to the scheduled-sweep mode; MODE=assert tests
+    # override this explicitly so the issue-path skip is exercised
+    # deliberately, not by ambient env.
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MODE", "issue")
+    return wf
+
+
+def _write_wf(d: Path, name: str, content: str) -> Path:
+    p = d / name
+    p.write_text(content)
+    return p
+
+
+def _stub_api(monkeypatch, lint_mod, bp_response, issue_search_response=None, posted_record=None):
+    """Stub the module's `api` function.
+
+    bp_response: ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": [...]})
+                 or ("forbidden", None) / ("not_found", None)
+    issue_search_response: list of issues matching the search query (
+                           may be empty; default empty)
+    posted_record: dict in which to record any POST/PATCH calls made
+                   (so tests can assert idempotency / the assert-mode skip).
+    """
+    if issue_search_response is None:
+        issue_search_response = []
+    if posted_record is None:
+        posted_record = {}
+
+    def fake_api(method, path, *, body=None, query=None):
+        if "branch_protections" in path:
+            return bp_response
+        if "issues/search" in path or "/issues?" in path or path.endswith("/issues"):
+            if method == "GET":
+                return ("ok", list(issue_search_response))
+            if method == "POST":
+                posted_record.setdefault("posts", []).append({"path": path, "body": body})
+                return ("ok", {"number": 9001, "html_url": "http://t/9001"})
+        if "/issues/" in path and method == "PATCH":
+            posted_record.setdefault("patches", []).append({"path": path, "body": body})
+            return ("ok", {"number": 9001})
+        if "/labels" in path:
+            return ("ok", [{"id": 10, "name": "ci-bp-drift"}, {"id": 9, "name": "ci-bp-drift"}])
+        return ("ok", {})
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(lint_mod, "api", fake_api)
+    return posted_record
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Perfect match — both sides agree.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_perfect_match_passes(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": ["CI / all-required (pull_request)"]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# BP-only orphan — context with no emitter.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_bp_orphan_context_fails(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": [
+            "CI / all-required (pull_request)",
+            "Ghost workflow / ghost (pull_request)",  # the orphan
+        ]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 1
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "Ghost workflow" in out or "ghost" in out.lower()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Emitter-only direction → notice, not error (Tier 2g territory).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_emitter_orphan_only_warns(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "extra.yml",
+        "name: Extra\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  extra-job:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": ["CI / all-required (pull_request)"]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 0
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "Extra" in out or "extra" in out
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Multiple BP orphans — all surfaced.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_multiple_orphans_aggregated(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": [
+            "CI / all-required (pull_request)",
+            "Phantom A / a (pull_request)",
+            "Phantom B / b (pull_request)",
+        ]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 1
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "Phantom A" in out and "Phantom B" in out
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# BP has zero contexts → nothing to lint, pass.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_bp_empty_lints_nothing(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(monkeypatch, m, ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": []}))
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# API 403 — AUTH FAILURE → FAIL CLOSED (exit 2). A token that can't read
+# BP must NOT green the lint — holds in MODE=issue AND MODE=assert.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_api_403_fails_closed(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  j:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(monkeypatch, m, ("forbidden", None))
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 2
+    err = capsys.readouterr().err
+    assert "403" in err or "scope" in err.lower() or "token" in err.lower()
+
+
+def test_api_403_fails_closed_in_assert_mode(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    """Fail-closed-on-auth must hold in MODE=assert too (the PR-time gate)."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MODE", "assert")
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  j:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(monkeypatch, m, ("forbidden", None))
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 2
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# API transient/unexpected error → FAIL CLOSED (exit 2).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_api_transient_fails_closed(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  j:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(monkeypatch, m, ("error", None))
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 2
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Malformed workflow YAML → FAIL CLOSED (exit 2). A workflow that does not
+# parse means the emitter inventory is INCOMPLETE; skipping it (the old
+# `continue`) is fail-OPEN, because the remaining parsed workflows might
+# happen to satisfy every BP-required context. The fixture deliberately
+# pairs a malformed workflow with a VALID one that DOES emit the single
+# BP-required context — so a fail-open implementation would green (exit 0).
+# A correct fail-closed implementation returns 2 regardless. "Nothing
+# fails open."
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_malformed_workflow_yaml_fails_closed(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    # Valid workflow that, on its own, satisfies the BP-required context.
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    # Malformed workflow — unparseable YAML (bad indentation / dangling
+    # mapping). yaml.safe_load raises yaml.YAMLError on this.
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "broken.yml",
+        "name: Broken\non:\n  pull_request:\n jobs:\n  : : :\n   - [unbalanced\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    posted = _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        # BP requires only the context the VALID workflow emits, so a
+        # fail-open (skip-and-continue) impl would exit 0 here.
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": ["CI / all-required (pull_request)"]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 2, (
+        "malformed workflow YAML must fail closed (exit 2), even when the "
+        "remaining valid workflows satisfy BP; got exit %r" % rc
+    )
+    err = capsys.readouterr().err
+    assert "broken.yml" in err
+    assert "parse" in err.lower()
+    # Fail-closed happens before any issue side effect.
+    assert not posted.get("posts"), f"no issue write on parse-fail; got {posted!r}"
+    assert not posted.get("patches"), f"no issue write on parse-fail; got {posted!r}"
+
+
+def test_malformed_workflow_yaml_fails_closed_in_assert_mode(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    """Fail-closed-on-parse-error must also hold in MODE=assert (PR-time gate)."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MODE", "assert")
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "broken.yml",
+        "name: Broken\non:\n  pull_request:\n jobs:\n  : : :\n   - [unbalanced\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": ["CI / all-required (pull_request)"]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 2
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# API 404 — authenticated absent resource (branch has no protection) →
+# tolerated graceful skip (exit 0 with ::warning::), NOT a fail-open.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_api_404_skips_gracefully(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  j:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(monkeypatch, m, ("not_found", None))
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Event-suffix match strict: BP says (push), workflow emits (pull_request)
+# only. Mismatch — flag.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_context_event_match_required(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": ["CI / all-required (push)"]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 1
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# `pull_request_target` in workflow `on:` emits a `(pull_request)` context
+# (Gitea convention — verified empirically on molecule-core).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_workflow_event_mapping_pull_request_target(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "secret.yml",
+        "name: Secret scan\non:\n  pull_request_target:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  scan:\n    runs-on: x\n    name: Scan diff for credential-shaped strings\n"
+        "    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": [
+            "Secret scan / Scan diff for credential-shaped strings (pull_request)",
+        ]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Idempotency — existing open issue is PATCHed, not duplicated.
+# (MODE=issue path.)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_idempotent_issue_filing(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    posted = _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": [
+            "CI / all-required (pull_request)",
+            "Ghost / g (pull_request)",
+        ]}),
+        issue_search_response=[
+            {
+                "number": 4242,
+                "title": "[ci-bp-drift] owner/molecule-ci/main: BP→emitter mismatch",
+                "state": "open",
+                "html_url": "http://t/4242",
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 1
+    # Should have PATCHed, not POSTed a new one.
+    assert posted.get("patches"), f"expected PATCH on existing issue; got {posted!r}"
+    assert not posted.get("posts"), f"expected no POSTs; got {posted!r}"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# MODE=assert — on a BP orphan, exit 1 AND skip the issue-file path
+# entirely (no POST, no PATCH). This is the PR-time gate behavior: no
+# token-write side effects on a pull_request.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_assert_mode_orphan_exits_1_and_skips_issue(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MODE", "assert")
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  validate:\n    runs-on: x\n    name: Org template validation\n"
+        "    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    posted = _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        # Mirrors the real molecule-ai-org-template-molecule-production
+        # mismatch: BP requires `CI / all-required` but the CI workflow
+        # only emits `CI / Org template validation`.
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": [
+            "CI / all-required (pull_request)",
+        ]}),
+        # Even if an issue existed, assert-mode must not touch it.
+        issue_search_response=[
+            {
+                "number": 1,
+                "title": "[ci-bp-drift] owner/molecule-ci/main: BP→emitter mismatch",
+                "state": "open",
+                "html_url": "http://t/1",
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 1
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "all-required" in out
+    assert "MODE=assert" in out
+    # The defining property: NO issue write in assert mode.
+    assert not posted.get("posts"), f"assert mode must not POST issues; got {posted!r}"
+    assert not posted.get("patches"), f"assert mode must not PATCH issues; got {posted!r}"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# MODE=assert — clean match exits 0.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_assert_mode_clean_exits_0(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MODE", "assert")
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  all-required:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(
+        monkeypatch,
+        m,
+        ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": ["CI / all-required (pull_request)"]}),
+    )
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Invalid MODE → exit 2 (env contract violation).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def test_invalid_mode_fails_closed(envset, monkeypatch, capsys):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MODE", "bogus")
+    _write_wf(
+        envset,
+        "ci.yml",
+        "name: CI\non:\n  pull_request:\n    branches: [main]\njobs:\n"
+        "  j:\n    runs-on: x\n    steps:\n      - run: echo hi\n",
+    )
+    m = _import_lint()
+    _stub_api(monkeypatch, m, ("ok", {"status_check_contexts": []}))
+    rc = m.run()
+    assert rc == 2