diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-main.yml b/.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-main.yml
index 157a6409..fb1e5389 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-main.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ name: redeploy-tenants-on-main
 #   - Workflow-level env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL pinned per
 #     feedback_act_runner_github_server_url.
 #   - `continue-on-error: true` on each job (RFC §1 contract).
+#   - **Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**: Gitea 1.22.6's support
+#     for the `workflow_run` event is partial. If this never fires on a
+#     real publish-workspace-server-image completion, the follow-up
+#     triage PR should replace the trigger with a push-with-paths-filter
+#     on .gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml. Until
+#     then continue-on-error+dead-workflow doesn't break anything.
 #
 
 # Auto-refresh prod tenant EC2s after every main merge.
@@ -44,6 +50,10 @@ name: redeploy-tenants-on-main
 # target_tag=<sha>, re-pulling the older image on every tenant.
 
 on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ['publish-workspace-server-image']
+    types: [completed]
+    branches: [main]
 permissions:
   contents: read
   # No write scopes needed — the workflow hits an external CP endpoint,
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-staging.yml b/.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-staging.yml
index 9d5fb7e4..07512f2b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-staging.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/redeploy-tenants-on-staging.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ name: redeploy-tenants-on-staging
 #   - Workflow-level env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL pinned per
 #     feedback_act_runner_github_server_url.
 #   - `continue-on-error: true` on each job (RFC §1 contract).
+#   - **Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**: Gitea 1.22.6's support
+#     for the `workflow_run` event is partial. If this never fires on a
+#     real publish-workspace-server-image completion, the follow-up
+#     triage PR should replace the trigger with a push-with-paths-filter
+#     on .gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml. Until
+#     then continue-on-error+dead-workflow doesn't break anything.
 #
 
 # Auto-refresh staging tenant EC2s after every staging-branch merge.
@@ -44,6 +50,10 @@ name: redeploy-tenants-on-staging
 # of a known-good build.
 
 on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ['publish-workspace-server-image']
+    types: [completed]
+    branches: [main]
 permissions:
   contents: read
   # No write scopes needed — the workflow hits an external CP endpoint,
@@ -62,6 +72,12 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   redeploy:
+    # Skip the auto-trigger if publish-workspace-server-image didn't
+    # actually succeed. workflow_run fires on any completion state; we
+    # don't want to redeploy against a half-built image.
+    # NOTE (Gitea port): workflow_dispatch trigger dropped; only the
+    # workflow_run path remains.
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
     # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/staging-verify.yml b/.gitea/workflows/staging-verify.yml
index f71b1861..4ed0201a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/staging-verify.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/staging-verify.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ name: Staging verify
 #   - Workflow-level env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL pinned per
 #     feedback_act_runner_github_server_url.
 #   - `continue-on-error: true` on each job (RFC §1 contract).
+#   - **Gitea workflow_run trigger limitation**: Gitea 1.22.6's support
+#     for the `workflow_run` event is partial. If this never fires on a
+#     real publish-workspace-server-image completion, the follow-up
+#     triage PR should replace the trigger with a push-with-paths-filter
+#     on the same publish workflow's path (i.e. `.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml`).
 #
 
 # Runs the canary smoke suite against the staging canary tenant fleet
@@ -54,6 +59,9 @@ name: Staging verify
 #     are populated.
 
 on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["publish-workspace-server-image"]
+    types: [completed]
 permissions:
   contents: read
   packages: write
@@ -70,6 +78,10 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   staging-smoke:
+    # Skip when the upstream workflow failed — no image to test against.
+    # workflow_dispatch trigger dropped in this Gitea port; only the
+    # workflow_run path remains.
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Phase 3 (RFC #219 §1): surface broken workflows without blocking.
     # mc#774: pre-existing continue-on-error mask; root-fix and remove, do not renew silently.