diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/publish-runtime.yml b/.gitea/workflows/publish-runtime.yml
index 665ca6bb5..4d5e26067 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/publish-runtime.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/publish-runtime.yml
@@ -274,16 +274,39 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name  "publish-runtime cascade"
           git config --global user.email "publish-runtime@moleculesai.app"
 
+          # PEP 440 strict regex (Fix #3 — RFC internal#613). Symmetric with
+          # the publisher-side check at publish-runtime.yml:101 — reject
+          # malformed values at the writer too, so a future caller that
+          # bypasses the publisher can't leak a non-PEP-440 string (the
+          # `# fire-publish-image-<epoch>` literal that b40c39ba1 injected
+          # into openclaw's .runtime-version slipped past head -n1 at
+          # provision time but is still a real fire-flag).
+          PEP440_RE='^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(rc[0-9]+|a[0-9]+|b[0-9]+|\.post[0-9]+|\.dev[0-9]+)?$'
+          if ! echo "$VERSION" | grep -qE "$PEP440_RE"; then
+            echo "::error::cascade refusing to fan out non-PEP-440 value '$VERSION' — publisher contract violation"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
           WORKDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
           for tpl in $TEMPLATES; do
             REPO="molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-$tpl"
             CLONE="$WORKDIR/$tpl"
 
-            HTTP=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+            # Fix #1 (RFC internal#613) — probe BOTH .github/ and .gitea/.
+            # The codex template only ports .gitea/workflows/ (no .github/
+            # mirror). The legacy .github/-only probe returned 404 on codex
+            # → soft-skip → codex never received .runtime-version → silent
+            # drift to PyPI floor (incident a66eb848). Soft-skip ONLY if
+            # NEITHER workflow file exists. Pairs with memory
+            # `feedback_per_repo_gitea_vs_github_actions_dir`.
+            HTTP_GH=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
               -H "Authorization: token $DISPATCH_TOKEN" \
               "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/contents/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml")
-            if [ "$HTTP" = "404" ]; then
-              echo "↷ $tpl has no publish-image.yml — soft-skip"
+            HTTP_GT=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+              -H "Authorization: token $DISPATCH_TOKEN" \
+              "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/contents/.gitea/workflows/publish-image.yml")
+            if [ "$HTTP_GH" = "404" ] && [ "$HTTP_GT" = "404" ]; then
+              echo "↷ $tpl has no publish-image.yml in either .github/ or .gitea/ — soft-skip"
               SKIPPED="$SKIPPED $tpl"
               continue
             fi
@@ -302,6 +325,15 @@ jobs:
               fi
 
               cd "$CLONE"
+              # Fix #3 (RFC internal#613) — re-validate at per-mirror write
+              # site (defense-in-depth in case future edits mutate $VERSION
+              # inside the loop, e.g. a per-template suffix).
+              if ! echo "$VERSION" | grep -qE "$PEP440_RE"; then
+                echo "::error::refusing to write non-PEP-440 value '$VERSION' to $tpl/.runtime-version"
+                FAILED="$FAILED $tpl"
+                cd - >/dev/null
+                break
+              fi
               echo "$VERSION" > .runtime-version
 
               if git diff --quiet -- .runtime-version; then
@@ -343,3 +375,74 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "Cascade complete: $VERSION pinned across all manifest workspace_templates."
           fi
+
+  # Fix #2 (RFC internal#613) — post-flight convergence assertion.
+  #
+  # The `cascade` job above writes .runtime-version to each non-skipped
+  # template, but until this job existed there was no read-back step
+  # asserting that every mirror ended up at the SAME canonical value.
+  # The openclaw `0.1.1000\n# fire-publish-image-…` literal (b40c39ba1)
+  # and the claude-code ↔ openclaw 0.1.129 ↔ 0.1.1000 divergence both
+  # went undetected for days because the head -n1 consumer in
+  # publish-image.yml masked the malformed line at provision time.
+  #
+  # This job fetches each template's .runtime-version via the Gitea
+  # contents API, head -n1 normalizes it (matches what publish-image.yml
+  # consumes), and compares to the canonical RUNTIME_VERSION. Loud failure
+  # on any divergence — Loki's gitea-actions scraper picks up the
+  # `::error::` line and the existing main-red-watchdog page fires.
+  cascade-converged:
+    needs: [publish, cascade]
+    runs-on: publish
+    steps:
+      - name: Assert all cascaded mirrors converged to canonical version
+        env:
+          DISPATCH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DISPATCH_TOKEN }}
+          RUNTIME_VERSION: ${{ needs.publish.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          GITEA_URL="${GITEA_URL:-https://git.moleculesai.app}"
+          TEMPLATES="claude-code hermes openclaw codex langgraph crewai autogen deepagents gemini-cli"
+          DIVERGED=""
+          MISSING=""
+          OK=""
+
+          for tpl in $TEMPLATES; do
+            REPO="molecule-ai/molecule-ai-workspace-template-$tpl"
+
+            # Skip templates that have no publish-image.yml (matches Fix #1
+            # soft-skip semantics — those legitimately don't carry a pin).
+            HTTP_GH=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+              -H "Authorization: token $DISPATCH_TOKEN" \
+              "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/contents/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml")
+            HTTP_GT=$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+              -H "Authorization: token $DISPATCH_TOKEN" \
+              "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/contents/.gitea/workflows/publish-image.yml")
+            if [ "$HTTP_GH" = "404" ] && [ "$HTTP_GT" = "404" ]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            RV_B64=$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: token $DISPATCH_TOKEN" \
+              "$GITEA_URL/api/v1/repos/$REPO/contents/.runtime-version" \
+              | python -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('content','').replace('\n',''))" 2>/dev/null)
+            if [ -z "$RV_B64" ]; then
+              echo "::error msg=cascade-divergence template=$tpl reason=missing-runtime-version::"
+              MISSING="$MISSING $tpl"
+              continue
+            fi
+            GOT=$(echo "$RV_B64" | base64 -d 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | tr -d '[:space:]')
+
+            if [ "$GOT" = "$RUNTIME_VERSION" ]; then
+              echo "✓ $tpl converged at $GOT"
+              OK="$OK $tpl"
+            else
+              echo "::error msg=cascade-divergence template=$tpl got=$GOT want=$RUNTIME_VERSION::"
+              DIVERGED="$DIVERGED $tpl(got=$GOT)"
+            fi
+          done
+
+          if [ -n "$DIVERGED" ] || [ -n "$MISSING" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Cascade convergence FAILED — diverged:$DIVERGED missing:$MISSING"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Cascade convergence OK — all cascade-active mirrors at $RUNTIME_VERSION:$OK"