diff --git a/CODEBERG_PUSH_HANDOFF.md b/CODEBERG_PUSH_HANDOFF.md
index c2f4355..75da2ef 100644
--- a/CODEBERG_PUSH_HANDOFF.md
+++ b/CODEBERG_PUSH_HANDOFF.md
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
 
 Prepared local commits could not be pushed non-interactively.
 
-- Updated: `2026-08-22T03:01:26Z`
-- Local HEAD before this handoff refresh: `351a52e2614b72a5c49acfa15c1f59f2c4f641bd`
+- Updated: `2026-08-22T03:02:25Z`
+- Local branch at time of this handoff update: `main`, ahead of `origin/main`; run `git rev-parse HEAD` for the exact current local commit, because committing this note necessarily changes the final handoff commit SHA.
 - Included prepared feature commit: `1cbdc1e56a9509355643cbc7a079f8f6eed442a3`
 - Included handoff/docs commit: `5d53b16a779d4d662e9a66197eff8c6cc6418aec`
-- Included handoff refresh commit: `351a52e2614b72a5c49acfa15c1f59f2c4f641bd`
+- Included prior handoff refresh commit: `351a52e2614b72a5c49acfa15c1f59f2c4f641bd`
+- Included prior handoff auth-refresh commit: `9fdc564736011b33c11c08792b35ab30638a7057`
 - Intended branch: `origin/main`
-- Remote head observed before this run's push attempt: `40f7881afd766d82d2ccb40fa801d3bd9358c7c2`
-- Remote head observed after the prior push attempt: `40f7881afd766d82d2ccb40fa801d3bd9358c7c2`
-- Blocker observed before validation: `CODEBERG_TOKEN` is not present in this cron environment. HTTPS Git push must therefore rely on configured Git credentials, and prior non-interactive HTTPS pushes with prompts disabled failed with `fatal: could not read Username for 'https://codeberg.org': terminal prompts disabled`. The token value was not printed or stored because no token was available.
+- Remote head observed before this run's push attempts: `40f7881afd766d82d2ccb40fa801d3bd9358c7c2`
+- Remote head observed after this run's push attempts: `40f7881afd766d82d2ccb40fa801d3bd9358c7c2`
+- Push command attempted: `GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 git -c credential.helper= push origin HEAD:refs/heads/main`
+- Push exit: `128`
+- Blocker: `CODEBERG_TOKEN` is not present in this cron environment, and HTTPS Git push with prompts disabled failed with `fatal: could not read Username for 'https://codeberg.org': terminal prompts disabled`. The token value was not printed or stored because no token was available. Remote `origin/main` did not advance.
 
-Fresh validation required after this handoff refresh and before any further source changes or push claim:
+Fresh validation in this checkout before committing this handoff note:
 
 ```bash
 gcc -std=c99 src/claro.c -O0 -o claro -lm
@@ -23,13 +26,13 @@ python3 tools/validate_typecheck_diagnostics.py
 ./claro validate
 ```
 
-Latest auth / push verification commands to use after validation:
+Latest auth / push verification commands:
 
 ```bash
 GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 git -c credential.helper= push origin HEAD:refs/heads/main
 GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 git -c credential.helper= ls-remote origin refs/heads/main
 ```
 
-Result from the prior push attempt: push failed before authentication because no non-interactive Codeberg credentials were available; remote `main` remained at `40f7881afd766d82d2ccb40fa801d3bd9358c7c2`, not the local HEAD above.
+Result: push failed before authentication because no non-interactive Codeberg credentials were available; remote `main` remained at `40f7881afd766d82d2ccb40fa801d3bd9358c7c2`, not the local branch head.
 
-After writing or updating this handoff note, rerun validation before making more source changes or retrying the push.
+Do not start a new feature until the prepared local commits are pushed to Codeberg or the authentication blocker is resolved.