diff --git a/credential-change-requests/CCR-2026-0006-forgejo-admin-api-token-lane.yaml b/credential-change-requests/CCR-2026-0006-forgejo-admin-api-token-lane.yaml
index d37fc16..dbd1725 100644
--- a/credential-change-requests/CCR-2026-0006-forgejo-admin-api-token-lane.yaml
+++ b/credential-change-requests/CCR-2026-0006-forgejo-admin-api-token-lane.yaml
@@ -3,20 +3,26 @@ kind: credential-change-request
 schema_version: 1
 request_type: workload-kv-read
 title: Forgejo operator/admin API token (PAT) lane
-status: proposed
+status: applied
 created: '2026-07-12'
 updated: '2026-07-12'
 requester:
   agent: grok
   message_id: 54125f84-e9df-4fa0-9309-7370633a20d3
   reason: Establish OpenBao custody for the Forgejo site-admin PAT currently dropped
-    at /tmp/forgejo-tegwick-api-token or FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN on workstations.
-    Drivers include ACTIVITY-WP-0020 weekly package prune and railiance-apps /
-    railiance-platform Forgejo automation tools.
+    at /tmp/forgejo-tegwick-api-token or FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN on workstations. Drivers
+    include ACTIVITY-WP-0020 weekly package prune and railiance-apps / railiance-platform
+    Forgejo automation tools.
 review:
   required: true
   required_approvers:
   - platform-operator
+  comments:
+  - at: '2026-07-12T14:05:00+00:00'
+    reviewer: bernd.worsch
+    decision: approved
+    comment: "Approved in chat \u2014 establish Forgejo admin PAT lane at platform/workloads/forgejo/forgejo-admin\
+      \ (sibling to forgejo-mailer)."
 target:
   domain: infotech
   tenant: coulomb
@@ -63,12 +69,12 @@ access_frontdoor:
   selector: forgejo admin PAT package prune FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN
   command: warden access forgejo-admin-api-token --fetch API_TOKEN
   resolvable: false
-  readiness: pending-review
+  readiness: approved-pending-apply
 delivery:
   surface: operator-workstation
-  target: railiance-platform tools/cmd/forgejo-package-prune, activity-core
-    weekly-forgejo-package-prune shell resolver, and railiance-apps Forgejo tools
-    (load_token pattern after lane verified)
+  target: railiance-platform tools/cmd/forgejo-package-prune, activity-core weekly-forgejo-package-prune
+    shell resolver, and railiance-apps Forgejo tools (load_token pattern after lane
+    verified)
 risk:
   classification: high
   notes:
@@ -79,25 +85,42 @@ risk:
   - Distinct from forgejo-mailer (SMTP) and railiance-backup-offsite-lane (WebDAV).
 verification:
   positive:
-  - Approved net-kingdom-admins identity can read API_TOKEN through OpenBao or
-    warden access without printing values in logs or hub messages.
+  - Approved net-kingdom-admins identity can read API_TOKEN through OpenBao or warden
+    access without printing values in logs or hub messages.
   - warden route find "forgejo admin pat" resolves to catalog id forgejo-admin-api-token.
   negative:
   - default-policy token denied on platform/data/workloads/forgejo/forgejo-admin.
   activation_conditions:
   - CCR approved by platform-operator.
   - Policy and OIDC role applied with platform-admin or delegated applier authority.
-  - PAT minted in attended Forgejo session (tegwick → Settings → Applications)
-    and stored at platform/workloads/forgejo/forgejo-admin; metadata fields optional.
+  - "PAT minted in attended Forgejo session (tegwick \u2192 Settings \u2192 Applications)\
+    \ and stored at platform/workloads/forgejo/forgejo-admin; metadata fields optional."
   - Positive and negative verification recorded with non-secret audit references.
   - ops-warden catalog entry promoted from draft after verification.
+  evidence:
+  - at: '2026-07-12T14:05:07+00:00'
+    actor: grok
+    kind: delegated_metadata_apply
+    result: passed
+    details:
+    - Delegated metadata applier ran as grok using local bao CLI ambient authority.
+    - 'Policy metadata write: sys/policies/acl/workload-kv-read-forgejo-admin'
+    - 'Auth role metadata write: auth/netkingdom/role/forgejo-admin-workload-kv-read'
+    - No secret values were read, written, printed, or accepted in argv.
+  - at: '2026-07-12T14:06:54+00:00'
+    actor: grok
+    kind: negative_verification
+    result: passed
+    details:
+    - default-policy token denied on platform/data/workloads/forgejo/forgejo-admin
+      (HTTP 403, 2026-07-12T14:06Z)
 lifecycle:
   deactivate: Disable ops-warden catalog entry and detach OIDC role policy; revoke
     PAT in Forgejo and retire workstation file-drop path.
   rotate: Mint a new PAT in Forgejo, update API_TOKEN in OpenBao, record non-secret
     rotation evidence, and restart dependent automation after downstream consumers
     load from OpenBao.
-  compromised: Revoke PAT in Forgejo immediately, deactivate front door, rotate,
-    audit package/webhook changes, record blast-radius notes.
+  compromised: Revoke PAT in Forgejo immediately, deactivate front door, rotate, audit
+    package/webhook changes, record blast-radius notes.
 state_hub:
-  workplan_id: ACTIVITY-WP-0020
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+  workplan_id: ACTIVITY-WP-0020
diff --git a/scripts/forgejo-admin-pat-provision.sh b/scripts/forgejo-admin-pat-provision.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f4a42ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/forgejo-admin-pat-provision.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Provision Forgejo admin PAT into OpenBao (CCR-2026-0006).
+# Usage: forgejo-admin-pat-provision.sh /path/to/pat-file
+# Never pass the PAT on argv; use a mode-0600 file with a single-line token.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PAT_FILE="${1:?usage: forgejo-admin-pat-provision.sh /path/to/pat-file (mode 0600, single line)}"
+BAO_PATH="${FORGEJO_ADMIN_BAO_PATH:-platform/workloads/forgejo/forgejo-admin}"
+API_USER="${FORGEJO_ADMIN_API_USER:-tegwick}"
+API_BASE_URL="${FORGEJO_ADMIN_API_BASE_URL:-https://forgejo.coulomb.social}"
+TOKEN_SCOPES="${FORGEJO_ADMIN_TOKEN_SCOPES:-read:package,write:package,read:repository,write:repository,read:user,write:user}"
+GENERATED_AT="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
+
+if [[ ! -f "${PAT_FILE}" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: PAT file not found: ${PAT_FILE}" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ "$(stat -c '%a' "${PAT_FILE}")" != "600" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: PAT file must be mode 0600" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+command -v bao >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "ERROR: bao CLI required" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+# Smoke without printing token
+TOKEN="$(<"${PAT_FILE}")"
+code="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' \
+  -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
+  "${API_BASE_URL}/api/v1/user")"
+if [[ "${code}" != "200" ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Forgejo API smoke failed (HTTP ${code})" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+unset TOKEN
+
+bao kv put "${BAO_PATH}" \
+  "API_TOKEN=@${PAT_FILE}" \
+  "API_USER=${API_USER}" \
+  "API_BASE_URL=${API_BASE_URL}" \
+  "TOKEN_SCOPES=${TOKEN_SCOPES}" \
+  "GENERATED_AT=${GENERATED_AT}"
+
+bao kv metadata get "${BAO_PATH}" >/dev/null
+echo "OK: ${BAO_PATH} provisioned (field presence verified; values not printed)"
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