diff --git a/docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T01-dark-deployment-preflight-2026-08-22.md b/docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T01-dark-deployment-preflight-2026-08-22.md
index 5ed360b..538cd7a 100644
--- a/docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T01-dark-deployment-preflight-2026-08-22.md
+++ b/docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T01-dark-deployment-preflight-2026-08-22.md
@@ -72,3 +72,26 @@ written to a repository. State Hub handoffs:
 
 `T01` remains in progress until those gates are satisfied, the dark workload is
 healthy on PostgreSQL, and a restore is verified against the deployed topology.
+
+## Post-preflight status
+
+Later on 2026-08-22, the Forgejo package gate was completed and the package was
+registered. A namespace-first apply correction passed five package tests and a
+server-side dry-run, then was published as `rapp-sbom-nexus` commit `dd110d1`.
+
+The database owner accepted the declaration under `RAPP-POSTGRES-WP-0005`
+(State Hub workplan `d6d36add-27d9-5b5d-b6fe-ce80eb7b6dab`). The distinct
+`platform-pg-2` cell and bootstrap secret were created and the cell reached 1/1
+Ready. Acceptance remains blocked because:
+
+- Warden still requires the attended founder act for the OpenBao connection,
+  dynamic runtime/migration roles, exact two-path policy, and renewable parent
+  token;
+- continuous archiving is `False` and the first base backup is
+  `walArchivingFailing`; the value-safe pod log reports S3 `HeadBucket` 403 for
+  the governed `platform-pg-2` prefix.
+
+The backup diagnosis and request for a successful base backup plus scratch
+restore were sent to `rapp-postgres` as message
+`31b72f4b-fcf8-4454-82b7-2dbf325c573e`. The SBOM Nexus workload remains
+undeployed and no caller ingress is enabled.
diff --git a/docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T02-repository-projection-rehearsal-2026-08-22.md b/docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T02-repository-projection-rehearsal-2026-08-22.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abaa871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T02-repository-projection-rehearsal-2026-08-22.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# SBOM-WP-0002-T02 repository projection rehearsal — 2026-08-22
+
+## Result
+
+The projection-only synchronization path is implemented and rehearsed against
+an isolated SBOM Nexus database. It does not scan repositories, invoke an
+ingest route, or create snapshots.
+
+## Source and selection
+
+The current Repo Manager compatibility projection was read from State Hub's
+`GET /repos/` boundary using explicit host id `bnt-lap001`:
+
+| Measure | Result |
+| --- | ---: |
+| Source repositories | 120 |
+| Active | 116 |
+| Inactive | 4 |
+| Selected checkout path | 120 |
+
+The dry-run used an intentionally unreachable target URL and still completed,
+proving that dry-run does not contact or mutate the Nexus target.
+
+## Apply rehearsal
+
+An ephemeral SQLite-backed Nexus on `127.0.0.1:18010` received the projection:
+
+- 120 upserts;
+- 120 exact active/path matches on read-back;
+- zero missing, mismatched, or extra target repositories;
+- zero SBOM ingest calls and zero snapshots.
+
+The bounded catch-up query with `limit=3` returned exactly three of 116 active,
+never-attempted repositories, ordered deterministically by slug:
+`activity-core`, `adaptive-pricing`, and `agent-harness`. The response reported
+`selected_count=3`, `never_count=116`, `stale_count=116`, and
+`total_count=116`.
+
+Production apply remains gated on the dark PostgreSQL runtime in
+`SBOM-WP-0002-T01`.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `uv run ruff check src tests scripts`: pass
+- `uv run pytest -q`: 15 passed, 1 conditional PostgreSQL skip
+- projection dry-run: 120 would-upsert, target not contacted
+- projection apply/read-back: 120/120 matched
+- bounded catch-up: 3/3 selected in deterministic order
diff --git a/docs/operator-guide.md b/docs/operator-guide.md
index eb4275f..66becc4 100644
--- a/docs/operator-guide.md
+++ b/docs/operator-guide.md
@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ operation.
 
 ## Import State Hub history
 
+Synchronize the minimum repository identity/path projection first. This command
+does not call an ingest endpoint or create an SBOM snapshot:
+
+```bash
+uv run python scripts/sync_repository_projections.py \
+  --source-url http://127.0.0.1:8000 \
+  --target-url http://127.0.0.1:8010 \
+  --host-id bnt-lap001 \
+  --dry-run
+```
+
+Remove `--dry-run` only after the target is deployed. The apply path upserts all
+active and inactive records, then reads them back and fails on a missing or
+mismatched active/path projection. Extra target rows are reported but retained.
+
 Run a read-only preview first:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/scripts/sync_repository_projections.py b/scripts/sync_repository_projections.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e27e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sync_repository_projections.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Synchronize Repo Manager repository projections into SBOM Nexus."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import urllib.error
+
+from sbom_nexus.projection import sync_repository_projections
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--source-url", default="http://127.0.0.1:8000")
+    parser.add_argument("--target-url", default="http://127.0.0.1:8010")
+    parser.add_argument("--host-id")
+    parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    try:
+        result = sync_repository_projections(
+            args.source_url,
+            args.target_url,
+            dry_run=args.dry_run,
+            host_id=args.host_id,
+        )
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
+        raise SystemExit(f"Projection sync failed: {exc}") from exc
+    print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))
+    if not result["ok"]:
+        raise SystemExit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/src/sbom_nexus/projection.py b/src/sbom_nexus/projection.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deca0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sbom_nexus/projection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+"""Synchronize the minimum repository projection used by SBOM Nexus."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import socket
+import urllib.parse
+from collections import Counter
+from typing import Any
+
+from sbom_nexus.importer import request_json
+
+
+def _checkout_path(repo: dict[str, Any], host_id: str | None) -> str | None:
+    host_paths = repo.get("host_paths") or {}
+    selected_host = host_id or socket.gethostname()
+    return host_paths.get(selected_host) or repo.get("local_path")
+
+
+def sync_repository_projections(
+    source_url: str,
+    target_url: str,
+    *,
+    dry_run: bool,
+    host_id: str | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Upsert repository identity/path projections without scanning or ingesting."""
+    repositories = request_json(source_url, "/repos/")
+    projections: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    statuses = Counter()
+    for repo in repositories:
+        slug = repo["slug"]
+        if slug in projections:
+            return {
+                "ok": False,
+                "dry_run": dry_run,
+                "source_repo_count": len(repositories),
+                "error": f"duplicate repository slug: {slug}",
+            }
+        active = repo.get("status", "active") == "active"
+        checkout_path = _checkout_path(repo, host_id)
+        projections[slug] = {
+            "slug": slug,
+            "active": active,
+            "checkout_path": checkout_path,
+        }
+        statuses["active" if active else "inactive"] += 1
+        statuses["with_checkout_path" if checkout_path else "without_checkout_path"] += 1
+
+    if dry_run:
+        return {
+            "ok": True,
+            "dry_run": True,
+            "host_id": host_id or socket.gethostname(),
+            "source_repo_count": len(projections),
+            "counts": dict(statuses),
+            "would_upsert": len(projections),
+            "reconciliation": None,
+        }
+
+    for slug, projection in sorted(projections.items()):
+        request_json(
+            target_url,
+            f"/repositories/{urllib.parse.quote(slug, safe='')}",
+            method="PUT",
+            body={
+                "active": projection["active"],
+                "checkout_path": projection["checkout_path"],
+            },
+        )
+
+    target_repositories = {
+        repo["slug"]: repo for repo in request_json(target_url, "/repositories/")
+    }
+    missing = sorted(set(projections) - set(target_repositories))
+    mismatched = []
+    for slug in sorted(set(projections) & set(target_repositories)):
+        expected = projections[slug]
+        actual = target_repositories[slug]
+        differences = {
+            field: {"source": expected[field], "target": actual.get(field)}
+            for field in ("active", "checkout_path")
+            if expected[field] != actual.get(field)
+        }
+        if differences:
+            mismatched.append({"repo_slug": slug, "differences": differences})
+
+    reconciliation = {
+        "ok": not missing and not mismatched,
+        "matched_repo_count": len(projections) - len(missing) - len(mismatched),
+        "missing_repo_slugs": missing,
+        "mismatched_repositories": mismatched,
+        "extra_target_repo_slugs": sorted(set(target_repositories) - set(projections)),
+    }
+    return {
+        "ok": reconciliation["ok"],
+        "dry_run": False,
+        "host_id": host_id or socket.gethostname(),
+        "source_repo_count": len(projections),
+        "counts": dict(statuses),
+        "upserted": len(projections),
+        "reconciliation": reconciliation,
+    }
diff --git a/tests/test_projection.py b/tests/test_projection.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..874664a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_projection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from sbom_nexus import projection
+
+
+def test_projection_sync_is_projection_only_and_reconciles(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    source = [
+        {
+            "slug": "active-repo",
+            "status": "active",
+            "local_path": "/fallback/active",
+            "host_paths": {"build-host": "/repos/active"},
+        },
+        {
+            "slug": "retired-repo",
+            "status": "retired",
+            "local_path": "/repos/retired",
+        },
+    ]
+    target: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    calls: list[tuple[str, str, str]] = []
+
+    def fake_request(
+        base_url: str,
+        path: str,
+        *,
+        method: str = "GET",
+        body: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> Any:
+        calls.append((base_url, method, path))
+        if base_url == "source" and path == "/repos/":
+            return source
+        if base_url == "target" and method == "PUT":
+            assert body is not None
+            slug = path.rsplit("/", 1)[1]
+            target[slug] = {"slug": slug, **body}
+            return target[slug]
+        if base_url == "target" and path == "/repositories/":
+            return list(target.values())
+        raise AssertionError((base_url, method, path))
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(projection, "request_json", fake_request)
+    result = projection.sync_repository_projections(
+        "source", "target", dry_run=False, host_id="build-host"
+    )
+
+    assert result["ok"] is True
+    assert result["source_repo_count"] == 2
+    assert result["counts"] == {
+        "active": 1,
+        "with_checkout_path": 2,
+        "inactive": 1,
+    }
+    assert result["reconciliation"]["matched_repo_count"] == 2
+    assert target["active-repo"]["checkout_path"] == "/repos/active"
+    assert target["retired-repo"]["active"] is False
+    assert all("/sbom/" not in path for _, _, path in calls)
+
+
+def test_projection_dry_run_does_not_contact_target(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    def fake_request(
+        base_url: str,
+        path: str,
+        *,
+        method: str = "GET",
+        body: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> Any:
+        assert base_url == "source"
+        assert method == "GET"
+        assert path == "/repos/"
+        return [{"slug": "demo", "status": "active", "local_path": "/repos/demo"}]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(projection, "request_json", fake_request)
+    result = projection.sync_repository_projections(
+        "source", "unreachable-target", dry_run=True, host_id="build-host"
+    )
+
+    assert result["ok"] is True
+    assert result["would_upsert"] == 1
+    assert result["reconciliation"] is None
diff --git a/workplans/SBOM-WP-0002-production-cutover.md b/workplans/SBOM-WP-0002-production-cutover.md
index 61d4369..fb7753c 100644
--- a/workplans/SBOM-WP-0002-production-cutover.md
+++ b/workplans/SBOM-WP-0002-production-cutover.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ id: SBOM-WP-0002-T01
 status: progress
 priority: high
 needs_human: true
-intervention_note: "Warden requires operator OIDC/MFA for first rapp-sbom-nexus Forgejo repository creation and one-time secret provisioning for platform-pg-2/OpenBao."
+intervention_note: "Warden requires an attended founder act for the first platform-pg-2 OpenBao database connection, SBOM Nexus dynamic roles/policies, and renewable External Secrets parent token. The database owner must also repair the governed backup credential/policy after a live S3 HeadBucket 403."
 state_hub_task_id: "95a520d4-30c2-5c87-8054-6bfe549c2686"
 ```
 
@@ -47,12 +47,15 @@ deploy the API without callers, and capture health plus backup/restore evidence.
 Image publication, package rendering, family validation, and server-side dry-run
 are complete; see
 `docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T01-dark-deployment-preflight-2026-08-22.md`.
+The overflow cell is now 1/1 Ready, but continuous archiving and its first base
+backup fail closed on an S3 `HeadBucket` 403. Database-owner work is tracked by
+`RAPP-POSTGRES-WP-0005`; no caller or Nexus runtime has been enabled.
 
 ## Synchronize repository projections
 
 ```task
 id: SBOM-WP-0002-T02
-status: todo
+status: progress
 priority: high
 state_hub_task_id: "22cbb75f-d82f-5b47-9fef-27bde3b410d5"
 ```
@@ -60,6 +63,13 @@ state_hub_task_id: "22cbb75f-d82f-5b47-9fef-27bde3b410d5"
 Populate active repository identity and host checkout paths from Repo Manager.
 Verify fleet totals and catch-up ordering without performing ingest.
 
+The projection-only synchronizer and reconciliation contract are implemented.
+Its dry-run never contacts the Nexus target and no code path calls an SBOM
+ingest route. Production apply and catch-up ordering proof wait for the dark
+runtime from T01. The isolated rehearsal reconciled all 120 source projections
+and selected exactly the oldest three of 116 active repositories; see
+`docs/evidence/SBOM-WP-0002-T02-repository-projection-rehearsal-2026-08-22.md`.
+
 ## Import and reconcile State Hub history
 
 ```task