diff --git a/docs/triage/bounded_gh_get.sh b/docs/triage/bounded_gh_get.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Bounded one-shot REST GETs for the shared-account CI lane.
+#
+# Usage: bounded_gh_get.sh OUTDIR name:api/path [name:api/path ...]
+#
+# One GET per item, in order. The WHOLE batch stops (exit 75) at the first
+# response that is HTTP 403/429 or reports X-RateLimit-Remaining: 0, after
+# saving that response and its reset/Retry-After headers to OUTDIR/STOP.
+# Items after the stop are never requested. Do not retry, loop, or switch to
+# another API (e.g. GraphQL) to get around an exhausted quota; wait until
+# the recorded reset time.
+set -u
+out=$1; shift
+mkdir -p "$out"
+hdr() { grep -i "^$1:" "$2" | head -1 | cut -d: -f2- | tr -d ' \r'; }
+# A label is one output stem inside OUTDIR. It may contain only ASCII letters,
+# digits, '.', '_', and '-', and it must not be empty or contain a '..' segment.
+# That charset also keeps the duplicate scan below from treating the label as a glob.
+safe_name() {
+  case "$1" in
+    ''|*..*|*[!A-Za-z0-9._-]*) return 1 ;;
+  esac
+  return 0
+}
+seen_names=""
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+  item=$1; shift
+  name=${item%%:*}; path=${item#*:}
+  # Domain invariant: name must be a plain filename component, not a path.
+  if ! safe_name "$name"; then
+    echo "STOP: unsafe name '$name' (want one [A-Za-z0-9._-] stem without '..')" >&2
+    exit 2
+  fi
+  # Domain invariant: each name must be unique within a batch run.
+  case " $seen_names " in
+    *" $name "*)
+      echo "STOP: duplicate name '$name' — each batch name must be unique" >&2
+      exit 2
+      ;;
+  esac
+  seen_names="$seen_names $name"
+  gh api -i "$path" > "$out/$name.raw" 2> "$out/$name.err"; rc=$?
+  status=$(head -1 "$out/$name.raw" | awk '{print $2}')
+  rem=$(hdr x-ratelimit-remaining "$out/$name.raw")
+  reset=$(hdr x-ratelimit-reset "$out/$name.raw")
+  retry=$(hdr retry-after "$out/$name.raw")
+  req=$(hdr x-github-request-id "$out/$name.raw")
+  line="$name http=${status:-none} rc=$rc req=${req:-none} remaining=${rem:-none} reset=${reset:-none} retry_after=${retry:-none}"
+  echo "$line"
+  if [ "$status" = 403 ] || [ "$status" = 429 ] || [ "$rem" = 0 ]; then
+    reset_utc=$( [ -n "$reset" ] && date -u -r "$reset" +%FT%TZ 2>/dev/null || date -u -d "@$reset" +%FT%TZ 2>/dev/null || echo none)
+    printf '%s\nnot_requested=%s\nreset_utc=%s\n' "$line" "$*" "$reset_utc" > "$out/STOP"
+    echo "STOP: quota/limit response on $name; reset_utc=$reset_utc retry_after=${retry:-none}; remaining items not requested" >&2
+    exit 75
+  fi
+  if [ "$rc" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "STOP: non-success on $name (rc=$rc)" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/docs/triage/test_bounded_gh_get.sh b/docs/triage/test_bounded_gh_get.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Offline regression for bounded_gh_get.sh. No network access.
+#
+# Stop conditions tested independently:
+#   first403     - HTTP 403 on first call  -> exit 75, 1 call
+#   first429     - HTTP 429 on first call  -> exit 75, 1 call (429 independent)
+#   rem0         - HTTP 200 but remaining=0 -> exit 75, 1 call (stop on quota)
+#   second403    - 200 then 403            -> exit 75, 2 calls
+# Domain-invariant tests:
+#   traversal    - a dot-dot label must exit 2 before any gh call
+#   slash/star/  - labels that are not a single safe filename stem exit 2
+#     space/empty  before any gh call and write nothing outside OUTDIR
+#   duplicate    - the second copy of a name exits 2 before a second gh call
+set -u
+here=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
+tmp=$(mktemp -d); trap 'rm -rf "${tmp:?}"' EXIT
+mkdir "$tmp/bin"
+cat > "$tmp/bin/gh" << 'MOCK'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo call >> "$GH_MOCK_LOG"
+n=$(wc -l < "$GH_MOCK_LOG" | tr -d ' ')
+case "$GH_MOCK_MODE" in
+  first403)
+    printf 'HTTP/2.0 403 Forbidden\r\nX-Github-Request-Id: MOCK:%s\r\nX-Ratelimit-Remaining: 42\r\nX-Ratelimit-Reset: 1789975342\r\nRetry-After: 60\r\n\r\n{"message":"API rate limit exceeded"}\n' "$n"
+    exit 1 ;;
+  first429)
+    printf 'HTTP/2.0 429 Too Many Requests\r\nX-Github-Request-Id: MOCK:%s\r\nX-Ratelimit-Remaining: 42\r\nX-Ratelimit-Reset: 1789975342\r\nRetry-After: 60\r\n\r\n{"message":"Too many requests"}\n' "$n"
+    exit 1 ;;
+  rem0)
+    printf 'HTTP/2.0 200 OK\r\nX-Github-Request-Id: MOCK:%s\r\nX-Ratelimit-Remaining: 0\r\nX-Ratelimit-Reset: 1789975342\r\n\r\n{}\n' "$n"
+    ;;
+  second403)
+    if [ "$n" -ge 2 ]; then
+      printf 'HTTP/2.0 403 Forbidden\r\nX-Github-Request-Id: MOCK:%s\r\nX-Ratelimit-Remaining: 0\r\nX-Ratelimit-Reset: 1789975342\r\nRetry-After: 60\r\n\r\n{"message":"API rate limit exceeded"}\n' "$n"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    printf 'HTTP/2.0 200 OK\r\nX-Github-Request-Id: MOCK:%s\r\nX-Ratelimit-Remaining: 42\r\n\r\n{}\n' "$n" ;;
+  success)
+    printf 'HTTP/2.0 200 OK\r\nX-Github-Request-Id: MOCK:%s\r\nX-Ratelimit-Remaining: 42\r\n\r\n{}\n' "$n" ;;
+esac
+MOCK
+chmod +x "$tmp/bin/gh"
+fail=0
+check() { # mode expected_exit expected_calls expected_not_requested
+  : > "$tmp/log"
+  PATH="$tmp/bin:$PATH" GH_MOCK_LOG="$tmp/log" GH_MOCK_MODE=$1 \
+    "$here/bounded_gh_get.sh" "$tmp/out-$1" a:x b:y c:z > /dev/null 2>&1; rc=$?
+  calls=$(wc -l < "$tmp/log" | tr -d ' ')
+  if [ "$rc" != "$2" ] || [ "$calls" != "$3" ] || ! grep -q 'reset_utc=2026-09-21T07:22:22Z' "$tmp/out-$1/STOP" \
+     || ! grep -qx "not_requested=$4" "$tmp/out-$1/STOP"; then
+    echo "FAIL mode=$1 rc=$rc calls=$calls"; fail=1
+  else
+    echo "ok mode=$1 rc=$rc calls=$calls"
+  fi
+}
+check first403  75 1 "b:y c:z"   # HTTP 403 with remaining=42 stops; remaining is not the cause
+check first429  75 1 "b:y c:z"   # HTTP 429 with remaining=42 stops on its own branch
+check rem0      75 1 "b:y c:z"   # remaining=0 stops a HTTP 200 before later items
+check second403 75 2 "c:z"       # 200 then 403 -> 2 calls, third never requested
+
+: > "$tmp/log"
+PATH="$tmp/bin:$PATH" GH_MOCK_LOG="$tmp/log" GH_MOCK_MODE=success \
+  "$here/bounded_gh_get.sh" "$tmp/out-success" 'ok.name_1:api/one' b:y c:z > /dev/null 2>&1
+rc_ok=$?
+calls_ok=$(wc -l < "$tmp/log" | tr -d ' ')
+if [ "$rc_ok" = 0 ] && [ "$calls_ok" = 3 ] && [ ! -f "$tmp/out-success/STOP" ] \
+   && [ -f "$tmp/out-success/ok.name_1.raw" ]; then
+  echo "ok success rc=$rc_ok calls=$calls_ok"
+else
+  echo "FAIL success rc=$rc_ok calls=$calls_ok (expected rc=0 calls=3 no-STOP)"; fail=1
+fi
+
+# Domain-invariant: an unsafe label must fail before any gh call and must not
+# create a file outside the caller-supplied OUTDIR.
+reject_label() { # tag label
+  : > "$tmp/log"
+  PATH="$tmp/bin:$PATH" GH_MOCK_LOG="$tmp/log" GH_MOCK_MODE=success \
+    "$here/bounded_gh_get.sh" "$tmp/out-$1" "$2" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  rc_label=$?
+  calls_label=$(wc -l < "$tmp/log" | tr -d ' ')
+  if [ "$rc_label" = 2 ] && [ "$calls_label" = 0 ] && [ ! -e "$tmp/out-$1/STOP" ] \
+     && [ ! -e "$tmp/outside.raw" ]; then
+    echo "ok reject $1 rc=$rc_label calls=$calls_label"
+  else
+    echo "FAIL reject $1 rc=$rc_label calls=$calls_label (expected rc=2 calls=0)"
+    fail=1
+  fi
+}
+reject_label traversal '../outside:api/path'
+reject_label slash 'nested/evil:api/path'
+reject_label dotdot '..:api/path'
+reject_label star '*:api/path'
+reject_label space 'a b:api/path'
+reject_label empty ':api/path'
+
+# Domain-invariant: duplicate name must fail without overwriting the first result.
+# The first 'a:x' is legitimately fetched (1 call), then 'a:y' is rejected
+# with exit 2 before it can overwrite a.raw — so calls=1, rc=2, no STOP file.
+: > "$tmp/log"
+PATH="$tmp/bin:$PATH" GH_MOCK_LOG="$tmp/log" GH_MOCK_MODE=success \
+  "$here/bounded_gh_get.sh" "$tmp/out-dup" a:x a:y > /dev/null 2>&1; rc_dup=$?
+calls_dup=$(wc -l < "$tmp/log" | tr -d ' ')
+if [ "$rc_dup" = 2 ] && [ "$calls_dup" = 1 ] && [ ! -f "$tmp/out-dup/STOP" ]; then
+  echo "ok duplicate rc=$rc_dup calls=$calls_dup (overwrite prevented, no STOP file)"
+else
+  echo "FAIL duplicate rc=$rc_dup calls=$calls_dup stop_exists=$([ -f "$tmp/out-dup/STOP" ] && echo yes || echo no) (expected rc=2 calls=1 no-STOP)"; fail=1
+fi
+
+exit $fail