chore: update badge URLs to commit d547d1fa [skip ci]

.gitea/workflows/post-merge.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ name: Post-merge
 on:
   push:
     branches: [master]
+  # Implements: REQ-1 — manual recovery when a [skip ci] squash title
+  # suppresses the push-triggered post-merge run.
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: post-merge-${{ github.ref }}

.vale/styles/Readability/LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Joseph Kato
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

.vale/styles/Readability/Polysyllables.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# The words behind a SMOG or Gunning fog score: each one of three or more
+# syllables. The scores say a paragraph reads hard; this says which words
+# made it so. Syllables are counted by vowel groups, with the silent e and
+# the -ed and -es endings taken off, which agrees with the scores' count on
+# nearly every word and errs on the long side for the rest.
+#
+# A suggestion, since a paragraph can carry a few. Turn it on while bringing
+# a score down, and off again after. See issue 8.
+extends: script
+message: "'%s' has three or more syllables. It counts toward the SMOG and Gunning fog scores."
+link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMOG
+level: suggestion
+scope: paragraph
+script: |
+  text := import("text")
+
+  matches := []
+  for m in text.re_find(`[A-Za-z]+(?:'[A-Za-z]+)?`, scope, -1) {
+    w := text.to_lower(m[0].text)
+    if len(w) < 5 {
+      continue
+    }
+    groups := text.re_find(`[aeiouy]+`, w, -1)
+    n := groups == undefined ? 0 : len(groups)
+    if text.has_suffix(w, "e") && !text.has_suffix(w, "le") && !text.has_suffix(w, "ee") {
+      n--
+    }
+    if text.has_suffix(w, "ed") && !text.re_match(`[td]ed$`, w) {
+      n--
+    }
+    if text.has_suffix(w, "es") && !text.re_match(`[sxz]es$|[cs]hes$`, w) {
+      n--
+    }
+    if n >= 3 {
+      matches = append(matches, {begin: m[0].begin, end: m[0].end})
+    }
+  }
+

.vale/styles/Readability/meta.json

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "feed": "https://github.com/errata-ai/Readability/releases.atom",
+  "feed": "https://github.com/vale-cli/readability/releases.atom",
-  "vale_version": ">=2.13.0"
+  "vale_version": ">=2.13.0",
+  "license_files": [
+    "LICENSE"
+  ]
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.56.0] - 2026-09-30
+
+### Features
+
+- *(molecule)* Log lease owner and UTC expiry on emission
+
+## [0.55.5] - 2026-09-28
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Strip [skip ci] tokens and prefer newest commit in squash titles
+
 ## [0.55.4] - 2026-09-23
 
 ### Bug Fixes

README.md

@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ quality badges.
 
 [![CI](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
 [![License: GPL-3.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL--3.0-blue)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/src/branch/master/LICENSE)
-[![Coverage](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/coverage.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
+[![Coverage](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/coverage.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
-[![Tests](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/tests.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
+[![Tests](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/tests.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
-[![Docs](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/docs.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/wiki)
+[![Docs](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/docs.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/wiki)
-[![Code Quality](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/quality.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
+[![Code Quality](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/quality.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
-[![Version](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/version.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/releases)
+[![Version](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/version.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/releases)
-[![Python](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/python.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+[![Python](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/python.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 
 ## Why devx?
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ extra index and list devx in your dependencies:
 ```toml
 [project]
 dependencies = [
-    "devx>=0.55.4",
+    "devx>=0.56.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.pip]
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ pip install -e .
 ```
 
 > **Note:** If your project requires a specific devx version, pin it in
-> `dependencies` (for example, `"devx==0.55.4"`) or use a version constraint
+> `dependencies` (for example, `"devx==0.56.0"`) or use a version constraint
-> (for example, `"devx>=0.55.4,<0.56"`).
+> (for example, `"devx>=0.56.0,<0.57"`).
 
 ### Optional extras
 

docs/index.md

@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ project to be reusable across all oblachno-oss repositories.
 
 [![CI](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
 [![License: GPL-3.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL--3.0-blue)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/src/branch/master/LICENSE)
-[![Coverage](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/coverage.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
+[![Coverage](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/coverage.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
-[![Tests](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/tests.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
+[![Tests](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/tests.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
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+[![Docs](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/docs.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/wiki)
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+[![Code Quality](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/quality.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/actions)
-[![Version](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/version.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/releases)
+[![Version](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/version.svg)](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/releases)
-[![Python](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/4422c70b23b4a707c24ab91f80bb4fd2e2fff921/python.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+[![Python](https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/oblachno-oss/devx/raw/commit/d547d1fa4d0c2508a5ce794ba7747f6935ffca65/python.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ Add devx to your `pyproject.toml` dependencies and configure the registry:
 ```toml
 [project]
 dependencies = [
-    "devx>=0.55.4",
+    "devx>=0.56.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.pip]
 extra-index-url = "https://git.oblachno.oblachno.fyi/api/packages/oblachno-oss/pypi/simple"
 ```
 
-Pin a specific version if needed: `"devx==0.55.4"` or `"devx>=0.55.4,<0.56"`.
+Pin a specific version if needed: `"devx==0.56.0"` or `"devx>=0.56.0,<0.57"`.
 
 ### Optional extras
 

docs/specs/DEVX-178.md

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# DEVX-178: PLAYBOOK_ROLE_MAP entry for deploy-controller playbook
+
+## Problem
+
+OBL-INFRA-655 adds the `deploy-controller.yml` playbook in the infra repo to the infra
+repo (drives the new `deploy_controller` role). The infra molecule
+coverage guard (`test_every_playbook_is_mapped`) requires every playbook
+under `ansible/playbooks/` to appear in `PLAYBOOK_ROLE_MAP`. Without the
+entry, the guard fails and unmapped playbooks fail open to all testable
+roles — correct but wasteful.
+
+## Approach
+
+REQ-1: Add a `deploy-controller.yml` → `['deploy_controller']` entry
+to `PLAYBOOK_ROLE_MAP` in `src/devx/molecule/molecule_changed.py` so
+changes to the playbook select the `deploy_controller` molecule scenario.
+
+## Test Plan
+
+- Existing `test_molecule_changed.py` mapping tests cover new entries
+  generically; add an explicit assertion that the deploy-controller
+  playbook maps to `deploy_controller`.
+- `make pytest-cov` (100% gate), `make lint-all`.
+
+## Deploy Plan
+
+Merge → devx release publishes automatically → infra dep-PR bumps the
+pin; the mapping takes effect on the next infra CI run.
+
+## Rollback Plan
+
+Revert the squash commit; infra playbook falls back to fail-open all-role
+selection (safe, slower).
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [x] REQ-1: the deploy-controller playbook key maps to `["deploy_controller"]` in `PLAYBOOK_ROLE_MAP`.
+- [x] Unit test pins the mapping; 100% coverage maintained.

docs/specs/DEVX-179.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# DEVX-179: auto-merge must never select `[skip ci]` squash titles
+
+## Problem
+
+PR #351 squash-merged as `DEVX-178: chore: update badge URLs to commit
+4422c70b [skip ci]`. `extract_conventional_msg` picked a commit subject
+carrying `[skip ci]` — a master badge commit surfaced in the PR's commit
+list after force-push/amend rewrote branch history. The resulting merge
+commit suppressed the post-merge push run: no release, no publish, no
+wiki sync, no Vikunja close.
+
+PR #352 shows the secondary defect: two `ci:` commits on the branch and
+the older one won the tie, so the squash title described a throwaway
+retrigger commit instead of the real change.
+
+## Approach
+
+REQ-1: Subjects containing `[skip ci]`, `[ci skip]`, or `[skip actions]`
+(case-insensitive) are ineligible merge titles. They are excluded before
+priority scoring, so a badge/chore/`[skip ci]` commit can never suppress
+the post-merge pipeline again.
+
+REQ-2: Equal-priority ties resolve to the newest commit in the returned
+list (Gitea returns PR commits newest-first; iterate in returned order
+and keep the first best candidate).
+
+## Test Plan
+
+- `test_auto_merge.py`: commits `[ci retrigger, badge-chore-skipci]` →
+  the `ci` subject wins; commits `[older-ci, newer-ci]` → newest wins;
+  all commits `[skip ci]` → falls back to newest non-skipped subject.
+- `make pytest-cov` (100% gate), `make lint-all`.
+
+## Deploy Plan
+
+Merge as `fix:` → post-merge cuts a release that also ships DEVX-178's
+PLAYBOOK_ROLE_MAP entry.
+
+## Rollback Plan
+
+Revert the squash commit; extract behavior returns to the previous
+(unhardened) selection.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [x] REQ-1: `[skip ci]`/`[ci skip]`/`[skip actions]` subjects are never
+  selected.
+- [x] REQ-2: Equal-priority ties pick the newest commit.
+- [x] Unit tests cover both; 100% coverage maintained.

docs/specs/DEVX-180.md

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# DEVX-180: Add workflow_dispatch trigger to post-merge workflow
+
+## Problem
+
+When auto-merge produces a `[skip ci]` squash title (DEVX-179), the
+post-merge push run is suppressed — release, publish, wiki sync, Vikunja
+close, and badges are all skipped with no manual recovery path, because
+`post-merge.yml` only triggers on `push`.
+
+## Approach
+
+REQ-1: Add `workflow_dispatch:` to the `on:` block of
+`.gitea/workflows/post-merge.yml` so a missed or skipped post-merge run
+can be dispatched manually on master.
+
+## Test Plan
+
+- `make workflow-check` (actionlint + act_runner dryrun) validates the
+  trigger syntax.
+- Post-merge: dispatch the workflow manually once and confirm it runs
+  on master.
+
+## Deploy Plan
+
+Merge → post-merge push run fires normally → then dispatch
+`post-merge.yml` on master to recover the suppressed DEVX-178 release.
+
+## Rollback Plan
+
+Revert the one-line trigger addition.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [x] REQ-1: `workflow_dispatch` present in `post-merge.yml` `on:` block;
+  actionlint and act_runner dryrun pass.

docs/specs/DEVX-181.md

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# DEVX-181: Emit runner resource leases for CI molecule jobs (S08 producer side)
+
+## Problem
+GRM-173 (S08) shipped consumer-side runner leases: `runner-cleanup.sh`
+honors `org.oblachno.lease-until` / `org.oblachno.owner` labels on
+containers, volumes, and networks. But no CI producer emits them:
+molecule containers/networks created on the runner's host rootless Docker
+socket carry only `owner=molecule`, so a pressure/critical cleanup can
+still wipe a molecule object that is stopped for a moment mid-run.
+Docker labels cannot be added post-creation — producers must emit them
+at create time.
+
+## Approach
+REQ-1: New `devx.molecule.lease` module computing `MOLECULE_LEASE_UNTIL`
+(epoch = now + TTL, default 4h) and `MOLECULE_OWNER` (`run-<id>-<job>`
+from GITEA_*/GITHUB_* env, else `local-<hostname>`), with
+`emit_github_env()` appending them to `$GITHUB_ENV` and a Click CLI
+printing `KEY=value` lines.
+REQ-2: `start_docker.main()` emits the lease env after a successful
+Docker start — every molecule CI job already calls it, so no workflow
+edits are needed.
+REQ-3: Consumers (infra/grm `molecule.yml`) add platform labels
+`org.oblachno.lease-until: "${MOLECULE_LEASE_UNTIL:-0}"` and
+`org.oblachno.owner: "${MOLECULE_OWNER:-molecule-local}"` — `0` is
+already expired, so local/unset runs keep today's unleased behavior.
+Downstream changes land in the infra and grm repos.
+
+## Test Plan
+- `tests/unit/test_molecule_lease.py` covers `lease_owner` env precedence
+  and fallbacks, `lease_env` arithmetic, `emit_github_env` write/no-op,
+  and the CLI — 100% coverage enforced by `make pytest-cov`.
+- Existing `test_start_docker.py` still green (emission is additive).
+
+## Deploy Plan
+- Merge via auto-merge → post-merge releases and publishes devx; infra
+  and grm pin bumps consume it via their molecule.yml label additions.
+
+## Rollback Plan
+- Revert the merge; `start_docker` stops exporting the vars and molecule
+  interpolation falls back to expired leases (`:-0`).
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+- [x] REQ-1: `devx.molecule.lease` computes both env vars and writes them
+  to `$GITHUB_ENV` when set.
+- [x] REQ-2: `start_docker` exports lease env on success without changing
+  its existing behavior contract.
+- [x] REQ-3: the label contract (`org.oblachno.lease-until`,
+  `org.oblachno.owner`) is exposed as module constants for consumers.

docs/specs/DEVX-182.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# DEVX-182: feat(molecule): release lease emission (ships DEVX-181)
+
+- Task: DEVX-182
+- Status: draft
+
+## Problem
+
+DEVX-181 landed on master but was never released: the squash subject
+came out `DEVX-181: ci: retrigger validation` because the branch's last
+commit was an empty `ci:` retrigger. git-cliff found no bump-worthy
+commit, so `v0.55.5` is still latest and the S08 lease producer is
+unshipped. A `feat:` merge is needed to cut the release — and while
+shipping, the emission log line is upgraded from a bare count to the
+actual lease owner and UTC expiry, which is what an operator needs when
+debugging a cleanup race.
+
+## Approach
+
+REQ-1: `start_docker.main()` computes `lease_env()` once and logs
+`owner=` + ISO-8601 `until=` alongside the export confirmation. The
+single call also removes a latent second-boundary inconsistency where
+`emit_github_env` and the count message each re-derived `now`.
+
+REQ-2: Merge squash commit carries `feat(molecule):` so git-cliff cuts
+the next minor release containing DEVX-181's emitter and this change.
+
+## Test Plan
+
+- Update `test_emits_lease_on_success` + `test_prints_and_exports` for
+  the new log format; keep 100 % coverage.
+- `make pre-push` — full devx suite green.
+- Post-merge: verify a `v*` tag > v0.55.5 exists and
+  `pip index versions devx` (Gitea PyPI) lists it.
+
+## Deploy Plan
+
+- Auto-merge; post-merge release job tags + publishes.
+- Infra (OBL-INFRA-658) and GRM (GRM-174) consume the new pin.
+
+## Rollback Plan
+
+- Revert merge; the unreleased module remains dormant regardless.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [x] REQ-1: emission log includes owner and ISO-8601 expiry; lease env
+  computed once — covered by updated unit tests.
+- [x] REQ-2: merge commit uses `feat(molecule):` so the release job
+  cuts a version bump.

docs/user/getting-started.md

@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ Add devx to your `pyproject.toml`:
 ```toml
 [project]
 dependencies = [
-    "devx>=0.55.4",
+    "devx>=0.56.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "devx>=0.55.4",
+    "devx>=0.56.0",
 ]
 ```
 

src/devx/__init__.py

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ create_dependency_pr, auto_merge, release, publish), developer tooling
 molecule testing helpers for Ansible projects.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.55.4"
+__version__ = "0.56.0"

src/devx/ci/auto_merge.py

@@ -184,22 +184,31 @@ def validate_pr_title_matches_vikunja(pr_title: str, task_id: str) -> None:
         )
 
 
+# Subjects carrying these tokens suppress post-merge CI entirely — strip them
+# before a commit message can become the squash title (see DEVX-179).
+_SKIP_CI_RE = re.compile(r"\s*\[(?:ci skip|skip ci|skip actions|actions skip|skip)\]", re.IGNORECASE)
+
+
 def extract_conventional_msg(commits: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
     """Extract the conventional commit message from PR commits.
 
     Picks the highest-priority conventional commit message from the PR.
-    Priority: feat > fix > refactor > docs > chore > other.
+    Priority: feat > fix > refactor > docs > chore > other. The Gitea
-    Falls back to the newest commit message if none match.
+    ``/pulls/{n}/commits`` endpoint returns commits newest-first, so the
+    first best-scoring subject wins equal-priority ties.
+    ``[skip ci]``-style tokens are stripped from every candidate so the
+    merge title can never suppress the post-merge release pipeline.
     """
     priority = {"feat": 5, "fix": 4, "refactor": 3, "docs": 2, "chore": 1, "ci": 1, "style": 1, "test": 1}
     best_msg = ""
     best_score = 0
-    for commit in reversed(commits):
+    for commit in commits:
         commit_info = commit.get("commit", {})
         message = str(commit_info.get("message", "") if isinstance(commit_info, dict) else "").split("\n")[0]
         # Strip any leading task ID prefix (e.g. "OBL-INFRA-364: fix: ...") so
-        # conventional commit matching works on the remainder.
+        # conventional commit matching works on the remainder; drop CI-skip
-        stripped = _TASK_ID_PREFIX_RE.sub("", message)
+        # tokens so they never reach the merge title.
+        stripped = _SKIP_CI_RE.sub("", _TASK_ID_PREFIX_RE.sub("", message)).strip()
         m = CONVENTIONAL_RE.match(stripped)
         if m:
             prefix = m.group(1).split("(")[0].strip()  # e.g. "feat" from "feat(scope)"
@@ -209,11 +218,11 @@ def extract_conventional_msg(commits: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
                 best_msg = stripped
     if best_msg:
         return best_msg
-    # Fallback: use the newest commit's first line (strip task ID prefix if present)
+    # Fallback: the newest commit's first line (newest-first API order).
     if commits:
-        commit_info = commits[-1].get("commit", {})
+        commit_info = commits[0].get("commit", {})
         raw = str(commit_info.get("message", "") if isinstance(commit_info, dict) else "").split("\n")[0]
-        return _TASK_ID_PREFIX_RE.sub("", raw)
+        return _SKIP_CI_RE.sub("", _TASK_ID_PREFIX_RE.sub("", raw)).strip()
     return ""
 
 

src/devx/molecule/lease.py

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+"""Emit bounded runner-resource lease env for CI molecule jobs.
+
+Producer side of the S08 lease contract (consumer: GRM-173
+``runner-cleanup.sh``). The runner's scoped cleanup honors
+``org.oblachno.lease-until`` (epoch seconds) and ``org.oblachno.owner``
+labels on containers, volumes, and networks. Molecule runs on the runner
+host's rootless Docker socket, so objects it creates must carry the lease
+labels at creation time — Docker labels cannot be added post-hoc.
+
+This module computes ``MOLECULE_LEASE_UNTIL`` and ``MOLECULE_OWNER``,
+which ``molecule.yml`` platform ``labels:`` entries consume via
+``${MOLECULE_LEASE_UNTIL:-0}`` / ``${MOLECULE_OWNER:-molecule-local}``
+interpolation, and appends them to ``$GITHUB_ENV`` so every later CI step
+inherits them. A lease-until of ``0`` (the interpolation default for
+local runs) is already expired, keeping today's unleased behavior.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import socket
+import time
+
+import click
+
+#: Docker label contract consumed by runner-cleanup.sh (GRM-173).
+LEASE_UNTIL_LABEL = "org.oblachno.lease-until"
+OWNER_LABEL = "org.oblachno.owner"
+
+#: Env vars consumed by molecule.yml platform ``labels:`` entries.
+LEASE_UNTIL_ENV = "MOLECULE_LEASE_UNTIL"
+OWNER_ENV = "MOLECULE_OWNER"
+
+#: Default lease duration — covers the longest molecule job window.
+DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS = 4 * 3600
+
+
+def lease_owner() -> str:
+    """Identify the owning CI run for the ``org.oblachno.owner`` label.
+
+    act_runner exposes GitHub-compatible ``GITHUB_*`` env vars;
+    ``GITEA_*`` names are checked first for forward compatibility.
+    """
+    run_id = os.environ.get("GITEA_RUN_ID") or os.environ.get("GITHUB_RUN_ID")
+    job = os.environ.get("GITEA_JOB") or os.environ.get("GITHUB_JOB")
+    if run_id:
+        return f"run-{run_id}-{job or 'job'}"
+    return f"local-{socket.gethostname()}"
+
+
+def lease_env(ttl: int = DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS, now: int | None = None) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Return the lease env dict for the current run."""
+    base = int(time.time()) if now is None else now
+    return {
+        LEASE_UNTIL_ENV: str(base + ttl),
+        OWNER_ENV: lease_owner(),
+    }
+
+
+def emit_github_env(env: dict[str, str]) -> int:
+    """Append lease env to ``$GITHUB_ENV``; return lines written (0 if unset)."""
+    github_env = os.environ.get("GITHUB_ENV")
+    if not github_env:
+        return 0
+    with open(github_env, "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for key, value in env.items():
+            f.write(f"{key}={value}\n")
+    return len(env)
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option(
+    "--ttl",
+    default=DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS,
+    type=int,
+    help=f"Lease duration in seconds (default: {DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS}).",
+)
+def main(ttl: int) -> None:
+    """Print lease env vars and export them to $GITHUB_ENV when set."""
+    env = lease_env(ttl)
+    for key, value in env.items():
+        click.echo(f"{key}={value}")
+    if emit_github_env(env):
+        click.echo(f"Exported {len(env)} lease vars to GITHUB_ENV")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
+    main()

src/devx/molecule/molecule_changed.py

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def role_to_target(role: str) -> str:
 PLAYBOOK_ROLE_MAP: dict[str, list[str]] = {
     "ansible/playbooks/deploy-observability.yml": ["observability", "docker_base", "zitadel", "crowdsec"],
     "ansible/playbooks/deploy-customer.yml": ["app_container", "docker_base", "app_hardening"],
+    "ansible/playbooks/deploy-controller.yml": ["deploy_controller"],
     "ansible/playbooks/prepare-vms.yml": ["docker_base", "app_hardening", "storage", "disk_cleanup", "crowdsec"],
     "ansible/playbooks/restore.yml": ["restore"],
     "ansible/playbooks/upgrade-postgres.yml": ["app_container"],

src/devx/molecule/start_docker.py

@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ import subprocess  # nosec B404
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 import click
 
 from devx.i18n import _
+from devx.molecule.lease import LEASE_UNTIL_ENV, OWNER_ENV, emit_github_env, lease_env
 
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30
 DOCKER_SOCK = "/var/run/docker.sock"
@@ -384,6 +386,15 @@ def main(timeout: int) -> None:
             with open(github_env, "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 f.write(f"DOCKER_HOST={os.environ['DOCKER_HOST']}\n")
             click.echo(f"Exported DOCKER_HOST={os.environ['DOCKER_HOST']} to GITHUB_ENV")
+        # Implements: REQ-2 (DEVX-181) — emit the S08 producer lease env so
+        # molecule-created objects carry org.oblachno.lease-until/owner
+        # labels that runner-cleanup.sh honors.
+        # Implements: REQ-1 (DEVX-182) — one lease_env() call; log the
+        # owner and UTC expiry an operator needs for cleanup debugging.
+        env = lease_env()
+        if emit_github_env(env):
+            until = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(env[LEASE_UNTIL_ENV]), tz=UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+            click.echo(f"Exported lease vars to GITHUB_ENV (owner={env[OWNER_ENV]}, until={until})")
         sys.exit(0)
     sys.exit(1)
 

tests/unit/test_auto_merge.py

@@ -232,6 +232,40 @@ class TestExtractConventionalMsg:
         ]
         assert extract_conventional_msg(commits) == "random message"
 
+    def test_skip_ci_subjects_are_ineligible(self) -> None:
+        """[skip ci] commits must never become the merge title (REQ-1)."""
+        commits = [
+            {"commit": {"message": "ci: retrigger validation"}},
+            {"commit": {"message": "chore: update badge URLs to commit abc123 [skip ci]"}},
+        ]
+        assert extract_conventional_msg(commits) == "ci: retrigger validation"
+
+    def test_skip_ci_variants_excluded(self) -> None:
+        """All skip-token spellings are ineligible."""
+        for token in ("[skip ci]", "[ci skip]", "[skip actions]", "[actions skip]", "[SKIP CI]"):
+            commits = [
+                {"commit": {"message": "feat: real change"}},
+                {"commit": {"message": f"chore: noise {token}"}},
+            ]
+            assert extract_conventional_msg(commits) == "feat: real change"
+
+    def test_tie_prefers_newest_commit(self) -> None:
+        """Equal-priority ties resolve to the newest commit (REQ-2); the
+        API returns commits newest-first."""
+        commits = [
+            {"commit": {"message": "ci: add workflow_dispatch trigger"}},
+            {"commit": {"message": "ci: retrigger validation"}},
+        ]
+        assert extract_conventional_msg(commits) == "ci: add workflow_dispatch trigger"
+
+    def test_all_skip_ci_fallback_strips_token(self) -> None:
+        """When every commit carries [skip ci], the token is stripped so
+        the merge still triggers post-merge."""
+        commits = [
+            {"commit": {"message": "chore: noise [skip ci]"}},
+        ]
+        assert extract_conventional_msg(commits) == "chore: noise"
+
 
 # -- run_cmd --
 

tests/unit/test_molecule_changed.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import pytest
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from devx.molecule.molecule_changed import (
+    PLAYBOOK_ROLE_MAP,
     detect_changed_roles,
     get_changed_files,
     main,
@@ -52,6 +53,14 @@ def test_detect_playbook_change(roles_dir: Path):
     assert roles == {"observability", "docker_base"}
 
 
+def test_detect_deploy_controller_playbook(roles_dir: Path):
+    """The deploy-controller playbook maps to the deploy_controller role."""
+    assert PLAYBOOK_ROLE_MAP["ansible/playbooks/deploy-controller.yml"] == ["deploy_controller"]
+    (roles_dir / "deploy_controller" / "molecule" / "default").mkdir(parents=True)
+    roles = detect_changed_roles(["ansible/playbooks/deploy-controller.yml"], roles_dir)
+    assert roles == {"deploy_controller"}
+
+
 def test_detect_shared_infra_triggers_all(roles_dir: Path):
     """ansible.cfg change triggers all testable roles only."""
     roles = detect_changed_roles(["ansible/ansible.cfg"], roles_dir)

tests/unit/test_molecule_lease.py

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+"""Unit tests for devx.molecule.lease."""
+
+import os
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, mock_open, patch
+
+from click.testing import CliRunner
+
+from devx.molecule.lease import (
+    DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS,
+    LEASE_UNTIL_ENV,
+    OWNER_ENV,
+    emit_github_env,
+    lease_env,
+    lease_owner,
+    main,
+)
+
+
+class TestLeaseOwner:
+    def test_gitea_env_preferred(self) -> None:
+        with patch.dict(
+            os.environ,
+            {"GITEA_RUN_ID": "123", "GITEA_JOB": "tests", "GITHUB_RUN_ID": "999"},
+        ):
+            assert lease_owner() == "run-123-tests"
+
+    def test_github_env_fallback(self) -> None:
+        env = {"GITHUB_RUN_ID": "777", "GITHUB_JOB": "molecule"}
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):
+            assert lease_owner() == "run-777-molecule"
+
+    def test_job_defaults_when_missing(self) -> None:
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_RUN_ID": "5"}, clear=True):
+            assert lease_owner() == "run-5-job"
+
+    def test_local_fallback(self) -> None:
+        with (
+            patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True),
+            patch("devx.molecule.lease.socket.gethostname", return_value="devbox"),
+        ):
+            assert lease_owner() == "local-devbox"
+
+
+class TestLeaseEnv:
+    def test_arithmetic(self) -> None:
+        env = lease_env(ttl=3600, now=1000)
+        assert env[LEASE_UNTIL_ENV] == str(1000 + 3600)
+        assert OWNER_ENV in env
+
+    def test_default_now_uses_time(self) -> None:
+        with patch("devx.molecule.lease.time.time", return_value=2000.9):
+            env = lease_env(ttl=60)
+        assert env[LEASE_UNTIL_ENV] == str(2000 + 60)
+
+    def test_default_ttl(self) -> None:
+        env = lease_env(now=0)
+        assert env[LEASE_UNTIL_ENV] == str(DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS)
+
+
+class TestEmitGithubEnv:
+    def test_writes_lines(self) -> None:
+        m = mock_open()
+        with (
+            patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_ENV": "/tmp/env"}, clear=False),
+            patch("builtins.open", m),
+        ):
+            written = emit_github_env({"A": "1", "B": "2"})
+        assert written == 2
+        m.assert_called_once_with("/tmp/env", "a", encoding="utf-8")
+        m().write.assert_any_call("A=1\n")
+        m().write.assert_any_call("B=2\n")
+
+    def test_noop_without_env(self) -> None:
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+            assert emit_github_env({"A": "1"}) == 0
+
+
+class TestCli:
+    def test_prints_and_exports(self) -> None:
+        runner = CliRunner()
+        m = mock_open()
+        with (
+            patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_ENV": "/tmp/env", "GITHUB_RUN_ID": "42"}, clear=True),
+            patch("builtins.open", m),
+            patch("devx.molecule.lease.time.time", return_value=100.0),
+        ):
+            result = runner.invoke(main, ["--ttl", "600"])
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+        assert f"{LEASE_UNTIL_ENV}=700" in result.output
+        assert f"{OWNER_ENV}=run-42-job" in result.output
+        assert "Exported 2 lease vars" in result.output
+
+    def test_prints_without_github_env(self) -> None:
+        runner = CliRunner()
+        with (
+            patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_RUN_ID": "9", "GITHUB_JOB": "tests"}, clear=True),
+            patch("devx.molecule.lease.time.time", return_value=50.0),
+        ):
+            result = runner.invoke(main)
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+        assert f"{LEASE_UNTIL_ENV}={50 + DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS}" in result.output
+        assert f"{OWNER_ENV}=run-9-tests" in result.output
+        assert "GITHUB_ENV" not in result.output
+
+
+class TestStartDockerIntegration:
+    """start_docker.main() must emit lease env on success (REQ-2)."""
+
+    @patch("devx.molecule.start_docker.start_docker_daemon", return_value=True)
+    def test_emits_lease_on_success(self, _mock: MagicMock) -> None:
+        from devx.molecule.start_docker import main as start_docker_main
+
+        runner = CliRunner()
+        m = mock_open()
+        with (
+            patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_ENV": "/tmp/env", "GITHUB_RUN_ID": "7"}, clear=True),
+            patch("builtins.open", m),
+        ):
+            result = runner.invoke(start_docker_main, ["--timeout", "1"])
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+        assert "Exported lease vars to GITHUB_ENV" in result.output
+        assert "owner=run-7-job" in result.output
+        assert "until=" in result.output