diff --git a/docs/scratchpads/1000-rm-61-ci-contract-exemption.md b/docs/scratchpads/1000-rm-61-ci-contract-exemption.md
index 0e0a96d7..4825f082 100644
--- a/docs/scratchpads/1000-rm-61-ci-contract-exemption.md
+++ b/docs/scratchpads/1000-rm-61-ci-contract-exemption.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ The nine-case contract harness was written before the verifier. First execution
 - Exact #2188 record: exit 0, 10 children, 9 success + 1 named exemption.
 - Historical set: #2158/#2167/#2184/#2186 pass with no exemption; #2170/#2175/#2182/#2187/#2188 pass with one named exemption; #2180/#2181 remain red because independent failures exist.
 - Provider controls: #2189 and #2191 both exit 1 under the verifier; neither is exempted.
-- Unit harness: 9/9 cases pass after the red-first checkpoint.
+- Unit harness: initial 9/9 cases passed after the red-first checkpoint; review remediation expands this to 12 cases with expected-head match/missing/mismatch coverage.
 - Test-membership guard: PASS, population 45; 26 enumerated, 19 signed exclusions; all 39 surface paths present.
 - Python compile: PASS.
 - `pnpm typecheck`: PASS, 45/45 tasks.
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ The nine-case contract harness was written before the verifier. First execution
 - `pnpm format:check`: PASS after moving local evidence outside the repository tree.
 - `test:framework-shell`: RM-61 and all preceding suites passed, then the pre-existing wake assertion aborted with exit 97 because this host's Bash 5.2.15 reports `BASH_LINENO [3 5]` where that suite requires `[3 4]`. RM-61 does not modify the wake suite; the command is not fully runnable on this host as written and no substitute result is claimed.
 
+## Independent review
+
+- Review 67 / comment 20403 at exact head `e7b29219e11efd0a19395156ac0b154bec0c3a73`: **REQUEST CHANGES**.
+- Blocker: the verifier echoed the pipeline commit but did not bind it to the current PR head; mutating only #2188's commit still returned terminal-green.
+- Remediation: require `--expect-commit <full-40>`, add a pipeline anomaly on missing/mismatched record commits, emit expected and observed values, wire both CI documentation and the merge-gate baseline to pass provider PR head, and add match/missing/mismatch tests.
+- This binding is not prohibited head-based clustering policy: it proves the evidence belongs to the commit under verdict. Runner/node/time/head correlation remains excluded from the teardown signature itself.
+
 ## Documentation checklist
 
 - [x] CI contract documented in the canonical framework CI/CD guide.
diff --git a/packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/roles/merge-gate.md b/packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/roles/merge-gate.md
index 77b0759b..3f6f67b9 100644
--- a/packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/roles/merge-gate.md
+++ b/packages/mosaic/framework/fleet/roles/merge-gate.md
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ It is a **gate** role: the one and only merge path.
    **exclusively** by calling **`pr-merge.sh`** (the merge action, which carries the
    authoritative forbidden-path guard) and **`pr-ci-wait.sh`** (to wait for green
    CI before merging). Before issuing a verdict, scan the full JSON/API child-step
-   record (including `clone`) with **`verify-terminal-green.py`** and record its
-   exact step count, anomalies, and named exemptions. The verifier's sole interim
+   record (including `clone`) with **`verify-terminal-green.py --expect-commit
+<current-provider-PR-head>`** and record the equal expected/observed full-40
+   commits, exact step count, anomalies, and named exemptions. Missing or mismatched
+   commit binding is a hard refusal. The verifier's sole interim
    exemption is `WP-K8S-1000-CI-POSTGRES-TEARDOWN`; it is signature-scoped, tracked
    by #1000, and retires when #1000 is fixed. These scripts are the _only_
    sanctioned merge path.
diff --git a/packages/mosaic/framework/guides/CI-CD-PIPELINES.md b/packages/mosaic/framework/guides/CI-CD-PIPELINES.md
index 91802c13..035954c9 100644
--- a/packages/mosaic/framework/guides/CI-CD-PIPELINES.md
+++ b/packages/mosaic/framework/guides/CI-CD-PIPELINES.md
@@ -873,12 +873,16 @@ steps:
 A successful pipeline summary is not sufficient: verification MUST consume the full JSON/API child-step record, including `clone`.
 
 ```bash
+PR_HEAD=<full-40-hex-provider-head>
 ~/.config/mosaic/tools/woodpecker/pipeline-status.sh \
   -r mosaicstack/stack -n <pipeline-number> -f json \
-  | ~/.config/mosaic/tools/woodpecker/verify-terminal-green.py -
+  | ~/.config/mosaic/tools/woodpecker/verify-terminal-green.py \
+      --expect-commit "$PR_HEAD" -
 ```
 
-The verifier reports the total step count, state counts, anomalies, and any applied exemption. Exit `0` means the record satisfies the contract; exit `1` means at least one pipeline, workflow, or child-step state blocks terminal-green; exit `2` means the JSON input could not be verified.
+`PR_HEAD` MUST come from the current provider PR metadata and MUST be the full 40-hex head, not a local branch guess. The verifier fails if the argument is missing, malformed, absent from the pipeline record, or differs from that record.
+
+The verifier reports the expected and observed commits, total step count, state counts, anomalies, and any applied exemption. Exit `0` means the record satisfies the contract; exit `1` means the commit binding or at least one pipeline, workflow, or child-step state blocks terminal-green; exit `2` means the invocation or JSON input could not be verified.
 
 ### Named interim exemption: `WP-K8S-1000-CI-POSTGRES-TEARDOWN`
 
diff --git a/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/README.md b/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/README.md
index 80a4813a..ea163121 100644
--- a/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/README.md
+++ b/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ A Woodpecker API token is required. To configure:
 ~/.config/mosaic/tools/woodpecker/ci-wait.sh -r usc/uconnect -n 3917 -n 3918
 
 # Verify the full JSON child-step record; do not use the text summary for this gate
+PR_HEAD=<full-40-hex-provider-head>
 ~/.config/mosaic/tools/woodpecker/pipeline-status.sh -r mosaicstack/stack -n 2188 -f json \
-  | ~/.config/mosaic/tools/woodpecker/verify-terminal-green.py -
+  | ~/.config/mosaic/tools/woodpecker/verify-terminal-green.py --expect-commit "$PR_HEAD" -
 ```
diff --git a/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/test-terminal-green-contract.sh b/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/test-terminal-green-contract.sh
index 3fcdd806..81e96880 100755
--- a/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/test-terminal-green-contract.sh
+++ b/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/test-terminal-green-contract.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 VERIFIER="$SCRIPT_DIR/verify-terminal-green.py"
+EXPECTED_COMMIT=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
 TMP=$(mktemp -d)
 trap 'rm -rf "$TMP"' EXIT
 
@@ -27,14 +28,13 @@ PY
 }
 
 expect_exit() {
-    local expected="$1" label="$2" file="$3"
-    shift 3
+    local expected_exit="$1" label="$2" file="$3" expected_commit="${4:-$EXPECTED_COMMIT}"
     set +e
-    output=$(python3 "$VERIFIER" "$file" "$@" 2>&1)
+    output=$(python3 "$VERIFIER" --expect-commit "$expected_commit" "$file" 2>&1)
     actual=$?
     set -e
-    if [[ "$actual" -ne "$expected" ]]; then
-        printf 'FAIL %s: expected exit %s, got %s\n%s\n' "$label" "$expected" "$actual" "$output" >&2
+    if [[ "$actual" -ne "$expected_exit" ]]; then
+        printf 'FAIL %s: expected exit %s, got %s\n%s\n' "$label" "$expected_exit" "$actual" "$output" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
     printf 'PASS %s\n' "$label"
@@ -74,4 +74,23 @@ expect_exit 1 artifact-plus-real-failure "$TMP/artifact-plus-failure.json" >/dev
 write_fixture "$TMP/skipped.json" success success 0 '' skipped
 expect_exit 1 skipped-step "$TMP/skipped.json" >/dev/null
 
-printf 'terminal-green contract harness: PASS (9 cases)\n'
+# The scanned pipeline must be bound to an explicit, full PR-head commit.
+set +e
+missing_output=$(python3 "$VERIFIER" "$TMP/artifact.json" 2>&1)
+missing_rc=$?
+set -e
+if [[ "$missing_rc" -ne 2 ]] || ! grep -q -- '--expect-commit' <<<"$missing_output"; then
+    printf 'FAIL missing-expected-commit: expected usage exit 2\n%s\n' "$missing_output" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+expect_exit 1 mismatched-expected-commit "$TMP/artifact.json" bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb >/dev/null
+
+python3 - "$TMP/artifact.json" "$TMP/missing-record-commit.json" <<'PY'
+import json, sys
+record = json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))
+record.pop("commit")
+json.dump(record, open(sys.argv[2], "w"))
+PY
+expect_exit 1 missing-record-commit "$TMP/missing-record-commit.json" >/dev/null
+
+printf 'terminal-green contract harness: PASS (12 cases)\n'
diff --git a/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/verify-terminal-green.py b/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/verify-terminal-green.py
index f5677aff..a16b133c 100755
--- a/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/verify-terminal-green.py
+++ b/packages/mosaic/framework/tools/woodpecker/verify-terminal-green.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ It does not fetch, retry, or re-trigger pipelines.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import argparse
 import json
 import re
 import sys
@@ -51,12 +52,24 @@ def is_issue_1000_artifact(step: dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
     )
 
 
-def verify(record: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[int, dict[str, Any]]:
+def verify(record: dict[str, Any], expected_commit: str) -> tuple[int, dict[str, Any]]:
     anomalies: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
     candidates: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
     steps: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
 
     pipeline_status = record.get("status")
+    actual_commit = record.get("commit")
+    if actual_commit != expected_commit:
+        anomalies.append(
+            {
+                "scope": "pipeline",
+                "name": str(record.get("number", "unknown")),
+                "state": pipeline_status,
+                "reason": "pipeline commit does not equal the expected PR head",
+                "expected_commit": expected_commit,
+                "actual_commit": actual_commit,
+            }
+        )
     if pipeline_status != "success":
         anomalies.append(
             {
@@ -156,7 +169,8 @@ def verify(record: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[int, dict[str, Any]]:
         "schema_version": "mosaic-terminal-green/v1",
         "verdict": "terminal-green" if not anomalies else "not-terminal-green",
         "pipeline_number": record.get("number"),
-        "commit": record.get("commit"),
+        "commit": actual_commit,
+        "expected_commit": expected_commit,
         "pipeline_status": pipeline_status,
         "total_steps": len(steps),
         "state_counts": dict(sorted(state_counts.items())),
@@ -180,15 +194,31 @@ def verify(record: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[int, dict[str, Any]]:
     return (0 if not anomalies else 1), result
 
 
+def parse_arguments() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="verify the full Woodpecker terminal-green child-step contract"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--expect-commit",
+        required=True,
+        metavar="FULL_SHA",
+        help="full 40-hex PR-head commit that the pipeline record must match",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("record", nargs="?", default="-", help="pipeline JSON file or -")
+    arguments = parser.parse_args()
+    if re.fullmatch(r"[0-9a-fA-F]{40}", arguments.expect_commit) is None:
+        parser.error("--expect-commit must be a full 40-hex commit")
+    arguments.expect_commit = arguments.expect_commit.lower()
+    return arguments
+
+
 def main() -> int:
-    if len(sys.argv) > 2 or (len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] in {"-h", "--help"}):
-        print(f"usage: {Path(sys.argv[0]).name} [pipeline.json|-]", file=sys.stderr)
-        return 0 if len(sys.argv) == 2 else 2
+    arguments = parse_arguments()
     try:
-        record = load_record(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) == 2 else None)
+        record = load_record(arguments.record)
     except (OSError, ValueError, json.JSONDecodeError) as error:
         return fail_usage(str(error))
-    code, result = verify(record)
+    code, result = verify(record, arguments.expect_commit)
     print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))
     return code