diff --git a/.woodpecker/ci.yml b/.woodpecker/ci.yml
index c02f3f1c..63fb349d 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/ci.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/ci.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ steps:
       # [0] of the pnpm chain, so severing that chain would silence it together
       # with everything it guards; this direct line keeps one instrument running.
       - bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/quality/scripts/check-test-enumeration.sh
+      # Hermetic regression for issue-close.sh (#1081): mocks tea/curl onto PATH
+      # and sandboxes a throwaway git repo, so it resolves no real credentials and
+      # joins CI directly rather than the exclusions file.
+      - bash packages/mosaic/framework/tools/git/test-issue-close-fail-closed.sh
 
   # Blocking gate (#791): a framework upgrade must never write or delete an
   # operator-owned path. The HARD GATE proves an unanticipated operator sentinel