diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/pipeline.yml
index c998c52..4ba8d09 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/repo" \
             ghcr.io/gitleaks/gitleaks:v8.30.1 \
-            detect --source /repo --redact -v
+            detect --source /repo --config /repo/.gitleaks.toml --redact -v
 
       - name: Test API
         run: |
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ jobs:
             --from-file=.dockerconfigjson=/work/.ci/docker/config.json \
             --dry-run=client -o yaml | kube apply -f -
 
+          kube apply -k deploy/secrets
+          kube wait sealedsecret.bitnami.com/nereus-db --namespace nereus \
+            --for=condition=Synced --timeout=2m
           kube get secret nereus-db --namespace nereus >/dev/null
           kube apply -k deploy/observability
 
@@ -196,3 +199,31 @@ jobs:
       - name: Remove cluster credentials
         if: always()
         run: rm -rf .ci
+
+  mirror:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && vars.GITHUB_MIRROR_ENABLED == 'true'
+    needs: deploy
+    runs-on: docker
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Push main to GitHub
+        env:
+          GITHUB_MIRROR_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_MIRROR_SSH_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          test -n "$GITHUB_MIRROR_SSH_KEY"
+          install -d -m 0700 .ci/mirror
+          printf '%s\n' "$GITHUB_MIRROR_SSH_KEY" >.ci/mirror/id_ed25519
+          chmod 0600 .ci/mirror/id_ed25519
+          cat >.ci/mirror/known_hosts <<'EOF'
+          github.com ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOMqqnkVzrm0SdG6UOoqKLsabgH5C9okWi0dh2l9GKJl
+          EOF
+          GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -i $PWD/.ci/mirror/id_ed25519 -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=yes -o UserKnownHostsFile=$PWD/.ci/mirror/known_hosts" \
+            git push git@github.com:Fi3w0/Nereus.git HEAD:main
+
+      - name: Remove GitHub credentials
+        if: always()
+        run: rm -rf .ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 911a758..b78e7c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/repo" \
             ghcr.io/gitleaks/gitleaks:v8.30.1 \
-            detect --source /repo --redact -v
+            detect --source /repo --config /repo/.gitleaks.toml --redact -v
 
   go:
     name: vet, test, lint
diff --git a/.gitleaks.toml b/.gitleaks.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15f695a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitleaks.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+title = "Nereus gitleaks configuration"
+
+[extend]
+useDefault = true
+
+[[allowlists]]
+description = "Encrypted SealedSecret values are ciphertext, not plaintext credentials."
+condition = "AND"
+targetRules = ["generic-api-key"]
+regexTarget = "line"
+paths = ['''^deploy/secrets/[^/]+-sealed\.yaml$''']
+regexes = ['''^\s+(POSTGRES_PASSWORD|DATABASE_URL):\s+Ag[A-Za-z0-9+/=]+\s*$''']
diff --git a/docs/ci-cd.md b/docs/ci-cd.md
index 2568adf..d6ca446 100644
--- a/docs/ci-cd.md
+++ b/docs/ci-cd.md
@@ -21,9 +21,18 @@ Forgejo UI:
 - `REGISTRY_USERNAME`: account allowed to push the three Nereus packages.
 - `REGISTRY_PASSWORD`: package-scoped token for that account.
 - `KUBECONFIG_B64`: base64 encoding of a least-privilege deployment kubeconfig.
+- `GITHUB_MIRROR_SSH_KEY`: private half of a write-enabled deploy key for
+  `git@github.com:Fi3w0/Nereus.git`.
+
+After registering that deploy key, set the Forgejo Actions repository variable
+`GITHUB_MIRROR_ENABLED` to `true`. The mirror job stays skipped until both sides
+are configured, so an absent GitHub credential cannot break production deploys.
 
 The workflow never prints these values. It writes the kubeconfig to the
 ephemeral workspace with mode `0600`, removes it in an `always()` step, and
 creates the Kubernetes registry pull secret through a pipe so its generated
-manifest is not logged or committed. The pre-existing `nereus-db` Secret is
-required and is only checked for presence.
+manifest is not logged or committed. The deploy job applies the committed
+database SealedSecret and waits for the controller to synchronize it before
+starting the application rollout. After a successful production deployment,
+the mirror job pushes `main` to GitHub over SSH and removes its temporary key in
+an `always()` step.