{
  "_comment": "DECLARED desired state of Gitea branch protection on main. ci/gitea-settings.sh fails the merge gate when the LIVE Gitea diverges from this. Gitea settings live in Gitea database - invisible to Flux, unreadable by every other check - so this file plus that check are the only drift detection that exists for them.",
  "_generated": "2026-09-29 from the live rule, after the session that found protection OFF and zero runners for a month",
  "branch": "main",
  "runners_online_min": 1,
  "protection": {
    "enable_push": false,
    "enable_push_whitelist": false,
    "enable_merge_whitelist": false,
    "enable_status_check": true,
    "status_check_contexts": [
      "gate / gate (pull_request)"
    ],
    "required_approvals": 1,
    "enable_approvals_whitelist": false,
    "block_admin_merge_override": true,
    "block_on_rejected_reviews": true,
    "dismiss_stale_approvals": true
  }
}