A merge the forge announces is said in its log

A trigger that fires silently is indistinguishable from one that did not fire (novox/hq issue
131); the announcement is now one line an operator can read.

modules/gitea/client.ts

@@ -121,9 +121,23 @@ export class GiteaClient {
 
   // ---- Repositories ----
 
+  /** Every repository this token can see, one page. `/user/repos` is only what the token's own
+   *  user owns — for the mesh's administrator that is nothing, which is how the forge watched an
+   *  empty list and announced no merge (2026-09-28). The search endpoint is the forge's whole view. */
   async listRepos(page = 1, limit = 20): Promise<GiteaRepo[]> {
-    const repos = await this.request<any[]>(`/user/repos?page=${page}&limit=${limit}`);
-    return (repos ?? []).map(GiteaClient.mapRepo);
+    const found = await this.request<{ data?: any[] }>(`/repos/search?page=${page}&limit=${limit}`);
+    return (found?.data ?? []).map(GiteaClient.mapRepo);
+  }
+
+  /** Every repository, all pages. */
+  async listAllRepos(): Promise<GiteaRepo[]> {
+    const all: GiteaRepo[] = [];
+    for (let page = 1; page < 100; page++) {
+      const batch = await this.listRepos(page, 50);
+      all.push(...batch);
+      if (batch.length < 50) break;
+    }
+    return all;
   }
 
   async createRepo(data: {

modules/gitea/index.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ try {
 const seen = new Set<string>();
 let primed = false;
 async function pollRepos(client: GiteaClient): Promise<void> {
-  const repos = await client.listRepos(1, 50);
+  const repos = await client.listAllRepos();
   for (const repo of repos) {
     if (!seen.has(repo.full_name)) {
       if (primed) {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function keepAnnounced(): void {
   renameSync(tmp, mergedRecord);
 }
 async function pollMerged(client: GiteaClient): Promise<void> {
-  const repos = await client.listRepos(1, 50);
+  const repos = await client.listAllRepos();
   let changed = false;
   for (const repo of repos) {
     const pulls = await client.listPullRequests(repo.owner, repo.name, { state: "closed", sort: "recentupdate", limit: "20" });
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ async function pollMerged(client: GiteaClient): Promise<void> {
           clone_url: repo.clone_url,
           html_url: pull.html_url,
         });
+        // Said, because a trigger that fires silently is indistinguishable from one that did not
+        // fire (novox/hq 04-ISSUES/131) — this line is how an operator knows the mesh was told.
+        console.log(`[gitea] announced merge ${repo.full_name}#${pull.number} (${pull.merge_commit_sha.slice(0, 8)}) into ${pull.base}`);
       }
       announced.add(pull.merge_commit_sha);
       changed = true;