diff --git a/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh b/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh
index fbe3d16..f5386b5 100644
--- a/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh
+++ b/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh
@@ -1159,7 +1159,10 @@ reconcile_issue_pass() { # $1 = issue — one issue's whole pass, in its own sub
       || skip_issue "$n" "could not read the issue: $(read_failure_reason "$READ_FAILURE_STDERR")"
     issue_payload_valid "$n" <<<"$ISSUE_JSON" \
       || skip_issue "$n" "the issue read answered a payload that is not issue #$n carrying a label array"
-    jq -e 'has("pull_request") | not' <<<"$ISSUE_JSON" >/dev/null || exit 0
+    # `.pull_request == null`, never `has("pull_request") | not` (#188, #210):
+    # every Forgejo entry CARRIES the key, valued null on an issue, so the
+    # has() form selects zero rows here — silently, forever.
+    jq -e '.pull_request == null' <<<"$ISSUE_JSON" >/dev/null || exit 0
     ISSUE_LABELS="$(jq -r '.labels[].name' <<<"$ISSUE_JSON")"
     reconcile_issue "$n" || exit $?
     commit_staged_effects
@@ -1273,7 +1276,8 @@ main() {
     log "could not read the issue board: $(read_failure_reason "$READ_FAILURE_STDERR")"
     return 1
   fi
-  BOARD_RECORDS="$(jq -r '.[] | select(has("pull_request") | not)
+  # `.pull_request == null`, never `has("pull_request") | not` (#188, #210).
+  BOARD_RECORDS="$(jq -r '.[] | select(.pull_request == null)
     | [(.number | tostring), ((.labels // []) | map(.name) | join(",")), (.title // "")]
     | @tsv' \
     <<<"$board_json")"
@@ -1284,7 +1288,7 @@ main() {
   # is exactly the emptied gate the release's own `blocked` -> `ready`
   # promotion answers, which is why a `ready` release leaves the flag
   # dormant rather than flagging the whole board.
-  release_bodies="$(jq -r '.[] | select(has("pull_request") | not)
+  release_bodies="$(jq -r '.[] | select(.pull_request == null)
     | select((.labels // []) | map(.name) | index("release"))
     | [(.number | tostring), ((.body // "") | gsub("[\t\r\n]"; " "))] | @tsv' \
     <<<"$board_json")"
diff --git a/changelog.d/210.md b/changelog.d/210.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed46cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/210.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+### Fixed
+
+- `issueflow-reconcile` sees this forge's issues again. The board gather used
+  `has("pull_request")`, and every Forgejo entry carries that key — so it
+  selected zero rows on every sweep while printing `reconciled.` (#210).
+
+- Three sites take `.pull_request == null`, the discriminator the file's own
+  comment already specified and that one of its four call sites already used
+  (#210).
+
+- `post-merge` transitions can fire again: they could not, because the sweep
+  saw no issues to transition (#210).
+
+### Added
+
+- A gather-level case drives the real board read against a Forgejo-shaped
+  fixture — every entry carrying the key. The existing discriminator cases
+  assert `jq` expressions in isolation and passed throughout this regression
+  (#210).
+
+- A source pin forbids `has("pull_request")` on this surface, because the rule
+  was stated in a comment and violated forty lines below it. It strips comments,
+  so the #188 warning that explains the trap is allowed to stay (#210).
+
+- All three sites are covered behaviourally, not only by the pin: the board
+  gather, the release-body gather through an observable window flag, and the
+  per-issue payload check (#210).
diff --git a/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh b/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
index c115695..918b635 100644
--- a/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
+++ b/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
@@ -1779,6 +1779,151 @@ check "a PR reads as a PR on either shape" 0 "pr" \
 check "the old has() test misreads a forgejo issue as a PR" 0 "pr" \
   bash -c 'echo "{\"number\":1,\"pull_request\":null}" | jq -e "has(\"pull_request\") | not" >/dev/null && echo issue || echo pr'
 
+# ...AND THE GATHER, because the rows above assert jq expressions in isolation
+# and passed all the way through #210 — a sweep that saw zero issues on every
+# pass and printed `reconciled.` The 0.6.0 merge reintroduced the has() form in
+# the board gather; these cases could not see it because they never ran it.
+#
+# The fixture is FORGEJO-SHAPED: every entry carries `pull_request`, valued
+# null on an issue and an object on a PR. On a GitHub-shaped board (key absent
+# on issues) both discriminators agree, which is why this needs its own board.
+FORGEJO_BOARD="$TMP/forgejo-board"
+mkdir -p "$FORGEJO_BOARD"
+cp "$ARRIVAL/labels.conf" "$FORGEJO_BOARD/labels.conf" 2>/dev/null || true
+printf '[]\n' >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_pulls_state_open.json"
+printf '[]\n' >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_pulls_state_closed.json"
+printf '%s\n' \
+  '[{"number":60,"pull_request":null,"labels":[],"title":"an issue with no queue state"},
+    {"number":61,"pull_request":{"merged":false},"labels":[],"title":"a pull request"}]' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_state_open.json"
+jq -n --arg at "$(iso_at "$INOW")" \
+  '{number:60,user:{login:"triage-one"},created_at:$at,body:"",pull_request:null,
+    labels:[],assignees:[]}' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_60.json"
+printf '[]\n' >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_60_comments.json"
+forgejo_board_run() {
+  : >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/edits"
+  env PATH="$ARRIVAL/stub:$PATH" CEREMONY_FORGE=github GH_FIXTURES="$FORGEJO_BOARD" \
+    ISSUEFLOW_NOW="$INOW" REPO=owner/repo LABELS_CONF="$ARRIVAL/labels.conf" \
+    bash "$ROOT/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh" 2>&1
+}
+fjb_out="$(forgejo_board_run)"
+check "a forgejo-shaped board is NOT read as empty" 1 "" \
+  grep -qF 'issueflow: no open issues.' <<<"$fjb_out"
+check "...the sweep completes over it" 0 "" \
+  grep -qF 'issueflow: reconciled.' <<<"$fjb_out"
+# TRAVERSAL, not merely a non-empty gather: the null-valued row has a
+# deterministic outcome — no queue state means needs-triage is minted — so this
+# proves reconcile_issue_pass actually ran over it, which "the board is not
+# empty" does not (@codex-reviewer-andresmgsl, #210 review).
+check "...the null-valued row is TRAVERSED, with an observable outcome" 0 "" \
+  grep -qE '^issueflow: #60: needs-triage' <<<"$fjb_out"
+check "...and the object-valued PR row is not reconciled as an issue" 1 "" \
+  grep -qE '^issueflow: #61' <<<"$fjb_out"
+
+# release_bodies is the THIRD producer and has its own has() site. A `release`
+# issue on a forgejo-shaped board must reach the window gather, or the #292
+# flags are decided over an empty set (@codex-reviewer-andresmgsl, #210).
+printf '%s\n' \
+  '[{"number":60,"pull_request":null,"labels":[{"name":"ready"}],"title":"an issue"},
+    {"number":62,"pull_request":null,"labels":[{"name":"release"}],"title":"Release 9.9.9","body":"Blocked by #60."},
+    {"number":63,"pull_request":null,"labels":[{"name":"ready"}],"title":"a claimable non-member"},
+    {"number":61,"pull_request":{"merged":false},"labels":[],"title":"a pull request"}]' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_state_open.json"
+jq -n --arg at "$(iso_at "$INOW")" \
+  '{number:63,user:{login:"triage-one"},created_at:$at,body:"",pull_request:null,
+    labels:[{name:"ready"}],assignees:[]}' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_63.json"
+printf '[]\n' >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_63_comments.json"
+jq -n --arg at "$(iso_at "$INOW")" \
+  '{number:62,user:{login:"triage-one"},created_at:$at,body:"Blocked by #60.",pull_request:null,
+    labels:[{name:"release"}],assignees:[]}' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_62.json"
+printf '[]\n' >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_62_comments.json"
+fjb2_out="$(forgejo_board_run)"
+# The observable effect of release_bodies being NON-empty: an open `release`
+# issue whose gate still holds an open member makes every claimable non-member
+# draw a window flag. With that gather empty there are no carriers and no flag,
+# so this row discriminates the site rather than merely reaching it.
+check "a release issue on a forgejo-shaped board reaches the window gather" 0 "" \
+  grep -qE '#63: window flag' <<<"$fjb2_out"
+check "...and the sweep still completes" 0 "" \
+  grep -qF 'issueflow: reconciled.' <<<"$fjb2_out"
+
+# The THIRD site is reconcile_issue_pass's per-issue payload check. Same key,
+# scalar rather than a list: null means issue, an object means PR.
+# THE SCALAR SITE, ISOLATED. `BOARD_RECORDS` filters an object-valued row out
+# of the LIST before the per-issue guard ever sees it, so a board fixture alone
+# cannot prove the scalar stand-down (@codex-reviewer-andresmgsl, #210 review).
+#
+# The fixture that isolates it: the LIST row is null-valued, so the board
+# gather admits it — and the INDIVIDUAL payload the sweep then fetches is
+# object-valued. Only reconcile_issue_pass's own guard can stand that down.
+printf '%s\n' \
+  '[{"number":65,"pull_request":null,"labels":[],"title":"list says issue, payload says PR"}]' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_state_open.json"
+jq -n --arg at "$(iso_at "$INOW")" \
+  '{number:65,user:{login:"triage-one"},created_at:$at,body:"",
+    pull_request:{merged:false},labels:[],assignees:[]}' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_65.json"
+printf '[]\n' >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_65_comments.json"
+fjb3_out="$(forgejo_board_run)"
+check "the per-issue guard stands down an object-valued payload" 1 "" \
+  grep -qE '^issueflow: #65: needs-triage' <<<"$fjb3_out"
+check "...and the sweep still completes" 0 "" \
+  grep -qF 'issueflow: reconciled.' <<<"$fjb3_out"
+
+# The same fixture with a null-valued payload MUST reconcile — otherwise the row
+# above would pass on a guard that stands everything down.
+jq -n --arg at "$(iso_at "$INOW")" \
+  '{number:65,user:{login:"triage-one"},created_at:$at,body:"",
+    pull_request:null,labels:[],assignees:[]}' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_65.json"
+fjb4_out="$(forgejo_board_run)"
+check "...while a null-valued payload at the same site reconciles" 0 "" \
+  grep -qE '^issueflow: #65: needs-triage' <<<"$fjb4_out"
+
+# And the GitHub shape — key absent entirely — is still an issue.
+jq -n --arg at "$(iso_at "$INOW")" \
+  '{number:65,user:{login:"triage-one"},created_at:$at,body:"",labels:[],assignees:[]}' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_65.json"
+fjb5_out="$(forgejo_board_run)"
+check "...and a github-shaped payload (key absent) reconciles too" 0 "" \
+  grep -qE '^issueflow: #65: needs-triage' <<<"$fjb5_out"
+
+# -- the rule is pinned at the source, because a comment did not hold --------
+# `.pull_request == null` is stated in this file's own header AND at
+# issueflow-reconcile.sh:1113 — and the merge put `has("pull_request")` back 40
+# lines below that comment, in three places. Prose is not a guard (#210).
+# In-process, not `bash -c`: a subshell cannot see this file's functions, and a
+# pin that silently inspected nothing would be the same defect one level up.
+no_has_pull_request() {
+  local hits
+  hits="$(sed 's/[[:space:]]#.*$//; s/^[[:space:]]*#.*$//' \
+    "$ROOT/actions/issueflow-reconcile/issueflow-reconcile.sh" \
+    | grep -n 'has("pull_request")')"
+  [ -z "$hits" ] || { printf 'executable has("pull_request") at:\n%s\n' "$hits" >&2; return 1; }
+}
+check "no executable has(\"pull_request\") survives on this surface" 0 "" \
+  no_has_pull_request
+# The controls, because this guard MUST tolerate the #188 comment that explains
+# why the form is wrong — a raw grep would either fail forever or pressure a
+# builder into deleting the very warning that prevents recurrence
+# (@codex-reviewer-andresmgsl, #210 review).
+DTMP="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$DTMP"' EXIT
+strip_and_find() { # $1 = file -> 0 when an EXECUTABLE use survives
+  sed 's/[[:space:]]#.*$//; s/^[[:space:]]*#.*$//' "$1" | grep -q 'has("pull_request")'
+}
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # fixture CONTENT: the literal text a scanned file would hold
+printf '%s\n' '#!/usr/bin/env bash' \
+  '# `.pull_request == null`, NOT has("pull_request") | not (#188)' \
+  'jq -e ".pull_request == null" <<<"$J"' >"$DTMP/prose.sh"
+check "the explanatory #188 comment is allowed" 1 "" strip_and_find "$DTMP/prose.sh"
+# single-quoted so the fixture holds the LITERAL form the guard looks for
+printf '%s\n' '#!/usr/bin/env bash' \
+  "jq -r '.[] | select(has(\"pull_request\") | not)' <<<\"\$J\"" >"$DTMP/exec.sh"
+check "...while an executable jq filter is rejected" 0 "" strip_and_find "$DTMP/exec.sh"
+
 # -- the OPEN-pull gather, at main() granularity ----------------------------
 # The closed/merged half above proves one REST path; this proves the other,
 # which is a DIFFERENT pipeline: `.body | @base64` -> base64 -d ->