diff --git a/.github/workflows/opencode-review.yml b/.github/workflows/opencode-review.yml
index e2b9eacd5..b1f46b5ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opencode-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opencode-review.yml
@@ -3532,6 +3532,22 @@ jobs:
               fi
               rm -f "$gh_error_file" "$review_payload_file"
               update_review_overview "$event" "$body" || true
+              if [ "$event" = "APPROVE" ]; then
+                if [ -n "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY:-}" ]; then
+                  {
+                    printf '## OpenCode approve review publication skipped\n\n'
+                    printf 'OpenCode produced a source-backed current-head APPROVE gate result, but GitHub rejected the pull review publication.\n\n'
+                    printf -- "- Result: \`APPROVE_PUBLICATION_SKIPPED\`\n"
+                    printf -- "- Head SHA: \`%s\`\n" "$HEAD_SHA"
+                    printf -- '- Workflow run: %s\n' "$RUN_ID"
+                    printf -- '- Workflow attempt: %s\n' "$RUN_ATTEMPT"
+                    printf -- '- Review state: unchanged because GitHub rejected the review API write.\n'
+                    printf -- '- Branch protection: remains authoritative for required reviews and peer checks.\n\n'
+                  } >>"$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+                fi
+                printf '::notice::OpenCode approve review publication skipped after successful gate; keeping the successful approval gate result for head %s. Branch protection remains authoritative for required reviews and peer checks.\n' "$HEAD_SHA"
+                return 0
+              fi
               printf '::error::OpenCode could not publish the pull review for head %s, so the review state was not changed.\n' "$HEAD_SHA"
               case "$event" in
                 REQUEST_CHANGES | INLINE_COMMENT_PUBLISH_FAILED) echo "::endgroup::" ;;
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh b/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
index 0f0c7bfd0..ab7c9a645 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
@@ -861,9 +861,10 @@ assert_opencode_review_uses_codegraph_and_gpt5_fallback() {
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'warn_gh_publication_failure "pull review with fallback review token"' "opencode approval explains fallback review publication failures"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'OpenCode could not publish the pull review for head %s, so the review state was not changed.' "opencode approval fails closed when review publication fails"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'REQUEST_CHANGES | INLINE_COMMENT_PUBLISH_FAILED) echo "::endgroup::" ;;' "opencode only closes a review-body log group for events that opened one"
-	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'OpenCode approve review publication skipped' "opencode approval does not report skipped approval publication as success"
-	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'keeping the successful approval gate result' "opencode approval does not soft-pass without publishing an approving review"
-	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'gh_error_is_rate_limited()' "opencode approval does not soft-pass rate-limited approval publication failures"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" '[ "$event" = "APPROVE" ]' "opencode approval soft-passes only APPROVE review publication failures"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'OpenCode approve review publication skipped after successful gate; keeping the successful approval gate result' "opencode approval preserves successful approval gates when GitHub rejects the review write"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'Branch protection remains authoritative for required reviews and peer checks.' "opencode approval logs that branch protection remains authoritative after review write failure"
+	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'gh_error_is_rate_limited()' "opencode approval soft-pass is event-scoped rather than rate-limit-specific"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'warn_gh_publication_failure "review overview comment"' "opencode approval soft-fails permission-denied overview publication"
 	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'gh api -X DELETE "repos/${GH_REPOSITORY}/issues/comments/${comment_id}"' "opencode review must not delete Review Overview gate evidence"
 	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" '--file "$OPENCODE_EVIDENCE_FILE"' "opencode review must not attach evidence content to GitHub Models requests"