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@@ -124,7 +124,26 @@ from the old node. It is pinned to node2 in `oci-k8s/.../addons/tasks/main.yml`
 that reason. A dedicated PVC for the image cache would survive restarts outright, but on
 this cluster that volume faulted and blocked the runner, so it is deliberately not used.
 
-### 6. Verify the whole loop, not just the green checkmarks
+### 6. Restarting the runner orphans its in-flight jobs
+
+Any change to the act_runner StatefulSet recreates the pod, and every job it was running is
+left `in_progress` forever with nothing behind it. At `capacity: 1` a single orphan blocks
+the whole queue: the next run sits in `waiting` indefinitely. One was still `in_progress` at
+15m45s, so do not wait for `ZOMBIE_TASK_TIMEOUT` to rescue it.
+
+Gitea 1.26 has no cancel endpoint — `POST .../actions/runs/{id}/cancel` returns 404 for both
+the run id and the run index. Delete the run instead, which does exist and takes the **run
+index** (`#14`), not the database id (`51`):
+
+```bash
+curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -X DELETE -H "authorization: token $T" \
+  "$G/api/v1/repos/gitea_admin/svcforge/actions/runs/14"     # -> 204
+```
+
+The queued run starts within seconds. The two ids are easy to confuse and the wrong one
+returns 404 rather than touching the wrong run, which is the safe direction.
+
+### 7. Verify the whole loop, not just the green checkmarks
 
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