diff --git a/.github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml
index ce7939845..4df21856a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml
@@ -7932,14 +7932,14 @@ jobs:
           && needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.target_repository != ''
           && needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.head_sha != ''
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN || secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.token || github.token }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.target_repository == github.repository && github.token || secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN || secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.token || github.token }}
           GH_REPOSITORY: ${{ needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.target_repository }}
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.pr_number }}
           PR_HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.head_sha }}
           RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
           OPENCODE_MODEL_POOL_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.opencode_review_model_pool.outputs.review_status }}
           COVERAGE_EVIDENCE_RESULT: ${{ needs.coverage-evidence.result }}
-          OPENCODE_STATUS_TOKEN_SOURCE: ${{ secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN != '' && 'PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN' || secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN != '' && 'OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN' || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.available == 'true' && 'opencode-app' || 'github-token' }}
+          OPENCODE_STATUS_TOKEN_SOURCE: ${{ needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.target_repository == github.repository && 'github-token' || secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN != '' && 'PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN' || secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN != '' && 'OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN' || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.available == 'true' && 'opencode-app' || 'github-token' }}
           OPENCODE_CHANGED_FILES_FILE: ${{ runner.temp }}/opencode-changed-files.txt
           OPENCODE_ARTIFACT_MANIFEST_SHA256: ${{ steps.seal_artifacts.outputs.manifest_sha256 }}
           OPENCODE_SOURCE_WORKDIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/opencode-pr-head
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b0ef8d44..e7b4bba85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ Semantic Versioning where the repository publishes a release.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Prefer the job-scoped `github.token` when the central OpenCode dispatch
+  publishes a commit status back to the same `.github` repository. The job's
+  declared `statuses: write` permission now reaches the endpoint instead of an
+  unrelated OpenCode App installation token that can lack commit-status write
+  permission; cross-repository status publication keeps the existing explicit
+  PAT/App credential chain.
 - Publish only the sanitized cumulative Strix report tree, avoiding a later
   copy of relative scanner output that could reintroduce known internal warning
   text into uploaded security evidence.
diff --git a/docs/doctoring/opencode-same-repository-status-credential.md b/docs/doctoring/opencode-same-repository-status-credential.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2b32c01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/doctoring/opencode-same-repository-status-credential.md
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# OpenCode same-repository status credential
+
+## Operator outcome
+
+An OpenCode repository-dispatch run targeting `ContextualWisdomLab/.github`
+publishes its optional `opencode-review` commit status with the current job's
+`github.token`. Cross-repository targets continue to use the configured PAT or
+OpenCode App installation token, because `github.token` is limited to the
+repository containing the workflow.
+
+If status publication fails, inspect the logged token-source label and the
+endpoint response. Do not weaken the formal exact-head Reviews API verdict or
+branch protection: the commit status is complementary evidence.
+
+## Root cause and decision
+
+Run 32560612401 declared `statuses: write` for the OpenCode job but selected the
+separate OpenCode App token for a same-repository status write. GitHub rejected
+`POST /repos/ContextualWisdomLab/.github/statuses/{sha}` with HTTP 403 because
+that installation token did not carry commit-status write permission.
+
+The smallest repair is credential precedence at the existing publication
+boundary. Same-repository publication uses `github.token`, whose effective
+permissions are already narrowed by the job. Cross-repository publication
+retains the established PAT/App chain and the existing neutral path when only a
+repository-scoped workflow token is available. No new credential, permission,
+provider, retry, or fallback abstraction is introduced.
+
+This boundary supports SOC 2 and CSAP evidence expectations by preserving
+least privilege, explicit credential provenance, exact-head status binding,
+and an auditable failure instead of broadening the OpenCode App installation.
+
+## Verification
+
+- The contract test requires both `GH_TOKEN` and its logged source to select
+  `github-token` first only when the target equals the workflow repository.
+- The existing cross-repository notice and fail-closed exact-head review path
+  remain unchanged.
+- The complete Python, shell, compilation, docstring, and branch-coverage gates
+  remain mandatory before merge.
+
+## APA 7th references
+
+GitHub. (n.d.). *GITHUB_TOKEN*. GitHub Docs. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from
+https://docs.github.com/en/actions/concepts/security/github_token
+
+GitHub. (n.d.). *Permissions required for GitHub Apps*. GitHub Docs. Retrieved
+August 22, 2026, from
+https://docs.github.com/en/rest/authentication/permissions-required-for-github-apps
diff --git a/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py b/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
index e00cc5214..32d4e5ae4 100644
--- a/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
@@ -2063,11 +2063,17 @@ def test_opencode_runs_merge_scheduler_after_review_without_repo_local_dispatch(
         "      - name: Dispatch Noema after current-head OpenCode approval", 1
     )[0]
     assert (
-        "GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN || "
+        "GH_TOKEN: ${{ needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.target_repository == "
+        "github.repository && github.token || secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN || "
         "secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.token || "
         "github.token }}"
     ) in status_step
-    assert "OPENCODE_STATUS_TOKEN_SOURCE" in status_step
+    assert (
+        "OPENCODE_STATUS_TOKEN_SOURCE: ${{ "
+        "needs.validate-pr-metadata.outputs.target_repository == github.repository && "
+        "'github-token' || secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN != '' && "
+        "'PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN'"
+    ) in status_step
     assert "steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.available == 'true' && 'opencode-app'" in status_step
     assert "OPENCODE_CHANGED_FILES_FILE" in status_step
     assert "OPENCODE_ARTIFACT_MANIFEST_SHA256" in status_step
diff --git a/tests/test_pr_review_autofix_nvidia_nim_contract.py b/tests/test_pr_review_autofix_nvidia_nim_contract.py
index d0210b1ab..d72b3ebb1 100644
--- a/tests/test_pr_review_autofix_nvidia_nim_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_pr_review_autofix_nvidia_nim_contract.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 DOCTORING_RECORD = Path("docs/doctoring/hourly-nvidia-nim-autofix.md")
 CHANGELOG = Path("CHANGELOG.md")
 REVIEW_DISPATCH_WORKFLOW = Path(".github/workflows/opencode-review-dispatch.yml")
-REVIEW_DISPATCH_BLOB_SHA = "ce7939845286be9668a01d5c640e867a8490ee5c"
+REVIEW_DISPATCH_BLOB_SHA = "4df21856a67776a1fdb2cd51c12e9abf1372a442"
 
 
 def _workflow_text(path: Path) -> str: