# t2451: close trust-gate loop by widening maintainer-gate exemption to origin:worker/interactive and fixing CLAIM_RELEASED PR-stranding race

## Origin

- **Created:** 2026-04-21
- **Session:** auto-detected worker-ready issue body
- **Created by:** brief-readiness-helper (stub — canonical brief lives in issue)

## Canonical Brief

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https://github.com/marcusquinn/aidevops/issues/20195

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Acceptance, Files to modify) and is the single source of truth.
This stub exists only to satisfy the brief-file-exists gate.

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