diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index 405a894..263d34e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -99,25 +99,33 @@ jobs:
     # this job silently never ran (deployment sat on an Aug-06 image).
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: docker
+    # The runner's default job container has no docker CLI, so
+    # docker/login-action + docker/build-push-action die with "Unable to
+    # locate executable file: docker". Same pattern as the proven
+    # breakpilot-compliance build-push-deploy.yml: run in docker:27-cli
+    # (talks to the runner's daemon) and use plain docker commands.
+    container: docker:27-cli
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout
+        run: |
+          apk add --no-cache git curl openssl
+          git clone --depth 1 --branch ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} $(echo ${GITHUB_SERVER_URL} | sed -E "s#^(https?://)#\1ci:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@#")/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git .
 
-      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: repo.breakpilot.com
-          username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}
+      - name: Login
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_USER: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}
+          REGISTRY_PASS: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}
+        run: echo "$REGISTRY_PASS" | docker login repo.breakpilot.com -u "$REGISTRY_USER" --password-stdin
 
-      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          push: true
-          tags: |
-            repo.breakpilot.com/breakpilot/${{ github.event.repository.name }}:sha-${{ github.sha }}
-            repo.breakpilot.com/breakpilot/${{ github.event.repository.name }}:latest
-
-      - uses: anchore/sbom-action@v0
-        with:
-          image: repo.breakpilot.com/breakpilot/${{ github.event.repository.name }}:sha-${{ github.sha }}
+      - name: Build + push
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          docker build \
+            -t repo.breakpilot.com/breakpilot/tenant-registry:latest \
+            -t repo.breakpilot.com/breakpilot/tenant-registry:sha-${GITHUB_SHA} \
+            .
+          docker push repo.breakpilot.com/breakpilot/tenant-registry:latest
+          docker push repo.breakpilot.com/breakpilot/tenant-registry:sha-${GITHUB_SHA}
 
       # Notify orca to pull :latest and recreate the service (same pattern as
       # breakpilot-core/build-pitch-deck.yml). The stage-env deploy this used to
@@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
           ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET }}
           ORCA_WEBHOOK_URL: http://46.225.100.82:6880/api/v1/webhooks/github
         run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
+          set -eu
           PAYLOAD="{\"ref\":\"refs/heads/main\",\"repository\":{\"full_name\":\"${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}\"},\"head_commit\":{\"id\":\"${GITHUB_SHA}\",\"message\":\"ci: tenant-registry image build\"}}"
           SIG=$(printf '%s' "$PAYLOAD" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET" -r | awk '{print $1}')
           curl -sSf -k \