diff --git a/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/deployment.yaml b/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/deployment.yaml
index 615ee58..ed9d079 100644
--- a/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/deployment.yaml
+++ b/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/deployment.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: gitea-runner
   annotations:
-    config-version: "2026-05-05-ssh-clone"
+    config-version: "2026-05-05-gitea-proxy"
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: gitea-runner
       annotations:
-        config-version: "2026-05-05-ssh-clone"
+        config-version: "2026-05-05-gitea-proxy"
     spec:
       securityContext:
         runAsNonRoot: false
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: neuron-technologies-runner
   annotations:
-    config-version: "2026-05-05-ssh-clone"
+    config-version: "2026-05-05-gitea-proxy"
 spec:
   replicas: 2
   selector:
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: neuron-technologies-runner
       annotations:
-        config-version: "2026-05-05-ssh-clone"
+        config-version: "2026-05-05-gitea-proxy"
     spec:
       securityContext:
         runAsNonRoot: false
diff --git a/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/external-secrets.yaml b/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/external-secrets.yaml
index 553295e..9cc448c 100644
--- a/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/external-secrets.yaml
+++ b/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/external-secrets.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ metadata:
   name: gitea-runner-secret
   namespace: ci
   annotations:
-    force-sync: "2026-05-05-ssh-clone"
+    force-sync: "2026-05-05-gitea-proxy"
 spec:
   refreshInterval: 1h
   secretStoreRef:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
     creationPolicy: Owner
     template:
       data:
-        GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: "https://git.neuralplatform.ai"
+        GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: "http://gitea-proxy.ci.svc.cluster.local:3000"
         GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN: "{{ .runner_token }}"
         GITEA_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: "{{ .ci_ssh_private_key }}"
   data:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ metadata:
   name: neuron-technologies-runner-secret
   namespace: ci
   annotations:
-    force-sync: "2026-05-05-ssh-clone"
+    force-sync: "2026-05-05-gitea-proxy"
 spec:
   refreshInterval: 1h
   secretStoreRef:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
     creationPolicy: Owner
     template:
       data:
-        GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: "https://git.neuralplatform.ai"
+        GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: "http://gitea-proxy.ci.svc.cluster.local:3000"
         GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN: "{{ .runner_token }}"
         GITEA_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: "{{ .ci_ssh_private_key }}"
   data:
diff --git a/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/gitea-proxy.yaml b/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/gitea-proxy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00108b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/servers/legion/k8s/gitea-runner/gitea-proxy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+---
+# gitea-proxy — nginx CF Access header-injecting proxy
+#
+# act_runner cannot add custom HTTP headers, so it can't send the
+# CF-Access-Client-Id / CF-Access-Client-Secret headers that Cloudflare
+# Access requires for service-to-service access to git.neuralplatform.ai.
+#
+# This proxy sits in the ci namespace. Runners use:
+#   GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: http://gitea-proxy.ci.svc.cluster.local:3000
+#
+# nginx:alpine processes *.conf.template files in /etc/nginx/templates/ via
+# envsubst at startup — so CF Access credentials come from the Secret as env
+# vars and get interpolated into the nginx config before nginx starts.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-proxy-config
+  namespace: ci
+data:
+  # Placed at /etc/nginx/templates/default.conf.template — nginx:alpine
+  # runs envsubst on this and writes the result to /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+  default.conf.template: |
+    server {
+      listen 3000;
+
+      location / {
+        proxy_pass          https://git.neuralplatform.ai;
+
+        # Inject CF Access service-token headers so Cloudflare lets
+        # the request through without interactive auth.
+        proxy_set_header CF-Access-Client-Id     "${CF_ACCESS_CLIENT_ID}";
+        proxy_set_header CF-Access-Client-Secret "${CF_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET}";
+
+        # Preserve Host so Gitea/CF edge routes correctly.
+        proxy_set_header Host git.neuralplatform.ai;
+
+        # Forward all original request headers (auth tokens, etc).
+        proxy_pass_request_headers on;
+
+        # Rewrite Location headers in redirects back to the proxy URL.
+        proxy_redirect https://git.neuralplatform.ai/
+                       http://gitea-proxy.ci.svc.cluster.local:3000/;
+
+        # Standard proxy headers.
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto http;
+
+        # Allow large request bodies (git push payloads).
+        client_max_body_size 512m;
+      }
+    }
+---
+# ExternalSecret — CF Access service token for the proxy
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-proxy-secret
+  namespace: ci
+  annotations:
+    force-sync: "2026-05-05-initial"
+spec:
+  refreshInterval: 1h
+  secretStoreRef:
+    name: vault
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+  target:
+    name: gitea-proxy-secret
+    creationPolicy: Owner
+  data:
+    - secretKey: CF_ACCESS_CLIENT_ID
+      remoteRef:
+        key: secret/data/gitea-runner-cf-access
+        property: client_id
+    - secretKey: CF_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET
+      remoteRef:
+        key: secret/data/gitea-runner-cf-access
+        property: client_secret
+---
+# Deployment
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-proxy
+  namespace: ci
+  labels:
+    app: gitea-proxy
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: gitea-proxy
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: gitea-proxy
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: nginx
+          image: nginx:alpine
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 3000
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config-template
+              mountPath: /etc/nginx/templates
+          envFrom:
+            - secretRef:
+                name: gitea-proxy-secret
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 50m
+              memory: 32Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 64Mi
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-template
+          configMap:
+            name: gitea-proxy-config
+---
+# Service — ClusterIP reachable by all runner pods as gitea-proxy.ci:3000
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-proxy
+  namespace: ci
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: gitea-proxy
+  ports:
+    - port: 3000
+      targetPort: 3000