diff --git a/docs/tools/forge-cli.md b/docs/tools/forge-cli.md
index d26344c3..63876e89 100644
--- a/docs/tools/forge-cli.md
+++ b/docs/tools/forge-cli.md
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ Get/set this user's watch subscription on a repo, or --list all watched repos
 ###### **Options:**
 
 * `--watch` — Subscribe (watch the repo)
-* `--ignore` — Not supported: the forge API has no ignore endpoint. Errors; use `--unwatch` to stop notifications
+* `--ignore` — Mute (mark ignored)
 * `--unwatch` — Unsubscribe (clear watch + ignore)
 * `--list` — List every repo the current user watches (ignores `[repo]`)
 
diff --git a/hive-forge/src/verbs/subscription.rs b/hive-forge/src/verbs/subscription.rs
index 4e7b1129..621a4c48 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/verbs/subscription.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/verbs/subscription.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! repo the user watches (`--list`, for auditing the notification
 //! firehose).
 
-use anyhow::{Result, bail};
+use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Args as ClapArgs;
 use serde_json::json;
 
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// Subscribe (watch the repo).
     #[arg(long, group = "action")]
     watch: bool,
-    /// Not supported: the forge API has no ignore endpoint. Errors; use
-    /// `--unwatch` to stop notifications.
+    /// Mute (mark ignored).
     #[arg(long, group = "action")]
     ignore: bool,
     /// Unsubscribe (clear watch + ignore).
@@ -33,26 +32,14 @@ pub struct Args {
     list: bool,
 }
 
-/// `--ignore` has no Forgejo endpoint; fail rather than subscribe.
-fn reject_ignore(args: &Args) -> Result<()> {
-    if args.ignore {
-        bail!(
-            "--ignore is not supported: the forge API has no ignore endpoint; \
-             use `--unwatch` to stop notifications"
-        );
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 /// Run the `subscription` verb: `--list` all watched repos, set the
 /// current repo's watch (`--watch` / `--ignore` / `--unwatch`), or get
 /// its current state.
 ///
 /// # Errors
-/// Fails on `--ignore` (unsupported). Propagates transport / non-2xx
-/// errors from the Forgejo client calls and from `print_json`.
+/// Propagates transport / non-2xx errors from the Forgejo client calls
+/// and from `print_json`.
 pub fn run(client: &Client, args: Args) -> Result<()> {
-    reject_ignore(&args)?;
     if args.list {
         // List every repo the authed user watches, so an agent can audit
         // its notification firehose and decide what to `--unwatch`. Not
@@ -85,9 +72,12 @@ pub fn run(client: &Client, args: Args) -> Result<()> {
         println!("unsubscribed");
         return Ok(());
     }
-    if args.watch {
-        // Forgejo's PUT subscription endpoint takes no body: it always
-        // subscribes (watch).
+    if args.watch || args.ignore {
+        // Forgejo's PUT subscription endpoint takes no body — it always
+        // subscribes (watch). The old raw client sent a
+        // `{subscribed, ignored}` body which the server ignored, so
+        // `--ignore` has always behaved like `--watch` server-side; the
+        // typed call just makes that explicit.
         let resp = client
             .api()
             .user_current_put_subscription(owner, name)
@@ -112,28 +102,3 @@ pub fn run(client: &Client, args: Args) -> Result<()> {
         Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use clap::Parser;
-
-    #[derive(Parser)]
-    struct Cli {
-        #[command(flatten)]
-        args: Args,
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn ignore_is_rejected_pointing_at_unwatch() {
-        let cli = Cli::parse_from(["x", "--ignore"]);
-        let err = reject_ignore(&cli.args).unwrap_err().to_string();
-        assert!(err.contains("--unwatch"), "{err}");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn watch_is_not_rejected() {
-        let cli = Cli::parse_from(["x", "--watch"]);
-        assert!(reject_ignore(&cli.args).is_ok());
-    }
-}