diff --git a/nix/modules/hive-forge.nix b/nix/modules/hive-forge.nix
index cc99f7bc..80974157 100644
--- a/nix/modules/hive-forge.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/hive-forge.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ let
     else
       "http://${cfg.domain}:${toString cfg.httpPort}/";
   effectiveRootUrl = if cfg.rootUrl != null then cfg.rootUrl else defaultRootUrl;
+
+  # When CI is enabled, the runner needs `actions/checkout` resolvable
+  # without external DNS (hive-ci shares the host netns, so a host-resolver
+  # blip otherwise reds every `actions/checkout@vN` fetch from
+  # data.forgejo.org — see #2072). Auto-append a pull-mirror of it and point
+  # forgejo's DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL at this instance so `uses:` resolves local.
+  ciEnabled = config.services.hyperhive.forge.ci.enable;
+  actionCheckoutMirror = {
+    upstream = "https://github.com/actions/checkout";
+    dest = "actions/checkout";
+  };
+  effectiveMirrors = cfg.mirrors ++ lib.optional ciEnabled actionCheckoutMirror;
 in
 {
   # Private Forgejo in a `hive-forge` nixos-container, shared host
@@ -177,6 +189,49 @@ in
         config before rebuilding.
       '';
     };
+
+    mirrors = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.listOf (
+        lib.types.submodule {
+          options = {
+            upstream = lib.mkOption {
+              type = lib.types.str;
+              example = "https://github.com/actions/checkout";
+              description = "Upstream clone URL to mirror from.";
+            };
+            dest = lib.mkOption {
+              type = lib.types.str;
+              example = "actions/checkout";
+              description = ''
+                Local `<owner>/<repo>` the pull-mirror is created at. The
+                `<owner>` org is auto-created if missing. Keep mirror dests
+                in their own orgs (e.g. `actions/*`) — separate from the
+                hive-c0re-managed namespaces (config/shared/agents/core) so
+                the seed never collides with core's own provisioning.
+              '';
+            };
+          };
+        }
+      );
+      default = [ ];
+      example = lib.literalExpression ''
+        [ { upstream = "https://github.com/actions/checkout"; dest = "actions/checkout"; } ]
+      '';
+      description = ''
+        General-purpose Forgejo **pull-mirrors** to auto-seed on the local
+        forge. Each entry is created as a real Forgejo pull-mirror (it
+        re-syncs from `upstream` out-of-band), not a one-off pushed clone —
+        so a host-resolver blip leaves a *stale* mirror, never a hard
+        failure on whatever reads it.
+
+        When `services.hyperhive.forge.ci.enable` is set, an
+        `actions/checkout` mirror is auto-appended to this list and
+        forgejo's `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` is pointed at this instance, so CI
+        `uses: actions/checkout@vN` steps resolve entirely on loopback with
+        no external DNS on the critical path (the seed/re-sync needs
+        external DNS, but that's off the CI path). See `#2072`.
+      '';
+    };
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf config.services.hyperhive.enable {
@@ -302,6 +357,13 @@ in
               # of token scopes. Required by `hive-ci-register.service`
               # in the hive-ci container.
               actions.ENABLED = true;
+              # When CI is enabled, resolve `uses: <org>/<action>@vN` from
+              # THIS instance (the seeded `actions/checkout` pull-mirror)
+              # instead of the upstream default `data.forgejo.org` — keeps
+              # the checkout step on loopback, immune to a host-resolver
+              # blip (#2072). `self` = forgejo expands actions against its
+              # own ROOT_URL.
+              actions.DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL = lib.mkIf ciEnabled "self";
               # F3 (federation) computes its data dir relative to the
               # forgejo binary, which lands in the read-only nix
               # store and crashes anything that touches the F3