diff --git a/docs/scheduler/ci.md b/docs/scheduler/ci.md
index 689f73fd..93f63dfb 100644
--- a/docs/scheduler/ci.md
+++ b/docs/scheduler/ci.md
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ name), `jobTimeout` (per-job wall-clock cap, default `"1h"`, Go duration string
 for example `"3h"` — a job that exceeds it's killed so a hung or runaway build
 can't hold the runner's single slot indefinitely).
 
+The old `services.hyperhive.deploy.forgejo.ci.{enable,name,concurrency,labels,package,jobTimeout}`
+are still accepted: each is a rename of the same-named option under
+`deploy.ci-runner`, same type and meaning, and evaluation warns naming both
+paths. Set the new name to silence the warning. The two `name` defaults
+differ (`hive-ci` before, `swarm-ci-runner` now), so a host that never set the
+old `name` shows up under the new default.
+
 ## Container design
 
 - **Private netns, bridge-attached**: the container runs in its own network namespace (`privateNetwork = true`, `hostBridge`), takes its address from the gateway's DHCP, and resolves through the gateway's dnsmasq on the bridge IP. It can't reach host-loopback services — the core dashboard at `127.0.0.1:7000` and the raw forge port are unreachable from CI.
@@ -180,7 +187,10 @@ can't hold the runner's single slot indefinitely).
    and act as this runner; see the security section below.
 
 A new registration is a new runner on the forge: the previous entry stays in
-the forge admin panel as offline until an admin deletes it.
+the forge admin panel as offline until an admin deletes it. The runner the old
+`hive-ci` module registered is one such entry, since this runner registers
+under its own name and token. Delete it under Site administration, Actions,
+Runners.
 
 ## Actions checkout mirror
 
@@ -192,6 +202,11 @@ controller seeds an `actions/checkout` pull-mirror on the forge and Forgejo's
 `uses: actions/checkout@vN` steps then resolve on the forge, with no external
 DNS on the CI critical path.
 
+A forge host that runs the swarm controller therefore resolves
+`uses: actions/checkout` from itself, with or without a runner on that host.
+Set `actionsFromSelf = false` there to resolve actions from `data.forgejo.org`
+and seed no mirror.
+
 The option defaults to whether the forge's host also runs the swarm controller
 (`services.hyperhive.deploy.swarm-controller.enable`): on when it does, off
 otherwise. Setting it `true` on a forge host without the controller leaves
diff --git a/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix b/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
index 0f2795b9..cb8f8876 100644
--- a/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
+++ b/nix/host-modules/deploy.nix
@@ -173,20 +173,40 @@ in
       [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "swarm-otel" "clientSecretFile" ]
     )
 
-    # Removed rather than renamed: the runner is a different container with a
-    # registration of its own, so an old definition is a deployment to re-read
-    # rather than a path to forward.
+    # The runner moved from `deploy.forgejo.ci` to `deploy.ci-runner` with
+    # every option keeping its type and meaning, so the old paths forward.
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" "enable" ]
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "ci-runner" "enable" ]
+    )
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" "name" ]
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "ci-runner" "name" ]
+    )
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" "concurrency" ]
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "ci-runner" "concurrency" ]
+    )
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" "labels" ]
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "ci-runner" "labels" ]
+    )
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" "package" ]
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "ci-runner" "package" ]
+    )
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" "jobTimeout" ]
+      [ "services" "hyperhive" "deploy" "ci-runner" "jobTimeout" ]
+    )
+
+    # The `swarm.forge.ci` spellings fail evaluation and name the option under
+    # `deploy.ci-runner` to set instead.
     (ciRunnerRemoved [ "swarm" "forge" "ci" ] "enable")
     (ciRunnerRemoved [ "swarm" "forge" "ci" ] "name")
     (ciRunnerRemoved [ "swarm" "forge" "ci" ] "concurrency")
     (ciRunnerRemoved [ "swarm" "forge" "ci" ] "labels")
     (ciRunnerRemoved [ "swarm" "forge" "ci" ] "package")
-    (ciRunnerRemoved [ "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" ] "enable")
-    (ciRunnerRemoved [ "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" ] "name")
-    (ciRunnerRemoved [ "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" ] "concurrency")
-    (ciRunnerRemoved [ "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" ] "labels")
-    (ciRunnerRemoved [ "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" ] "package")
-    (ciRunnerRemoved [ "deploy" "forgejo" "ci" ] "jobTimeout")
 
     # The queue's callout identity. What stays under `swarm.nats` is what the
     # queue IS to every hive — the ports it answers on and the client id it is
diff --git a/nix/module-eval/forge-placement.nix b/nix/module-eval/forge-placement.nix
index fafe2a94..d639a65a 100644
--- a/nix/module-eval/forge-placement.nix
+++ b/nix/module-eval/forge-placement.nix
@@ -63,8 +63,19 @@ let
     deploy.ci-runner.enable = true;
   };
 
-  # A host config that still names the runner under the forge.
-  ciUnderForge = hive { deploy.forgejo.ci.enable = true; };
+  # A host config that still names the runner under the forge, every option.
+  ciUnderForge = hive {
+    deploy.forgejo.ci.enable = true;
+    deploy.forgejo.ci.name = "old-runner";
+    deploy.forgejo.ci.concurrency = 3;
+    deploy.forgejo.ci.labels = [ "nix:host" ];
+    deploy.forgejo.ci.package = pkgs.hello;
+    deploy.forgejo.ci.jobTimeout = "2h";
+    deploy.bao.ciRunnerClientCertFile = "/etc/pki/bao-ci-runner.pem";
+    deploy.bao.ciRunnerClientKeyFile = "/etc/pki/bao-ci-runner-key.pem";
+  };
+  # The older spelling, under the swarm-level forge options.
+  ciUnderSwarmForge = hive { swarm.forge.ci.enable = true; };
 
   runsForge = m: m.services.hyperhive.deploy.forgejo.enable && m.containers ? hive-forge;
 
@@ -212,10 +223,27 @@ let
       name = "the CI runner compares .runner's labels in the form the daemon writes them";
       ok = registerService.environment.SWARM_CI_RUNNER_LABELS == "hive-ci:host,nix:host";
     }
+    {
+      # The control is the container: it only exists if `enable` arrived.
+      name = "a CI option under deploy.forgejo sets the same option under deploy.ci-runner";
+      ok =
+        let
+          r = ciUnderForge.services.hyperhive.deploy.ci-runner;
+        in
+        r.enable
+        && r.name == "old-runner"
+        && r.concurrency == 3
+        && r.labels == [ "nix:host" ]
+        && r.package == pkgs.hello
+        && r.jobTimeout == "2h"
+        && ciUnderForge.containers ? swarm-ci-runner
+        && lib.any (lib.hasInfix "services.hyperhive.deploy.forgejo.ci.enable") ciUnderForge.warnings
+        && !(lib.any (a: !a.assertion) ciUnderForge.assertions);
+    }
     {
       # A removed option evaluates to an assertion naming the replacement.
-      name = "a CI option under deploy.forgejo names its replacement under deploy.ci-runner";
-      ok = refusedOver ciUnderForge "services.hyperhive.deploy.ci-runner.enable instead";
+      name = "a CI option under swarm.forge names its replacement under deploy.ci-runner";
+      ok = refusedOver ciUnderSwarmForge "services.hyperhive.deploy.ci-runner.enable instead";
     }
     {
       # Nothing writes the delivery path away from the forge, and a