diff --git a/.github/workflows/opencode-review.yml b/.github/workflows/opencode-review.yml
index 712851c4..dc72cf2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opencode-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opencode-review.yml
@@ -3329,8 +3329,9 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         timeout-minutes: 45
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.token || github.token }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN || secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.token || github.token }}
           CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          CONFIGURED_REVIEW_WRITE_TOKEN_SOURCE: ${{ secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN != '' && 'PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN' || secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN != '' && 'OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN' || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.available == 'true' && 'opencode-app' || 'github-token' }}
           GH_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name || github.event.inputs.target_repository || github.repository }}
           STRIX_GITHUB_MODELS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.STRIX_GITHUB_MODELS_TOKEN || github.token }}
           # Exposed so the "openai" provider in opencode.jsonc resolves during the
@@ -3382,47 +3383,64 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           echo "::group::OpenCode Review Approval Gate"
           echo "PR=#${PR_NUMBER} head_sha=${HEAD_SHA} run_id=${RUN_ID} run_attempt=${RUN_ATTEMPT}"
+          configured_review_write_token="${GH_TOKEN:-}"
+          configured_review_write_token_source="${CONFIGURED_REVIEW_WRITE_TOKEN_SOURCE:-configured}"
+          if [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${configured_review_write_token:-}" = "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            configured_review_write_token_source="opencode-app"
+          fi
+          check_lookup_token_source="${configured_review_write_token_source:-configured}"
           if [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${GH_REPOSITORY:-}" != "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]; then
             GH_TOKEN="$OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN"
-          fi
-          check_lookup_token_source="configured"
-          if [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${GH_TOKEN:-}" = "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            export GH_TOKEN
             check_lookup_token_source="opencode-app"
-          fi
-          configured_review_write_token="${GH_TOKEN:-}"
-          if [ -n "${CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN:-}" ] && { [ -z "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] || [ "${GH_REPOSITORY:-}" = "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]; }; then
+          elif [ -n "${CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
             GH_TOKEN="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"
             export GH_TOKEN
             check_lookup_token_source="github-token"
           fi
           review_write_token="$GH_TOKEN"
           review_write_fallback_token=""
-          review_write_token_source="configured"
-          if [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${GH_REPOSITORY:-}" != "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]; then
+          review_write_fallback_token_source=""
+          review_write_token_source="${check_lookup_token_source:-configured}"
+          if { [ "${configured_review_write_token_source:-}" = "PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN" ] || [ "${configured_review_write_token_source:-}" = "OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN" ]; } && [ -n "${configured_review_write_token:-}" ]; then
+            review_write_token="$configured_review_write_token"
+            review_write_token_source="$configured_review_write_token_source"
+            if [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${GH_REPOSITORY:-}" != "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ] && [ "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" != "${review_write_token:-}" ]; then
+              review_write_fallback_token="$OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN"
+              review_write_fallback_token_source="opencode-app"
+            elif [ -n "${CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN:-}" != "${review_write_token:-}" ]; then
+              review_write_fallback_token="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"
+              review_write_fallback_token_source="github-token"
+            elif [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" != "${review_write_token:-}" ]; then
+              review_write_fallback_token="$OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN"
+              review_write_fallback_token_source="opencode-app"
+            fi
+          elif [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${GH_REPOSITORY:-}" != "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]; then
             review_write_token="$OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN"
             review_write_token_source="opencode-app"
-          elif [ -n "${CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${GH_REPOSITORY:-}" = "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]; then
-            if [ -n "${configured_review_write_token:-}" ] && [ "${configured_review_write_token:-}" != "${CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-              review_write_token="$configured_review_write_token"
-              if [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${configured_review_write_token:-}" = "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-                review_write_token_source="opencode-app"
-              else
-                review_write_token_source="configured"
+            if [ -n "${configured_review_write_token:-}" ] && [ "${configured_review_write_token:-}" != "${review_write_token:-}" ]; then
+              review_write_fallback_token="$configured_review_write_token"
+              review_write_fallback_token_source="$configured_review_write_token_source"
+            fi
+          elif [ -n "${CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            review_write_token="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"
+            review_write_token_source="github-token"
+            if [ -n "${configured_review_write_token:-}" ] && [ "${configured_review_write_token:-}" != "${review_write_token:-}" ]; then
+              review_write_fallback_token="$configured_review_write_token"
+              review_write_fallback_token_source="$configured_review_write_token_source"
+              if [ "${configured_review_write_token_source:-}" = "opencode-app" ]; then
+                echo "::warning::No PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN or OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN is configured for same-repository review writes; using github-token primary and opencode-app fallback, which may not satisfy required approving review provenance."
               fi
-              review_write_fallback_token="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"
-            else
-              review_write_token="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"
-              review_write_token_source="github-token"
             fi
-          elif [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ] && [ "${GH_TOKEN:-}" = "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-            review_write_token_source="opencode-app"
           fi
           if [ -z "${review_write_fallback_token:-}" ] && [ -n "${configured_review_write_token:-}" ] && [ "${configured_review_write_token:-}" != "${review_write_token:-}" ]; then
             review_write_fallback_token="$configured_review_write_token"
+            review_write_fallback_token_source="$configured_review_write_token_source"
           fi
           overview_comment_token="$review_write_token"
           echo "check lookup token source=${check_lookup_token_source}"
           echo "review write token source=${review_write_token_source}"
+          echo "review write fallback token source=${review_write_fallback_token_source:-none}"
 
           app_token_limited_check_lookup() {
             [ "${check_lookup_token_source:-}" = "opencode-app" ] && [ -n "${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-}" ]
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh b/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
index b1671550..4a1b1141 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_strix_quick_gate.sh
@@ -872,15 +872,19 @@ assert_opencode_review_uses_codegraph_and_gpt5_fallback() {
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" "## OpenCode Review Overview" "opencode review publishes a visible Review Overview heading"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'gh api -X PATCH "repos/${GH_REPOSITORY}/issues/comments/${overview_comment_id}"' "opencode review updates an existing Review Overview comment instead of duplicating it"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" "Exchange OpenCode app token for review writes" "opencode review obtains an app token before publishing review writes"
-	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.token || github.token }}' "opencode approval keeps the configured cross-repo token available for review writes"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PR_REVIEW_MERGE_TOKEN || secrets.OPENCODE_APPROVE_TOKEN || steps.opencode_app_token.outputs.token || github.token }}' "opencode approval keeps the configured merge or cross-repo token available for review writes before the app token"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}' "opencode approval uses the workflow token for target statusCheckRollup lookups"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'CONFIGURED_REVIEW_WRITE_TOKEN_SOURCE:' "opencode approval logs which configured review token source is used"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" '[ "${GH_REPOSITORY:-}" = "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-}" ]' "opencode approval does not replace the app token with the workflow token for target-repository check lookups"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'check_lookup_token_source="github-token"' "opencode approval marks target statusCheckRollup lookups as workflow-token reads"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'review_write_token="$GH_TOKEN"' "opencode approval starts review writes from the configured token"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'review_write_token="$OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN"' "opencode approval uses the app token for cross-repository review writes"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'review_write_token="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"' "opencode approval uses the workflow token for same-repository review writes"
-	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'review_write_token="$configured_review_write_token"' "opencode approval prefers configured app review token over same-repository workflow token when available"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'review_write_token="$configured_review_write_token"' "opencode approval prefers configured merge or approval tokens over app fallback tokens when available"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'review_write_fallback_token="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"' "opencode approval keeps same-repository workflow token as review publication fallback"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'review_write_fallback_token="$OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN"' "opencode approval keeps the app token as cross-repository review publication fallback"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'review write fallback token source=${review_write_fallback_token_source:-none}' "opencode approval logs the review publication fallback token source"
+	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'using github-token primary and opencode-app fallback' "opencode approval explains why app-token-only same-repository reviews may not satisfy branch protection"
 	assert_file_not_contains "$workflow_file" 'review_write_token="${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-$GH_TOKEN}"' "opencode approval must not force same-repository review writes through the app token"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'env GH_TOKEN="$review_write_token" gh api -X POST "repos/${GH_REPOSITORY}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}/reviews"' "opencode review writes use the review write token"
 	assert_file_contains "$workflow_file" 'app_token_limited_check_lookup()' "opencode approval detects app-token-limited GitHub Checks lookups"
diff --git a/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py b/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
index af19fbb1..3a2485dd 100644
--- a/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_opencode_agent_contract.py
@@ -353,12 +353,16 @@ def test_workflow_provisions_sandbox_tool_and_reviewer_agent():
     assert "Distinguish typing.Protocol, abc abstractmethod" in workflow
     assert "executable implementation gaps" in workflow
     assert "CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN" in workflow
+    assert "CONFIGURED_REVIEW_WRITE_TOKEN_SOURCE" in workflow
     assert "retrying with workflow github token" in workflow
     assert 'review_write_token="$GH_TOKEN"' in workflow
     assert 'review_write_token="$OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN"' in workflow
     assert 'review_write_token="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"' in workflow
     assert 'review_write_token="$configured_review_write_token"' in workflow
     assert 'review_write_fallback_token="$CHECK_LOOKUP_GH_TOKEN"' in workflow
+    assert 'review_write_fallback_token="$OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN"' in workflow
+    assert "review write fallback token source=" in workflow
+    assert "using github-token primary and opencode-app fallback" in workflow
     assert 'review_write_token="${OPENCODE_APP_TOKEN:-$GH_TOKEN}"' not in workflow
     assert 'REVIEW_PUBLISH_RETRY_ATTEMPTS: "3"' in workflow
     assert "gh_error_is_retryable_publication_failure()" in workflow