diff --git a/server/babysitter.test.ts b/server/babysitter.test.ts
index 6daa80e..dba6f3e 100644
--- a/server/babysitter.test.ts
+++ b/server/babysitter.test.ts
@@ -6249,6 +6249,114 @@ test("runQueuedBabysitPR launches code-owner fallback after the default run fail
   assert.equal(jobs[0]?.payload.monitorReason, "GitHub mergeable state is blocked");
 });
 
+test("runQueuedBabysitPR commits and pushes uncommitted code-owner fallback agent changes", async () => {
+  const storage = new MemStorage();
+  await storage.updateConfig({ autoUpdateDocs: false });
+  const pr = await storage.addPR({
+    number: 106,
+    title: "Verbose PR",
+    repo: "alex-morgan-o/lolodex",
+    branch: "feature/verbose",
+    author: "octocat",
+    url: "https://github.com/alex-morgan-o/lolodex/pull/106",
+    status: "watching",
+    feedbackItems: [],
+    accepted: 0,
+    rejected: 0,
+    flagged: 0,
+    testsPassed: null,
+    lintPassed: null,
+    lastChecked: null,
+  });
+  const worktreeRoot = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "codefactory-home-"));
+  process.env.CODEFACTORY_HOME = worktreeRoot;
+  const backgroundJobQueue = new BackgroundJobQueue(storage);
+  const gitCommands: string[] = [];
+  const applyCalls: Array<{ agent: string; cwd?: string }> = [];
+
+  try {
+    const babysitter = new PRBabysitter(
+      storage,
+      makeWatcherGitHubService({
+        fetchPullSummary: async () => makePullSummary(pr, { mergeableState: "blocked" }),
+        listFailingStatuses: async () => [{
+          context: "build",
+          description: "TypeScript compilation failed",
+          targetUrl: "https://github.com/octo/example/actions/runs/1",
+        }],
+      }),
+      {
+        resolveAgent: async () => "claude",
+        ciPollIntervalMs: 0,
+        evaluateFixNecessityWithAgent: async () => ({
+          needsFix: true,
+          reason: "Build failure needs a code change",
+        }),
+        applyFixesWithAgent: async ({ agent, cwd }) => {
+          applyCalls.push({ agent, cwd });
+          if (applyCalls.length === 1) {
+            return { code: 1, stdout: "", stderr: "default run failed" };
+          }
+          // Fallback agent modified files but did not commit or push them.
+          return { code: 0, stdout: "fallback handled the PR", stderr: "" };
+        },
+        runCommand: async (command: string, args: string[]) => {
+          gitCommands.push([command, ...args].join(" "));
+          if (command !== "git") {
+            return { code: 1, stdout: "", stderr: `unexpected command: ${command}` };
+          }
+
+          // Worktree status reports uncommitted changes after the fallback agent.
+          if (args[0] === "status" && args[1] === "--porcelain") {
+            return { code: 0, stdout: " M src/file.ts\n", stderr: "" };
+          }
+
+          // Local head is a new commit the agent (or PatchDeck) created.
+          if (args[0] === "rev-parse" && args[1] === "HEAD") {
+            return { code: 0, stdout: "localnew123\n", stderr: "" };
+          }
+
+          // FETCH_HEAD reflects the remote after the push: once the fetch
+          // happened, the remote head matches the locally created commit.
+          if (args[0] === "-C" && args[2] === "rev-parse" && args[3] === "FETCH_HEAD") {
+            const alreadyPushed = gitCommands.some((cmd) => cmd.startsWith("git push") && cmd.includes("HEAD:feature/verbose"));
+            return { code: 0, stdout: `${alreadyPushed ? "localnew123" : "remoteold456"}\n`, stderr: "" };
+          }
+
+          if (args[0] === "-C" && args[2] === "status") {
+            return { code: 0, stdout: "", stderr: "" };
+          }
+
+          if (args[0] === "-C" && args[2] === "fetch") {
+            return { code: 0, stdout: "fetched\n", stderr: "" };
+          }
+
+          return { code: 0, stdout: "", stderr: "" };
+        },
+      },
+      undefined,
+      async (...args) => backgroundJobQueue.enqueue(...args),
+    );
+
+    await babysitter.runQueuedBabysitPR(pr.id, "claude");
+  } finally {
+    delete process.env.CODEFACTORY_HOME;
+  }
+
+  const [run] = await storage.listAgentRuns({ prId: pr.id });
+  const logs = await storage.getLogs(pr.id);
+
+  assert.equal(applyCalls.length, 2);
+  assert.equal(run?.status, "completed");
+  assert.equal(run?.phase, "code-owner-fallback.completed");
+
+  // PatchDeck should have staged, committed, and pushed the uncommitted agent edits.
+  assert.ok(gitCommands.some((cmd) => cmd.startsWith("git add -A")), "expected git add -A");
+  assert.ok(gitCommands.some((cmd) => cmd.includes("commit") && cmd.includes("--no-verify")), "expected git commit");
+  assert.ok(gitCommands.some((cmd) => cmd.startsWith("git push") && cmd.includes("HEAD:feature/verbose")), "expected git push to PR branch");
+  assert.ok(logs.some((log) => log.phase === "code-owner-fallback" && log.message.includes("finalized")), "expected finalize log");
+});
+
 test("runQueuedBabysitPR records code-owner fallback failure phase", async () => {
   const storage = new MemStorage();
   await storage.updateConfig({ autoUpdateDocs: false });
diff --git a/server/babysitter.ts b/server/babysitter.ts
index b28bdc8..4fc7005 100644
--- a/server/babysitter.ts
+++ b/server/babysitter.ts
@@ -3340,6 +3340,92 @@ export class PRBabysitter {
       return true;
     };
 
+    const finalizeCodeOwnerFallbackWorktree = async (params: {
+      prId: string;
+      cwd: string;
+      repoCacheDir: string;
+      remoteName: string;
+      headRef: string;
+      agent: CodingAgent;
+    }): Promise<void> => {
+      const { prId, cwd, repoCacheDir, remoteName, headRef, agent } = params;
+      const phase = "code-owner-fallback";
+
+      // Commit any uncommitted agent edits so the local head captures them.
+      const committed = await commitDirtyWorktree({
+        currentPrId: prId,
+        cwd,
+        commitArgs: ["commit", "--no-verify", "--no-edit", "-m", `Apply ${agent} code-owner fallback fixes for PR`],
+        phase,
+        context: "code-owner fallback agent run",
+      });
+
+      // If the agent already committed but did not push (or we just committed),
+      // push the local head to the PR branch. When the agent already pushed,
+      // local HEAD equals the remote HEAD and the push is a no-op success.
+      const pushResult = await runLoggedCommand({
+        currentPrId: prId,
+        command: "git",
+        args: ["push", remoteName, `HEAD:${headRef}`],
+        cwd,
+        timeoutMs: 120000,
+        phase,
+        successMessage: `Pushed code-owner fallback work to ${remoteName}/${headRef}`,
+      });
+      if (pushResult.code !== 0) {
+        throw new Error(formatGitFailure(`pushing ${remoteName}/${headRef} after code-owner fallback`, pushResult));
+      }
+
+      // Confirm the pushed head is visible on the remote.
+      const remoteFetch = await runLoggedCommand({
+        currentPrId: prId,
+        command: "git",
+        args: ["-C", repoCacheDir, "fetch", remoteName, headRef],
+        timeoutMs: 120000,
+        phase,
+        successMessage: `Fetched ${remoteName}/${headRef} after code-owner fallback push`,
+      });
+      if (remoteFetch.code !== 0) {
+        throw new Error(formatGitFailure(`fetching ${remoteName}/${headRef} after code-owner fallback push`, remoteFetch));
+      }
+
+      const remoteHead = await runLoggedCommand({
+        currentPrId: prId,
+        command: "git",
+        args: ["-C", repoCacheDir, "rev-parse", "FETCH_HEAD"],
+        timeoutMs: 5000,
+        phase,
+        successMessage: "Collected remote PR head SHA after code-owner fallback push",
+      });
+      if (remoteHead.code !== 0) {
+        throw new Error(formatGitFailure("reading remote PR head after code-owner fallback push", remoteHead));
+      }
+
+      const localHead = await runLoggedCommand({
+        currentPrId: prId,
+        command: "git",
+        args: ["rev-parse", "HEAD"],
+        cwd,
+        timeoutMs: 5000,
+        phase,
+        successMessage: "Collected local PR head SHA after code-owner fallback",
+      });
+      if (localHead.code !== 0) {
+        throw new Error(formatGitFailure("reading local PR head after code-owner fallback", localHead));
+      }
+
+      if (localHead.stdout.trim() !== remoteHead.stdout.trim()) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Code-owner fallback work was not reflected on ${remoteName}/${headRef} (local ${localHead.stdout.trim().slice(0, 8)}, remote ${remoteHead.stdout.trim().slice(0, 8)})`,
+        );
+      }
+
+      await queueLog(prId, "info", `Code-owner fallback work finalized on ${remoteName}/${headRef}`, {
+        phase,
+        metadata: { committed, remoteHead: remoteHead.stdout.trim().slice(0, 12) },
+      });
+    };
+
     const runCodeOwnerFallbackAfterFailure = async (params: {
       pr: PR;
       failureMessage: string;
@@ -3482,6 +3568,20 @@ export class PRBabysitter {
             metadata: { agent, cwd },
           });
 
+          // The code-owner fallback agent is asked to commit and push its own
+          // changes, but agents sometimes finish without doing so (e.g. a
+          // truncated model response). If the worktree has uncommitted changes
+          // or a local commit that was not pushed, PatchDeck finalizes the PR
+          // branch so the review threads can be closed against the real head.
+          await finalizeCodeOwnerFallbackWorktree({
+            prId: pr.id,
+            cwd: worktreePath,
+            repoCacheDir,
+            remoteName,
+            headRef: pullSummary.headRef,
+            agent,
+          });
+
           return { agent, prompt };
         } finally {
           await stdoutLogger.flush();