diff --git a/.ngit/act/workflows/test.yml b/.ngit/act/workflows/test.yml
index ad15b47e..7cddcc23 100644
--- a/.ngit/act/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.ngit/act/workflows/test.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Schema lint
         run: node tests/contract/js-schema-lint.mjs
 
+      - name: Doc-facts contract (docs that state facts must match the code)
+        run: python3 tests/contract/check-docs-facts.py
+
       - name: Setup-marker ordering (roll-back safety)
         run: |
           # Offline (no router, no SDK, no network): the setup script's version
@@ -195,3 +198,48 @@ jobs:
         run: python3 tests/contract/check-mirror-sync.py
       - name: Stale import path check
         run: python3 tests/contract/check-import-paths.py
+
+  packaging-suites:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Packaging and uci-defaults shell suites (the full set)
+        run: |
+          # The release-check packaging leg, run per PR: 17 of these suites
+          # were lane-absent, which is how #648's class (rebrand-gutter red)
+          # and #663's class (committed conflict markers) reached main.
+          fail=0
+          for t in tests/packaging/*_test.sh tests/uci-defaults-*_test.sh; do
+            echo "== $t"
+            if ! bash "$t"; then
+              echo "FAILED: $t" >&2
+              fail=1
+            fi
+          done
+          exit $fail
+
+  hygiene:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: No unresolved conflict markers in the tracked tree
+        run: |
+          # Would have caught the #663 residue (markers committed through a
+          # rebase) before merge. Anchored to the marker-plus-space shape so
+          # prose and base64 never trip it.
+          if git grep -nE '^(<{7} |>{7} )' -- .; then
+            echo "ERROR: unresolved conflict markers are committed" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "ok: no conflict markers"
+
+  release-check-fast:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        with:
+          go-version-file: src/go.mod
+      - name: Fast release-check on main (conformance + repro skipped)
+        run: make release-check-fast VERSION="$(cat VERSION)"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f0ecc24..39870292 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: portal-build reproducibility-test reproducibility-variance go-battery release-check
+.PHONY: portal-build reproducibility-test reproducibility-variance go-battery release-check release-check-fast
 
 # Canonical pre-PR Go gate across ALL 16 modules (src/ is a multi-module
 # tree: `go ... ./...` from src/ alone covers only the root module).
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ go-battery:
 release-check:
 	@bash scripts/release-check.sh "$(VERSION)"
 
+# The per-push shape: every cheap leg of release-check (battery, deps,
+# contract, packaging, the three invariant groups, version consistency)
+# with reproducibility and conformance skipped — what CI runs on main.
+release-check-fast:
+	@TOLLGATE_RELEASE_CHECK_REPRO=none TOLLGATE_RELEASE_CHECK_SKIP_CONFORMANCE=1 \
+	  bash scripts/release-check.sh "$(VERSION)"
+
 portal-build:
 	@bash packaging/portal-build.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/release-check.sh b/scripts/release-check.sh
index 11a2accc..d37ce2e6 100755
--- a/scripts/release-check.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-check.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 #     subset instead of skipping it when docker/PRTA is unavailable (the
 #     release manager sets this on the machine that owns the lane).
 #   TOLLGATE_RELEASE_CHECK_REPRO=none     skip the reproducibility build
+#   TOLLGATE_RELEASE_CHECK_SKIP_CONFORMANCE=1  skip the conformance lane
+#     (the make release-check-fast profile sets both: go-battery, deps,
+#     contract, packaging, the invariant groups and version consistency in
+#     one pass — the per-push shape of the gate).
 #     (default: binaries x86_64 — the cheap leg; run `make
 #     reproducibility-test T=... ARCH=...` for the full matrix).
 set -u
@@ -62,8 +66,9 @@ run_contract() {
     local ok=0
     node tests/contract/js-schema-lint.mjs >"$tmpdir/contract.log" 2>&1 || ok=1
     bash tests/contract/build-purity.sh >>"$tmpdir/contract.log" 2>&1 || ok=1
+    python3 tests/contract/check-docs-facts.py >>"$tmpdir/contract.log" 2>&1 || ok=1
     if [ "$ok" = 0 ]; then
-        record "Contract" PASS "schema lint + build purity"
+        record "Contract" PASS "schema lint + build purity + doc facts"
     else
         record "Contract" FAIL "see $tmpdir/contract.log"
     fi
@@ -99,6 +104,10 @@ run_invariant() { # run_invariant <label> <dir> <go test args...>
 }
 
 run_conformance() {
+    if [ "${TOLLGATE_RELEASE_CHECK_SKIP_CONFORMANCE:-0}" = 1 ]; then
+        record "Conformance (fast subset)" SKIP "disabled by env (fast mode)"
+        return
+    fi
     if ! command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         if [ "${TOLLGATE_RELEASE_CHECK_CONFORMANCE:-0}" = 1 ]; then
             record "Conformance (fast subset)" FAIL "docker unavailable but required"