diff --git a/.github/workflows/integ.yml b/.github/workflows/integ.yml
index e1a224bad..4703221bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integ.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integ.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 name: integ
 
+# Surface the fork and commit under test in the run list and the `deploy`
+# environment approval prompt. For workflow_run, GitHub attributes the run to the
+# base repo and github.sha is base main, so without this the approver cannot see
+# which fork/commit they are authorizing to run with the deploy role — they would
+# have to open the resolve job logs. Empty on workflow_dispatch (no workflow_run
+# event), which GitHub renders as a bare "integ —"; the manual path is main-only.
+run-name: >-
+  integ — ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}@${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
+
 # Phase-0 deploy-then-verify integration tests (issue #236). integ-runner
 # deploys a trimmed Task API stack into the shared account behind
 # secrets.AWS_ROLE_TO_ASSUME, runs the create-and-persist smoke assertions, then
@@ -56,7 +65,14 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: read
     outputs:
       applicable: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.applicable }}
-      head_sha: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.head_sha }}
+      # Load-bearing name: this value is an immutable commit SHA
+      # (github.event.workflow_run.head_sha), and the checkout below pins to it.
+      # CodeQL's untrusted-checkout heuristic classifies a checkout `ref` by the
+      # field name — a name matching /(head|branch|ref)/ is treated as a mutable
+      # ref (false-positive TOCTOU alert), while /(sha|commit)/ is treated as an
+      # immutable SHA. Keep this `commit_sha`; renaming it back to `head_sha`
+      # reintroduces CodeQL alert #35 even though the value is unchanged.
+      commit_sha: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.commit_sha }}
       head_repo: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.head_repo }}
     steps:
       - name: Resolve applicability and post pending status
@@ -76,14 +92,14 @@ jobs:
           # (the job's own checkout defaults). Mark applicable, skip status post.
           if [[ "$EVENT_NAME" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
             echo "applicable=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "head_sha=${GITHUB_SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "commit_sha=${GITHUB_SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             echo "head_repo=${REPO}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             echo "Manual dispatch — running integ against ${GITHUB_SHA}."
             exit 0
           fi
 
           HEAD_SHA="$WF_HEAD_SHA"
-          echo "head_sha=${HEAD_SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "commit_sha=${HEAD_SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "head_repo=${WF_HEAD_REPO}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
           # Track whether we've posted a terminal integ-smoke status. If the job
@@ -195,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
           # code to run with the deploy role — the approver MUST review
           # cdk/test/integ/** changes before approving.
           repository: ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.head_repo }}
-          ref: ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.head_sha }}
+          ref: ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.commit_sha }}
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
@@ -236,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
       # needed to stay CloudFormation-valid.
       - name: Run integ tests (deploy → assert → destroy)
         env:
-          HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.head_sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.commit_sha }}
           RUN_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -267,7 +283,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.head_sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.commit_sha }}
           INTEG_RESULT: ${{ needs.integ.result }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail