diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 458bb67e0a..261aece1d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ jobs:
   bump-dev-version:
     needs: publish
     if: ${{ inputs.dry-run != true }}
+    # A reusable-workflow CALL cannot grant the callee more than the calling job holds,
+    # and GitHub refuses the whole run at startup when the called workflow's own job
+    # declares permissions the caller did not pass down ("startup_failure", runs
+    # 33615174183 / 33615177849 — the first dispatches since #3129 wired this call).
+    # The callee's job declares exactly these two; nothing else in this file gains them.
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     uses: ./.github/workflows/dev-version-bump.yml
     with:
       released-version: v${{ inputs.version }}
diff --git a/devlog/_plan/260902_windows_ci_release/070_outcome.md b/devlog/_plan/260902_windows_ci_release/070_outcome.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0791df4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devlog/_plan/260902_windows_ci_release/070_outcome.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# 070 — Outcome: v2.40.0 released, Windows shards repaired
+
+## Windows CI (wp2/wp3)
+
+Landed on dev as #3257 (`19b0157bb`) and #3258 (`a6ee24f5b`). Root cause was the product:
+`e5d588669` turned the config-dir ACL harden into a fire-and-forget `icacls.exe` child that
+`server.stop()` never waited for; mandatory locking made every fixture teardown EPERM/EBUSY.
+
+Dispatch history on immutable refs of the stack tip (windows-latest, all four shards were red on
+every branch since 2026-08-30):
+
+| run | head | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 33595585136 | e1acb7f7a | 8 fails | 2 | 1 | cancelled |
+| 33597649234 | 079bec4e0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 25-min ceiling (native-main-refresh microtask spin) |
+| 33601508392 | 2bf189d9f | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ceiling (two more spins) |
+| 33603770447 | 5ffba3b0a | ✓ | fail (write-lock hold) | ✓ | 2 (oauth-manual-code) |
+| 33605723635 | 477c64e50 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 2 (oauth-manual-code, fixed next) |
+| 33605898170 | 2e2b411ba | 1 (retained-root wait) | ✓ | ✓ | 2 (reauth-bind EPERM, native-main EBUSY) |
+| 33610501053 | 26de9cac0 (codemod) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 2 (reauth-bind, startup port wait) |
+| 33612731522 | f85978251 | ✓ | in flight at merge | 4 (oauth-public-surface, fixed) | in flight |
+
+Every shard that finished ran the full file set; each residual was a distinct bare-`rmSync`
+or child-boot-timing site and was fixed at that site (or, for teardown, by the 870-site codemod).
+The user chose to merge and release on this evidence rather than wait for one more 25-minute
+round; the fixes for the last two residuals are on dev.
+
+Reviewers (read-only, sol/high): Lovelace FAIL→fixed (finally), Hooke FAIL→fixed (win32
+admission coverage), Euler FAIL→fixed (listener-close oracle, marker deadlines). Codemod builder
+Gauss: 381 files / 870 sites, test:changed 14165 pass.
+
+fuck-powershell: 56e1801, 2f2107d — 87→90 cases, graph 313/643, validate OK.
+
+## Regression audit (wp4)
+
+Reused `devlog/_plan/260902_bug_label_drawdown/071_regaudit_landing.md` (four reviewers,
+no regression main..dev at 5bc6939d8) plus the Windows repair reviews above for the delta since.
+
+## Release (wp5)
+
+- Promotions: #3260 → preview `7fd141f2a`, #3261 → main `ac7864785`.
+- First dispatches (33615174183 / 33615177849) died at `startup_failure`: `release.yml`'s
+  reusable call to `dev-version-bump.yml` (#3129) had never run live and the caller job lacked
+  the callee's `contents`/`pull-requests` write. Fixed as #3262 (`7ce0ba518`), carried onto
+  main (#3263 → `35ff3a462`) and preview (#3264 → `49812c9e8`).
+- Service-lifecycle's push trigger is path-filtered and the workflow-only cherry-pick touched
+  none of its paths, so the release gate found no run for the new tips; dispatched by hand on
+  both refs (33617431510, 33617434280), green.
+- Release runs 33617562805 (preview) and 33617573070 (main): publish SUCCESS.
+- Proof: npm `latest=2.40.0` gitHead `35ff3a462…`, `preview=2.40.0-preview.20260902` gitHead
+  `49812c9e8…`; GitHub releases v2.40.0 / v2.40.0-preview.20260902; tags equal branch tips.
+- Dev bump: the bot job pushed `codex/dev-version-2.41.0` but `gh pr create` was refused
+  ("GitHub Actions is not permitted to create or approve pull requests" — repository Actions
+  setting). Opened by hand as #3265 → `272ff6b11`; dev now carries 2.41.0.
+
+## Follow-ups (not blocking)
+
+1. Repo setting: allow Actions to create PRs, or the bump will need a hand each release.
+2. A release-branch commit that touches only `.github/workflows/release.yml` needs a manual
+   `service-lifecycle.yml` dispatch before the release gate passes (path filter).
+3. One more Windows dispatch on dev after #3258 to confirm 4/4 with the last two residual fixes
+   (dispatched below). Result: 33618250161 on 272ff6b11 — windows 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 SUCCESS; every other job SUCCESS.