diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 2c90d5c..826d614 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
+  # Needed to post a legacy commit status under context "CI" so that
+  # PR-management UIs that only read the older Statuses API (rather
+  # than the newer Check-Runs API) show the merge commits as green
+  # instead of stuck-on-pending.
+  statuses: write
 
 jobs:
   build-and-deploy:
@@ -50,4 +55,23 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           port: ${{ secrets.FTP_PORT }}
           script: |
-            chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/docs_msk-scripts/
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+            chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/docs_msk-scripts/
+
+      - name: ✅ Post CI commit status (legacy API)
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const state = '${{ job.status }}' === 'success' ? 'success' : 'failure';
+            await github.rest.repos.createCommitStatus({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              sha: context.sha,
+              state,
+              context: 'CI',
+              description:
+                state === 'success'
+                  ? 'Build + deploy green'
+                  : 'Build or deploy failed — see workflow logs',
+              target_url: `${context.serverUrl}/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}`,
+            });
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