diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-verification-chain-policy.yml b/.github/workflows/release-verification-chain-policy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8ab866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-verification-chain-policy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: release-verification-chain-policy
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-verification-chain-policy-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  qualify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@fbc6f3992d24b796d5a048ff273f7fcc4a7b6c09 # v5, Node 24
+
+      - name: Qualify M1.29 automatic post-release chain
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          file=.github/workflows/release-verification.yml
+
+          grep -Fq 'workflow_run:' "$file"
+          grep -Fq 'workflows: [release]' "$file"
+          grep -Fq 'types: [completed]' "$file"
+          grep -Fq "github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'" "$file"
+          grep -Fq "github.event.workflow_run.head_sha" "$file"
+          grep -Fq 'release-evidence.json' "$file"
+          grep -Fq '.release_commit == $commit' "$file"
+          grep -Fq 'No published release evidence is bound to release workflow commit' "$file"
+
+          # Existing independent fallbacks remain available.
+          grep -Fq 'release:' "$file"
+          grep -Fq 'types: [published]' "$file"
+          grep -Fq 'workflow_dispatch:' "$file"
+          grep -Fq "cron: '17 6 * * 1'" "$file"
+
+          # The release producer remains container-tag driven.
+          grep -Fq 'workflows: [container]' .github/workflows/release.yml
+          grep -Fq "startsWith(github.event.workflow_run.head_branch, 'v')" .github/workflows/release.yml
+          grep -Fq 'Create GitHub release if missing' .github/workflows/release.yml
+
+      - name: Record M1.29 policy
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo '### M1.29 automatic release-verification chain'
+            echo
+            echo '- successful release workflow runs automatically trigger release-verification'
+            echo '- release-verification binds the selected GitHub Release to the producer head SHA through release-evidence.json'
+            echo '- workflow-run selection fails closed if no published evidence matches the producer commit'
+            echo '- release, manual dispatch and weekly schedule triggers remain as independent fallbacks'
+          } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/release-verification.yml
index a08e65d..c232039 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-verification.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-verification.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: release-verification
 
 on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [release]
+    types: [completed]
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -19,6 +22,9 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   verify:
+    if: >-
+      github.event_name != 'workflow_run' ||
+      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Select release to audit
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           EVENT_TAG: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.release.tag_name || '' }}
           INPUT_TAG: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.tag || '' }}
+          WORKFLOW_COMMIT: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_run' && github.event.workflow_run.head_sha || '' }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -35,6 +42,29 @@ jobs:
             tag="$INPUT_TAG"
           fi
 
+          if [[ -z "$tag" && -n "$WORKFLOW_COMMIT" ]]; then
+            while IFS= read -r candidate; do
+              [[ -n "$candidate" ]] || continue
+              metadata="$(gh release view "$candidate" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --json isDraft,assets)"
+              if ! jq -e '.isDraft == false and any(.assets[]?; .name == "release-evidence.json")' <<<"$metadata" >/dev/null; then
+                continue
+              fi
+              tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+              if gh release download "$candidate" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --dir "$tmp" --pattern release-evidence.json >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+                 jq -e --arg commit "$WORKFLOW_COMMIT" '.release_commit == $commit' "$tmp/release-evidence.json" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                tag="$candidate"
+                rm -rf "$tmp"
+                break
+              fi
+              rm -rf "$tmp"
+            done < <(gh release list --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --limit 100 --json tagName --jq '.[].tagName')
+
+            if [[ -z "$tag" ]]; then
+              echo "No published release evidence is bound to release workflow commit $WORKFLOW_COMMIT" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          fi
+
           if [[ -z "$tag" ]]; then
             while IFS= read -r candidate; do
               [[ -n "$candidate" ]] || continue