diff --git a/factory/PROMPT.md b/factory/PROMPT.md
index 77ff16f..4dad996 100644
--- a/factory/PROMPT.md
+++ b/factory/PROMPT.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Before acting, read the relevant best-practices file:
 - Memory issues → `cat ${FACTORY_ROOT}/factory/best-practices/memory.md`
 - Disk issues → `cat ${FACTORY_ROOT}/factory/best-practices/disk.md`
 - CI issues → `cat ${FACTORY_ROOT}/factory/best-practices/ci.md`
+- Codeberg / rate limits → `cat ${FACTORY_ROOT}/factory/best-practices/codeberg.md`
 - Dev-agent issues → `cat ${FACTORY_ROOT}/factory/best-practices/dev-agent.md`
 - Review-agent issues → `cat ${FACTORY_ROOT}/factory/best-practices/review-agent.md`
 - Git issues → `cat ${FACTORY_ROOT}/factory/best-practices/git.md`
diff --git a/factory/best-practices/codeberg.md b/factory/best-practices/codeberg.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..714c409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/factory/best-practices/codeberg.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Codeberg Best Practices
+
+## Rate Limiting
+Codeberg rate-limits SSH and HTTPS clones. Symptoms:
+- Woodpecker `git` step fails with exit code 128
+- Multiple pipelines fail in quick succession with the same error
+- Retriggers make it WORSE by adding more clone attempts
+
+### What To Do
+- **Do NOT retrigger** during a rate-limit storm. Wait 10-15 minutes.
+- Check if multiple pipelines failed on `git` step recently:
+  ```bash
+  wpdb -c "SELECT number, status, to_timestamp(started) FROM pipelines WHERE repo_id=2 AND status='failure' ORDER BY number DESC LIMIT 5;"
+  wpdb -c "SELECT s.name, s.exit_code FROM steps s JOIN pipelines p ON s.pipeline_id=p.id WHERE p.number=<N> AND p.repo_id=2 AND s.state='failure';"
+  ```
+- If multiple `git` failures with exit 128 in the last 15 min → it's rate limiting. Wait.
+- Only retrigger after 15+ minutes of no CI activity.
+
+### How To Retrigger Safely
+```bash
+cd <worktree> && git commit --allow-empty -m "ci: retrigger" --no-verify && git push origin <branch> --force
+```
+
+### Prevention
+- The factory runs 3 agents staggered by 3 minutes. During heavy development, many PRs trigger CI simultaneously.
+- One pipeline at a time is ideal on this VPS (resource + rate limit reasons).
+- If >3 pipelines are pending/running, do NOT create more work.
+
+## OAuth Tokens
+- OAuth tokens expire ~2h. If Codeberg is down during refresh, re-login required.
+- API token is in `~/.netrc` — read via `awk` in env.sh.
+- Review bot has a separate token ($REVIEW_BOT_TOKEN) for formal reviews.
+
+## Lessons Learned
+- Retrigger storm on 2026-03-12: supervisor + dev-agent both retriggered during rate limit, caused 5+ failed pipelines. Added cooldown awareness.
+- Empty commit retrigger works but adds noise to git history. Acceptable tradeoff.
diff --git a/factory/factory-poll.sh b/factory/factory-poll.sh
index 69c0fff..0442c17 100755
--- a/factory/factory-poll.sh
+++ b/factory/factory-poll.sh
@@ -192,6 +192,30 @@ if [ "$GIT_BRANCH" != "master" ] && [ "$GIT_BRANCH" != "unknown" ]; then
     p2 "Git: on '${GIT_BRANCH}' instead of master"
 fi
 
+# =============================================================================
+# P2b: FACTORY STALLED — backlog exists but no agent running
+# =============================================================================
+status "P2: checking factory stall"
+
+BACKLOG_COUNT=$(codeberg_api GET "/issues?state=open&labels=backlog&type=issues&limit=1" 2>/dev/null | jq -r 'length' 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+IN_PROGRESS=$(codeberg_api GET "/issues?state=open&labels=in-progress&type=issues&limit=1" 2>/dev/null | jq -r 'length' 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+
+if [ "${BACKLOG_COUNT:-0}" -gt 0 ] && [ "${IN_PROGRESS:-0}" -eq 0 ]; then
+  # Backlog exists but nothing in progress — check if dev-agent ran recently
+  DEV_LOG="${FACTORY_ROOT}/dev/dev-agent.log"
+  if [ -f "$DEV_LOG" ]; then
+    LAST_LOG_EPOCH=$(stat -c %Y "$DEV_LOG" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+  else
+    LAST_LOG_EPOCH=0
+  fi
+  NOW_EPOCH=$(date +%s)
+  IDLE_MIN=$(( (NOW_EPOCH - LAST_LOG_EPOCH) / 60 ))
+
+  if [ "$IDLE_MIN" -gt 20 ]; then
+    p2 "Factory stalled: ${BACKLOG_COUNT} backlog issue(s), no agent ran for ${IDLE_MIN}min"
+  fi
+fi
+
 # =============================================================================
 # P3: FACTORY DEGRADED — derailed PRs, unreviewed PRs
 # =============================================================================