diff --git a/.woodpecker/agent-smoke.sh b/.woodpecker/agent-smoke.sh
index 0d2a016..80b6160 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/agent-smoke.sh
+++ b/.woodpecker/agent-smoke.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ FAILED=0
 # Uses awk instead of grep -Eo for busybox/Alpine compatibility (#296).
 get_fns() {
   local f="$1"
-  awk '/^[ \t]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+[ \t]*\(\)/ {
-    sub(/^[ \t]+/, "")
-    sub(/[ \t]*\(\).*/, "")
+  # Use POSIX character classes and bracket-escaped parens for BusyBox awk
+  # compatibility (BusyBox awk does not expand \t to tab in character classes
+  # and may handle \( differently in ERE patterns).
+  awk '/^[[:space:]]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+[[:space:]]*[(][)]/ {
+    sub(/^[[:space:]]+/, "")
+    sub(/[[:space:]]*[(][)].*/, "")
     print
   }' "$f" 2>/dev/null | sort -u || true
 }
@@ -64,9 +67,10 @@ get_candidates() {
         if (match(p, /^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*_[a-zA-Z0-9_]+/)) {
           word = substr(p, RSTART, RLENGTH)
           rest = substr(p, RSTART + RLENGTH, 1)
-          # Skip: case labels (word) or word|), Python/jq patterns (word:),
-          #        object method calls (word.method), assignments (word=)
-          if (rest == ")" || rest == "|" || rest == ":" || rest == "." || rest == "=") continue
+          # Skip: function definitions (word(), case labels (word) or word|),
+          #        Python/jq patterns (word:), object method calls (word.method),
+          #        assignments (word=)
+          if (rest == "(" || rest == ")" || rest == "|" || rest == ":" || rest == "." || rest == "=") continue
           print word
         }
       }
diff --git a/bin/disinto b/bin/disinto
index e1c5107..5fa230d 100755
--- a/bin/disinto
+++ b/bin/disinto
@@ -861,19 +861,30 @@ push_to_forge() {
     return 1
   fi
 
-  # Verify the repo is no longer empty
-  local repo_info
-  repo_info=$(curl -sf --max-time 10 \
-    -H "Authorization: token ${FORGE_TOKEN}" \
-    "${forge_url}/api/v1/repos/${repo_slug}" 2>/dev/null) || repo_info=""
-  if [ -n "$repo_info" ]; then
-    local is_empty
-    is_empty=$(printf '%s' "$repo_info" | jq -r '.empty // "unknown"')
-    if [ "$is_empty" = "true" ]; then
-      echo "Warning: Forgejo repo still reports empty after push" >&2
-      return 1
+  # Verify the repo is no longer empty (Forgejo may need a moment to index pushed refs)
+  local is_empty="true"
+  local verify_attempt
+  for verify_attempt in $(seq 1 5); do
+    local repo_info
+    repo_info=$(curl -sf --max-time 10 \
+      -H "Authorization: token ${FORGE_TOKEN}" \
+      "${forge_url}/api/v1/repos/${repo_slug}" 2>/dev/null) || repo_info=""
+    if [ -z "$repo_info" ]; then
+      is_empty="skipped"
+      break  # API unreachable, skip verification
     fi
-    echo "Verify:  repo is not empty (push confirmed)"
+    is_empty=$(printf '%s' "$repo_info" | jq -r '.empty // "unknown"')
+    if [ "$is_empty" != "true" ]; then
+      echo "Verify:  repo is not empty (push confirmed)"
+      break
+    fi
+    if [ "$verify_attempt" -lt 5 ]; then
+      sleep 2
+    fi
+  done
+  if [ "$is_empty" = "true" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: Forgejo repo still reports empty after push" >&2
+    return 1
   fi
 }