diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/kustomization.yaml
index eace3520..c7ab4791 100644
--- a/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/kustomization.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ resources:
   - ha-config-sync.yaml
   - registry-bot.yaml
   - review-bot.yaml
+  # ONE-SHOT (#1505): mint review-bot's PAT with read:issue. Remove after it ran.
+  - review-bot-rotate-once-job.yaml
   - claude-oauth.yaml
 # NOT ROTATED, deliberately — recorded here because the whole point of this
 # directory is that unrotated credentials should be a visible choice:
diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/review-bot-rotate-once-job.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/review-bot-rotate-once-job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b2e16e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/review-bot-rotate-once-job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+---
+# ONE-SHOT, REMOVE AFTER IT RAN (#1505): the rotate-mint + sync-woodpecker steps
+# of review-bot-secret-rotate, so the read:issue PAT is minted now, not next quarter.
+# No ttlSecondsAfterFinished: a TTL delete would let Flux re-create it and mint again.
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: review-bot-rotate-read-issue
+  namespace: openbao
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: review-bot
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: secret-rotator
+spec:
+  backoffLimit: 1
+  activeDeadlineSeconds: 300
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: review-bot
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: secret-rotator
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: review-bot-secret-rotator
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      securityContext:
+        runAsNonRoot: true
+        runAsUser: 65534
+        runAsGroup: 65534
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+      initContainers:
+        - name: rotate-mint
+          image: gitea.renner.uno/gitea_admin/secret-rotator:2026-07-30
+          args: ["gitea-token"]
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+            capabilities:
+              drop: ["ALL"]
+          env:
+            - name: BAO_ADDR
+              value: http://openbao.openbao.svc.cluster.local:8200
+            - name: BAO_ROLE
+              value: rotator-review-bot
+            - name: BOOTSTRAP_PATH
+              value: homelab/infrastructure/secret-rotators-bootstrap/review-bot
+            - name: BAO_PATH
+              value: homelab/infrastructure/review-bot
+            - name: GITEA_URL
+              value: http://gitea.gitea.svc.cluster.local:3000
+            # Private repo: the pull check is the real access verification.
+            - name: GITEA_VERIFY_REPO
+              value: konairius/shelly-manager
+            # read:issue: the sweep lists requested reviews via /repos/issues/search.
+            - name: GITEA_SCOPES
+              value: write:repository,read:issue
+            - name: GITEA_REQUIRE_PUSH
+              value: "false"
+            - name: GITEA_TOKEN_NAME_PREFIX
+              value: review-bot-rotated
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 16Mi
+            limits:
+              memory: 48Mi
+      containers:
+        - name: sync-woodpecker
+          image: gitea.renner.uno/gitea_admin/secret-rotator:2026-07-30
+          args: ["woodpecker-secret"]
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+            capabilities:
+              drop: ["ALL"]
+          env:
+            - name: BAO_ADDR
+              value: http://openbao.openbao.svc.cluster.local:8200
+            - name: BAO_ROLE
+              value: rotator-review-bot
+            - name: BOOTSTRAP_PATH
+              value: homelab/infrastructure/secret-rotators-bootstrap/woodpecker-bot
+            - name: BAO_PATH
+              value: homelab/infrastructure/review-bot
+            - name: BAO_FIELD
+              value: token
+            - name: WOODPECKER_URL
+              value: http://woodpecker.woodpecker.svc.cluster.local:8000
+            - name: WOODPECKER_ORG
+              value: konairius
+            - name: WOODPECKER_SECRET_NAME
+              value: review_bot_token
+            - name: WOODPECKER_EVENTS
+              value: cron,manual,pull_request
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 25m
+              memory: 16Mi
+            limits:
+              memory: 48Mi
diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/review-bot.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/review-bot.yaml
index 2b57aef6..69ebcf59 100644
--- a/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/review-bot.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/infrastructure/openbao/rotation/review-bot.yaml
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ spec:
                 # push, or repoint this at another private repo it collaborates on.
                 - name: GITEA_VERIFY_REPO
                   value: konairius/shelly-manager
+                # read:issue: the sweep lists requested reviews via /repos/issues/search.
                 - name: GITEA_SCOPES
-                  value: write:repository
+                  value: write:repository,read:issue
                 # review-bot posts reviews via the API (write:repository scope)
                 # but never git-pushes, and is only a read collaborator, so push
                 # verification would fail. The private-repo pull check above is