diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 74951b8b..e7eac56b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ on:
       - 'CLAUDE.md'
       - 'CHANGELOG.md'
       - 'docs/**'
+      # `make quality`'s prose gate lints motion/**, so a motion-only commit
+      # can still turn the gate red — without this it fires no run and a PR
+      # merges on a false green.
+      - 'motion/**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
diff --git a/roboco/services/notification_delivery.py b/roboco/services/notification_delivery.py
index ec465ff2..da059d38 100644
--- a/roboco/services/notification_delivery.py
+++ b/roboco/services/notification_delivery.py
@@ -1205,8 +1205,17 @@ class NotificationDeliveryService(BaseService):
         return result.scalar_one_or_none()
 
     async def _get_ceo_agent(self) -> AgentTable | None:
+        """Find the CEO agent (org-wide singleton; earliest-created if many).
+
+        Mirrors `_get_auditor_agent`: a plain one-or-none raises
+        MultipleResultsFound if a second CEO-role row ever exists, so pin to
+        the earliest-created — the canonical seeded CEO — instead.
+        """
         result = await self.session.execute(
-            select(AgentTable).where(AgentTable.role == AgentRole.CEO)
+            select(AgentTable)
+            .where(AgentTable.role == AgentRole.CEO)
+            .order_by(AgentTable.created_at)
+            .limit(1)
         )
         return result.scalar_one_or_none()
 
diff --git a/roboco/services/x_engine.py b/roboco/services/x_engine.py
index 7f1e4c13..7d0f4bac 100644
--- a/roboco/services/x_engine.py
+++ b/roboco/services/x_engine.py
@@ -493,13 +493,9 @@ class XEngine(BaseService):
         originated: list[TaskTable] = []
         product_name: str | None = None
         for mention in mentions:
-            if len(originated) >= settings.x_mentions_max_per_cycle:
+            if self._cycle_cap_reached(len(originated), open_count):
                 break
-            if open_count + len(originated) >= settings.x_max_open_posts:
-                break
-            if not mention.id or await self._already_seen(mention.id):
-                continue
-            if not _is_meaningful(mention, settings.x_mentions_min_engagement):
+            if await self._skip_mention(mention):
                 continue
             if project is None or project.id is None:
                 self.log.warning(
@@ -518,6 +514,22 @@ class XEngine(BaseService):
                 originated.append(reply_task)
         return originated
 
+    def _cycle_cap_reached(self, originated_count: int, open_count: int) -> bool:
+        """Stop originating once this cycle's per-run or rolling open-post cap
+        is hit."""
+        return (
+            originated_count >= settings.x_mentions_max_per_cycle
+            or open_count + originated_count >= settings.x_max_open_posts
+        )
+
+    async def _skip_mention(self, mention: XMention) -> bool:
+        """A mention already handled, or below the engagement floor, is skipped.
+        The floor skip is deliberately not marked seen, so a later viral
+        re-fetch can still draft it."""
+        if not mention.id or await self._already_seen(mention.id):
+            return True
+        return not _is_meaningful(mention, settings.x_mentions_min_engagement)
+
     async def _since_id_get(self) -> str | None:
         """Best-effort read of the persisted mentions cursor; None on miss or
         Redis failure (a failed read just fetches from the top this cycle)."""
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_completion_notification.py b/tests/integration/test_completion_notification.py
index 90075939..eb37a10f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_completion_notification.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_completion_notification.py
@@ -208,3 +208,35 @@ async def test_notify_ceo_of_completion_creates_alert(env: dict) -> None:
     assert env["ceo"].id in note.to_agents
     assert "Active effort" in note.body
     assert "Ship it" in note.subject
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_ceo_agent_tolerates_duplicate_ceo_rows(env: dict) -> None:
+    """A second role=CEO row (a real hazard: sibling tests commit one into the
+    shared session DB, and nothing forbids two in prod) must not make
+    `_get_ceo_agent()` raise MultipleResultsFound — it resolves the
+    earliest-created CEO, mirroring `_get_auditor_agent`."""
+    db = env["db"]
+    later_ceo = AgentTable(
+        id=uuid4(),
+        name="CEO 2",
+        slug=f"ceo-{uuid4().hex[:6]}",
+        role=AgentRole.CEO,
+        team=None,
+        status=AgentStatus.ACTIVE,
+        model_config={},
+        system_prompt="x",
+        capabilities=[],
+        permissions={},
+        metrics={},
+        created_at=datetime.now(UTC) + timedelta(hours=1),
+    )
+    db.add(later_ceo)
+    await db.flush()
+
+    delivery = get_notification_delivery_service(db)
+    resolved = await delivery._get_ceo_agent()
+
+    # Does not raise, and pins to the earliest-created (never the later row).
+    assert resolved is not None
+    assert resolved.id != later_ceo.id