diff --git a/auditor/gitea.ts b/auditor/gitea.ts
index 2b20d57..2d897e8 100644
--- a/auditor/gitea.ts
+++ b/auditor/gitea.ts
@@ -9,28 +9,42 @@
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import type { PrSnapshot } from "./types.ts";
 
-const HOST = process.env.GITEA_HOST ?? "https://git.agentview.dev";
+// 2026-09-02: repo home moved to git.warren.help in the VPS
+// consolidation; git.agentview.dev now dead-ends at a Traefik default
+// cert + 404 (auditor had been failing listOpenPrs every cycle since
+// Aug 25). Credentials come from ~/.git-credentials for HOST's domain,
+// falling back to the user:pass embedded in this repo's origin remote.
+// Basic auth works for both a PAT and a password on Gitea.
+const HOST = process.env.GITEA_HOST ?? "https://git.warren.help";
 const OWNER = "profit";
 const REPO = "lakehouse";
 const CRED_FILE = "/home/profit/.git-credentials";
+const GIT_CONFIG = "/home/profit/lakehouse/.git/config";
 
-let cachedPat: string | null = null;
+let cachedAuth: string | null = null;
 
-async function getPat(): Promise<string> {
-  if (cachedPat) return cachedPat;
-  const raw = await readFile(CRED_FILE, "utf8");
-  for (const line of raw.split("\n")) {
-    const m = line.match(/^https:\/\/[^:]+:([^@]+)@git\.agentview\.dev/);
-    if (m) { cachedPat = m[1]; return m[1]; }
+async function getAuthHeader(): Promise<string> {
+  if (cachedAuth) return cachedAuth;
+  const hostDomain = new URL(HOST).host.replace(/\./g, "\\.");
+  const credRe = new RegExp(`^https://([^:]+):([^@]+)@${hostDomain}`);
+  for (const file of [CRED_FILE, GIT_CONFIG]) {
+    let raw: string;
+    try { raw = await readFile(file, "utf8"); } catch { continue; }
+    for (const line of raw.split("\n")) {
+      const m = line.trim().replace(/^url = /, "").match(credRe);
+      if (m) {
+        cachedAuth = `Basic ${Buffer.from(`${decodeURIComponent(m[1])}:${decodeURIComponent(m[2])}`).toString("base64")}`;
+        return cachedAuth;
+      }
+    }
   }
-  throw new Error(`no Gitea PAT in ${CRED_FILE}`);
+  throw new Error(`no Gitea credentials for ${HOST} in ${CRED_FILE} or ${GIT_CONFIG}`);
 }
 
 async function giteaFetch(path: string, init: RequestInit = {}): Promise<Response> {
-  const pat = await getPat();
   const url = `${HOST}/api/v1${path}`;
   const headers = new Headers(init.headers);
-  headers.set("Authorization", `token ${pat}`);
+  headers.set("Authorization", await getAuthHeader());
   if (init.body && !headers.has("content-type")) {
     headers.set("content-type", "application/json");
   }