diff --git a/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.service b/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab6e155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Windy Git nightly backup (git bundles + windgit schema -> R2)
+After=network-online.target docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+WorkingDirectory=/srv/windygit/src
+# The .env holds the R2 credentials. The script refuses to run without them
+# rather than reporting a backup that did not happen.
+EnvironmentFile=/srv/windygit/src/.env
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /srv/windygit/src/scripts/backup.sh
+Nice=10
+IOSchedulingClass=idle
diff --git a/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.service.d/windy-job.conf b/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.service.d/windy-job.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61d5045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.service.d/windy-job.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/windy-job windygit-backup 26h --expect "ok — [0-9]+ repos" --owner 13 -- /bin/bash /srv/windygit/src/scripts/backup.sh
diff --git a/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.timer b/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2b0646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/systemd/windygit-backup.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Nightly Windy Git backup
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=*-*-* 04:17:00
+# Grant's workstation is not always on at 04:17. Without this a missed window
+# is simply skipped and the backup silently never runs.
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=600
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/deploy/systemd/windygit-ci-prune.service.d/windy-job.conf b/deploy/systemd/windygit-ci-prune.service.d/windy-job.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e42305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/systemd/windygit-ci-prune.service.d/windy-job.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/windy-job windygit-ci-prune 7h --expect "ci storage [0-9]+G" --owner 13 -- /srv/windygit/src/deploy/runner/prune.sh
diff --git a/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.service b/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bfd311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Sync GitHub -> Windy Git (Phase 1: GitHub is the source of truth)
+After=network-online.target docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+WorkingDirectory=/srv/windygit/src
+EnvironmentFile=/srv/windygit/src/.env
+# GITHUB_TOKEN is set on the host only (root-only unit file / .env) — NEVER commit it.
+Environment=GITHUB_OWNER=sneakyfree
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /srv/windygit/src/scripts/sync_from_github.sh
+Nice=10
diff --git a/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.service.d/windy-job.conf b/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.service.d/windy-job.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a184ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.service.d/windy-job.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/windy-job windygit-sync 20m --expect "all repos in step with GitHub" --owner 13 -- /bin/bash /srv/windygit/src/scripts/sync_from_github.sh
diff --git a/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.timer b/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62b1427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/systemd/windygit-sync.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Keep Windy Git in step with GitHub every 5 minutes
+
+[Timer]
+OnBootSec=3min
+OnUnitActiveSec=5min
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/deploy/systemd/windygit-tunnel.service b/deploy/systemd/windygit-tunnel.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ed73ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/systemd/windygit-tunnel.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Windy Git - Cloudflare Tunnel (the only ingress; no inbound port is opened)
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=notify
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/cloudflared --no-autoupdate --config /etc/cloudflared/config.yml tunnel run
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+# G1.4 - bounded, so a misbehaving ingress can never starve Grant's workstation.
+MemoryMax=512M
+CPUQuota=100%
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/scripts/sync_from_github.sh b/scripts/sync_from_github.sh
index f051a30..25b7630 100755
--- a/scripts/sync_from_github.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync_from_github.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ FAILED=0
 # it flips to Windy-Git-first, or the sync will fight its authors and win.
 REPOS="${SYNC_REPOS:-windy-calendar windy-search windy-registry Windy-Clone WindyCloud windy-cloud-sites windy-mind eternitas windy-agent windy-git windy-chat windy-mail windy-connect windy-drops windy-code-web windy-code windy-traveler windy-translate windytranslate-site windytraveler-site windy-hand windy-cloud-domains windy-cloud-vps windytalk windy-pro}"
 
+# Repos whose TAGS must not reach Windy Git. A tag push fires `on: push: tags`
+# workflows; windy-pro's build-electron is a matrix over ubuntu/macos/windows-
+# latest, labels no runner here has, so every leg would queue forever (and
+# queued jobs are invisible in /actions/tasks). Releases are built elsewhere.
+NO_TAGS="${SYNC_NO_TAGS:-windy-pro}"
+
 mkdir -p "$WORK"
 log() { printf '[sync %s] %s\n' "$(date -u +%H:%M:%SZ)" "$*"; }
 
@@ -63,7 +69,7 @@ for r in $REPOS; do
 
   if git --git-dir="$bare" push --quiet --force \
        "https://${WG_OWNER}:${GITEA_ADMIN_TOKEN}@${WG}/${WG_OWNER}/${r}.git" \
-       '+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*' 2>/dev/null; then
+       '+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' $([[ " $NO_TAGS " == *" $r "* ]] || echo '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*') 2>/dev/null; then
     log "$r ok (${before:0:7})"
   else
     log "FAILED push $r -> windy git"; FAILED=1