diff --git a/cc-ci-plan/JOURNAL.md b/cc-ci-plan/JOURNAL.md
index c5330eb..6af34ff 100644
--- a/cc-ci-plan/JOURNAL.md
+++ b/cc-ci-plan/JOURNAL.md
@@ -518,3 +518,13 @@ session cc-ci-orchestrator-stale can be killed; recipe-mirrors org still private
   stopped its loops + the watchdog; phase-idx preserved at 9. Upgrade left running.
 - RESUME cfold (restart watchdog → phase-idx 9) once /upgrade-all is confirmed DONE. See
   memory [[cfold-paused-pending-upgrade]]. Will action on supervision wakes.
+
+## 2026-06-12 ~00:30 — unstuck the weekly upgrade (wedged on discourse)
+- /upgrade-all froze ~2h on discourse: its iteration-2 !testme chaos deploy disc-50cc8a
+  had app+sidekiq stuck 0/1 in Swarm 'New' state 24min (db/redis up, box 5.8Gi free) —
+  transient scheduler wedge, NOT a recipe defect (discourse L5 @build #450 ~5h prior).
+  drone build waited on it; testme-on-pr.sh blocked polling; agent frozen.
+- Fix: docker stack rm disc-50cc8a (freed box+build); Esc-interrupted the upgrader; nudged
+  it with the diagnosis → "one clean discourse retry then move on regardless; comment+skip
+  if it re-wedges". Agent recovered, now checking build state before retry. Rest of queue
+  (ghost/immich/keycloak/lasuite-*/mailu/matrix-synapse) still ahead. cfold still paused.