diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index 8272d40..c7a6fd9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ jobs:
           PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_PASS: ${{ secrets.STAGE_TEST_PASS }}
 
   image:
+    # Builds the portal image and ships it through the same path every
+    # other service in orca-infra uses: push :latest + :sha-<sha> to
+    # registry.meghsakha.com, then POST a github-style payload to the
+    # orca webhook so the master pulls and redeploys breakpilot-portal.
+    #
+    # Webhook target (registered once on the master via
+    #   orca webhooks add --repo platform/portal \
+    #                     --service breakpilot-portal --branch main
+    # ) accepts unsigned payloads — orca matches on repo + branch.
     needs: [shared, test]
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && hashFiles('Dockerfile') != ''
     runs-on: docker
@@ -115,18 +124,28 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
-          registry: registry.breakpilot.com
+          registry: registry.meghsakha.com
           username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}
       - uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: true
           tags: |
-            registry.breakpilot.com/${{ github.event.repository.name }}:sha-${{ github.sha }}
-            registry.breakpilot.com/${{ github.event.repository.name }}:env-stage
-      - uses: anchore/sbom-action@v0
-        with:
-          image: registry.breakpilot.com/${{ github.event.repository.name }}:sha-${{ github.sha }}
-      - run: orca apply --env=stage --image-tag=sha-${{ github.sha }}
+            registry.meghsakha.com/breakpilot/portal:latest
+            registry.meghsakha.com/breakpilot/portal:sha-${{ github.sha }}
+      - name: trigger orca redeploy
+        # Signs the POST with HMAC-SHA256 over the JSON body using the
+        # secret orca generated when the webhook was registered. Orca's
+        # endpoint is publicly reachable on the master, so the signature
+        # gates who can fire a deploy.
         env:
-          ORCA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORCA_STAGE_TOKEN }}
+          ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET }}
+        run: |
+          BODY='{"repository":{"full_name":"platform/portal"},"ref":"refs/heads/main"}'
+          SIG="sha256=$(printf '%s' "$BODY" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$ORCA_WEBHOOK_SECRET" -hex | awk '{print $NF}')"
+          curl -ksSf -X POST \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Event: push" \
+            -H "X-Hub-Signature-256: $SIG" \
+            -d "$BODY" \
+            https://46.225.100.82:6880/api/v1/webhooks/github