diff --git a/.wolf/buglog.json b/.wolf/buglog.json
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+++ b/.wolf/buglog.json
@@ -17149,6 +17149,33 @@
       ],
       "fix_commits": [],
       "record": ".wolf/bugs/bug-1913.md"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "bug-1914",
+      "status": "open",
+      "status_updated": "2026-10-03",
+      "status_note": "newly logged",
+      "component": "controller",
+      "severity": "wrong-result",
+      "timestamp": "2026-10-03T15:07:26Z",
+      "last_seen": "2026-10-03T15:07:26Z",
+      "occurrences": 1,
+      "error_message": "config push fails -110 under heavy CPU load: commit lands just after the 500 ms barrier\n\n**Observed:**\n```\nError: controller returned status -110\n```\n`xceadmin config push` to a healthy, normally elected HA primary (standbys promoted from the vote connections, own-term no-op already committed) was rejected with -ETIMEDOUT: the config marker's majority commit landed ~75 ms after the `repl_wait_majority_ack(..., CONF_PUSH_TIMEOUT_MS)` barrier (`config_repl.c` ~1658; `CONF_PUSH_TIMEOUT_MS` = 500, `config_repl.h:33`) expired. Seen only with the CPU heavily oversubscribed (40 busy loops on 32 cores).\n\n**Expected:** a push to a healthy primary with a reachable majority succeeds under load, or the barrier is sized/structured so normal scheduling delay cannot turn a soon-to-commit marker into a rejection. (A commit that lands after the client was told -110 also leaves the outcome ambiguous to the client: rejected per the reply, yet committed later.)\n**Impact:** spurious push failures under heavy load (fail-loud, no data loss). If the marker then commits after the -110 reply, the client believes the push failed while the cluster activated it -- a retry is idempotent per tag, but the reply is misleading. Check before changing: whether the late commit is actually applied after the -110 reply, and the async-I/O rules for the commit-wait barrier (`COMMIT_WAIT_RESERVED`, `.kiro/steering/ha-async-io.md`).\n**Found by:** test (bug-1485 investigation, 2026-10-03)",
+      "file": "src/controller/config_repl.c, src/controller/config_repl.h",
+      "root_cause": "TODO: required for fixed/partial",
+      "fix": "TODO: required for fixed/partial\n\nVerification:\n- Test: TODO: name + file; RED before the fix, GREEN after\n- Suites: TODO: suite results and build profile\n- Live: TODO: soak/deploy run, or n/a and why",
+      "tags": [
+        "ha",
+        "config-push",
+        "timeout",
+        "load"
+      ],
+      "related_bugs": [
+        "bug-1485",
+        "bug-1913"
+      ],
+      "fix_commits": [],
+      "record": ".wolf/bugs/bug-1914.md"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.wolf/bugs/bug-1914.md b/.wolf/bugs/bug-1914.md
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+---
+id: "bug-1914"
+status: "open"
+status_updated: "2026-10-03"
+status_note: "newly logged"
+component: "controller"
+severity: "wrong-result"
+timestamp: "2026-10-03T15:07:26Z"
+last_seen: "2026-10-03T15:07:26Z"
+occurrences: 1
+files: ["src/controller/config_repl.c", "src/controller/config_repl.h"]
+tags: ["ha", "config-push", "timeout", "load"]
+related: ["bug-1485", "bug-1913"]
+---
+
+# bug-1914: config push fails -110 under heavy CPU load: commit lands just after the 500 ms barrier
+
+## Description
+**Observed:**
+```
+Error: controller returned status -110
+```
+`xceadmin config push` to a healthy, normally elected HA primary (standbys promoted from the vote connections, own-term no-op already committed) was rejected with -ETIMEDOUT: the config marker's majority commit landed ~75 ms after the `repl_wait_majority_ack(..., CONF_PUSH_TIMEOUT_MS)` barrier (`config_repl.c` ~1658; `CONF_PUSH_TIMEOUT_MS` = 500, `config_repl.h:33`) expired. Seen only with the CPU heavily oversubscribed (40 busy loops on 32 cores).
+
+**Expected:** a push to a healthy primary with a reachable majority succeeds under load, or the barrier is sized/structured so normal scheduling delay cannot turn a soon-to-commit marker into a rejection. (A commit that lands after the client was told -110 also leaves the outcome ambiguous to the client: rejected per the reply, yet committed later.)
+**Impact:** spurious push failures under heavy load (fail-loud, no data loss). If the marker then commits after the -110 reply, the client believes the push failed while the cluster activated it -- a retry is idempotent per tag, but the reply is misleading. Check before changing: whether the late commit is actually applied after the -110 reply, and the async-I/O rules for the commit-wait barrier (`COMMIT_WAIT_RESERVED`, `.kiro/steering/ha-async-io.md`).
+**Found by:** test (bug-1485 investigation, 2026-10-03)
+
+## Environment
+- OS: no /etc/os-release; Docker container; NixOS kernel; kernel Linux 6.18.33 x86_64
+- libc: glibc 2.42-47 (interpreter /nix/store/wb6rhpznjfczwlwx23zmdrrw74bayxw4-glibc-2.42-47/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
+- Toolchain: gcc (GCC) 15.2.0, meson 1.9.1
+- Build: asan (xce.build)
+- Code: scheduler-framework @ 4cd5fb7d-dirty
+- Deployment: local 3-node HA (xceadmin `live_ha_cluster` fixture), CPU oversubscribed with 40 busy loops on 32 cores
+
+## Reproduction
+1. Start 40 CPU busy loops on a 32-core host.
+2. Loop `src/xceadmin/tests/test_e2e_live_ha_push.py` (with the bug-1485 readiness wait in place).
+3. Rarely, the push fails with `controller returned status -110` on a primary whose own-term no-op had already committed; the primary log shows the marker commit ~75 ms after the 500 ms barrier expired.
+- Frequency: 1/70 HA push loops under heavy load, 0 idle (2026-10-03)
+- Evidence: not kept (scratchpad loop logs from the bug-1485 investigation)
+
+## Root cause
+TODO: required for fixed/partial
+
+## Fix
+TODO: required for fixed/partial
+
+## Verification
+- Test: TODO: name + file; RED before the fix, GREEN after
+- Suites: TODO: suite results and build profile
+- Live: TODO: soak/deploy run, or n/a and why
+
+## References
+- Related: none