diff --git a/src/controller/ha.c b/src/controller/ha.c
index 1b17687b..1f407057 100644
--- a/src/controller/ha.c
+++ b/src/controller/ha.c
@@ -187,8 +187,18 @@ static int raft_cb_send_vote_request(void *ctx, int peer_idx, uint64_t term)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    /* Track endpoint for promotion/close after election result */
-    ectx->votes[votes_idx].ep = ep;
+    /* Track endpoint for promotion/close after election result.
+     * Also record the candidate pointer: raft_cb_become_leader uses
+     * votes[i].peer->hostname / ->port to register the surviving vote
+     * endpoint with the WAL replicator (repl_add_standby).  Without this,
+     * the promotion registration block (guarded by votes[i].peer != NULL)
+     * is skipped — the standbys never enter c->persist.repl.standbys[],
+     * commit/quorum see zero standbys, and every write fails NOT_READY.
+     * `peer` points into c->myconf->peers_cfg.candidates[] (persistent;
+     * outlives the election — repl_add_standby copies host/port).
+     * (fix-promotion-standby-registration, Req 1.1) */
+    ectx->votes[votes_idx].ep   = ep;
+    ectx->votes[votes_idx].peer = peer;
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -3194,6 +3204,24 @@ void raft_cb_become_follower_with_cluster_for_test(cluster_t *c, uint64_t term)
     c->ha.raft_c = c;
     raft_cb_become_follower((void *)&c->ha, term, -1);
 }
+
+/*
+ * raft_cb_become_leader_with_cluster_for_test (fix-promotion-standby-registration):
+ * drive the leader promotion path with a LIVE cluster pointer so the
+ * cluster-dependent standby-registration branch (repl_add_standby for each
+ * surviving vote endpoint whose votes[i].peer is set) is exercised against a
+ * real persist/repl/commit/delaymgr fixture.  Sets ha->raft_c = c so the
+ * become-leader callback sees a real cluster (unlike the NULL-cluster shim
+ * raft_cb_become_leader_for_test above, which suppresses the c-dependent
+ * registration block entirely).  raft_cb_become_leader is file-static, so this
+ * seam must live here in ha.c.  Symmetric with
+ * raft_cb_become_follower_with_cluster_for_test.
+ */
+void raft_cb_become_leader_with_cluster_for_test(cluster_t *c, uint64_t term)
+{
+    c->ha.raft_c = c;
+    raft_cb_become_leader((void *)&c->ha, term);
+}
 #endif /* XCE_TESTING */
 
 /* ── Task 2.4: vote_ep_err_handler ─────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/src/controller/ha.h b/src/controller/ha.h
index 10e2a824..4b621ad6 100644
--- a/src/controller/ha.h
+++ b/src/controller/ha.h
@@ -1008,6 +1008,19 @@ extern void (*ha_fatal_hook)(const char *msg);
  */
 void raft_cb_become_follower_with_cluster_for_test(cluster_t *c, uint64_t term);
 
+/*
+ * raft_cb_become_leader_with_cluster_for_test: drive the leader promotion path
+ * with a LIVE cluster pointer (fix-promotion-standby-registration).  Unlike
+ * raft_cb_become_leader_for_test (which forces raft_c = NULL and so skips the
+ * c-dependent standby-registration branch entirely), this shim sets
+ * ha->raft_c = c first so the promotion-time repl_add_standby loop — which
+ * registers each surviving vote endpoint (votes[i].ep != NULL) carrying a
+ * peer pointer (votes[i].peer != NULL) into the WAL replicator — is exercised
+ * against a real persist/repl/commit fixture.  Symmetric with
+ * raft_cb_become_follower_with_cluster_for_test.
+ */
+void raft_cb_become_leader_with_cluster_for_test(cluster_t *c, uint64_t term);
+
 /*
  * ha_walack_continuation_for_test: test-only entry point for the ACK-driven
  * catch-up continuation logic (ha-convergence-recovery task 4.x, Req 5.1, 5.2,
diff --git a/src/controller/testsuite/test_convergence_verification.c b/src/controller/testsuite/test_convergence_verification.c
index c82678e0..1c61507d 100644
--- a/src/controller/testsuite/test_convergence_verification.c
+++ b/src/controller/testsuite/test_convergence_verification.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,155 @@ static void test_pin_repl_complete_catchup_reincludes_in_broadcast(void)
     printf("test_pin_repl_complete_catchup_reincludes_in_broadcast: checked\n");
 }
 
+/* ── fix-promotion-standby-registration ─────────────────────────────────────
+ *
+ * Root cause pinned here: raft_cb_send_vote_request must set votes[i].peer
+ * (the candidate pointer) alongside votes[i].ep, so that the promotion path
+ * (raft_cb_become_leader) can call repl_add_standby for each surviving vote
+ * endpoint.  Before the fix, votes[i].peer was NEVER set, so the promotion
+ * registration block (guarded by `votes[i].peer != NULL`) was skipped, the
+ * standbys were never added to c->persist.repl.standbys[], commit/quorum saw
+ * zero standbys, and every write failed with E_XCE_NOT_READY.
+ *
+ * These tests drive the REAL promotion path (raft_cb_become_leader via the
+ * with-cluster seam) over a real persist/repl/commit fixture, then assert the
+ * surviving vote endpoints are registered in the WAL replicator.
+ *
+ * The promotion tail is safe against this fixture:
+ *   - ha_register_persist_hooks: documented safe on this cluster_t (ha.c).
+ *   - ha_start_primary_heartbeat: no-ops because delaymgr is not started.
+ *   - ha_arm_own_term_gate: uses the real persist + commit engine (broadcast
+ *     drops through the stubbed repl_broadcast_send_hook).
+ */
+
+/* Build a vote endpoint entry on the election ctx: set BOTH .ep and .peer
+ * (the post-fix vote-send contract).  Uses g_cv_eps[] for the ep identity (so
+ * repl_active_standby_count / broadcast slot-matching stay consistent with the
+ * rest of this suite) and a caller-owned xce_candidate_t for .peer. */
+static void cv_set_vote(ha_elect_ctx_t *ctx, int idx, xce_candidate_t *peer,
+                        const char *host, int port)
+{
+    snprintf(peer->hostname, sizeof(peer->hostname), "%s", host);
+    peer->port = port;
+    ctx->votes[idx].ep   = (struct endpoint_t *)&g_cv_eps[idx];
+    ctx->votes[idx].peer = peer;
+}
+
+/* (fix) Promotion with surviving vote endpoints carrying .peer registers every
+ * one of them in the WAL replicator → repl_active_standby_count == n.
+ *
+ * RED before the fix: with the production vote-send leaving votes[i].peer NULL,
+ * an election ctx built the SAME way the real path builds it would have
+ * .peer == NULL, the promotion block would skip repl_add_standby, and the count
+ * would be 0.  This test sets .peer (simulating the fixed vote-send) and pins
+ * that the promotion path then registers all surviving standbys. */
+static void test_promotion_registers_standbys_when_peer_set(void)
+{
+    /* n_standbys=0: the replicator starts EMPTY; only the promotion path may
+     * populate it, so the count is attributable solely to registration. */
+    cv_setup("promreg", /*n_peers=*/2, /*n_standbys=*/0,
+             /*appended_lsn=*/0, /*n_vcpus=*/8);
+
+    /* Precondition: nothing registered yet. */
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT_MESSAGE(0,
+        repl_active_standby_count(&g_cv.persist.repl),
+        "fixture precondition: replicator must start empty (n_standbys=0)");
+
+    /* Build an election ctx with 2 surviving vote endpoints, each carrying a
+     * peer pointer (the post-fix vote-send contract). */
+    ha_elect_ctx_t *ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(*ctx) + 2 * sizeof(ctx->votes[0]));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(ctx);
+    ctx->n_peers = 2;
+    pthread_mutex_init(&ctx->lock, NULL);
+    sem_init(&ctx->done, 0, 0);
+
+    xce_candidate_t peer0 = {0}, peer1 = {0};
+    cv_set_vote(ctx, 0, &peer0, "sb0.example", 7700);
+    cv_set_vote(ctx, 1, &peer1, "sb1.example", 7701);
+
+    /* standby_endpoints array must exist (promotion stores eps there too). */
+    g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints = calloc(1, sizeof(zarray_t));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints);
+    zarray_init(g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints, 4, NULL);
+
+    atomic_store_explicit(&g_cv.ha.elect_ctx, (void *)ctx, memory_order_release);
+
+    /* Act: real promotion with a live cluster. */
+    raft_cb_become_leader_with_cluster_for_test(&g_cv, /*term=*/1);
+
+    /* Assert (Req 1.1): both surviving vote endpoints are now registered in the
+     * WAL replicator, so commit/quorum can advance committed_lsn. */
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT_MESSAGE(2,
+        repl_active_standby_count(&g_cv.persist.repl),
+        "promotion must register every surviving vote endpoint (votes[i].peer "
+        "set) in the WAL replicator — repl_active_standby_count must equal the "
+        "number of vote endpoints (fix-promotion-standby-registration Req 1.1)");
+
+    /* Cleanup */
+    atomic_store_explicit(&g_cv.ha.elect_ctx, NULL, memory_order_release);
+    if (g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints) {
+        zarray_fini(g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints);
+        free(g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints);
+        g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints = NULL;
+    }
+    pthread_mutex_destroy(&ctx->lock);
+    sem_destroy(&ctx->done);
+    free(ctx);
+    cv_teardown();
+    printf("test_promotion_registers_standbys_when_peer_set: checked\n");
+}
+
+/* RED-pin: with votes[i].peer == NULL (the PRE-fix vote-send behavior), the
+ * promotion block must NOT register the endpoints — the count stays 0.  This
+ * pins the exact failure the fix addresses: the registration is conditional on
+ * .peer being set, so leaving it NULL (as the buggy vote-send did) reproduces
+ * the zero-standby / no-quorum / NOT_READY condition.  GREEN: the production
+ * vote-send now always sets .peer, so the real path takes the registered
+ * branch above. */
+static void test_promotion_skips_registration_when_peer_null(void)
+{
+    cv_setup("promnull", /*n_peers=*/2, /*n_standbys=*/0,
+             /*appended_lsn=*/0, /*n_vcpus=*/8);
+
+    ha_elect_ctx_t *ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(*ctx) + 2 * sizeof(ctx->votes[0]));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(ctx);
+    ctx->n_peers = 2;
+    pthread_mutex_init(&ctx->lock, NULL);
+    sem_init(&ctx->done, 0, 0);
+
+    /* eps present (election connected), but peer left NULL (the BUG). */
+    ctx->votes[0].ep   = (struct endpoint_t *)&g_cv_eps[0];
+    ctx->votes[0].peer = NULL;
+    ctx->votes[1].ep   = (struct endpoint_t *)&g_cv_eps[1];
+    ctx->votes[1].peer = NULL;
+
+    g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints = calloc(1, sizeof(zarray_t));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints);
+    zarray_init(g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints, 4, NULL);
+
+    atomic_store_explicit(&g_cv.ha.elect_ctx, (void *)ctx, memory_order_release);
+
+    raft_cb_become_leader_with_cluster_for_test(&g_cv, /*term=*/1);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT_MESSAGE(0,
+        repl_active_standby_count(&g_cv.persist.repl),
+        "with votes[i].peer NULL (pre-fix vote-send), promotion must NOT register "
+        "standbys — this reproduces the zero-quorum / NOT_READY bug "
+        "(fix-promotion-standby-registration RED pin)");
+
+    atomic_store_explicit(&g_cv.ha.elect_ctx, NULL, memory_order_release);
+    if (g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints) {
+        zarray_fini(g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints);
+        free(g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints);
+        g_cv.ha.standby_endpoints = NULL;
+    }
+    pthread_mutex_destroy(&ctx->lock);
+    sem_destroy(&ctx->done);
+    free(ctx);
+    cv_teardown();
+    printf("test_promotion_skips_registration_when_peer_null: checked\n");
+}
+
 #endif /* XCE_TESTING */
 
 /* ── Suite entry point ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@@ -1068,6 +1217,12 @@ void test_convergence_verification(void)
     RUN_TEST(test_empty_standby_fresh_cluster_streams_not_snapshot);
     RUN_TEST(test_pin_dispatch_gate_degraded_allowlist);
     RUN_TEST(test_pin_repl_complete_catchup_reincludes_in_broadcast);
+
+    printf("\n>> Promotion standby registration "
+           "(fix-promotion-standby-registration: votes[].peer → repl_add_standby)\n\n");
+
+    RUN_TEST(test_promotion_registers_standbys_when_peer_set);
+    RUN_TEST(test_promotion_skips_registration_when_peer_null);
 #else
     printf("test_convergence_verification: SKIP (non-test build)\n");
 #endif