1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/purgatory/sync/context.rs b/src/purgatory/sync/context.rs
index 33c2d12..3568e89 100644
--- a/src/purgatory/sync/context.rs
+++ b/src/purgatory/sync/context.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ pub trait SyncContext: Send + Sync {
     /// # Returns
     /// Set of clone URLs from PR events in purgatory for this identifier
     fn collect_pr_clone_urls(&self, identifier: &str) -> HashSet<String>;
-    /// Get repository data (announcements, clone URLs, etc.) from the database.
+    /// Get repository data (announcements, clone URLs, etc.) from the database and purgatory.
+    ///
+    /// Checks both the database (promoted announcements) and purgatory (announcements
+    /// awaiting git data). This is necessary to obtain clone URLs when an announcement
+    /// has not yet been promoted - without purgatory data, the sync loop would have no
+    /// URLs to fetch from and the announcement could never be promoted (circular deadlock).
     ///
     /// # Arguments
     /// * `identifier` - The repository identifier (d-tag value)
@@ -279,7 +284,16 @@ impl SyncContext for RealSyncContext {
     }
 
     async fn fetch_repository_data(&self, identifier: &str) -> Result<RepositoryData> {
-        crate::git::authorization::fetch_repository_data(&self.database, identifier).await
+        // Use the purgatory-aware variant so that clone URLs from announcements still
+        // in purgatory (not yet promoted) are available. Without this, the sync loop
+        // would find no URLs to fetch from and the announcement could never be promoted
+        // (circular deadlock: can't promote without git data, can't get git data without URLs).
+        crate::git::authorization::fetch_repository_data_with_purgatory(
+            &self.database,
+            &self.purgatory,
+            identifier,
+        )
+        .await
     }
 
     fn collect_needed_oids(&self, identifier: &str) -> HashSet<String> {