diff --git a/apps/hub/test/git-fixture.ts b/apps/hub/test/git-fixture.ts
index 48c9175176..e12732e7c4 100644
--- a/apps/hub/test/git-fixture.ts
+++ b/apps/hub/test/git-fixture.ts
@@ -67,12 +67,19 @@ export function gitFixture(cwd: string, args: readonly string[]): void {
   env["GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"] = "safety@test";
   env["GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"] = "safety-test";
   env["GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"] = "safety@test";
-  const result = Bun.spawnSync(["git", "-c", "core.hooksPath=", ...args], {
-    cwd,
-    stdout: "pipe",
-    stderr: "pipe",
-    env,
-  });
+  // Test fixtures author their own throwaway identities and must never
+  // inherit the operator's ambient config: `core.hooksPath=` above, and
+  // `commit.gpgsign=false` here so a global `commit.gpgsign = true` can't
+  // hang (or sign) a fixture commit (CL-7492).
+  const result = Bun.spawnSync(
+    ["git", "-c", "core.hooksPath=", "-c", "commit.gpgsign=false", ...args],
+    {
+      cwd,
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+      env,
+    },
+  );
   if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
     throw new Error(
       `git ${args.join(" ")} failed: ${result.stderr.toString()}`,
diff --git a/packages/seeding/src/workflow-push.test.ts b/packages/seeding/src/workflow-push.test.ts
index fe62ce00c8..436b4e64c0 100644
--- a/packages/seeding/src/workflow-push.test.ts
+++ b/packages/seeding/src/workflow-push.test.ts
@@ -71,12 +71,15 @@ async function git(args: string[], cwd: string): Promise<string> {
   delete env["GIT_DIR"];
   delete env["GIT_WORK_TREE"];
   delete env["GIT_INDEX_FILE"];
-  const child = Bun.spawn(["git", "-c", "core.hooksPath=", ...args], {
-    cwd,
-    env,
-    stdout: "pipe",
-    stderr: "pipe",
-  });
+  const child = Bun.spawn(
+    ["git", "-c", "core.hooksPath=", "-c", "commit.gpgsign=false", ...args],
+    {
+      cwd,
+      env,
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    },
+  );
   const [stdout, stderr, code] = await Promise.all([
     new Response(child.stdout).text(),
     new Response(child.stderr).text(),
@@ -229,6 +232,45 @@ describe("createGitWorkflowPusher", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test("commits the seed tree even when the operator's global config enables commit signing", async () => {
+    const work = await scratchWorkDir("workflow-push-gpgsign-");
+    const previousGlobal = process.env.GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL;
+    try {
+      // Seed commits are authored as seed@workbench.localhost and must
+      // never inherit the operator's signing identity: with
+      // `commit.gpgsign = true` globally (and a gpg program that fails
+      // closed) the push still succeeds (CL-7492).
+      const globalConfig = join(work, "gitconfig");
+      await writeFile(
+        globalConfig,
+        "[commit]\n\tgpgsign = true\n[gpg]\n\tprogram = /bin/false\n",
+        "utf-8",
+      );
+      process.env.GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL = globalConfig;
+
+      const remoteDir = join(work, "remote.git");
+      await git(["init", "--bare", "--initial-branch=main", remoteDir], work);
+
+      const pusher = createGitWorkflowPusher();
+      const outcome = await pusher({
+        remoteUrl: `file://${remoteDir}`,
+        tokenSecret: "unused-for-file-transport",
+        workflowJson: '{"v":1}',
+        packageName: "@workbench-seed/test",
+      });
+
+      expect(outcome.outcome).toBe("pushed");
+      expect(outcome.commitSha).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]{40}$/);
+    } finally {
+      if (previousGlobal === undefined) {
+        delete process.env.GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL;
+      } else {
+        process.env.GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL = previousGlobal;
+      }
+      await rm(work, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   test("does not commit onto an inherited GIT_DIR pointing at another work tree", async () => {
     const work = await scratchWorkDir("workflow-push-git-dir-");
     const previousGitDir = process.env.GIT_DIR;
diff --git a/packages/seeding/src/workflow-push.ts b/packages/seeding/src/workflow-push.ts
index 7ba0aa3804..b87ae101ac 100644
--- a/packages/seeding/src/workflow-push.ts
+++ b/packages/seeding/src/workflow-push.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ export function createGitWorkflowPusher(): WorkflowPusher {
         {
           label: "commit",
           args: [
+            // Seed commits are authored as seed@workbench.localhost and
+            // must never inherit the operator's signing identity
+            // (CL-7492): a global `commit.gpgsign = true` would fail the
+            // commit — or worse, sign a bot commit with a personal key.
+            "-c",
+            "commit.gpgsign=false",
             "commit",
             "--no-verify",
             "-m",