diff --git a/packages/core/src/builtin-post-merge-group.ts b/packages/core/src/builtin-post-merge-group.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f6d7997fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/builtin-post-merge-group.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import type { WorkflowIrNode } from "./workflow-ir-types.js";
+
+/*
+FNXC:WorkflowPostMerge 2026-06-26-09:00:
+Factory for a POST-MERGE optional-group node — the graph-native execution mechanism
+for post-merge workflow steps (U7 spike). Mirrors `codeReviewOptionalGroupNode` /
+`browserVerificationOptionalGroupNode`, but the produced node carries
+`config.phase: "post-merge"` so the graph executor:
+  1. runs it only AFTER a successful merge (when wired off the merge region and the
+     `graphNativePostMerge` flag is on), and
+  2. records its WorkflowStepResult with `phase: "post-merge"` + emits `[post-merge]`
+     logs (failures are NON-BLOCKING — the merged task still completes).
+
+There are NO built-in post-merge steps today, so this factory is intentionally generic
+and is NOT wired into `builtin:coding` (which stays byte-identical, the parity oracle).
+It is the reusable builder migrated/custom workflows (and the new test) use to author a
+post-merge step. The group node id is the STABLE per-task enable key (`enabledWorkflowSteps`),
+and the inner template node carries a DISTINCT id (`${id}-step`) — a template node id may
+not collide with the group/top-level node id (optional-group validation).
+*/
+
+export interface PostMergeOptionalGroupSpec {
+  /** Stable per-task enable key + group node id. */
+  id: string;
+  /** Display name (toggle/editor surfaces + recorded `workflowStepName`). */
+  name: string;
+  /** Column the group node sits in (typically a post-merge/`done` column). */
+  column: string;
+  /** Agent prompt for the inner post-merge step. */
+  prompt: string;
+  /** Optional short description for the inner node. */
+  description?: string;
+  /** Inner step tool access; defaults to "readonly". */
+  toolMode?: "readonly" | "coding";
+  /** Gate semantics; defaults to "advisory" (post-merge failures are non-blocking). */
+  gateMode?: "advisory" | "gate";
+  /** Seed the per-task enable toggle for new tasks; defaults to false (opt-in). */
+  defaultOn?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a post-merge `optional-group` node. The node config is marked
+ * `phase: "post-merge"` so the graph executor's optional-group recording path keys
+ * the result phase + log prefix off it.
+ */
+export function postMergeOptionalGroupNode(spec: PostMergeOptionalGroupSpec): WorkflowIrNode {
+  return {
+    id: spec.id,
+    kind: "optional-group",
+    column: spec.column,
+    config: {
+      name: spec.name,
+      phase: "post-merge",
+      defaultOn: spec.defaultOn ?? false,
+      template: {
+        nodes: [
+          {
+            id: `${spec.id}-step`,
+            kind: "prompt",
+            config: {
+              name: spec.name,
+              ...(spec.description !== undefined ? { description: spec.description } : {}),
+              prompt: spec.prompt,
+              toolMode: spec.toolMode ?? "readonly",
+              gateMode: spec.gateMode ?? "advisory",
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+        edges: [],
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/experimental-features.ts b/packages/core/src/experimental-features.ts
index d380c32950..c945ca502a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/experimental-features.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/experimental-features.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ const RETIRED_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES = new Set<string>([
   "workflowInterpreterDualObserve",
 ]);
 
+/*
+FNXC:WorkflowPostMerge 2026-06-26-09:00:
+Post-merge workflow steps run GRAPH-NATIVE behind this default-OFF experimental flag
+(U7 spike). When OFF (the default — the key is absent from DEFAULT_*_SETTINGS so
+`isExperimentalFeatureEnabled` returns false), the merge-region stays collapsed exactly
+as before: the graph routes merge-attempt success straight to `end` and the merger still
+owns post-merge steps from the legacy table — zero behavior change, byte-identical
+builtin:coding traversal. When ON, the graph executor lets traversal continue past a
+SUCCESSFUL merge to any post-merge optional-group node reachable from the merge region,
+running it via the same optional-group execution+recording path (phase:"post-merge",
+non-blocking failures). This unit is additive + reversible: a later unit removes the
+legacy merger post-merge path. Mirrors the WORKFLOW_INTERPRETER_DUAL_OBSERVE_FLAG read
+plumbing (named constant + `isExperimentalFeatureEnabled`).
+*/
+export const GRAPH_NATIVE_POST_MERGE_FLAG = "graphNativePostMerge" as const;
+
 export function isExperimentalFeatureEnabled(
   settings: Pick<Settings, "experimentalFeatures"> | undefined,
   key: string,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 8d5fc89398..8465db59dd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -1665,7 +1665,9 @@ export type {
   ResearchCancellationState,
 } from "./research-types.js";
 
-export { isExperimentalFeatureEnabled } from "./experimental-features.js";
+export { isExperimentalFeatureEnabled, GRAPH_NATIVE_POST_MERGE_FLAG } from "./experimental-features.js";
+export { postMergeOptionalGroupNode } from "./builtin-post-merge-group.js";
+export type { PostMergeOptionalGroupSpec } from "./builtin-post-merge-group.js";
 export {
   WORKFLOW_COMPARABLE_AUDIT_MUTATIONS,
   WORKFLOW_PARITY_OBSERVED_MUTATION,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/workflow-ir-types.ts b/packages/core/src/workflow-ir-types.ts
index 2bc146afaa..a8c0c64e06 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/workflow-ir-types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/workflow-ir-types.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ export interface WorkflowOptionalGroupConfig {
   defaultOn?: boolean;
   /** Display name for the group (editor + per-task toggle surfaces). */
   name?: string;
+  /*
+  FNXC:WorkflowPostMerge 2026-06-26-09:00:
+  Execution phase of the optional-group step. Defaults to "pre-merge" (the prior, only
+  behavior) when absent, so existing built-in/custom optional groups are byte-identical.
+  "post-merge" marks a group that the graph executor runs AFTER a successful merge
+  (gated by the `graphNativePostMerge` experimental flag); the recorded
+  `WorkflowStepResult.phase` and `[post-merge]` logs follow this value.
+  */
+  phase?: "pre-merge" | "post-merge";
   template: {
     nodes: WorkflowIrNode[];
     edges: WorkflowIrEdge[];
diff --git a/packages/core/src/workflow-ir.ts b/packages/core/src/workflow-ir.ts
index 0e721db487..cc45b90b93 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/workflow-ir.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/workflow-ir.ts
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ function validateOptionalGroup(
   if (cfg.name !== undefined && typeof cfg.name !== "string") {
     throw new WorkflowIrError(`optional-group node '${node.id}' name must be a string`);
   }
+  // FNXC:WorkflowPostMerge 2026-06-26-09:00: `phase` is optional and defaults to
+  // "pre-merge"; only "pre-merge" | "post-merge" are valid when present.
+  if (cfg.phase !== undefined && cfg.phase !== "pre-merge" && cfg.phase !== "post-merge") {
+    throw new WorkflowIrError(`optional-group node '${node.id}' phase must be 'pre-merge' or 'post-merge'`);
+  }
 
   const templateNodes = template.nodes;
   const templateIds = new Set(templateNodes.map((n) => n.id));
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/workflow-graph-post-merge.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/workflow-graph-post-merge.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84d222e3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/workflow-graph-post-merge.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { TaskDetail, WorkflowIr, WorkflowStepResult } from "@fusion/core";
+import { postMergeOptionalGroupNode } from "@fusion/core";
+
+import { WorkflowGraphExecutor, type WorkflowNodeHandler } from "../workflow-graph-executor.js";
+
+/*
+FNXC:WorkflowPostMerge 2026-06-26-09:00:
+Graph-native post-merge steps (U7 spike). A post-merge optional-group node wired off
+`merge-attempt` success must, WITH the `graphNativePostMerge` flag ON, run AFTER the
+merge seam and record a WorkflowStepResult with phase:"post-merge". WITH the flag OFF
+the merge region stays collapsed and the post-merge node is never reached — it records
+nothing via the graph (the legacy merger still owns post-merge). Post-merge failures are
+non-blocking: the run still completes with the merge-success outcome.
+*/
+
+const POST_MERGE_ID = "post-merge-docs";
+const POST_MERGE_STEP_ID = `${POST_MERGE_ID}-step`;
+
+/** Minimal IR: start → execute → merge-attempt (collapses to the merge seam) with a
+ *  post-merge optional-group hanging off merge-attempt success → end. */
+function postMergeIr(): WorkflowIr {
+  return {
+    version: "v2",
+    name: "post-merge-test",
+    columns: [
+      { id: "work", name: "Work", traits: [] },
+      { id: "review", name: "Review", traits: [] },
+      { id: "done", name: "Done", traits: [] },
+    ],
+    nodes: [
+      { id: "start", kind: "start", column: "work" },
+      { id: "execute", kind: "prompt", column: "work", config: { prompt: "x" } },
+      { id: "merge-attempt", kind: "merge-attempt", column: "review", config: { capability: "task-merge" } },
+      postMergeOptionalGroupNode({
+        id: POST_MERGE_ID,
+        name: "Post Merge Docs",
+        column: "done",
+        prompt: "post-merge doc check",
+        defaultOn: false,
+      }),
+      { id: "end", kind: "end", column: "done" },
+    ],
+    edges: [
+      { from: "start", to: "execute" },
+      { from: "execute", to: "merge-attempt", condition: "success" },
+      // Existing terminal success edge (the merge region collapses; this is the
+      // flag-OFF terminal). The post-merge entry is the SECOND success edge.
+      { from: "merge-attempt", to: "end", condition: "success" },
+      { from: "merge-attempt", to: POST_MERGE_ID, condition: "success" },
+      { from: POST_MERGE_ID, to: "end", condition: "success" },
+    ],
+  };
+}
+
+function taskWith(enabled: string[] | undefined): TaskDetail {
+  return { id: "FN-PM", enabledWorkflowSteps: enabled } as TaskDetail;
+}
+
+function makeRecorder() {
+  const results: WorkflowStepResult[] = [];
+  const record = async (_taskId: string, result: WorkflowStepResult) => {
+    const idx = results.findIndex((r) => r.workflowStepId === result.workflowStepId);
+    if (idx >= 0) results[idx] = result;
+    else results.push(result);
+  };
+  return { results, record };
+}
+
+/** All seam prompts (id "merge" synthetic node included) succeed; the post-merge inner
+ *  step returns the injected verdict. `handlers.prompt` overrides every prompt node, so
+ *  branch on id. */
+function handler(innerValue: string): WorkflowNodeHandler {
+  return async (node) =>
+    node.id === POST_MERGE_STEP_ID
+      ? { outcome: "success", value: innerValue }
+      : { outcome: "success" };
+}
+
+describe("WorkflowGraphExecutor graph-native post-merge steps", () => {
+  it("flag ON: runs the post-merge optional group after merge and records phase:'post-merge'", async () => {
+    const recorder = makeRecorder();
+    const logs: string[] = [];
+    const executor = new WorkflowGraphExecutor({
+      handlers: { prompt: handler("APPROVE") },
+      recordWorkflowStepResult: recorder.record,
+      logTaskEntry: (summary: string) => logs.push(summary),
+    });
+
+    const result = await executor.run(
+      taskWith([POST_MERGE_ID]),
+      { experimentalFeatures: { graphNativePostMerge: true } },
+      postMergeIr(),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.outcome).toBe("success");
+    // The post-merge node ran AFTER the collapsed merge seam.
+    expect(result.visitedNodeIds).toContain("merge");
+    expect(result.visitedNodeIds.indexOf(POST_MERGE_ID)).toBeGreaterThan(
+      result.visitedNodeIds.indexOf("merge"),
+    );
+
+    expect(recorder.results).toHaveLength(1);
+    const entry = recorder.results[0];
+    expect(entry.workflowStepId).toBe(POST_MERGE_ID);
+    expect(entry.workflowStepName).toBe("Post Merge Docs");
+    expect(entry.phase).toBe("post-merge");
+    expect(entry.status).toBe("passed");
+    expect(entry.verdict).toBe("APPROVE");
+
+    expect(logs).toContain("[post-merge] Starting workflow step: Post Merge Docs");
+    expect(logs).toContain("[post-merge] Workflow step completed: Post Merge Docs");
+  });
+
+  it("flag ON: a post-merge REVISE is recorded advisory_failure and is NON-BLOCKING (run still succeeds)", async () => {
+    const recorder = makeRecorder();
+    const executor = new WorkflowGraphExecutor({
+      handlers: { prompt: handler("REVISE") },
+      recordWorkflowStepResult: recorder.record,
+    });
+
+    const result = await executor.run(
+      taskWith([POST_MERGE_ID]),
+      { experimentalFeatures: { graphNativePostMerge: true } },
+      postMergeIr(),
+    );
+
+    // Merge succeeded; post-merge advisory REVISE must NOT flip the run to failure.
+    expect(result.outcome).toBe("success");
+    expect(recorder.results).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(recorder.results[0].phase).toBe("post-merge");
+    expect(recorder.results[0].status).toBe("advisory_failure");
+  });
+
+  it("flag OFF (default): the post-merge node is NOT run via the graph and records nothing", async () => {
+    const recorder = makeRecorder();
+    const executor = new WorkflowGraphExecutor({
+      handlers: { prompt: handler("APPROVE") },
+      recordWorkflowStepResult: recorder.record,
+    });
+
+    // No experimentalFeatures at all → flag defaults OFF.
+    const result = await executor.run(taskWith([POST_MERGE_ID]), {}, postMergeIr());
+
+    expect(result.outcome).toBe("success");
+    expect(result.visitedNodeIds).toContain("merge");
+    // The merge region stays collapsed; the post-merge node is never traversed.
+    expect(result.visitedNodeIds).not.toContain(POST_MERGE_ID);
+    expect(recorder.results).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/workflow-graph-executor.ts b/packages/engine/src/workflow-graph-executor.ts
index ef1998e97e..072b27a4bd 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/workflow-graph-executor.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/workflow-graph-executor.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type {
   WorkflowNodeExtensionResult,
   WorkflowStepResult,
 } from "@fusion/core";
-import { BUILTIN_CODING_WORKFLOW_IR, WorkflowIrError, getWorkflowExtensionRegistry, resolveMaxReworkCycles } from "@fusion/core";
+import { BUILTIN_CODING_WORKFLOW_IR, WorkflowIrError, getWorkflowExtensionRegistry, resolveMaxReworkCycles, isExperimentalFeatureEnabled, GRAPH_NATIVE_POST_MERGE_FLAG } from "@fusion/core";
 
 import {
   createDefaultNodeHandlers,
@@ -303,6 +303,42 @@ export class WorkflowGraphExecutor {
       [WORKFLOW_RUN_ID_CONTEXT_KEY]: runId,
       [WORKFLOW_ID_CONTEXT_KEY]: ir.name || "unknown",
     };
+    /*
+     * FNXC:WorkflowPostMerge 2026-06-26-09:00:
+     * Graph-native post-merge steps, gated by the default-OFF `graphNativePostMerge`
+     * experimental flag. The merge-policy region is collapsed into ONE legacy merge
+     * seam (see `runLegacyMergeSeam` + the `isMergeRegionKind` branch in
+     * `traverseChildren`), so a node wired off `merge-attempt` success is normally
+     * never traversed. With the flag ON we let traversal continue past a SUCCESSFUL
+     * merge to those post-merge entry nodes.
+     *
+     * `postMergeEntryNodeIds` = the (deterministic, id-sorted) set of edge targets `t`
+     * such that an edge leaves a merge-region node to `t`, where `t` is itself NOT a
+     * merge-region node and NOT `end`, the edge is not a rework back-edge, and the edge
+     * routes on success (no condition or `condition: "success"`). For `builtin:coding`
+     * this set is EMPTY (every merge-region exit goes to another merge-region node or
+     * `end`), so flag-ON is byte-identical to flag-OFF there — the parity oracle holds.
+     * When the flag is OFF the set is left empty and the post-merge hop is never taken,
+     * so existing merge routing (transient→retry, manual hold, branch-group
+     * integration/promotion, recovery-router, failure paths) is wholly unchanged.
+     */
+    const postMergeEnabled = isExperimentalFeatureEnabled(settings, GRAPH_NATIVE_POST_MERGE_FLAG);
+    const postMergeEntryNodeIds: string[] = (() => {
+      if (!postMergeEnabled) return [];
+      const ids = new Set<string>();
+      for (const [from, edges] of outgoingMap) {
+        const fromNode = nodeMap.get(from);
+        if (!fromNode || !isMergeRegionKind(fromNode.kind)) continue;
+        for (const edge of edges) {
+          if (edge.kind === "rework") continue;
+          if (edge.condition && edge.condition !== "success") continue;
+          const target = nodeMap.get(edge.to);
+          if (!target || target.kind === "end" || isMergeRegionKind(target.kind)) continue;
+          ids.add(edge.to);
+        }
+      }
+      return [...ids].sort();
+    })();
     const visitedNodeIds: string[] = [];
     const inStack = new Set<string>();
     const syntheticMergeNode: WorkflowIrNode = {
@@ -531,15 +567,28 @@ export class WorkflowGraphExecutor {
           const groupName = typeof node.config?.name === "string" && node.config.name.trim()
             ? node.config.name.trim()
             : node.id;
+          /*
+           * FNXC:WorkflowPostMerge 2026-06-26-09:00:
+           * Phase is read from the optional-group node's `config.phase` (defaults to
+           * "pre-merge", so every existing group is byte-identical). A
+           * `postMergeOptionalGroupNode` carries `phase: "post-merge"`; recorded
+           * `WorkflowStepResult.phase` + the `[pre-merge]`/`[post-merge]` log prefix
+           * both follow it. Post-merge groups only become reachable via the
+           * flag-gated post-merge hop below; the recording/log shape is otherwise
+           * identical to the pre-merge path.
+           */
+          const stepPhase: WorkflowStepResult["phase"] =
+            node.config?.phase === "post-merge" ? "post-merge" : "pre-merge";
+          const logPrefix = stepPhase === "post-merge" ? "[post-merge]" : "[pre-merge]";
           const stepStartedAt = new Date().toISOString();
           await this.recordOptionalGroupStepResult(task.id, {
             workflowStepId: node.id,
             workflowStepName: groupName,
-            phase: "pre-merge",
+            phase: stepPhase,
             status: "pending",
             startedAt: stepStartedAt,
           });
-          this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`[pre-merge] Starting workflow step: ${groupName}`);
+          this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`${logPrefix} Starting workflow step: ${groupName}`);
 
           const groupResult = await runOptionalGroup(node, {
             context,
@@ -570,7 +619,7 @@ export class WorkflowGraphExecutor {
           await this.recordOptionalGroupStepResult(task.id, {
             workflowStepId: node.id,
             workflowStepName: groupName,
-            phase: "pre-merge",
+            phase: stepPhase,
             status: stepStatus,
             ...(verdict ? { verdict } : {}),
             ...(stepOutput !== undefined ? { output: stepOutput } : {}),
@@ -578,18 +627,18 @@ export class WorkflowGraphExecutor {
             startedAt: stepStartedAt,
             completedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
           });
-          // `[pre-merge]` terminal logs at parity with the legacy path
+          // `[pre-merge]`/`[post-merge]` terminal logs at parity with the legacy path
           // (executor.ts runWorkflowSteps: "completed" / "requested revision" /
           // "failed" + the advisory variant).
           if (stepStatus === "passed") {
-            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`[pre-merge] Workflow step completed: ${groupName}`);
+            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`${logPrefix} Workflow step completed: ${groupName}`);
           } else if (stepStatus === "advisory_failure") {
-            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`[pre-merge] Workflow step requested revision: ${groupName}`, stepOutput);
-            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`[pre-merge] Advisory workflow step failed: ${groupName}`);
+            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`${logPrefix} Workflow step requested revision: ${groupName}`, stepOutput);
+            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`${logPrefix} Advisory workflow step failed: ${groupName}`);
           } else if (verdict === "REVISE") {
-            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`[pre-merge] Workflow step requested revision: ${groupName}`, stepOutput);
+            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`${logPrefix} Workflow step requested revision: ${groupName}`, stepOutput);
           } else {
-            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`[pre-merge] Workflow step failed: ${groupName}`, stepOutput);
+            this.deps.logTaskEntry?.(`${logPrefix} Workflow step failed: ${groupName}`, stepOutput);
           }
           visitedNodeIds.push(...groupResult.visitedNodeIds);
           const result: WorkflowNodeResult = {
@@ -708,6 +757,25 @@ export class WorkflowGraphExecutor {
         if (target && isMergeRegionKind(target.kind)) {
           aggregate = await runLegacyMergeSeam();
           if (aggregate.outcome === "failure") break;
+          /*
+           * FNXC:WorkflowPostMerge 2026-06-26-09:00:
+           * Flag-gated post-merge hop. The merge already finished (the seam awaited the
+           * merge Promise), so this runs strictly AFTER a successful merge. Walk each
+           * post-merge entry node via the normal `walk` path (optional-group recording
+           * with phase:"post-merge"). Post-merge failures are NON-BLOCKING — they record
+           * a result but DO NOT mutate `aggregate`, so the merged task still completes
+           * with the merge-success outcome (matching legacy post-merge semantics). When
+           * the flag is OFF, `postMergeEntryNodeIds` is empty and this loop is inert, so
+           * the merge region stays exactly as collapsed before.
+           */
+          for (const entryId of postMergeEntryNodeIds) {
+            const postMerge = await walk(entryId);
+            // A post-merge entry node is never an enclosing rework head, so a
+            // ReworkSignal here would be malformed IR; ignore it rather than bubble a
+            // rework loop out of the merge boundary. Result is intentionally discarded
+            // (non-blocking).
+            void postMerge;
+          }
           continue;
         }
         const child = await walk(edge.to);