diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-dispatch.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-dispatch.ts
index d09fccebb..2e27f77d8 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-dispatch.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-dispatch.ts
@@ -776,11 +776,7 @@ export const DISPATCH_RULES: DispatchRule[] = [
         };
       }
       if (artifactCheck === "unknown") {
-        return {
-          action: "stop",
-          reason: `Cannot verify implementation artifacts for milestone ${mid}: git check was inconclusive. Resolve git issues and retry.`,
-          level: "error",
-        };
+        logWarning("dispatch", `Implementation artifact check inconclusive for ${mid} — proceeding (git context unavailable)`);
       }
 
       // Verification class compliance: if operational verification was planned,
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-recovery.ts b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-recovery.ts
index d5cf6f040..eec761bf0 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-recovery.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/gsd/auto-recovery.ts
@@ -393,8 +393,7 @@ export function verifyExpectedArtifact(
   // A milestone with only .gsd/ plan files and zero implementation code is
   // not genuinely complete — the LLM wrote plan files but skipped actual work.
   if (unitType === "complete-milestone") {
-    const artifactResult = hasImplementationArtifacts(base);
-    if (artifactResult === "absent" || artifactResult === "unknown") return false;
+    if (hasImplementationArtifacts(base) === "absent") return false;
   }
 
   return true;