diff --git a/lib/services/remediation-service.test.ts b/lib/services/remediation-service.test.ts
index ad41e12..0293b4f 100644
--- a/lib/services/remediation-service.test.ts
+++ b/lib/services/remediation-service.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   approveRemediationActions,
   remediateApprovedActions,
   markCampaignFalsePositive,
+  autoPostAcknowledgment,
   RemediationValidationError,
   RemediationConflictError,
 } from './remediation-service';
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ interface MockRows {
   remediationRows?: unknown[];
   campaign?: unknown[];
   guardRows?: unknown[];
+  existingAckRows?: unknown[];
 }
 
 function makeClient(rows: MockRows) {
@@ -45,6 +47,12 @@ function makeClient(rows: MockRows) {
     query: vi.fn(async (sql: string, params?: unknown[]) => {
       clientCalls.push({ sql, params: params ?? [] });
 
+      if (sql.includes('SELECT id FROM campaigns') && sql.includes('FOR UPDATE')) {
+        return { rows: [{ id: 'campaign-1' }], rowCount: 1 };
+      }
+      if (sql.includes("action_type = 'acknowledge_user'")) {
+        return { rows: rows.existingAckRows ?? [], rowCount: rows.existingAckRows?.length ?? 0 };
+      }
       if (sql.includes('FROM classifications')) {
         return { rows: rows.classification ?? [], rowCount: rows.classification?.length ?? 0 };
       }
@@ -308,3 +316,53 @@ describe('markCampaignFalsePositive', () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow(RemediationValidationError);
   });
 });
+
+// =============================================================================
+// autoPostAcknowledgment (AUTOGATE-03 gap closure — CR-01 / WR-01)
+// =============================================================================
+
+describe('autoPostAcknowledgment', () => {
+  it('first pass: inserts one acknowledge_user row, writes one audit row, posts the note once, returns posted:true', async () => {
+    stage({ existingAckRows: [] });
+
+    const result = await autoPostAcknowledgment('campaign-1', 'system:auto_report');
+
+    const insertCalls = callsContaining('INSERT INTO remediation_actions');
+    expect(insertCalls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(insertCalls[0].sql).toContain("'acknowledge_user'");
+    expect(insertCalls[0].sql).toContain("'completed'");
+    expect(insertCalls[0].params).toEqual(['campaign-1', 'system:auto_report']);
+
+    expect(writeAuditEventMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(writeAuditEventMock.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      campaignId: 'campaign-1',
+      actor: 'system:auto_report',
+      eventType: 'remediation_completed',
+    });
+
+    expect(generateAndPostAcknowledgmentMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(generateAndPostAcknowledgmentMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('campaign-1');
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ posted: true });
+  });
+
+  it('idempotency (THE CR-01 FIX): an existing acknowledge_user row skips insert, audit, and note post, returns posted:false', async () => {
+    stage({ existingAckRows: [{ id: 'existing-action-1' }] });
+
+    const result = await autoPostAcknowledgment('campaign-1', 'system:auto_report');
+
+    expect(callsContaining('INSERT INTO remediation_actions')).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(writeAuditEventMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(generateAndPostAcknowledgmentMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result).toEqual({ posted: false });
+  });
+
+  it('does not propagate a generateAndPostAcknowledgment rejection (already-committed transition)', async () => {
+    stage({ existingAckRows: [] });
+    generateAndPostAcknowledgmentMock.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Autotask unavailable'));
+
+    const result = await autoPostAcknowledgment('campaign-1', 'system:auto_report');
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ posted: true });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/services/remediation-service.ts b/lib/services/remediation-service.ts
index 6ff9fa1..1d5f8a0 100644
--- a/lib/services/remediation-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/remediation-service.ts
@@ -305,3 +305,79 @@ export async function markCampaignFalsePositive(
     return { campaignId, status: 'false_positive', auditEventId };
   });
 }
+
+// =============================================================================
+// autoPostAcknowledgment (AUTOGATE-03 gap closure — CR-01 / WR-01)
+// =============================================================================
+
+export interface AutoPostAcknowledgmentResult {
+  posted: boolean;
+}
+
+interface ExistingAckActionRow {
+  id: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Idempotent, audit-persisting auto-post orchestrator for the auto_report
+ * webhook path (runGatedPhishingStages in webhook-service.ts). Mirrors
+ * remediateApprovedActions's shape: state write + audit row inside one
+ * transaction, customer-visible note post AFTER commit, note-post failure
+ * caught/logged and never propagated (the DB transition already committed).
+ *
+ * Unlike the manual path, this function performs the FIRST write of the
+ * campaign's acknowledge_user row: the persisted remediation_actions row it
+ * inserts is BOTH the idempotency record a repeat ticket-create webhook for
+ * the same campaign reads on its next pass AND the row the Action Area /
+ * Timeline UI already render from (closes WR-01, the root cause of CR-01 —
+ * repeat webhooks were re-posting the customer-visible note on every
+ * additional report joining an already-acknowledged campaign).
+ *
+ * The `SELECT ... FROM campaigns WHERE id = $1 FOR UPDATE` row lock
+ * serializes concurrent webhooks for the same campaign so two simultaneous
+ * ticket-create events cannot both pass the existence check and double-post.
+ */
+export async function autoPostAcknowledgment(
+  campaignId: string,
+  actor: string | null
+): Promise<AutoPostAcknowledgmentResult> {
+  const { inserted } = await postgresClient.transaction(async (client) => {
+    await client.query(`SELECT id FROM campaigns WHERE id = $1 FOR UPDATE`, [campaignId]);
+
+    const existingRes = await client.query<ExistingAckActionRow>(
+      `SELECT id FROM remediation_actions WHERE campaign_id = $1 AND action_type = 'acknowledge_user' LIMIT 1`,
+      [campaignId]
+    );
+    if (existingRes.rows.length > 0) {
+      // Already posted for this campaign — no insert, no audit, no note.
+      return { inserted: false };
+    }
+
+    await client.query(
+      `INSERT INTO remediation_actions (campaign_id, action_type, status, approved_by, approved_at)
+       VALUES ($1, 'acknowledge_user', 'completed', $2, NOW())`,
+      [campaignId, actor]
+    );
+    await writeAuditEvent(
+      {
+        campaignId,
+        actor,
+        eventType: 'remediation_completed',
+        payload: { actionType: 'acknowledge_user', auto: true },
+      },
+      client
+    );
+
+    return { inserted: true };
+  });
+
+  if (inserted) {
+    try {
+      await generateAndPostAcknowledgment(campaignId);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('[AUTO-REMEDIATE] acknowledge_user note post failed', campaignId, err);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { posted: inserted };
+}