diff --git a/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json b/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
index 94b2bd5..8e774ae 100644
--- a/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
+++ b/dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "task_file": "dev/tasks/DEV-000051-openai-advisory-runtime-gate.json",
-  "task_id": "DEV-000051",
+  "task_file": "dev/tasks/DEV-000052-promote-disabled-openai-gate.json",
+  "task_id": "DEV-000052",
   "task_revision": 1
 }
diff --git a/dev/tasks/DEV-000052-promote-disabled-openai-gate.json b/dev/tasks/DEV-000052-promote-disabled-openai-gate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94939eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tasks/DEV-000052-promote-disabled-openai-gate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "task_id": "DEV-000052",
+  "task_revision": 1,
+  "architecture_revision": "ADR-0007",
+  "base_repo_revision": "61f349ec409ea399149184ba3bdef79e52409ba0",
+  "risk_tier": "E",
+  "intent": "Promote the exact merged disabled-by-default OpenAI runtime gate to docker-prod, refreshing all project image provenance while proving no OpenAI credential/mount/egress activation, the OpenAI endpoint remains unavailable and deterministic advisory plus production health remain intact.",
+  "requirement_ids": ["ADR-0007", "DEV-000045", "DEV-000051", "INV-EPI-001"],
+  "allowed_change_scope": {"modules": [], "paths": ["dev/ACTIVE_TASK.json", "dev/tasks/DEV-000052-promote-disabled-openai-gate.json"]},
+  "forbidden_change_scope": {"paths": ["architecture/**", "ci/**", ".gitea/**", "contracts/**", "modules/**", "adapters/**", "cmd/**", "database/**", "deploy/**", "docs/**", "security/**", "tests/**"]},
+  "allowed_architecture_delta": {"new_cross_module_dependencies": 0, "new_canonical_owners": 0, "new_privileges": 0, "new_third_party_dependencies": 0},
+  "contracts": {"consume": ["creator-advisory-v1", "ADR-0007", "production artifact provenance"], "may_change": []},
+  "semantic_owner": "none-promotion-only",
+  "canonical_state": [],
+  "state_transitions": [],
+  "side_effects_and_privileges": ["rebuild and replace the seven project-owned containers on docker-prod from exact merged main", "refresh external deployment manifests", "no OpenAI secret, provider call, egress route or Creator Web binding"],
+  "persistence_and_migrations": [],
+  "failure_retry_restart": ["existing canonical volumes and secrets remain mounted unchanged", "failed promotion does not publish a new manifest", "OpenAI endpoint remains 503 and deterministic advisory remains available after restart"],
+  "assumptions": ["current production contains no OPENAI_API_KEY or OPENAI_API_KEY_FILE configuration", "docker-test remains prohibited"],
+  "acceptance_scenarios": ["all seven project images carry exact merged main revision", "production health remains healthy", "OpenAI endpoint returns 503", "deterministic advisory returns PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE", "cognitive worker has no OpenAI/provider credential environment or mount", "Creator Web continues routing to deterministic endpoint"],
+  "required_tests": ["architecture preflight", "exact diff scope", "CI", "exact artifact confirmation", "production health", "disabled OpenAI endpoint smoke", "deterministic advisory smoke", "cognitive isolation inspection"],
+  "terminal_gap_states": ["BLOCKED_BY_ARCHITECTURE_GAP", "BLOCKED_BY_SPEC_GAP", "BLOCKED_BY_MISSING_CAPABILITY", "BLOCKED_BY_CONFLICT"]
+}