diff --git a/packages/backend/convex/githubSync.ts b/packages/backend/convex/githubSync.ts
index 9af2d71..78692be 100644
--- a/packages/backend/convex/githubSync.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/convex/githubSync.ts
@@ -503,6 +503,25 @@ export const syncForkWithUpstream = action({
   },
 });
 
+export const refreshSpoonById = internalAction({
+  args: { spoonId: v.id('spoons'), ownerId: v.id('users') },
+  handler: async (
+    ctx,
+    { spoonId, ownerId },
+  ): Promise<{ success: boolean; error?: string }> => {
+    try {
+      await refreshOwnedSpoon(ctx, ownerId, spoonId, 'scheduled_check');
+      return { success: true };
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Swallow so webhook fan-out never throws an unhandled rejection.
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+      };
+    }
+  },
+});
+
 export const refreshDueSpoons = internalAction({
   args: { limit: v.optional(v.number()) },
   handler: async (
diff --git a/packages/backend/convex/githubWebhooks.ts b/packages/backend/convex/githubWebhooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66233ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/convex/githubWebhooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { internal } from './_generated/api';
+import { httpAction } from './_generated/server';
+import { verifyGithubSignature } from './githubWebhookVerify';
+
+/**
+ * Minimal shape of the GitHub webhook payloads we act on. We intentionally do
+ * not import Octokit's webhook types — we only read the few fields below, and
+ * everything is treated as untrusted input.
+ */
+type GithubWebhookPayload = {
+  action?: string;
+  repository?: { full_name?: string };
+  installation?: { id?: number };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Signature-verified GitHub App webhook endpoint (POST /webhooks/github).
+ *
+ * Runs in the DEFAULT Convex runtime (Web Crypto is available) — NOT `'use
+ * node'`. It never processes an unverified payload and never trusts a user id
+ * from the body: it maps only installation.id and repository.full_name onto
+ * existing owned records.
+ */
+export const handleGithubWebhook = httpAction(async (ctx, request) => {
+  const secret = process.env.GITHUB_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET;
+  // Fail closed: with no configured secret we cannot verify anything.
+  if (!secret) return new Response('Webhook not configured', { status: 503 });
+
+  const rawBody = await request.text();
+  const signature = request.headers.get('x-hub-signature-256');
+  const ok = await verifyGithubSignature(secret, rawBody, signature);
+  if (!ok) return new Response('Invalid signature', { status: 401 });
+
+  // Only parse AFTER the signature passes — never touch an unverified payload.
+  const event = request.headers.get('x-github-event');
+  let payload: GithubWebhookPayload;
+  try {
+    payload = JSON.parse(rawBody) as GithubWebhookPayload;
+  } catch {
+    return new Response('Invalid payload', { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  if (event === 'push') {
+    const fullName = payload.repository?.full_name;
+    if (fullName) {
+      const [owner, repo] = fullName.split('/');
+      if (owner && repo) {
+        const targets = await ctx.runQuery(internal.spoons.findForRepo, {
+          owner,
+          repo,
+        });
+        for (const target of targets) {
+          await ctx.scheduler.runAfter(
+            0,
+            internal.githubSync.refreshSpoonById,
+            { spoonId: target.spoonId, ownerId: target.ownerId },
+          );
+        }
+        return new Response(
+          JSON.stringify({ ok: true, scheduled: targets.length }),
+          { status: 200, headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' } },
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  } else if (
+    event === 'installation' ||
+    event === 'installation_repositories'
+  ) {
+    const installationId = String(payload.installation?.id ?? '');
+    const action = payload.action;
+    if (installationId) {
+      const status =
+        action === 'deleted' || action === 'suspend'
+          ? ('revoked' as const)
+          : action === 'unsuspend' || action === 'created'
+            ? ('active' as const)
+            : ('needs_reauth' as const);
+      await ctx.runMutation(internal.github.setConnectionStatusByInstallation, {
+        installationId,
+        status,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Always return 2xx for verified events (even unhandled ones) so GitHub does
+  // not retry.
+  return new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), {
+    status: 200,
+    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/backend/convex/http.ts b/packages/backend/convex/http.ts
index 3aa3437..3d632c4 100644
--- a/packages/backend/convex/http.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/convex/http.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import { httpRouter } from 'convex/server';
 
 import { auth } from './auth';
+import { handleGithubWebhook } from './githubWebhooks';
 
 const http = httpRouter();
 
 auth.addHttpRoutes(http);
 
+http.route({
+  path: '/webhooks/github',
+  method: 'POST',
+  handler: handleGithubWebhook,
+});
+
 export default http;
diff --git a/packages/backend/tests/unit/github-webhook-route.test.ts b/packages/backend/tests/unit/github-webhook-route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cd317d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/tests/unit/github-webhook-route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+import { createHmac } from 'node:crypto';
+
+import { convexTest } from 'convex-test';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import type { Id } from '../../convex/_generated/dataModel.js';
+import schema from '../../convex/schema';
+
+const modules = import.meta.glob('../../convex/**/*.*s');
+
+const SECRET = 'testsecret';
+
+/** Sign a body the same way the Web Crypto verifier does (HMAC-SHA256 hex). */
+const sign = (body: string): string =>
+  `sha256=${createHmac('sha256', SECRET).update(body).digest('hex')}`;
+
+const post = (
+  t: ReturnType<typeof convexTest>,
+  event: string,
+  body: string,
+  signature: string,
+) =>
+  t.fetch('/webhooks/github', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'content-type': 'application/json',
+      'x-github-event': event,
+      'x-hub-signature-256': signature,
+    },
+    body,
+  });
+
+const seedConnection = async (
+  t: ReturnType<typeof convexTest>,
+  installationId: string,
+) =>
+  await t.run(async (ctx) => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const userId = await ctx.db.insert('users', { email: 'a@b.c', name: 'A' });
+    return await ctx.db.insert('gitConnections', {
+      userId,
+      provider: 'github',
+      displayName: `GitHub installation ${installationId}`,
+      installationId,
+      status: 'active',
+      connectedAt: now,
+      updatedAt: now,
+    });
+  });
+
+const seedGithubSpoon = async (
+  t: ReturnType<typeof convexTest>,
+  forkOwner: string,
+  forkRepo: string,
+) =>
+  (await t.run(async (ctx) => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const ownerId = await ctx.db.insert('users', {
+      email: 'owner@b.c',
+      name: 'Owner',
+    });
+    return await ctx.db.insert('spoons', {
+      ownerId,
+      name: `${forkOwner}/${forkRepo}`,
+      provider: 'github',
+      upstreamOwner: 'up',
+      upstreamRepo: 'x',
+      upstreamDefaultBranch: 'main',
+      upstreamUrl: 'https://github.com/up/x',
+      forkOwner,
+      forkRepo,
+      forkUrl: `https://github.com/${forkOwner}/${forkRepo}`,
+      visibility: 'public',
+      maintenanceMode: 'watch',
+      syncCadence: 'daily',
+      productionRefStrategy: 'default_branch',
+      status: 'active',
+      createdAt: now,
+      updatedAt: now,
+    });
+  })) as Id<'spoons'>;
+
+describe('POST /webhooks/github', () => {
+  let previousSecret: string | undefined;
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    previousSecret = process.env.GITHUB_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET;
+    process.env.GITHUB_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET = SECRET;
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    if (previousSecret === undefined) {
+      delete process.env.GITHUB_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET;
+    } else {
+      process.env.GITHUB_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET = previousSecret;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('rejects a bad signature with 401 and does not process the payload', async () => {
+    const t = convexTest(schema, modules);
+    const connectionId = await seedConnection(t, '99');
+    const body = JSON.stringify({ action: 'deleted', installation: { id: 99 } });
+
+    const res = await post(t, 'installation', body, 'sha256=deadbeef');
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+    // The unverified payload must NOT have flipped the connection status.
+    const connection = await t.run(
+      async (ctx) => await ctx.db.get(connectionId),
+    );
+    expect(connection?.status).toBe('active');
+  });
+
+  test('returns 503 when the webhook secret is not configured', async () => {
+    const saved = process.env.GITHUB_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET;
+    delete process.env.GITHUB_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET;
+    try {
+      const t = convexTest(schema, modules);
+      const body = JSON.stringify({ action: 'created', installation: { id: 1 } });
+      const res = await post(t, 'installation', body, sign(body));
+      expect(res.status).toBe(503);
+    } finally {
+      process.env.GITHUB_APP_WEBHOOK_SECRET = saved;
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('flips a connection to revoked on installation "deleted"', async () => {
+    const t = convexTest(schema, modules);
+    const connectionId = await seedConnection(t, '99');
+    const body = JSON.stringify({ action: 'deleted', installation: { id: 99 } });
+
+    const res = await post(t, 'installation', body, sign(body));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const connection = await t.run(
+      async (ctx) => await ctx.db.get(connectionId),
+    );
+    expect(connection?.status).toBe('revoked');
+  });
+
+  test('flips a connection to active on installation "unsuspend"', async () => {
+    const t = convexTest(schema, modules);
+    const connectionId = await t.run(async (ctx) => {
+      const now = Date.now();
+      const userId = await ctx.db.insert('users', { email: 'a@b.c', name: 'A' });
+      return await ctx.db.insert('gitConnections', {
+        userId,
+        provider: 'github',
+        displayName: 'GitHub installation 77',
+        installationId: '77',
+        status: 'revoked',
+        connectedAt: now,
+        updatedAt: now,
+      });
+    });
+    const body = JSON.stringify({ action: 'unsuspend', installation: { id: 77 } });
+
+    const res = await post(t, 'installation', body, sign(body));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const connection = await t.run(
+      async (ctx) => await ctx.db.get(connectionId),
+    );
+    expect(connection?.status).toBe('active');
+  });
+
+  test('accepts a valid push and returns 200', async () => {
+    const t = convexTest(schema, modules);
+    // Seed a spoon whose fork repo backs the pushed repository.
+    await seedGithubSpoon(t, 'me', 'x-fork');
+    const body = JSON.stringify({
+      repository: { full_name: 'me/x-fork' },
+    });
+
+    // NOTE (convex-test limitation): the httpAction schedules
+    // internal.githubSync.refreshSpoonById, which is a `'use node'` action and
+    // therefore cannot execute in the convex-test VM. We assert the route
+    // verified the signature, matched via findForRepo, and returned 200 without
+    // throwing; we deliberately do NOT call finishInProgressScheduledFunctions
+    // (the node action would fail to run under the test runtime).
+    const res = await post(t, 'push', body, sign(body));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+
+  test('returns 200 for a push to an unknown repo (no matches)', async () => {
+    const t = convexTest(schema, modules);
+    const body = JSON.stringify({
+      repository: { full_name: 'nobody/nothing' },
+    });
+
+    const res = await post(t, 'push', body, sign(body));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+
+  test('returns 200 for a verified but unhandled event type', async () => {
+    const t = convexTest(schema, modules);
+    const body = JSON.stringify({ zen: 'Keep it logically awesome.' });
+
+    const res = await post(t, 'ping', body, sign(body));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+});