diff --git a/agent-team/agent_team/graph.py b/agent-team/agent_team/graph.py
index 3615030..f9affdc 100644
--- a/agent-team/agent_team/graph.py
+++ b/agent-team/agent_team/graph.py
@@ -526,7 +526,8 @@ def route_after_plan_gate(state: PipelineState) -> str:
     Reads the routing state :func:`plan_gate_node` wrote on resume (or on the
     ceiling-reached terminal park) and maps it to a route id:
 
-    * status ACTIVE + phase BUILD  -> :data:`GATE_APPROVE_ROUTE` (END/approved);
+    * status ACTIVE + phase BUILD  -> :data:`GATE_APPROVE_ROUTE` (BUILD_NODE when
+      the P3 build subgraph is wired, else the approved-plan END terminus);
     * status ACTIVE + phase PLAN   -> :data:`GATE_REVISE_ROUTE` (loop to planner);
     * anything else (FAILED, or PARKED ceiling) -> :data:`GATE_TERMINAL_ROUTE`.
     """
@@ -770,9 +771,17 @@ def build_graph(
         # the plan gate is wired it is REPOINTED at the PLAN_GATE vertex instead:
         # the cap dead-end suspends on a resumable human decision rather than
         # terminally parking. The gate's own conditional edges then route
-        # approve -> END, request_changes -> PLAN (loop back), terminal -> END.
+        # request_changes -> PLAN (loop back), terminal -> END, and approve ->
+        # the SAME target the reviewer's auto-approve "build" route reaches:
+        # BUILD_NODE when the P3 build subgraph is wired, else END (the P2
+        # approved-plan terminus). Pointing approve at END unconditionally was a
+        # bug — a human-approved-at-gate plan settled at phase BUILD without ever
+        # entering the builder, so it never built (issue #60 sibling). BUILD_NODE
+        # is added below in the build_verify branch; LangGraph resolves the
+        # forward reference at compile().
         if plan_gate:
             parked_target = PLAN_GATE
+            gate_approve_target = BUILD_NODE if build_verify is not None else END
             builder.add_node(
                 PLAN_GATE,
                 _instrument(PLAN_GATE, plan_gate_node, transition_recorder),
@@ -781,7 +790,7 @@ def build_graph(
                 PLAN_GATE,
                 route_after_plan_gate,
                 {
-                    GATE_APPROVE_ROUTE: END,
+                    GATE_APPROVE_ROUTE: gate_approve_target,
                     GATE_REVISE_ROUTE: PLAN,
                     GATE_TERMINAL_ROUTE: END,
                 },
diff --git a/agent-team/tests/test_graph.py b/agent-team/tests/test_graph.py
index d7a13ae..7e86e0f 100644
--- a/agent-team/tests/test_graph.py
+++ b/agent-team/tests/test_graph.py
@@ -587,6 +587,84 @@ def test_plan_gate_approve_settles_as_approved_plan(restore_review_invoker) -> N
     assert final["status"] == TaskStatus.ACTIVE.value
 
 
+def _p3_plan_gate_graph(review_text: str, *, ci_result_fetcher):
+    """Compile a graph with BOTH the plan gate AND the P3 build->verify subgraph.
+
+    The reviewer (``review_text``) never approves, so the plan<->review loop hits
+    the cap and suspends on the human PLAN_GATE; a human ``approve`` must then
+    route into the build subgraph (BUILD -> VERIFY), exactly as the reviewer's
+    own auto-approve "build" route does.
+    """
+    from agent_team.nodes import review_loop
+    from agent_team.nodes.build_verify_subgraph import (
+        make_build_node,
+        make_verify_node,
+        route_after_verify,
+    )
+    from agent_team.nodes.verifier import VerifierConfig
+
+    review_loop.set_review_invoker(lambda prompt, **kw: review_text)
+
+    def fake_builder(*, plan, config):
+        return _p3_diff()
+
+    build_node = make_build_node(diff_builder=fake_builder)
+    verify_node = make_verify_node(
+        VerifierConfig(expected_run_id="r1", allowed_scope=["src"]),
+        ci_result_fetcher=ci_result_fetcher,
+    )
+    return build_graph(
+        checkpointer=_Saver(),
+        live_plan_node=_p3_plan_stub,
+        review_node=review_loop.bind_review_node(),
+        route_review=review_loop.route_after_review,
+        plan_gate=True,
+        build_verify=(build_node, verify_node, route_after_verify),
+    )
+
+
+def test_plan_gate_approve_enters_build_subgraph_when_p3_wired(
+    restore_review_invoker,
+) -> None:
+    # Regression for the gate sibling of issue #60: a human approve at the plan
+    # gate MUST route into the P3 build subgraph (BUILD -> VERIFY), not dead-end
+    # at END leaving the task stuck at phase=build. The reviewer never approves,
+    # so the loop caps to the human gate; an authenticated CI pass then carries
+    # build -> verify -> DONE — proving the approve edge reached BUILD_NODE.
+    def pass_fetcher(state):
+        from agent_team.state_store import compute_content_hash
+
+        diff_hash = compute_content_hash(_p3_diff().encode("utf-8"))
+        return {"run_id": "r1", "conclusion": "success", "diff_hash": diff_hash}
+
+    graph = _p3_plan_gate_graph(
+        "VERDICT: REQUEST CHANGES\nnot yet", ci_result_fetcher=pass_fetcher
+    )
+    thread_id, _ = _drive_to_plan_gate(graph)
+    final = resume_task(graph, thread_id=thread_id, answer={"decision": "approve"})
+
+    # Reached the build->verify PASS terminus, NOT a phase=build dead-end.
+    assert final["current_phase"] == Phase.DONE.value
+    assert final["status"] == TaskStatus.DONE.value
+
+
+def test_plan_gate_approve_inert_p3_still_settles_at_approved_terminus(
+    restore_review_invoker,
+) -> None:
+    # With the P3 build subgraph wired but its CI fetcher INERT (no authenticated
+    # result), a gate approve enters build->verify and parks at VERIFY (the
+    # production-safe default) — it must NOT fabricate a pass. Confirms the
+    # approve edge routes through the subgraph, not to END.
+    graph = _p3_plan_gate_graph(
+        "VERDICT: REQUEST CHANGES\nnot yet", ci_result_fetcher=lambda state: None
+    )
+    thread_id, _ = _drive_to_plan_gate(graph)
+    final = resume_task(graph, thread_id=thread_id, answer={"decision": "approve"})
+
+    assert final["current_phase"] == Phase.PARKED.value
+    assert final["status"] == TaskStatus.PARKED.value
+
+
 def test_plan_gate_request_changes_loops_back_with_notes(
     restore_review_invoker,
 ) -> None: