diff --git a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
index 7bac719..c437537 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/discord-bot.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   findRepoDiscordIdentityByRoleIds,
   findRepoDiscordIdentitiesByTextMentions,
   findRepoDiscordIdentityByTextAddress,
+  isRepoDiscordIdentityAllowedInChannel,
   loadFaceIdentityRegistry,
   queueAgentHeartbeatMention,
   queueRepoFaceMention,
@@ -364,10 +365,19 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
       ...textMentionedRepoIdentities,
       ...(repliedRepoIdentity ? [repliedRepoIdentity] : []),
     ]);
+    const broadcastAddressedRepoIdentities = !isDirectMessage && addressedRepoIdentities.length === 0 &&
+      isRepoFaceBroadcastInvitation(stripBotMention(message.content))
+      ? repoDiscordIdentities.identities.filter((identity) =>
+          isRepoDiscordIdentityAllowedInChannel(identity, message.channelId),
+        )
+      : [];
+    const pendingRepoIdentities = addressedRepoIdentities.length > 0
+      ? addressedRepoIdentities
+      : broadcastAddressedRepoIdentities;
     const addressedRepoIdentity = roleAddressedRepoIdentity ?? textAddressedRepoIdentity ?? repliedRepoIdentity;
     const isBotMentioned = Boolean(client.user && message.mentions.has(client.user));
 
-    if (!client.user || (!isDirectMessage && !isBotMentioned && addressedRepoIdentities.length === 0)) {
+    if (!client.user || (!isDirectMessage && !isBotMentioned && pendingRepoIdentities.length === 0)) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -385,15 +395,16 @@ export async function startBot(): Promise<void> {
         : stripBotMention(message.content).trim();
 
     try {
-      if (addressedRepoIdentities.length > 0) {
+      if (pendingRepoIdentities.length > 0) {
         let queuedCount = 0;
-        for (const identity of addressedRepoIdentities) {
+        for (const identity of pendingRepoIdentities) {
           const identityVisiblePrompt = renderRepoIdentityVisiblePrompt({
             message,
             identity,
             roleAddressed: roleAddressedRepoIdentities.some((entry) => entry.id === identity.id),
             textAddressed: textAddressedRepoIdentity?.id === identity.id,
             replied: repliedRepoIdentity?.id === identity.id,
+            broadcastAddressed: broadcastAddressedRepoIdentities.some((entry) => entry.id === identity.id),
           });
           if (!identityVisiblePrompt) {
             console.log(`Ignored empty repo Face mention ${message.id} for ${identity.id}.`);
@@ -730,6 +741,7 @@ function renderRepoIdentityVisiblePrompt(input: {
   roleAddressed: boolean;
   textAddressed: boolean;
   replied: boolean;
+  broadcastAddressed: boolean;
 }): string {
   const strippedBotMention = stripBotMention(input.message.content);
   if (input.roleAddressed || input.textAddressed) {
@@ -742,6 +754,10 @@ function renderRepoIdentityVisiblePrompt(input: {
     }
   }
 
+  if (input.broadcastAddressed && strippedBotMention.trim().length > 0) {
+    return `The room was explicitly invited to answer. For ${input.identity.displayName}, this invitation is live: ${strippedBotMention.trim()}`;
+  }
+
   if (input.message.content.trim().length > 0) {
     return strippedBotMention.trim();
   }
@@ -753,6 +769,24 @@ function renderRepoIdentityVisiblePrompt(input: {
   );
 }
 
+function isRepoFaceBroadcastInvitation(content: string): boolean {
+  const normalized = collapseWhitespace(content).toLowerCase();
+  if (normalized.length === 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return [
+    /\b(everyone|everybody|all of you|anyone|anybody|the swarm|you all|y'all)\b/,
+    /\bhow (are|is) (everyone|everybody|you all|y'all)\b/,
+    /\bwhat about (your|everyone's|everybody's) (minds?|bodies?|feelings?)\b/,
+    /\banything i can do to help\b/,
+  ].some((pattern) => pattern.test(normalized));
+}
+
+function collapseWhitespace(value: string): string {
+  return value.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+}
+
 function uniqueRepoIdentities(identities: RepoDiscordIdentity[]): RepoDiscordIdentity[] {
   const seen = new Set<string>();
   const result: RepoDiscordIdentity[] = [];
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/index.ts b/apps/worker/src/index.ts
index 347b718..c32fa8b 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ async function postRepoIdentityIntent(job: JobRecord, intent: RepoIdentityPostIn
     identity.displayName,
     ...(identity.avatarUrl ? ["--persona-avatar-url", identity.avatarUrl] : []),
     ...(intent.replyToMessageId ? ["--reply-to-message-id", intent.replyToMessageId] : []),
-  ]);
+  ], { retries: 1 });
   if (!posted.messageId || !posted.transport) {
     throw new Error(`Bifrost Discord bridge returned no message receipt for job ${job.id}.`);
   }
@@ -1871,23 +1871,55 @@ function bifrostMirrorArgs(
   ];
 }
 
-function runBifrostBridge(args: string[]): BifrostBridgeReceipt {
+function runBifrostBridge(args: string[], options: { retries?: number } = {}): BifrostBridgeReceipt {
   const bridgeScript = resolve(config.bifrostRoot, "tools", "bifrost-bridge.mjs");
-  const result = spawnSync("node", [bridgeScript, ...args], {
-    cwd: config.bifrostRoot,
-    encoding: "utf8",
-    windowsHide: true,
-  });
+  const maxAttempts = 1 + Math.max(0, Math.floor(options.retries ?? 0));
+  let lastFailure = "";
 
-  if (result.status !== 0) {
-    throw new Error(`Bifrost bridge failed: ${result.stderr || result.stdout}`);
+  for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt += 1) {
+    const result = spawnSync("node", [bridgeScript, ...args], {
+      cwd: config.bifrostRoot,
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      windowsHide: true,
+    });
+
+    if (result.status !== 0 || result.error) {
+      lastFailure = renderBridgeFailure(result, attempt, maxAttempts);
+      if (attempt < maxAttempts) {
+        console.warn(`Bifrost bridge attempt ${attempt}/${maxAttempts} failed; retrying. ${lastFailure}`);
+        continue;
+      }
+      throw new Error(`Bifrost bridge failed. ${lastFailure}`);
+    }
+
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(result.stdout) as BifrostBridgeReceipt;
+    } catch {
+      throw new Error(`Bifrost bridge returned non-JSON output: ${result.stdout}`);
+    }
   }
 
-  try {
-    return JSON.parse(result.stdout) as BifrostBridgeReceipt;
-  } catch {
-    throw new Error(`Bifrost bridge returned non-JSON output: ${result.stdout}`);
-  }
+  throw new Error(`Bifrost bridge failed. ${lastFailure || "No bridge attempt completed."}`);
+}
+
+function renderBridgeFailure(
+  result: ReturnType<typeof spawnSync>,
+  attempt: number,
+  maxAttempts: number,
+): string {
+  const stderr = typeof result.stderr === "string" ? result.stderr.trim() : "";
+  const stdout = typeof result.stdout === "string" ? result.stdout.trim() : "";
+  const errorMessage = result.error instanceof Error ? result.error.message : undefined;
+  return [
+    `attempt=${attempt}/${maxAttempts}`,
+    `status=${result.status ?? "null"}`,
+    `signal=${result.signal ?? "none"}`,
+    errorMessage ? `error=${errorMessage}` : undefined,
+    stderr ? `stderr=${stderr}` : undefined,
+    stdout ? `stdout=${stdout}` : undefined,
+  ]
+    .filter((entry): entry is string => Boolean(entry))
+    .join(" ");
 }
 
 function parseRepoIdentityUpdateRequestIntents(finalResponse: string): RepoIdentityUpdateRequestIntent[] {
diff --git a/state/evidence.jsonl b/state/evidence.jsonl
index 4c3ca74..0ffd530 100644
--- a/state/evidence.jsonl
+++ b/state/evidence.jsonl
@@ -311,3 +311,4 @@
 {"ts":"2026-05-24T02:14:42Z","type":"ops","status":"ok","note":"Thawed state/agent-swarm-paused.json and manually pulsed GameCult Local Orchestrator for repo-face-heartbeats. The pulse ran successfully, queued Void moderation, resynced CTB wall-clock initiative, and left repo Faces active under idle cooling with Bifrost dispatch still disabled."}
 {"ts":"2026-05-24T02:24:32Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Repo Face turns now carry Discord attachment metadata through SourceMessage, cache recent image attachments under .voidbot/media/discord-images, render media markers in Face transcripts, and pass cached image files to owner Codex via codex exec --image. Prompt assembly verified the Image awareness section renders and non-image attachments stay metadata-only."}
 {"ts":"2026-05-24T02:27:41Z","type":"ops","status":"ok","note":"Rebuilt VoidBot and restarted the live stack after multimodal Face-turn changes. Runtime status is ready with bot PID 11324 and worker PID 16396, so owner-Codex provider changes for codex exec --image are live in dist."}
+{"ts":"2026-05-24T02:54:54Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Discord repo Face intake now treats explicit room-wide invitations as pending CTB obligations for every eligible Face in the channel, and repo identity Discord bridge posting retries once while reporting status/signal/stdout/stderr instead of failing with an empty message."}