diff --git a/docs/launch-checklist.md b/docs/launch-checklist.md
index 4f78525..8c89015 100644
--- a/docs/launch-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/launch-checklist.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Status legend: `[ ]` open · `[x]` done · `[?]` needs verification · 🛑 owne
 | `npm run build` | green, 21 pages, 0 errors / 0 warnings |
 | `npm run typecheck` | green, 28 files, 0/0/0 |
 | `npm run seo:lint` | green, 21 pages clean |
-| `npm run test:e2e` | **42 passed / 4 failed** (stale assertions, see §2.1) |
+| `npm run test:e2e` | **44 passed / 4 failed** (the 4 are stale assertions, see §2.1) |
 | CI root cause | **found + fixed in-repo 2026-09-22** — see §1.2; needs a green run to confirm |
 | Staging URL | **https://bcs.int.7tl-homelab.com** — LAN-only, valid cert (§2.6) |
 | Old WordPress site | untouched and serving — must stay that way until cutover |
@@ -124,12 +124,40 @@ Two notes written for developers, not visitors, were being rendered:
 Replaced the first with reader-facing copy and dropped the second (the deviation it described is
 already recorded in `docs/content-deviations.md`). Commit `4e354d2`.
 
-### 1.4 Contact form has no endpoint 🛑
-`PUBLIC_CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT` is `""` in `k8s/configmap.yaml`, so the form falls back to a
-mailto handoff. Inbound leads will be lost or awkward on day one.
-- [ ] Choose an endpoint (Formspree / webhook / ntfy / self-hosted) and set it in the ConfigMap.
-- [ ] Test a real submission end-to-end and confirm `/thank-you/` is reached.
-- [ ] Confirm the delivery address is monitored.
+### 1.4 Contact form endpoint — plumbing DONE 2026-09-23, needs your Formspree ID 🛑
+**Correction to the original entry:** it said to set `PUBLIC_CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT` in
+`k8s/configmap.yaml`. That would never have worked.
+- The Deployment has **no `env`/`envFrom`** referencing that ConfigMap — it is dead config.
+  (`PUBLIC_SITE_URL` is in the same state; it only appears to work because the default baked into
+  `astro.config.mjs` is already correct.)
+- Even wired up it could not work: `output: "static"` means Astro **inlines** `PUBLIC_*` at image
+  build time, and the pod only runs nginx over pre-built HTML. There is no runtime knob.
+
+**Done (commit `af4cc4a`):**
+- [x] `Dockerfile` takes `ARG PUBLIC_CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT` / `PUBLIC_SITE_URL` → `ENV` before build.
+- [x] CI passes `--build-arg` from a `CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT` Actions secret.
+- [x] ConfigMap rewritten as documentation, with a warning not to add `envFrom`.
+- [x] Submit posts in the background via `fetch()` and redirects to our own `/thank-you/` instead
+      of navigating to the provider's page.
+- [x] Failure path: stays on the page, re-enables the button, shows the phone/email fallback.
+- [x] Honeypot `_gotcha` (Formspree treats it as spam), positioned off-screen rather than
+      `display:none` so bots that skip hidden fields still fill it.
+- [x] e2e covers the real fetch path (mocked endpoint, asserts the payload) and the failure case.
+
+**Still needs you:**
+- [ ] 🛑 Create the Formspree form for **info@bluecapstrategies.com** and confirm the address.
+- [ ] 🛑 Add the endpoint as a Gitea repo Actions secret named **`CONTACT_FORM_ENDPOINT`**
+      (Settings → Actions → Secrets on `bmr_bluecap/bcs-website`), value
+      `https://formspree.io/f/<your-id>`.
+- [ ] Push any commit touching `src/**` so CI rebuilds with the secret baked in.
+- [ ] Verify on the staging URL: submit a real inquiry, confirm it arrives, confirm the browser
+      lands on `/thank-you/`.
+- [ ] Confirm the destination inbox is actually monitored. A working form delivering into an
+      unwatched inbox is its own kind of failure.
+
+**Degradation if the secret is missing:** the build still succeeds and the form falls back to
+opening a `mailto:` draft. Survivable, but it fails silently for webmail users with no OS mail
+client — so treat a missing secret as a launch blocker, not a warning.
 
 ### 1.5 Draft insight was being published and indexed ✅ FIXED 2026-09-23
 `src/pages/insights/[slug].astro` called `getCollection("insights")` unfiltered, so the