diff --git a/clusters/production/kustomization.yaml b/clusters/production/kustomization.yaml
index 6183d7a..d8a7bbc 100644
--- a/clusters/production/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/clusters/production/kustomization.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ resources:
   - ../../apps/litellm/base
   - ../../ops/openobserve-alerts
   - ../../ops/nxtgauge-containerd-cleanup
+  - ../../ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune
   - flux-system/traceworks2026-image-automation.yaml
   - ../../apps/traceworks2026/overlays/prod
diff --git a/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/cronjob.yaml b/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/cronjob.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10700ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/cronjob.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune
+  namespace: forgejo
+  labels:
+    app: forgejo-runner
+    tier: ops
+spec:
+  schedule: "*/30 * * * *"
+  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
+  startingDeadlineSeconds: 300
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      activeDeadlineSeconds: 300
+      backoffLimit: 1
+      template:
+        metadata:
+          labels:
+            app: forgejo-runner-prune
+        spec:
+          serviceAccountName: docker-prune-sa
+          restartPolicy: OnFailure
+          containers:
+            - name: prune
+              image: ci.nxtgauge.com/admin/bitnami-kubectl:latest
+              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+              resources:
+                requests:
+                  cpu: 50m
+                  memory: 32Mi
+                limits:
+                  cpu: 200m
+                  memory: 128Mi
+              command:
+                - /bin/sh
+                - -ec
+                - |
+                  echo "Pruning Docker + buildx cache on each forgejo-runner pod..."
+                  # docker system prune alone can NEVER reach the buildx builder's
+                  # cache - it lives in a named volume attached to a running
+                  # container, which "system prune --volumes" only removes when
+                  # *unattached*. This ran every 30 minutes for 59 days reporting
+                  # "Total reclaimed space: 0B" while the builder cache silently
+                  # grew to 60-98GB per runner (fixed 2026-08-16). Attaching the
+                  # real named builder first and calling `buildx prune` directly
+                  # is what actually reaches it; `system prune` after that still
+                  # helps with unrelated dangling images/containers.
+                  for pod in $(kubectl get pods -n forgejo -l app=forgejo-runner -o name); do
+                    echo "Pruning $pod..."
+                    kubectl exec -n forgejo "$pod" -c dind -- sh -c '
+                      docker buildx create --use --name nxtgauge-builder >/dev/null 2>&1 || docker buildx use nxtgauge-builder >/dev/null 2>&1
+                      echo "  buildx cache before:"; docker buildx du 2>/dev/null | tail -1
+                      docker buildx prune -af --keep-storage 20GB 2>&1 | tail -3
+                      docker system prune -af 2>&1 | tail -2
+                    ' 2>/dev/null || true
+                  done
+                  echo "Done."
diff --git a/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/kustomization.yaml b/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aa3f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+resources:
+  - rbac.yaml
+  - cronjob.yaml
diff --git a/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/rbac.yaml b/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/rbac.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e11230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune/rbac.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: docker-prune-sa
+  namespace: forgejo
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: docker-prune-role
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods/exec"]
+    verbs: ["create"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: docker-prune-binding
+  namespace: forgejo
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: docker-prune-role
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: docker-prune-sa
+    namespace: forgejo