BOLT-1103: Re-open poll review fixes per Artem ask (PR #11723)

Artem (Slack 1780649799.346599) asked for a new opened PR for BOLT-1103 review fixes after closing PR #11458 unmerged on 2026-06-01. Re-pushed identical diff as artem-agent/bolt-1103-poll-review-fixes-v2 off current main. PR #11723 open. Watching CI; will not re-iterate without instruction.