diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index e3167fd..fb15aa8 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
+        # @coreci-cpo's one-step tolerance, scoped to THIS step only
+        # (coreci-chat#1): the runner's artifact endpoint answers
+        # ECONNREFUSED from the shared pool, so the upload leg - and
+        # only the upload leg - reds the job. The postgres job runs no
+        # coverage step and its upload matches no files, so it never
+        # calls the endpoint. Every other step in both jobs still
+        # gates.
+        continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: coverage-pglite
           path: |