diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8d28979..e9c8449 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ jobs:
       # lockfile update would install fine here and differ from every other
       # machine — drift that only surfaces later, somewhere else.
       - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+      # pnpm-workspace.yaml's auditConfig.ignoreGhsas sets assessed advisories
+      # aside by ID, each with a recheck date. This step fails once the
+      # earliest date passes, so an exception cannot outlive its reasoning:
+      # remove the entry if a fix installs, or reassess and move the date.
+      - name: Advisories set aside are still within their recheck date
+        run: |
+          recheck=2026-11-03 # GHSA-ch52-4w7c-c8xp (http-cache-semantics)
+          if [[ "$(date -u +%F)" > "$recheck" ]]; then
+            echo "::error::GHSA-ch52-4w7c-c8xp was set aside until $recheck: recheck it (pnpm-workspace.yaml)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - run: pnpm audit --audit-level=high
 
   build:
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index f33e57b..3caa0f3 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,16 @@ packages:
   - nyuchi-docs-mcp
   - nyuchi-docs-skills
   - nyuchi-docs-mcp-worker
+
+# Advisories set aside in `pnpm audit`, by ID only. Each has its reason, the
+# date it was added and a recheck date; .github/workflows/build.yml fails the
+# audit job once that date passes, so nothing stays here by default.
+auditConfig:
+  ignoreGhsas:
+    # GHSA-ch52-4w7c-c8xp — http-cache-semantics <=4.2.0, no patched release.
+    # Added 2026-10-03, recheck by 2026-11-03. astro (via starlight in site
+    # and nyuchi-docs-search) uses it only in assets/build/remote.js, to cache
+    # remote images during `astro build`. The site ships as static assets
+    # behind src/worker/gate.ts, which does not import astro, so the
+    # vulnerable max-stale path never runs for a visitor.
+    - GHSA-ch52-4w7c-c8xp