diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 86f419e..904662e 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Cache pip wheels
+        # continue-on-error: act_runner's cache backend has been broken on
+        # this homelab setup since 2026-05-15 — bolt.db + cache/ dir exist
+        # but the action's JS bundle now fails to load at all
+        # ("Cannot find module .../dist/restore/index.js"), hard-failing
+        # the whole job. The install step that follows handles cold caches
+        # natively (uv pip / pip install both work without it), so net
+        # cost of disabling the cache here is ~30s of wheel downloads per
+        # job. Re-enable once the runner-side cache backend is fixed.
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
@@ -125,6 +134,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Cache pip wheels
+        # continue-on-error: act_runner's cache backend has been broken on
+        # this homelab setup since 2026-05-15 — bolt.db + cache/ dir exist
+        # but the action's JS bundle now fails to load at all
+        # ("Cannot find module .../dist/restore/index.js"), hard-failing
+        # the whole job. The install step that follows handles cold caches
+        # natively (uv pip / pip install both work without it), so net
+        # cost of disabling the cache here is ~30s of wheel downloads per
+        # job. Re-enable once the runner-side cache backend is fixed.
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
@@ -190,6 +208,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Cache pip wheels
+        # continue-on-error: act_runner's cache backend has been broken on
+        # this homelab setup since 2026-05-15 — bolt.db + cache/ dir exist
+        # but the action's JS bundle now fails to load at all
+        # ("Cannot find module .../dist/restore/index.js"), hard-failing
+        # the whole job. The install step that follows handles cold caches
+        # natively (uv pip / pip install both work without it), so net
+        # cost of disabling the cache here is ~30s of wheel downloads per
+        # job. Re-enable once the runner-side cache backend is fixed.
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
@@ -255,6 +282,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Cache pip wheels
+        # continue-on-error: act_runner's cache backend has been broken on
+        # this homelab setup since 2026-05-15 — bolt.db + cache/ dir exist
+        # but the action's JS bundle now fails to load at all
+        # ("Cannot find module .../dist/restore/index.js"), hard-failing
+        # the whole job. The install step that follows handles cold caches
+        # natively (uv pip / pip install both work without it), so net
+        # cost of disabling the cache here is ~30s of wheel downloads per
+        # job. Re-enable once the runner-side cache backend is fixed.
+        continue-on-error: true
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip