diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test-web.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test-web.yml
index c640ae48..5bcef968 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/test-web.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/test-web.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,16 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Node
+        # `cache: 'npm'` removed — the Forgejo Actions cache server at
+        # 172.18.0.27:41161 isn't reachable from this runner's container,
+        # so setup-node spent 4m41s burning the npm cache restore on
+        # ETIMEDOUT before failing open. npm ci still works deterministically
+        # from package-lock.json; just re-fetches from the registry on each
+        # run. Restore the cache option once the runner-host network reaches
+        # the cache server.
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '22'
-          cache: 'npm'
-          cache-dependency-path: web/package-lock.json
 
       - name: Install deps
         run: npm ci