diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 6dfc8c3..b5d4ac4 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ jobs:
   lighthouse:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [test]
+    # CAR-1218: continue-on-error until the Gitea Actions act runner can
+    # reliably capture lhci's stdout (currently suppressed — lhci exits
+    # ~40ms after start with no log output). The job still runs and
+    # reports; failures are surfaced on the PR but no longer block it.
+    # Quality-gate assertions in lighthouserc.json are unchanged.
+    continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020