diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 155180a..9863c8c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -224,12 +224,15 @@ jobs:
           done
 
       - name: Run smoke tests
-        # Exclude security.test.ts — it opens an SSE connection to /inspect that
-        # crashes mcplocal, and also needs LLM providers not available in CI.
+        # Exclude tests that need a running MCP server instance (Docker) or
+        # LLM providers — CI has neither.  They crash mcplocal when it tries
+        # to proxy to a non-existent container.
         run: >-
           pnpm --filter mcplocal exec vitest run
           --config vitest.smoke.config.ts
           --exclude '**/security.test.ts'
+          --exclude '**/audit.test.ts'
+          --exclude '**/proxy-pipeline.test.ts'
 
   # ── Build & package RPM ───────────────────────────────────