diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-arm64-advisory.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-arm64-advisory.yml
index 2422c5953..e2f7e9ce6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-arm64-advisory.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-arm64-advisory.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ env:
   GITHUB_SERVER_URL: https://git.moleculesai.app
 
 jobs:
+  # bp-exempt: advisory arm64 pilot, non-gating by design (internal#418).
   fast-checks:
     name: fast-checks
     # AND-set: only the Mac arm64 runner advertises macos-self-hosted.
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/e2e-peer-visibility.yml b/.gitea/workflows/e2e-peer-visibility.yml
index fd2725717..d226e6376 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/e2e-peer-visibility.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/e2e-peer-visibility.yml
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ jobs:
   # push/dispatch/cron only (30+ min). This is NOT a fake-green mask of
   # the real assertion — it validates the driving script's bash syntax
   # and inline-python so a broken test script fails at PR time.
+  # bp-required: pending #1296 — PR emitter, not yet required (tracked in #1296).
   pr-validate:
     name: E2E Peer Visibility
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/sync-providers-yaml.yml b/.gitea/workflows/sync-providers-yaml.yml
index 8eeecd63b..93eb2dfff 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/sync-providers-yaml.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/sync-providers-yaml.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  # bp-required: pending #718 — soak-then-promote, not in BP yet.
   compare:
     name: Compare synced providers.yaml against controlplane canonical
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/verify-providers-gen.yml b/.gitea/workflows/verify-providers-gen.yml
index b9f9978e6..d9658269f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/verify-providers-gen.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/verify-providers-gen.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  # bp-required: pending #718 — soak-then-promote, not in BP yet.
   verify:
     name: Regenerate providers artifact and fail on drift
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest