diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 48daa94..0f95025 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ jobs:
   preview:
     name: Preview .NET (net11.0)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Advisory. A preview SDK can regress for reasons outside this repository, so this leg
-    # reports breakage without blocking the merge queue.
+    # Advisory: keep the entire preview job non-blocking, not its individual steps.
+    # A failed preview test remains a failed step while stable build/test and format
+    # jobs still gate the workflow.
     continue-on-error: true
 
     steps: