diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-codex-review.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-codex-review.yml
index 798dffc..e269373 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-codex-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-codex-review.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ name: PR Codex Review
 on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize]
+    # Skip the entire Codex track on bootstrap-paths. The classifier flags
+    # these as risk:blocked and exits 1, which would surface as a failing
+    # `PR Codex Review / classify` check + a cascading-skipped review job.
+    # Both are noise — bootstrap-path PRs always require admin merge by
+    # design, so a secondary review adds no signal.
+    #
+    # SAFETY: Codex review is NOT in the required-checks ruleset on
+    # ci-workflows main (verified: only `review / Claude Review` is
+    # required), so paths-ignore here does NOT create a deadlock. If you
+    # add this check to a ruleset later, drop these excludes.
+    paths-ignore:
+      - ".github/workflows/**"
+      - ".github/dependabot.yml"
+      - ".github/risk-paths.yml"
+      - ".github/CODEOWNERS"
+      - "Dockerfile"
 
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