diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality.yml b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
index fff4c44a..5805445c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
@@ -1299,7 +1299,11 @@ jobs:
           else
             git add .coverage-baseline
             git commit -m "ci: update coverage baseline [skip ci]"
-            git push
+            # Non-blocking: branch-protection rulesets reject the bot push on
+            # repos with a protected development/main. Surface a warning instead
+            # of failing the whole workflow over an auto-committed convenience
+            # file. Tracked in ConductionNL/.github#61 (add bot as a bypass actor).
+            git push || echo "::warning::Could not push the updated coverage baseline — branch protection rejected the bot push (see ConductionNL/.github#61). Commit .coverage-baseline manually."
           fi
 
   report:
@@ -1568,7 +1572,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate npm SBOM
         if: ${{ inputs.enable-frontend }}
-        run: npx @cyclonedx/cyclonedx-npm --output-file bom-npm.cdx.json --spec-version 1.5 --omit dev
+        # --package-lock-only: build the SBOM from package-lock.json rather than
+        # `npm ls`. `npm ls` exits non-zero (ELSPROBLEMS) on benign tree quirks —
+        # peer/version mismatches in transitive deps, a hard dependency declared
+        # by a lib but deduped away, etc. — which has nothing to do with the SBOM.
+        # The lockfile is the deterministic source of truth for what gets installed.
+        run: npx @cyclonedx/cyclonedx-npm --package-lock-only --output-file bom-npm.cdx.json --spec-version 1.5 --omit dev
 
       - name: Merge PHP + npm SBOMs
         if: ${{ inputs.enable-frontend }}