diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9359f3d..67e225e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,24 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
+  schedule:
+    # Mondays 06:00 UTC. A new Rust release lands on its own schedule, so
+    # without this the advisory `stable` job below only runs when someone
+    # happens to push, and breakage can sit unnoticed for weeks.
+    - cron: '0 6 * * 1'
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Nothing it covers can change on a timer: the toolchain is pinned and
+    # the dependencies are locked. The weekly run is for `stable` only.
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       # Pinned, and kept in step with `devVersion` in flake.nix, so CI and
@@ -27,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
   msrv:
     name: Build on the declared MSRV
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       # Must match `rust-version` in Cargo.toml and `msrvVersion` in
@@ -38,11 +50,15 @@ jobs:
   stable:
     name: Latest stable (advisory)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Advisory only. The pinned `test` job is the gate; this one exists so
-    # that a new stable release breaking the build or firing a new clippy
-    # lint is visible before the pin moves, without failing a pull request
-    # that did not cause it. Check it when bumping `devVersion`.
-    continue-on-error: true
+    # Deliberately NOT `continue-on-error`: a failure here should render as
+    # a real red X, not a green check with an annotation nobody reads.
+    #
+    # This job is advisory all the same — it tracks a moving toolchain, so a
+    # new clippy lint can break it through no fault of the change under
+    # test. **Keep it out of the required status checks** in branch
+    # protection; that, rather than a flag in this file, is what stops it
+    # blocking merges. Expect it red sometimes, and fix it when bumping
+    # `devVersion`.
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4597efc..980f07c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - A declared minimum supported Rust version of **1.88**, verified by running
   the test suite against it. The floor comes from the dependency graph
   (`reqwest` → `url` → `idna` → `icu_*`), not from this crate's own code.
-  CI builds on both the MSRV and the pinned dev toolchain, plus an advisory
-  job on latest stable that reports breakage from a new Rust release
-  without gating pull requests.
+  CI builds on both the MSRV and the pinned dev toolchain, plus a weekly
+  advisory job on latest stable that reports breakage from a new Rust
+  release. The advisory job fails visibly rather than silently; it is kept
+  non-blocking through branch protection rather than `continue-on-error`.
 - Wrappers for every one of the API's 34 `Route::resource` groups, plus
   `users` — 265 methods. See `COVERAGE.md` for the per-endpoint inventory.
 - `COVERAGE.md`, a detailed record of what is wrapped, what is not, and why,
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index d20be02..c4b1b07 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -23,12 +23,22 @@ Two versions are pinned, and **three places must agree** when either moves:
 | Dev toolchain | 1.99.1 | `devVersion` in `flake.nix`, `test` job in `ci.yml` |
 | MSRV | 1.88 | `msrvVersion` in `flake.nix`, `rust-version` in `Cargo.toml`, `msrv` job in `ci.yml` |
 
-CI has a third job, `stable`, which tracks latest stable and is marked
-`continue-on-error`. It is **advisory, not a gate**: it exists so a new
+CI has a third job, `stable`, which tracks latest stable and runs weekly
+(Mondays, via `schedule`) as well as on push and PR. It exists so a new
 Rust release that breaks the build or fires a new clippy lint shows up
-before the pin moves, without failing a pull request that did not cause it.
-Check it when bumping `devVersion` — if it is red, the bump needs work
-first. Nothing needs to stay in sync with it.
+before the pin moves. Check it when bumping `devVersion` — if it is red,
+the bump needs work first. Nothing needs to stay in sync with it.
+
+**It is advisory, but it reports red.** There is deliberately no
+`continue-on-error`, because a green check with an annotation is a signal
+nobody reads. That means **it must stay out of the required status checks**
+in branch protection — that repo setting, not anything in `ci.yml`, is what
+keeps it from blocking merges. Expect it red occasionally through no fault
+of the change under test; that is the tradeoff for it being visible.
+
+The pinned `test` and `msrv` jobs skip scheduled runs (`if:
+github.event_name != 'schedule'`), since a pinned toolchain against a
+locked dependency graph cannot change on a timer.
 
 The MSRV is set by the **dependency graph**, not by this crate's code:
 `reqwest` pulls in `url` → `idna` → `idna_adapter` → `icu_*`, and the `icu`