diff --git a/packages/spill/spill-local/src/store.ts b/packages/spill/spill-local/src/store.ts
index e3ebd4b07a..1dc679798b 100644
--- a/packages/spill/spill-local/src/store.ts
+++ b/packages/spill/spill-local/src/store.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export function privateRoot(): string {
 // The spill root is private to this process, so it is removed when the process
 // ends normally; a process killed with SIGKILL cannot run this, and its
 // residue is left to OS temp hygiene.
+/* v8 ignore next 3 -- exit listeners run after the coverage dump; removal is verified by the CI /tmp residue measurement. */
 process.once('exit', () => {
   if (defaultRoot !== undefined) rmSync(defaultRoot, { recursive: true, force: true })
 })
diff --git a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/src/spawn.ts b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/src/spawn.ts
index 058dd32f79..a06eb7f0d1 100644
--- a/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/src/spawn.ts
+++ b/packages/subprocess/subprocess-local/src/spawn.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ function privateSpillDir(): string {
 // The spill directory is private to this process, so it is removed when the
 // process ends normally; a process killed with SIGKILL cannot run this, and
 // its residue is left to OS temp hygiene.
+/* v8 ignore next 3 -- exit listeners run after the coverage dump; removal is verified by the CI /tmp residue measurement. */
 process.once('exit', () => {
   if (defaultSpillDir !== undefined) rmSync(defaultSpillDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
 })