diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index e1dd17d..7d583df 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
+        # `lfs: true` is load-bearing, not hygiene. `core/dr-segment/models/*.onnx`
+        # is tracked in LFS (see .gitattributes), and a checkout without it writes
+        # a ~130-byte pointer where the 11 MB model should be. `dr-segment`'s build
+        # script detects that and panics by design, so every job that compiles it
+        # fails at the build script with a message about git-lfs — which reads like
+        # a broken build rather than a missing fetch.
+        #
+        # It stayed hidden while the Android job built `-p dr-gpu`, which does not
+        # reach dr-segment. Building the app crate does.
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          lfs: true
 
       - name: Cache cargo
         uses: actions/cache@v4
@@ -84,7 +95,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
+        # `lfs: true` is load-bearing, not hygiene. `core/dr-segment/models/*.onnx`
+        # is tracked in LFS (see .gitattributes), and a checkout without it writes
+        # a ~130-byte pointer where the 11 MB model should be. `dr-segment`'s build
+        # script detects that and panics by design, so every job that compiles it
+        # fails at the build script with a message about git-lfs — which reads like
+        # a broken build rather than a missing fetch.
+        #
+        # It stayed hidden while the Android job built `-p dr-gpu`, which does not
+        # reach dr-segment. Building the app crate does.
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          lfs: true
 
       - name: Cache cargo
         uses: actions/cache@v4