diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/cd.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/cd.yaml
index 011e388e..f585a9c7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/cd.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/cd.yaml
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ jobs:
           docker run --rm \
             --name "awoooi-cd-${GITHUB_RUN_ID:-manual}-${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT:-1}-api-tests" \
             --cpus "2.0" \
-            --memory "2g" \
+            --memory "6g" \
+            --memory-swap "8g" \
             -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
             -v /tmp/awoooi-api-tests.sh:/tmp/awoooi-api-tests.sh:ro \
             -v awoooi-api-venv-cache:/opt/api-venv \
diff --git a/scripts/ci/wait-host-web-build-pressure.sh b/scripts/ci/wait-host-web-build-pressure.sh
index a75a694f..df38eec7 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/wait-host-web-build-pressure.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/wait-host-web-build-pressure.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # This gate never kills, renices, or rewrites another repo's process tree.
 # 2026-06-28 Codex: CD trigger after opening the AWOOI direct runner warn-only guard.
 # 2026-06-28 Codex: non-behavior trigger after restoring the quarantined runner binary.
+# 2026-06-28 Codex: non-behavior trigger after increasing API test container memory.
 
 ATTEMPTS="${HOST_WEB_BUILD_PRESSURE_ATTEMPTS:-${HOST_WEB_BUILD_PRESSURE_MAX_ATTEMPTS:-60}}"
 SLEEP_SECONDS="${HOST_WEB_BUILD_PRESSURE_SLEEP_SECONDS:-${HOST_WEB_BUILD_PRESSURE_INTERVAL:-10}}"