diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 36576a2..6d96e66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   check:
     name: Runner (${{ matrix.os }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 15
+    timeout-minutes: 25
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/docs/design/executor-ownership.md b/docs/design/executor-ownership.md
index f4cbe40..21d981f 100644
--- a/docs/design/executor-ownership.md
+++ b/docs/design/executor-ownership.md
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ synchronize these observations; process IDs and elapsed time never determine
 eligibility. A separate race test exercises concurrent `Close` and `Start`.
 
 ```sh
-GOCACHE=/tmp/jps-policy-coverage-go-cache go test ./internal/runner -run '^TestExecutorLease' -count=1
-GOCACHE=/tmp/jps-policy-coverage-go-cache go test -race ./internal/runner -run '^TestExecutorLease' -count=1
+GOCACHE=<scratch> go test ./internal/runner -run '^TestExecutorLease' -count=1
+GOCACHE=<scratch> go test -race ./internal/runner -run '^TestExecutorLease' -count=1
 ```
 
 Running these tests on Linux demonstrates the tested Linux behavior. Compile
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ owner death cannot trigger a premature stdout failure at the protected boundary.
 The integration requires `JPACK_TEST_BIN` and does not substitute a mock process.
 
 ```sh
-GOCACHE=/tmp/jps-policy-coverage-go-cache JPACK_TEST_BIN=/absolute/path/to/jpack \
+GOCACHE=<scratch> JPACK_TEST_BIN=/absolute/path/to/jpack \
   go test -race ./cmd/jpack-runner ./internal/runner -run '^TestExecutorOwn' -count=1
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/design/manual-admission-store-prepare-shape.md b/docs/design/manual-admission-store-prepare-shape.md
index 62338d4..f67b0ae 100644
--- a/docs/design/manual-admission-store-prepare-shape.md
+++ b/docs/design/manual-admission-store-prepare-shape.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Private nonexecuting manual-store preparation v1
 
-Frozen jointly with Desk/coordinator for implementation. `jpack-runner prepare-manual-store` accepts no arguments, exactly one bounded UTF-8 JSON+LF request on stdin (≤16KiB including LF), then EOF. Closed schemas and synthetic vectors: `/tmp/jps-policy-manual-admission-store-prepare-wire.json`. Exact casing, no duplicates/unknown/null/type coercion; canonical uint64 decimal strings must not overflow. Paths are existing clean absolute private real directories with disjoint state/external custody. No secret boot, authority socket, listener, provider, Runtime, recovery or worker.
+Frozen jointly with Desk/coordinator for implementation. `jpack-runner prepare-manual-store` accepts no arguments, exactly one bounded UTF-8 JSON+LF request on stdin (≤16KiB including LF), then EOF. Closed schemas and synthetic vectors: `<scratch>`. Exact casing, no duplicates/unknown/null/type coercion; canonical uint64 decimal strings must not overflow. Paths are existing clean absolute private real directories with disjoint state/external custody. No secret boot, authority socket, listener, provider, Runtime, recovery or worker.
 
 Request: version1, stable random bare64hex prepareId, dir, Runner workspace, existing owner, leaseFd3, existing executorOwnership v1, executionDemand v1. Demand is exactly version1, installationId, machineWorkspace, runnerWorkspace, executorId, profile local-admin-manual-pack/1. Repeated identities must agree with current state, retained external custody and Desk pending intent. Device/inode IDs remain strings.
 
diff --git a/scripts/checks/local-paths.sh b/scripts/checks/local-paths.sh
index ab4e7b1..c8cc108 100755
--- a/scripts/checks/local-paths.sh
+++ b/scripts/checks/local-paths.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 # written in a design note before this check existed. A new file is checked.
 set -e
 if git grep -nE '(^|[^A-Za-z0-9_])/(home|tmp)/[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+' -- . ':!*.png' ':!*.jpg' \
-  ':!docs/design/executor-ownership.md' \
-  ':!docs/design/manual-admission-store-prepare-shape.md' \
   ':!docs/design/manual-admission-store-prepare-wire.json' \
   ':!internal/runner/cloud_test.go'; then
   echo 'a machine-local path is in tracked text'; exit 1