diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench-advisory.yml b/.github/workflows/bench-advisory.yml
index dc6dc79..dbe070e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench-advisory.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench-advisory.yml
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Run benchmarks
         run: |
-          cargo bench -p chanora_audio \
+          if ! cargo bench -p chanora_audio \
             --bench realtime_capture \
             --bench opus_codec \
-            --bench resampler
+            --bench resampler; then
+            echo "::warning::Benchmark harness failed; continuing advisory workflow per SRS-218 clause 4"
+          fi
       - name: Emit current baseline JSON
         run: cargo run --example emit_baseline -p chanora_audio
       - name: Resolve merge-base baseline
diff --git a/crates/chanora_audio/benches/realtime_capture.rs b/crates/chanora_audio/benches/realtime_capture.rs
index 2e2871a..0549367 100644
--- a/crates/chanora_audio/benches/realtime_capture.rs
+++ b/crates/chanora_audio/benches/realtime_capture.rs
@@ -61,9 +61,26 @@ fn bench_capture_alloc_count(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let blocks_final = stats_final.total_blocks;
     let delta = blocks_final - blocks_warm;
 
+    // Sidecar file for §5 emit_baseline: criterion's own
+    // estimates.json carries the no-op closure timing, NOT the
+    // alloc count, so we write the canonical alloc-count value
+    // here and the emitter reads it directly. Write before the
+    // developer-facing assertion so the advisory CI can still report
+    // the regression after tolerating the bench process failure.
+    if let Ok(dir) = std::env::var("CARGO_TARGET_DIR")
+        .map(std::path::PathBuf::from)
+        .or_else(|_| std::env::current_dir().map(|d| d.join("target")))
+    {
+        let path = dir.join("criterion").join("capture_alloc_count.sidecar");
+        if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
+            let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(parent);
+        }
+        let _ = std::fs::write(&path, delta.to_string());
+    }
+
     // Local-developer surface: hard-fail on any regression.
     // The CI advisory comparator carries the same rule with a
-    // markdown 🔴 marker on regression instead of a panic.
+    // markdown marker on regression instead of a panic.
     assert_eq!(
         delta, 0,
         "post-warmup heap allocation regression: {} blocks (SRS-219 clause a)",
@@ -76,27 +93,12 @@ fn bench_capture_alloc_count(c: &mut Criterion) {
     // measurement is the delta computed above; criterion's
     // function-time-mean is uninteresting for an alloc-count
     // metric. The §5 emitter reads the `capture_alloc_count`
-    // metric value out of band via a sidecar file written below.
+    // metric value out of band via the sidecar file written above.
     c.bench_function("capture_alloc_count", |b| {
         b.iter(|| {
             black_box(delta);
         });
     });
-
-    // Sidecar file for §5 emit_baseline: criterion's own
-    // estimates.json carries the no-op closure timing, NOT the
-    // alloc count, so we write the canonical alloc-count value
-    // here and the emitter reads it directly.
-    if let Ok(dir) = std::env::var("CARGO_TARGET_DIR")
-        .map(std::path::PathBuf::from)
-        .or_else(|_| std::env::current_dir().map(|d| d.join("target")))
-    {
-        let path = dir.join("criterion").join("capture_alloc_count.sidecar");
-        if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
-            let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(parent);
-        }
-        let _ = std::fs::write(&path, delta.to_string());
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "ios", target_os = "macos", target_os = "android")))]